Dread is on the money with his response. You just need to get the IA book with the rules for what you are wanting to do and run them by the tournament organizer.
As a general rule, I'd say most places are not going to allow it, but everyone is loosening up to forgeworld since 6th came out. Wargames Con for instance allowed as many Forgeworld pieces that were stamped "40k Approved" as the standard force org would allow.