Influences for ICONIC Imperial Guard Regiments PART 1 | Warhammer 40k Lore
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- Today I'm going to look into some historical, fictional, and cultural inspirations for the most iconic Imperial Guard regiments. I'll be discussing the top three most popular ones, the Cadians, Kreig, and Catachan. Tune in to learn about these dudes and let me know who your favorite regiment is and why!
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love the fact that catachan humans are genetically predisposed to antiauthoritanianism, bodybuilding and bandanas
Lmao fr, they’re just built different like that
Thats why Catachans are the most based faction in 40K
fuck yea
Walking Stallones and Schwarzeneggers.
Catachan are basically:
Commisar
You see that *objective* i want it gone
Do whatever you want to get it done, you won't listen to my instructions anyway
I feel like the only right name to call these Space-Rambos would be 'Catachads'.
Catachads, Death Korps of Chad, and the Chadian Shock troopers. The emperors finest
Been saying catachads for years now and glad that someone else does as well
Wow. And not one mention of Gigachad Sly Marbo.
@@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233 he needs no title, because everyone can see or hear how much of a Chad Sly Marbo is by just being near him.
I'm more a Grey Knight fan, but the Guard do all the actual fighting and deserve respect. Also the Cadians are clearly awesome since the none of the millions of survivors were wiped out by the Inquisiton after Cadia's destruction.
If you got the inquisitions respect you’re doing something right (or very very wrong). The wolves were at the fall of Cadia maybe the inquisition didn’t want another war lol. Thanks for watching!
@@KrakDuk It also might have been the presence of the Phalanx with the Imperial Fists ( unmovable when it comes to defending baseline humans ) that made them think twice. Nice video, which i should have said in my first comment :).
I would like to see a... ( buckle up this is going to be a long one, this also my personal Fan Fiction)
Psyker Kriegsmen, Who becomes a Grey Knight Captin.
Essentially a Rogue Pysker living on Krieg's last remaining Hive City Ferrograd. The Psyker is desperate, and need some quick cash so he trades some of his DNA (Blood, Hair, Saliva, Sperm. Whatever is required to make a clone). Not knowing what was going to happen with it. The Rouge Psyker exits the story (He's no longer useful to the greater narrative)
A batch of Krieg Clones are made unaware that some of them are Psykers. (Not that it's going to matter since majority of Kriegsmen die before their 18th birthday).
There is one of these clones who live long enough to awaken, and use his Psyker Powers. He becomes a great boon for the Death Korps. So his role is made much important than that of the average cannon fodder Kriegsmen.
The Psyker Kriegsmen starts making a name for himself. So much so that the Inquisition finds out about him. This Leads to the long, and arduous trials that Pyskers undergo to see if he is of any use to them, or he needs to be turned into a battery for the Emperor. The testing on him leads to them confirming what we already know. He's a damn good fighter, with an incredible ability to have extreme control over warp (dude kicks ass, and is an amazing Psyker because the Kriegsmen basically don't have emotion, and don't know fear).
So word spreads throughout the Inquisition that there is a Psyker Kriegsmen. Some Grey Knight Captains (possibly even Kaldor Draigo, or whatever sound more plausible to you) get sahold of this information, and want to scout the Kriegsmen.
The Psyker Kriegsmen go's through the Grey Knight trials. He does exceptionally well, as expected of a Kriegsmen. He goes through some more Psyker Trials and Training to become a more skilled Psyker.
Finally after all the Trials, and Training he becomes a Grey Knight. He gets the Emperor's Gene Seed, and Silver Terminator Armor. But it's thought a good idea. To allow him to keep his memories since they know his secret. That he's a clone, and how clones are made. It was also thought that having his memories as a soldier could make you a better Kight. His one goal is to serve the Emperor, and follow orders, and kill chaos demons.
Over time he becomes his own Knight Captin. Where he clones him self as the template for his branch of the Grey Knights will be made up of Clones. The Inquisition turns a blind eye to this because they just want results. Finally these Grey Knight will take ordinary Kriegsmen turn them into clandestine set of foot soldiers to take into battle to split the defense of the demonic threats they fight. Essentially the foot soldiers are there to deal with lesser threats and enemies, so the Grey Knights can solely focus on the demonic entities. By doing this the Crush there enemies by sheer overwhelming force, the Kriegsmen way. (Kriegsmen Clones can't succumb to demonic influence because of their lack of emotions, and past connections such as family)
funny how you respect them when the grey knights would kill all the guard if called ahaha
@@charlesqueenan2738 The Grey Knights don't automatically purge loyalist witnesses, they follow the orders of the Inquisitor in charge on the matter.
The siege of Cadia is inspired by the real Siege of Candia (1648-1669) where the Ottomans besieged an island port city for 21 years while Europe sent reinforcements to hold the line.
The ottomans eventually took the city but at tremendous cost
Interesting!
That's a good connection
Holy shit how did I just now realized that the Fall of Cadia was Abaddon doing 9/11 in space
That damn abandon, we’ll get him some day for killing our planet
@@KrakDuk I couldn’t imagine how awful Spaceport security post-Fall of Cadia would be
9/11K
I hate that this is accurate.
Osama a Baddon?
Sorry
Please do the Vostroyans. They’re my favorite Guard regiment and I’d love to see their historical inspirations. Also, Steel Legion, Valhalla Ice Warriors, and maybe some talk about the elite regiments like Tempestus Scions and Kasrkin.
Yes! I’ll definitely cover them sometime in the future👍. Also on my list is a video about all the different imperial storm troopers, I love things like kasrkin and scions. Thanks for watching!
Vostroyans my beloved
Finally someone realizes that the Krieg uniform is more French than German, as someone who is obsessed with WW1 Krieg was the perfect match for me. I usually paint them in more early WW1 color schemes and Napoleonic uniform colors for the cavalry
Ohhhh me toooo I make my army look like Napoleonic era soldiers
Being a sack of flesh and telling god himself to suck it will always be my favorite trope in sc-fi
Ya, I love that. Picking up a laser rifle and facing the wrath of Satan before lunch is just awesome
@@KrakDuk damm you quick
@@Jessforprez haha, I usually just have TH-cam running while I work so I see the notifs
@@KrakDuk makes sense also we both have a ass sleep schedule lol
@@Jessforprez oh yeah fr, I’m cooked with my sleep schedule lmao. I’m more efficient at night thi😭😭
space 9/11 is wild
😳😳
But was it made by the Emperor?
To be fair, that Cadian cracking jokes would've been let off easy if all the Night Lord did was shoot him
He shoot the guy on the left but torture the other for making that lame joke😂
"Space Marines might be the poster boys, but the Guard is you and me." Such a good line that really grounds it. I love the Guard.
Kriegers using a shovel-launching tank has got me reeling,
Also would you consider a part 2? This video was so much fun!
Lmaoo I thought about that at the last moment and added it😂
Yes! I love the guard, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!
The shovel was of course the most important Weapon of both World Wars .. those trenches don't dig themselves.
Love your content my guy! Hope to see more regiments in the future like the Vostroyans, Valhallans, maccabian janissaries, praetorians and most of all my boys from the Steel Legion.
Thank you! I definitely want to make this a series if people enjoy this video, I love the Vostroyans aesthetic
Would love a video on some of your fav characters. Myself, I think the crippling imposter syndrome of Uthar the Destined would make him mood kindred with Caiaphas Cain
Ooh yeah that would be fun to do. Not sure if people would care for my takes too much though I’m somewhat basic (I like cadians for emperors sake)😂
The main art you use for your character on screen is very charming.
Thank you very much!
I wouldn’t say no to a version of this video for some of the space marine chapters. Keep up the good work!
Yes! I’ll definitely be covering marine chapters sometime in the future. There a lot of cool ones. Thank you for watching!
Well, you actually did it. You not only made me feel something for Cadians, but actually gave me something to love about them. Well done sir.
Ah yes I’m glad to make my cadian bois look cooler to people🙏 thanks for watching!
Death Korp. Im like 99% sure it pronounced Korp(kore), like the marine corp(core)
Ya tbh when recording sometimes I get a bit in my head and mispronounce things or talk fast haha. Hopefully as I get more used to the mic mistakes like those happen less frequently.
Thanks for watching!
It's funny, I've always pronounced it "Korps", even though it's one letter away from "corps" in french which is pronounced "Kor" XD
Its corpse hence the K, its apart of the campy nature of 40k.
In german it is pronounced as you said. And Krieg ist german for war
@@lolroflroflcakesit’s the German word for corps, and pronounced identically.
Love these videos dude! Also, the way you draw the Kriegsmen makes me very happy :)
Wholesome gas-mask bois and gurls.
Thank you! Glad you enjoy the videos.
And im glad you like the Krieg design lol, I spent an unreasonable amount of time trying to figure out how the tube should look😂😂
I’d love to hear you talk about the Vostroyan Firstborn, probably my pick for the coolest guard regiment. Anyways, loved the video and congrats on 1k!
Yes! I love the Vostroyans models, I’d love to make a video about them.
Thanks a lot! Glad you’re enjoying my stuff
The the Elysian Drop Troops and Harakoni Warhawks are my favorites being eilite French/American Airborne infantry with more light buggy vehicles.
Ya I’d love to look into them. The Elysians are awesome. Idk that much about about the warhawks so I’d love to look into them
I love drop troopers in sci fi, they’re always some of my favorites.
Thanks for the suggestion and watching the video!
Any talk about the Krieg steed is great, essentially horses given so many gene mods, implants, and combat drugs that they almost qualify as Space Marines.
one thing i've noticed in this video is that KrakDuk is trying avoid calling the Krieg Germans even through the DKK are based on WW1 germany the army has a model on tabletop called a "Panzerwagen" this unit is basically an armored tractor with a mortar launcher.
I didn’t consciously try to avoid calling them German, maybe it came off that way. I definitely think Germans are a big influence, especially seeing some of the huge super weapons they employ. I’d say they take influences from most of the WW1 forces, with the French and Germans being the biggest ones. Might just be a consequence of the brevity I try to give my vids, oops.
Thanks for watching!
I live in Normandy, my birth town was liberated by a canadian regiment, and there's several streets in France named "Canadians street" or variations of it, they've left a trace here ^^
Canadians in the two world wars: "It's not a war crime if nobody is left alive to report us"
I really hope you make another video like this as I like to see the real life equivalents of the regiments
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I had a ton of fun researching this video, history has always been fascinating to me. I’ll probably make a part two with the Vostroyans and two other regiments some time in the future.
Thanks for watching!
I would like to see more deep dives into each of the regiments! Discovered you recently, enjoying your content!
My fav regiment (and the one i based my army off) are the tannith 1st anf only.
Ooh yes the tanith are very interesting, I’ve been wanting to read Gaunts Ghosts.
I snuck one in very briefly near the end lol. Thanks for watching!
I think this could make an intresting series, you should definetly make it into one
you forgot that the kriegers use the Lucius-pattern no.98, the "98" being a reference to Gewehr 98 and it's Karabiner variants
Oh wait that’s actually really interesting. I didn’t pick up on that, nice shoutout.
Thanks for watching and pointing this out!
@@KrakDuk
No problem, man
Keep up the good work :)
Yo KrakDuk, remember me when you're famous and at 100k subs! I know you'll get there!
I’ll never forget my OG subs🙏 and thank you that means a lot to me, I hope your right haha
@@KrakDuk Trust me you’ll get popular, it’s impossible not to with someone as cool as you :)
@@LordCrate-du8zm thanks a lot!
@@KrakDuk You’re welcome :D
Really nice video, my favourite regiment would be the Death Korps of Krieg and the Vostroyan Firstborn I like the lore behind these two and I am a lover of history so yeah the boys from Krieg are just amazing plus I love Big Artillery
Good stuff, man
I was under the assumption that kriegers helmets were a mix of both the Stahlhelm and the French Adrian. So the main body of the helmet is the Stahlhelm but the bit on top might be inspired by the deflector crest on the Adrian. Not sure though.
Pho, Nguyen, banh mi is an INCREDIBLE joke I love it
Man get yourself a sponsor and make your channel more sustainable! I love your content!
P.S. I love the fact you put some much time in to your subscribers and reply to there comments (I subscribed)
Ya I try to reply to as many comments as I can when I get time. Thanks a lot! I appreciate it
I always thought “Cadia stands” was the 40K version of “remember the Alamo”
The krieger helmet is actually based on the pikelhaube
Sortoff. But without spikes and private rank soldier didn't use pickle but stahlhelm. Pikels used by officers to distinguish themselfs.
@@Warmaster2001 stallhem was only introduced in 1916, the picklehaube has used ever since the Austro-prussian war
that video was one of the best, if not the best in your channel
Thanks a lot! I’m glad you enjoyed it and happy to see that the videos are improving
To be fair, every combat arms soldier I've met has a very dark sense of gallows humor. Comes with the job.
2:48 oh no don't be sad krak
The Death Korps, Cadians, Steel legion, and Valhallans are my absolute fav with catachan being my go to when I want to make a Vietnam themed guard. Also good vid! You earned my sub!
Damn really the Catachans are you go-to for a Vietnam-themed army? Where did you get that idea!!??
for a second my youtube was broken, and you had the comment section of an Uncle Roger video XD
Lmaooo that’s wild. TH-cam must think he’s the same as me cuz we’re both Asian😳
Good stuff mate making it easier to understand then most
Thank you! I’m glad my vids are digestible lol. One of my goals for the channel is to make fun light videos to be a stepping stone into more in depth lore
Would watch a series of these
Absolutely would love to see you talk about the Steel Legion, My mechanized bois need the love.
Yes! I’d love to talk about the steel legion, they’re honestly a hit underrated recently I feel
I would love to hear more about the Valhallans, as all I really know about them is what I pick up from reading and rereading Ciaphas Cain.
I have never been interested in Warhammer but this video was cool.
I would say the hostility of the planet Catachan is heavily inspired by the popular fictional world of Australia. Catachans are my favorite regiment. As someone who lives in a jungle-like country, I share familiar connections with these big burly men as I too participate in guerilla warfare with the voices in my head telling me government agents are outside my house👍
(Of course many of the things I said are jokes, except for the "Catachans being my favorite" part ✌️🤣)
Lmao, true! I’ve seen that zany place in videos, how do people think of such things. The mythical “platypus” and “kangaroos” are very creative🤣
Thanks for watching! I love the catachan they’re such a cool regiment
If possible, could you do this with some of the space marine chapters. I only know some of the basic facts about them, like the ultramarines are named after a popular paint color.
I like this it's an interesting analysis of the tropes each follow and I think it'd be quite accessible to those new to 40K and the guard. If you do another I'd like to see your take on the Mordian iron guard and the Tanith first and only
It's my goal to make at least a platoon out of every Guard range GW has made throughout 40k. The Steel Legion are my favorite, but I like them all and I can probably easily convince myself to turn them all into companies over platoons.
what a goated video, subscribed 🔥
Thank you! Very based
Also on Cadian Shock troops.
Also they have influence from 70’s Soviets and “WW3 European War scenario” (like Arx Gap being “Fulda Gap” place where enemies will make a large scale assault).
If you do a part 2 may I respectfully request my boys the Tanith first and only?
Part two is coming after tomorrow’s video! Not entirely sure on the line up tho. Tanith is one of the front runners, we’ll see
As a Canadian, I love the fact we get to be one of the best Imperial Guard regiments.
Some other Catachan characters might also have some (rather different) inspiration - Colonel Straken and Sergeant Harker might be inspired by Sharpe and Harper from the Sharpe series (books/TV)
To compare the guard regimens to icecream:
Cadian: vanilla
every other regiment: vanilla with toppings
kinda feel bad there are not that many regiments which have gotten love from GW.
One of the cooler ones I discovered was a regiment from a mining world and EVERY single one of them has a knife that was passed though the generation. They are close quarters specialists. The funny part is that they have a surplus of chainswords, bcs they dont want to replace their knifes so the higher ups from their planet are using the chainswords for mining, bcs they found out that they are good at chipping rocks xDDDD
Wait that’s actually really cool lol. I never heard of them, do you remember what they’re called?
Yeah I wish GW would bring back the regiments, unfortunately I don’t think they’d sell all that well though. Luckily we have 3rd party sellers like Victoria minis with cool regiments stuff. Thanks for watching!
@@KrakDuk Luggnum Sewer Rats!
They even wear kilts, kinda!
they even have a healthy bit of lore on them as well
@@kubastachowiak1089 oh that’s awesome, I’ll look into them. Might make a video on some more obscure 40K things. Thanks for sharing?
@@KrakDuk its an honor to share obscure stuff like that ^^
there is sooo many cool regiments that are AMAZING but have no models. Like there is a planet that has a massive schola for Commisars, so EVERY guardsmen pulled from there is a mini commisar and has basic commisar training. There is a persian immortal looking dudes regiment that uses bolters!!! I can go on and on about how many cool things there are! Thats without getting into renegades!!!
Your Artwork is amazing, hope to see more from the guard!
To be exact, most soldiers in WW1 used shovels or clubs, because the trenches were just too narrow to use effectively your bayonet. But, if you get out of the trench, the bayonet mounted on the rifle, gets its advnatage back, as its longer reach will allow you to kill your opponent before he can harm you ^^
So really, the only time a shovel is useful is close quarter in a trench, and of course building that trench XD
Awesome video! My personal favorite Guard regiment is the 99th Generian Medium Infantry.
Thanks alot! I’ve never heard of those guys, I’ll have to look into them sometime. Thanks for watching!
@@KrakDuk Hoooboy, you’re in for a real treat then.
Ever heard of The All Guardsmen Party?
Canadians are the definition of: "Do not mistake my kindness for weakness."
The siege of Candia (now Heraklion, Crete) was the second longest seige in history. I think, emphasize thihnk *not* know, that's where they got the name for the Cadians
you forgot the Modian Iron Guard, they are excellent warriors, and they are said to be one of best, if not the BEST Guard regiment in the entire galaxy
Apparently the shovel thing in world war 1 was because bayonets often get stuck leaving you to either drop your rifle or be forced to slow down and pull it out ... which is bad when there are snipers and machine guns everywhere.
Bonking them on the head with a shovel is just as incapacitating but much quicker.
Does that tactic work on a a giant demon or big old ork. I dunno. But i can imagine a kriegsman being more then willing to find out
Talk about the Valhallan Ice Warriors!
Love the cold themes!
Next big 40k content creator, share with your friends! So fun!
Awe thanks so much! I would really appreciate that
If you could make your own guard regiment what would y’all base it off of?
(Awesome video man)
Thank you glad you enjoyed the video!
I actually wrote lore for my own homebrew regiment I needed out below a bit, but TLDR they live on a mostly aquatic planet with one supercontinent that’s pretty much completely under imperial control. My regiment is basically nautical flavored Cadians fighting pirates and sea monsters.
My homebrew lore: Some cadian regiments got stranded on the planet due to warp storms and trained the local PDF in cadian war doctrines and the locals taught them how to navigate the jungles and fight better on the beaches in return. The imperials have near complete supremacy of the land so they mostly fortify the coasts.
They have Kars lining the coastlines to protect against daemonic incursions coming from the depths of the sea. In addition, they have kasrkin killteams patrolling in valkyries ready to drop on any threat that slipped past the perimeter defenses.
Along with the daemons, the imperials also have to deal with pirate orks sailing the seas, eldar corsair fleets, and giant tau battlesuit presence.
I’d say my lore is mostly based on cadians (and their influences), d-day type battles, some American pilgrim elements, Pacific Rim, drop troopers in general (originally wrote the kasrkin to resemble ODSTs, ARC troopers, and real world paratroopers), pirates, a little Jurassic park, and just general sea monster tales.
Great video! Even though I don't own any Imperial Guard models (I wish I did though) I do love the Imperial Guard. I would love you to cover the Armageddon Steel Legion (They are very underrated IMO) and Valhallan Ice Warriors (Basically WW2 Soviet Red Army in space and Ciaphas Cain's bros).
Ok now I started to like Imperialis Auxilia even more. Especially Cadians and Kriegers. But I like Pretorians too. The literally Red Coats in space)
For future reference, anytime you see Korps or Corps, it's pronounced Core
Idk why but the image of the entire jungle holding up a single hand pointing a gun at a guy made me laugh more than it should have 😆
Would love to hear your spin on the penal legions.
With the *HappyGasMaskNoises* I decided for myself Kriegers are actually based on Kenny McCormick .. also because they die alot.
Jolly good. May I request, that you, good sir, might use a spot in the next installment of this series to cover the Praetorian guard? We're almost certainly not inspired by an age of terra entertainment pict starring a snappy young chap named Michael Caine. Tally ho!
Yes my good sir! I will most definitely cover those jolly good chaps in the future. Tally ho indeed!
Old Steel Legion fan because I got the 1999/2000 forgot the year exactly steel legion codex. I thought Yarrick was the coolest badass. Now I'm old and people call my steel legion "yellow krigers".
Tanith and Gaunt are also great dunno why it took them so long to give him ruels.
You’ll love my next few videos😳 but ya I like the steel legion a lot, their aesthetic is super cool and embodies the guard feel well.
It is wierd how the Krieg totally took over in terms of popularity when they literally originated as a Steel Legion scheme. I always found that interesting. Calling them “Yellow kriegers” should be a crime when Krieg were literally brown steel legion 🤣
The ghosts are also very cool, I definitely want to talk about them more in the future
Thanks for watching!
... funnily enough, there is something that even the VC and NVA feared more than Americans with their fire support: *_KOREANS_*
The VC and NVA literally avoided South Korean sectors unless they a) can't avoid them or b) have a 100% certainty that they would win the engagement.
Were there no Tanith in the video, or were they just so stealthy that we didn't notice them
Fun fact: The Germans were so interested in Canadian shock trooper tactics in WW1 that they came up with a specific term for it, the translation of which is 'stormtrooper'. They then attempted to use their own shock troopers, giving them body armour and calling them, you guessed it, stormtroopers.
This is where the term stormtrooper comes from, and contrary to popular belief, is what stormtroopers are named after and partially inspired by in Star Wars (not the SS as has been so often stated), which makes sense since the stormtroopers wear armour and carry what are in real life SMGs, just as their German namesakes did. The other inspiration for Imperial stormtroopers is the American GIs.
Stormtroopers, like the GIs in the Vietnam war, were never actually incompetent, nor were their defeats ever their fault, but rather down to the arrogance and overconfidence of those in power.
Yes! I actually read about that doing the research, very interesting. I also thought that the storm troopers came before the shock troopers.
Thanks for sharing here, I didn’t have anywhere good to put in the video. Also thanks for watching!
@@KrakDuk 🫡
Thats… what? None of that is right except for the last paragraph.
German Sturmtroopen tactics weren’t based on Canadian infantry, but rather the writings of a French officer named Laffargue, even though neither the his homeland nor the British would adopt it. His writings were found and expanded upon by a German Officer named Willy Rohr, who created the first Sturmbatallion in 1915 and hence the first “Storm Troopers.”
Though by mid 1916 these Strosstrupplers (the original name for Storm troopers) were wearing helmets, they didn’t wear body army. Metal Body armor was heavy and clunky, and was only worn by Machine Gunners and spotters, and even then only rarely. Strosstrupplers initially carried carbines, but they also carried pistols sometimes in addition and sometimes as a primary weapon, and handgrenades. Usually a *lot* of hand grenades, and sometimes *only* hand grenades and a knife.
These troops were usually used as infiltrators rather than traditional shock troops, and when they had to fight in pitched battles they achieved great success but also suffered heavy casualties.
The conflation with Canadians and their brutality, and the concept of a Storm Trooper is not from the war, but rather much much later. The idea that the word “storm trooper” ever referred to the Canadian army is entirely a-historical.
@wyatttyson7737 What about all the photos showing German stormtroopers wearing body armour?
And what about the MP18 submachine gun that they used?
@@tk-6967 Strosstruppler did use the MP-18... in mid 1918 to the end of the war.
For the other 3 years of their existence they used carbines, pistols, grenades, and knives. Sometimes other melee weapons and on even rarer occasions captured Entente weapons.
As for the "stormtroopers" wearing body armor, those aren't strosstrupplers. They are spotters and machine gunners. You may be confusing them for the Italians, who did attempt to field shock troops with body armor, with mostly poor outcomes.
Every major nation (except Russia I think) experimented with metal body armor. Only the German Machine gunners and Italians made any real use of them, and most nations abandoned their effort.
In World War I, Canadian troops would chuck cans of food into the German trenches and follow them up with hand grenades.
The Canadians either invented or are prime examples of half of the Geneva Convention.
Catachans my favorite, as an American I feel like we deserve an imperial guard regiment that’s why I dislike some people saying they’re aussies when there are multi racial catachan fighters resembling the mixed race American army that came about during the civil rights movement during the Vietnam war, don’t see many black Aussies in the jungles of Vietnam in popular depictions of the war lol
Well you Muricans already have the biggest piece of cake. The Cadians the poster boys of Guard).
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In lore the Krieg do RARELY take their masks off and they are all just blue eyed teens with blonde hair. That’s why everyone suspects they’re clones, plus it’s hinted at in the books
You can take any military culture and make your own guard homeworld. Only War was always most fun when you made up your own regiment using a points-buy system.
We've had naval security units doing a haka, and dudes with shotguns and ballistic shields.
My own guard regiment design follows Finno-ugric legends of kveningar/Jatulin pojat/sons of giants (real people group living in northern most finland norway border.
Mercenaries by trade, highly ancestral worship driven and larger than average man but not to a level of "actual giant" so 6'5-6'10 is or 192-204cm tall guys are the norm.
Beast hunters who wield traps and snipers with specifically designed spears that cause massive bleeding wounds rather than get stuck deep in the target.
On their home planet basic rules are that you either hunt or grow your own food so they have a lot of armored animals on their peg and call.
As their planet doesn't have that high demand for guardsmen and their population is small, they work in highly effective hit and run style, with barrage of artillery followed by sniper fire, with their positions being designed specifically to trap enemies so they have time to hide again.
Mountains are their favored terrain as it limits enemy mobility even further.
As more of an mercenary force, as part of guard they would be few dozen elite snipers in single division. And when it comes to melee, if you can bleed getting wounded by their spears is going to be enough to kill you even if it takes a short while.
Yes, an appreciator of the emperor's TRUE finest
Im an imperial fist player so naturally my favourite regiments are Krieg and Steel legion.
Just found your channel bro. Keep doing this.
Awesome! I definitely will be making more stuff👍
dude i fucking love ur channel and ur drawing is so sick
you wanna know how terrifying were the canadians in the first world war? they are the reason the geneva convention is a thing
I would love a Continental Army inspired Guardsmen army.
That’s actually a really cool idea. I wonder if anyone has kitbashed that before. Castellan Washington leading the 013th🤣🤣
My two favorite factions are the Tau and the Orks
This weeks video is about the tau! It’ll drop Monday.
Tau were almost the first faction I got when I started 40K, but I ended up falling in love with the guard. I also love the orks, I have a decent collection of them. One of the most fun factions to paint and build imo. Thanks for watching!
ngl im so bitchy about the catachans. cuz im viet and its like. i'm not particularly surprised that this is how they're handled but it's really just like. damn just gonna take the whole awful war and make it about how awesome the US army is. especially cuz they take so much from the nva/VC tactics including literally being natives to the jungle planet that taught them guerrilla tactics.
edit: ok actually why in especially mad about this is because 40k can do so much better, and i know it can, because so many of the other guard regiments are simultaneously so cool and so well thought out, in ways that don't downplay the horrors of their inspirations. most other guard regiments, it's like there's always the subtext of "each of these men and woman is all but an unwilling soldier, a disposable pawn in a pointless neverending war who are put there to catch bullets and die" but with catachan it feels like the writers forgot everything about what makes grimdark fun to go jerk themselves off to uncomplicated "heroes win bad guys lose, what's moral complexity" stories where the badass protagonists are just soooo cool and awesome and never follow orders because those are for wimps. it's like the guard have picked up the worst habits of space marines. and i'm not even opposed to guard being badass but like. cmon
Would love to hear about Vostoken first born and the steel legion sometime
For a second I thought Master Chief was dubbing this video. Here's a follow
Haha I wish. Thanks a lot! That’s huge praise
7:22 Mister, the French-Canadians used to cut the SCALP (like the natives americans used to do) to the germans. In WW2, The Germans were afraid of being taken prisoner by the Soviet Union yes. But there was a huge "OH FUCK HANS THOSE ARE NOT BRITISH" when they surrendered to Canadians.
The Movie Starship Troopers were influenced by the 2nd Edition Lead Cadian. And then influenced the 3rd Edition plastic ones...
my favorite regiment is the one that just might be the best ever...
lol, I love that about warhammer. Almost every sub faction is the best of the best😂😂 kinda makes sense though, the less notable ones ofc wouldn’t get as much attention
Thanks for watching!
Love how every faction thinks it’s the best of the best