Atlan jackal equipment

[hivefleetkerrigan]

I recently got some boxes of atlan jackals and am looking to build them up. How are people equipping their jackals these days?

[kazetanade]

with magnets. Lots and lots of magnets.

[hivemind03]

The real answer is always magnets. I built 5 of mine with demo charges. The rest with shotguns, and I magnetized some for grenade launchers. But I should've just magnetized them all. Its just one arm per guy. Super easy.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

What do you use for magnetization? Just two magnets together? If you use only one magnet, what do you use to stick it to?

[hivemind03]

Two magnets. You have to be careful about polarization so that all the bits will be interchangeable.

[kukie]

I'd just magnetize the Quad bikes and kit the bikes out how I think they look cool personally. Just proxy. my brother has a bunch of eldar bikes with magnets that the magnets fall apart every time you pick them up. super annoying to lose arms and loadouts every time you move a model. I just ran them with shotguns, one grenade launcher and I glued the equipment bags on the sides of the bike (so I can say he's carrying demo charges or some other loadout, some are demo charges and I glued them on too). but other than the Quad bike which is easy to magnetize I personally don't think it's worth it.

[hivemind03]

If arms are just randomly falling off, something is wrong. I can pick up most of my models by the magnetized parts. Maybe with eldar, the wrists and arms are too thin?

[kukie]

sorry I'm exaggerating, The arms aren't magnetized but the bikes are magnetized to the base and they do come apart. I think it was done like that for transporting purposes. I'm just speaking from my personal preference. I don't want to magnetize anything other than vehicles and monsters. but it is nice to have everything "wizzy wig".

[hivemind03]

Oh yeah I know what you mean with the bases. Putting a whole model on a stick with a magnet is prone to failure. I'm struggling with that with Custodes bikes. My solution is to give up and glue them... its working so far

[behemothsplinter317]

I bought my first box this weekend. Built the quad with the heavy stubber, built the grenade launcher and then three with shotguns and cultist knives. (Used bayonets from guard models to convert up an extra couple.)

Second box will go towards converting an Alphus and three more with shotguns and cultist knives.

Question though; the datasheet says each one is equipped with an autopistol and blasting charges; and that each must take two weapons from the Atalan Jackals weapons list.

It doesn't say anything about those two weapons replacing the blasting charges or autopistols, so do they all still have those as well?

[Hive Bahamut]

Yes they have an autopistol and blasting charges by default. You can give them an additional pistol but the most common loadouts are as you already know:

Democharges/shotguns for bomb squad

Shotguns/pistols or knives for screens/gophers

[behemothsplinter317]

Improvised weapons has to be my favourite, they somehow downgraded a free weapon.

Just saw this quote from you on another post. Describes exactly how I felt while building that box and looking at the weapons profiles.

"Just... Why?"

They're cool bits though, so they'll certainly find a use somewhere else.