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**andy lei zombie**

Hi there my friend has an army of imperial guard confederate soldiers his name is "Mordian" on here.

I am creating an army of federation soldiers i just need some conversion tips can anyone help?

Thankyou

**Breotan**

Assuming you're talking about the American Civil War, the two sides were the Confederates and the Union. Union infantry had uniforms like this:

You can google "Civil war uniforms" or such and that'll likely get you what you need.

**andy lei zombie**

Thankyou and yea thats what I meant :p my bad

**Grimm**

I thought you were talking about starwars. My-bad.

**CURNOW**

Well what are you useing as a base for your conversions ? what do you want to achive ? what are you able to do ? how much do you have to spend?
as your army could be anything from infantry painted blue right up to part sculpts with forage caps bed rolls converted lasguns etc ?

knowledge is power!

**andy lei zombie**

I would love to convert the lasguns etc but however my money is limited.

**MechaEmperor7000**

I suggest, in lieu of using actual Cadian Guardsmen, you go for these guys: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440091a&prodId=prod20040

Except for the pack and hat, they resemble the Federal trooper very well. There was also a tutorial I saw a while back (I think it was on Relic News) where you could use the leftover round parts of the sprue to make those kind of hats.

**andy lei zombie**

Ahh thanks dude that actually helped me alot for pricing !!

Thanks

**MechaEmperor7000**

lol no prob. I always loved the Empire Rifles but usually converting those guys for the other IG armies would be a huge undertaking. However they suit your needs to a tee.

**andy lei zombie**

Yea they actually do its surprising how much better models look when you mix and match. lol

**MechaEmperor7000**

lol it's the whole reason I like the game. All of my secondary armies might be pisspoor in performance but few go un-converted. Crack is cheaper than Converting, but it's just as addictive! XD

**angrypanda83**

Denzel Washington. Glory.
Watch it.
Love it.
Learn from it.

**Kilkrazy**

Take a look at the Perry Miniatures plastic ACW 28mm figures.

http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index2.html