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No wonder all manner of hostile Xenos think the Imperial Guard are a pushover...




Seriously though, does anyone actually miss the days of baggy pants and bug eye goggles?

Wonder how Imperial fashions will change over the next two decades...

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Whoa!!! How was he ever in style?
GW has really come a long way.

Ouch. Not only were they killed in their millions, they looked awful doing it.

There's a "Sci-fi original movie" joke somewhere in there.

I like his vest, helmet and goggles to be honest.

Really, old school Imperial Guard or Cadian Imperial Guard. I would have to go old school.

Yep. Old school it is. These were before Cadians and those repulsive roid-monkeys we call Catachans.

In fact, they weren't even called Imperial Guard. Back then they were the Imperial Army

Check this one out:

Weren't these supposed to represent the Necromundan Regiments?

I like the concept, especially the helmet, and the "Ze googles, zey do nothing!" goggles. Shoulderpads are cool too.

I think they could use a slight redesign. I'd prefer them over the greatcoat regiments everyone wants.

Alot of times they used the Nerco Regiments as examples but it was the standard for the Imperial Army/Guard. Also the armor had more of a flak armor feel to it with officers having breastplates to represent caprace armor.

the good old days of Rogue Trader.

Frankly I like SMs and IGs of that time rather the new ones.

I wonder why their pants look like they came from zebras/tiggers. You'd think those type of animals would be long dead in this galaxy...

You would think tiger strip uniforms were dead in the current times too but look at the US Air Force Digis. So they will be around for ever.

They might have had baggy pants and bug eye goggles, but they also had beastmen platoons and living bombs.
No reason for xenos to think of the Imperial Army as pushovers (aside from propaganda, of course).

Dang, I forgot about the beastmen. I wish I still had them figures.

I kinda like the tiger stripes haha. If you look closely the IG army in the picture is supported by land raiders!!

If they're the Imperial Army then they're pre- or during- Heresy Era. Back then the Army was much more highly respected. Regiments like the Geno Chilliad were in existence. They weren't as modified as Astartes, of course, but they were genetically bred and altered to be tougher, bigger, braver and smarter than standard humans.

And until the very end of the Heresy, Land Raiders were in common service with all branches of the Imperium's forces, from the Army to the Arbites.

But as Horus' Traitor Legions moved towards Terra, they were all recalled and pressed into service with the Astartes Chapters, because it became clear that the final fight would be Marine v Marine - and the loyalists needed every tool at their desposal...

I still have a box of them floating around the basement. Some of them might even still be on the sprue. Frankly, I like the look better than the current Catachan infantry (but the command and heavy weapon teams). It morphed into the Cadian look.

Although, the first pic, the guy looks constipated, not angry.

And, the regiment pictured was the Necromunda Spiders.

Miraclefish wrote:If they're the Imperial Army then they're pre- or during- Heresy Era. Back then the Army was much more highly respected. Regiments like the Geno Chilliad were in existence. They weren't as modified as Astartes, of course, but they were genetically bred and altered to be tougher, bigger, braver and smarter than standard humans.

And until the very end of the Heresy, Land Raiders were in common service with all branches of the Imperium's forces, from the Army to the Arbites.

But as Horus' Traitor Legions moved towards Terra, they were all recalled and pressed into service with the Astartes Chapters, because it became clear that the final fight would be Marine v Marine - and the loyalists needed every tool at their desposal...

Not really. The name change to "Guard" just didn't come around until someone thought up the "Navy-Army Split" fluff.

And Land Raiders weren't all they had. The Guard also got Land Speeders and Rhinos

That Titan in the background looks like its spurting out . . . something . . . D:

metallifan wrote:Yep. Old school it is. These were before Cadians and those repulsive roid-monkeys we call Catachans.

In fact, they weren't even called Imperial Guard. Back then they were the Imperial Army

Check this one out:

Is that titan sneezing?

In that first picture, is he crying?

I actually like that uniform...

n0t_u wrote:In that first picture, is he crying?

Those are tattoos. Those look like they're meant to be stylised spider legs, and the rest of the spider is hidden under his mask and helmet.

Whoa GW art really has come a long long way.

That guardsman looks like he's ready for a podrace... or maybe he's late to the vintage caterham track day.

I actually really like em... lol. except the zebra pants. I think I found the colour scheme for my guard army though.

They aren't bad, with hands etc. a little more in correct proportion.

http://tiberius888.blogspot.com/2010/02/rogue-trader-imperial-guard.html

http://40khobbyblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/rogue-trader-era-imperial-guard.html

spamandchips wrote:

metallifan wrote:Yep. Old school it is. These were before Cadians and those repulsive roid-monkeys we call Catachans.

In fact, they weren't even called Imperial Guard. Back then they were the Imperial Army

Check this one out:

Is that titan sneezing?

I saw that too. Personally I hope it recognized a calcium deficiency in it's enemies and wasgiving them milk to drink and fortify their bones before it stepped on them so the bones would make a better crunching noise.


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I also think the "F" on the shoulder pads stand for fail.