Are Commissars TRASH or still GRIMDARK?

[@mackpackable]

I really enjoy this format of "Peachy talks about hobby stuff he likes and also throws in a painting guide"

[@Hypnotic-tist]

Yeah me too, I love the passion he has for the modelling and gaming hobby.

[@goblinho81]

Same, had a box of legion imperialis marines that I was too apprehensive to start. Gave them a bash after his warlord video and really happy with some loyalist death guard.

[@PeachyTips]

@@goblinho81ooh sweet! I was hoping that video would help with other smaller scaled games and not just romans ❤ Glad you found it useful

[@robbied8587]

Me too. It is an excellent format

[@nraketh]

Cain isn’t a coward. He has imposter syndrome. He constantly does the opposite of what his fear wants him to do, which means he’s brave not a coward. Bravery isn’t the absence of fear, it’s the conquest of it.

[@PeachyTips]

Oooh I like this, always telling Charlie that fear of something is natural and healthy but its how we deal with that fear that matters-might not suggest he starts a fight with a Tyranid to test that theory tho 😉 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@JimmyCrawford]

@@PeachyTips Charlie just needs a big smelly man following him around with a multi-melta. Go on, Chris. You know you want to!

[@modj8238]

Thats how always read i aswell, he is his own worst critic. A true hero of the imperium

[@genghisgahan9623]

I agree, I suspect he started to be written as slightly more cowardly- but his rationalisation of some of the brave stuff he does, rings very hollow- very clearly suffering from imposter syndrome. Some of the best officers I have served with have imposter syndrome - I worry about those who don't have it, because it means they never doubt or self reflect on their decisions. Cain is also very decisive - which also reflects the golden rule of " a bad decision is better than no decision".

[@stevemurray1848]

I think my favourite thing about your painting tutorials is how tackling a miniature with quite a lot of detail feels less intimidating after watching it broken down into simple steps - Yarrick looks awesome and just seeing the finished model I think I would feel it’s totally beyond me but watching each bit and thinking “I could do that” totally takes the fear out of it. Thanks Peachy!!

[@PeachyTips]

It’s my pleasure, and I’m super pleased these tutorials help you get passed that fear 😍😍😍

[@GhostlyGreenJacket-lp5jw]

I think Cain is a good representation of a 40k Commissar, summary execution is stated to be a last resort and a Commissars main tools are words and lead by example. The Cain books say he's a bit of an anomaly but he's learned from seeing what got other Commissars "accidentally" shot. Also, not a coward just good self preservation mindset, even Psykers and Inquisitors know he's a true hero at heart. Thanks for the great video Peachy, would love to see the flip side of this and do old Ghazghkull if you ever get the time. Thank you.

[@matthayward7889]

Cain - god tier Yarrick - absolute badass Gaunt - iconic Everyone else: probably a dick

[@PeachyTips]

Hahaha! 👆100% 👆

[@James__V]

I think the issue they have is while they are (on paper) ideal human protagonists (they can be anywhere the Guard are fighting but exist outside the Guard command structure so can move more freely than others). They can’t act in the lore like they are meant to on the table top (executing everyone) because I think many would be less likely to root for them in the books. Cain is also very Harry Flashman in space. Lastly the idea of Orks making Yarrick immortal because they believe it so is god tier genius! Great video and great paint job! 🍑

[@Snidhog]

You see the same thing with a lot of Imperial protagonists, especially the more dogmatic ones. Can't have them be hateful zealots because then they'd be unlikable, but you also can't have them not end up dutiful, loyal servants of the Emperor so you end up with a lot of very samey grey paste characters. Sisters of Battle get it particularly hard; they're meant to be fanatics, but too often you get determination and decency without any real zeal and nastiness. Once the protagonist pressure is off you can get some real ghouls though. Volpone Glory had a trio of commissars of varying relevancy that ran the full spectrum; the aggressive and overly direct cadet, the ancient and silent specter of death and the charismatic and cunning propagandist. I really enjoyed that book; even the "good" Volpone were struggling not to look down their noses at their lessers, and there were some real monsters among the main cast.

[@adelehammond1621]

Yes I agree they can be side characters or enemies in some shape or form

[@ginjasteve4435]

Best Commisar is claw crab Yarrick

[@PeachyTips]

Yeah he is 😘

[@karstedt9987]

I'd consider putting a small army together if I had him.

[@GR1MG0R]

I'm always so happy to see a new Peachy upload. Commissars have some of the coolest minis, and I'd always find room for them in any list.

[@sorenson75]

My Nan bought me the crab claw version of Yarrick and some Empire Knights Panther as a Birthday present many years ago. Great memories!

[@clockmonkey]

When you mentioned a viewer gifting a Commissar I wasn't expecting an in blister model. Love it when people do stuff like that.

[@PeachyTips]

It was a kingly fight 😍😍😍

[@GoufinAround_]

Peachy, are we ignoring how lovely an addition Yarrick would make in Trazyn’s gallery?

[@PeachyTips]

Hahaha! That is a very fair point, will sit nicely next to Usarkar E Creed lol

[@brenthartman502]

Love all my metal models from all armies and games ... and these Commissars.. guard etc. Nice one mate. Need to dig mine out now. The Halcyon days and nostalgia cant be understated. Well played again mate 😄😁👍👍

[@rodrickgriffiths9010]

Cain isn’t Blackadder in space. He’s clearly Flashman!

[@prc789]

I came to add the same comment

[@daveblythscum]

Brave old Harry, such a fine moustache.

[@kudosbudo]

@@prc789 He really isn't. Did you guy not read ANY Flashman? Flashman is a rapist coward. He is evil. He literally doesn't care abotu anyone but himself and in situations of self preservation would literally do teh opposite of the things Cain does. In the 40k universe Flashman would have died where as Cain would have survived. Sorry i hate folk comparing a basically good character to a absolutely evil character. Flashman is scum not worthy of mentioning.

[@simonorourke4465]

Same 😂

[@EdwardCarr-g3u]

Same

[@A_Very_Happy_Toad]

Yarrick: single-handedly (in more ways than one) saving a planet from an ork invasion - now that's soldiering

[@PeachyTips]

Couldn't have put it better myself 😆 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@Kira-Namida]

I think the thing with Commissars is they have the power to be ruthless disciplinarians when such is required but the Heroes of the Imperium that we get novels written about are not some Punishment Detail Drillmaster in a force of unruly nobodies or typical humans pushed to the breaking point. These types of Commisars are often portrayed more like antagonists or at least anti-heros in other character's stories. I'm thinking about the likes of Chief Commissar Shand in the Minka Lesk novels, Beije from the Caiphus Cain series, Hark when he first joins the Tanith or the nameless Commissar who shoots a trooper for "losing" his lasrifle to carry another injured trooper during the retreat in Cadia Stands (that one always stuck with me). Overall I just think no one has found a way to make a typical Commissar the hero (or at least the protagonist) of a story yet.

[@guleri]

I like the old Commisars with the big hats, but I think the new models are good to, and it is nice that we have a female commissar in the mix. Love the way you painted your classic Yarrick miniature.

[@PeachyTips]

It's definitely good to see some of the ladies bossing it too! Thankyou, we hope the tutorial helps with your own mini painting journey 😊 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@alexchau5445]

Yarrick was the first miniature I 'bought' (mommy, this one) after I half-painted the 2nd edition boxset. Da best!

[@craigarkle1077]

Really enjoyed this Peachy and the old Yarrick is on my list to get as well!

[@PeachyTips]

Sucha classic and gives we warm fuzzy feels seeing him on my shelf 😍👍

[@Hypnotic-tist]

The female commissar Severina on the turntable is honestly the BEST commissar model for me. I remember Yarrik, I was a key timer 30 years ago in Cambridge GW and on my course in Notts I didn’t have a lot of money so I picked up a few lead minis and he was one of them. I regret not saving up more money so I could buy more because we got to buy it for weight rather than per blister

[@PeachyTips]

Yeah getting stuff by weight was a wild time lol, and I’m glad I threw that little banner too in, glad it’s if use

[@redsven7624]

Commissars are a great example of the issue GW has run into with 40k, it is a hideously dark parody of a universe, but then at some point, they made them the protagonists. Writing protagonists that are fundamentally the bad guys is difficult so it is no wonder they have strayed. from being the model commissar. I think this will become harder for them to navigate as they become increasingly pop culture. The beauty of the wargames though is we can create our own world within the setting, something that the current model of advancing timeline makes trickier, but still possible Side note there are some really interesting stuff in the background which hopefully make the channel soon

[@hopelessedgelord]

Well that's it a model Commissar is an idiotic psychopath most of the time. Because of that then there's not much depth to be had in the protagonist. With why often they are secondary antagonists in guard stories. It's also why alot of attempts to make new Commissar protagonists fall flat. Like Severina Rhaine is such a boring and flat character in her book. She's just a tick list of what makes a Commissar and tragic backstory. She exists for the visual of a female Commissar and that's it. Unlike any Commissar in say the Gaunts Ghost series who all have defined edges even if they are side characters with a small impact.

[@mordecaitoth6703]

In the third Gaunt book the Commissars of Vervunhive are indulgently trigger happy. It can even be quite comical at times; almost as if 40k is supposed to be satirical or something? Great vid and tutorial! Thanks for sharing!

[@Tim1000064]

I love metal minis, I like the way they feel in the hand and the weight :D

[@PeachyTips]

Yeah agreed, definitely something very tactile about metal figs

[@Drakenholm]

The more of these I watch, the more I'm convinced that Peachy is the Bob Ross of mini painting 😀

[@PeachyTips]

High praise indeed, I make a few happy accidents, but I certainly don’t possess the hair lol

[@tompriestley8221]

Great idea for a video Peach, glad this one made it out of the concept pile and onto the big screen. Brill execution and nice mini 👍

[@edpaintsminis]

Terrific stuff Peachy!

[@PaoloTrepiccione]

Awesome video. I had a warm memory moment when I saw you put a slight twist on the tab to make him fit snugly in the base.

[@TheCthogua]

Crabclaw Yarrick! Glad to see him getting some love. A few years ago when I got back into the hobby after being away for ty years I saw some young'ins online bashing the model for being silly and it made me sad for "the youth of today."

[@PeachyTips]

Yeah what do they know eh! 😂 Love the classics, always have always will

[@_threepointedcircle_]

This has rounded off my day perfectly 👌 Took my Daughter to Warahmmer World, where we both got inspired to paint and play. So I'm here assembling everything ready for priming for a nice painting evening tomorrow before school begins.

[@PeachyTips]

That is awesome! I hope you both had a great time

[@lynnhavard3684]

The commissar in The Beast in the Trenches from The Wicked and the Damned is a really good example of “shoot em in the face” commissar, in my opinion. I loved playing against guard players who would just off a guardsmen to pass their morale. It added a real reminder that we were playing a game with plastic toys that had crazy situations.

[@Paranormal-Stupidity]

That is amazing. The model still looks good after all these years. I wish I had known those banner tricks back in the 90s.

[@PeachyTips]

Aww thankyou 😊 Better late than never, at least you know the banner tricks now so hopefully you'll put them to good use in the future! Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@anthopea]

Cool video as always Peach. A little while ago I had the idea that for Yarrik they should have him looking like either an animated corpse who is using all manner of methods to keep himself alive till he kills Gazgul, or they should say he did die but then Gazgul stole his body, then had his Meks and Mad Doks revive him with a bunch of Orky apparatus so they can keep fighting.

[@Lvl62Charizard]

I've been working on a penal regiment of Guard , all in orange fatigues and bare metal armour (paint is as unnecessary expenditure after all) and I plan to have every squad sergeant remodelled as a commissar. Up to 8 unique models now

[@Octarinewolf]

Cain is a lot closer to actual Soviet Commissars than the stereotype. There job was to inspire the troops and keep the officers in line. The NKVD's Barrier troops (i.e. Imquisitorial Stormtroopers) that did the job of blaming cowards.

[@Doomhushes]

Really liked the banner tutorial. Was thinking i would need one soon, so now I don't need to look for one. Good timeing.

[@PeachyTips]

Aha! Perfection, we’ll I’m glad it’ll help

[@jasebutler9963]

I love the sentiments here and think that often as main characters it is easier to get behind those charismatic commissars. In the more stereotypical commissar role is Chief Commissar Shand and retinue in the Lesk series, particularly Traitor Rock. One of them is described as a butcher and Lesk is nervous to have him with her since he is trigger happy and shortly after executes an injured trooper so as to keep momentum.

[@akaisamurai]

I love learning new things from a video and that masking tape banner is convenient, cheap and thumbs up worthy. Thanks for the lesson.

[@PeachyTips]

Glad it was helpful! 😍👍

[@danieljohansson1185]

Looking good with the new camera setup Peachy! I got the finecast resin Yarrick and about half a dozen of those monopose commissars that GW threw into the Guard AND Scion "Start Collecting" boxes!

[@koz1138]

It’s pronounced “Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!”

[@PeachyTips]

😂😂😂

[@davidcook73]

Thanks Peachy, gives me some inspiration for the flags on my models! Cheers!

[@coolclam98]

Your Video followed by an O2 add narrated by Sean Bean, now's that's a Sunday 😎. Loving how you have nostalgia even with the huge amount of stuff you've painted.

[@PeachyTips]

Now that's advertising 😅. Glad you enjoyed the vid, whilst modelling technology has come on leaps and bounds, there's definitely something special about those older hand sculpted models and we're pleased you enjoyed the memories too 😀 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@mariuszszkudlarek2491]

Love the painting guide

[@jarem777]

I know he had no miniature or books, but a mention of commissar Holt from Final Liberation video game would be nice. I mean, it actually is to date the only live appearance of Imperial Commissar we have. And he was actually all about shooting superior officers and governors if they did not meet his expectations.

[@BigMekDanskull]

I was tempted to grab this when it was on made to order a little while back. Lovely paint job

[@Nekorook]

Thank you for the banner tutorial in the video!

[@PeachyTips]

You are very welcome 😊 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@scotama]

Nice cup of tanna commissar Peach sir😀 My favourites are Cain and Old Bale Eye Yarrick Great video.

[@mg1342mg]

I will always love Discipline Masters/Commissars. So grimdark, and one of the few ways when I started in 3rd edition to get a "survivable" IG character with a power weapon.

[@chillumaperios1873]

Thank you Mr Peach 🍑 this was amazing/riveting 😊

[@PeachyTips]

👏👏👏

[@teessidetyrants1989]

Love Commissars in the 41 st millennium. Such a great addition to the background. Also love the models, especially the three ones that came out about 15 years ago. You had the one charging forward, the one reading the uplifting primer, and one administrating the ultimate act of discipline. Each is an example of the roles of the commissar. Fantastic models. I think most commissars only kill their own side when it's the only option. There's a great scene in the book "His Last Command" where Commissar Hark doesn't fire at infantry running away from an enemy armoured assault, saving his bullet instead for the commander of a tank squadron which should have supported the infantry. He knows that the infantry had no option, and it was the tank commander's failings that deserved punishment. So well written, and sums up how commissars work in the God Emperor's Imperial Guard. Anyway, cracking video. Cheers for posting Mr Peach.

[@M1903Enjoyer]

Nice video, I am new to your channel, spilling over from your adventures with Liam.

[@PeachyTips]

Thank you for joining me, I love joining up with Liam and Joe, those guys are great

[@Leah-cd4xi]

This format is fantastic, I think you may have officially found Your Niche in the KZbin market

[@PeachyTips]

Awww thankyou 😊 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@patrickordos425]

Yarrick came out awesome

[@PeachyTips]

Thanks Patrick 😍🙏😍

[@S.C.D.]

Ciaphas Cain one of the best and realistic characters of the universe.

[@lordchaosmonkey552]

Commissars are proper awesome! I'm going to be cosplaying one, for my 1st cosplay, for a comicon in November. FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!

[@antonjonsson424]

Fantastic. Loved the flag

[@scottk9079]

I would say Cain is more of a Flashman in space rather than Blackadder. Maybe a mix of the two

[@Octarinewolf]

Cain actually has a reference to Flashman. One of the other Comissars he went to school with is named Tomas Beige after Tom Brown's Schooldays which was Flashman's first appearance.

[@Ads.D]

Ooh is that a new mug? Me likey! 😃👍☕️

[@johnwalker6557]

Love your video's Peachy. Painting models for fun and gaming is my niche of the hobby as well. Not winning any Golden Demons, but having a good time. I don't think that GW has watered down Commissars that much as they in game still have Summary Execution rule (Kill a model in a unit to un-battleshock them) and last year GW literally released "Commissar's Duty" which is a Commissar model pointing a bolt pistol, clearly in reference to executing a guardsmen.

[@theprincipalofficer_1]

Mr Peach had to get Mrs Peach to do the grown up work with sharp implements. 😂

[@PeachyTips]

😂🤣😂🤣 damn I’ve been found out

[@godofthearena6380]

would love a painting toturial video for these old commissars!

[@PeachyTips]

Well there is a paintguide for Yarrick in this video, Honestly that should be more than useful when painting classic commissars Cheers

[@jamesgreen9480]

Is that Liam Dempsey battle report video on KZbin? My favourite commissar is the steel legion metal one

[@PeachyTips]

It is indeed 😍 Here’s the link for that video kzbin.infotO_NhWkVNPs?si=TxiY8tmVl5V_-TxO

[@thebloodymummer5502]

There was a commisar in one of the Fall of Cadia books (EDIT:Cadia Stands) that is executing Evacuating cadians for leaving their weapons behind. (Including a bloke who had lost both of his arms) One of the Main high ranking Characters hears about this and whilst on the ship Evacuating cadia decides to discipline him. He calls him into his office and informs the commisar that for his actions he is getting put in charge of a Certain Death Penal battalion. The commisar breaks down in tears thanking this character for his decision as he can now Die doing what he loves most 😅

[@PeachyTips]

That’s awesome! I dont remember that story but perfect for commissars, thanks for highlighting this.

[@alwoodsmodellingmayhem]

The nostalgia you bring in practically every Warhammer vid is off the charts for me Peachy!!!! 40 years ago I was playing GW stuff and Yarrick with crab claw is top notch nostalgia!!! Problem is, now I want to paint Commissars and read the books you mentioned as they sound great. Thanks Peachy for another trip down memory lane. 👏👏👏👍😉

[@PeachyTips]

We're super happy you've enjoyed the trip down memory lane with Peach! Sometimes it's just nice to revisit some of the things that got you into the hobby in the first place and some of your first loves! Enjoy reading the books (with a cup of Yorkshire tea we hope 🤔😆) Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@JMACCSArmiesOfMiddleEarth]

That Gaunt is absolutely stunning

[@Nusphigore]

Tank you commissar peach!

[@ianalexander7082]

That Severina Raine is on my model bucket list. Such an amazing sculpt. But also, it costs bank on eBay.

[@PeachyTips]

Oh really! That’s savage, I was hoping to get another 😬

[@dazm4640]

Always loved reading gaunts ghosts books , although I'm not an imperial guard player , I have to admit this video has inspired me to go get myself a commisar and apply some of the techniques you have shown! 👌 also love all the information you give on each project you do 😊

[@PeachyTips]

Yay, Peach'll be super glad he's inspired you to dip your toes (or should I say 'dip your brush' 😉) and get yourself a commissar! Really pleased you find the info he gives useful and we hope you enjoy having a go at some of the techniques 😊 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@dazm4640]

@PeachyTips he really has helped me paint to a much better level! And get much more out of the hobby..especially his coverage if napoleonics, as im a huge fan also 😊So say a big thanks from me Mrs peach!! 😊😊

[@PeachyTips]

@@dazm4640cheer bud ❤❤❤ Peachy 😘

[@andrewdavies6355]

Yarrick makes me happy.

[@gruntmastergames2626]

also the banner tutorial has been super helpful! perhaps one day you can do some custom necromunda tutorials. i use arbites for my enforcers and my eschers are imp guard deserters who sell xeno chems they smuggled.

[@gruntmastergames2626]

ooooh also you should kitbash a new fortress of arrogance

[@miwicpmiwicp8074]

Would love to see how you made that Ciaphas Cain model. He's my favourite Commisar. Yes, the books are a bit formulaic, but they're a brilliant read!

[@PeachyTips]

It was a resin mini I believe it was called a lord commissar, from the around 2012-14 sort of era, maybe a wee bit later

[@miwicpmiwicp8074]

@@PeachyTips from GW? The cloak looks like something I got from Anvil Industries. I thought it was a kitbash!

[@PeachyTips]

@@miwicpmiwicp8074yeah from GW, if I could post a pic in the comments I would, they did a made to order recently and he was one of the ones you could get

[@miwicpmiwicp8074]

@PeachyTips ahh nice one. I wish they made an official Cain model, but then again, kitbashing it means you can make it look like how it does in your mind's eye!

[@xXRogalDornXx]

Need a blackadder style battle report where Captain Peach try’s to avoid getting shot by the commissar all game while trying to get out of going over the top…

[@DarkCastleMiniatures]

Canning Yarrick and Eisenhorn from the modern setting is absolutely mental

[@PeachyTips]

I completely agree, it needs a stronger word than mental though lol

[@DarkCastleMiniatures]

@@PeachyTips 😂😂

[@ravenniwolvarious8801]

Great video Mr Peach, I love the commisar unit and wish that GW would bring back some of the more brutal and, more often than not, comic relief elements of old 40k. Also thanks for the tips. I cannot believe that all the many years i've played Warhammer Bretonnians, Lizardmen and sisters of battle in metal it never occured to me to bend the bar in the base to make the fit tighter. 😁

[@PeachyTips]

Peachy's good at finding the right fit 😆 Glad you enjoyed the video Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@Miny_pots]

Love the videos! I forgot ask - sometime could you do an example of kitbashing the napoleonic zombies?

[@PeachyTips]

Super glad you're enjoying them! Peach did a little tutorial on just this which he included on an earlier video 'The cheapest and easiest way of getting into wargaming?'. I'll pop a link below for you 😊 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pouVhJape99lgcksi=tl1ge3cDhuNNkZON

[@stixdan]

To be fair, Gaunt meets plenty of other execution-obsessed Commissars, i think it's good to have a story about an atypical Commissar, same way as Sharpe being an unusal officer... i love the development of Hark when he joins the Ghosts. But definitely take your point on the rules, i think they have watered down the "killing your own guys" rules. Orks don't blow up nearly as often as they used to!!

[@PeachyTips]

I agree with your point on Gaunt, that’s a great way of looking at it, to be fair I’m a big fan of gaunt, I just feel since he came into being, other writers tried to emulate gaunt more than what commissars should be, if that makes sense

[@stixdan]

@@PeachyTips yeah totally makes sense. I haven't read Raine or Cain to be honest, but it's hard to criticise copying Dan Abnett, he's the king! And he has said Gaunt was based on Sharpe, and Bernard Cornwell said Sharpe was his version of Hornblower... I wonder how engaging a book about a ruthless Commissar shooting all his troops would be though, maybe you need to write one!

[@leviturek5015]

I just finished the Gaunts ghost book, Anarch, last night!

[@szifty]

oh the nostalgia!

[@colonel149th-dkok4]

Well Peachy, I do see your point on Gaunt but he did execute his Uncle so he does fulfil that role and I agree, he does embody Sharpe! Ciaphas is one of the best characters and remember, he is not looking to get shot in the back as he is standing behind the troops. 😂And that is awesome the Ginger Steve sent you the old school Yarrick, that Steve is one awesome guy! Keep up the great work Peachy, love your videos and cannot wait for the next Sharpe's Silver Bayonet episode 4 and Private Peach continual adventures! I am telling you, give Pvt. Peach plot armor, PLEASE!!

[@PeachyTips]

I think private peach will return even if he dies hahaha, like Kenny from South Park

[@BiggestDavide]

New light/camera? Looks crystal clear!

[@PeachyTips]

Just improved my tweaking skills lol

[@JonSteitzer]

Peachy you're the man

[@earnestwanderer2471]

Not too long ago GW did a make to order of a number of old Commissar models. I got the finecast later Yarrick and Severina.

[@simonorourke4465]

I would have thought Cain was more of a Harry Flashman than an Edmund Blackadder, he already has the Victorian style mutton chops after all.

[@gymcelsocialism]

In hindsight it's surprising that commissars don't get fragged more often

[@sevatarlives185]

Commissars haven't changed IMO. The problem is that, from a marketing point of view, every new release needs to be bigger and cooler than the last to justify its existence. The new Cadians? So disciplined their home planet got destroyed without them ordering a retreat. DKoK? Canonically execute Commissars for being a bit limp-wristed about certain death. Catachans? They face scarier creatures than a Commissar before they even join the Guard. Scions? They went to the Schola Progenium alongside the Commissars, probably bullied them for being teacher's pets. Who are the modern day Commissars actually supposed to enforce discipline on? Until the Guard get some canonically 'worse' units (Feral Worlders, PDF/Conscripts, Penal Guard etc) who can be herded into the enemy's guns by a Commissar, then as far as I can see they're basically redundant.

[@theprussianbasterd5149]

Concerning Ciaphas Cain, I like to compare him more to Han Solo. Bit of a coward, but ultimately very capable and lucky. Also, one cannot overemphasize Ciaphas’ reliance on his malodorous valet/clerk/batman, Jürgen. Games Workshop really should have made an Inquisitor Amberley Vail model, so we can take Ciaphas and Jürgen in her retinue.

[@hooliganblack832]

Came for the Commissars, stayed for the Red Period paint guide. I remember the RT army list that appeared in White Dwarf and struggling to understand why the guys with the best uniforms in the 41st millennium weren't in command.

[@Rottenflieger.]

I don't mind the newest plastic commissar having a smaller hat, makes them fit in a bit better with scions or Elysians where a big hat might get blown away during a drop. But I do think it's a bit silly that he doesn't have a sash. The red sash IS the Commissar's badge of office and is in my view more important than the hat or the coat (which not all commissar models have). I ended up modelling the Cadian Castellan as a Commissar as they oddly do have a sash, weird omission.

[@PeachyTips]

We they do say it's not the size that matters but how you wear it 😉 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@Psychichazard]

The commisar attached to Dalin Criid's unit in Armour Of Contempt is pretty keen on shooting guard troops...can't remember his name, though.

[@ronanjohnson9718]

I'd love to get my hands on that The Commissar's Duty mini, shame it was an event exclusive cause it should have been the main release model imo

[@Irocrus]

Yay peachy video 🎉😃

[@georgesutherlandhoward4417]

In my ideal world, Commissar models on the tabletop would have a small chance to get fragged by the guardsmen unit they're trying to "inspire". C'mon, GW rules team, do iiiit!!! (Also, another fantastic video - keep it up!)

[@alexpattison6448]

Flashman in Space for me what got me into reading 40K, your Cain model is great wish GW would release an official one for him.

[@Est1987ish]

Its hard to have lasting stories about the most "accident" prone rank within the guard...😂

[@jmc7034]

Great vid.❤❤❤

[@PeachyTips]

Thankyou ☺️ Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@simoncarter4576]

I got of a resin yarrick when GW re-released him a while back for a limited time, still not painted him

[@toooldfortwowheels2048]

For me Cain is Flashman in Space, they're even written in the same "curated found memoir" style.

[@casemeisterT900]

To me, Colonel Commissar Schaeffer from the Last Chancers was a pretty cool commissar.

[@PeachyTips]

I think Schaeffer was just a colonel, I don’t remember him becoming a commissar, happy to be wrong though

[@jpem4664]

On that HH vs Commissar books argument I'd say Commissar wins out even as a big HH fan. HH some amazing high points with a lot of books I love but also a lot more fluff that probably could have been trimmed. Gaunts Ghost and Cain are a lot more consistent throughout and still great. Plus doing sharpe/flashman/black adder in space was an amazing idea. Now we need a 40k version of Aubrey Maturin and Hornblower.

[@Lokster71]

Alas poor Yarrick. I knew him Horatio. A fellow of most infinite murderous bastardry.

[@PeachyTips]

Very good 🤣🤣 Luv Mrs Peach 🍑

[@Pariahwulfen]

Commissars just make me miss the Mordian Iron Guard...

[@glengoodwin3369]

Always wanted a commissar tank!