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So ardboys are one of my favorite units aesthetically speaking and I'd really like to use them as stormvermin.
Statswise they're very similar so i hope there wouldn't be an issue there.

Having said that, do any of you have any suggestions on how to make them look right as part of the army?


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I thought maybe as mercenaries but how would you show that modelwise?

I also thought some sort of moulder experiment would be cool too but again, how do you model that?

Aren't they like 1/2 the size tho? ardboys are on 32's and still slightly to big for them where stormvermin are on 25's and sit just fine.

 usernamesareannoying wrote:
So ardboys are one of my favorite units aesthetically speaking and I'd really like to use them as stormvermin.
Statswise they're very similar so i hope there wouldn't be an issue there.

Having said that, do any of you have any suggestions on how to make them look right as part of the army?


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I thought maybe as mercenaries but how would you show that modelwise?

I also thought some sort of moulder experiment would be cool too but again, how do you model that?

If i was going to do this from a modeling perspective, I would add extra arms to fit the moulder look and theme. Maybe adding a tail, to signify some sort of transition. Interesting idea but as the other person mentioned the base size difference could be a issue.

Good luck though and please share some pics if and when you have it completed.

I would go slaves. Carve into their armor to add damage, do some weapon/armor plate swaps in places to show scavenged gear then paint them up with rust & scars. Can even have some missing limbs. Have a few skaven models with whips that say in the back.

I'd suggest starting from the Brutes (the bigger Ironjawz on the 40mm bases), they're much closer to the right size (still too small but not by as much). I find 40k Necrons to be a good source of random cables, power packs, and strange weapon bits that look good painted glowing green; if you trawl Ebay you can sometimes find people dumping lots of bits for cheap.

Think you may be out of luck when it comes to using Ardboyz as Stormvermin. As previously mentioned, Ardboyz barely fit on a 32mm base, and you can't get them too close together on those bases. They sure as hell won't fit on the much smaller 25mm base that Stormvermin come on. I'm sure leaving them on 32mm base will be fine amongst friends in casual games, but all it takes is one person telling you to play by the rules, and that's it. No more converted Stormvermin because they're on the wrong base size.

 AnomanderRake wrote:
I'd suggest starting from the Brutes (the bigger Ironjawz on the 40mm bases), they're much closer to the right size (still too small but not by as much). I find 40k Necrons to be a good source of random cables, power packs, and strange weapon bits that look good painted glowing green; if you trawl Ebay you can sometimes find people dumping lots of bits for cheap.

Good suggestion, if the thread were about StormFIENDS (Hulking rat ogres with guns and weapons strapped to them). OP is asking about StormVERMIN (Elite stabby rats on 25mm base)

Let's not get hung up on base size. I'll put them on 28 and live with the fact they're bigger. I don't think size will matter as long as they're on ther correct base since it only hurts me.

But base size 100% does batter, especially for a unit like stormvermin, aos melee is based off inches model by model, they are on 25's, they should be played on 25's, and given that you can't make movements within 3" (normal move) on units that go from 25 to even 28 over 40 models is an extreme amount of realestate bothin movement and in melee.

I understand you want to play X model with Y rules, but at least follow the Y rules.

With that said, if you friends don't care then no reason to ask us, but if going into any FLGS for pickup games, you should at least do your best when using proxy models out of respect for the other players.

In this instance I feel he is in the clear short of a tourney or TFG because a larger base size is worse for the unit. Using smaller bases is what can get people in trouble because that is almost always advantageous, sometimes considerably so based on the unit.