666th Desert Combat (Sand Devils)

Faction: Earth Coalition

Nationality: Unknown

First Colorway Appearance: Large Martin

Figures in Colorway: Large Martin (1/6, 1/12), Damn Large Martin (1/12), Dropcloth (1/6, 1/12), Square Mk2 (1/6, 1/12), Mighty Square (1/6), Bertie Mk3 Mode A & B (1/6, 1/12), Caesar (1/6, 1/12), Grunt (1/6, 1/12)

One of the many desert forces of the Earth Coalition. The 666th were up for a fight in any arid region you could dump them in.

The 666th have a base color of tan. Weathering comes in brown, black, and white. Decals are presented in either black or white.

Decal Breakdown 

The primary symbol of the Sand Devils is a white skull which is surrounded by a white circle. On the skull there are the numbers 666. 

666 is the number of the beast with the beast being the devil. This religious symbolism is hardly surprising coming from an Earth Coalition group as they were a force primarily composed of Christians. Used in a reverse form here to intimidate their enemies instead of being something they feared themselves.

Note the 666 on the cannon canisters

Note the 666th on the head

The numbers 666 can be found on two other decals. The 666 which is encircled and another labeled as the 666th which itself is encircled as well.  

DC decal located on upper part of the arm

Then there's the initials DC inside of a square. They are either black or white. The initials stands for Desert Combat.

EC decal located on the DLMs right (to our left) arm

Another initial that be spotted on Sand Devils is EC in white. This stands for Earth Coalition.

Fallen decal on the Caesar's cloth and the bar code on its head. Photo Credit: Collectiondx

One very intriguing detail on the Sand Devils is the Fallen decal which is located on some of the bots. One's mind might immediately jump to the ex-N.O.M. members but one must keep in mind the religious symbolism used by the 666th. For them the Fallen have nothing to do with N.O.M. but everything to do with the devil. The devil (Lucifer) and his followers themselves were once one of Gods servants, angels. However, Lucifer rebelled and sparked a civil war in heaven that saw Lucifer and his allies defeated and cast out. They would forever be known as the fallen angels.

The last bit of decal is the bar code found on the back of some of the robots heads. This bar code doesn't read as anything but for the forces of the 666th it would be a quick and efficient way of keeping tabs on units that have returned from the field or not.

Cannon Sayings

Soldiers like to scribble on anything that can get their hands on. The cannons of the robots in the 666th are no different.

The Sand Devil Large Martin and the Damn Large Martin share the sayings devil tongue on their cannons. Devil Tongue might be in reference to the old Devil's Tongue Battery found on Gibraltar. It would make sense for the artillery pieces of the 666th to borrow a name from an artillery battery.

The saying on the Bertie Mk3 Mode B is fawk tongue. Fawk isn't a real word but it might be the 666th being cute with the word fuck.

Names

The 666th do love to name their bots. Below is their names and any real world connections that they have.


Large Martin: Robbie - Unknown real world connection
Damn Large Martin: Bobbie (If I remember correctly) - Unknown real world connection
Dropcloth: Monty - Bernard "Monty" Montgomery
Square Mk2: Meh-Fisto - Mephistopheles
Bertie Mk3 Mode A: Chad - A 3A Legion Member
Bertie Mk3 Mode B: McQueen - Steve McQueen
Caesar: Clint E. - Clint Eastwood
Mighty Square: No Name
Grunt: Private Fuchs - Fuchs is German and Yiddish for fox