Currently thinking about starting a new mini project, and kill team is the most fun game at the moment that I play with my friends. I would like to convert a kill team and the thought of catachans is particularly intriguing to me at the moment for some reason. Don't know why, because the official GW minis are 20 years old! That would be equivalent of using minis from the early 80's when I started around 2000 
GW released a few awesome catachan characters that unfortunately seem to be of the limited edition kind:
Even if I could get hold of one, I'd be tempted to convert it, possibly messing it up in the process, and that would be a disaster since I probably wouldn't get hold of another one.
Then there are some good 3rd party alternatives. For example space nam:
Decently priced plastic. Possibly the best choice with enough bits to get variety and conversion options.
On the other hand, I like Hardcore Miniature jungle fighters better! And enough sculpts to make the entire kill team female!
Turns out they are blood expensive! 12-13$ per model. Plus shipping and then $$$ customs on top. I need probably around 20-30 minis to have enough variety for multiple different kill teams, so with hardcore miniatures it would end up costing 200$ minimum, but more likely I'd be tempted to buy "everything" so more like 300-400$. Suddenly GW or even FW starts to look like a cheap alternative!
The plan is to make at least 1 kill team. For example Compendium Imperial Guard. But ideally it wouldn't take much extra effort to represent most "human chaff" teams, from the more elite Compendium Scions / Bespoke Kasrkin (basically space marine scouts) to bespoke Veteran Guardsmen (Krieg), Navy Breachers or even stretch it as far as blooded!
It should be possible to represent all these teams WYSIWYG using catachan equivalents with some conversions for special equipment like binoculars, bionic limbs, bombs, special weapons and comms.
If putting together a catachan team, I'd even be tempted to make a proper jungle board for them! That's a decently sized project in itself though.
Are there any other suggestions for catachan 3rd party options? Any chance GW will release new catacha units in the near future? What do you suggest, make due with the cheaper space nams or spend big money on the hardcore minis to get an all-female team? Can't make up my mind at this point.
GW released a few awesome catachan characters that unfortunately seem to be of the limited edition kind:
Even if I could get hold of one, I'd be tempted to convert it, possibly messing it up in the process, and that would be a disaster since I probably wouldn't get hold of another one.
Then there are some good 3rd party alternatives. For example space nam:
Decently priced plastic. Possibly the best choice with enough bits to get variety and conversion options.
On the other hand, I like Hardcore Miniature jungle fighters better! And enough sculpts to make the entire kill team female!
Turns out they are blood expensive! 12-13$ per model. Plus shipping and then $$$ customs on top. I need probably around 20-30 minis to have enough variety for multiple different kill teams, so with hardcore miniatures it would end up costing 200$ minimum, but more likely I'd be tempted to buy "everything" so more like 300-400$. Suddenly GW or even FW starts to look like a cheap alternative!
The plan is to make at least 1 kill team. For example Compendium Imperial Guard. But ideally it wouldn't take much extra effort to represent most "human chaff" teams, from the more elite Compendium Scions / Bespoke Kasrkin (basically space marine scouts) to bespoke Veteran Guardsmen (Krieg), Navy Breachers or even stretch it as far as blooded!
It should be possible to represent all these teams WYSIWYG using catachan equivalents with some conversions for special equipment like binoculars, bionic limbs, bombs, special weapons and comms.
If putting together a catachan team, I'd even be tempted to make a proper jungle board for them! That's a decently sized project in itself though.
Are there any other suggestions for catachan 3rd party options? Any chance GW will release new catacha units in the near future? What do you suggest, make due with the cheaper space nams or spend big money on the hardcore minis to get an all-female team? Can't make up my mind at this point.
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