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I've always wanted to start an IG regiment of my own, and since they're pretty good in 8th, and I love the way vehicles work now I've decided to start at least a small, completely mechanized army, with lots of Leman Russes and Chimeras.

I don't want to use the normal Cadians/catachans though, since I'm not a fan of how they look, and although I'd love to have a Valhallan army they're way too pricey and static for me. But I need a theme at least. And the army can't have 3rd party bits, I'd like to be able to potentially have them in Armies On Parade.

So I have a few themes I've thought of:

Feudal - AOS Empire bits mixed in, Freeguild Guard torsos and heads. Would look cool, but doesn't really fit with the mechanized theme.
Soviet - my original plan, to take Bolt Action Soviet winter infantry and mix with Guardsmen bits.
Crusade - A few ragtag guardsmen squads, together with Crusaders, Flagellants, Sisters of Battle (conversions) and Black Templars, led by a fanatical Commissar who wants to retake J̶e̶r̶u̶s̶a̶l̶e̶m̶ Cadia or Krieg or whatever planet he comes from.

Do you have any ideas? Because I'd love to hear them.

Have a look at Anvil's Regiments range and see if anything tickles your fancy.

https://anvilindustry.co.uk/Regiments

Im creating my Guardsmen as a UN inpsired troops with blue helmets and armour. I have plans to create Riot Police as Crusaders and Robots as ogryns. Oh yeah naturally vehicles are white.

EDIT: Also why not feudal theme wouldnt fit mechanized theme? They dont call Pask a Knight Commander for a reason. And crank up heraldry bar to 11 for vehicles. Shields to the side of the tank, weapon racks, some other lavish decorations.

Conscripts could be peasents with nothing more than lasgun given to the. Or maybe not even that: pitchforks, spears, laspistols and whatever they were able to scavenge from the weapon pile.

Rough Riders could possible be knights or men-at-arms.

Grab a basilisk and swap crewmen for artillery crew from Empire or Bretonnia.

for feudal you could build sentinels with two sets of legs and have the weapon held like a lance