With the Horus Heresy FW books on the way, I have been/started hoarding unused sprues of the old Rouge Trader Era plastic marines (and bits). I scoured ebay, bits places at cons...gaming group bits boxes...
I was thinking about doing a Hersey Era army...maybe world eaters or luna wolves.
Once upon a time I had a huge army of those old models that were painted horribly, but I broke it into chunks and sold it off. Now, I have fresh models to work with...and painting skills at least worth putting in the effort.
I was hoping to convert them using a mix of the original parts and newer weapons, but the scale is much different. In fact the old marines are much smaller than the contemporary models.
Before I dig in...any advice? Anyone brought those old school models into play with today's bits? Should I try and trade them for cash or newer models?