ICONIC Imperial Guard Regiment Influences PART 2 | Warhammer 40k Lore
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- The EPIC sequel to the first influences for iconic guard regiments video. In this one I discuss three fan favorite regiments, the Armageddon Steel Legion, the Tallarn, and the Tanith First and Only AKA Gaunt's Ghosts. Tune in to learn about these dudes and let me know who your favorite regiment is and why!
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Let me know your favorite regiment and any suggestions for future vids
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what about the vahallan legion?
Elysian Drop Troops or Tempestus Scions. Love my flyboys.
The Shape's Rifles novels were adapted into a show by the same name staring Sean Bean. It's probably his only role where he doesn't die, unless that happens at the end.
How about the Mordian Iron Guard?
I love the running joke that every regiment is the best regiment. It's certainly how books or fans of those regiments tend to describe them
Every regiment is close to being one of the best because you don't write books about Hoggath's 213th regiment which specializes in shotgunning beers and not fighting
Haha ya, every regiment is the best in their fans eyes.
Also lore wise almost any guard regiment that’s notable enough to have lore is at least the like top 95th percentile of regiments I’d say
Thanks for watching!
@@KrakDuk That's part of why I really like the Mordant Acid Dogs (frequently confused with the Savlar Chem Dogs). They're a named regiment, but they're pretty much just a bunch of traumatised cave goblins with the dubious honour of having the ugliest commanding officer humanity has ever produced. (Colonel Bane!)
One of the best, if not THE best Guard Regiments in the entire Galaxy!
Legit my favorite bits in these vids
@@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle I just want you to know that your comment brings me great joy. Glory to Hoggath!
“KrakDuk is one of-IF NOT THE-best semi-animated 40k lore/discussion channels on UA-cam!”
He’s like the more sane counterpart of Paul is bad at stuff
Why is this in quotations lol
You little copycat XD
Ah thank you, I appreciate it! Glad you like the cuannel
@@KrakDukuh acktually its channel-redditor sent into sun
I like the idea in lore every guardsman regiment is called the best not because they love stroking their egos but cuz they are constantly one upping each other higher command doesnt know who to name the best
Lmao ya, its a pretty good way to make everyone's dudes feel justifiably special. Plus any regiument notable enough to get stories is likely at least in the 95th percentile of guard badassess.
Thanks for watching!
"...and plot armor that would make an Ultramarine blush."
I mean you're not wrong, but it makes for very fun stories
Oh ya I totally agree. Plot armor is completely fine with me as long as it leads to a good narrative.
Realism hardly ever translates to the best narrative paths imo.
Thanks for watching!
Did you know that, after rebuilding Tanith with the act of colonization, Ibram went on to invent the Tyranid Hormagaunts
Lmao, did he also invent the termagaunts? Perhaps he had help from Arkhan Gaunt. Thank you for watching!
@@KrakDuk good question but no, they were invented by Jon Termag, he called them his ants. That's why their name is Termagants and doesn't end in gaunt
Ps, love your doodles
Termagant, as far as I know, is just an old term for an unpleasant, aggressive woman, or a "broad with beef", if you will.
@@LeofilmpersonDark Age Karen.
Fun fact: The Tallarn Desert Raider fought the Eldar of the Biel-Tan craftworld (correct me if I am wrong), but in the middle of the conflict due to the appearance of the Iron Warrior Choas Marine, the two side stepped into a truce and fought side by side against the new comer. And at the end of the war, both side gained respect for each other with some fighters even became war friends as they taught the other 's their perspectives of warfare.
What I love about Armageddon is the "The current situation is dire, retreat and regroup at the second fall back line (from totally of ten), save your life to fight another day". They have strong will to lives and are not ashamed to retreat which is the reason why Armageddon (almost) never fall.
Also worth noting is that the Tanith Cloaks fit a lot of the same niches as the medieval Scottish great kilt, ie warmth, camouflage, protection from elements, even using as a hammock
Angry Scottman who are too angry to die, them and Gaut's Ghost.
One of the best, if not THE BEST WH40K video on entire UA-cam!
Thank you! Glad you liked the video!
If Yarrick hadn't been killed by Angry Man I would have hoped to see him and Ghazghkull continue their secret love interest. I hope Ghaz krumps Angron for killing his boy.
Also while we are on the subject of humies and orkz teaming up one "guard" "regiment" you could talk about would be the Diggers.
Oh Humie-Ork Great WAAAAAGH? That's sounds epic.
Oh ya the diggers would be a funny thing to cover, I think I might do a video like 5 of the goofiest 40k things or something. Diggers will def make the cut
Thanks for watching!
Give some love to the Valhallans, give Jurgen some love…
That reeks a little bit fishy!🤪🤪🤣
Yes sir, I will most likely cover them in the next or second to next regiment video.
I also plan to cover commissar Cain sometime soon.
Thank you for watching!
Elysian drop troops or penal regiments. GW needs to bring back Penal troop rules. I mean, who would not want a squad of Last Chancers?
Yes! I love the penal legions, the old models were so cool and fun. I have 3 of them, but never snagged a full set.
Thanks for watching
@KrakDuk no worries, keep making awesome videos and I for sure will keep watching. Also, how about the Savlar Chem dogs? They are close to a penal legion
In the original penal legion rules if they routed you could detonate a bomb collar and kill one and they rallied automatically
@101Mant yeah, that was awesome rule. Back in the older codexs the imperial guard was always losing moral and breaking, but with that rule and a commissar you could keep your troops point in the right direction.
Tallarn also get inspiration from the first formed SAS which did pretty much all you described as well. Most of their influences are ofc Arab Revolt as well.
Ya theres alot of guerilla fighters, didn't want to cover them all. It is pretty fascinating though. Thanks for watching!
@@KrakDukthank you for the awesome content. Found your channel randomly and love your style. Gotta say painting with you on the background is a blast.
Leading an evacuation only to be its colonel as well as commissar? Now that’s soldiering
For real, the named commissars of 40k are pretty badass
@@KrakDuk *Arbitrary comment about the Valhallan 597 and Cain*
Great video as always
Another cool thing about the Tallarn Desert Raiders that connects them to Middle Eastern culture that their marksmen make use of the Mars pattern lasgun, which can resemblance the Afghan Jezail rifle
Thanks alot!
Ya when writing this I misremembered the old metal models having the Mars patter lasguns so originally the script mentioned Jezzails. Then I saw the models actually had the more standard galaxy pattern (I think?), But I musta gaslit myself into thinking they didnt use them at all either in lore or models, thanks for pointing that out.
I love how he starts the intro of every regiment
Oil up KrakDuk, I'll be there in 5.
🤣🤣
4:09 - Gentle reminder that the psychic awakening is a thing...
I recently received a package from my mom containing my old metal figure steel legion and scions :). Always my favorites.
Oh sweet! I love the old metal models, I recently bought some old stormtroopers I’m excited to get them to paint
Steel Legion were my initial gateway drug into accepting that in 40k the lowliest average human has spirit and balls in such an unforgiving galaxy. The moment I realized they exist, GW took them away from us and somehow their greatest series is also a brutal pain in the arse to find. That being said, the Elysian Drop troopers are also a favorite purely because of my time in Darktide.
It's a fast firing bullpup that shoots frickin' Lazer beams.
While Sharpe is Hornblower on land, one of the more major influences was another CS Forester book named 'Death to the French' which is about a rifleman of the 95th dealing with the French in an appropriate manner.
The "sharpe, but in space" comparison reminds me of the last chancers series. Which is "the dirty dozen, but in space" and kill team was my very first 40k novel 😁
The promised time has arrived.
A new Krakduk video
Yes sir! hope you enjoy this one! Love me some guard
Superb video! Would highly recommend listening to the audiobook versions of the Gaunt's Ghosts books, Toby Longworth does an amazing job at narrating and voicing our wonderful bunch of miscreants. He gives them Scottish/Welsh/Irish voices depending on what part of the planet they come from, it's pretty cool!
Thanks for the reccomendation! Ill check it out, rn im listening to Infinite and Divine to freshen up on some of the details for a vid. Love when the narrators are good at accent work.
Well done, good sir, splendid showing! However, I almost spilled my tea, when I noticed that your list of notable regiments of His Imperial Guard is still lacking mention of the fine chaps of the Praetorian Guard. They're one of the best, if not THE best, in the galaxy. Tally-ho!
That might be one of the best if not the best 40k video in the galaxy!
Thank you sir! Glad you liked this one
@@KrakDuk You always brighten my Monday, Guardsman!
In this episode, KrakDuk manifests Alpha Plus psyker abilities to create a star and rightfully throw a heretic into it at relativistic speed for the sin of interrupting him talking about the Guard
My favorite regiment doesn't even have official artwork, but it's the Lucifer Blacks. If you could cover them that'd be awesome despite the limited information we have on them
Two other regiments I would like to see you talk about are the Vallhallains (for an obvious reason), and the Athonian tunnel rats.
Otherwise you hit basically every one I'm interested in.
I love seeing the thrown into the sun bit
Please don’t stop with the “THE best!” joke, it’s perfect
Cover the Goff legion. They wear black and checkered pattern clothes and stuff, then they run up and hit stuff with a choppa.
Ya making a video on ork Klans would be pretty fun to do! Thanks for watching!
Personally I'm a big fan of the really weird ones. Savlar Chem Dogs for one. They mirror how a lot of societies under pressure turn to organized crime, despondents, and criminals to secure battle-ready troops. Like how say, after the invasion of Iraq, a lot of the more hardcore for the various more extreme fedayeen insurgent groups recruited from bandit gangs, displaced farmers, etc, who even adopted the practice of being given the privilege of looting weapons from fallen enemies as a form of payment for their services, just like how the Chem-Dogs do.
4:08 is it a Sam O Nella Academy reference that I spot?
LMAO yes, glad someone caught it.
Thanks for watching
Hope next time we hear about one of the best, if not THE best regiments next time, the Valhallan 597th!
Oh and the rest of the Valhallans I guess
Gaunt. THE NAME.. like literally meaning emaciated, wasting, bleak.
The association is like a mummy or someone who is starving.
So that's pretty ghosty.
Like the regiment. Dead men walking
Also I assume the dagger is a Dirk
Oh wait thats a good parallel I didn't catch. Thanks for pointing it out
The Ciaphas Cain books are basically Black Adder but in space.
With everything in the 40k universe dialed up to… well, 40,000, the Tanith’s plot armor fits in perfectly.
The accent in the audiobooks is pretty Irish.
These are three really cool regiments.
Fucking steel legion That's what I have been I'm waiting for
I do think thus guy should invest in more backgrounds but otherwise I love this guys videos. He is like a more wholesome major kill and a more sane Paul is bad at stuff.
That was one of, if not the best, 11 mins and 15 seconds of condensed Warhammer lore ❤
Aye thank you! Huge compliment
Guard Guard Guard Guard Guard!!!
Played Catachans with Cadian models for an armoured fist squad and Praetorians for Veterans, with some non-GW models for mortars.
Lore accurate, coz it’s stated ad-hoc regiments are frequently put together made up of remnants of depleted units.
Gimme Guard any day before I simp for the geneseed betas.
There's so many great Regiments,.
Mine is the Praetorians but forgot to say why last video.
Zulu is an amazing film that Praetorians and their Games Day diorama was based on that campaign.
Give them the good old 1st Rank, Fire, 2nd Rank, Fire....
Also, Steel Legion could be possibly based of Soviets in late ww2 and cold war due to their uniform resembling radioactive uniforms due to the leathery and covered nature which is peak cold war aesthetic and their beige/khaki uniform with green helmet is really similar to the soviet ww2 uniform. The chimera is based of soviet BMP and there are lots of legionnaires that have Russian names (Kurov, Andrej, etc.). Soviets in late ww2 and cold war where extremely mechanized and had an industry on par with the Americans (late ww2 and cold war). They also were obsessed with tanks just like the steel legion. war for armaggedon also resemble the war for Stalingrad due to tanks being produced in factories while battles occurred there for example. So they could be based on both ww2 Germans and cold war soviets.
This is a great channel and I'm really enjoying the comedic take on 40k history.
Thank you very much! Glad you like the channel
If history has taught me anything, its fear the sound of bagoipes.
Hell yeah. Bagpipes can go pretty hard
If your still taking suggestions for guard regiment, my favorites will always be the Jopall indentured squadrons, who were inspired by the vicious debt cycle of the American college industry
I don’t think I’ve heard of that one, I’ll have to look into them. College debt is relatable☠️
I've always thought the tanith had a dash of the Chasseurs Ardennais in their inspiration.
Steel legion is my favorite simply cause my favorite guard character is from that legion Andrej. Sole survivor with Grimaldus and the best sense of humor.
I was so stoked for the razzle dazzle, but then I got the unbamboozle.
Oh boy i can't wait to see more one of the best, if not THE BEST, maybe ever! guard regiment in the entire galaxy.
Thank you for the upload KrakDuk, I'm not well versed into Warhammer as a newbie but these videos are great on learning the lore. I always enjoyed lore and history stuff and this just fits perfectly to learning the whole Warhammer 40k world.
Aye thats awesome! Ya thats what I aim for, I want to make fun accessible videos so people can find what lore bits they like and decide what to dive deeper into.
Glad you like the channel!
Another day another banger
Thank you sir! Glad you liked this one
I'd say there's a good amount of Soviet Union - Russian (Latter in particular) for the Steel Legion in that their overall strategy and organization (whilst still Panzegrenadier in nature ) is heavily similar to certain Cold War USSR Guards Divisions who took great lessons and training in what they were as primarily mechanized divisions with good armor and artillery support whilst still having a well trained infantry complement. They have a similar number and again when it comes to unit organization and how each of their units incorporates each and every asset it can through finagling and politicking (While other Regiments are more restricted in comparison) also to somewhat of a stretch it all stems from how the Chimera is very much similar to the BMP-2 (Especially in how the SL prefer the ones that have Hunter-Killer ATGM's, mounted similarly in most depictions much like the BMP-2's Kornet.)
There's also the fact in how all wars of Armageddon (the third war especially) played out very similar to the various marches into Russia by Western nations. The third war of Armageddon is quite literally a reference to Operation Barbarossa of WW2 with the Steel Legion taking the Soviet role of the war. Not to mention there were parts where when the Orks entered Armageddon Hives there were literal Stalingrad moments where freshly made vehicles were being pumped out and fighting within minutes of their completion, there were even fights inside factories that involved artillery use and Legionnaires entering half finished vehicles to use against the Orks.
A couple things mentioning too that isn't related to the Soviet/Cold war bit is that Armageddon is considered very friendly to Abhumans. There was also a Colonel who detected that there was going to be a rebellion on a relatively backwater but still developed Agri-world of Cassel in the form of a religious revolt, he deployed his Steel Legion there and right when the Heretical Cardinal declared for a crusade the Colonel quickly acted and within 6 hours the rebellion had been defeated.
Their uniform resemble radioactive uniforms due to the leathery and covered nature which is peak cold war aesthetic and their beige/khaki uniform with green helmet is really similar to the soviet ww2 uniform. Their chimera is based of soviet BMP and there are lots of legionnaires that have Russian names (Kurov, Andrej, etc.). Soviets in late ww2 and cold war where extremely mechanized and had an industry rivaling the Americans. They also were obsessed with tanks just like the steel legion. war for armaggedon also resemble the war for Stalingrad.
You should cover the Vostroyans next, since they are your favorite
Ya I wanted to put them here, but I think they’d fit better in a vid with Valhallans. Thank you for watching! They should be in part 3 or 4
You say that, but calling them the Armaggeddon Chimeras does go pretty hard, if a little confusing.
True
Praetorian guard! I'm a really old school WH fan (I started at 2nd edition) and there have been some few miniatures of them from the pretty much at the beginning. I've alway thought they would make a really cool looking army but there's never been that much love for them :(.
Hell yeah new duk video. Perfect way to start lunch break
Being watched during lunch breaks is one of the greatest honors a youtuber could received. Thank you for watching!
The Veteran Ultramarine Sergeant and T’au jokes are SUPERB. Nicely done
GW should just sell torso and head kits for the other regiments. With maybe a few bespoke kill teams for other regiments.
Ya I agree. The Cadia and Kreig having short and long coats is a good base for a lot of regiments. It'd suck to have to spend like $80 on a single squad tho
Thanks for watching!
TREMENDOUS as always. Your videos are getting better and better. Love the art.
Thank you very much! I hope to improve with every one! Glad you like them
This is exactly what I needed today. Thank you Krak!
Aye man thanks alot, glad you enjoyed it! love making these videos
Hearing so many times the best makes me wish for a the worst regiment or mediocre one but that still by sheer luck survives
Lmao. I definitely wanna cover some more obscure regiments. I must find the Lamenters of the Guard
Thanks for watching!
Valhallan ice warriors are an interesting gard regiment
Ya! I think theyll be in part 3 or 4 along with the Vostroyans. Thanks for watching
dude what ever your stand up teacher is teaching you.. keep listening. You had me cracking up all video!
Lmao, I’m not on the class anymore but it was definitely an interesting class. Thank you!
Your videos get me through my boring job, keep up the good work!
Hey man glad to help lmao. Used to work morning shifts at an AYCE sushi place, no one comes to an ayce before 12 pm lmao super boring
I love this channel. You have a great future ahead of you
Thank you very much! I’m excited to see where my channel goes
This is my go to videos for Wh40k when I binge watch the Isyander and Koda episodes! Great drawings btw, wish I could do that lol.
Thank you very much! Glad you like the channel and art. It just takes practice, I’ve been drawing my whole life and some would say I’m still no good🤣
The GOAT of warhamer has returned!
I love the Ghosts, but that's because I spent the last few months reading about them
Do give some love to the other famous commissar's regiment Valhallans
Also Scions, they don't get much lore
Yes sir! Ill 100% be making videos on Cain and Scions in the future. I think ill do a Cain video and a video talking about the various 40k stormtroopers.
Thank you for watching!
@@KrakDuk looking forward to it
I think the steel legion may also take some queues from early Cold War stuff. The uniform does also resemble the experimental US Pentomic Division armour. Between that and heavy APC usage over blasted wastes it takes queues from the 50s idea of what ww3 would be.
ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST
I love your artsyle so much, reminds me of slacking off in middle school playing castle crashers
Thank you very much! Tbh new grounds probably subconsciously inspired the way I draw. Loved playing castle crashes with the boys
@@KrakDuk its such a great game that and battleblock theatre
@@plasticbag4102 oh ya I don’t remember if I played battle block. It’s in my library tho so maybe I have
Love the vid! Can’t wait to see where you go!
Thank you very much! I'm also excited to see where this channel goes, I love making the videos so its been great so far
Didn’t miss out the Welsh influence with the Tanith, good job dude
Thank you! Ya I often see this being overlooked in favor of Irish or Scottish.
I hope you cover the Salvar chem-dogs and Elysian drop troops
I will! I think ill put the chem dogs in a vid with the penal legions and then do a drop trooper episode. Thanks for watching!
As a Guardsmen collector, I am still extremely salty the Desert Raiders and Steel Legion models got discontinued by GW
The steel legion should've called itself The Metal Chimera
Also like a chimera is a thing formed out of different things and in humans a rare interesting version of intersex - a result of the fusion of twins stemming from 2 gametes.
The person is basically two fused together
Also that guard regiment gonna turn very red in the sun bc they look like me and if I just think about sunshine I turn lobstercolored
That would be pretty badass. I love the guard's naming convention of mythological creatures. Thanks for watching
love your videos and animations man ! Keep up the good work
Thank you glad you like it! Ill defintely make more stuff
Oh btw frank Herbert was very interested in history and culture. See butlerian jihad. Interesting combination of words that actually make sense, just maybe not in the way Herbert used it in his story but I read dune when I was a young teenager which is a long fucking while ago
Ya I love when sci fi writers use real history to influence their worlds. I think one of the GW writers was a pretty big history buff as well, cant rember which.
Thanks for watching!
I think the dagger of the Tanith is related to the Sgian Dubh, a traditional scottish dagger
Oh that’s interesting! I didn’t know about that, thanks for pointing it out👍
i haven't heard a lot about Maccabian Janissaries, but it would be nice to see u talk about them, the look fckn AMAZING :3
"The Mordian Iron Guard will have its due!" Or I think that's the regimental slogan XD
He talks about the Tanith but doesn’t mention the Vervenhivers and Beladons, I'm crying right now just like in that one scene from The Armor of Contempt, iykyk
As said previously, really a big fan of the 1st edition Imperial Guard, given an army list under the name of Hylgar's Hell-raisers
Also other interesting ones being the "War on Terror" inspired Elysian Drop Troops, and while not really Imperial Guard, gotta love the Mad Max inspired Diggas
Ya I love the old guard stuff, super cool and fun lore.
Definitely gonna cover the elysians sooner than later. Thanks for watching!
Best channel on UA-cam! Love it!
It’s like Sam O’Nella smashed together with Warhammer. I fucking love it.
This is super interesting. Keep doing videos.
Thank you very much! I definitely will👍
if GW did bring them guards models back they would be waaaaaaaaaaaay too expensive sadly
Ya fr, the cadians are already too expensive. Thanks for watching
Love your videos, keep on going!
Please please please please please I'd love to hear you talk about the Mordant Acid Dogs they're so fucking cool and underrated I'd love to see them get more attention!
GW took my Vostroyans and special weapons squads away from me. They're just scared of 6 flamers in a chimera shooting in close combat.
For real, it’s a travesty they took away regiments AND then took away a ton of our troop options. I miss my conscripts and veterans😭
Thanks for watching!
I love the running joke.
Lol, glad you like them. After watching almost exclusively cartoons as a kid I feel running gags are ingrained into my very soul. Thanks for watching!
The steel legion also prominently display the gorget, which is a military fashion popular with a lot of forces, but particularly by the germans in we2
Do they have gorgets? Gorgets are the neck armor piece right? Pretty interesting parallel tho, I dont recall many models with it tho.
Thanks for watching
i love these so much
so very much
Can I request the Mordian Iron Guard, Valhallans and Savlar Chemdogs for the next one?
Yes, I definitely plan to cover all three of those fellas sometime down the line. I think the next video will either be Valhallans, Vostroyans, and a third or be focused on drop regiments like Elysians. Not entirely sure yet, but I do want to cover every major regiment eventually
I know it's been done before but your video on The Fall of Cadia was so good, I hope you'd be happy to cover the other major events that happened during the entire 40K timeline like with the War in Heaven, Birth of Slaanesh, and of course the Horus Heresy. The Horus Heresy could even be split into two if you wish to cover a bit more indepth. Good looking out. Love your vid on the Cadia, its the one that got me hooked.
Thank you! Yes im planning to cover a major battle every other week and then have something else in between. Next week im going to talk about Graia, and then probably Vraks.
Those other big ones are definitely on the list! Thanks for watching, glad you like the stuff
Don’t forget the Taniths Nalwood stock rifles!
Great vid and the audio was fine throughout
I think we’d all love more of these guard videos but most of all I think a vid on your home-brew sea world Kasr’s would be quiet the hit, especially if you had a few named characters
As for my favourite guard regiment I like the Savlar Chemdogs, I find it cool how they’re all criminals who puff on space meth/opium in battle to cope with the horrors of war and give them a boost