ARMAGEDDON STEEL LEGION: RAISE HIGH THE BANNERS OF VENGEANCE | Warhammer 40k Lore

[@eduardodiaz9942]

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]

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

[@TemptationsEnd]

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

[@oniemployee3437]

Wasn't it a normal bionic eye?

[@traolachhegarty6706]

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

[@clandorangaming]

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

[@TheTimberwolf44]

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

[@Dracobyte]

Hahahaha!

[@Lexandritte]

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

[@clandorangaming]

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

[@imperialguardsman5726]

​@@clandorangaming Caretaker of the Fuckus Chamberius of *Insert Planet* High Caretaker of the Fuckus Chamberius of *Planet* Lord High Caretaker of the Fuckus Chamberii of *System, Sector, Segmentum* Lord High Caretaker of the Fuckus Chamberii(high lord of terra)

[@clandorangaming]

@@imperialguardsman5726 You deserve a service medal just for this. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@wayward5219]

​@@clandorangamingLord High C*mmaster

[@clandorangaming]

@@wayward5219 🤣👍

[@YoBen100]

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

[@heboric6136]

💯

[@AltoStratusX1]

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]

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

[@arandomkobold8403]

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

[@sloshed-rat]

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

[@SalemPulsifer]

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

[@imperialguardsman5726]

Ngl an episode with any of the VTubers Bricky's friends with would be great It's probably not happening but like i'd love to see it

[@nomadzophiel]

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]

San Bernardino has fallen to chaos

[@nomadzophiel]

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

[@scooterdescooter4018]

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

[@emmajones752]

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]

The Central valley has fallen to both nurgle and slaanesh.

[@khylerbane4523]

“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]

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

[@Lord-Regent-of-the-Imperium]

​@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.

[@Dracobyte]

Where is this quote from?

[@khylerbane4523]

I just looked up ‘Yarrick quotes’ and this was literally the first one I found.

[@Techdecker222]

NGL, I'd dig a Solar Auxillia episode

[@Dracobyte]

Me too!

[@ragzaugustus]

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]

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

[@HerraHidalgo]

And they often had other issues too, like holes in the armor, due to them being ‘stuck’ on the production line and they could not be pulled for further finishing as the following tanks were being built as fast as them.

[@MellowGrunt10]

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]

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]

@@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]

*25mm cannon but fundementally, yes.

[@prestonjones1653]

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.

[@LegendaryChaw]

​@dzasays5516 and Bradley's proceeded to have a higher tank kill count in the middle east than American main battle tanks did

[@MrThademon]

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

[@Verdis_deMosays]

Cadian Valley Girl: the poster. Please.

[@kncotton85]

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

[@MrFatalisDev]

@@kncotton85 Oh, I luv this idea.

[@ArchArturo]

The Goon Poster

[@rebel1717]

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]

Justice for andre

[@fenrirsrage4609]

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

[@rebel1717]

@@fenrirsrage4609 here’s hoping indeed

[@pogo8050]

Isn’t Kiriot also a massive black Templar fanboy?

[@Nickname-ef9tv]

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

[@cdevans97]

DC

[@Myomer104]

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.

[@jimmy_h7911]

Orks were probably thinking that he is taking a nap

[@MrPapamaci88]

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]

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]

@@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]

.... 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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@khylerbane4523]

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]

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

[@garretthochmuth4522]

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]

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

[@Nempo13]

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

[@derpstick5467]

@@garretthochmuth4522didn’t know that about Yarrick, lol I know it’s just Amberly’s opinion but hey he found someone that didn’t find him boring.

[@maultshake]

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

[@AlexAinsworth-s1c]

"As defacto lord commander of Hive Hades I enact the goon protocol. Shoot first. Ask questions later!" - Inquisitor whats her buckets

[@KolmManison]

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!"

[@Beandealer]

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

[@dzasays5516]

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

[@ArchArturo]

"Open the Brazzerz cave!"

[@dzasays5516]

Fuggin "Goon Cave" has left me mortally shooketh

[@Dracobyte]

Why not both?

[@derpstick5467]

@@dzasays5516i just think of Borr asca when i heard that the first time.

[@solidsentinel1285]

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

[@jacobroll9818]

*allude

[@stax6092]

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

[@stryke-jn3kv]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

Catachan vs Warp Spider Kill Team box when?

[@kevincass9917]

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.

[@garretthochmuth4522]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@krankarvolund7771]

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."

[@garretthochmuth4522]

I meant in how Tolkien, who hated destruction to the natural world and how it’s ends badly, would react to the atmosphere.

[@aurtosebaelheim5942]

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.

[@garretthochmuth4522]

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]

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]

sisters of batter? do they bake

[@krankarvolund7771]

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]

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

[@Nempo13]

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.

[@SymbioteMullet]

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

[@happyyet5387]

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

[@RiffSilverthe1andonly]

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

[@DouglasMeloche]

@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

[@TooMuchSpareTime101]

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]

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

[@TooMuchSpareTime101]

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

[@Connor-ONeill]

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

[@Dracobyte]

It's goonin' time!

[@slackeratlarge575]

Armageddon is Ullanor. The orks are called home.

[@marcusgodfrey4061]

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

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

Yes, yes, and most importantly *YES!!!*

[@parkermaisterra8532]

Seconded

[@Zakvadr1995]

YEEEEESSSSS! *YEEEEEEESSSSSS!*

[@davidblaising-wimmer9972]

FOR HELLSREACH

[@spurgu9769]

My boi grimaldus will finally be featured

[@FBI_Metal_Slime]

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]

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.

[@FBI_Metal_Slime]

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

[@jwebcoding7289]

@@FBI_Metal_Slime 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. :)

[@FBI_Metal_Slime]

@@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]

@@FBI_Metal_Slime 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.

[@LegoM12]

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

[@TheChiefJimbo]

“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.”

[@jim8123]

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.

[@Werrf1]

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]

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

[@archietvernev2598]

@@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.

[@Blood_M4ster]

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

[@sheevismycity4789]

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

[@Beandealer]

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

[@woaddragon]

And literally kriegers

[@luketfer]

@@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.

[@WarsmithHuggy]

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

[@oldeskul]

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.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

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.

[@imperialguardsman_stell_legion]

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

[@Bluecho4]

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]

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

[@thekaiseriswiser4451]

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

[@Nempo13]

@@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]

Elysian droptroop ftw

[@mannofdober873]

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.

[@spacecowboy5486]

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

[@lolmeister9764]

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

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

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

[@SymbioteMullet]

Good luck on the test!

[@alexvaraderey]

How did it go?

[@lolmeister9764]

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

[@johnfraire6931]

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

[@darrenmills3943]

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

[@simplewrites]

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

[@joeholdeniv988]

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

[@Dracobyte]

Good job fellow AR enthusiast!

[@Gunthersby]

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

[@forgefathervulkanhestan18]

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.

[@korealis0016]

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

[@ChadmasterDante]

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.

[@LaputanMachad]

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

[@Talius10]

"ENOUGH WITH THE GOONING!!!" -Haruka

[@Zenn_Chan]

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.

[@daubenythememelord6962]

RIP Hades Hive. Even Yarrick knew it’d fall

[@ChaoticTabris]

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.

[@RiffSilverthe1andonly]

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

[@Synthi_Soul]

Wargames atlantic has some great Steel legion Stand in miniatures

[@luketfer]

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.

[@dzasays5516]

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

[@joedepersiis9150]

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

[@jeambeam3173]

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]

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

[@ianbabcock6802]

“STOP WITH THE GOONING!” -Haruka

[@luketfer]

Ah I was looking for this comment.

[@trentthehehim3936]

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

[@latrodectusmactans7592]

Funny how the Death Korps of Krieg started out as a repaint of the Steel Legion, and now people who want to make a Steel Legion army will often repaint Death Korps of Krieg.

[@decondanieth3822]

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

[@loganb7059]

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

[@Ms.Whiskertoria]

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

[@inductivegrunt94]

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."

[@clandorangaming]

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

[@akiva2112]

We need the next episodes to cover the wars for Armageddon

[@Lionheart40529]

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

[@squeethemog213]

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

[@barbaricboi8905]

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

[@theofficerfactory2625]

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

[@kncotton85]

57:00 I'm imagining a Basilisk crew firing shells while riding the assembly line conveyor belt, as the vehicle is built around rhem.

[@TacDonut]

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

[@theironworks6797]

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

[@thewarriorofboros]

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

[@krankarvolund7771]

There's two major Guards regiments specialized in killing Orks, the Steel legion, and the Valhallans that also got invaded by Orks in the past. They're the soviet-looking ones who come from an ice world and love so much cold climates taht even mild temperatures make them sweat profusly, but they're in no sleeves T-shirts in the snow XD

[@michaelmiller2418]

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]

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

[@AppleFumble]

how dare you put this evil on me.

[@WingsaberE3]

I just love stuff like the solar auxilia for the opportunity for people to have multiple styles to pursue when making their army. Like primaris look? Modern 40K! Like the firstborn style? Proxy 30k!

[@ArchArturo]

Option 3 for the different Guard models... 3rd Party Market, get some guard bits, and kitbash; I'm doing that with Les Grognards for the Vostroyans. Though I do have some actual Vostroyan minis for a kill team.

[@StygianSkunk]

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.

[@xxtropic_talesxx3463]

“Cadian valley girl” 😂😂😂

[@Kryptick_88]

12:40 Valley Girl Cadians

[@Ms.Whiskertoria]

Speaking of Armageddon, when I started my Ork army in 4th ed, I wanted to paint them as Blood Axe Clan. At the time Boss Snikrot was said to still be stalking the Jungles of Armageddon, and that is a part of the reason I ended up basing them in jungle colours.

[@obliviouscord8606]

Let’s fucking gooo I’m glad they finally got around to making a video on the steel legion I always wanted to know more about them

[@Ms.Whiskertoria]

When I read Yarrick's Obituary in the 9th ed Guard Codex I was in tears by then end. It prompted me to get the 3rd ed sculpt of Yarrick and a 3rd ed sculpt of Ghaz so they can keep each other company on my display shelf.

[@jackmack4181]

42:25 in Big Dallas there’s this funny scene when an ork refuses to attempt to learn anything from the dark eldar flesh smith room because they consider thst to be too much

[@andrejjelcic3675]

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

[@kriegdeathkorp1286]

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