Influences for ICONIC 40k Guard Regiments PART 1 | Warhammer 40k Lore 

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

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I hate that this is accurate.

Osama a Baddon? Sorry

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.

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.

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.

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Lmao, glad to have a certified German on the channel Thanks for watching!

Actually they’re WW1 revanchist France only GERMan thing about them is their stahlhelm and their name

As a German, fuck you, dont underestimate my Puntential

Kriegers are French though. Yes the helmet is a mix, the na.e is German, the uniform is full on WW1 French. They are also clones.

"It's German humor, it's no laughing matter." 😂

Yes, I meant to add that, but kinda spaced it☠️ their sense of humor is also slightly British, which makes sense considering a lot of British people wrote their lore lol. Thanks for pointing this out, and thanks for watching!

Um that was like every army during ww2......NCO's and squad leaders had an SMG or something like an M1 carbine.

I am British

Also the Eye of Terror being right next door to Cadia is like how WWII Britain was right next door to Nazi-occupied Europe and was constantly being bombed by them.

Space Churchill got me 😂😂

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

Ya, I love that. Picking up a laser rifle and facing the wrath of Satan before lunch is just awesome

@@KrakDuk damm you quick

@@user-qg8ye4di6d haha, I usually just have RU-vid running while I work so I see the notifs

@@KrakDuk makes sense also we both have a ass sleep schedule lol

@@user-qg8ye4di6d oh yeah fr, I’m cooked with my sleep schedule lmao. I’m more efficient at night thi😭😭

He shoot the guy on the left but torture the other for making that lame joke😂

Ohhhh me toooo I make my army look like Napoleonic era soldiers

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.

Yes! I’ll definitely be covering marine chapters sometime in the future. There a lot of cool ones. Thank you for watching!

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

Thank you! I definitely want to make this a series if people enjoy this video, I love the Vostroyans aesthetic

Thank you very much!

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)😂

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😂😂

Thank you! Hope you enjoy the vid

@@KrakDuk I did, really interesting, I have learned something new about my favourite faction thank you

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!

WE MUST GET REINFORCEMENTS ARUGHHHHH!

Yes! I love the Vostroyans models, I’d love to make a video about them. Thanks a lot! Glad you’re enjoying my stuff

Ah yes I’m glad to make my cadian bois look cooler to people🙏 thanks for watching!

Oh great! Good to hear, I’ve been playing around with the settings a lot. Thanks for watching and providing feedback! It’s been very helpful

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!

Thank you sir🙏 guards the best faction fr fr

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!

LETSGOOOOOOO

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

Damn really the Catachans are you go-to for a Vietnam-themed army? Where did you get that idea!!??

Haha yep, I was a fan of all those things before getting into 40K as well. And to be fair aliens influenced a lot of franchises I love😂. Glad you’re enjoying the videos! Welcome to the hobby

Thanks a lot! I’m glad you enjoyed it and happy to see that the videos are improving

Fair, I just thought the shock troops moniker and combined arms tactics made the coincidence too strong to not touch on. But that can definitely just be almost any modern military. And yeah I was going to mention Arcadia, but didn’t quite know how to tie it in. I didn’t know Cadia was named Arcadia in RT though, thats very interesting! Thanks for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed the video

@@KrakDuk No worries. At least we can agree that cadia is a top tier regiment.

@@archietvernev2598 yesssir. Love my cadians

Thanks a lot! I’ll definitely be continuing the series a lot of people seemed to like it

@@KrakDuk You should talk about the modern Stormtroopers (Tempestus Scions) and old school 40K Stormtroopers in a video! A lot of people don’t know that the Tempestus Scions are not the original Stormtroopers.

@@hagank1111 oh yeah good point. One of my planned videos is going to be on the various types of imperial storm troopers like Kasrkin, scions, grenediers, etc. The old storm troopers looked cool, both the OG beret ones and more spec op looking stormtroopers that came after

@@KrakDuk YEEEE!!! I miss the old Inquisitorial Stormtroopers from Dawn of War and the older models.

@@KrakDuk Love your videos by the way keep up this amazing work my friend.

Thank you! Very based

Ya I try to reply to as many comments as I can when I get time. Thanks a lot! I appreciate it

Yeah some others pointed that out, however the cadians that came out on 1995 had a different look, the current iteration or previous iteration if you think the knee pad cadians constitute a new one. The ones with the large pauldrons, flak chest piece, and distinct helmet came out around 2003 which would be after CE. I can definitely see the argument of the Cadians and UNSC marines both just being offshoots of the colonial marines though. The biggest thing that makes the UNSC marines look like cadians to me was the large pauldrons and helmet shape. However, I can definitely see those being the designers exaggerating the Colonial Marines design elements. I agree it is pretty cool to see how inspirational Aliens was. I definitely feel it’s one of the most important pieces of sci fi Thanks for watching!

Ya in retrospect it seems very obvious imo, but I usually see Cadians just getting boiled down to starship troopers lol. Thanks for watching!

@@KrakDuk I think the Cadians actually predate the Starship Troopers movie by two or more years (the first Imperial Guard Codex was published in 1995, SST premiered at the tail end of 1997). They definitely predate the UNSC Marines from _Halo_ .😅

Awesome! I definitely will be making more stuff👍

Thank you I appreciate it! Might just be because I started it somewhat recently

@@KrakDuk That's fair, I didn't even check the post dates! Looking forward to all your content going forward into the future!

Awesome! I’m glad you liked the video, I’ll definitely cover more regiments in the future! The guard are the best. I’ve drawn a few jannissaries I love their design Thanks for watching

@@KrakDuk Oh hell yeah, I cant wait to see them

Lmaooo that’s wild. RU-vid must think he’s the same as me cuz we’re both Asian😳

Awe thanks that’s very kind! I just started, but I’m glad people are liking the videos. Thanks for watching and for your kind words

@@KrakDuk ofc, I hope your channel grows even more in the future

Ya I love all the guard regiments, I definitely want to cover them all sometime in the future! Glad you liked the video thanks for watching!

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 :)

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?

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

Aye let’s go, what regiment do you play? I need to start painting more of my gray guys lol, go so many guardsmen stuck in primer purgatory. Thanks for watching!

@@KrakDuk I play a custom regiment that I headswapped with bearskin caps, they’re painted like Praetorians but are dressed like Vostroyans.

@@tackyattack awesome dude! I also made a homebrew regiment

Oh cool, I missed this one. Thanks for pointing it out👍

Ya I love the desert raiders, their models are really cool. I’d love to learn even more about them. I’m thinking the line up for a part two would be Vostroyans, Tallarn, and Steel legion. Might swap some around though, Ik the Tanith and Maccabian Janissaries are also highly requested. Thanks for watching!

Yep, part two for this is scheduled after Armageddon part 2. Thanks for watching!

Haha I wish. Thanks a lot! That’s huge praise

Thank you! I’m glad you like it lol, I’ve been drawing silly character like that for a while now

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.

Yes! I’d love to talk about the steel legion, they’re honestly a hit underrated recently I feel

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

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

Ya those are all very cool regiments! I’d say catachan is a close second favorite of mine, and my third favorite constantly switches. Elysians are super cool, I’ve always loved the idea of drop troopers. My homebrew regiment specializes in drop assaults. Thanks for watching!

Thank you very much!

Oh yes another commenter told me about them! It was quite interesting, I have been wanting to discuss more obscure aspects of the lore on the channel so I’ll add that to the list👍 thanks for the suggestion

Oh no I’ve never heard of them. That sounds pretty interesting. Did they separate from the imperium? Or do they take other aspects from the confederation

@@KrakDuk I'm honestly not sure, there doesn't seem to be much of any further lore on them, though I do find it weird they hadn't succeeded or rebelled from the Imperium just as the IRL Confederates had succeeded from the rest of the US if memory serves me right. Though I've also had this question I've been wanting to ask, if the Arkan Confederates fell to Chaos, which Chaos God would they most likely align themselves with?

@@ChaseDaOrk3767 ah I see. It’d also be cool if they rebelled but didn’t go chaos or genestealer. The lore talks about heretics and renegades, but rarely explores the renegades it seems. Thanks for sharing though, I love learning about new regiments and stuff

@@KrakDuk No problem and yeah, I can understand wanting to see more non-Chaos aligned renegades in the setting, but I think it's fun to imagine what Chaos Alignment could fall to

@@ChaseDaOrk3767 true, I’d probably lean towards nurgle for a confederate themed regiment, considering the confederacy broke away largely because they didn’t want to accept the changing times. Plus all the zany diseases during the civil War battles

Ah yes, the chemdogs are pretty underrated. I’d love to learn more about their lore and make a video. Thanks for watching!

Ya to my knowledge that’s basically what happened. I think the shovel idea is cool since it fits the WW theme, it’s just a bit overblown by the memes. Thanks for watching!

Oh yes the imperial knights are really cool. I’m really partial towards the factions with regular dudes, things like guard, knights, and sisters are especially cool to me. Thank you for watching!

Sortoff. But without spikes and private rank soldier didn't use pickle but stahlhelm. Pikels used by officers to distinguish themselfs.

Ooh yeah that would be interesting, I’ve always been curious about learning more than just the basics about him. I’ll put that on the list, thanks for watching!

@@KrakDuk ok

I don’t mind them using shovels, I think it is a cool concept that fits thematically. I just think it’s just silly the extent people seem to think they do. It’d be like if in WWI soldiers would toss their rifles aside to get in shovel battles all the time and shovel tanks. But that’s just the nature of any meme, things gets flanderized to insanity