<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Converting plastic army men into Catachans??"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Converting plastic army men into Catachans??
Then painted them, and added extra stuff like static grass, and camo, etc.

Basically to "hide" the fact that the "base model" is a plastic army figure..

Could these be fielded as Catachans?

Sounds silly... but I'd literally save hundreds of dollars.



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The only problem you'll find, is if you try to enter into a GW run tournament or a Games Day, or even if you decide to play in a GW store.

The real issue here, is that your correct, you will save alot of money....this isn't quite what GW has in mind though! You might even find other WH40K enthusiasts get a stick up their nose because you've taken a short cut.

Personally, I think the GW Catachan miniatures ares $h1t and anything you do with plastic army soldiers will probably look 100 times better.

Do you mind posting a link to the army soldiers you're thinking of using?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/853235.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/853235.page GMT Converting plastic army men into Catachans?? 40K scale. Mine are UK made, not US or Chinese.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/853288.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/853288.page GMT Re:Converting plastic army men into Catachans??
http://www.valiantminiatures.com/figures_american.php

Then converting them

They seem to be the same size as catachan jungle fighters.

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pixelation400 wrote:They seem to be the same size as catachan jungle fighters.

They're not. 1/72 is too small for what you want to do.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/853456.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/853456.page GMT Re:Converting plastic army men into Catachans??
correct me if I'm wrong though]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/853556.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/853556.page GMT Re:Converting plastic army men into Catachans??
Gutteridge wrote:I think the correct scale you want to find is 1/28 heroic scale.

correct me if I'm wrong though


You're wrong. The nearest scale to the "heroic 30mm" size that GW use for Catachans is around 1:60. Although depending on what you are getting (tanks, buldings etc.) up to 1:48 scale may work.

Note "28mm, 20mm, 32mm" etc. is a "size" not a "scale"! Scale refers to the ratio in size between the model and the real item it represents.

Certainly the Valient models you linked to are too small for Catachans or even Cadians - they are only around 20mm tall - around 2/3 the height you need to match GW humans.

Go for it though! As HBMC says, the Catachans are complete arse, so pretty much anything you find of approximately the correct size will likely look better!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/854524.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/854524.page GMT Re:Converting plastic army men into Catachans?? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/854547.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/249138/854547.page GMT