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Man I want to make an Ork army in Russian theme to fight this army. Now that would cool, but then again someone mite be offended. Love the army if you make some more please post them up.

Looks ace! I think its a cool idea.

Very nicely painted. Love the tanks.

BrotherOmas wrote:Just to clear up the confusion people seem to have about it, The swastika is a buddhist, jainist and hinduist symbol widely used in india and surrounding countries. According to wikipedia, (the source of all knowledge) it has been found as far back as the indus valley civilisation. Hitler adopted it for the nazi party and twisted it on it's axis (Hurr hurr) and used it as the state flag for germany, as we all know.

And knowing is half the battle...






...G I Jooooooeee!!!

It's been found in ancient Europe too, all over the place. In germanic tradition it is the symbol of Thor. It became a symbol of the neo-pagans and occultists. One of these groups was the Thule Society which Hitler joined. Later Hitler introduced the symbol to the German Workers Party which became the nazi party. As a sun symbol it represents the spinning of the sun so you can't really twist it. There doesn't seem to be any particular right or wrong orientation. The nazis had theirs facing right and others have it facing left or right depending on tradition. I've seen it both ways in buddhist temples. It's one of the oldest symbols ever and it will outlast all of us.

I believe hitler first saw the symbol when he was in a boarding school (not sure if this is correct remeber hearing it a long time ago). He first saw the symbol carved into the dorm walls and was facinated by it. (take this with a table spoon of salt)


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Had a good laugh at this.

Little history lesson for OP:
4th reich means NUFFIN!
1st reich was the holy roman empire (middle ages)
2nd was under Bismark (Equivalent to victorian time in engl)
3rd is them nazi-fethers
4th would just be any german government wich calls itself reich, so it actually would have nothing to do with the 3rd. So your post should be called something like "nazis on mars" or someting...

willydstyle wrote:If you want to play 40k, stick with a theme that fits in the universe. Like I sad before, the existence of the Death Korps is not a reason to *play* real-life themed armies, it's a more suitable alternative. If you want to play a WWII army play flames of war.

But then we wouldn't have Hello Kitty Marines, Pretty Marines, McDonald Boyz, Beach Boyz, Sabre-Tooth Marines...and other 40k themed armies that don't fit with the fluff and yet get posted up in the P&M boards

The Germans WW2 uniforms were pretty awesome looking despite what the Nazis stood for.......

I like the snipers. If I were looking for a sniper I'd expect it to be camouflaged, I'd never suspect a flag.

MrMerlin wrote:Little history lesson for OP:

Your history lesson is a bit misinformed.

4th reich means NUFFIN!

The 4th reich clearly does not mean 'nuffin' - see for yourself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Reich). It is a theoretical successor to the 3rd Reich.

2nd was under Bismark

Wasn't exactly under Bismarck, but I'm probably just arguing semantics here. Realistically, Bismarck ran the 2nd Reich from the time German Unification (1871) to the time of his removal by Wilhelm II (1890), but Wilhelm controlled it from that point until the end of the war.

4th would just be any german government wich calls itself reich, so it actually would have nothing to do with the 3rd. So your post should be called something like "nazis on mars" or someting

Er . . Like a modern government claiming that it is an empire? I don't think so. In any case, it probably would have something to do with the 3rd Reich (see above).

OMG just talk about the army and have your anti-Nazi and head shaving rallies in off topic threads.

TheBlueRedPanda wrote:

4th reich means NUFFIN!

The 4th reich clearly does not mean 'nuffin' - see for yourself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Reich). It is a theoretical successor to the 3rd Reich.

Real sources, not weird communists:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viertes_Reich
http://ronpaul.blog.de/2009/05/17/nazi-groessen-planten-4-reich-struktur-eu-entspricht-6132115/

See?

Its a conspiracy theory, and a rarely used term of certain groups. Nothing to be worried of. The use of it of the OP was correct.
There is no copyright on it....

1hadhq wrote:

TheBlueRedPanda wrote:

4th reich means NUFFIN!

The 4th reich clearly does not mean 'nuffin' - see for yourself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Reich). It is a theoretical successor to the 3rd Reich.

Real sources, not weird communists:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viertes_Reich
http://ronpaul.blog.de/2009/05/17/nazi-groessen-planten-4-reich-struktur-eu-entspricht-6132115/

See?

Its a conspiracy theory, and a rarely used term of certain groups. Nothing to be worried of. The use of it of the OP was correct.
There is no copyright on it....

Wikipedia is run by communists?

TheBlueRedPanda wrote:
Not everything in Nazi Germany was wrong. This is a fact. Not crap.
WW2 improved technology. Again, also a fact. Not crap.

Yeah, well, some unreasonable people tend to focus on the 60 million people killed during the second world war, rather than the technological leap. I'm one of those "glass-half-empty" people I guess.

nectarprime wrote:
Wikipedia is run by communists?

Maybe...

But obviously the sources of the linked wiki article are the writings of some persons suffering from distorted reality syndrome.

Seems like I was a bit misinformed....

1hadhq wrote:

nectarprime wrote:
Wikipedia is run by communists?

Maybe...

But obviously the sources of the linked wiki article are the writings of some persons suffering from distorted reality syndrome.

Care to explain? Keep in mind the two articles you linked (one which happens to also be Wikipedia) are in German, and most people here are English speakers.

Damn good paint job

I like the red skull platoon. Nice work

nectarprime wrote:

1hadhq wrote:

nectarprime wrote:
Wikipedia is run by communists?

Maybe...

But obviously the sources of the linked wiki article are the writings of some persons suffering from distorted reality syndrome.

Care to explain? Keep in mind the two articles you linked (one which happens to also be Wikipedia) are in German, and most people here are English speakers.

I know. The original is sometimes not in english...
Still, all of the sources of the wiki the TheBlueRedPanda posted, are based on claims of persons who consider themselves communists.
Most of these written in german and translated. So bias + translation + interpretation = at best ends up as hearsay.
Tried to find something closer to the source, but it seems the term isn't as common as it looked from the posts made in this thread.
The first link is to a wiki, just in german and may provide a hint on the difference the same subject may have when it is independently treated as an article in 2 languages. Not much in common there. Should point to the shortcomings of wikis as arguments since reliable info would be part of both wikis because it is expected to sort out the crap itself.
The second link is to one of multiple possible suppliers of "that" story and surely available in dozens of languages. Just gone with the first batch and picked one. Its about the EU = 4th reich. A conspiracy theory, and a widespread one. Has some merit as at least many persons
mentioned there did exist and held influence in both eras, the time of the WW2 and the rise from the ruins this continent has seen afterwards. OtoH, its a conspiracy theory...so go figure..
Wasn't intended to provide "unreadable" stuff, thus sorry for the inconvenience, but the english variants are so far into conspiracy country it isn't worth wasting fellow dakkanauts time with them.

Now, I forgot to say anything about the army
Don't identify many references, but it has a cartoony style and isn't so bad done. A few touch ups as said before should be enough for a good tabletop standard.

punkow wrote:this thread is becoming ridiculous and pointless... nobody is talking about the OP's army...and after seeing idiots saying crap like " not everything in Nazi Germany was wrong... WW2 improved the technology..." I wish MODquisition will act swiftly and without mercy

Well since I was the first to talk about the technology then I feel obligated to tell you, that you are very wrong sir, but it's funny in a way because you wouldn't even be able to state that you think I am wrong if it weren't for the fact that I am right so therefore i just laugh.

Just something about the technology.
During wartime, Much the focus goes to the technology. It's like a fight to have better stuff than the enemy. And in that way the technology developes so much faster than it would in peacetime.
Now, if my memory serves me correctly. The technological inprovements they made during WWI would in peacetime take like 50 years.

So in that aspect you could say that war isn't always bad..

This.... is the COOLEST THING IVE EVER FREAKIN SEEN!!!!!! IM INSPIRED!!! Wow, awesome conversions... best guard army ive seen.

I am putting a large part of this army on ebay if anyone is interested. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320745249896&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Bravo sir, you've done a wonderful job at promoting your army and now you're going to sell it!

After 205 replies it's quite clear nobody is interested - good luck

You should add 'The Infamous Army as seen on Dakkadakka: link'

I did as a matter of fact

Man, well would you be willing to trade haha? I have a sisters army I dont need/want and playing as a Nazi army in 40k would be so awesome.

Well I need to sell them in order to make more. you dont want to use your sisters right after they got those refined rules in the recent white dwarf?