Valhallan Ice Warriors

Valhallan Ice Warriors fight valiantly alongside Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM.

"Men who fight wars in winter don't live till spring."

– Ursula K. Le Guin

"URRAAAAAAAAA."

– Russian conscript charging a MG42 nest, to draw fire away from the infiltration team tossing grenades while actually jumping from cover to cover

"Убей еретиков!"

– Valhallan conscript charging a Heavy Bolter nest... just charging one, that's it, Valhallan commanders are unimaginative

The Soviet Russian LARPers originating from the world of Valhalla.

As Imperial Guardsmen, they specialize in DYNAMIC ENTRY through ice and snow, often through the use of a curious drill-tank thing called the Termite that has a quantity of flamers mounted on it. They have also been shown to be rather good at holding the line, as if most Guard regiments didn't do that already. They just love wearing green armored greatcoats for some reason. They are the Red Army in Space and it shows: they give not a single fuck as millions of them perish on the field of battle, like all good Russians do. Unless they're the 597th, who are basically the spetsnaz with women in space.

Unfortunately, nobody cares about them (even Russians themselves), as anyone who wants to do Russian Imperial Guard will just go with the much cooler (but not colder) Vostroyans. *BLAM!* there will be no regimental discrimination here!

Notable Valhallans

• Gunner (First Class) Ferik "Stench awful enough to knock out a Plague Marine" Jurgen: Adjutant to Commissar Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM. He is a Blank, and favors a Meltagun. Gunner First Class doesn't actually exist, but Cain made up the promotion to give him some credibility as his aide.
• Regina Kasteen: Former Commander of the all-female 296th rear echelon garrison command unit, then Commander of the 597th.
• Ruput Broklaw: Former Commander of the all-male 301st planetary assault unit, then second-in-command of the 597th.
• Commander Kubrik Chenkov: Imperial Guard officer that is the epitome of sending waves of men against his opponents.
• Jenit Sulla: Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the Valhallahn 597th. Later became a famous Imperial Guard General and (in)famous writer.

Doctrines and Traits

For such a storied homeworld, the Valhallans produce rather boxstandard regiments. Other than their indigenous drill tanks they're basically poorer, coarser Cadians, fielding the same mix of artillery, armored, and mechanized infantry regiments and churning them out in staggering numbers. What sets them apart is their singular hatred for Orks and almost total indifference to cold. Even Fenris is practically tropical compared to their homeworld, which represents the coldest a planet can get and still be regarded as inhabitable. With an enormous population living in dense underground cities, Valhalla manages to be both a hive world and a death world; and has enough of a feral Ork problem to keep the Valhallan PDF proficient.

Modelling

Unfortunately, they are no longer for sale. On the bright side, Victoria Miniatures, Mad Robot Miniatures, and Anvil Industry sell Not-Valhallans, and at semi-reasonable prices, too! The Soviet and German winter infantry from Warlord Games combined with Cadian Lasguns also make for a solid option. So if you still want to collect an army of these manly bastards (and who wouldn't?), you can still buy them, just don't expect to be able to use them at a Games Workshop store or anything.

Trivia

Valhallan Ice Warriors are the first Imperial Guard Regiment that Games Workshop ever created. They are based on Russian WW2 soldiers during the winter battles.

Gallery

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  The set of classic Valhallan models
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