Epic Models as 40k?

[robomummy]

So a me and my freind have been playing small 500pt 40k games at college due to a lack of space and lack of money. I had an idea of us getting a few sets of epic 40k models and playing large 40k games with the epic modes so we can play larger games with less space (and even have a titan or two).

He has choosen Eldar and I have choosen Imperial guard. we have set a goal to build and paint a company/warhost, and one titan by a time yet to be determined.

My question is does anyone have any experience working with epic models? How good are they and will this idea we have work?

[infornography]

They are much lower detail than the 28mm models we are used to. MUCH lower detail. But I don't see any reason it wouldn't work if you are willing to make certain allowances.

First problem I see is that infantry are multiple models to a single base. Either you will have to break them out into individuals and custom make appropriately sized bases for them, or make some custom rules for how to deal with them.

Second problem I see is templates and blasts. You will need to scale down the size of your templates and blasts to the appropriate level which again is probably going to involve making your own.

Third problem is WYSIWYG. Either you have some VERY static unit builds or you will have to come up with some way of indicating which weapon options are on which models. Maybe give special paint schemes and have a list of equipment on a given paint scheme.

Fourth problem is scale. Different epic minis had different scales as compared to regular 40k. This isn't that big a problem, but do be aware that things on the epic scale won't work quite the same as they would in the full 28mm scale.

fifth problem is model options. A lot of the currently available minis were never made in epic scale and vice versa. You could either do some heavy proxying or just restrict yourselves to the cross section of epic and 40K.

And lastly is measurements. You will have to reduce movement and weapons ranged by an amount to make it equivalent to tabletop scale. This shouldn't be too hard to do, but it will result in some wonky measurements on occasion. I suggest writing down all your weapon ranges in modified inches and using that so you don't have to recalculate for every shot.

[maugrim]

One of my friends came up with "Travel 40k" using Epic 40k figs. Basically instead of using inches, you use centimetres.

[robomummy]

of course we will need to scale everything down for this game otherwise it would be very strange but thats ok.

as for wysiwyg, neither of us really carew about that so it wont be a problem.

Also the models themselves are much too small for individual bases so we will count each stand as a unit in coherency and just keep tract of how many models die (for my guardsmen I will need to put 2 bases together for a full 10 man squad).

I am not sure how we are going to scale it but we will figure it out. Also it will give us a chance to use titans (he is getting the set with two eldar revanant titans and I am getting the warlord titan).

[VenuxHashMan]

Just stumbled across this and thought of this post. Might be useful for you...

sites.google.com/site/pocketw40k/home

Some of the conversions these guys have done are pretty cool, my favourite is a trygon made from a ripper!!