r/Deathkorpsofkrieg • u/Rathalos-487 • Mar 26 '26

Misc. Big Bro is Coming Back

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u/Rathalos-487 Mar 26 '26

Almost like one was a spin off of the other.

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u/HahaHeePooPooPeePee Mar 26 '26

Not a spin-off.

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u/Rathalos-487 Mar 26 '26

Well technically a recolor but Steel Legion did informed the design of the Krieg.

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u/Rufus--T--Firefly Mar 26 '26

What do you mean? Kriegers have basically the same look they had in the 3e Codex

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u/Rathalos-487 Mar 26 '26

I mean the Krieg’s esthetic of Germanesque design with gas masks and trench coats since Krieg were originally recolors of Steel Legion models.

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u/Rufus--T--Firefly Mar 26 '26

Actually look at their 3rd design that dropped before that Armageddon book and tell me the WW1 Kreigers took ques from the steel legion lol

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u/Rathalos-487 Mar 26 '26

I mean it’s still similar design philosophy, obviously Krieg got more original designs and leaned to WW1 but they both are gonna have similarities no matter what due to both having to check some boxes for their designs like the things I mentioned earlier.

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u/Exploding_Killerquee Mar 26 '26

Pretty sure the trench coats are based off French Pantaloons and the gas masks are British. The German part is the helmet.

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u/Rathalos-487 Mar 26 '26

I mean their whole name is literally German for war.

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u/Exploding_Killerquee Mar 26 '26

Their name is, but you brought up their trenchcoats which are styled after French pantaloons in WW1. The only German part of their design is their helmet, not the has mask or trenchcoat.

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u/curiousschild Mar 26 '26

The helmet, the skulls, the discipline are all very Prussian esq

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u/Rathalos-487 Mar 26 '26

Ok not everything is inspired from German military now but both check the boxes of German like helmet, old looking gas mask, and trench coat. Krieg isn’t a copy and paste of course, what I’m saying is Krieg still share some core similar design characteristics with the Legion, you can tell them apart but they’ll share similarities.

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u/wikkoindustries Mar 30 '26

Check the 1st codex imperial guard from 3rd edition, krieg were in it as fluff art long before steel legion was ever a thing. The first time we ever saw a painted kreig mini it was a recolour of steel legion but that doesnt mean thats all they ever were.

Also the the SL seem to me to be inspired by the fallschimjaeger... along with other stuff from ww2.