Idea for guard regiment

[Sergeant Lowe]

I'm thinking of doing a regiment that was first formed during the Age of Apostasy.

 

Basically the deal is that it was raised to be part of the Confederation of Light. As a response to the call put out by Sebastion Thor on his way to Terra

 

Curious if this would be a viable?

[WarriorFish]

I'm not completely up on all the details of the Age of Apostacy, but I don't see why you can't have a regiment raised in this way. Even if it's not easy to have this done directly, you could just as easily have a regiment raised for other reasons join the Confederation :tu:

[duz_]

Agreed I'm unfamiliar with the lore as well

Best thing about the sci army men range is there's lots of options these days even if GW doesn't provide

What aesthetic would you go for?

[Sergeant Lowe]

The basic lore is that Sebastian Thor's Confederation of Light allied with a number of SM chapter was the force finally toppled Vandire and that they gained followers as they headed toward Terra

 

an amalgamation of 4 different regiments that hail from the same system or sub-sector (still not sure).

 

Reason is I have 4 different types of IG models and am trying to work out their backgrounds and the reasons why they were first formed.

 

At the moment it's a toss up between the Age of Apostasy and the Sabbat Crusade

Edited November 7, 2020 by Sergeant Lowe

[duz_]

Having been listening to the Gaunts audio books and Double Eagle I do like the Sabbat World Crusades

 

I always like the idea of mixed guard regiments have to be careful how you implement it from a rules / army comp perspective though so you don't confuse your opponents

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Good idea! Sadly, too little details on the Confederacy of Light has been published; but that lack of detail means you have the freedom to make up whatever history, Special Characters, and Warlord Traits for those Special Characters you want, as long as it doesn't contradict what's already published.

[walter h]

Good idea! Sadly, too little details on the Confederacy of Light has been published; but that lack of detail means you have the freedom to make up whatever history, Speci al Characters, and Warlord Traits for those Special Characters you want, as long as it doesn't contradict what's already published.

Bjorn, is on point about the opportunity to create your own narrative,but you will have to be aware that GW, may decide at some point to flesh out this storyline.

I used the idea that all my different styles are from different cultures who were transplanted to my world. Catachan, Cadian, Praetorian, Tallarn,and Mordian.

[Sergeant Lowe]

Having been listening to the Gaunts audio books and Double Eagle I do like the Sabbat World Crusades

 

I always like the idea of mixed guard regiments have to be careful how you implement it from a rules / army comp perspective though so you don't confuse your opponents

wouldn't be a mixed guard regiment, but 4 individual regiments who are fighting together in the same army.

[tychobi]

Lore aside the challenge will be how to make the force look like an army and not just a pile of random models. A strong paint theme can tie everything together. Good luck!

[duz_]

I wouldn't worry about mashed together forces being problematic

 

Look at the Gaunt series they're often describe as light infantry with camo cloaks who serve and literally fight next to regiments of tanks and heavy infantry of different colours. The latter often evoking images of the current scion lines with AdMech style helmets (or at least to me)

 

Anyone who complains that an IG force wouldn't look like a mish mash of regiments clearly hasn't read much lore. Even I've been accused of an unthematic list because I used 2 differing regiments even though one was infantry based and the other armoured :facepalm:

 

Oh and different coloured schemes too!

[tychobi]

I wouldn't worry about mashed together forces being problematic

 

Look at the Gaunt series they're often describe as light infantry with camo cloaks who serve and literally fight next to regiments of tanks and heavy infantry of different colours. The latter often evoking images of the current scion lines with AdMech style helmets (or at least to me)

 

Anyone who complains that an IG force wouldn't look like a mish mash of regiments clearly hasn't read much lore. Even I've been accused of an unthematic list because I used 2 differing regiments even though one was infantry based and the other armoured :facepalm:

 

Oh and different coloured schemes too!

Lore is no excuse for a tacky looking army in my opinion. I am hoping to stave off a reaction I have experienced where my labor of love rich with lore reference and subtle conversion was recieved with a shrug. Reading as an army and no lengthy explanation requirement to understand will go a long way towards positive reception. The idea is to represent the 40k universe in a unique way, not just mystify an observer as to why all your units look different. Tell the story with your modeling, basing and paint rather than exposition dump. Just a suggestion.

[Nostromo]

This touches a few questions that I had to answer for my army as well

In a nutshell: two very differently looking miniature ranges that somehow need to be tied together.

 

Simplest thing to do:

Consistent base design - but that most likely won‘t suffice

 

Related to that:

A consistent weathering finish. Like: they all are splattered with the same mud

 

Painting technique:

Even if the color schemes are different, a magic trick is to mix each and any color you use with a drop of the same color. If done right (which depends on the mix relations per color), it can tie the whole army together

 

Background Element:

This is a conflict with the color scheme differences ...

The idea is that IF all regiments come from the same world - or rather climate zone on the world - you could use different camo patterns with the same color palette.

Or recurring colors even if the general color scheme varies, much like it is done for eldar aspect warriors with colors that tie them to the aspect just as well as to the craftworld.

 

With extremely different regiments like mordians, pretorians and whatever else, camo may be out. At least for most of them, but maybe a selection of 2 such elements might work.

Like a camo color palette for some regiments and a common secondary color.

Every regiments uses at least one of those and some use both

[Sergeant Lowe]

My way to tie it together is to use similar bases and have the regiments have share some colours. Like two of them share the same colour armour, even thought they're different in look - one is Vostroyan models and the other is converted Cadian models.

[walter h]

Mine are in service to a Duke, so share his house colors.