Warhammer 40K: Urdeshi Combined Regiments

 

The fierce battles against the Sons of Sek on the Forge World of Urdesh have resulted in several Urdeshi regiments being reduced below combat effectiveness. To bring these regimental up to strength, decimated regiments are combined and often local civilian fighters, caught in the firefights, are used to bolster the regiment’s strength.

The 23rd Urdeshi Combined Regiment is one such fighting force. The 23rd Urdeshi Combined is an amalgamated regiment made up of the decimated elements of the 382nd Urdeshi Light Foot, the 633rd Urdeshi Interior Guard and local gangers, pressed into military service.

Inspired by Dan Abnett’s Gaunt’s Ghosts series, I painted the five miniatures shown in this post in the Urdeshi style puzzle camouflage.  As touched on in the Urdeshi Heavy post, the fortress world of Urdesh is the main setting for the 14^th and 15^th Gaunt’s Ghost novels: The Warmaster and the Anarch.

I took some artistic liberty with the name ‘Urdeshi Combined Regiments’ (such a unit is not mentioned in the novels).  This is done to represent the mismatched group of models I painted to represent this unit. Three of the miniatures are from the Cadian Shock Trooper sprue, with some bits from the Necromunda box set added on.  One of the miniatures is an ‘old school’ 1990s era storm trooper with a vox-caster backpack from the Catachan Jungle Fighter sprue.  The last miniature is from the Dust Tactics range. 

Please visit the Urdeshi Combined section of the Old Guard for more images of the miniatures shown in this post.

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