Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Trench Crusade - Heretic Troopers

So I'm finally back onto Trench Crusade and this time I'm going on the Heretic Legions. Like often, I like to set the tone with the grunts who form the backbone of a abnd or army to then move onto the fancier entries (AKA keeping the best for the end).

Now I've had those kitbashed for some time but after completing several projects, I thought I could allow myself getting back to yet another !


Now you can get 2 levels of heretic troopers if you upgrade them so I wanted a way to have both and make it visible :


My solution was to give the legionnaires bare heads to show the twisted mutations of those who have literally faced hell and come back to tell.
The conversions are done from Death Korps of Krieg bodies with printed bits and arms from WW2 canadian troopers (I hope you will excuse the anachronisms but I reckon that game is pretty forgiving).


The heads on the legionnaires are from nurgle space marines, I think the idea was sound, I wanted a sort of Hellraiser feel to them but the heads are too big and make them slightly more goofy than I wanted, I also underestimated how small the DKOK are and the printed bits are a tad too big too. 




Painting wise, I went with something organic, lots of washes and dirty techniques, not much attention to detail, it's more an impressonist take than something really neat.
With those lads done, I'm gona move onto the human sized characters to get a good core and then I'll be able to move onto the big nasties !


 Wish you all a happy painting !

8 comments:

  1. They'd work really well in Forbidden Psalm - The Last War, too!

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    1. Definitely, I had that in mind as well, I love Forbiodden psalm and the MB verse.

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  2. Interesting kit bashes mate. Not a big fan of the miserable aesthetics of Trench Crusade, but there are some interesting opportunities for creative types to make just about anything fit in that setting it seems.
    Those tiny babies...? Where are they from? Very creepy.

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    1. I agree the setting is open enough to allow for a lot of stuff. I'm quite fond of the aesthetics and art as a whole and the lore, I wouldn't want all my hobby to be in that genre but TC is the best I've found to scratch that itch.
      The dead babies are stl's a friend printed for me

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  3. They are really cool ! Can't wait to see the big guys.

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    1. I'm kind of going in all directions at the moment but I'll get to them soon enough I hope !

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