Yes would like to have all the special weapons... but the point is that I am not sure if I can make the weapons similar to 28mm, to get the power armour I will be satisfy. It is true only that I only have one season scultting by my own, but weapons seems difficult to build.
About the rule set my initial though were using the rogue trader rules. For firefights in modern era (1:72) I use the Smell of Napalm ruleset. So easy and fast. So I will try this too, but I am open to any experiment.
You could see in the illustrating art of 40k huge battelfields, with massed space marines against masses of space orks with one or two huge mechanical robot in the background. I always loved this art, It recall my the napoleonic warfare but in the future.
Epic40k seem the right scale, but for the pics I see the games are masses of vehicles and a little few space dudes in squadron (modern tatical warfare). I have never palyed but seems like a vehicle engagement. (If someone of you are reading it and play epic is my personal opinion not a criticisim fo the game, also I am very interested in seenig pictures of the game during a battle).
When I discover warmaster and 10mm scale I thought "Hey, this kind of massed figures basingwill work really well with american civil war, napoleonic... and of course will be delicious 40k like the original art of rogue trader" just masses of imperial guard and marine in units of three and a "giant = dreadnough" of two special vehicle-giant-guests for 1000 points. The idea was forgoten until 2009. But I realize my capacity of sculting so I will cannibalize 10mm figures to make single figure total convertion base individualize. Maybe in the far future I could base them as warmaster do and try a ruleset like warmaster (that is a dream).