shen_Fang Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Hi I'"m staring to build an Irish/norse inspired (IG army. They are basically winter time Catchatan, less Rambo more vikings-from-the-movie-pathfinder. They are more of a guerrilla tactics regiment. Please help with the name of the first regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Belial Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Well I guess the Valhallans are out then. Most Norse names are relatively short like Odin, Thor and Loki. Even Grendel is short for a violent foe. The Space Wolves share a Viking tradition as well but perhaps you could make a play on Loki since he was a trickster and guerrilla style tactics favor dirty tricks to overcome a more superior enemy. Loken is possible as I doubt few in 40k would remember the ill-fated Luna Wolf. Or perhaps Lokians, etc... I have used Language Dictionaries and modified a word in another language. Most Vikings hailed from Scandanavia and Denmark so perhaps Norwegian or Danish words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander_Moustache Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Well if its Irish/norse I would recomend something more Celtic (since it shares some things with norse artwork and Ireland is one of the last celtic strongholds). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Welcome to the B&C! Always good to see another regiment forming, especially when you already have a strong theme in mind. I agree with Moustache - an Irish regiment needs an Irish name! I'm at work currently so I can't add much more but I'll have a dig around if I can find the time :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 This will help for norse names: http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/Viking/viknams3.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 the gnomian 750th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RADU LYKAN Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 dagda-n = celtic god of life and death with an n on the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicodemus Doloroso Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 You might find some inspiration here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Irish_regiments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyner Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 The Potatan 3rd? Sorry :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Perhaps this is worth a gander for names: Irish counties :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherthefallenangel Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 The Potatan 3rd? Sorry :P Lol i nearly spit coffee on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen_Fang Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Thank all of you for your help. I am currently fleshing out the rest of there history. Mainly I know that Russ unofficially colonized the planet in hopes of making a sister planet that they could pull more aspirants. Buuuuut Russ disappeared and never archived the planet and they where forgotten. Presently rogue traders "found" the planet. The folklore of the people there is space wolves and eldar in there stories before they where absorbed into the imperium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Sounds good, don't forget to let us know once you've finished scribbling their background out :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I was going to suggest something along the lines of a current or old Irish Regimental name and then edit it slightly such as: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Imperial (insert planet name here) Fusiliers 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards 4th Imperial (insert planet name here) Dragoon Guards 7th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment 7th Battalion, (insert planet name here) Defence Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barabbas Sogalon Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 If you need a motto you have Bitit Fyrst (norse for strike first) used by the Norwegian Armoured Battalion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'm Heckus Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 There was a celtic hero of folklore named Cuchulainn, called the" Irish Wolfound". Used a spear and was a warrior without peer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevlarshark Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 @Cap'm Heckus you beat me to it here . As he is from spoken folklore his name has a number of spellings though. You should read the wiki article about him... He is noted for his terrifying berserk (battle frenzy) and tragic heroic death. The 2000AD character Slain is loosely based on him. Someone did a counts as space wolves army based on Cu Chulainn a while back, Think they were called "The hounds of Cu Chulainn"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I like the sound of "Antrim Fusiliers" and "Fermanagh Guard", counties are good because they sound like they could be planets too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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