Imperial Guard: Mordian Iron Guard - Lore & History | Warhammer 40,000

[@manlet_king]

Commissar in any other regiment- Executes guardsman for cowardliness Commissar in Mordian Iron guard- Executes guardsman for not ironing his uniform properly

[@danyael777]

Rather : Commissar in Mordian Iron guard- Executed by guardsman for not ironing his uniform properly

[@ordersmilitant5998]

Ah, you finally got around to speaking of the finest guard regiment to ever serve the Emperor.

[@italianspartacus]

Just for you!

[@ironstarofmordian7098]

Second best. Krieg Für Immer!!!

[@truegregthompson]

@@ironstarofmordian7098 nah, Praetorians are the real heroes

[@ZacharyReaper]

@@truegregthompson Steel Legions FTW

[@danyael777]

Mordian Guardsmaam^^

[@112steinway]

A Mordian, a Krieg Deathtrooper, and a member of the Terrax Guard all walk into a bar. The bar is then shut down and destroyed due to heresy.

[@NCRVeteranRanger]

Based Terrax Guard reference.

[@CharlesUrban]

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only Taco Bell.

[@FractalSpiral1]

A grim fate to be sure, but at least it isn't Chipotle.

[@italianspartacus]

Hahahahaha

[@Szminsky]

Or ”Pizza Hut”, depending on version ;)

[@rocketpod1]

Taco Bell were the only ones to survive the franchise war after all

[@Maxibon2007]

Charles Urban and three seashells

[@magicalsealand5076]

Strong, disciplined, brave. Everything a guardsmen should strive for.

[@blitzme99]

Your videos are great man. Subtle humor surrounded with Grim Dank, err, dark. Love it.

[@michaelhowell2326]

I'm really digging this series. I'm hoping to see the Elysian Airborne Troopers and the Chem Dogs.

[@rabsrabble5415]

Sparty seems to be winning the race of Imperial regiment lore videos against Luetin

[@italianspartacus]

Yeah but he has the 40k Lore gold medal dude. I love his Lore vids! He's the gold standard

[@lucastarot825]

@@italianspartacus you're just différant imo, he is more... Narrated, idk if you see what I mean, you're more purely analytic with a bit more humour, I watch both of you for diferants reasons!

[@italianspartacus]

Well thank you brother!! I try to make it sound like you're listen to someone at a local game store, so I'm a bit conversational in my style! :)

[@alecadanglao8386]

@@italianspartacus The only people who benefit are the subscribers :)

[@happyhammer1]

@@italianspartacus I don't know man, both of you guys are on the same level. You guys should do a collaboration.

[@AmerikanSkull]

Lookin like they came from Napoleon Total War 3

[@italianspartacus]

Confirmed

[@WozWozEre]

Napoleon Total War 40000

[@danyael777]

@@italianspartacus They strike me as a mix of red army officer and prussian landwehr.

[@niccolopaganini4268]

@@danyael777 spot on mate

[@crazyc481]

Considering the enemies the Imperial Guard face it surprises me that brown pants aren't standard issued. 😏

[@brandanbates7622]

I wish you made more of these i love hearing about the guardsman

[@italianspartacus]

I will return to them in the future! :)

[@trenchgaming2166]

Only complaint I have is I still have a lot of guardsmen to paint but I'm all caught up on your vids, keep up the good work bro

[@italianspartacus]

Thank you brother!! :)

[@chico1776]

The bit about drinking white claws made me laugh out loud. Good shit. Also, a successor chapter of marines called White Claws? Anyone?

[@Sol_Invictus510]

Battle barge named hot girl summer

[@PositiveVibesz]

Okay that taco Bell line threw me for a loop, and gave me a great laugh. Excellent video as usual, and I look forward to more:) ! Long live the Mordian Iron Guard.

[@Offbeaten]

But for the Mordian Iron Guard... It was Tuesday.

[@Gorbz]

I can remember a story, I think from a Guants Ghosts novel, but I might be wrong about that, of an infantry regiment of Iron Guard, marching out onto the fields of battle and getting pounded by artillery, but never breaking formation, until in range to start fireing las salvos

[@Thecommander248]

Modian Iron Guard can still build regiments from other hive cities. Hopefully, they can instill their discipline in other Imperial citizens.

[@Dragunov212]

I'll teach them on how to fortify their positions, like magic pain glove told me to.

[@RichterBelmont2235]

I think they regularly do that so well they don't even need your guidance. If I remembered, The Iron Guard uses the obsolete square formation (anti cavalry in the napoleonic age) against all kind of 40k enemies and still works very well.

[@timjerrom7173]

Back in the early 90's when they first came out, I bought my first Mordian box of 10 "1 Sgt, 1 support trooper, 2 heavy weapons (laz cannon model) and 6 troopers" Now it stands at over 1000, not including the tank's, super heavy tanks, and other units. This video has inspired me to go back to it :) Thank you dude. Lets hope it's not all lost for the Mordiains.

[@johnphillips6515]

Great vid! Love my Mordians, although I paint mine in red coats rather than blue

[@complex314i]

A tidally locked planet would have constant high winds, not be windless. You are correct about no corriolis effect. However, as the planet desperately tries to achieve thermal equilibrium, winds would constantly rush from the day side to the night side.

[@italianspartacus]

So I thought this too.. The high and low temperature differential, in my mind, would cause hurricane level wind constantly. I said what the Lore stated, knowing it was PROBABLY wrong, but I'm no meteorologist!

[@messageinthebottle1673]

Ever since I read the lore of mordian iron guard 💂‍♂️ these guardsmen are my second favorite regiment, because they as a guardsmen regiment represent discipline, order, and most of all loyalty in the face of choas which in the face of chaotic environment any human soldier would panic or even defect/flee. Modrian iron guards however due to its emphasis on drills, training and preparation they develop a fierce loyalty and discipline. Thanks for the video.

[@Dimetropteryx]

Heavily inspired by the uniforms (and tactics) of the Franco-Prussian war era, but there's plenty of similarities with Soviet era and even modern Russian parade uniforms, with the hats being practically identical with some Red Army hats. They're also very similar to NKVD hats that would actually be worn on the battlefield. But long story short, these types of uniform are very much European, and almost every non-European military in the world that has modeled itself after the colonial powers of Britain, France or Germany, uses them, including the US.

[@lordazn]

I don't know if anyone mentioned this but the Prussians actually had a unit called the Landwehr that wore uniforms VERY similar to this, down to the bus-driver cap (as we in the IRL us military call it). Granted the Mordians still take from a lot of other sources such as the US Marine with the red trims.

[@SuperCosmicSpaceMagnet]

I would love to hear about some of these "terrible" regiments. In a strange sort of way I'd enjoy playing an IG force of incompetent boobs rather than the more famous regiments. Buuuut I also like playing Orkz - I'm a sucker for charm. :P

[@whiskeyjack9646]

In a universe chockablock full of (sometimes) outright daft stuff, these guys just seem downright silly.

[@sigmundholt2313]

They should spread the remnants of the mordian iron guard to the various hive worlds and train up the troop on those planets to the standards of mordia. While I know table top isn’t the best at representing how the lore plays out. I’ve slain custodies with las-gun volleys.

[@docvaliant721]

My ex girlfriend is mexican and hates my love of Taco Bell. But everyone knows that after the fast food wars during the war of strife its the only one that survives.

[@italianspartacus]

Dude.. It's my GO TO. I fucking love the Bell.

[@docvaliant721]

@@italianspartacus I know the meat filler is full of sand and I am covered with tex mex options but taco bell is my meth.

[@richarddixon1450]

Demolition Man showed us that Taco Bell will along survive the long night

[@italianspartacus]

I woke up out of the freeze tank and I just have this sudden compulsion to knit a throw rug

[@Der_Dekanter]

Will you do a video on the Tanith first and only

[@briancline7349]

Ah, my favorite Imperial Guard regiment.

[@TheAshHeritor]

Excellent advertisement for the finest suits and hats in all the Imperium.

[@d1halberdgnoll963]

I enjoy the soothing background sounds of the 41th millenium.

[@truegregthompson]

Germans totally wore caps like that in the late 1800s, early 1900s

[@truegregthompson]

The Regiment my new Praetorians will be representing.

[@dread_pirate_robberts2677]

sup 1min upload gang

[@1buddahead]

Is the First and Only still around in the new editions? I'd love to see a video on them.

[@truegregthompson]

The new edition actually moved the timeline up quite a bit so you would need to see what year it is currently and what year the books happened around.

[@1buddahead]

@@truegregthompson Did my research and I am left sad. The Sabbat Worlds Crusade began in 755M41 and the Tanith joined about a decade in. Even with their service record spanning more than a decade of action and if the regiment survived the Crusade at all, it would take Battlefleet Gothic levels of warp shenanigans to get them into the current timeline. I dont think we ever got their last book either. This is depressing me more than I thought. Excuse me while I wrap myself in chameleoline and cry silently in a corner. Men of Tanith, Pride of Verghast, Fury of Belladon, live forever!

[@rocketpod1]

Do the Elysian’s next!

[@LeSpade72]

Can you do a video on the maccabian janissaries

[@barbiquearea]

I think Games Workshop was going for Napoleon's Grande Armee when they came up with these guys.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

they are actually the uniform almost identical to Prussian Landwehr images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71v1xjZV4zL._SX466_.jpg

[@briancline7349]

My favorite guard regiment

[@SpannSr1970]

I painted mine up like the French Foreign Legion.

[@empathetic_chaoss1993]

Played these with a contingent of Armageddon Steel Legion, good times!

[@Daimon-X]

From Iron, cometh Strength... Wait, wrong Iron... BLAM! -][- -][- -][- Mordian Iron Guard never breaks, they die standing, they die in perfectly ironed uniforms.

[@therealloveofsanity]

Would you consider doing a similar series for the eldar?

[@italianspartacus]

And each craftworld?

[@therealloveofsanity]

@@italianspartacus yes, and shrines as well?

[@cpt191021]

why ilove the mordian guard there tactics are unique they dont just have a different uniform like a lot of imp guards

[@Faust64]

Keep Em Coming!

[@rogermurphy3839]

Please do a vid on the craziest of the crazy the penal regiment The Last Chancers. Killers, sociopaths, arsonists, mad men, and heretics all.

[@danyael777]

Not to speak of the last chancers...oh wait....

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you

[@94EyeEagle]

Looking good and kicking ass

[@bobbymorris2979]

Ever heard of the Scintillan Fusiliers?

[@italianspartacus]

very vaguely, but they're god damn awesome looking! :D

[@docvaliant721]

Stuanched or starched? Big fan of that children of the omissaiah music.

[@mikemac1298]

This is off topic. But no total war youtuber is doing any news for the new patch notes for Three Kingdoms?

[@whiskeyjack9646]

MrSmartDonkey gives a quick glance over it, but it's more of an update video on restarting his Cao Cao campaign with the new patch.

[@mahirshahriyar545]

So they have line battles in 40k?

[@410adelson]

In the tabletop? You could make on positioning your models side by side

[@CloneDylan]

I wish GW (still) sold Mordian models

[@TheAgentmigs]

Everytime he says "staunch" you have to drink.

[@italianspartacus]

I'd be fucked up by 3 minutes in

[@HCUhardcoreUnited]

So their Cadians who actually defended their home.

[@truegregthompson]

Also, did you mean Praetorians at the end seeing as you did a British accent

[@italianspartacus]

Nope I was just being goofy :)

[@SurviveClub]

All Prussian Militia units wore hats like the Iron Guard

[@gerardclarke1001]

Mordian iron guard, death korps of krieg and imperial fists all fight a seige battle against the iron warriors. Who wins?

[@italianspartacus]

Who landed on the planet first?

[@gerardclarke1001]

@@italianspartacus imperials but only a few weeks before.

[@john46525]

Tanith 1st and Only maybe?

[@hugmynutus]

Love the videos. One thing. "Cicatrix Maledictum" in the audio books is "sick-a-trix" your pronunciation is weird.

[@italianspartacus]

Thanks so much man!! So there are different ways to pronounce Latin words depending on classic or church Latin. Hence the difference!

[@hugmynutus]

ItalianSpartacus No worries, that's how they were saying it in Black Library audio books.

[@maifa9922]

5:49 40 bucks on taco bells???

[@bryanverberg4342]

Love it

[@nademonkey]

The Mordian Iron Guard are just straight up United States Marines from the dressblues to keeping their gear and uniforms in tip top or that they are prideful and stalwart

[@danyael777]

Ah yes, marines of course. i overlooked that, maybe because i'm german. To me they always looked like prussian landwehr or their officers^^

[@nademonkey]

That is understandable being a Marine its hard to overlook how the uniform is almost a 1 to 1 copy and how some of their traits are the same

[@danyael777]

@@nademonkey i see

[@Tiglath-Pileser3]

I thought formation fighting was more revolutionary war era than civil war. Did I miss something?

[@italianspartacus]

Civil War eventually transitioned to trenches.. But! The first half was formation style

[@Tiglath-Pileser3]

Ahh, I'll have to look into that.

[@adammohamadali1891]

The Catchan Jungle fighters and the Janissiaries are cooler

[@boogaloothejew]

Okay maybe someone can settle this for me: I’ve heard it pronounced “SEE-kah-tricks” maledictum and also how our boi Spartacus says it “see-sah-tricks” maledictum. Which is it?

[@italianspartacus]

It really depends.. There's two types of pronunciation of Latin.. Classical and Church.. I prefer using C sounds as Ss, but the alternative is having C sound like a K, so Kikatrix versus Sisatrix. Does that help?? I took four years of Latin, so that influences my pronunciation of the "high Gothic" terms. Another one is V... V Is either a hard V Sound or a soft W sound. So think of Veni Vini Vici.. Church Latin it's: Weni Wini Weekee

[@boogaloothejew]

ItalianSpartacus works for me. I guess the only losers here are romans, being forced to say “weenie” all the time.

[@DaTrixie]

For the EPORIRRRRE

[@markhohenbrink5230]

So in the American civil war towards the middle of the war and end, trenchwarfare started to take hold. So saying that they are similar to the civil war fighters is a half truth.

[@italianspartacus]

True.. But it's more following in line with what Robert E Lee figured was the true gentleman's way of conducting war.. Which was a sentiment shared across all of Europe from the 1700s onward

[@markhohenbrink5230]

@@italianspartacus I get that but I think the mordians have multiple inspirations taken from america and other orderly and honour bound nations.

[@italianspartacus]

Absolutely correct :) just didn't want to get TOO detailed on it because it could become quite the rabbit hole

[@bloodrave9578]

Tanith First and Only for a breakdown.

[@Slycarlo]

Sup sup

[@italianspartacus]

Ahoy!

[@MutantGoblinCaravan]

Chem doggos! Perfect opposite of these guys

[@jamesloder8652]

And why do you keep saying "The Tempestus Scions of the regiment" There are NO Tempestus Scions within ANY guard regiment. 100% of Tempestus Scions belong to the Schola Progenum.

[@Azog12]

space-usmc

[@carlbrittain1993]

Imma be honest with you mate; I like your videos, but the way you pronounce Cicatrix Maledictum really grinds my gears.

[@lyricsforlife4786]

notice meee

[@italianspartacus]

I see you bby

[@jamesloder8652]

Why the Hell do you keep saying "Commie-sar"

[@keegobricks9734]

So many jokes. So few landed. Try again Bragg.