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I'm thinking of collecting some Solar Auxilia to use as a "Terra/Solar based" imperial guard regiment. Not only do they look different, their style seems fitting to the grandeur of the Solar system planets, and gives me an opportunity to really flex my modeling ability to create heavy weapon teams, ornate vehicles and other choices.

My worry is people might say "they are 30k" even if I correctly model them to 40k. While I understand that some weapons aren't available in 40k (like Volkite armed stormtroopers!) these will be stripy converted to WYSIWYG, and not proxies.

Your thoughts Dakka?

Alternative guardsmen/scion models with WYSIWYG weapons? Totally fine.

Fluff-wise, there are 100s if not 1000s of regiments in the IG. It's not impossible that there's some world that inherited the old gear and training and still manufacturers the armor.

Personally, I'd jump at the chance to play against a fluffy army with cool armor.

No, not a problem at all. People play custom IG models that diverge at least that much from Cadians all the time. As long as the weapons are WYSIWYG enough that it's clear who has what there shouldn't be any problem with it.

As long as it was clear what weapons they are equipped with, big thumbs up from me.

GW Events are likely to not let you to use them. I can't imagine your average player or club taking issue, though.

Yes. You can use them. As long as they have the right weapons. Anyone who says you can't is the exact sort you don't want to play with.

As a fan of the 30k Imperial Army, I'd say go for it! Considering the wide array of options out there it's always cool to see something that doesn't just march lock-step with the big named factions that get all the press coverage (looking at you Cadia).

Plus most of the weapons look fairly close to the 40k equivilants so your only real task will be the stuff you'll need to add in on top of it, but I feel it's a task worth taking if you really dig the army.

AdmiralHalsey wrote:
GW Events are likely to not let you to use them. I can't imagine your average player or club taking issue, though.

Considering GW events usually only have the restriction about conversions being from GW sources, I doubt they'd be banned since GW owns FW.

Thanks for all the input gentlemen! I I was worried my idea would be scoffed at, but I'm really glad you all think it's a nice idea!

I'm planning to use 30k era special weapon designs for plasma guns, meltas and flamers as I think they would gel in their whole aesthetic. For heavy weapons, I'm unsure whether to make them portable or static, but I'll be using 30k ones too!

 ClockworkZion wrote:
Considering GW events usually only have the restriction about conversions being from GW sources, I doubt they'd be banned since GW owns FW.

On the other hand, individual TFG store employees may ban FW models from their stores because FW sales don't count towards their personal sales quotas and they want you buying starter sets of space marines instead. The GW store closest to me does exactly that.

They seem a little heavily armored for regular Guardsmen - closer to Carapace Armor at a minimum - but for all I know it covers more of the body with weaker material so it balances out.

They look so much cooler than guardsmen of any variety, I’d be thrilled to play against them. Bonus points if they’re converted to actually have plasma guns/whatever else.

AdmiralHalsey wrote:
GW Events are likely to not let you to use them. I can't imagine your average player or club taking issue, though.

I doubt they'd have any problem with it. They're still official GW products and they're still humans with lasguns. Issues may only start arising on some WYSIWYG cases (Volkites as Volley Guns, etc) but even then, I don't see too many caring.

Your best bet is to run them as Militarum Tempestus. The SA were basically the combined arms precursors to them anyway (carapace, better-than-average lasweapons, etc).

 Peregrine wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:
Considering GW events usually only have the restriction about conversions being from GW sources, I doubt they'd be banned since GW owns FW.

On the other hand, individual TFG store employees may ban FW models from their stores because FW sales don't count towards their personal sales quotas and they want you buying starter sets of space marines instead. The GW store closest to me does exactly that.

Such a ban can now get them fired if it's a GW store, so that seems like a good way to play with fire and get burned

It is a shame that veterans can no longer have carapace armour as they'd make really nice carapace veterans. But yes, using them as normal guardsmen is perfectly fine, visually the line between the carapace and flak is pretty hazy anyway.

 WindstormSCR wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:
Considering GW events usually only have the restriction about conversions being from GW sources, I doubt they'd be banned since GW owns FW.

On the other hand, individual TFG store employees may ban FW models from their stores because FW sales don't count towards their personal sales quotas and they want you buying starter sets of space marines instead. The GW store closest to me does exactly that.

Such a ban can now get them fired if it's a GW store, so that seems like a good way to play with fire and get burned

and in the age of internet it's likely to get reported these days

If anything ever happens post it here. I just bought solar auxilia sections for guardsmen in my custodes army and the command squad for commander and some fill in units I needed. It seemed more thematic than having them help just regular guardsmen, I'd be pretty upset paying a lot for models from a gw subsidiary and not being allowed to use them.