Our Lady's 124th Border Crusade

Greetings again!

Sorry for the lack of updates over the past few days, but a nasty sickness kept me from the front lines. Probably some sort of Cryxian devilry, but, by the Will of the Creator, I was able to pull through. I did manage to get some painting in during a few moments of lucidity, and am happy to report that I've finally finished the first of my miniatures. I'll try to get some pics of them up this weekend to celebrate.

In the meantime, I thought I'd run over some of the narrative "fluff" for my particular battlegroup, which I've decided to name "Our Lady's 124th Border Crusade." I'm imagining them as peacekeeping forces stationed along the Northwestern border between Cygnar and the Protectorate. Their particular charge is the area immediately north of Sul, extending from the Holy City to just outside the Cygnar Fortress at Eastwall. Given their location, my troops' heavy use of the color blue in their apparel allows them to blend in and catch by surprise many of the less cautious Cygnar citizens living just outside the Protectorate's official limits.

Speaking of color schemes, the focus on blue in my Menoth forces mimics many Marian devotions within Christianity. I decided to base my troops' armor on the style and colors common to the tradition of iconography seen in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. I'll give a more in-depth explanation as I get some pictures up, but my thinking (as regards the Iron Kingdoms setting) is that this ragtag army holds a particularly fervent devotion to the Protectorate's floating miracle of destruction, the Harbinger of Menoth. Having pledged their swords to her service, my hope is to work up to including the Harbinger herself in my armylist down the road. At the moment, however, my armies are led by my "Novice" Reclaimer, with occasional aid from High Exemplar Kreoss when the going gets tough.

Anyways, that's all for now. Hopefully I can get some actual gaming in next week, but with Templecon going on as we speak, my local gaming community is missing some of its premiere generals. As it is, I'm glad for the time to paint and further study the rulebook, as I stiil have quite a ways to go!