Acolytes?

[niiai]

What do people do for acolytes? It is one of the most expensive unit money ice. How do you get yours? Just the offisial model?

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Predominantly, I use the official model. I usually get them in things like the start collecting box, or tooth and claw. I did kitbash some "savage" acolytes by taking genestealer bodies, and adding in the acolytes weapons. I figured that this would work well for the 4-armed emperor as the genestealers have 4 arms. I don't think official tournaments would allow them unless I did more greenstuff work to make it obvious that they're acolytes.

[No One]

niiai said:

What do people do for acolytes? It is one of the most expensive unit money ice. How do you get yours? Just the offisial model?

Predominantly acos from DW:O and conversions from neos and chaos cultists. Put a stealer arm on there, make sure they've got a pistol and hitty arm (used a bunch of scy tals for this: totally acos and not talon'ed metas ). Never had an issue.

[niiai]

I ave a huge gruup of acolyte/hybrid backs. And loads of both flamers and regular gun left overs. I was thinking slicing off arms of neophytes and then just use those models. On a bigger base of course. I did so with one when I ran out of acolyte bodies. It looks dorky, but in the slim style of the old metal GSC models. I was encuraged.

[killercroc]

I just use the official models. I got lucky and got two of those GSC:DW box sets so that gave me quite a few Acolytes with claw and blade so I really just needed boxes for the Sergeant & special weapons. Also then again from the GSC:SW box set got I think three of those box sets of Cult so I am set, basically I just got all mine in boxes so I didn't have to pay full price for the stand alone kit. I think I've only bought one, maybe two of the actual Acolyte kits by themselves and that was just before they had bundles. It is annoying just how much these guys cost, especially since they're just elite horde so you still need a lot of them, I really haven't seen any good alternatives for them so I'd just suggest looking for old bundle kits online.

It's not the most ideal but I'd recommend the GSC get started boxes, you get so much in them that even though it's just 5 Acolytes you do save $70 over buying everything stand alone and the Ridgerunner is such a good unit right now. Cheapest way to grow the cult, short of a very good speech and some kool-aid.