Dirty Deeds (and other Deeds)

Faction: Earth Coalition (Dark Deeds, Dread Deeds), N.O.M (Dirty Deeds) 
Nationality: N/A
First Figure in Colorway: Bertie Mk1
Figures in Colorway: Bertie Mk1 (1/6), Bertie Mk2 (1/6, 1/12), Square Mk1 (1/6, 1/12, 1/8), Tank Square (1/6), Mighty Square (1/6), Dark Deeds Harold (1/6, 1/12), Dread Deeds 1G Armstrong (1/12)

What happens when you want to end the Great War? Do you try peace? No, because Rothchild will ruin that (see both Peaceday massacres). What about beating the other side? Sounds great but Rothchild keeps backing both sides. This Rothchild seems to be a problem. How about someone gets rid of him? The Earth Coalition had this exact idea.

The Dirty Deeds were created to kill their creator, Rothchild. The EC somehow bypassed the anti-tampering protocols Rothchild had on all of his robots and reprogrammed their AI.

The Dirty Deeds were composed of twelve Bertie Mk2s (a dirty dozen so to speak) and 3 Square Mk1s. Alongside with their handlers the group set out to try and assassinate Rothchild on his moon base.

They never arrived.

Instead the squad of Berties slaughtered their handlers. It was found out by the EC, upon reflection and investigation, that the Dirty Deeds lusted for freedom. A byproduct of severing the robots loyalty to Rothchild.

So with their masters dead the Dirty Deeds set out for Mars. That was where Nom de Plume found them and he somehow was able to persuade them and become their leader. Afterwards, Nom took the name Noir and with his new friends set off on a campaign of terror across Mars attacking Terrans one day and the Martians the next.

Rothchild eventually found out about this attempt on his life. This set him on the path to create the Caesar.

The tale of the Dirty Deeds was far reaching and much longer then just the failed Rothchild assassination and their time with Noir de Plume. The first of their kind was known as the Dark Deeds which were Harolds and served as prototypes for the future Berties.

After the failure the assassination attempt the EC didn't give up on trying to create something similar to the Dirty Deeds. What was born was the Dread Deeds. A secret attack unit that used different models of robots instead of just a single one that would work together to achieve their goal.

All deed colorways are a variation of black with white decals.

Dirty Deeds Decals/Sayings

The Dirty Deeds, their squares, and some victims.

The mainstay decal of the Dirty Deeds are their skull faces. Each one is unique and the all have a line leading down from them to a spade on their chest.

The many "faces" of the Dirty Deeds.

The spade might be in reference to the ace of spades which was known as the death card or as a sign of good luck.

Note the walking symbol on the right shoulder (our left). The signage on the left shoulder (our right). And the fist on the abdomen.

The Dirty Deeds share five other identical decals. One is a play on the walking symbol you'd see at crosswalks. However, this walking symbols head is exploding. A rather twisted take on a simple symbol. The possible meaning behind it might be that if it walks the Dirty Deeds will kill it.

Then there's a piece of signage that reads: If found return to hell. A humorous and morbid (a common theme with the Dirty Deeds) take on missing property or an animal.

The raised fist is an interesting decal. It doesn't follow the morbid theme of the other two. Instead this one speaks to the Dirty Deeds resistance to Rothchild.

Note the five marks next to the chest hatch. Photo Credit: Yee

There are five rectangles marked across all of the Dirty Deeds on their chests. At first I thought this could be an identification mark for each bot but they all have five of them. However, this appearance of five rectangles is do to the scale size (1/12). Let's look at them on a 1/6 Dirty Deeds Bertie.

Hard to make out but note the DDDDC to the left of the chest hatch.

These five rectangles become DDDDC on 1/6 Dirty Deeds figures. What could that stand for? Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (if this sounds familiar it's from AC/DC's Dirty Deeds).

Note the trinity on the back of the head.

Lastly, there are two N.O.M trinity symbols on the Dirty Deeds. One on the right arm and the other on the back of the head. This is definitely not an original marking and was probably added when Nom de Plume found and befriended the group.

Note the crown.

The squares of the Dirty Deeds retain some of their decals but have some unique to them. One being the crown seen atop of their head. Did these squares used to be viewed as little princes? Doubtful as the Dirty Deeds hated their squares and were only kept around because Noir used them to perform walking table tasks.

Interestingly enough this crown symbol is shared with another EC unit. The 11th Division Desert Combat.

Note the R and the crown symbol.

On the back of the square there's a Rothchild Mechanics logo. Knowing what the Dirty Deeds were created for this seems to be included on the squares to mock Rothchild.

Dark Deeds Decals/Sayings

Note... everything!

Dark Deeds retains the spade and skull motifs that the Dirty Deeds have along with Rothchild Mechanics logos.

Alongside those similarities there are some unique decals that set it apart from its predecessors. One being a four leaf clover. A four leaf clover is a rare variation of the three leaf clover. Four leaf clovers are also thought to bring good luck.

The four leaf clover is symbolic to the uniqueness of the Dark Deeds. Among the masses of other robots (the three-leaf clovers) the Dark Deeds stand out (four leaf clovers) do to their lack of loyalty to Rothchild.

We have a saying that first appears to be a unit identifier. That would be the one dark deed. This hearkens back to what the first Deed groups were designed to do. Kill Rothchild. 

Dread Deeds Decals/Sayings 

Note the big ol' skull and spade on the Armstrong's chest.

The Dread Deeds continue with the skull and spade motif of the Dirty Deeds. One interesting similarity between the Dread Deeds and the Dirty Deeds is the circle symbol seen around the raised first decal. On the Dirty Deeds it could be found around the raised fist but it seems to have moved to the skull for Dread Deeds.

Not the scribbling on the right side of the body, the 3 on the back of the head, and the DK on the jet pack.

On the back of the Dread Deed Armstrong there is the number 3. Unlike the previous Deed groups their members were not numbered. So the 3 might be a identifier for this Armstrong or it might refer to this Deed group being the third iteration (First: Dark Deeds, Second: Dirty Deeds, Third: Dread Deeds). 

The initials DK can be seen on the Armstrong's jet pack. This might be the initials of the Dread Deeds commander or it might stand for something else like Deed Kings, Dread Kings, or Donkey Kong.

Finally, there's some cursive scribbling that can be seen on the side. The writing seems to be unreadable (at least for me).

Dirty Deeds Memorial Decals/Sayings

Note... everything

The Dirty Deeds Memorial Mighty Square is an odd ball in the Deeds family. It only shares one decal with its Dirty Deed Square brethren (the crown). The rest of the decals on the Mighty Square are shared with the 11th Division (the skull, the get fucked by the 11th saying, and even the crown). So calling this a memorial feels odd as none of the decals are solely those of the Dirty Deeds.

Instead it appears to be a homage to the first two figures that Ashley Wood had done. Those being the 1/6 Bertie Mk1 in the Desert Combat and Dirty Deeds colorways.

Oddities of WWR Part 1

Breaking away from colorway breakdowns just for a moment to talk about some of the oddities with the WWR universe (colorway breakdowns will be twice a month with a filler post like this one in between).

It's already a well known fact that WWR is an alternate timeline from our own. There are very advanced robots, humans on Mars, a religious coalition, and an interplanetary war all happening in the 1980s.

There are also some minor details that you've might of spotted on some colorways or one's I have mentioned that add to this alternate timeline. Let's take a look at some of them.

Are the Nazi's Still Around?

I pointed this out in the Afrika Defense colorway breakdown. A very suspicious decal show ups on both the Heavy Bramble and the Armstrong.

They are four lines that really look like the arms of a swastika. Playing connect the dots you will get one.

So that raises the question. Do the Nazi's still exist within WWR? Is this new "swastika" a rebrand for the previous political group or has the group changed (hence their new symbol)?

This also has larger implications with World War 2. If the Nazi's or at least in a new form then something fundamentally changed after the largest war in human history. The Nazi's are one part of it but Afrika Defense also shows that Germany still has a military force operating outside of its borders. Possibly in defense of overseas territories.

Soviet Union and Christianity

The Soviet Union and Christianity have a turbulent history with one another. The Soviet Union encouraged atheism while actively controlling and eliminating religious groups.

So it might come as a surprise to find that the Soviet Union is apart of the Earth Coalition and the Red Army is sporting symbols of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Note the cross on the left shoulder (our right).

Note the cross on the back of the ammo canister.

Now this reappearance of the Christian faith is not new in the Soviet Union. During World War 2 Stalin revived the Russian Orthodox Church to further grow patriotism for the war. Stalin did this because he saw how the church could arouse the people in ways the communist party could not. Also, he wanted western help. In the years after World War 2 the church would see growth and less persecution but starting in the 1950s persecution was back in full swing.

So has the Soviet Union relaxed it's anti-religious practices in the WWR universe or are they pulling a Stalin and using the church for their own gains and to appease the Earth Coalition?