Trench Crusade style Conquistador Vanguard

The Trench Crusade style Conquistador Vanguard is a squad of three heavily armoured foot soldiers, each standing approximately 33mm from feet to eyes, sculpted with the grim, battle-worn aesthetic of a world where faith and iron collide in endless war. These physical resin miniatures arrive with supports already removed, cleaned, and ready to assemble and paint straight from the box.

Each warrior in the Trench Crusade style Conquistador Vanguard carries a distinct weapon loadout. The squad includes a halberdier bearing a long-hafted axe-spear, a crossbowman with a compact mechanical crossbow shouldered for advance, and a veteran soldier armed with a pole-axe and a shield marked with a crusading cross. Their armour is layered plate and brigandine, studded with rivets, scarred by battle, and fitted with strange mechanical backpacks and hose-work that suggest a world of occult technology married to medieval warfare.

The sculpts from DakkaDakka capture the gritty detail that collectors of dark religious military fiction will appreciate. Pouches, belts, gas-mask style visors, and padded coats beneath plate give each model a lived-in quality. The squad reads as disciplined and dangerous, veterans of a crusade fought in the mud and ash of a ruined earth. The Trench Crusade style Conquistador Vanguard fits naturally alongside other grimdark religious infantry forces and makes a strong centrepiece unit or rank-and-file core for your warband.

Supplied as three individual resin miniatures on 32mm round bases. Minor assembly may be required. Paints and glue are not included.

The following guide is designed to help you achieve a grim, battle-worn finish that suits the dark religious warfare theme of the Trench Crusade style Conquistador Vanguard. Work in thin layers and allow each stage to fully dry before moving to the next.

1. Prime

• Use a grey or off-white spray primer to preserve fine surface detail across the layered armour and equipment.

2. Armour Base

• Apply a mid-tone steel or gunmetal basecoat across all plate armour sections using a medium flat brush.
• Block in the padded coats and brigandine skirts with a muted brown or khaki to suggest rough cloth and leather.

3. Trim and Details

• Pick out belt buckles, rivets, and backpack fittings with a brighter silver or gold to create visual contrast.
• Paint the crusader cross on the shield with aged bone or cream, then shade it with a thin brown wash to suggest age and grime.

4. Weapons

• Basecoat the axe and halberd blades in a dark steel and highlight the edges with a lighter silver to simulate a sharpened edge.
• Paint wooden hafts and crossbow stocks in dark oak or walnut tones, finishing with a light drybrush of pale wood colour.

5. Weathering

• Apply a brown or sepia wash over the entire model to unify tones and fill recesses.
• Use a sponge or stippling brush loaded with dark brown paint to dab on mud splashes around boots and lower armour plates.

6. Bases

• Texture the base with dark brown paste or fine sand, then drybrush with pale mud tones and add sparse tufts or ash-grey static grass to reinforce the blasted battlefield setting.

This is an adult hobbyist collectible, not a toy. Not suitable for children under 14 years due to small, detailed parts.