Hi everyone I'd like your opinion regarding some models that have been brought into question by the GW events team.
See I play a Grot Rebel themed Imperial guard army which I've been re-building and improving over the last several months from it's previous version which was about 'average' in appearance. My goal was to get them done in time for this month's Throne Of Skulls tournament. I've attended GW events before with the army and it has been well received both by players and GW staff, but with the new strict Warrior's code I thought it best just to check with them.
They have no issue with the newly remade units such as the veteran and command squad below, nor with any of the vehicles.
However they've deemed the newest edition to the army 'confusing' which is a squad of allied Nob Bikers and Warboss, modelled as a Grot Battlesuit with enslaved Cybork bodyguard. The reason being Gretchins and Orks being from the same codex so they're worried players will find it confusing with a gretchin guard army having Ork allies.
I can understand where they're coming from, but it's only 6 miniatures and with the exception of the Warbot they're all clearly modeled as orks and with a different appearance to the gretchin guard army, I've mentioned this and the fact most opponents will understand when given a copy of my army list. But still their reply was...
I respect their decision and would be more than happy to create 515pts of replacement units, but I've got only 20 days to create alternative units on top of painting 4 vehciles, I was preprared for small tweaks from a possible guard codex but not filling a 515pt in a short space of time without rushing it?After consulting with the team I'm afraid that our concerns are uniform so the answer is no. I understand that you are confident that you can explain the difference but that does not change the reality that the models being used are from the same codex, but actually aren't.
So would you have any problems with my Grot Rebel Guard having an allied unit of Nob Bikers?
Depending on the votes I ask the events team if I can be allowed to use them in the event I'm unable to complete a Baneblade in time, cause no one should be forced to rush an army towards competition. However if the votes go negatively I'll won't field them at indie tournaments either.
BTW here's the quick run down of the army...
Command Squad
Marbo
X3 Veteran Squads (all with same equipment)
X2 Chimeras
Leman Russ
Vendetta
Defence Line
Warboss & 5 Nob Bikers