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I think it looks better when everything looks "right" in all the armies, but we proxy alot with unfinished models and things in our friendly games. I've pulled out a sack of bottle caps to run a prxoy nid list with 5 tervigons.

What about proxies such as cheaper soldier models to fill out an IG infantry blob or stuff like that if it looks close?

 Ol'Dirty wrote:
I think it looks better when everything looks "right" in all the armies, but we proxy alot with unfinished models and things in our friendly games. I've pulled out a sack of bottle caps to run a prxoy nid list with 5 tervigons.

What about proxies such as cheaper soldier models to fill out an IG infantry blob or stuff like that if it looks close?

played a guy w/ plastic army men (the children toys) and their tanks as models. was funny, but looked decent as he had actually painted them over.

I let my Tyranid friend use his Ripper Swarms to proxy as 1 Zoanthrope and 1 Hive Guard (he's got 2 actual models of each). He intends to buy models for them eventually, but for now he's waiting for the 6th Edition Codex.

I prefer WYSIWYG, but I'm not hellbent on that.

Of course! To all questions asked in this thread. It's a game, people should have fun with it. The only time that there should be restrictions on proxies is tournament play.