Anvil Industries Field gun platform compatible with 40k IG

[Emurian]

So I have been looking for some alternative ways to create Heavy weapon squads for my Vostroyans.

I did a bit of googling, and one of the things that really appealed to me is the Field gun platform of Anvil Industries.




Now, the company also sells their own weapons of course that fit with this thing. The thing is that from what I am calculating it would be much cheaper for me to get a heavy weapon squad from GW for 20 pounds and use the weapons of those sprue's.

I did send Anvil a mail asking if they are compatible  because I am sure someone else asked this question. They responded that their guns are slightly thinner then the GW ones so some filing might be required.

Now normally, if I could pay 5E shipping fee I would just order 3 of them to try it out. But seeing as their UK based and their handling a 10 pound fee it means I am going to pay roughly 25 pounds of shipping and fees for 12 pounds worth of models, with no guarantee that it will work / turn out the way I want to.

So in an attempt to avoid trash binning 35 pounds for nothing I would like to inquire here if anyone has bought these and converted them with the IG weapons, or if they have these models and at least can give input about the differences in dimensions between the IG weapons vs those of Anvil.

I am also open to other suggestions for people of making heavy weapon teams in case this turns out not being feasible. The main thing is just the gunmount, I basically have the weapons, and I alrdy fixed all the gunners/loaders required for said unit.

Edited June 3, 2021 by Emurian

[Commisar Necros]

I just grabbed a HW sprue and I think you would be ok with the lascannon and autocannon, they're pretty thin. The HB will probably be an issue though. The barrels on the front are thin on the other two, but if you slid the HB front in, you'll have to shave off the bolt feed. It would also be way off the base so you couldn't use the ammo box with it. Butt end going in you'll have to shave the point where it attaches to the tripod. Its just so stubby I don't think it would fit well. What heavy weapons are you using?

 

You could always do what Marius did and have the men carry everything. Either deployed by a bipod on terrain or carried.  You might be able to use something from Bolt Action's soviet line for something like anvils too. Maybe swap out some AT gun for a lascannon. Those should have a decent sized hole and you can probably get them from a local hobby store so less gamble there.