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If I had this guy in a [vanguard] veteran squad, and before the game, clearly made out that he is holding a power weapon and plasma pistol, would you allow it? or would you call wysiwyg?

Sure thing. Practically speaking, that spear would be annoying to maneuver on the battlefield though. You should probably shorten it a bit.

As said above shortening spear may be nice but the model is acceptable. Some tyranids and others are far worse for managing on the battlefield.

Dracos wrote:Sure thing. Practically speaking, that spear would be annoying to maneuver on the battlefield though. You should probably shorten it a bit.

The point of the spear is more to be used until it loses its practicality; aka throwing it or pointing it at a charging enemy, then drawing the sword on his back to continue fighting.

I would even comment "damn, awesome job there mate".

What you have created is a "count as" model. It clearly has a CC weapon that doesn't look ordinary (so you know that it's the guy with the power weapon) and you have the plasma pistol modeled.

Actually, I could argue about the legality of it NOT being accepted.

That is just what it looks like to me. I personally think the spear is meant to be a relic blade, but guess what? There are no pictures of one in the codex, and the description is vague enough. In fact, the only model that we KNOW has a relic blade has a hand ax of sorts.

Its fine. Nice conversion by the way. As long as you make your opponent 100% told about what it represents exactly you'll be fine.

I'm actually curious why they would argue its not a power weapon. Clearly its a CC weapon, but if you told your opponent before hand I'm sure it only came up when they were at a disadvantage.

Nice model none the less, get some paint on them!

Just paint the spear with shiny colors or whatever. I wouldn't really argue either way.

I agree with that XD I would accept it.

Give him a caveman club and put lightning around it and call it a power weapon! haha I think it looks good and I would say why not?!

I would not accept this power-weapon/plasma pistol Vanguard Veteran as a 'acceptable', despite him being clearly equipped with a power weapon and plasma pistol.
Why?
Because I think his left foot looks slightly bigger than his right.

Just Dave wrote:I would not accept this power-weapon/plasma pistol Vanguard Veteran as a 'acceptable', despite him being clearly equipped with a power weapon and plasma pistol.
Why?
Because I think his left foot looks slightly bigger than his right.

Is this a joke?

"Unilaterally pes planus" is considered common throughout the imperium.
The Vanguard Veteran in question has nothing to fear.

Unless the size of his spear caused some troubles moving models around, I'd be fine with it. If you're confident you can play with that thing without knocking my models over too much, feel free.

Fafnir wrote:Unless the size of his spear caused some troubles moving models around, I'd be fine with it. If you're confident you can play with that thing without knocking my models over too much, feel free.

If it's close enough to knock your models over then they're dead anyways.

You'd be better off asking the people you play against, since 40k is a local game. But really, he is holding a power weapon and plasma pistol. While it's not a standard power weapon, since when have conversions been unacceptable? If someone complains, point out any non-standard model they have and tell them they can't use it.

This is clearly not a power sword, and is completely unacceptable. The codex clearly states that a VV vet yadda yadda yadda...

No, I doubt you run into any problems.

I would most definitely let you use this. However, i would have to resist the temptation to steal him from you

He looks pretty cool, and cool looking models are more fun to play against.

Well, thanks for the great replies guys

I have a squad of 8 of them now (3 fully and well painted) all unique. I should upload some pics of them in the future, when I find the time.

As far as I can tell, he's holding the spear one-handed. That technically satisfys WYSIWYG.

I would be fine with it. It looks almost the same as a Nemesis Force Weapon that Grey Knights get, so why not?

Totally Fine. One of my Assault Marines has a Scythe!

YES!