I know what you mean, CaptScott, I made nice conversion of a Vyper armed with Scatter laser and belly mounted shuricannon, making sure the belly mounted cannon looked nice. I had powercables attached and all that nice stuff. I was going to turn my third Vyper into a similar one when the water broke...
Well, I will either make the third into a simple shurivyper or a lancevyper.
I still belive though that a Wave Serpent would be good for my force. I got a falcon already and even if they will be able to lay down less smackdown than before, they will still be good, and remember, they will still be able to bring your infantry faster and safer across the board, especially the Serpent.
The Serpents turret weapons are twin-linked, meaning they will not be affected as the Falcons, where you will have to decide on whether you should fire your scatterlas or your pulse laser if you have moved most of the time.
So go for a wave serpent, add some nice stuff to itīs tower, and sally forth. I already got pretty many infantry units, 1 Guardian squad, a ranger squad and a Dire Avenger squad, and one Avenger squad awaiting the brush. A Third Avengers squad seems a nice option now, or a second ranger squad. The Guardians will keep doing what they do and follow the wraithlord, and I may add a second wraithlord instead of a tank, to fill out my HS choices.
Goal is to have units for a whole Force chart minimum!