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Description Mordian is the embodiment of the Nazi and 3rd reich in 40k setting. Being racist, pure blood, uniform, jewsterminatus, hitlol, yadda yadda and awesome weaponries and discipline~

the hive world is a highly regimented society, its subjects separated by a caste system of high spire, mid spire, lower spire and underhive inhabitants. Majority of Mordia citizen are conscripted into the guard as imperial tithe, it is a tradition, of martial servitude.

but of course, as you would guess, a low spire soldier could not become lord commander, even if he is blessed by the emprah. the caste system is both a political governing body of the masses as well as a tool of discipline. Officers only came from the top spire and men of lower tiers are to serve them without questions, or it is heresy. With this, throughout millennias, the reputation of the Ironguard as a ruthless, discipline and effective martial force is forged.

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Ironhearts is senior veterans of the low spire, (mid spire can buy their way into junior officer while underhivers is cursed with a lifetime as levy troops and cannon fodder) their years of service marking them as heroes of the regiment they come from, but could not promote any further into officer school due to the caste system. Thusly, created the storm-trooper/elite role where they serve out the ends of their lives. Younger Mordians look up to them as grandfather exemplars, legendary hero figures, the old breed, the soul of the fighting regiment and they rally around them. Ironhearts are as much as a spiritual core as well as a fearsome fighting machine. Skills honed throughout a lifetime of war and carnage, these men are cold blooded killers who said farewell to mercy and compassion along with the foes they have slayed along the way, long time ago. what is left is just the honor of serving the imperium till the last day of their life. Most have serious augmentic surgery and holders of the prestigious Iron Aquilla and Macharius Sash.

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Just need to finish this, been put too long away and skill level is so different now it is hard to finish.

ps: greater good illuminated, with imperial steel~
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Comments: 59

Ashofthewilliams [2016-12-16 20:13:52 +0000 UTC]

wait, so how high of a ranking can a mid-spire get, without paying his way there?

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jeenhoong In reply to Ashofthewilliams [2017-01-14 19:32:37 +0000 UTC]

looking at a planetary civilization with dwindling resources and overpopulation which can raise regiments practically overnight; a mid-spire soldier can get only as far as the rank equivalent of a senior sergeant in the Line Infantry. Life expectancy is very low, even if he get that far. 

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Ashofthewilliams In reply to jeenhoong [2017-01-14 22:33:30 +0000 UTC]

Damn...welp, time to start the equivalent of a militarum Badab War. Cause that's just bull.

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Zedekial [2016-08-03 05:12:22 +0000 UTC]

Imperial scumfucks.

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CaccoXL [2011-09-17 23:19:17 +0000 UTC]

More than nazist propaganda, watch the WW1 propaganda and photos: the bigger part of GW's "inspiration" comes from that grim war where people actually died without great results.
Every european army had its "commissars" during that war.
Anyway, great job with these veterans!

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lolistick [2011-09-11 22:35:04 +0000 UTC]

Goes well with the band "Sabaton"

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BluSaw In reply to lolistick [2017-08-02 05:17:21 +0000 UTC]

We, we will resist and bitte
Bitte hard, for we are al in sight
We, we take up arms and fight
Fight hard
And do whats right.

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Dutch-CannonFodder In reply to lolistick [2012-04-13 18:51:19 +0000 UTC]

I knew I was not the only one that thougt that.

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trooper937 [2011-02-21 20:42:04 +0000 UTC]

I am a big fan of the technology the germans had during the war,but not a fan of what they stood for, or even what they did for that matter. Cool illustration mate. Is it on paper, just wondering.

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jeenhoong In reply to trooper937 [2011-02-21 21:22:14 +0000 UTC]

yeah

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Tr01ka [2010-10-22 19:46:11 +0000 UTC]

I think Mordians are closer to WWI Austere-Hungarians.

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Celestialhost In reply to Tr01ka [2017-04-16 16:18:44 +0000 UTC]

Their uniforms remind me of US marines.

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Tr01ka In reply to Celestialhost [2017-04-17 13:37:48 +0000 UTC]

If only their parade uniforms.

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LordSolarMacharius In reply to Tr01ka [2012-05-03 02:57:10 +0000 UTC]

Or even Franco-Prussian War Prussians.

Scratch that, ESPECIALLY Prussians.

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jorgeelmuerte [2010-10-18 14:15:01 +0000 UTC]

Apparently Tau-Jews have blue blood! You learn something new everyday :3...

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jeenhoong In reply to jorgeelmuerte [2010-10-24 05:13:00 +0000 UTC]

well, it is actually fish sauce mate~

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chineseguy469 [2010-09-19 00:21:55 +0000 UTC]

When I first saw this picture, I thought it was a WW2 era Kuomingtang-themed Guardsman.

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jeenhoong In reply to chineseguy469 [2010-10-03 17:31:49 +0000 UTC]

that may be an interesting take

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deathscythe517 [2010-08-26 03:02:52 +0000 UTC]

Well I was hoping for Krieg but I think that's another nazi-loving artists MO, anywho, like the blood effects for the Tau and the gritty look of the officers.

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jeenhoong In reply to deathscythe517 [2010-08-26 12:11:12 +0000 UTC]

krieg is nazi-ness in the 3rd reich terror and vengeance weapon, and the nuclear atomic inspired terror of modern warfare. mordian is the spirit of the 3rd reich, the propaganda and the aryan ideology

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Calmar In reply to jeenhoong [2011-03-24 21:55:50 +0000 UTC]

Krieg is a World War I style trench warfare army whose uniforms combine elements from several armies. [link]

The Mordian uniforms look pretty much like the blue dress of US Marines... [link]

The Armageddon Steel Legion resembles the Nazi army in appearance and strategy, though.

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jeenhoong In reply to Calmar [2011-03-25 03:04:56 +0000 UTC]

yawnn~~ point not taken

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deathscythe517 In reply to jeenhoong [2010-08-26 22:08:31 +0000 UTC]

Ah so Krieg is like the army whilst Mordian is like the Gestapo? If I'm getting what you're saying.

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jeenhoong In reply to deathscythe517 [2010-08-26 23:55:58 +0000 UTC]

exactly~

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deathscythe517 In reply to jeenhoong [2010-08-27 00:24:00 +0000 UTC]

Well I believe that puts us at opposite ends, sir, for i am a communist. o_o

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jeenhoong In reply to deathscythe517 [2010-08-27 00:41:24 +0000 UTC]

whatever~ i don't care what you stand for, politic shite is dime a dozen to me

i am no nazi; but find humanism agreeable, chinese lineage and proud of it

standing for ideology in this post modern world is just pathetic to me, if you want my opinion.

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deathscythe517 In reply to jeenhoong [2010-08-27 16:55:23 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, just as not dealing in absolutes leads to the fucked-three-ways-from-sunday political system we Americans have. o_O

Ah well, politics don't matter beyond what you say and what you wear, and after the apocalypse, they won't matter beyond what you wear.

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jailgurdnegative [2010-07-24 23:03:05 +0000 UTC]

sweet!!! there's something cool about that Tau mech at the back.. looks kinda different in a good way. and that blood splat, awesome!!

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Ryu0710 [2010-06-29 22:01:40 +0000 UTC]

wow..

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Wolfblade670 [2010-06-28 14:20:32 +0000 UTC]

IMO Mordia was always much more like Prussia and Stalin's Russia than the Third Reich. People tacking Nazi onto anything remotely military ticks me off. Anyway, been waiting forever to see this finished, it looks great.

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jeenhoong In reply to Wolfblade670 [2010-06-28 16:56:26 +0000 UTC]

yeah i love to tick you off by nazi-ing everything, did i do a good job?

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Wolfblade670 In reply to jeenhoong [2010-06-28 16:59:45 +0000 UTC]

I'm hoping you weren't being sarcastic, it wasn't meant as a personal attack. Its a touchy issue for me because I am half German, and I get angry when the masses associate everything German, Prussian, or anything vaguely high European or military with the Nazis. Its part of my heritage and a matter of honour that I am bound to defend. I wasn't looking to pick a fight.

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V-for-Vienna [2010-06-24 03:59:00 +0000 UTC]

Mordian is the embodiment of the Nazi and 3rd reich in 40k setting. Being racist, pure blood, uniform, jewsterminatus, hitlol, yadda yadda and awesome weaponries and discipline

Always struck me as being more Austro-Hungarian Empire/WWI Germany, what with the "Iron Guard" moniker and the little pre-1915-style peaked caps.

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jeenhoong In reply to V-for-Vienna [2010-06-24 14:25:09 +0000 UTC]

quite a point there.

why nazi? it is because they have a strong resemblance when you view at any nazi propaganda poster and art of that period~

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V-for-Vienna In reply to jeenhoong [2010-06-24 15:30:45 +0000 UTC]

I'm afraid I'm just seeing it. Maybe Krieg, or the Armageddon Steel Legion, but not the Mordians. They're about as "Nazi" as the Praetorians.

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Taytonclait [2010-05-25 17:11:13 +0000 UTC]

I like this for all the right and obvious reasons. The variety in the soldiers, their uniformity that keeps them a cohesive bunch, the energy and violence of the pic, without being so violent as to remove from it.

I have to worry though, that crisis suit is getting close, and those things and rip people up in a hurry, do these boys get the hell out or do they have a secret ace up their sleeve?

Fav'd because I've always loved the WIPs, and its so good to see a long term project come to completion. Also faved because its big and dynamic and you don't lose your control over the pic in any place.

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jeenhoong In reply to Taytonclait [2010-05-25 23:45:46 +0000 UTC]

lol that big mutha is dead ya?

i would suggest gtfo or call in an airstrike

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gant12000 [2010-05-25 11:20:17 +0000 UTC]

gotta love the greater good. i like that the caste systearmieshate each other so much

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zillafire101 In reply to gant12000 [2015-06-04 22:45:43 +0000 UTC]

They really don't.

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jeenhoong In reply to gant12000 [2010-05-25 23:46:19 +0000 UTC]

yup

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gant12000 [2010-05-25 11:20:15 +0000 UTC]

gotta love the greater good. i like that the caste systearmieshate each other so much

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brit92 [2010-05-25 10:50:26 +0000 UTC]

you are gifted, sir. you have a keen eye for striking regiments and a wonderful imagination for these epic battle scenes.

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jeenhoong In reply to brit92 [2010-05-25 23:46:33 +0000 UTC]

cheers mate

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brit92 In reply to jeenhoong [2010-05-27 08:20:22 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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Lemniskate [2010-05-25 09:09:17 +0000 UTC]

Poor Tau

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jeenhoong In reply to Lemniskate [2010-05-25 09:23:21 +0000 UTC]

good~~~~

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NicklausofKrieg [2010-05-25 06:40:37 +0000 UTC]

well i always thought the entire Imperium to be space nazis
i mean everyone does martial servitude and even Krieg and other grenadiers are expected to spend their last breathe fighting

though i really like how they're screwing up the Tau here

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jeenhoong In reply to NicklausofKrieg [2010-05-25 08:36:01 +0000 UTC]

but krieg is cloning soldier at a terrible rate, their gene stock is from heroes, that is why they fulfil their duty so autonomously. Mordia is different, it is a hive world, everyone of them is different. And a great deal is required to unify them under 1 banner

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NicklausofKrieg In reply to jeenhoong [2010-05-25 10:08:47 +0000 UTC]

yeah well not all loyal soldiers of Krieg come from the Vitae Wombs most are just raised with the sense of duty for redemption

but still like you said the Mordians come from a hiveworld so i guess they could use the extra iron discipline in their training

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jeenhoong In reply to NicklausofKrieg [2010-05-25 23:43:20 +0000 UTC]

otherwise, it is just beaten into them

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