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Greetings, I'm looking to add some rapier batteries to my Renegades, but they cost so much for one model. I was thinking maybe an artillery piece to mimin them. Has anybody done this? What scale of models works best on the 40k tabletop?

A 1:35 20mm Flakvierling 38 like the Tamiya model http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/35091flakvierling/index.htm would be the obvious start, although it's not self-propelled if that matters to you.

But a quick google image search shows they're pretty easy to scratch-build (especially for Renegades, who may have fluff reasons to build their own out of whatever's available) - you just need 4 gun barrels and some sort of tracked chassis.

Imho it kinda breaks immersion as a lot of the 40k models are over exaggerated with massive guns and such as well as over simplified mechanics and big armor plating (not always)

I think for some things like artillery pieces it could be ok though.

Totally - the 1:35 20mm cannons look tiny in diameter compared to nearly all 40K weapons. If I was to use a WW2 model for 40K, I'd almost certainly be replacing all gun barrels with plasticard tubing.

 Clang wrote:
Totally - the 1:35 20mm cannons look tiny in diameter compared to nearly all 40K weapons. If I was to use a WW2 model for 40K, I'd almost certainly be replacing all gun barrels with plasticard tubing.

I would be 40k'ing it up, though. I just don't want to spend £30 on each individual gun that then ships to the US when I could buy 3 guns that look similar and detail on my own to use on the gameboard.