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This is more of a "what-if" question, because I may very well end up not playing 40k for a long while, just sticking to the modelling part for now.

I am writing my own complete codex. Originally I was going to do a new SM chapter/Legion, but I eventually decided that my army would be more than just another SM Chapter, so I wanted to either buy or convert all-new models for my army. I started looking at GW models, then I found Infinity and Mercs models. They are awesome and completely in line with what I had in mind for my army.

Since my army isn't governed by an official GW codex, should I have to use official GW (or heavily converted using GW bitz) models?

in a non GW tourney I could care less what models people use, as long as they look like what they are supposed to be.

Not sure who would want to come up with ANOTHER space marine codex, but to each his own.

Let's see... you aren't using an official codex, so what would be the point of using official GW models?

You never have to use official models.

The issue is what will OTHER players want to play against.

It can be very hard getting people to play against your 'self-made' codex. A lot of people might do the odd game, but won't see it as playing 'proper' 40k, so won't do it all the while. I'd suggest a counts-as using another codex.

Getting people to play against non-GW models is easier, as long as you fulfill WYSIWYG. If I'm playing against a group of models with lasguns, I want to be able to see that they are recognisable as lasguns from the other end of the table, etc...

This is like the question "can i put a toyota exhaust pipe on a chev?" or "can i wear calvin klein underpants with addidas?"


just do it!

This topic belongs in 40K General, not Dakka Discussions.

But since there's already a thread on this topic running in that forum, I'm going to go ahead and lock this one and suggest people head over there instead.