Imperial Guard: Armageddon Steel Legion - Lore & History | Warhammer 40,000

[@Irishcrossing]

Death korps of Krieg: Sad gas masks Armageddon Steel Legion: Happy gas masks

[@justicartiberius8782]

And both are based on the german armies (or certain units) of the world wars. Coincidence?

[@justicartiberius8782]

@Cegesh That's the allied view of things, yes. From the German side the allies and russians were faceless meatshields

[@justicartiberius8782]

@Cegesh Okay?

[@vit968]

*I'd rather be Steel Legion than Krieg.*

[@rabniscraft1804]

@@vit968 I mean you would live longer as a Steel legionere then a Kriegs Guardsmen

[@deven6518]

Orks have the best sportsmanship in 40k

[@minhducnguyen9276]

I mean, they let you recover so they can have another round.

[@publixmn2622]

Commisar who just arrived: I hear there are orks hiding in jungle. Legions: What jungle? What orks? I only see ash.

[@flyingdutchman9969]

Love anything Imperial guard, the true heroes of the 41th century. Do have a historical nitpick though. The helmets aren't exactly the Wehrmacht stahlhelm, but have a closer resemblance to those worn by the Fallschirmjäger (parachutists) who wore a smaller helmet

[@italianspartacus]

Dutch!! I didn't even realize they had different helmets until you brought it up. thanks for the correction brotha :)

[@oscarredfearn3492]

41st Millenium*

[@TheWineGuy101]

As a brit all the world war origins makes me want an imp guard regiment with a 40k brodie helmet but maybe that's just me haha. Just think it would look cool alongside the imp guard's tanks which were inspired by the first world war landships

[@583327]

@@TheWineGuy101 I think Victoria minis has Brodie head conversion packs

[@TheWineGuy101]

@@583327 *happy guardsman noises* :)

[@CMTechnica]

Death Korps didn’t have models until FW started their line in resin as the Siege of Vraks line. Their first appearance was in the Armageddon codex So no, DKoK didn’t have pewter models, they were pallet swapped Steel Legion

[@ThachWeave]

Been waiting for this. I came into 40k just as the 3rd Armageddon worldwide campaign was ending and just completely fell in love the the Armageddon aesthetic. My first codex was the Armageddon codex before I knew what was going on and read the fluff for the 2nd Armageddon campaign so many times.

[@italianspartacus]

That's so awesome to hear man :).. I think I came in six months to a year Before the campaign, but I remember it vividly! thanks for joining in on the stream too, was great chatting with you!

[@Tiglath-Pileser3]

Operation Barbossa? Not Barbarossa? Never change, Italian.

[@italianspartacus]

Naw man, the Germans were all about the black pearl!! Hahah total mistake.. Sorry brother

[@PyreOwnuge]

The legion that got me into 40k all those years ago.

[@samuel10125]

Same.

[@dreysantillan]

Is that your samurai armor? Pretty cool my dude

[@blakecheboygan]

Dude you are crushing this guard series.

[@DeathKorpsCommander-sm1um]

Death korp were never pewter. They were resin from FW. The metal models have been Cadians, Mordians, Praetorians, Valhallans, Vostroyans, Steel Legion, storm troopers, kasrkin, and a few special catachan models and special weapons.

[@joemiller361]

Probably done a video on them by now, but I gotta hear more about the Salamanders! They're my favorite, not for all the fireworks but because they focus on keeping civilians safe.

[@italianspartacus]

Vulkan has his own in the primarch Playlist :) but not on the salamanders themselves!

[@Griffon29]

Ah, the Steel Legion, the first Guard army I ever collected. I've always hoped that GW will return to them with some new plastic models.

[@GruwskiTheDogski]

The heroes of mankind, The Imperial guard. You did forget one major thing Sparty, why the Steel Legion's forces are so based around armoured transports and overall tanks and artillery is because that Armageddon is a MAJOR Forgeworld. Armageddon's riches are one of the reasons why the Adeptus Mechanicus has so many forces and resources reinforced on the planet itself, while also serving their own agenda of exploring the planets history long forgotten. On the last note on Armageddon's fate, we'll see without a doubt another Ork WAAARGH heading their way and hopefully the Imperium will heed the warnings of Yarrick once more. If Armageddon falls it'll be a devastating lost for the imperium itself, as Armageddon is more than any other world, its a bastion against the enemy of the Imperium, one of the last strong holds holding the North West region. "Cadia Stands!".

[@italianspartacus]

Nooo!! I brought it up in the beginning! I just didn't really flesh it out as much :) I said they supply neighboring systems and sectors, but I should have conveyed how rare that is and what a credence to their output that pays... Soooo.. You win Hahahaha

[@GruwskiTheDogski]

@@italianspartacus xD Aye, i just love the long fanboy loving you put into these my friend. I can't wait enough until you start on the Armageddon in depth videos :D

[@tombouric]

Steel Legionnaires’ design reminds me of the Norts and Southers from Rogue Trooper. A good look.

[@whiskeyjack9646]

Rogue Trooper... Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time...

[@tombouric]

Whiskeyjack An oldie but goldie. I still have volume 3.

[@papanurgle8393]

Best Regiment hands down. As tenacious as Krieg‚ more courageous than Cadia.

[@Profmorphious123]

I wish someone would make a serious budget in war hammer film. Their is a r8ch mythology behind the stories, I mean the black library would be a good start.

[@magicalsealand5076]

Yes , finally!!! Just quite happy that the Steel Legion's lore is getting a video

[@alexanderreidhinchcliffe774]

finally painting mine 20 years after getting them. never say i dont get round to stuff.

[@DzinkyDzink]

Anyone here wants Steel Legion take over the role of IG poster boys since the Destruction of Cadia?

[@MrKirbanator]

Na Vostroyan are way cooler, either them or the Death korps

[@samuel10125]

Cadia still exist remember where ever cadians are Cadia stands.

[@CMTechnica]

@@MrKirbanatorKringe Korps

[@superiorsoldier57]

The Armageddon Steel Legion is as close as the Guard gets to the Cult Mechanicus.

[@Wh1m5ical]

Operation Barbarossa. Barbossa is a pirate XD

[@italianspartacus]

HAHAHAHA DID I REALLY SAY BARBOSA!? HAHAHA holy shit I'm so sorry. I even have barbarosa written down. Classssssic blunder. Whoooops

[@Tiglath-Pileser3]

Ahh, man. Scrolled down to see if someone else caught that. Posted before I saw this.

[@McSkumm]

Something I never understood is that the jungle separating Armageddon Prime and Secundus is called the Equatorial Jungle, but its always shown running what I assume to be north to south.

[@HollowSatanous]

I'm a player of exclusively the Astra Militarum faction in tabletop and games like Dawn of war: apocalypse. Watching these regimental videos is the best part of my day. Would love to see the Tanith First and Only (Gaunt's Ghosts) Regiment!!!

[@italianspartacus]

Thank you man, that's high praise :) Tanith First and Only might be one of the last ones since it's SO narrative heavy, and arguably has the most documentation next to the Cadians, but I'll get there!!

[@majormoolah5056]

I'm loving the Guard series! Would be great if you someday did a Renegade Chapters series. Many channels focus on the Traitor Legions and Horus Heresy only

[@dontang6906]

Captain Andrej... The greatest steel Legion of all time.. the only one to talk back and disrespect a Black Templars chaplain and walk away with a promotion.

[@regalgiant1597]

Mag uruk Thrakka for the uneducated is a play on margeret thatcher. x)

[@whiskeyjack9646]

Butternut Milk Squash. I dislike "First" comments, so I figured I'd deny anyone that opportunity. Nice vid, by the way.

[@italianspartacus]

You.. Cheeky.. Fuck! It's been a long time since you were first brother!

[@greg_4201]

Wow... I somehow never heard that Armageddon was Ullanor. That's pretty cool.

[@eugeneoliveros5814]

Ah yes the Deathcorps of krieg’s more mechanized, modern and slightly less fanatic cousins

[@randommagos9001]

Its hard to argue with youre assessment

[@CMTechnica]

The legion is the Korps father. Original DKoK models were just palate swapped steel legion

[@TommyCurrell]

Always nice when a KZbinr with great content thanks me for his work :)

[@გიორგიმოსაშვილი-ო3დ]

Please do the maccabbian jannisaries

[@mightymidget9651]

would like to see a video about the tanith first and only from you it seems that you would do a fantastic job of them!

[@wintersking4290]

About that conflict between the Space Wolves and Inquisition, a KZbinr by the name of Stringstorm has made a pretty epic song about it titled "The Months of Shame"

[@Clottedone]

Awesome vid as always man. Would love to see some vids on some of the Titan and Knight houses

[@robogobbo7362]

it saddens me these guy are not more popular.

[@anubis1416]

Finally! Been waiting for this vid for awhile

[@wintersking4290]

Hey Italian, what do you think about the theory of the orks warp powers basically making Yarik so invincible, that because the orks believed he couldn't die that their own power worked against them and prevented them from killing him. Not to sell Yarik short but he does some insane stuff.

[@danyael777]

Aw godemprah awlmideee, you actually making a point there. If they see him blessed by Gork'n' Mork.....sort of a nemesis or something? That could well have been Yarricks plan in the first place, considering what he did. Whoooaaa.....beyond me^^.

[@wintersking4290]

@@danyael777 well I didn't come up with it that theory has been around a while, but thanks

[@danyael777]

@@wintersking4290 Didn't hear of this before though. But the more you look at it, the more it makes sense...as in "red ones go faster" makes sense too^^. Well, orks are the only truly enlightened race after all.

[@danyael777]

5:22 - 8:00 these are kriegsmen edit: Why not pick up the story of Steiners Mercs, i forgot their name sorry. I read about them in an old White Dwarf issue, they were kinda like the dirty dozen, a penal squad. They had sniper and a commando, demo man and a medic i believe. Steiners mini looked very german unteroffizier.^^ I've never heard of them since, no 40K-tuber touched them..... yet

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

Damn, brother- you are REALLY spoiling me with the 40K content (because of course, you’re only making it for me!)-haha. Really enjoyed this one too- Commissar Yarrick and Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka were some of the first named characters I was introduced to in White Dwarf waaaay back in 1992 (except for Leman Russ in ‘89). I’m sure you know, but I don’t think you mentioned it in your video, (and your subscribers might find it funny)- that Ghazghkull’s name was based on then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Always got a chuckle out of me! Ghaz and Yarrick became two of my favorites for a long time, because their lore is just so awesome- how bad assedly (new word- like it?) Yarrick was portrayed- fighting with his arm torn the fuck off - “I ain’t got time to bleed!”- and the respect that Ghaz shows in letting him go, because the universe is more fun with him out there as an opponent. Something tells me that Yarrick wouldn’t approach the subject in the same way, if he had Ghaz dead to rights and had the option of removing him. But I was never 100% sure about that- it’s one of the little questions that make the lore so awesome. Anyway- thanks for the great video- I can’t wait to see what you’ve got on deck for the next one. Have a great weekend, mate!

[@italianspartacus]

Hahaha it's all always for you brother!! Yeah they've had such a great dynamic over the years, and it's one of the few things from the early Lore that has really stood the test of time. I'm such a huge fan of the back and forth narrative of the two. You'll like some of the videos I have planned for next week too my brotha :)

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

ItalianSpartacus Right on!

[@midrovar5811]

he's soo badass that the orcs decided to let him live so they could fight a better fight later..... if that aint sportsmanship

[@davidjones4364]

Who's the next primarch on the list

[@markscouler2534]

Still got my metal box sets of these guys

[@alexanderpollard9761]

Tanith First and Only next please

[@jasonsantos3037]

Like to see the towel on Desiree Raiders has her 2 minutes interesting Imperial Guard units

[@nacho.tatical]

I actually have based my armageddon force on the modern German Army/Bundeswehr (because i serve in it and use this a sorta coping mechanism). So instead of solid colored trenchcoats i paint them in flecktarn. I alos sprinkle in the occasional WW2 reference and design choices for more elite units, juts to keep it 40k-ish enough

[@ScoutSgtZaku]

PLEASE!! Do Tanith First and Only!!!

[@MadCat-DruklsAbndKids]

Those are not normal stalhelm helmets those are M37 fallschermjager helms GRUN IST UNSER FALLSCHIRM!

[@italianspartacus]

Hehehe someone brought it to my attention! Apologies!! Thanks for the correction :D

[@MadCat-DruklsAbndKids]

No no not correcting you, you beautiful bastard. Look up the awesome remix and tell me you dont love it before youtube gets rid of it. Not even removable beyond the stigma of german pride being bad because of the past. Its just modern german pride. Btw love your vids.

[@MadCat-DruklsAbndKids]

@@italianspartacus grun ist under fallschirm remix

[@italianspartacus]

You're the beautiful bastard!!!! Thanks brother, I'll give it a look :D

[@publixmn2622]

Inquisition and Space wolf. Ahhh! Like KGB and Red Army. Never gets along with each other.

[@samuel10125]

Absolutely love the Steel Legion. I can't begin to put into words how much I hate Von Strab.

[@darthtom100]

Savlar Chem Dogs!

[@horusthagreat1802]

When are we gonna get Inquisitor Scions.

[@Magavynhigara]

After gaunts ghosts

[@awakeandwatching953]

they are one of the few combined arms regiments

[@FrozenLord66]

The death Korps of krieg and steel legion are my favorite imperial guardmen regiments based of my favorite moments in our history ww1 and ww2 thanks

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you

[@shhhgrowing3531]

Well done.

[@Leman.Russ.6thLegion]

1st Armageddon war is best Armageddon war.

[@samfish2550]

"ARMAGEDDON TECHNOLOGY IS ZE GREATEST IN ZE VERLD!!!" ....I had to....

[@sjcobra84]

Specialists in siege and artillery warfare. Shoot your way through the xeno threat.

[@michaelhowell2326]

Anybody have any thoughts or theories as to why the Cadians took over the Catachans as GW's poster boys of the IG?

[@italianspartacus]

so the catachan had poor sales because everyone wanted to buy up the more standardized, uniformed looked of all the other regiments. on top of that, it was a pretty early time in the hobby, so the paints were NO WHERE near as awesome (and as easy to use) as they are now - so painting abundance of human flesh, which requires a certain level of neatness was a nightmare for new players. lastly, and this is more hair brained, i think it has to do with the fact that, at the time, the biggest TT miniature board games were WW2 themed. so this might have been a buy to bring in more of those types of gamers which had been playing for a long time.

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@italianspartacus now you've pointed it out its pretty obvious. Catachans were my first army and they were a bitch to paint bc of the flesh. Thanks.

[@DzinkyDzink]

Now that Cadia is done for I'd like a different pattern of Astra Militarum take over the role. Steel Legion could do it with a revised codex focused on mobility via Chimera APC's as primary means of superiority.

[@SultanFilm]

Also pop culture shift. Rambo wasn't as popular as it had been in the 80s.

[@brothergrimaldus3836]

Because the planet broke before the guard did.

[@jackiesantos2121]

I like the steel Legion there's are my favorite Imperial Guard unit I like to see about the Von Halle ice Warriors

[@bryanverberg4342]

Good vid

[@A1509MDIX]

Not to nit-pick.. Because I don't care too much for small mistakes.. But I do enjoy your videos and would like to see them achieve their best quality.. But Operation Barbosa is not correct, Operation Bar(BA)Rosa is correct.. Assuming we're talking about WW2.

[@SanderVerpalen]

I'm sorry...did he just say operation Barbosa?

[@SanderVerpalen]

@PISTOL PETE That's really cool. Thanks man;)

[@oscarteran9402]

Why are Las bolts different colors???

[@alecadanglao8386]

I enjoyed listening to Helsreach a lot so what other books/audiobooks on the third and seconds war of Armageddon would you suggest?

[@mrrey3481]

A treat, as always, bratan

[@italianspartacus]

spasiba, brat!!

[@JacksonHighlander]

Imperial Guard. ITS IMPERIAL GUARD!

[@Cole-ui8bi]

Panzer grenader of astra militarium

[@chaveztownsend2604]

4 ARMAGEDDON!!!

[@grayalun]

So are the Krieg troops and Steel legion linked in any way given their similar appearance? Both sets of minatures are nice, do they do the vehicles for the steel legion guys either through GW or forge World? I noticed the vehicle kits on the GW website come with cadian or catachan heads so do you have to convert? And what about weapon teams?

[@italianspartacus]

I have a video on krieg if you'd like to watch that! But no, they're not linked unfortunately They used to have pewter models back in the day, but the only way to get them now is on eBay I think. Their vehicles are just color schemes, nothing overly unique. Death Korps of Krieg DO have models on forge world though!

[@markscouler2534]

Yarricks favourites

[@BStenlund]

if my memory serves me right you build dkok from the steel legion models, by remodel parts of the model and put a spike on there helmets^^ by then dkok did not have officers, they where off worlders =/ Then fw took over and made the new lore =)

[@Just_call_me_Billy]

Hail the laughing God

[@vake1234]

my favorit

[@MrBlackrapier]

why is it that orks are generally the best sportsmen (if you can call war a sport but its orks so you probably can...)

[@batman9592]

ORK HUNTERS!!!!!

[@michaelhowell2326]

After the Admech teleported Ullanor to its new location, did anyone besides themselves know? At this point in the Imperial history I don't get why the Imperium doesn't just execute Exterminatus on Armageddon? Just evac as much of the populace as possible and leave the planet a glassed and lifeless husk of a rock.

[@DzinkyDzink]

There's a significant dollar value attached to this instalation.

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@DzinkyDzink there is now way it's important enough to worth all the resources spent defending it. If the Imperium can't have it then no one should.

[@DzinkyDzink]

@@michaelhowell2326 You can't make that kind of descision, you are just a grunt. No offense.

[@konewhatsthenamespolicy6308]

What is this heresy?! There was no demon invasion.

[@bloodrave9578]

The Praetorians

[@Srrrgp]

And now the death korps of krieg :3

[@italianspartacus]

I did!! They're in the Playlist at the end :)

[@Srrrgp]

ItalianSpartacus my baddd

[@grayalun]

I may be being thick here so apologies in advance when it says steel legion ar mechanized they means they like tanks a lot? For a moment I wondered if they were robots lol

[@italianspartacus]

Hahah yes, tanks :)

[@grayalun]

@@italianspartacus lol 😂 as you can't see much of their faces I did wonder.

[@ragsash]

6 Adds and im not even past half the video? 11:39 wtf youtube

[@italianspartacus]

Six?! What!?!

[@MrWildcat28]

ragsash I had 6 overall

[@daxair644]

Only had 2!

[@thedeathlysmile3938]

Helmet correction! The Death Korps do not really use Pickelhauben-style helmets. Their helmets are a combination of the Stahlhelm and the French Adrian helmet design. The Steel Legion have some implemented features of Stahlhelms on certain helmets, but the majority of helmets used by them (at least to me) resemble more of a WW2 American M1 helmet design.

[@xpcube]

they use Fallschirmjäger helmets

[@CMTechnica]

They’re more akin to German helmets from WWII than anything. Just missing small bits

[@xpcube]

@@CMTechnica Darktide just retconned (or at least confirmed a variant of) the Steel Legion to have true stahlhelms

[@39Thebeast]

How about a traitor regiment(s)??

[@italianspartacus]

any big names come to mind you'd like me to focus on? I think what would be better is maybe just a video on them as a whole since there's no real strong narrative built into one that i can recall? i suppose the horus heresy ones are pretty big!

[@39Thebeast]

1 video should be more than fine, thx dude! And I dont know which, I dont really know any!!

[@xxae-chaaxx3445]

Honestly speaking the Werchmarcht isn't too uncommon from the death korps and legionary men because it is is simply just very well designed weaponry and equipment that worked very well this day. Such as the modern militaries of western society use the German design for the helmets neck guard and camouflage because it was so effective. Even their tactics.

[@cosuinofdeath]

No not Armageddon ulanor

[@laabitres]

Most of warhammer only focuses on european societies and maybe asian ones, this is a shame there's much more than that

[@samuel10125]

Warhammer in general was created in the UK GW is a British company given the history of Europe what do you expect.

[@MelonMafia1]

Krieg Lite

[@asyanimasi3d]

I come here becoz dawn of war unification mod have them... They seem like krieg copy...