So, some of you have started this project, I owe inspiration for to Pete the Wargamer over on youtube.
My question is this: What are you guys doing with your leftover Germans?
I've been considering several Ideas. I'm curious what others may do with theirs though.
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@Jonovious Well 3 years later and there are so many ways to make Death Korps,🤣 honestly I would just use the extra germans as germans or fantasy pulp airship crewmen (I mean you get soft caps that look air navalish).
even at the time the Grognards were still the best way to make proxy Deathkorps.
Grognards as Deathcorps, Raumjeager as Steel Legion, Bulldogs as Preatorians, SpaceNam as Catachans. Ooh Rah even make passable Cadians
personally i'm not even sure it's worth using the WW1 kit as the normal grognard helmeted heads would work well enough, and the WW1 kits are just different enough in proportions i'm not sure it would work well.
but there would be two options for the WW1 bodies if you do so.. first is to use the non-gasmak heads and make up some PDF (plantary militia) supporting your DKoK regiment. the second would be to trim things to kitbash some of the grognard gasmask heads on to make some whitesheilds (regimental cadets), giving you even more infantry.
even at the time the Grognards were still the best way to make proxy Deathkorps.
Grognards as Deathcorps, Raumjeager as Steel Legion, Bulldogs as Preatorians, SpaceNam as Catachans. Ooh Rah even make passable Cadians
personally i'm not even sure it's worth using the WW1 kit as the normal grognard helmeted heads would work well enough, and the WW1 kits are just different enough in proportions i'm not sure it would work well.
but there would be two options for the WW1 bodies if you do so.. first is to use the non-gasmak heads and make up some PDF (plantary militia) supporting your DKoK regiment. the second would be to trim things to kitbash some of the grognard gasmask heads on to make some whitesheilds (regimental cadets), giving you even more infantry.
@Mithril2098 Actually the Grognards cover both Deathcorps and Vostroyan Firstborn, as well as genric French themed IG.
The Raumjeager do work best as Steel Legion but you can also use them as Cadians alternates (the open face helmets work for that), probably best used for random traitor guards outside those two but I think you could use them as Harkoni Warhawks as well.
The Bulldogs work as Preatorians but they also work as Mordian Iron Guard.
I would say the real place for the Ooh-Rah is the Elysian Drop Troops and Tau allied human forces though they work well as Cadians.
The Cannon Fodder work well as Penal Legions but you can use them for Naval troops.
My broken tin penny;
Grognards: Helmets + mask= Death Korps. The kepi would fit Mordians, bearskins the Vostroyans and the chako a custom fuedal world or "blue blood" regiment. Plus as pointed out any type of french themed regiment.
Raumjeagar everyone says steel legion though I don't see it, more a random regiment, also I admit I don't like the look of their rifles.
Bulldogs; havent got any myself but by the pictures than obviously Praetorians though the brody helmet would make for a neat custom regiment or PDF.
Ooh-Rah give off classic cadian vibes (back when they were still metal) though I admit I don't like their rifles...
Cannon fodder: obviously penal legion though the helmets and hats can suit any manner of PDF or generic regiment. Plus their rifles look the most like classic lasrifles.
@Sir Nobody The Raumjeagar and steel legion are based on the same German paratroopers, thats why everyone says that.
@Brian Van De Walker
I've heard that and as I said I don't see it, I mean Raumjeagar yes, absolutly but ever since I first encountered the SL I thought "Warsaw Pact mechanized infantry" I mean they ride BMP's, their rifles have wire folding stocks (ala AKS/AKMS) and their rebreathers are obviously meant to look like the SzM-41 variants.
The only point of contestion could be the helmet until you look at the Polish wz 67.
@Sir Nobody hmm, well fair enough. TBH the whole Imperuim in WH40k always came across to me as being more a "soviet union in space" at least when it came to the guard.
Dawn of War definitely gave more "intimidated conscripts thrown at the enemy under death threat" than today's more regular military. Commissars didn't help distancing from that XD
@Drangir hmmm, I kinda of got that impression from the rule books and wikis actually. Plus the main plastic kits for the guard felt like soveits in space for some reason (tanker heads in particular).
@Brian Van De Walker Oh, I didn't suggest they don't, but earlier it was much more in the face. IDK about current books, but presentation of Imperial Guard is pushed into more honest soldiery work with bit less of the horror attached to serving the emperor (Darktide, Space marine 1, 2)
IMO the third edition guard was any and all WW1 stereotypes with a fair bit of "enemy at the gate" style soviets.
Personel favourite version of the guard came with the 3.5 codex doctrines that allowed you to tailor your regiment making it possible to field everything from intimidated conscripts to elite, heavily armoured troopers.
On that subject the Eisenkern sets would fit stormtroopers or a more elite guard regiment while the spacenam set would make for cool catachans (or any other light infantry regiment)
@Drangir rn it really depends on who the regiment is. There's well-drilled, well-equipped regiments like the cadians or vostroyans. Then there's guys like the salvar chem-dogs, who are literally just 'prisoners given lasguns and meth.' The average regiment is closer to the former, I think, but it really depends on who's writing.
@Sir Nobody
mostly it's the visual similarities of the two sets of minis:
Steel Legion
and Raumjeagar
the steel elgion's masks do have a bit more of a russian style (especially with that hose to a belt mounted filter) but the Fallschirmjäger inspiration is still pretty strong, given the uniform design (and the official studio paintjobs) don't look much like cold war soviet infantry. soviet mechanized Infantry might well be what their organization is like in the setting (40K frequently mixed inspirations like that) but they definately seem to have been going more for a ww2 german vibe for the figures.
(it was the Valhallans which got the heavy soviet vibes for their infantry in 40K, looking like they stepped right out of Stalingrad..)
Having them side to side only confirms, in my mind, that they don't really match.
Apart from the paint job the whole silhoute of the minis is completly different, the raumjager are almost square shape whereas the steel legion are thin and human shaped.
As for the valhallens I would argue they look more like the Germans during their first winter, or the soviets during the winter war against Finland as by the Stalingrad campaign the soviets tended to have different winter uniforms.
I do absolutly agree that no IG is a 1-1 translation of a historical force (and a good thing IMO)
