3e zoan as doom?

[blindfire103]

Hey guys I just recently got my hands on a 3rd edition zoanthrope (I love that model) and was wondering in a tournament situation would it be fair to use it as the doom of malantai if all my other zoans are newer or do you think there would be an issue since it doesn't really look like the one in the book?

[wisdomseyes1]

I dont see why not. There is no model for the Doom. there should be no proxy if you can distinguish the difference between them.

[biorivera]

its a gw bougt model, so until a model exists it should be legal anywhere gw affiliated

[rebecca]

I do it precisly the other way around, I have all 3th edition zoans for normal and a 4th edition one for my doom. Nobody complained so far

[immortalblue]

the whole "until a model becomes available" thing really pisses me off. I have a pretty good custom tervigon that I spent ages on. I took a carnifex, cut it to pieces, re-set it all, added a shed load of greenstuff and painted it. Why the hell should this stop being a valid model, just because GW finally got round to bringing one out?

[Lanesend]

^ For casual games (or even local tournies) it should not be a problem, but on tournaments it will be.

Which is logical from your opponents point of view, because the official Tervi model is a lot bigger than most conversions. Giving all sorts of issues with coversaves.

OTOH, it's still allowed to use 2nd edition Hive Tyrants, and those are barely bigger than a Warrior.

[blindfire103]

^ Thats what I was curious about, would there be an issue in competitive play seeing as there isn't really an official model? Because I do know the 3e zoan is smaller and skinnier than the others.

[biorivera]

even tourneys should be fine as long as its made of GW piecea. thats their real concern. i said "until a model comes out" only because for all we know the DoM might be bigger than a zoan which would be cheating for purposes of cover determinance

[coredump]

I disagree. Assuming your model does not give unreasonable advantages over the 'official' model; I don't think most tourneys are going to care. Since they are not run by GW anymore, they usually don't even care much about using Citadel parts. You may have some issues with local tourneys in GW stores, but that will depend on that particular manager.

[blindfire103]

So would it be fair to say I could easily couple my doom with a home-made mycetic spore on it's own base that uses 0 GW parts? Or would I be stepping over the line? (Given I'm not modeling for advantage of course)

[coredump]

Ultimately, it is up to the store owner/manager or Tourney Organizer; but I doubt it would cause many problems. Just about everyone's spores are non-GW at this point.

[Psychichobo]

When you discuss it with a tourney organiser, make sure to provide a picture of the model in question too to help them gauge whether or not it might be too advantageous or not.

Mind, some tourneys are really lenient and allow serious WAAC modelling. Try to avoid those.