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Realistically the whole concept of WYSIWYG in 40k is a fallacy because it relies on our good faith agreement as players that any model represents what we say it represents. Each model is a symbolic representation of a set of rules, but those rules are not actually inherent to the symbols we have agreed to associate them with. In a my 10 man unit of Neophyte Hybrids no two models look identical. They might have some common aesthetic characteristics, but none of them even use identical pieces. This is exactly as they came out of the GW box. The only way you know all ten models in that unit are Neophytes is that I just told you that is what all 10 different looking models represent and you agreed with me.

WYSIWYG might exist in chess, but 40k is not chess... If you are that concerned about representation and rules you are probably playing the wrong game.