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Evenin' Dakka!
K' so I decided to invent my own chapter of Mehreens, called 'em The Steel Talons. I was thinking about basing their fluff/identity on 12th century(ish) Scotland, so as the Wloves are Vikings in power armour, White scars are Mongols etc, these fellas are somewhere between Highlander (There can be only... however many we need on this recruiting run!) and a character called Slaine MacRoth (from a comic called 2000ad). I thought I'd base my Character Captain on Lysander's stats but play around with the Chapter Tactics bonuses that he brings. His name is Darroch MacCulloch, 200pts of badass in Termie armour. The questions i bring to Dakka are these...

What do people think would be a good Army wide USR?
What bonus should he bring to the squad he is attached to?

My original idea was to use Counter Attack to replace stubborn but i'm paranoid about making him OP, so any suggestions are welcome (although i do appreciate that without intimate knowledge of my playstyle i'm kind of asking for shots in the dark). I wanna make him both fluffy AND competitive without being OTT.

Have at it, Chaps and Chapesses!

Make him about 230-250 points first.
Then give him the combat tactics for Counter Attack (Army wide)
If you want him to give a special rule for his unit Furious Charge sounds appropriate considering the Scottish Highlander's propensity for rushing in and stabbing things to death OR you could give him a special rule that lets his unit claim +2 attacks for charging instead of +1.
Hope to see some more stuff, if you want to post your fluff do it in Dakka Fiction.

So some kind of Calgar cc monster analogue? That would fit with the fluff definately, i'm gonna playtest some stuff in the next week or so, see how it goes and what the opponent makes of it... should help. Thanks for your input purplefood.

Calgar?
IMO this is how it's done.
Basically choose the character you like the most.(From the codex you are using)
Take some rules and wargear away (Take the fluffy stuff away)
Add a few rules and wargear in (fluffy stuff for your guys added in)
Drop the wounds by 1 (minimum of 2)
Then go for it.

I was looking at the points value you ascribed when i thought Calgar... 250pts could be a huge points sink

Yeah but you have to make some big concessions to convince your opponent to allow a home made character.
My own home made character is 230 points and has only 2 wounds, he does have a few fluff rules and an invulnerable save to help him out but apart from that...