Warhammer 40k Imperial Guard Regiments

Plastic Vostroyans.

needs to be done asap.

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>>52136274
Plastic anything else would do, and something that is a bit grimdark, not those goofy ass scions.

>>52136274
I also think plastic Voystroyans would do excellent doubling as 'Imperial Army' for 30k

>>52136254
Plastic Kriegers.

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>>52136341
I would buy that over this boring shit

Tallarn, just, lots of Tallarn, and more variation vehicles.

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>>52136404
Remember the old IG book that had more vehicles and units?

>>52136437
I want more. Now Cadia is gone i want an influx of new regiments on the block

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>>52136464
There's an infinite variety of choices out there, GW are shooting themselves in the foot by not giving IG guys what they want, how many thousands of just Heads are there on the secondary market for boring ass cadians? Kromlech, Victoria, West Wind, Pig Iron...

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>>52136254

I just wish they'd bring back the Lost and the Damned Codex.

>>52136479
Oh hell yeah, ive spent like 30-40 pounds on just heads, torsos and backpacks alone for IG

>>52136506
I converted 120 Cadian infantrymen with Pig Iron heads... After I had painted them with the boring heads too. That was a moment of madness.

>>52136524
PLEASE tell me they didnt have faces in the new heads

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>>52136530
Gas Masks... It would have killed me otherwise, you know I realise i didn't count also the heavy weapons teams.

Serves me right for wanting to paint an actual infantry company like a historical one with 120 men bayonets

>>52136542
Pip pip old boy

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>>52136611
I'd buy them still

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>>52136542
>Infantry Company
>Only 120 men

It's almost as if you don't Infantry Guard.

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Ah my friend, that is more like a Battalion than a Company however.

Show me the painted models too then my mind will be blown. ;)

>>52136814
Sadly, that isn't an option with the money I make.

But it is certainly a dream.

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>>52136833
If only they still did Epic hey

>>52136479
That's just a cadian plumber.

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>No love for valhallans

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>>52137080
Valhallans were the first box of IG i ever bought. For Space Stalin!

>>52137076
he's going to sort out that clogged drain at bayonet point.

>>52137219
Modern future style pretty cool

>>52136814
Am I the only one who really dosnt care for the new stormtroopers? I was never a explicit fan of the old ones, but these guys just look ridiculous

Excuse me, best Regiment coming through

https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Hua_Yuan_Exterminators

>>52136371
Cadians would look fucking great if they just changed the helmet to look less goofy

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>>52136254
>>52136481
I will never be able to bring myself to hate the Death Korps.

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I desperately want plastic mordians but the fact that Geedubs doesnt sell heavy or special weapons for them like they do for Steel Legion and the Vostroyans it's unlikely It'll happen. At least the 3rd party Mordians are good looking and versatile.

>>52137785
Idunno, i quite like the new space SAS, adds just that little more variation.

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>>52137785
I think they're a good mix of OPER8/10 and the gothic aesthetic of the imperium.
If you don't like the breastplate they look great with cadian torso too.

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I'm working on making a IG army based on a 1944 British infantry battalion.

>>52139136
ants.

>>52139136
I wish guard could combat squad so a guard Infantry squad could be broken into Sergeant and some rifles and a separate heavy weapon team.

as a valhallan player i obviously want plastic valhallans, and a generic kit that allows you to build diffrently flavored IG soldiers , stuff like Inftantry in dress uniforms, more modren looking, medieval or penal infantry
At the very least better proportions are a must
get your shit together gw's, FW knows what human proportions look like so why don't you? converting guard regiments is pretty much impossible unless you go full 3rd party because of this

>>52137785
they've grown on me
i think they look pretty cool as a separate entity in the imperium

they look horribly out of place in an ig army with their Not!marine colour schemes however

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>>52137467
Yeah, IG could use a more modern looking aesthetic, at least for the generic IG/Cadians. Play it right and you could have the Operator/Gear Queer crowd drooling over the guard.

Nevertheless, unless its replacing the Taurox the next release should be new infantry and no new vehicles.

>>52139554
This. Kind of like how fireteams in a section are actually used today.

>>52139554
this used to be a thing in Cityfight games

>>52136254
My wish list is for 20 man boxes with price of about 36 dollars.

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>>52137785
They look way better with the kasrkin chest piece rather than the plate armor look.
Shame there is only two books about them.

A good way to make Cadians less boring is change the dumpy helmet.

Drookian Fen guard

Just those guys in general

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>Still no plastic Steel Legion
For what fucking purpose

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>>52141438
Pretty much the same price as a 10 man marine tac squad although just under in terms of point cost, I like it

I would accept another 5 years of the same old cadian sprue if they threw in a special weapon sprue that let us have access to plasmas and meltas without having to buy a command squad for one of each special weapon

>>52142174
It looks like those helmets they put on softheaded babies

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>>52136703
Its a test of creativity.

Has anyone tried stapling WHFB Empire State Troops as IG troops?

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I still like Cadians. Can't wait to get back to them after I'm done with other projects.

>>52143222
I agree with this sentiment.

>>52143222
Cadians are ok, just wish IG had some variety.

It's weird to me that they haven't because they literally only need two boxes. Ome for regular infantry and one for HWTs.

>>52137787
I wanna build a regiment of these guys so bad

>>52142437
I wish they had become the default guys. Cadians are so boring.

>>52142437
>Goes to check prices
>35 buckaroos for one squad
>17 for a heavy weapons team
>10 for one fucking guardsman with a plasma

Jesus...

>>52136341
Fuck off. Krieg regiments are the most bland edgy shit there is. If you want archaic uniforms and ruthlessness have Vostroyans, if you want gas masks have Steel Legion (or Vostroyans).

>>52137785
I kind of liked the old non-kasrkin storm troopers alongside Vostroyans or someone more fancy. Makes them look like secret police or something like the Gestapo or NKVD.

>>52143099
Superb looking

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>>52136254
HARAKONI WARHAWK.KASHRIKIN
CMON GW WALLOW IN MY POOR DECISION MAKING AND DISPOSABLE INCOME

>>52137785
They grew on me. REplacing the chest piece is a must though

>>52143057
I know it sucks to do so but just scavenge. I have about 9 space marine plasma guns in my guard army. if your FLGS has a bits bin, check it often and collect some weapons.

>>52139136
So with that logic, you'll have a CAD with 1 CCS in Chimera (representing a Bren Carrier, but a Tourox could also do) & Missile Launcher, 3 PCS's with a mortar crew each, and three infantry squads per platoon with a Bolter crew in each. That's 785 points not counting the logistics trucks.

Well as far as gunlines go your anti-infantry is without pier. Almost exactly what the Emp's Sheild Infantry Company should've been.

>tfw no Harakoni models
>tfw converting them with the FW Grav Chutes and the FW Cadian Hazardous Environment suits costs $9.30 CAD per trooper, plus weapons ($35 for 10 Cadians, $22 for 10 grav chutes, $36 for 10 Haz suit conversions)

>>52143057

Then again, if you've ever been to a gun range much less a battlefield you'll probably enjoy the massive ear protection. I can only imagine the heavy bolters sound like a modern firearm on steriods.

Plus, built in radio? But then what would that make the vox?

>>52137785
>>52138750
>>52147229

Wow, you're right. It really was that chest piece, they actually look pretty great. (I'm not the guy who posted the original comment, by the way)

>>52147032
With a half length trench coat plastic fig and alternative head/rifles you could do justic to both DKoK (hehe da-cock) and Steel Legion in one box

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>>52138750
This is so much better holy shit, I now have a terrible urge to buy these fuckers.

>>52143099
nice

>>52147926

any idea what they replaced the chest piece>>52138750
with?

>>52148029
That's just a standard Cadian torso

>>52148036

No shit?

>>52148055
He asked buddy, no need to be rude

>>52148069

I wasn't trying to be rude I'm the one who asked. That wasn't sarcastic or meant as an insult that was a "huh really?" moment. I was seeking confirmation.

>>52148097
Oh sorry to be defensive, they are indeed just the cadian torso, apparently it's possible to extract something good from those kits!

>>52147032

There is nothing wrong with the Death Korps. They fit the universe, and if you actually read their stuff they can be quite compelling. Yes, it's grimdark up to 11, but so is a lot of shit in Warhammer.

I could argue that Vostroyans are hella more bland than Kriegers, but that wouldn't really go anywhere it would just devolve into a pointless screaming match and I'm not going to sink to that level.

You like what you like and other people like what they like. Just because they don't like what you like doesn't mean you have to pick fights with them.

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>>52148156
I like the Krieg but a bit of their fluff is a bit too edgelord for sure. I don't think GW writers understand that it's not exactly possible to never ever take a gasmask off.

Stuff about the quartermaster scavenging equipment and stuff is cool though. Either way though they are fantastic models and actually look like they fit the 40k world (the world rendered by John Blanche anyway and not the more modern shitty cg looking artworks).

>>52148236

Technically the lore doesn't say they never take the masks off, just that they wear them at all times when on duty. There is a distinction.

I like the Quartermasters. I like their Death Cult. I like their aesthetic. I enjoyed all of their books. As far as I am concerned they are the most 40k guard regiment, but I understand not everyone agrees with this and that opinions are divided on the matter. I say let bygones be bygones. Personally If i was designing the sprues I would do one sprew with a greatcoat and then have multiple head options included in the kit. Fluffy hat head for vostroyans, and gas mask head for Krieg or Steel legion. Then they could fix up the Cadian sprue a bit and put two types of heads in there. Have two different kits one with great coats and one in flack, both with two head options, and call it a day.

You can't tell me they can't do multiple head options, they are already doing it for skitarii and a few other kits. Just do it for guard so you could build different regiments out of the same one or two kits.

>>52148236

>>52148325 being said I do agree that some of it is a little over the top, but so is like 90 percent of the rest of 40k. The lore has always been wack, so I just roll with it at this point.

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>>52136254

Gue'vesa.

>>52148557
I've been trying to figure out humanity's place in the Tau Empire. Do they have human auxiliaries to fight for them? Is that normal? If so, why has GW avoided making that into a unit?

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i'd love to have a force of guardsmen from multiple regiments, Which I'd fluff by saying they are the tattered remnants of their regiments after the climactic battle of some massive conflict, recently pressed into a corner together, their scant remaining commanders doing their best to hold a Desperate quilt of guardsmen together to hold the line till there either relief, Death, Or glory.

>>52149336
Yes, they settled a bunch of Imperials that were left stranded after the first Damocles Crusade. I think it's not uncommon for humans to serve in the Tau military but there's no real source on it, all I can recall is that the first generation stranded Imperials became farmers and settlers while the second generation onward became Gue'vesa.

It used to be a thing with rules (it was basically a guard squad with the option to buy pulse rifles/carbines/a markerlight on the sarge too maybe?) but that was quite a few editions ago, and they never had official models.

GW probably hasn't done it because they're focusing more on the high tech side of the Tau than the coalition of races side nowadays.

>>52147379
Same bro
>Cadian Hostile Environments
>Scion Arms
>Anvil Grenadier legs
I don't want to fathom the cost of my dudes

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would love to do a guard regiment like this but don't got the money to get both elysians and cadian respirators heads. I like krieg also but they don't seem much for converting infantry all that much so vostroyans is where it's at for me.

>>52148325
Ah well that's better. I just recall in a book where they fight the necrons they are wearing them in the mess hall which is dumb. Though in that same book a trooper does take off his gear to be incognito in a hive.

I do still love them though I think the 40k universe would make you fatalistic.

Fully agree if gw made multi head coat guardsmen they would sell by the truckload. Vostroyan might need a slightly separate box blood angel style thinking about their Armoured arms and torso but gw is leaving money on the table by neglecting the guard.

>>52150671

Don't vostroyans just wear big red coats though?

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>>52150839
their coats are similar to certian other guard regiments.

Cadians
Kriegers
Catachaners
Vostroyaners

these fours are the only good ones

>>52150839
They wear carapace armour and maille and some have metal arms and backpacks they are a bit complex

>>52149569

I do something similar, with different units from different regiments. It's fairly easy to fluff it as an Imperial Crusade force with each planet contributing their specialists.

>>52151342
I have a bit of a collection from the old metal days with the various guard units I should get around too one day

>>52136404
I could live with them just rereleasing a few more special and heavy weapons, officers, and basilisk crew

>>52136779
How long does a turn take with that many bodies? 2 hours?

I really wish they'd make armageddon pattern wyverns and hydras

>>52152228
Some Chinese sites still got the Old FW Hydra. Its a beautiful kit and I'd imagine you could attach the mortars easily enough

>>52152268
got a link to any good ones?

>>52146626
>Meanwhile cadians are 29 for one squad
>15 for a heavy weapons team
>15 for a guardsman with plasma and one with melta

You have options that are marginally more expensive than cadians. Valhallans and Mordians have it worse

>>52152282
http://www.mirandairene.com/products/imperial-guard/hydra-flak-tank-1052.html
The Chimeras in resin which is kinda annoying but livable. Despite the general sketchy layout and the misspellings that haven't been fixed in the year or two I've known her they been pretty good

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>>52147379
Idk what the conversion is for leafbux but Mad Robot Minis has 10 grav chutes for $8 USD

>>52136254
are catachans still available?
what about straken?

>>52152418
Yes and yes

Don't the Kriegers make up the biggest part of IG's army? How come you can only purchase them on forgeworld?

>>52152452
Krieg raises an unusually large number of regiments for a radioactive wasteland but the galaxy is a big place and there are a million other worlds raising regiments

Couldn't GW just release an upgrade sprue similar to the Deathwatch sprue that gives you new torsos, new heads. That kind of thing. Everytime they drag their feet on this stuff a 3rd party manufacturer will pick up the slack.

>>52152843
They are pretty blind to the popularity of the Guard imo, any forum online is full of guard armies i'd say 95% of them feature converted/kitbashed/3rd party bits.

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>>52152452
There is trillions of Guard regiments, all of which are unique and interesting but GW only makes the boringest ones.

>>52152996
They have some interesting ones, but they only feature the worst ones.

No one cares about stupid Starship trooper ripoffs or awfully stereotypical Rambo clones.

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>>52153409
I mean Rambo's outfit with Arnold Schwarzneggers head made a lot of sense in the 90s but now the fact that they think anyone still wants to see that is appaling.

The Cadians are so generic that I want to puke, at least the original metals were vaguely based off Aliens colonial marines. Not to mention that Cadians in the background have NO CHARACTER they guard the cadian gate and what? do they even have a culture? yuck.

Get the Perry Twins back and make some fucking plastic Guard GW. You used to know how to make cool models, pic related.

>>52153478
I do like the old stormtrooper models, and the new ones too. I just wish they didn't mess up so badly with the Tempestus's lore and stuff. They just made them so boring.

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>>52153556
Well I thought the new tempestus models where hideous until this thread and the replacement chestpiece, everything else kind of works with that bad piece out.

I'll have to read the tempestus background to know more, how much did it change from the old mad orphans?

Am I the only one that actually likes the Tempestus as they are? Minus the stupid blue paintjob and replacing it with something more militaryish.

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>>52153662
Even in a more military camo that chest piece just doesn't work for me.

>>52153605
Not really a change so much as they could have done so much more. It's literally just orphans that they trained to have pretty much no emotion, and they didn't provide much lore for them.

Basically just stuff like, "This group is known to have a bit more resistance for toxins!"

On top of this they have no named characters and provide nothing of great value in the codex. It literally could have just been a subsection of the Guard codex.

>>52147926
What head is that?

>>52153779
Pig Iron is the company.

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>>52153732
There's so many variations I think it could look fine in some colors.

To me it seems they usually look best in more 'regal' colors with gold trim and such.

>>52153840
I did this scheme, big improvement, but that chest plate still ick. I guess to each their own

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I play a pretty generic cadian mechanized guard army right now. Would love to see a Catachan army with rules that let them ambush like genestealer cults though. Thinking about kitbashing a killteam of catachans and using them as a counts as genestealer cult to see how well it'd work.

>>52154595
The old Catachan Supplement was full of stuff like that. Plus fragging Commissars.

>>52154729
If they're going for multiple regiments, they should each get their own units and abilities like space Marine chapters do.

>>52154729
>>52154846
>>52154595
there was some anticipation on orks going to catachan in one of the last gathring storm books , if we will get rules it will be then. There is hope.

>>52155197
Ah gw haven't done anything for the guard in so long. I guess they figure fw has it covered...

>>52155298
i personally have no problems iwth guard's sculpts, but i can understand why peoplle want new ones, especially vostroyans look great and i am really afraid they would ruin them if anything.

I think the plastic cadians came out in 2002 or 2003... those are some old ass models .

>>52155345
new box 5 x catchans w/ only shotguns and grenade launcher or flamer options £20
I'm calling it early

I remember seeing some Forge World employee's concept art of Elysian carapace armor a while back. It had an integrated jump pack and a full visor helmet. That needs to be a thing.

>>52152452

No, the Imperium is vast and there are a lot of planets. What the Death Korps does do is provide some of the best infantry in the Imperium. According to Canon Death Korps regiments can accomplish objectives which would otherwise be impossible without calling in Astartes or using dozens of penal legions. It is implied they can do this because they simply don't give a shit if almost all of them die doing it, and they are crack troops. As far as numbers go Krieg is known for putting out a disproportionately large number of regiments. Far more than any other planet of comparable size and population. They are also known canonically for requesting the most dangerous and difficult assignments they can get.

Do kasrkin generally only serve in Cadia and its vicinity or can they be attached to a regular IG regiment in bumfuck nowhere? I checked the lexicanum page and didnt really get an answer, and the OW supplement which introduced them as a playable regiment talked about them serving as bodyguards for General Sturn(cant remember exact spelling of his name).
I'm asking because I am GMing an Only War campaign where my players wanted to be kasrkin, and I wonder how hard I fucked the lore when I made them to be special scouts for a no-name regiment. Kind of how IRL infantry battalions have attached tank companies.

Another question, are they how much stronger than PCs.of a "regular" regiment, if at all?
Thanks.

I have vostroyans and I want to do some conscripts to go with them, but I'd need relatively cheap bodies for that. Would Frostgrave soldiers bodies with lasguns be fitting ?

>>52136254
I honestly just want some feudal guardsmen.
Plate or chainmail and swords and all that.

>>52148156
>They fit the universe, and if you actually read their stuff they can be quite compelling.
I have read their fluff none of it is compelling just "conditioned to kill" bullshit. Vostroyans are less bland because they have actual culture, they have hand me down weapons for generations, they have special alcohol and coffee like drinks, they die gloriously at times and unlike Kriegers can actually succeed sometimes.

>>52142437
>For what fucking purpose
Lack of diversification and potential market. Why have plastic steel legion in particular, why not Vostroyans, Tallarn, or Valhallans? If we make plastics of all of them than GW is going to have like 50 different guard kits some of which will almost certainly sell very poorly.

If you really like your regiment just convert and kitbash, plenty of third party retailers sell not-kriegers or not-steel legion. Even bearskin hats for vostroyans or arab clothes for Tallarn are very easy to find in heroic scale.

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>>52157775
Kasrkin are classified as Grenadiers and are the Cadian equivalent of the Storm Troopers. Lore wise they've only been shown attached to other Cadian regiments, but galatic war zones are chaotic places so them being sent to reinforce a different beleaguered regiment on a totally different planetary front then their own unit's is plausible.

They get all the cool shit like Carapace Armour, HellgunsandHotshot Lasguns along with training and access to use heavier ordinance includingPlasma Guns,Meltaguns, Grenade Launchers, andFlamers. As grenadiers they also carry bothFrag GrenadesandKrak Grenades and are exceedingly effective at their use.

Compared to a 'regular' regiment they are far better equipped and trained with standard issue adamantium balls to hold the line. Basically if Karskin can't handle the problem you need to call in Space Marines. This just means if you don't want to nerf their access to gear or the equivalent training they should have you have to amp up the kind of opposition they'll be facing.

>>52158478
they could at least make conversion packs like SM get. The pretty standard trooper Cadian body and the lighter Catachan kit cover most of the bases, maybe add 1 more standard plastic kit with a long coat and the rest are just GW-official head swaps

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>>52140405
Cadians with gear look so good

>>52158439

I call bullshit on you having read their fluff. For one thing, if you had read it you would be well aware that they do in fact succeed. They aren't jobbing fail monkeys.

Vostroyans are space Russians. Full stop. That really isn't terribly interesting or original. Hand me down weapons is a thing for most of the setting, so that really isn't a distinguishing feature. So they have vodka in space, big woop.

Fucking everyone has recaff you numb nuts.

You can't tell me a Death Cult isn't a culture. Maybe not a conventional one, but it is a culture, and a culture appropriate to the setting.

Martyrdom, heroes taking on the names of the dead of Krieg to carry their souls back to the Emperor's side, a reflection of the idea of original sin carried into the 40k universe. You can't tell me none of those is in the least bit interesting.

>>52158529
Thanks. So I take it they should be anything but the glorified scouts I made them be?
Fuck it, being behind the enemy lines is more interesting in my opinion anyway.

No matter how hard I try I can't get a good colour scheme for my cadians, pls help

>>52159042
You could make them out as a group of Whiteshields set to become Kasrkins, because that kind of stuff is decided early in their pre-combat service careers. They wouldn't have the gear, skills, or responsibilities of charging into the worst war zones imaginable and could grow into the role of being major badasses.

That or just go balls out and let your players be operators operating operationally in the grim dark future.

>>52158849
So where is the interesting fluff? All you told me about was taking on the names of dead people which lots of people do. Naming your son after your father or friend doesn't mean you are part of some interesting culture.

>>52160124

I'll be generous and even though you are clearly just looking for a fight I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume my explanation wasn't clear enough.

When I say that heroes take on the names of the dead I don't mean that they name their kid after uncle hanz who died in a siege a few months ago. What I mean is that the names are earned through acts of heroism, kinda like medals. When a name has been earned they are given the name of one of the citizens of Krieg who died during the time of their civil conflict when part of Krieg attempted to split from the imperium. They then carry the name of said disgraced individual and act as their vessel so that they can posthumously bring glory and honor to them in the Emperor's service and thereby redeem them. The belief is that by doing so when the soldier who took on the name of the disgraced Krieger dies and is taken to the Emperor's side they will be able to carry the soul who died in ignominy with them and that they are thereby redeeming the dead of Krieg through their sacrifice.

Is that not interesting? Essentially an entire society on a penitent crusade to save their souls and the souls of their ancestors?

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>>52160564

Pic related.

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>>52158404
Solar Auxilia! However, they aren't really 'Guard' and they're super expensive from FW. I think they perfectly blend the whole medieval style with the futuristic one. Kind of like how Space Marines do it with their armor.

>>52155408
If Catachans became the main force with no real backup option that isn't Cadians I would quit Guard. Both factions are absolutely garbage and need to die as quickly as possible.

If we do get a new vinella guard model, I plan on buying up enough infantry to finish my current idea of a 2,000 points list, then start over with an all-infantry army using the Cadian Battle Group.

I will have 175 of whatever new model they devise (Though if it sucks I'll just use Kriegers) armed with lascannons and autocannons. With that 3D6 orders and the move-and-shoot order AND the multiple CCS's, I'll be a glorious mob of justice marching across the board!

Until then, the plastic Cadians do well to supplement my WWII army guard.

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>>52158158
maybe but you would need to make your conscripts not!vostroyan as vostroyans don't really conscript like regular regiments. those bodies would be great for some world pressed into giving some men to support them. Like maybe the world rebelled and your regiment put it down. empire archer bodies would be good also.

bump for Tallarn. Hooray ebay armies

>>52164264
eBay is a miracle for the old metal fans thats for sure.

Any good stories or novels involving the Steel Legion? Can't find anything on them other than a few historical snippets

>>52169118
I'd also like to know

>tfw no qt Mordian waifu

>>52169625
Mordians are like the worst regiment.

More regiments, or at least upgrade kits, would be nice, but what I really want is some female guard models.

>women in heavy armor look the same!

I know, but some skinnier limbs and female heads would be nice.

>>52169998
Google Victoria miniatures

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>>52136254
I love the Kriegers so much, I just wish we were able to read more about their tactics so they wouldn't look incredibly wasteful with manpower. If there's anything that the Kriegers aren't, it's wasteful.

Besides, they have other regiments other than siege regiments. Let's see a mechanized regiment, I'd like to see how they handle things tactically.

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I think it'd be cool to see more feral guardsmen

>>52170171
you have rules for mechanized kriegs in imperial armory 12

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>>52170321

>>52170171
Close your eyes and think of the Emperor

>>52170129
The heads on those are always much too large for Guard.

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I like archaic regiments a lot.
>Civil war
>30 years war
>20th century
>Napoleonic
Any of these are good, I think I like the idea of these guys not even getting the bog standard stuff and still giving it a go.

>>52170898
Just buy the entire models they are as good as any GW IG.

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>>52169998
>Wanting physically weaker troopers

The guard are underdogs as it is we don't need women reducing combat effectiveness

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Why is Vulkan black like the people of Noctorne if he wasnt born there?

>>52173380
His superior Primarch genetics adapted to Nocturne's enviroment in only months compared to the generations it took the natives.

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What is the best-looking IG Regiment and why is it the Savlar Chem-Dogs?

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>>52170436
Sex with a Krieger has to be the most awkward experience in the galaxy. Sure, they wouldn't really mind, but they also wouldn't care at all. Whether he/she is doing it to boost morale or to produce offspring for the Emperor, you'd have to get used to the fact that he/she does not care about you at all, even while sharing in one of the most intimate experiences a human can have.

>>52173131
>main combat effectiveness comes from thier guns
>implying the imperium is going to turn away available troops

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>>52173131
>not wanting qt3.14 female Kriegers in your regiment