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I was wondering if anyone knows if devestator bodies are similar size to tactical. I wanted to take the arms and grav cannon from one model in my tactical squad that I magnetized and place it on a devestator body that I am PLANNING on magnetizing. And ... and ... can a tactical model with just a bolt gun pass on the table as a devestator like would anybody realize it’s the wrong model or are they the same exact models except for the pose options ?

Thanks

No need to worry. All the "old" marine kits such as the tacitcal squad, devastator squad, sternguard and so on are 100% compatible with each other.

Thank you for the reply ... sounds good !

Ayuh. Literally EVERY oldMarine box is compatible with every other oldMarine box.

EDIT - So are all the FW oldMarines - and the old CSM range.

Slight caveat: pre 6th ed kits had the pegs for lining up the torsos reversed. Not a huge deal, still mostly compatible

Also, the newest Dev kit has chunkier leg armour. Doesn't really affect compatability, but if you put a regular Bolter marine in a Dev squad, there is a different enough to notice if you are looking for it.
But you REALLY have to be looking for it, so it's a rather inconsequential difference

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 Galef wrote:
Also, the newest Dev kit has chunkier leg armour. Doesn't really affect compatability, but if you put a regular Bolter marine in a Dev squad, there is a different enough to notice if you are looking for it.
But you REALLY have to be looking for it, so it's a rather inconsequential difference

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Nice to know .... yeah I mean as long as the arms, weapon and back pack which I already assembled and magnetized for the tactical can slip over the body on to the devasatator I will be happy. But I guess knowing all this now if I don’t run tacticals in a particular game I can run a ten man dev squad instead of 5 man or whatever comes in the box. This way the entire squad doesn’t get picked off in one turn lol cause I don’t have a rhino or drop pod


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Well to clarify I glued the arms to the grav cannon and the back pack hoses to the gun so when I take it off (like to switch it with say a plasma gun for my tactical model) the back pack gun and arms all slide off like a shirt

re kitbashing & FW Chaos:
If you get your hands on the Death Guard FW torsos, you'll have to do some major carving to fit some of the arm / weapon options.

I am currently building and painting a sick death guard army but I don't have any forge world stuff .... I don't think I would need to modify anything yet for that army .... this all started because I just wanted some heavy weapons haha I play space marines right now so .... tired of getting punnked by stuff with a lot of wounds .... namsayin?