Editing Proxy (section)

===Random objects===
This is normally the go-to for young or poor (or cheap) gamers playing friendly games, and even for veteran grown-ups to test how expensive things play without having to buy the units in question. It's certainly not unheard of for big games like Apocalypse to be played with 95% of the forces as some kind of proxy simply because people want to play the game but it'll take thousands of pounds and months of diligent modeling and painting to make the forces most of which won't ever see the table again. Whole games can be played with proxies in this fashion (this gamer suggests using paper instead of random objects so you can write on them so you can't lose track of stuff) because we all get bored and since you're a gamer going outside or meeting attractive women is pretty unrealistic so you do what you gotta do. The absolute master of the random object stand-in is the paper warhound titan, plans of which can be found on google. Print it out, cut along the dots, fold and tuck in the flaps and boom; a to-scale titan.
[[Image:Coke_pods.jpg|thumb|right|Look at this. GW LOOK AT THIS.]]
The degree to which this practice is accepted officially depends on the company and setting.  Battlefront Miniatures (makers of [[Flames of War]]) is pretty chill about proxies, while [[Games Workshop]] forbids them from their official tournaments and stores.

The skill of the conversion can make or break the acceptance: a [[Land Raider]] masterfully built out of Lego bricks (or a whole army, like [https://secure.flickr.com/photos/jerac/sets/72157625354017872 this one]) will likely be accepted (and maybe even complimented), while a Land Raider represented by a juice box probably won't.

One of the most common things to do is to proxy Drop pods with soda cans, they're about the same size, don't ever move, functionally useless once they hit the board, and most hobby stores at least sell soda, so they're readily available for younger players.