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    The Armageddon Steel Legion are the Imperial Guard Regiments native to the Hive World of Armageddon. True to its name, Armageddon has been the site of three massive battles in the history of the Imperium, most recently a pair of invasions by the Ork Warboss Ghazghkull Thraka. As a result, the armies of Armageddon are very skilled in fighting Orks.
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  • @eduardodiaz9942
    @eduardodiaz9942 Місяць тому +477

    Yarrick is a gigachad of such magnitude that when he heard a rumor that he could kill with a stare, he had a laser implanted in his eye so he could do just that.

    • @MichealIkruhara
      @MichealIkruhara Місяць тому +47

      You cant prove those bones in the photo were actually his.

    • @TemptationsEnd
      @TemptationsEnd Місяць тому +7

      @@MichealIkruhara Just like the marines of pre dark age of technology. They are never KIA, just missing in action.

    • @oniemployee3437
      @oniemployee3437 9 днів тому

      Wasn't it a normal bionic eye?

    • @traolachhegarty6706
      @traolachhegarty6706 6 днів тому +1

      ​@oniemployee3437 yes it was, but the orks believed it could shoot death rays so it was able to fire projectiles cause Orks lmao

    • @clandorangaming
      @clandorangaming 5 днів тому +1

      I only recently got into 40k, specifically because of the Orks. Love that their..."logic" actually isn't just restricted to them xD

  • @Lexandritte
    @Lexandritte Місяць тому +113

    DK: "...What, do they have a fuck room?"
    Bricky: "DK!"
    DK: "...What?!.."
    Bricky: "It's the Imperium! They have a Fuckus Chamberium Imperialis!"

    • @clandorangaming
      @clandorangaming 5 днів тому

      Imagine being a representative of the Fuckus Imperialis...what would your title even be? xD

  • @TheTimberwolf44
    @TheTimberwolf44 Місяць тому +70

    "How dare you assume Yarrick would use xenos tech." Bricky says about the man using an ork power claw

  • @YoBen100
    @YoBen100 Місяць тому +345

    "Finally, a humies that knows how to fight." Certain Biggest Ork Warlord, probably.

    • @heboric6136
      @heboric6136 Місяць тому +5

      💯

    • @AltoStratusX1
      @AltoStratusX1 Місяць тому +15

      Yea exactly. Orks don't hate the Steel Legion. They love/respect them. When Orks have a "good enemy" a real fighty one that can actually beat them- that means you made it as an ork. Like fighting in THE BEST FIGHT is your life's goal. So finding an enemy that can give you that fight earns respect.

    • @stryke-jn3kv
      @stryke-jn3kv Місяць тому +4

      @@AltoStratusX1 "Best friend" and "worst enemy" is the same word in the orkish language

    • @arandomkobold8403
      @arandomkobold8403 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@stryke-jn3kv i think the word is Grod

    • @sloshed-rat
      @sloshed-rat Місяць тому +3

      DEMZ YELLOW BOIZ IS GOOD AT KRUMPIN, I'LL GIVE EM DAT!

  • @nomadzophiel
    @nomadzophiel Місяць тому +65

    In the grim darkness of Southern California, there is only war. Cadians hold The Valley. The Steel Legion fights off Orks and daemons in the backwater industrial hellscape of Barstow.

    • @xXNoobKillaXx
      @xXNoobKillaXx Місяць тому +5

      San Bernardino has fallen to chaos

    • @nomadzophiel
      @nomadzophiel Місяць тому +5

      The lifeless metal legions of Lord Disnerakh's Necrons rule Anaheim.

    • @scooterdescooter4018
      @scooterdescooter4018 29 днів тому +3

      "We were somewhere around Oil Pits of Barstow, on the edge of the Burning Flats, when the chems began to take hold"

    • @emmajones752
      @emmajones752 14 днів тому +3

      San Diego: a secludedly forlorn Imperial Navy outlook sector once of impressive majesty, now pitifully besieged on all sides by the enclosing desolate wasteland of ill repute, a final bastion of naive hope for humanity in such an inhospitable landscape of disheveled detritus and despair.

    • @animemilkmann5041
      @animemilkmann5041 12 днів тому

      The Central valley has fallen to both nurgle and slaanesh.

  • @SalemPulsifer
    @SalemPulsifer Місяць тому +119

    Each time Bricky speaks about gooning, I now hear Haruka screaming "STOP WITH THE GOOOONING!"

  • @Techdecker222
    @Techdecker222 Місяць тому +52

    NGL, I'd dig a Solar Auxillia episode

  • @khylerbane4523
    @khylerbane4523 Місяць тому +280

    “Heroes of Armageddon! You have withstood the evil savagery of the Orks, and they have nothing left for you to fear. So raise high the black banners of vengeance - now is our time.”
    -Sebastian Yarrick

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 Місяць тому +3

      I love that the Orks Waaagh! are considered worse than the fucking demon invasion XD

    • @Battle-Brother-Ixaris
      @Battle-Brother-Ixaris Місяць тому +3

      ​@krankarvolund7771 well Imagine what happens when theu actually get serious? Waaagh means war ffs. If ork normally are just living their best lives then how bad do you think they get when their actually waging war.

  • @maultshake
    @maultshake Місяць тому +18

    I want a shirt now that says
    "The Orks are pushing! ACTIVATE THE FUCK ROOMS!"

  • @Verdis_deMosays
    @Verdis_deMosays Місяць тому +62

    Cadian Valley Girl: the poster.
    Please.

    • @kncotton85
      @kncotton85 28 днів тому +7

      Better yet, an all guardsmen version of an 80's teen movie poster, like The Breakfast Club. Everyone is from a different regiment.

    • @MrFatalisDev
      @MrFatalisDev 27 днів тому

      @@kncotton85 Oh, I luv this idea.

    • @ArchArturo
      @ArchArturo 23 дні тому +1

      The Goon Poster

  • @MrThademon
    @MrThademon Місяць тому +29

    The portrayal of Yarrick in Hammer and Bolter was frikken hilarious cuz it was told from an Ork's perspective.

  • @ragzaugustus
    @ragzaugustus Місяць тому +23

    57:00 That's actually a Stalingrad reference, there were a couple of instances when freshly build tanks were just rolled out of the factories during the Battle of Stalingrad, often without optics, meaning the random conscripts and whatever else could man them, had to fire using essentially tank iron sights.

    • @luketfer
      @luketfer Місяць тому +8

      Yup, they were rolled out often completely *unpainted*, just straight off the factory floor into the hands of conscripts.

  • @Myomer104
    @Myomer104 Місяць тому +18

    I remember reading about an old rule where, when fighting Orks, if Yarrick fell, there was a chance for him to just pop right back up.

  • @rebel1717
    @rebel1717 Місяць тому +37

    I would like to discuss my extreme displeasure on seeing an entire episode dedicated to Armaggedon, and yet there wasn’t even ONE MENTION OF HELSREACH!!!
    HERESYYY!!!

    • @willbasler764
      @willbasler764 Місяць тому +5

      Justice for andre

    • @fenrirsrage4609
      @fenrirsrage4609 Місяць тому +6

      Here's to hoping they're saving it for an episode about either Helsreach itsel or the Calmest Chad Templar Grimaldus.

    • @rebel1717
      @rebel1717 29 днів тому +1

      @@fenrirsrage4609 here’s hoping indeed

    • @pogo8050
      @pogo8050 20 днів тому

      Isn’t Kiriot also a massive black Templar fanboy?

  • @Connor-ONeill
    @Connor-ONeill Місяць тому +7

    "My lord, it may be time to deploy the Goon Platoon."

  • @happyyet5387
    @happyyet5387 Місяць тому +7

    "Lord Commander - Activate the Goon Cave" - Bricky
    Best quote in all of adric period. WP sir.

  • @kevincass9917
    @kevincass9917 Місяць тому +26

    So, fun fact about the uniforms themselves:
    The Steel Legion's uniforms are designed after more WW2 aesthetics, with the helmet being somewhat akin to the helmet worn by German paratroopers (Fallschirmjaeger) which resembled more of a rounded bowl shape, and the coats are designed after British tanker uniforms.
    The gas masks I'm kind of unsure about, but if I remember correctly the normal gas masks were sort of a mix of Soviet pilot masks and infantry masks.

  • @dzasays5516
    @dzasays5516 Місяць тому +33

    After hearing " churning out more people"
    My Brain- " That's ALOT of drafting folks "
    DK- G-bangs?

    • @ArchArturo
      @ArchArturo Місяць тому +8

      "Open the Brazzerz cave!"

    • @dzasays5516
      @dzasays5516 Місяць тому +11

      Fuggin "Goon Cave" has left me mortally shooketh

  • @MrPapamaci88
    @MrPapamaci88 Місяць тому +66

    Also, it is alluded that Armageddon used to be Ulanor, just got teleported away into it's present solar system after the War of the Beast, so Armageddon might be the OG Ork homeworld so there's that too.

    • @Zakvadr1995
      @Zakvadr1995 Місяць тому +24

      It’s not alluded to, it’s strait up confirmed that the Mechanicus “stole” Ullanor and dropped it in the “New” Armageddon system. To quote “The War of The Beats was… Weird.”

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 Місяць тому +13

      @@Zakvadr1995 I understood that Armageddon was Ullanor, but I thought they just lost the Ullanor system during the Great Crusade and recolonized it later, not that the Mechanicus literally stole a planet! XD

    • @ScryeTheMindless
      @ScryeTheMindless Місяць тому +1

      .... This all sounds soo dumb as shit to me. This just a seems like a change to a planet's history that never needed to band with a sub-par story to begin with. Nah thanks I'm good, I think Imma just stick to my 3 invasions thanks.

    • @MrPapamaci88
      @MrPapamaci88 Місяць тому +7

      @@ScryeTheMindless Complain to the writer of the Beast series, mate... I mean them Orks had freaking battle moons and the Admech found the same kind of planet transporter thingy within Ulanor after the war was over, so things went pretty hush-hush afterwards.

    • @Zakvadr1995
      @Zakvadr1995 Місяць тому +2

      @@ScryeTheMindless The politics in War of the Beast were great! Everything else was… I’m pretty sure the writers were High when they wrote that stuff. Orks making battle moons out of planets and galaxy spanning wormholes, Krorks coming back as “Primorks” and besting Vulkan, the Mechanicus using Ork tech to try and move Mars in an act of Rebellion, an Eldar Harlequin and Death Jester taking on a cohort of Custodies, Black Templars and Iron Warriors working together… no.. just no.

  • @Beandealer
    @Beandealer Місяць тому +87

    Armageddon: the planet that never sleeps. Never-ending battles against chaos, Angron being Angron, Ghaz slamming the planet, and the advent of the great rift. Never sleep, Armageddon

  • @MellowGrunt10
    @MellowGrunt10 Місяць тому +98

    Ok, time for me to explain some armored tactics for DK on why you’d leave a troop transport, this is coming from a nerd, I have not served in the military so if anyone who has served wants to correct me, please do. Tanks while very strong are also very vulnerable to things like infantry. So, you have infantry by the armor in a “I scratch your back, you scratch mine” situation. The infantry protects the tank from enemy infantry that can easily flank it, and the armor protects the infantry from enemy armor and blasts through fortified positions that infantry would struggle with.

    • @dzasays5516
      @dzasays5516 Місяць тому +19

      Ur not wrong the US Army also put missiles and a 40MM gun in a turret on top of the Bradley IFV just in case the tanks are busy. Between that gunner and the displeased Grunts that disembark the vehicle they can really just win the fight sans tanks

    • @kumaking5519
      @kumaking5519 Місяць тому

      @@dzasays5516 even then, US maintains its strength with some of the best aircraft and drone combat. A literal strategy they use is to bomb the fuck out of something and then put ranks and boots on the ground if they are too dug in

    • @Guardsman-sy8qm
      @Guardsman-sy8qm Місяць тому +2

      *25mm cannon but fundementally, yes.

    • @prestonjones1653
      @prestonjones1653 24 дні тому

      You are mostly correct, but it also depends on what the infantry opposing the tank is armed with.
      A Challenger 2 in Desert Storm took 70 Soviet-made RPG rounds, and it barely scratched the paint.

  • @KolmManison
    @KolmManison Місяць тому +12

    It'd be pretty funny if Yarrick is somehow alive and the propaganda of his heroic death was psychological warfare from some kooky inquisitor to simultaneously raise imperium morale and lower ork morale cuz Gaz is sad.
    All the while, Yarrick is right fucking there still killing orks.
    "Alas, poor Yarrick.. your sacrifice and service shall not be in vein"
    "You know Im still alive, right?"
    "Sometimes, I can still hear his voice.."
    "Im right fucking HERE!"

  • @solidsentinel1285
    @solidsentinel1285 Місяць тому +24

    Local guard Simp doesn’t immediately recognize when the best guard faction is eluded to

  • @SymbioteMullet
    @SymbioteMullet Місяць тому +13

    We need to introduce DK to Gorkamorka, he's going to love the Diggas.
    And maybe Da Red Gobbo too!

  • @marcusgodfrey4061
    @marcusgodfrey4061 Місяць тому +68

    In honor of this episode the next book club needs to be Hellsreach

  • @aurtosebaelheim5942
    @aurtosebaelheim5942 Місяць тому +6

    While the infantry definitely have a WW2 vibe to them, I'd say they're overall a bit more Cold War. The Chimera is a bit of a hybrid between all the Soviet BMP variants with a bit of BTR in there (the wheeled Chimeras are very BTR) and Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) weren't really a thing in WW2 (though I'm sure you could find examples of up-gunned APCs acting in a similar capacity or other such weird one-offs if you looked hard enough). The Chimera is definitely more of an IFV than an APC, it's meant to stick around providing fire support or allow troops to fight from inside it if the battlefield is heavily irradiated or otherwise uninhabitable, it's not just a battle taxi.
    The word "Armageddon" is also pretty evocative of nuclear war, so I don't think the Cold War vibe is coincidental.

  • @RiffSilverthe1andonly
    @RiffSilverthe1andonly Місяць тому +49

    THEY’RE DOING MY BOYS LET’S GOOOOO
    Now do Yarrick vid or I will drop a chimera on your house

  • @stax6092
    @stax6092 Місяць тому +16

    DK's reaction to the Catachan models is very appropriate.
    All the Guard need to be updated if they're being sold.

    • @stryke-jn3kv
      @stryke-jn3kv Місяць тому +5

      And yet the Warp Spiders are still much older. Those things I bet money are older than at least 90% of the viewers on this channel.

    • @luketfer
      @luketfer Місяць тому +3

      @@stryke-jn3kv yup 1994 for those original Warp Spiders sculpts, same with some of the Eldar special characters. The plastic Catachan kit is from 3rd edition, so...I think 1998 or 2000. The plastic Catachans are STILL old enough to drink literally anywhere in the world as they're, at least, 24 years old, compared to the definite 30 for the Warp Spiders.

    • @stax6092
      @stax6092 Місяць тому +1

      @@stryke-jn3kv Just cause the Guard are in desperate need of an update and shouldn't be sold til then doesn't mean there aren't other models that need it too. Especially the Warp Spiders, they so ugly.

    • @vxicepickxv
      @vxicepickxv День тому +1

      Catachan vs Warp Spider Kill Team box when?

  • @Talius10
    @Talius10 Місяць тому +8

    "ENOUGH WITH THE GOONING!!!"
    -Haruka

  • @LegoM12
    @LegoM12 Місяць тому +5

    People honestly forget that Armageddon is Ullanor, which is the ork homeworld that instinctively attracts orks. Also that it was after the triumph at Ullanor that Horus became Warmaster, which is just a big deal everyone forgets fr.
    Idk maybe these details weren’t for this video but yeh

  • @DouglasMeloche
    @DouglasMeloche Місяць тому +6

    @1:01:00 soon as Bricky said, "kill him" ...an AD started playing, and I legit thought Shy began playing the AD as part of the script XD

  • @garretthochmuth4522
    @garretthochmuth4522 Місяць тому +110

    Vulkan:Ha ha ha, Ah Ullanor Prime. It just as I remember it.
    Corvus Corax: *so done* Vulkan, there are Orks everywhere.” *points to literal green tide that never ends in any direction*
    VulOrk: “ZAKLY AS I REMEMBA IT!”
    local Andre: 'What's an Ullanor, Lord Primarch?"
    Inquisition: "NOTHING, You Heard NOTHING!"
    Canoness Sethano: "Didn't it blow up after the War of the Beast?"
    Mechanicus: *regains the ability to sweat* "YES!" *Starts talking fast* "Oh No, the xenos are in artillery range, could you go fix that? We'll continue this conversation never."
    Yarrick: "I really couldn't care less if I tried, can we *please* get back to the planetary invasion?"
    Them talking about the “atmosphere and nature” of and the reason for always wearing those uniforms on Armageddon made me realize something… if Tolkien or the guy the made Princess Mononoke, or Lovecraft, had been able to read about this, 40k manmade death works, or forge worlds, they would have felt vindicated and horrified.

    • @alaskarii007
      @alaskarii007 Місяць тому +17

      I mean, I find it funny how people who think the imperium and BIG E are the good guys are also often Tolkien fans, even though I'm pretty sure Tolkien himself would say that Big E is basically Sauron and the space marines are worse than orcs.

    • @no-nonseplayer6612
      @no-nonseplayer6612 Місяць тому +4

      @@alaskarii007 funn fact tolkien was kinda fan of bre lovecraftian stories he based based lotr and silmarillion some nordic and finnic and old englsih legends and those can be egually dark and horrible than anything in 40k

    • @no-nonseplayer6612
      @no-nonseplayer6612 Місяць тому +2

      Lion says not again the ullanor to the Guilliman and majes robotic guiltyman to cry in ptsd

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 Місяць тому +4

      When Vulkan goes through the gigantic totally flat plains "Ah yeah, the Mechanicum spent months to flatten this entire continent just so we could march before the Emperor. Good times."

  • @Nickname-ef9tv
    @Nickname-ef9tv Місяць тому +29

    12:58 I love that when Bricky and DC contemplate that Kirioth has heard worse in his life they exclusively think about themselves.

  • @TooMuchSpareTime101
    @TooMuchSpareTime101 Місяць тому +18

    Yeah, the true Steel Legion fan experience; forgotten about several times in our own goddamn episode because DK made a terrible joke and Bricky won't stop staring at Solar Auxilia... :(

    • @ScryeTheMindless
      @ScryeTheMindless Місяць тому +3

      And they still treated Armageddon with more respect then GW did in the war the beast.

    • @TooMuchSpareTime101
      @TooMuchSpareTime101 Місяць тому +3

      @@ScryeTheMindless to quote a certain one-armed stonewall, "The War of the Beast was ... weird."

  • @khylerbane4523
    @khylerbane4523 Місяць тому +47

    What’s your favorite quote in reference to either the Steel Legion or Armageddon?
    This is mine…
    “I will die on this world. I will die on Armageddon.”
    -Reclusiarch Marek Grimaldus of the Black Templars.

    • @fnglert
      @fnglert Місяць тому +13

      "Hero of Helsreach", they chant. As if there is only one.

    • @garretthochmuth4522
      @garretthochmuth4522 Місяць тому +12

      Go to Armageddon. Make Preparations, my Best enemy. No Trick... Good enemies iz Hard ta Find.
      -Ghazghul Mag Uruk Thraka to Commisar Yarrick.
      This one line changed Everything about Ghaz for me.
      Vox, send a Message to my Husband. I wish to say goodbye."
      -Paraphrased of what he actually said in the 2nd War as the Gargants approached.
      This was one of the best uses of LGBTQ+ being represented. As in it's only a part of who he is and not does it ever define his character. Simply put, Yarrick isn't a LGBTQ+ charcter, he's a character that happens to be LGBTQ+.
      "Herman Von Straub, you are under arrest."
      - Dante to Von Straub. That felt *ssooo* good to hear after dealing with all of Straubs stupidity.

    • @Zenn_Chan
      @Zenn_Chan Місяць тому

      I will be furious if we don't get a War for Armageddon episode, and the quote is just Grimaldus' entire speech

    • @Nempo13
      @Nempo13 Місяць тому

      @@garretthochmuth4522 40k was always inclusive, everyone dies equally. This is what the alphabet mafia doesn't like. They don't like true equality.

  • @AppleFumble
    @AppleFumble Місяць тому +4

    how dare you put this evil on me.

  • @johnj.spurgin7037
    @johnj.spurgin7037 Місяць тому +3

    Ah good! I needed inspiration for the homebrew datasheet for these guys I've been sitting on!
    Also, it's a fact that killing monsters together and having "yay we survived" smex... well, incentivize having kids as a planetary governor, because you will ALWAYS need more meat for the grinder.
    As for flavorful rules to match lore... that should TOTALLY be the specific domain of Narrative campaigns like Pariah Nexus and similar crusade content.
    As for Yarrick, I thought it was an Ork Waaagh thing that they all believed he couldn't die.

  • @slackeratlarge575
    @slackeratlarge575 Місяць тому +21

    Armageddon is Ullanor. The orks are called home.

  • @oldeskul
    @oldeskul Місяць тому +3

    The Armageddon Steel Legion, if there was a halfway point between the Cadian Shock Troopers and the Death Korps of Krieg, it would be them.

  • @WarsmithHuggy
    @WarsmithHuggy Місяць тому +4

    Those wheeled chimera 20mins in they were a white dwarf conversion, they were so popular they issued a how to convert guide next issue!

  • @lolmeister9764
    @lolmeister9764 Місяць тому +14

    Filling my head with ridiculousness instead of studying for my final in 3 hours, LET'S GOOOKO

    • @The_Bird_Bird_Harder
      @The_Bird_Bird_Harder Місяць тому

      To be honest taking a break to not burn yourself out is the healthy thing.

    • @SymbioteMullet
      @SymbioteMullet Місяць тому

      Good luck on the test!

    • @alexvaraderey
      @alexvaraderey Місяць тому

      How did it go?

    • @lolmeister9764
      @lolmeister9764 Місяць тому +1

      @@alexvaraderey It went, kek.
      Prof said it should be back to us by Friday

  • @Blood_M4ster
    @Blood_M4ster Місяць тому +6

    32:17 "we have class on this podcast" .... *(X) DOUBT*

  • @ianbabcock6802
    @ianbabcock6802 Місяць тому +6

    “STOP WITH THE GOONING!” -Haruka

    • @luketfer
      @luketfer Місяць тому +2

      Ah I was looking for this comment.

  • @TheChiefJimbo
    @TheChiefJimbo Місяць тому +8

    “Commissar! Me and Shelly for reals can’t go to the Eye of Terror tomorrow. Like we totally don’t want to ruin our uniforms. We like just got them pressed and our nails like totally match our boots. OMG LOOK! My boots and my nails have a polished, mirror sheen.”

  • @spacecowboy5486
    @spacecowboy5486 Місяць тому +22

    Oh yeah I love the Death Kor - *gets shot by Steel Legion fans*

  • @barbaricboi8905
    @barbaricboi8905 Місяць тому +4

    Did he say you’ve done all you could on salamanders??!!?
    OOOOOOOOOOKAYYYY HERETIC

  • @Gunthersby
    @Gunthersby Місяць тому +7

    There's a chance Ghazghkull, smart as he is, will convince everyone that Yarrick's alive and he'll come back, possibly as an imperial daemon

  • @daubenythememelord6962
    @daubenythememelord6962 Місяць тому +5

    RIP Hades Hive. Even Yarrick knew it’d fall

  • @trentthehehim3936
    @trentthehehim3936 Місяць тому +4

    “Like OH MY GOOOOOD, Chaos is like so Mid.”

  • @Beandealer
    @Beandealer Місяць тому +13

    The Armageddon Steel Legion have such a cool design. Shame that the minis were swapped out for Cadians

    • @woaddragon
      @woaddragon Місяць тому +3

      And literally kriegers

    • @luketfer
      @luketfer Місяць тому

      @@woaddragon Which is funny when the Kriegers were an alt-color scheme specifically for the old Steel Legion models...the palette swap became more popular than the original.

  • @loganb7059
    @loganb7059 Місяць тому +2

    Now I want a dedicated 3 parter for the first, second and third war for armageddon

  • @ChadmasterDante
    @ChadmasterDante Місяць тому +3

    BEST REGIMENT, LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!
    Also, no mention of the fact that Orks are drawn to Armageddon because it's actually Ullanor Prime, their home planet? It was moved by the Mechanicus after the War of the Beast(IIRC) to a different sector and renamed.
    Also, no mention of the fact that Steel Legion are the OG Gas Mask Boys, and that Krieg started as a simple recolor of SL models in a White Dwarf article.

  • @imperialguardsman_stell_legion
    @imperialguardsman_stell_legion Місяць тому +74

    Steel legion best regiment. Imagine using trench warfare in the 42 millennia and not mechanised infantry. lmao

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 Місяць тому +4

      To be fair, as the war in Ukraine has shown, trenches still have inarguable utility, even now. If you need to defend a position, rather than attack, they work very well.

    • @luminaaeterna1259
      @luminaaeterna1259 Місяць тому +7

      @@Bluecho4 Krieg for Defense, Steel Legion for Offence, Cadians for Propaganda

    • @thekaiseriswiser4451
      @thekaiseriswiser4451 Місяць тому +1

      Ironically the Steel Legion still utilizes trenches and a lot of other defenses.

    • @Nempo13
      @Nempo13 Місяць тому +2

      @@luminaaeterna1259 Nah. Cadian's have the highest record for Defense. The whole thing about 'the Guard dies standing' is taken directly from the Cadian motto for battle.
      Steel Legion is for wiping out armies on open fields. Their whole thing is go in fast and unload on the enemy. These guys can drift with tanks.
      Krieg are for attacking Fortified positions. They are all about sappers, snipers, and artillery. They are at their best when sieging.

    • @comlitbeta7532
      @comlitbeta7532 28 днів тому

      Elysian droptroop ftw

  • @chaserandalow8548
    @chaserandalow8548 Місяць тому +6

    Try out Helsreach for the next book club! One of the best 40k space marine books imo and it heavily features Armageddon, the steel legion, some titans, some sisters of battle, and a bit of yarrick. It follows one of the best space marine characters, Chaplain Grimaldus of the black templars, leading the defense of the hive city Helsreach against (yet another) ork invasion and how he has to compromise to overcome an impossible situation whilst grappling with his own nihilistic certainty of death. If it doesn't turn you into a black templars fan, nothing will. It has a fantastic audiobook too.

    • @jwebcoding7289
      @jwebcoding7289 Місяць тому

      I’m seeing/reading a lot of space marines in this description and I can feel my interest slipping away at record speed.
      Edit: Also, having IQ above room temp keeps me from being a black templars fan.

    • @chaserandalow8548
      @chaserandalow8548 Місяць тому

      @@jwebcoding7289 sounds like a skill issue, maybe try enjoying life instead

    • @jwebcoding7289
      @jwebcoding7289 Місяць тому

      @@chaserandalow8548 The real skill issue is acknowledging the supremacy of the Immortal Empire. Necrons are the true inheritors of the galaxy and all who deny them will perish. Black Templars brother Jeb and his battle brother/cousin Earl will melt under gauss fire just fine. :)

    • @chaserandalow8548
      @chaserandalow8548 Місяць тому

      @@jwebcoding7289 wait nvmd, hell yeah brother glory to the immortal empire and the silent king. I’m a multi-army guy, I love my crons and Templars and doing narrative play against each other. Just don’t forget, helbrecht *did* win his rematch with imotekh.

    • @jwebcoding7289
      @jwebcoding7289 Місяць тому

      @@chaserandalow8548 only after Imotekh took his hand in the first. ;)
      I just like to space marine players crap. It’s equal parts fun and petty since SM do get all the attention it seems. I am but a humble Xenos player who only wants his Trazyn model update.

  • @jim8123
    @jim8123 Місяць тому +2

    I can't believe no one would mention that Armageddon is actually Ullanor, and that's why the Orks are so obsessed with it. It's their home planet.

  • @simplewrites
    @simplewrites Місяць тому +2

    Let's goooo, another guard regiment! Can you guys do Tallarn Desert Raiders next? The battle for Tallarn and their tribal infighting are fascinating.

  • @sheevismycity4789
    @sheevismycity4789 Місяць тому +9

    Humans can live 500 years+ all the time in 40k. Inquisitors and planetary governors have all sorts of rejuvenates. I imagine they just gave some if those to Mr crab claw

  • @johnfraire6931
    @johnfraire6931 Місяць тому +2

    If nothing else, I'm glad that there's gonna be more Armageddon Ork Hunters fanart now

  • @darrenmills3943
    @darrenmills3943 Місяць тому +4

    Kirioth is awesome, having him every month is amazing. I'd love to see him even more often

  • @mannofdober873
    @mannofdober873 Місяць тому +4

    Honestly, the Aethon Heavy Sentinel looks like it would fit *right in* in Iron Harvest. It's basically a big armoured box on rickety stiff legs and I love it.

  • @dzasays5516
    @dzasays5516 Місяць тому +4

    Steel Legion is Diet Cadian and at the same time are also Krieg Zero

  • @ChaoticTabris
    @ChaoticTabris Місяць тому +2

    I'm here working on my first 40k army that is exactly Armageddon Stele Legion and see this on my feed. I literally feel like the guy on that Junji Ito "This hole was made for me" meme.

  • @joeholdeniv988
    @joeholdeniv988 Місяць тому +10

    I'm FINALLY caught up😇 I've missed so many merch drops, but it was all worth it

  • @xxtropic_talesxx3463
    @xxtropic_talesxx3463 Місяць тому +3

    “Cadian valley girl” 😂😂😂

  • @garretthochmuth4522
    @garretthochmuth4522 Місяць тому +22

    Them talking about the “atmosphere and nature” of and the reason for always wearing those uniforms on Armageddon made me realize somethings…
    -One: How have Yarrick, Von Straub, the civilians, the nobles, sisters of Batter, outside allies, etc, survived for so long?
    -Two: Humanity has a habit of creating manmade death worlds, and/or destroying a planets' natural environment via exterminatus, forge worlds, or just Armageddon and Terra in general.
    -Three: The fact that humans are still able to not simply survive but thrive on a place like Armageddon either speaks volumes to humans or shows the writers ability to be consistent.
    -Four: If JRR Tolkien, the guy the made Princess Mononoke, Lovecraft, the Lorax, or any environmental activist since the 1960s ever read about this, 40k manmade death works, or forge worlds, they'd feel vindicated and horrified.

    • @glitterboy2098
      @glitterboy2098 Місяць тому +4

      the atmosphere thing is largely misrepresented.. the atmosphere itself is not toxic. certain parts of the world however have been covered in toxic dust and the like, and when operating in those places you need masks to prevent the dust being blown around and kicked up from being breathed in. the hive cities have atmospheric handling systems to prevent the dust from getting in, while when you go far enough from the cities and the toxic deserts, you find more conventional forests, jungles, etc. the accounts of stuff burning and so on refer to destroyed hivecities and imperial outposts, where thingsl ike promethium wells have been set ablaze and building fires burn uncontrolled. (in the later, often started by orks in the very cities where they now live.)
      while the Steel Legion (armageddon's PDF) largely specialized in operating in the planet's toxic deserts as a result of those being where the majority of the important imperial stuff is located (and is largely why said deserts are now toxic), there are a number of other specialized forces on the world fighting in those other environments. for example, a large amount of catachan jungle fighters were brought in to fight the Orks in the equatorial jungles during the 2nd war (a process that quickly became multi-generational for those regiments, a colony in all but name. these are the 'ork hunters' mentioned. since they've been on the world for centuries though, the catachan connection is often overlooked)
      the third last chancer's novel, Annihilation squad, takes place largely on Armageddon, with a team of Penal legion troops being led on a kill team mission to infiltrate an ork held hive city to assassinate a human traitor. to get there they have to land on the planet and make their way through both the jungles and the deserts, interacting with imperial troops along the way.

    • @Matryoshkandroid
      @Matryoshkandroid Місяць тому +1

      sisters of batter? do they bake

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 Місяць тому +2

      The Sisters wear power armour, although the human version, not the Space Marines version. It's still a pressurized suit that can filter most toxines out, if they put their helmets on, they could literally go to space and fight there ^^

    • @svenbrede6151
      @svenbrede6151 Місяць тому +1

      One answer is actually Space Wolves. They protected Armageddon from inquisitorial cleansing xD

    • @Nempo13
      @Nempo13 Місяць тому

      They wore their helmets and masks. In the novels it nigh always mentions that Yarrick puts on his mask once they get farther away from the city.

  • @clandorangaming
    @clandorangaming Місяць тому +2

    We now need an Ork cyclist that goes on the "Toor da 'Umie-gedd'in" and his last name needs to be Orkstrong.

  • @korealis0016
    @korealis0016 Місяць тому +4

    i think more likely 30k started the wars of Armageddon as Armageddon use to be a planet named Ulanor which was essentially the Ork home world

  • @Werrf1
    @Werrf1 Місяць тому +8

    Aren't the Steel Legion's tactics based on Soviet Cold War tactics? The Soviets invented the Infantry Fighting Vehicle with their BMP line, hence the ASL's heavy reliance on Chimera IFVs.

    • @KimmyTheForsaken
      @KimmyTheForsaken Місяць тому +8

      Tactically yes, Aesthetically no, which is why the confusion is so common.

    • @archietvernev2598
      @archietvernev2598 Місяць тому +2

      @@KimmyTheForsaken Agreed. On the uniform and design aspect they are mostly German and a bit British. On the tactics side they are soviet cold war and German. While on the cultural side (industries with boat loads of tanks) they are soviet cold war/ maybe end of ww2 soviets? Also, one thing I noticed is that the use of green helmet and beige uniform is very reminiscent of the soviet troops in ww2.

  • @Synthi_Soul
    @Synthi_Soul Місяць тому +7

    Wargames atlantic has some great Steel legion Stand in miniatures

    • @luketfer
      @luketfer Місяць тому

      Yup the Raumjaeger kit. If you want Imperial Guard done within a reasonable budget, go Wargames Atlantic. £25 for a box of 30 guys vs £20 for a box of 10 from GW. They got your covered for Steel Legion, Vostroyans/Krieg (in one kit), basic infantry (available in both male and female kits), actual modern looking Catchans, Praetorian Guard/Mordian Iron Guard (again in one kit) and even Colonial Marines/Cadian kits.
      If you aren't going to official GW tournaments (of which I think there's like..maybe one or two major ones, even in the UK GW only has ONE official tournament because it's a Warhammer World) then you can actually build your Guard army fairly cheaply.

  • @thewarriorofboros
    @thewarriorofboros Місяць тому +2

    i would love to see the big 2 commissars, cain and yarick, chatting in the afterlife, sharing stories of the utter bullshit they both dealt with in life

  • @decondanieth3822
    @decondanieth3822 Місяць тому +2

    32:12 i spot a tinge of yellow in that corner

  • @michaelmiller2418
    @michaelmiller2418 Місяць тому +2

    oh, Mister Kirioth, the grot tank situation is worse than you think...
    I almost got some 3D printed, but they don't even have a points listing anymore.
    I am beside myself, quite frankly

    • @archietvernev2598
      @archietvernev2598 Місяць тому

      check battlescribe. They have all the legends units listed that are accurate to GW's legends

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94 Місяць тому +1

    Tanks and Mechanized Infantry. That is why the Steel Legion are a top tier Guard Regiment and one of my all time favorite Regiments.
    Let this hopefully be a prelude to the 2 Wars for Armageddon. Because there ever only was 2. Anyone who says otherwise should report directly to the Inquisition for "re-education."

  • @jeambeam3173
    @jeambeam3173 Місяць тому +1

    What made the Blitzkrieg so effective was the fact before the main tank doctrine used was basically a bunch of tanks the bigger the better scattered across infantry regiments to be used in a supporting role where as the Germans had all there tanks concentrated in specific areas

  • @paulthomas2779
    @paulthomas2779 Місяць тому +1

    as an Australian, i got my brother 3 ork shirts from orchideight, one is a tank and 2 are regular shirts, when we have da big bash, my brother is going to wear either "just a little git" or the "Imma tank" tee/tank but my brother is happy about it and its his early birthday gift from me, my brother is happy that i got it for him and he already loves them

  • @akiva2112
    @akiva2112 Місяць тому +3

    We need the next episodes to cover the wars for Armageddon

  • @squeethemog213
    @squeethemog213 Місяць тому +1

    Honestly if I got to run my guard, they'd be Steel Legion. Cause these guys are so rad 🤩

  • @Lionheart40529
    @Lionheart40529 Місяць тому +3

    Cadia is the "I'm just Ken" of 40k
    And Armageddon is the "I'm just Pete"

  • @geassfan1
    @geassfan1 Місяць тому +2

    Yarrick lived so long because Gazgul willed it.

  • @RiffSilverthe1andonly
    @RiffSilverthe1andonly Місяць тому +3

    Also the Steel legion due to their mechanized infantry instead of 85% mortality rate in your first engagement it's more like 60%

  • @forgefathervulkanhestan18
    @forgefathervulkanhestan18 15 днів тому +1

    I painted DK killteam as the steel legion Iron Heads and even painted and "unpainted" tank for the them to harken back to that factory fight. It's still one of my favorite things on my shelves.

  • @theofficerfactory2625
    @theofficerfactory2625 Місяць тому +1

    The power of the waagh keeps Yarrick alive as he is unkillable and probably in a display in Trayzen's museum.

  • @theironworks6797
    @theironworks6797 Місяць тому +2

    53:04 DK's starting to channel his inner Macho Man.

  • @joedepersiis9150
    @joedepersiis9150 Місяць тому

    Bricky, I absolutely love your Spaceballs references. I love that movie and applaud you for referencing it as much as you do.

  • @RevokFarthis
    @RevokFarthis Місяць тому +2

    "Mom, can we get Krieg?"
    "We have Krieg at home."
    Krieg at home:

    • @glitterboy2098
      @glitterboy2098 Місяць тому +2

      technically the DKoK was originally the "we have steel legion at home" of the imperium. it was literally just one of the suggested alternate paint schemes for Steel legion minis for making other imperial regiments.

    • @thekaiseriswiser4451
      @thekaiseriswiser4451 Місяць тому

      They're far superior in every way, they ended their rebellion in 6 hours while Krieg bumbled around uselessly for the longest time.

  • @topcat59
    @topcat59 Місяць тому +4

    You gets so good at killing Ork’s you eventually become one hahah.😹

  • @Ms.Whiskertoria
    @Ms.Whiskertoria Місяць тому

    I have a collection of one of every mass produced Vostroyan Sculpt so I feel the need clarify some things that Kirioth has said here.
    There was are 22 Vostroyan minis(not including the dead trooper sculpts), counting the heavy weapons teams as 1 each.
    This included a Command Squad (Commander, MasterVox, Medic, Random Special Weapon, Standard Bearer),
    an Infantry Squad (Sergeant, Random Heavy Weapons Team, 6 Individual Troopers, Random Special Weapon Trooper),
    sculpts for Flamer, Grenade Launcher, Plasma Gun,(I've only ever seen Converted Meltaguns),
    sculpts for Heavy Bolter, Lascannon, Mortar, and 2 different Sniper Sculpts (I've never seen minis for Vostroyan Autocannon and Missile Launcher that weren't Converted),
    they also did 4 total Officer Sculpts and 1 Sergeant Sculpt.
    Tl:dr The Vostroyans had a mini, for all but 3 weapon options

  • @CocoHutzpah
    @CocoHutzpah Місяць тому +1

    The Armageddon Goon Caves are why the Imperium defends the planet rather than abandon it.

  • @StygianSkunk
    @StygianSkunk Місяць тому +1

    I mean they obviously Arma-get-it-on to increase numbers.
    That old Mad TV sketch has dwelt in my brain just for this moment.
    Also, not a Guard player. But a 'happy' medium is to have more custom kits, like Marines have.

  • @Zenn_Chan
    @Zenn_Chan Місяць тому +1

    I'm disappointed Kirioth didn't outline why the Steel Legion are SO effective: Because they're ALL mechanised units. All of their formations having chimeras (due to how AGGRESSIVELY polluted the world of Armageddon is, even wearing the huge coats and gas masks only protects them for a few hours) means that if one of them went rogue they would be FAR harder to deal with, as they would have no easy counter.
    Basically, all formations have an easy counter. if a tank formation went rogue, a bomber or artillery formation would deal with them. But all of them being mechanised complicated that, and is usually not allowed. The only reason the Steel Legion get away with that is because they're just THAT loyal.

  • @colinphillips9325
    @colinphillips9325 Місяць тому +8

    When we getting that skaven episode?

  • @Drthulhu
    @Drthulhu Місяць тому +1

    I really wanted GW to pursue the Yarrick got killed by Angron thing. Then we could get Gaz vs Angron. But maybe if the Orks believe that Yarrick will return if he’s avenged than he would get revived by Ork warp shenanigans

  • @kriegdeathkorp1286
    @kriegdeathkorp1286 Місяць тому

    16:54 man, DK's laugh really got me here, I don't know why.
    it's just so goofy

  • @Jiffedup
    @Jiffedup Місяць тому +1

    At this point I want to know what Shy's Therapy bill looks like

  • @demon22353
    @demon22353 Місяць тому +3

    MOBILE SUIT GOON-DUM

  • @LaputanMachad
    @LaputanMachad Місяць тому

    The Steel Legion are my absolute favorite IG army and my introduction to 40k lore back in the day. Glad you guys covered them

  • @OrcWithBow
    @OrcWithBow Місяць тому +1

    Found out my bathroom lights have a sound blue tooth sound system now I can sit in the toilet. With the adric

  • @lamprdo
    @lamprdo Місяць тому +1

    Major spoilers for the ‘War of the Beast’ series, but it’s revealed that Armageddon is in fact the planet of Ullanor. The world where the Emperor “defeated” the orks. Kind of explains why they have such a tough time of it.

  • @andrejjelcic3675
    @andrejjelcic3675 29 днів тому +1

    This is where the drive me closer so I can hit them meme comes from.

  • @Zer0Tr1gger
    @Zer0Tr1gger Місяць тому

    *Armageddon defender looking through his binoculars
    *Sees a horde of orks approaching
    "Hanz...schtart ze chimera"