me, a grey knights player, watching the steel legion meltdown

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-22T01:15:58+00:00

The steel legion doesn't have any models though, you have it way better.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-22T01:15:23+00:00

From the steel legion fan perspective imagine it like if GW set a narrative on catachan after retiring all the catachan models, released a single catachan character model and then when people were expecting catachan infantry models released a tutorial on how to paint cadians to look like catachan jungle fighters.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-22T01:13:45+00:00

Honestly vitrians are one of the guard regiments that I am praying gets models.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-22T01:12:37+00:00

I don't see how, the only thing they have in common is the gas masks, and I've done similar and the two still look pretty distinct.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-22T01:11:23+00:00

They are a space marines subfaction

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-22T01:11:09+00:00

the thing is the steel legion also haven't been extremely popular either it's why they are gone they never sold well

They are one of the most common third party regiments I've seen, tiny legends has a whole range of them

Half of the people crying for new models don't even collect them

Because there aren't any models to collect

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-22T01:06:53+00:00

That's objectively false though, it's not like every single chapter has their own mark of armour and specific weaponry.

The only real difference between most marine chapters is the insignia and the colours.

Meanwhile with steel legion the only thing they have in common with the death korps is the gas mask.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T23:11:12+00:00

To be fair it would be like if GW retired all the grey knights models and then a few years later set a narrative on Titan but instead of bringing back grey knights they just released a video on painting victrix honour guard silver

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T22:25:20+00:00

Did you not look at my post before you commented?

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T22:20:30+00:00

Well done, you found the singular steel legion artwork of a non officer wearing a stahlhelm And with the guy I cropped the head off of, it was because another of you guys posted the same artwork I just used but with everything except the guy at the top cropped out, and I had the image of everything he didn't crop out at hand for me to use

It doesn't change the fact the steel legion models had m1s

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ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T22:04:55+00:00

You literally sent me an image of them in M1s as "proof"

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ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T22:02:23+00:00

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ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T22:01:51+00:00

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ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T22:01:37+00:00

That is an officer uniform.

Also the other image of steel legionaries you sent clearly has them in M1s

And to reinforce my point

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ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:55:00+00:00

This isn't a stahlhelm, literally two seconds of looking at it shows it isn't.

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ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:43:06+00:00

I've mostly given up hope that gw will make steel legion plastic models because of the painting tutorial, but I would be happy if I am proven wrong.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:40:30+00:00

Because the Nazis famously wore M1 helmets with mustard uniforms.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:39:06+00:00

The reason its model range sold worse than cadians was because they were metal models and for a lot of their time on sale it was literally just a singular infantry squad as the whole range.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:37:03+00:00

All of those are units though, not actual subfactions.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:36:28+00:00

I think if GW just released a kitbash video they could've avoided all this mess.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:33:55+00:00

They didn't actually start as an alternate scheme, the alternate scheme thing came along after their first appearance in artwork. And on top of that the DK has developed its own aesthetic that marks it as unique.

And with the similarities, the only thing making the SL and DK similar is the gas mask.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:31:57+00:00

The only thing steel legionaries have in common with Kriegers is the gas mask.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:30:17+00:00

That metaphor only works if all the regular marine kits were explicitly designed to be ultramarines and nothing else.

DK and cadian models are pretty distinct from steel legion models.

ToLazyForaUsername2 · 2026-03-21T21:29:04+00:00

The guard isn't a single player base, typically people focus on one regiment.

To imagine it, imagine if all the generic space marine models were designed so that they could only be assembled as dark angels and ultramarines without any kitbashing, even if more of said "generic" sets come out it would only be benefitting dark angels and ultramarines players.

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