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yes, but its not what the Germans called them and it isn't a direct translation.

Its good enough to describe them. That was, after all, what they were.

Grey Templar wrote:No one said it was exactly the same.



Prussia as a political and social entity is very much a part of Germany today.

it was the Prussian military heritage which existed during the 3rd Rich.

Brandenburg is but Prussia is divided between Poland and Russia post WWII. So technically Brandenburg and East Prussia as well as Silesia made up what was Prussia @ 1800. Today only Brandenburg remains a part of Germany the majority is in Poland with a good portion of East Prussia being Russian.

But I digress...


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Hey just an aside, does any company make ANZAC style heads or something like american cavalry @ 1870? I think
Gen Custer should ride again coming in fast and light with a bunch of valkyries and vendettas.

Max mini has ANZAC heads

Dont know about the latter, would civil war models make a good stand in?

kenshin620 wrote:Max mini has ANZAC heads

Dont know about the latter, would civil war models make a good stand in?

Thanks! The civil war would be fine I just don't want the kepe I want the field hat. (Think Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now.)

Didn't we already rule out paratroopers?

Lone Cat wrote:Wouldn't this '7 years war tricorne hat and longcoat' also prussians/germans?

Not the same, practically all of Europe and Britain were dressed like that.

I'm sorry for bumping this thread, but after some researching, I found that the Mordian uniforms look very similar to the Uhlans (Polish light cavalry that later became a catch-all term for Polish-inspired lancers throughout Central Europe- a Prussian one is included here as comparison) of the 19th century:

necromancy o.o

Indeedy, although not as bad as some necro's I've seen. Interesting to read how people view the different Regiments of the Guard. I'm going to dip my oar in and put down how I see the Regiments & their relevant timelines;

Vostroyan: c18 Cossacks/Imperial Russian troops of the Napoleonics
Mordian: 1830-1900 European 'Victorian Era' troops
Praetorian: 1870-1900 British 'Victorian Era' troops
Death Korp of Krieg: 1910-1920 Western Front 'Great War' troops
Tallarn: 1916-1945: Lawrence of Arabia/8th Armoured 'Desert Rats'/L Troop SAS/Long-Range Desert Group
Valhallan: 1938-45: Russian troops on the Eastern Front/Winter War
Steel Legion: 1940-1945: Fallschrimjäger/(Gepanzerte) Panzergrenadiers
Cadian: 1950-Present Day NATO troops
Catachan: Rambo/Dutch/Any other action hero played by either Stallone or Scharwzenegger or assorted 70s/80s action film actors
13th Penal Regiment 'Schaeffers Last Chancers': All military penal units of the past 200 years
Tanith First: Not too sure to be honest...

Thinking about the Tanith, they are from a forest world and therefore are excellent light troops who can easily find their way through dense forest/jungle. They prefer hit and run tactics and wear black combat fatigues.
This part makes me think Viet Cong militia from the Vietnam war. Culturally the Tanith are Celts (more Scottish than anything else), but unless I'm forgetting something, they are otherwise similar to the VC in how they fight and dress.

KOS wrote:Steel Legion are luftwaffe paratroopers, not WW1 trench warfare. The ones you are talking about are Death Korps of Krieg regiments.

Valhallans on WW2 Soviets.

Cadians on USA

Catachans mainly on Rambo

Mordians, I have always thought about Prussians or anyway European armies of the late 19th century.

Vostroyans, Russian cossacks 19th century ?

1. Steel Legion commander dressed in german helmet, the SL grunts wearing FJ helmet may not be correct, they might wear american M1 helmet instead.
ok since Steel Legion is mechanized Inf. their helmet has no 'tail' is sensible.
2. Catachans may also be any latin american gurellas too, red headband is more or less a brandname of gurerra movements.
3. Mordians, late 19th century line infantry, and not only just in Europe, but also around the world
- Japanese army (ones featured in The Last Samurai, and ones featured in its war against Russia).
- Siam "Royal Army", especially during its campaign against chinese marauders in Laos, (well not really sure but this style of caps was common by then, but the Royal Siamese army Line Inf. did also wear pith helmets)
4. Cadians, there are two (or maybe three) versions
- "Rogue Trader Imperial Army", for me this can also be Cadian
- 2nd Edition, they're a bit too fancy but not as much as Mordian, Despite that they wear modern PASGT helmet

- 3rd Edition-present (Since the 13th Black Crusade onwards), almalgamation of Sci-fi soldiers, notably either Mobile Infantry (Starship Troopers) or C&C: Renegade