Realistically (lol) almost any unit is going to be under its on paper strength so you'd probably be looking at 700-800 Ultramarines spread across the entire galaxy even with the non-Codex compliant units.
Yeah cool let's keep taking away the only things that make the Imperium of Man different from every other generic scifi dystopian government.
Gorgon’s not that bad though, great on anything with scything talons. Especially when Kronos is in the same codex.
I rather like Kronos, if only because I tend to include Hive Guard and when I do play, enemy psykers are a constant. Oh, and I like their relic. The only time the Gorgon trait really mattered for me is that it helped Genestealers roll a few more 6's for their Rending Claws, which turned out to be critical in getting rid of some Hellblasters and snagging me a point.
Paint 'em blue and pretend they're Ultramarines?
"Counts as". Doesn't matter what your minis are as long as they're the right size. Unless you want to play at stores.
I don't know if I can stomach playing skydwarves as the guard. Plus, making guard line out of thunderers? Financially inconceivable I say!
Thunderers are basically stealth Squats. So you're kinds supposed to use them for that. Or at least a handful of them.
Lol Sigmar's models are overdesigned warcraft looking monstrosities. Only the Chaos stuff and the water elf stuff looks pretty good.
Did they get rid of the rule where up to 80% of the model had to be GW and the other 20% could be other? Couldn't you just mix and match GW models than and call them Ultramarines? You would never need to touch a 3rd party kit.
If you want to want to run KO as Squats, I'd make them AdMech. Fits in with their close alliance with the Imperium, too. You could also run them as Iron Hands, with Skywardens and Endrinriggers as Inceptors and Aggressors. Now that I think about it, Arkanauts would make great Scouts, there's your Troop choice.
