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So due to a series of hilarious circumstances, I became the owner of two sets of the "Armored Claw" boxset for the GSC. Now these are just the same as the Armored Fist squadron but with an added GSC upgrade sprue, so they're effectively cadians. I was originally gonna build them up all vanilla-like, as the ol manditory troops tax for my Tanks. That was in pre-Warzone Mont'Ka/Kauyon, where IG didn't have fancy formations of all tanks yet. Now that my tanks don't need the squishies, I was thinking of repurposing them as something else.

Recently I got my hands on some milliput and my sculpting skills have improved, so I was thinking of turning these cadians into Kasrkins. I also got some extra tau bits so I also considered making them into Gue'Vesa. In both cases I'm probably going to field them as Scions (what with Tau Weapons having much more of a punch than the standard lasgun, while Kasrkins obviously will have hellguns) so the rules side is already decided.

The drawback to each is obvious. Kasrkins means that if I wanna add more, it's gonna take more effort to make more and there's a chance some of them will turn out derpy since I can't be completely uniform for all of them. Gue'Vesa on the other hand will all look uniform, but may cause confusion as to who they are, tanks will also have to be converted, and I will need more tau bits if I want more.

So, thoughts?

Your Kasrkin idea certainly has merits - why not combine the ideas you had - give them the extra Kasrkin armor like the kneepads, and arm them with Tau weapons. You could use the Carbines for the Hotshot Lasguns, and if you wanted the volley guns, you could convert them by slicing the barrel off a Grenade Launcher and putting two Pulse Rifle barrels on in their place.

It's heresy, but sweet, sweet heresy.

Sauragnmon wrote:
Your Kasrkin idea certainly has merits - why not combine the ideas you had - give them the extra Kasrkin armor like the kneepads, and arm them with Tau weapons. You could use the Carbines for the Hotshot Lasguns, and if you wanted the volley guns, you could convert them by slicing the barrel off a Grenade Launcher and putting two Pulse Rifle barrels on in their place.

It's heresy, but sweet, sweet heresy.

As I was thinking this idea aswell someone beat me to it. Anyways my vote is for this one!

If you became the owner of them and you're not sure what to do...flip them on eBay and generate some cash for something you know you want.

Either option is cool, but whenever I consider extra models, I ask 'Is my current project finished?'
If you want something new to do and have nothing better to start, go for it, but more than likely you have a pile of other stuf to work on.
You will get the most on eBay for BNIB miniatures.

I've already decided this as a project of mine. It's just that I want to do both, but that would mean not only sinking MORE money into twice the miniatures, but also starting two separate armies rather than consolidating all of my IG stuff into a single one.

As for mixing the two, the Kasrkins and Tau Gue Vesa have really different aesthetics. Kasrkins are more "realistic" military (with realistic in quotes because they're still kinda more sci-fi) while Tau are full on anime tech samurai gunners. Two both have their merits, but I personally don't like the way they mesh together.

I'm still undecided, as I'm more leaning towards the Kasrkins, but I'm afraid if I end up getting actual Kasrkins these guys would look weird next to them, while making them Gue Vesa would mean trying to modify some Devifish to work as Tauroxes.

The Kasrkin models are beautiful, and a tragedy that they were discarded for the Scions. As you say, if you ever get some on eBay or wherever it'll only emphasise how much these guys are *not* Kasrkin.

Indeed. I kicked myself for not ordering 4 sets of them when they came on Made to Order. I was hoping they'd become a permanent feature of the website (didn't know they only last for a week at the time).

I still suggest putting the tau weapons on the troops. To help the process, Anvil Industries actually sells Guard Scaled Left Hands, for those who use Cadians and want different weapons.

Of course, conversely, you could check out their Regiments line, might be something of interest there for a veteran squad or some such.