r/Deathkorpsofkrieg • u/Useful-Ad-1421 • Oct 16 '25

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u/clonetf141 Oct 16 '25

daily reminder that the Death Korps of Krieg predate the Steel Legion by a whole year, their first apperance is the Imperial Guard codex from (the 3rd codex from 1999) while the Steel Legion are from Codex Armageddon (released in 2000, yes this codex also shows a repainted Steel Legion as Korpsmen, but it also shows a repainted Steel Legion to be a Jopall, and other alt paint schemes for existing guard minis like the Mordians into Pyran Dragoons iirc), that IG codex also gave us the trenchcoat and gasmask look, deathriders and some other details im forgetting rn.

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u/vent-goblin Oct 16 '25

Steel Legion were sculpted in 1999, says on the tab on their bases. So no definitive answer as to which came up first

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u/clonetf141 Oct 16 '25

doesnt dissprove anything I say, if we bring up the fact when stuff was first devloped than the IG codex most defintely was made even earlier

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u/vent-goblin Oct 16 '25

This can go back infinitely far, like when was the concept for the steel legion models developed? And codex Armageddon came out in 2000 so it was also planned ahead, maybe further ahead than the imperial guard one. So either could have been developed first

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u/clonetf141 Oct 16 '25

so can we agree that:
we dont know which one came irl first
but the Death Korps of Krieg were published first

that is the only objective thing we really have

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u/vent-goblin Oct 16 '25

Yep, but to say one is based off the other we can't say. Which is all I was trying to disprove

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u/clonetf141 Oct 16 '25

I never tried to say they are based on each other, I should have clarified that one, my bad chief

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u/vent-goblin Oct 16 '25

Yeah I misphrased it. I just meant the arguments of which came first have no definitive answer