Friday, March 16, 2018

Deep Powder Corp

Faction: Unknown (either Earth Coalition or Martian Sympathizer)
Nationality: Unknown
First Colorway Appearance: Bramble Mk2 (Deep Powder) / Large Martin (Mr. Frosty) / A whole damn set (Frosty Choad)
Figures in Colorway (Deep Powder): Bramble Mk2 (1/6, 1/12), Bertie Mk2 (1/12), Bertie Mk3 Mode A & B (1/6, 1/12), Harold (1/6, 1/12), Square Mk1 (1/12), Square Mk2 aka Snippy (1/6), Bot Sniper Frank (1/6), Mighty Square (1/6), Caesar (1/6, 1/12), Grunt (1/6, 1/12)
Figures in Colorway (Mr. Frosty): Bramble Mk2 (1/12), Large Martin (1/6, 1/12), Dropcloth (1/6, 1/12), Square Mk1 (1/6), Square Mk2 (1/6, 1/12)
Figures in Colorway (Frosty Choad): Large Martin (1/12), Damn Large Martin (1/12), RPG Bramble (1/12), Bertie Mk2 (1/12), Square Mk1 (1/12)

The first thing to understand about the Deep Powder Corp is that it's a loose group and not heavily centralized. It serves as a patrol corps in Europe and has many of its smaller formations spread out over the continent. Some of these formations are the 3rd, Mr. Frosty, and Frosty Choad.

All the Deep Powder groups have a variation of whites, blues, and blacks as their main colors.

Decals

Mr. Frosty
Deep Powder. New main decal.
Deep Powder. Old main decal.
The old main decal that was used by the 3rd looked like stems with pedals on the end. It looks like wilting flowers and with the winter theme this would be apt for the Deep Powder Corp.

The new main decal of the 3rd is a snowflake. Mr. Frosty also have a snowflake as a prominent decal. They might look the same from a quick glance but the snowflake found on the 3rd is thicker and more defined then the Mr. Frosty snowflake. The Mr. Frosty snowflake is thinner, has more branches, and the branches don't connect to one another.

Note the lines on the body and going down onto the cloth
Lines on the main body and partially on the face shield

The main decal for the Mr. Frosty group are a series of lines. There direction and number (minimum of 2) of the lines varies. Some of the lines will form an F on some of the bots (Large Martin and the squares) this might stand for frosty or maybe they just like the letter F. On the Dropcloth the lines look like a 77.

Note the FC on the main body

The main decal for Frosty Choad is FC which is the initials of its name. If you're wondering what a choad is it is a derogatory term that refers to a penis that is wider than it is long. There, now you know.

Note the cartoon character on the bots right (our left)
On all the Deep Powder 3rd bots with the snowflake decals there's a cartoon character which has been drawn onto them. It's a person with two pointy incisors holding a bomb above their head and a word bubble. The world bubble doesn't have words but another drawing. It's a skull with a singular X inside of it. It looks like the little guy is saying death and about to lob a bomb. It's not uncommon for soldiers to draw on their equipment but this particular decal is found on other bots. One possibility of what it could be is the 3rd's mascot.


Note right shoulder (our left)
On some of the Mr. Frosty bots there is a Minus 77 decal. This sticks to the winter theme found for Deep Powder with the Minus 77 referring to temperature. Now whether it's in Fahrenheit or Celsius is up for debate (-77F = -60C, -77C = -106F).

Note left shoulder (our right)
Speaking of minuses there is one found on Frosty Choad bots on the left shoulder. Going back to the winter theme again with negative temperatures.

Note left shoulder (our right)
On all Deep Powder 3rd bots there is an arrow pointing upwards.

Note chevrons on face shield

Chevron on right side (our left) of the Square. Also note the square on the squares face (ha!)

On all Frosty Choad bots there is a series of chevrons on them. One is pointing towards a group of two. Also on all the bots (with arms) there are two chevrons located on their right shoulders. Two chevrons denotes the rank of corporal.

Also located on all Frosty Choad bots is a single square. This square is located in a variety of places. The Large Martins have them located around one eye, one on the square's face, one of the Brambles chest plates, and the Bertie's hand.

Mr. Frosty Decal
On some of the Mr. Frosty bots there is a decal sporting their name sake. A kind of skull with Mr. Frosty written below it. Either a unit badge or their mascot. It's an interesting choice as there was a children's toy in the 1980s known as Mr. Frosty which could make flavored ice (it didn't work all that well).

On all Deep Powder, Mr. Frosty, and Frosty Choad bots there are numbers.

For Deep Powder the most prominent is a big 3 or 3rd. Found on the Bertie Mk3s are the numbers 3 and 4. These are possibly there own designations as bot 3 and 4. The number 27 shows up on a few Deep Powder bots. This possibly might denote their own formation under the 3rd (3rd say being a division while 27 might denote the brigade under said 3rd division).

On Mr. Frosty all bots have a 77 surrounded by brackets.

On all Frosty Choad bots there is the number 17 followed by an M. 17 meters? 17 miles? Or something else entirely?

Sayings

Frigide Hassen
One saying found on the Deep Powder bots in frigide hassen. This is German for hate cold. Now this is a translation error (admitted by Ashley Wood). It's supposed to be flipped being read as cold hate. This saying falls in line with the winter theme of the Deep Powder Corp bots but the saying of cold hate has much more to do with feelings then it does with weather. 

Cold Heart
On the Mr. Frosty bots a saying that pops up is cold heart. Like cold hate the saying itself has less to do with weather and more so a feeling or emotion. Cold hearted is to be unfeeling or unsympathetic.

Zucker Tod (left tread, our right)
Another saying found on Deep Powder is zucker tod. This is German for sugar death. Sugar death fits into the winter theme of the Deep Powder Corp. Sugar is white and it does have the ability to kill. Also sugar is known as the white death which really fits in with the whole winter theme.

Names

Harold (Deep Powder): Winnipeg - Winnipeg
Square Mk1 (Deep Powder): Snippy - The name Frank gave to his Square. Frank thinks Snippy is embodied by his dead brother who died in a car accident at 11.
Bot Sniper (Deep Powder): Frank - He's Frank...
Large Martin (Mr. Frosty): Mr. J Frosty -This guy
Dropcloth (Mr. Frosty): Snowballer - Snowballer or Snowballer
Grunt (Mr. Frosty): Dunn - Dunn
Damn Large Martin (Frosty Choad): Stephen - Stephen Morris
Large Martin (Frosty Choad): Ian - Ian Curtis
Bramble Mk2 (Frosty Choad): Peter - Peter Hook
Bertie Mk2 (Frosty Choad)- Barney - Bernard Sumner
Square Mk1 (Frosty Choad): Gillian - Gillian Gilbert

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