converting nekima

[Nicodumb]

my only thing with proxies are availability. With the new book out there are a ton of unreleased models. Around 2/3rds of the models have yet to be released so it gets iffy when it come to tournament play. I'm not sure how I would feel in a league or tournament if I sat down against a totally proxied freikorps crew. I think they time their release models to balance out each other, maybe having a dust and ashes on the table right now without some of the other unreleased models is unbalanced. I think youll see a lot of the big hitters released at the same time (nekima, dust and ashes, Ryle, the 3 headed undead thing, storm) and that will be for a reason.

[ilikepizza]

I see what your saying Nicodumb, as it is I may be looking at proxying three models (although 1 is still more likely, but I can't say until the new book is in my hand and a few games have been played with it).

My personal stance is, that I don't mind people proxying against me, although, if I were going to a tournament, I'd expect proxies, if there are any, to look like what they are.

I personally think that the succubus model will be good enough and not cause any onfusion over what it is, and will do until nekima is released, which will hopefully prove soon.

On the topic of converting nephilim, does any one have any ideas for lelu and lilitu?

I was thinking for lelu the old metal gw blood letters, with the removal of the axe and a lot of reposing and greenstuffing on the arms.

For lilitu, I was thinking GW daemonettes, with a saint celestine torso and maybe using chaos knigh forearms as thighs just to make the model look a bit different seen this done before, looked very impressive, the thigh thing that is).

Only issue then is how do I make a whip? Maybe a dark elf whip from the hydra box set?

sorry about all the gw referenes there, just I only recently decided there are better (and cheaper) wargames out there and started selling up my stuff to fund malifaux, but I do love the models they produce.

[Iamwyrd]

I don't like proxying myself, but in warmachine the satiyr mercs are demon chicks with horns and they all use spiked whips like Lilith. They are cryx models.

The only reason I proxy is to get a chance to play test the model. If you never proxy you'll never know how they play for real. Instead you go on pure speculation on how they play. Then if you like the model when it is released. Buy it. That simple. I just sculpted my own collodi the puppet master to the neverborn. I will post pics after he is painted.