Imperial Guard: Valhallan Ice Warriors - Lore & History | Warhammer 40,000 

You said you would, and you did! My favorite IG regiment of all time. My bias comes from the Ciaphas Cain series, but I also come from a land of Frozen and Hardy people.

The name "Russia" was originally "Land if the Russ." This original name comes from the Vikings that traversed the rivers deep into the continent. So it makes sense for a Russian faction to have some Nordic influences to it.

Another amazing video. Good to see ItalianSpartacus referencing his own experiences in this one "how hard it is to get rid of an Ork infestation, kinda like herpes". Love the video mate!

Happy holidays, merry Christmas; may Slaanesh grant you toys and stimuli.

"Vast majority are complete dog shit" might be one of my favourite quotes regarding Imperial Guard ever

They seem like a lot i can get along with. I would LOVE to be their commissar. Under my eyes, There is plenty of Vodka.

i swear there was a comic with these guys hunting down remnants of a tyranid force on an ice planet and theyre slowly find themselves being the huned and with their resorces falling low, they accept the fact theyre dead. only to be rescued by a space wolf squad. i read it about 15 years ago and have never found it since :(

Ciaphas Cain was funny enough my first genuine exposure to Warhammer, I was looking around on different wiki's and saw a picture of the book cover and got interested in the series. The rest is history, im so happy they're doing the audiobooks for his series! In the future it would be cool if you did a character analysis on him as well.

I didn't know much about these guys but I think they are now in my top 3 favourite guardsmen. Awesome lore vid man!

One of my favourite regiments and the only one where there´s not a single mod about them in videogames!

It's a damn shame GW doesn't make these models anymore. ForgeWorld is just too damn expensive.

Mechanicus soundtrack in the background always giving me chills :) great video

The vibe I get from these guys is hell froze and they crawled out

Good job as always! Was wondering if you thought of giving Cain and Jurgen their own Vid?

Worth the wait as always, keep up the great work!

I see you stepping up your production quality.

Keep up the amazing content!

AWESOME!

Very interesting video, one small note though. Sheep's wool is actually naturally fire resistant. It just kind of smolders and doesn't light up like a "tinderbox". I really liked how you worked in actual facts a bout this guard regiments real world counterparts.

Sludge rich in nutrients...is it Vodka? No wonder they defend it ferociously. Another nice, wonderful and informative video. Can't wait for Tallarn desert raiders. How about a video on renown regiments consisting of ogryns or rattlings(rattling sniper). Would be informative, wonderful and magnificent if you do it.

It's nice to see valhallans represented. Because Vostroyan models are tough to find I get a bunch of valhallans to to make my mixed Vostroyan/valhallan guard regiment for 40k

Great video, mate! I’m really glad that you’ve given a lot of attention to the different “Regiments of Renown-40K Edition” (hahaha). I never paid too much attention to the Imperial Guard, not because I didn’t like them, but there’s such a huge amount of lore that it’s difficult to learn about everything all at once without something cool being overlooked. Not like the stupid Tau- I’m not even kidding, I dislike them so much that I completely ignore them, and pretend that they don’t exist. I collect and have codices from every different faction in 40K, from all different editions- but I don’t have a single Tau codex, nor a single Tau miniature. They don’t fit in with the aesthetic that I prefer in my own personal vision of 40K- I’m certainly not saying that I don’t think that other people shouldn’t enjoy them- they’re of course free to like whatever they want! Just, for me, they don’t exist. Anyway- sorry! I have gone off on a bit of a tangent- but yeah, really enjoyed the video! I’m learning things that I didn’t previously know about the Guard, so thanks for that. And if I didn’t mention it after your last vid, have a great Holiday Season, and I hope that the New Year brings you good health, prosperity, and continuing success with your channel- it’s definitely one of my absolute favorites, and you’re a great host and a great friend. All my best, man-

Wool isn’t flammable, the opposite actually, it’s used for fire blankets.

Russian inspired✔ Winter world✔ Underground hive cities✔ "mutants" (Orks)✔ Radiation❌ But close enough because a cataclysm made it wintery✔ Yep, that's a METRO 2033 reference, and it's AWESOME!!!

7:15 Do you have a source for most guard regiments being terrible? Many are drawn from the absolute cream of the crop of a planet armed forces. If anything is going to be terrible, it's the dregs left behind to form the planet PDF.

You won't even imagine how hard I laughed my ass of these Russia references through video. Almost made me feel sorry that we aren't actually act as you described in everyday life...

Happy holidays Valhallans!

Malatov for the Emperor.

The lore video is amazing as always but what if your Christmas isn't frosty but instead just blazing heat and raging fires....haha. But have a good chrissy lads.

I know they've been discontinued. is there any way of getting a squad? I wouldn't want to go through 3rd party offers.

Wool is fire proofed naturally and is used by airlines in their seating as a fire retardant.

Tanna and Amberly Vail please. Jurgen can stay in the next room....but stay close. Never know when I might need his Melta and....other special ability.

The Russians get their name from the Vikings of the Rus. And Valhalla is the "heaven" or paradise for the Vikings.

Hey man loved this vid, will you do tallarn in some time?

Like the Metro and Metro very Soviet and Russian

Ah man. Now i need to make a captain with an adidas track suit.

Valhallan Ice Warriors: Don’t put them next to a match, they’ll go up like a tinder box. Also Valhallan Ice Warriors: Preferred weapon. Flamethrower.

Nice video glad you didn't resort to Soviet stereotypes when talking about them thanks

OMG YES!

So essentially these guys are the Mordian Guard’s frigid cousin that is as if not more stubborn than them

I approve of this one, big time.

I give this five out of seven municipally supplied ration bars! Would sprinkle powdered rat flesh on them again!

Well, in the recent episode of Vikings, Ivar is in Kiev and the people of Kiev were descendants of Vikings in the show so maybe Russia did have some Viking stuff in it before they made the Orthodox religion their main one. I dunno. Still great video

Fact of the day: The "insulation" in their overcoats and hats is actually made by the Valhallan soldiers themselves. The sheer amount of testosterone they produce means they grow enough body hair that they can simply shave their chests once a month and stuff it into their coats.

Tanith!!!!!!!

When???!?!

Imperial Gard unknowns are the Emperors asshole. Necessary but everything coming out of it is rarely worth more than a mention of passing... enjoying the lore videos they are awesome!

FOR THE GLORY OF VALHALLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah I get these guys vodka they'll be good shaky bricky yeah

Oh ffs, even in 40k space soviets somehow find themselves just next to sci-fi Warsaw/Varsavia.

you know, you could also say they look like the White Russian army

To me, Valhallans are more Finnish than Russian. But as a Finn, I am biased.

maybe valhallans are just one big reference to winter war... also birth of ushanka ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aUi_PILQgIs.html

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Allen Scott

To my eye, the Valhallans look very Finnish from the Winter war. You see, the russians used more browns and tans in their uniforms, while the finns used grey and white. Other than that, the gear was mostly the same on both sides, finland using the "captured" and improved versions of the russian weapons and tanks. And since Finland is arguably a part of the Fennoscandinavia it is safe to say (in my mind atleast) that the Valhallans represent more finns than russians, even tactics wise, russians were many and undisciplined, finns the complete opposite. Welcome to my ted talk :)

The Walhallans should be more styled to the Finns from the Winter War

i red "Vanilla Ice Ice Warriors".......

6:01 if a human can survive there, orks can survive there even better. cold is not factor

How to make Russians in Warhammer 40000? Make them cannon fodder even comparing to cannon fodder

Russians are very much vikings. Its roots are in the trade route from the Baltic to the black sea. Totally ok to have valhallans as their name.

Man, I super don't mean to be a grammar notsee, but it's Codices, not Codexes. I don't know why it bothers me so much.

Um uh pardon the fuck... ......I'm Sorry you have space lasers that can blow apart ships in orbit but not stop a comet made of iron??

actually they look like 1930s finns, russia preferred green coats while finns had grey. the ushanka was adopted as well, white coats where also issued with white helmet covers.

If a comet, especially when split in two, was able to shift the orbat of an entire planet as significantly as you say simply by hitting it then everyone on that planet should be dead, the world should be a sea of lava or at the very least barren from it cooling down over time.

I have a slight objection: The Voytroyan are much more russian. The Valhallans are more scandinavian, more precisely finnish.

They are more like Nordic WW2 soldier Swedes/Finns/Norwegians. Valhalla is from Norse Mythology.