His opinion of them changes quickly after seeing them in combat.
When Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt is sent to Tanith to oversee the founding of these regiments, he is not impressed by the appearance of the men, initially describing them as 'a scrawny, scruffy mob of soft-voiced woodsmen'. Originally, there was three Tanith regiments raised for the Imperial Guard: the Tanith 1st, 2nd and 3rd - 6,000 men and a small number of vehicles and artillery pieces.
