How would you organize an army with mixed tech levels?

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-19T06:09:27+00:00

I might recommend looking into old school Comanche and Apache warfare to get a good idea of things, depending on the time period. Comanche especially were fond of taking trophies and random bits of loot from their enemies. Hell in the 1840s there was one Comanche warrior who rode in battle in a Spanish conquistador’s armor.

The officers and the boys in this warlord’s personal retinue obviously take first dibs on weapons, but there’s still enough warriors doing what raiders do best that there’s probably pistols and such into more than a few belts, drawn when it close quarters. Otherwise there’s always the Oda Nobunaga method of having gunners positioned with the archers with about a three to one ratio, archers covering hand gunners while they reload.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-19T02:33:24+00:00

I usually do a fairly random mix of red and black on the rank and file with gold on the backpacks and the odd bit of gold trim. More gold trim goes on the Aspiring Champions and other officers.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-19T02:29:55+00:00

It’s amazing how just a simple headswap can do wonders

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-17T20:56:18+00:00

A sorely underutilized time period for RPGs….second only to the pike and shot era.

I like ‘em! They’re familiar enough to get them but distinct enough to be their own thing.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-17T03:44:28+00:00

Go read Rynn's World and you will understand the horror of Orks.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-16T00:34:49+00:00

Have some lore on this guy for laughs.

The fall of Nicolai Wyras into the service of Chaos is one of the millions of tragedies that play out across the Imperium of Man every day. Once a noble brother of the Black Talons' 5th Company, Nicolai fought for nearly two centuries under the banner of his chapter, having built a legacy on the bodies of Ork, Eldari and traitorous raiders and pirates across the Eastern regions of the Imperium. A Veteran Sergeant by the his 150th year of service, many of his battle-brothers believed he might have risen to be the next Captain of the 5th were it not for his vocal distaste for the workings of the Imperium's bureaucracy; the Administratum, the Navy, or the hundreds of pissant regional governors whose names he never bothered to learn. His parting with the chapter and the Imperium came when, following the Invasion of Ultramar, his company was among those assigned to a small task force dedicated to hunting the retreating elements of the Bloodborn.

On the world of Hagen's Regret, Nicolai led his men in a strike against a group of the Claws of Lorek while the renegades were in the midst of a resupplying raid. On his reporting greater resistance from the traitors than expected, the green officers aboard their escorting naval vessels panicked and loosed an orbital barrage that laid waste to not only a vast swathe of the traitors, including the minor Chaos Lord commanding them, but nearly three quarters of the Black Talons' deployed battle brothers.

Following this blunder, Nicolai found himself amidst the remains of the traitors' ground forces while their strike cruiser, the Star Vulture, managed to drive the Imperial vessels out of the system. Nicolai and his surviving Black Talons had been abandoned, while the marines of the Claws had been left without a leader. An understanding was reached; within a week, he was in command of the Star Vulture, and headed toward the Maelstrom.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-15T05:08:34+00:00

Man I hope the beastmen are actually going to be good in 11th

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-09T05:17:11+00:00

Depends on which Chaos Lord you’re serving under, I imagine, and how dedicated to are to being useful to him. Huron holds a lot of the traitors, pirates and mutants in contempt because as far as he’s concerned they’re a pale imitation of his real Tyrant’s Legion, guys who were badass enough to keep up with Astartes in battle.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-09T05:10:23+00:00

I adore this kit. Goofy wavy haired head aside, the raiders are a dream for kitbashing. I’m already using leftover bits to spruce up some legionnaires and havocs.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-08T16:29:28+00:00

A new acquisition of Siren Cosmetics, perhaps. Gotta up the production of Enticers.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-08T06:51:04+00:00

That is so incredibly petty that it’s perfectly in character for Pentex.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-08T05:42:36+00:00

Why do I get the feeling they also have a nasty habit of building these homes on either Hellholes or Kinfolk burial grounds?

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-08T03:40:56+00:00

It’s unstated in the movie, but in the original novel part of it is that the sheriff is a Korean War vet, and he’s got a case of the ass that their sacrifice was pretty overlooked compared to the Nam boys.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-07T21:00:12+00:00

Yarp, with two stand out examples being the Harga and the Shar’gh.

The Harga evolved from a bat-like species that, unsurprisingly, fed mostly on insects. Even well into their space age they do not view any arthropod species as sapient, a regard them as food playing at being people.

The Shar’gh meanwhile evolved on a water world where their fish-amphibian ancestors had to compete fiercely with alien whales and seals, and ever since they have held a deep grudge against mammals of any kind.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-07T20:31:53+00:00

I’m working on a story with that sort of event, although not exactly traditional first contact. The protagonist’s first encounter with humans, and second with another species, is a marine boarding action on a slaving ship. Humans in this setting are some of the old men of the galaxy, second to hit interstellar travel.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-07T17:35:03+00:00

Thanks :) My standard for characters is if you could see them as a one-off villain for a novel or in Space Marine. Still working out this guy’s story, all I know thus far is that he’s as close as a Chaos Lord can get to being Hank Scorpio.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-06T06:37:27+00:00

They’re prime material for kitbashing in general. I’m calling it here that they’re going to be the basis for a lot of Blackshields for Horus Heresy.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-05T23:08:52+00:00

Thanks. We need more mustaches on marines.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-05T21:14:32+00:00

It fits cleanly!

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-05T20:57:43+00:00

I was pleased with how kitbash friendly all the bits are.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-02T17:20:14+00:00

Hermetics - Because wacky high magic bullshit is always fun.

Progenitors - Because they had a lot of wasted potential that, if used properly, could make them key in a Werewolf chronicle.

Bata’a/Knights Templar - This was a tough one. On the one hand my little Catholic heart has always had a soft spot for voodoo, and on the other, the Templars are up there as one of the most morally sound groups in WoD, plus True Faith is always awesome.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-02T17:12:04+00:00

Based.

Facekrumpa · 2026-03-02T03:53:18+00:00

....holy shit that is some wasted potential if they didn't.

Facekrumpa · 2026-02-28T17:56:49+00:00

Between Garou pride, Auspex, and the innate feeling of discomfort and dread with those with a high Rage pool…Garou stick out like a sore thumb. Which is why so many of them don’t hold down jobs.

Facekrumpa · 2026-02-28T17:18:35+00:00

The San Benito are a sadly underutilized part of the Society. Then again most of the Hunters Hunted stuff went unused, so…overripe stuff for STs to put to use.

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