How to Convert Shuriken Catapults to Shuriken Pistols

This is a very easy converstion, and will allow you to make some spare pistols for your bitz bin!

If you are an Eldar player that has been collecting for a while you will probably end up with some spare catapults from the guardian or dire avenger sprues. These catapults are very easily chopped down to look like a pistol. After all the design is nearly identical, just a smaller version.

So here we have a catapult from the guardian sprue. All you need do is cut along the white lines I've drawn in here, keeping the tip of the barrel and the end of the ammo clip. You then bring them up and attach them making essentially a smaller version.

Here I have the finished product next to an arm from the storm guardian box set. You can see the two are nearly identical.

I've made alot in this way as sidearms for warlocks, or jetbikes, rangers, ect. You can get a bit creative with how you cut the catapult to have variances in the pistol. For example, not cutting the clip so that it is full length on the pistol for that "uzi" sub-machine gun look. Have fun!