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South Africa

Im am for sure gina by some Death korps of krieg and wondered if the where certain fluff,let us say"rules" I had to stick to while naming my officers?

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South Africa

(sarcasm alert)Thanks for that ,lol

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South Africa

well I know this and my last post was not meant to be rude,even if it was!

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Monstrous Master Moulder






I dunno...

well DKOK have a very strong German WW1 vibe, so just give 'em German names like Klaus or Johann

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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander






germany,bavaria

P4NC4K3 wrote:well DKOK have a very strong German WW1 vibe, so just give 'em German names like Klaus or Johann



And don't forget : WW1 had aristocrats as officers

So => Heinz
but => Heinrich

Could also be:
-Karl
-Wilhelm
-Ferdinand
-Josef
-Franz
-Konrad
-Theodor
-Ulrich
-Wolfgang
-Gerhard
-Herrman

or use doubles:

-Karl-franz (whfb)
-Franz-Josef

Maybe with:

Wolfgang von ....



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Junior Officer with Laspistol





South Africa

I like the name Franz Himmelburg.

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P4NC4K3 wrote:well DKOK have a very strong German WW1 vibe, so just give 'em German names like Klaus or Johann


HANS!!!

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germany,bavaria

Hammerziet wrote:
P4NC4K3 wrote:well DKOK have a very strong German WW1 vibe, so just give 'em German names like Klaus or Johann


HANS!!!


But : Johann/Johannes => Hannes => Hans

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Burtucky, Michigan

or you could always give them a non german name so it sounds funny when you tell people this is my commander. Commander Bob White of the Freditzeedickzzeies company. thats the route Id go anyways
   
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german names!

(im not being racist)
   
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melbourne

lol it's funny how some of these forums turn out.
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Burtucky, Michigan

indeed. like that TURTLE PIE(ooooh man another thread owned by the damn pie!) thing. my goodness that made me laugh.... at first
   
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Id think it be kind of cool to name a DK Commander

Froderick Johan Krauss of the Zecksperger Legion


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