I found some heads today which I think look real nice.
This is a very old project I've been waiting on forever to do. This is some of my hold ups.
1. There is a sprue of guards ladies which look awesome. From the picks they would be a nice add. I just don't like the legs. Anyway I don't know how to obtain them. Also I havn't seen how they look fully painted. The final problem is they look gw enough, but they can also be seen as a whole differant model.
2. Mad Donna and the Esters was another look at making lady guardsmen. I seen some conversions and think for Catchacans they would be perfect. The problem I see is they are all metal and have extreme hair tyes. After lots of work with metal they can come out looking good, and some green stuff. As a side note they have gw weapons which make weapon converting a bit easier.
3. Female guardsman torsos which I can buy is out there. I seen them and don't really like them. It's almost like I could just use a normal guardsman instead.
4. The regular body is tooo bulky for a female. After long searching I have discovered that the Elysian troops from Forge World bodies seem to be perfect. The bodies are slender enough compared to regular guardsmen to be seen as female. I don't mind not having curves which isn't an issue. I might make one or two have some curves and use dark eldar female torso's and green stuff to pull the effect off.
5. The major hold up now is waiting for the new codex to come out.
Right now I am looking at making Veterans and or my Elite hot shot options as females. I havn't really decided which to do yet. Also what weapons should I give them is another issue. Originally I was thinking two veteran squads. The bonus of using Elysian Drop troops is I can also use the jet pack for grav insertions, again great for Karsikans. The down side to the storm troopers is that I was thinking to make them suicide jumpers which I think would be messed up if they was female.I am still strongly leaning towards veterans.
However I seen some awesome female models which would be perfect. Also chapter house have a conversion kit. In the long run I want gw/fordgeworld models in case I migt use them in tournaments.