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Howdy friends!

Awhile ago I converted parts of chaos possessed marines and the terminator lord, along with some spawn bits and green stuff, to make what was originally supposed to be a simple lord, probably in terminator armor. He's slightly larger than a terminator and I modeled him on a scenic 40mm base.

Now, coming to my army list, I want to use him as a Daemon Prince instead. The model is easily 'possessed' enough to be a daemon prince, and he IS mounted on a 40mm base which is what the official DP comes on, the only thing is that he really just isn't as big, he's about half way between a terminator and a DP. This obviously comes off more as a 'modelling for an advantage' type situation where it appears I'm trying to get away using a smaller figure for cover saves.

While there isn't any RAW forbidding modeling to an advantage, most FLGS and Tournies have rules that forbid it. Do you think I could get away with using him as a DP if I simply defined a height equal to half the usual DP and said he had to be covered up to there? Or do you think I should add some height to the model by putting some more scenery beneath him, or other such adaptations?

Any suggestions on how these kinds of problems have been solved at tournaments or FLGS before would be great! With the exception of tales of using an empty toilet roll to represent your DP

Check with the TO/Opposing player first if they have issues with it. Your using a completely different model for a DP, so regardless of height ect some may have issues with the "counts as".

I thought the DP comes with a 60mm base?

On topic, I agree witt blue dagger.

You might also note that he's not any smaller then some of the older daemon Prince models, the new one is a bit larger then they.

A buddy of mine uses this old thing and aside from its wings its barely larger then a Terminator:



Jack

The simplest solution to preventing anyone from taking issue would be to pile him on some debris to get him the right height, since that will be what most people are concerned with IMO.

Thanks for the replies, I've decided to expand his wings a little more and add some bulk to his back/shoulders. Just a tiny bit should do the job while not ruining the look of the model