Crusade!

Something that always intrigued me about the 40k setting were the idea of massed Crusades assembled by the Imperium of Man and their composition. From The Great Crusade to The Indomitus Crusade, by way of The Scouring, The Machirus Crusade, The Sabbat Worlds and various other campaigns in between, huge amalgamations of manpower and resources gathered to wage singular war against the enemies of Man, organised at the behest of The High Lords of Terra and placed under the auspices of one leader, granted the title of Lord Commander or – more rarely – Warmaster.

So as a justification for finally getting through some of my backlog of 40k miniatures collected over the last 25 years, and updating some older pieces to a more modern style, I figure putting them under the auspices of a crusade within the Dark Imperium gives plenty of fluff justification for the varied forces that are getting mustered.

So that’s a pretty varied cross-section right there, with a fair old bit not pictured; Imperial Guard, Space Marinesof varying stripes, Inquisitors and Ecclesiarchy. Wouldn’t take much to add in some Mechanicus, Knights, and Custodes for flavour.

But every Crusade needs a leader, so let’s go with this chap:

I always liked the Creed model but when I was building my own force using the Cadian range I wanted to make him stand out in some way, and a bit of greenstuff to add a big old bushy mustache did the trick nicely to create Brigadier-General MacKenzie Duggan, “The Brig” to his troops, the 97th Askarian Rangers.

As the mortal face of this force  he should more than suffice  (for now)

But what forces are at his disposal?

That needs a little more thought….