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 Pariah Press wrote:
I've seen a lot of very cool kitbashes built combining parts from Genestealer Cultist Neophyte Hybrids and Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii. I assume that if you were going to play Warhammer 40,000 with them, they would be Imperial Guard to Adeptus Mechanicus or something.

Actually, if you have Kill Team: Elites for the 2018 Kill Team, you can run them as the Bladed Cog, a Genestealer Cult that is on a Forge World. I've seen a local building his GSC kill team as the Bladed Cog even before the Elite rules were published.

@DV8. Those are some impressive and good-looking conversions.

re: Deathwatch. As my first and primary kill team is Deathwatch, I agree they are pretty easy to convert without using 3rd party bits. Additionally, since plastic marines have been around a long time, there are figures and bits on eBay if your own bits box is limited. {As I had a Blood Angel army until I sold it, my own box has an obvious bias.}

Now offhand I'd have thought Genestealer Cults would also be a good base for the simple "plug & play" type of kit-bashing. GW already produces the crossover set with the Guard (Brood Brothers IIRC), so swapping bits with the various guard kits should be simple. Necromunda kits or their weapon upgrade sets ought to work, and GSC are usually associated with the civilian side of the Imperium. However, as I have not tried this myself, I don't know if that is really the case. It was just something that occurred to me while browsing the Necromunda section of the GW store.

 NH Gunsmith wrote:
For AoS, I would probably say Beasts Of Chaos. Beastmen don't create anything besides simple weapons. They just loot and steal better things from what they kill.

So that means ANYTHING from AoS can be reasonably converted into their grabby hands or worn as stolen armor.

It is why I went with them for Warcry. Any neat bits I pick up or find can be converted onto spare Gors to represent them finding better gear as a way to differentiate them from newer members of the warband.

That's a good point. Historically, less developed societies often used captured equipment of their enemy, thus Gauls and Germans flaunting captured Roman gear. If you've some spare Stormcast weapons you could do the same. A beastman shaman or chief could show off their prowess with an evocator's staff or starsoul mace.