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So just finished Fire Caste by Peter Fehervar which I really enjoyed - in some ways a really good 40k version of the film Appocalypse Now but with lots more as well. Thought I would have a go at making up the central Regiment - hope you enjoy

Arkhan Confederates Regiments

Unless otherwise notes all unit entries are as Codex: Astra Militairum

HQ
Company Command Squad*
Commissar
Enginseer
Ministorium Priest
Norland Witch (Primus Psyker) * + Weraldur*

Troops
Infantry Platoon
Veterans

Dedicated Transports
Chimera

Elites
Steamblood Zouaves

Fast Attack
Cavalry Squadron (Scout or Armoured Sentinel Squadron)
Hell Hound Squadron

Heavy Support
Leman Russ Squadron
Hydra Battery
Basilisk Battery

(*) New unit or wargear options

Weraldur
Weraldur are ritually bonded to their charges whey first manifest the wyrd as a young child, they wait as their charges are tested on the long journey on the Black Ships of the Imperium. It is their duty to grant Mercy to their charge should they fall to the Warp – thus they are both Guardian and Executioner.

Each Norland Witch must be accompanied by a single Weraldur, if the Norland witch is removed as a casualty, also remove the Weraldur. They form a single unit on the battlefield and can not be separated except in death.

WS4, BS3, S4, T3, W1, A2, LD9,
Unit Type: Infantry (Character)
Wargear: Flak Armour, Close Combat Weapon,
Bound by Blood: If a Norland Witch suffers Perils of the Warp whilst in the same unit as her Weraldur, the witch will be immediately executed. Do not resolve the perils but instead remove the witch as a casualty. Replaces the “Its For Your Own Good” rule.

Steamblood Zouaves 50pts
A brotherhood of mechanised nobles who revere the Emperor in His aspect as the Machine-God. They are seen, and see themselves as questing knights and wear Stormsuit’s, smaller versions of the relic Thundersuits.

Steamblood Zouaves WS3, BS 3, S3, T3 (4), W1, A 1, LD8, Sv 3+ Infantry
Steamblood Veteran WS4, BS 4, S3, T3 (4), W1, A 2, LD8, Sv 3+ Infantry (character)

Unit: 2,
Wargear: Stormsuit,
Options:
May include up to 8 additional Steamblood Zouavres at a cost of 25pts each
May upgrade 1 Steamblood Zouaves to a Steamblood Veteran at a cost of 10pts.
Any Steamblood Zouaves may carry a vox-caster at a cost of 5pts each

New Wargear:
Stormsuit: (+25pts)
Provides +1 Toughness, armour save of 3+, has integral heavy stubber and close combat weapon, Bulky, Furious Charge, Relentless, Stubborn,

Thundersuit (+35pts)
The antique fighting suits of Providence, they are an industrial masterwork of spinning cogs and pistons, concealed behind an elegantly moulded carapace. Standard armament is a heavy stubber and heavy close combat weapon.

Provides +1 Toughness, armour save of 3+ and a 6+ invulnerable save, it has a single integral heavy stubber and power weapon, Furious Charge, Relentless, Stubborn, Very Bulky

A Company Commander may take a Thundersuit which replaces all of his wargear for a cost of 35pts. The Company Commander may not then buy any additional wargear except for a vox-caster at 5pts.
Up to 4 veterans in a Company Command Squad may take a Stormsuit at a cost of 20pts each which replaces all of their wargear. They may not then buy any additional wargear except for a vox-caster at 5ps each.

Interesting ideas for the new units.