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Cadre Fireblade

This guy was a blast to convert. All I needed were some pieces from both the firewarrior sprue and the new pathfinder sprue. A little extra kit and an elongated braid was all this guy needed to look like a total boss.

The leg pose was achieved by cutting the left leg off of a running pose and replacing the left leg of a standing pose.

The left arm is a regular extended firewarrior arm with the hand replaced with the pathfinder binocular hand holding the magnifier.

The chest piece center was carved out a bit and a firewarrior grenade arm's shoulder pad put in.

Finally, his braid is actually three firewarrior barehead braids glued together to extend the length and add rings.

Darkstrider

The picture isn't great, but there really isn't much to this conversion. It is all pathfinder pieces and a little green-stuff sash.

The left arm is a regular supporting arm put onto a pathfinder carbine.

The markerlight is attached to the gun in a slightly different manner.

In order to distinguish him more, I'll have to paint him more ostentatiously than my other pathfinders or firewarriors.

Magnetized XV-9

This was pretty simple to do. you bore out the inside of the shoulder pad where the elbow pin would normally go. There's just enough room for a 1/8" circular magnet to go in.

The elbow pin is cut off, making it a flat surface. Drill down just a little bit to give the magnet something to sit in and glue it in.

The tricky thing with magnets is that you really need to be sure that the positive sides match up with negative sides. Otherwise they won't stick together after you've superglued the magnets in. So check and double check!

Tada! fusion cascades or twin-linked burst cannons, as you please! I'm excited for the IA:3 2nd Ed to come out so the XV-9's will be awesome again!