I understand completely. When it was posted, the game was in an Age of Democracy. Stay strong, Helldiver.

Read the description. I've had too many of these comments. I made a fan edit of a fan film.

Combine would lose. Especially since you said Warhammer 40k and not one faction. I don't think the Combine, more appropriately the Universal Union, would stand a chance against the weapons and numbers of any 40k faction sadly.

@@TheWolfWhoCriedDuke Eh, Not really the combine would win the combine destroys universes. they discovered teleportation, so they can move as fast as they want, they have an uncountable number of universes and an uncountably high number of people, plus the combine also has synth units, for example strider, gunship drop ship combine guard supery synth crab synth. and these are just a few of the millions of synth combines, so the combine would easily beat Warhammer 40k.

I never really considered the scale of the Universal Union. Because in the games, we see so little. But you're right. The inter-universal teleportation they discovered was recent, meaning it is more effect as time goes on but slow and archaic in the beginning. They do have pulse weapons as well as void/black hole energy ball things (AR-2 alt) and power generation. Combine metal is nigh impenetrable but that's conventional 2000's era munitions and not 40k munitions. Explosions damage their vics so Bolters would be effective. So I guess their advantage is numbers, synth technology that could potentially replicate things like Tyranids?, and maybe teleportation if they get the time needed to perfect it. We know too little about how the Universal Union actually functions. They invade universes but we only see the aftermath of Earth's invasion, giving us the impression that they use the local population to garrison a conquered planet. But do they have their own interstellar army and navy? If not, then their chances at "winning" become a lot lower. If they do, then an easy win. Personally? I want to see more of their assets and things like how they traverse the void between stars. Which is why I'm working on a TTRPG campaign based on the Half-Life universe which I'm calling an expansion and slight reimagining.

Liebgott tried to protect Aliza. She was a new recruit. And Jackson. Oh poor Jackson. He was weeks from retirement. I'll get to work on Part II soon. I swear hahaha.

Every Helldiver is a chad, obviously.

If you mean the original animator? Then yes. It's a beautiful piece. Something that must have taken time and great effort. If you mean the Astartes, then I'd say you should have expected nothing less. If you meant my edits, I am humbly happy you enjoyed it.

I agree to an extent. Their lore-accurate reactions aren't really show here. Then again, it was more about visuals than lore-accuracy in this fan film. At least I think.

@@TheWolfWhoCriedDuke Хай. Согласен, картинка хорошая. Меня же помимо всего, раздражают: вспышки выстрелов у болтеров... И летящие гильзы 1:37 у тех же болтеров. Понятно, что Я, придираюсь, но наличие гильз говорит, о крайне примитивном оружии. Наш АГС-30 или Мк-19, очень простые машинки, да ещё и узкоспециализированные. Но в Вахе, есть магия, а значит не могут, точнее крайне опасно применять пороховое-огнестрельное оружие. Маг взорвёт порох в пороховницах... С другой стороны болт, это же Единые для Всего Империума боеприпасы!!! И болт 22,2 мм, заряжает от комиссар, и сестёр битвы, до космодесантник, и кустодианец... И те же болты пуляет танки и самолёты! Скорость же задаётся самим болтером... Автоматически задавая давление рабочего газа. Например вышибает - перегретым паром. А порох, ну это... уже морально устарел. Как минимум 1:45 под унитарный патрон. Не намного сложнее было бы сделать раздельное заряжание: отдельно пули, отдельно порох...

True enough. But I think stagnation is the primary theme of the Imperium. So having gunpowder cartridges makes sense. But yeah, I agree with you.

"You were supposed to bring balance to the bot front! Not leave it in darkness!"

Thank you. You're a good friend.

I will. Thank you.

I will, friend. I will.

I can make another edit :) Thanks for the suggestion.

​@@TheWolfWhoCriedDukeJUST DO IT )

Already done, friend. Already done.

We'll serve up a cup of Liber-tea!

Damn right!

100%. The original is so good that I find it of far better quality than some TV shows such as the Halo series. I wish we lived in a universe where GW wasn't such a shitshow of a company and instead simply hired the man, gave him a budget and a team, and let him go to town. Sadly... that isn't the case. Anyway, OG animation, or as I prefer to term it, fan film, was amazing in every respect. This video I have uploaded was, and always will remain, just a little goofy passion project of mine and a sort of love letter to show the original creator that I loved his creation. They say parodies are the highest form of compliment/flattery. And I hoped it would come across that way given how much I loved the fan film. It inspired me in my personal writings and reinvigorated my love for the lore. I'm rambling. Sorry.

Thanks. The trouble really was matching my simplistic placement of Half-Life 2 audio to this guy's smooth and fast-paced animations. He favored action shots with very little downtime. That had me spending a lot of time zoomed into the audio and timestamps of his animation so far. Every placement of audio was a task in and of itself. Not only this, but astute viewers will recognize that Half-Life 2 audio is not echoed in any way. So I had to add the echo in myself with a reverb to try and match the size of the ship. I even adjusted audio to play in either ear depending on their position on screen. Lastly, cutting audio to match a character's death. Cutting audio meant slapping on silence, something that is more tedious than in any way difficult, on each file. This allows any echo and reverb to have a runoff and sound a bit more natural. Sorry. I rambled. Point is, thanks. For something that was a bit of a passing passion project to augment this guy's amazing fan film (Honestly the original is so good I hate calling it an animation as it deserves the suffix "film") and then to get this much love for it was rewarding. I'm going through various things irl but I plan to finishing with a Part II.

@@TheWolfWhoCriedDuke WOW. I am even more impressed now. I understand having multiple projects. Although I don't do what you do; but I am patient. Thank you for your work and effort.

Ah, don't be impressed with what I did. It's easy. Just tedious. The real talent was the animation. Being so zoomed in on the audio and watching scenes in slow motion over and over several times all gave me such an appreciation of it. Nothing wasted. No mistakes from what I could see. It was beautiful. And I had this epiphany that this was the same feeling I'm sure those snobs get when looking at artwork in a museum. Awe. Pure awe.

@@TheWolfWhoCriedDuke Humility is healthy. Be aware that art comes in many forms, and requires several things to be good: knowledge of a craft, patient will to deal with meticulous bits, and imagination. Imagination can't be taught. You have it or don't. Many would-be artists don't. You imagined what sounds would work where, and how the size of the ship would effect it. In our world of billions, many artists fall through the cracks and have their work trivialized because technology saturates us with entertainment; and hack liberals push for notions of equality that dilute concepts of being special. "When everyone is special, no one is." Like the art snob passing through a museum, going through countless works, and though you are one of many as 1 in a million is still 1 among thousands in our world of billions, I recognize your abilities. You are among the small percentage with actual imagination, like the animator. In other words, take the compliment buddy.

Well thanks, bud! I really needed that today. :)

So damn true. There is definitely a certain badass visage to the silence of them. Their silence is loud. Incredibly so. The ever so subtle movements and gestures seem to be more than enough to communicate between comrades while leaving others in the dark. That said, you've got to admit that the few times an Astarte DOES speak, everyone listens. And that was something which inspired the original idea behind this little fan project of the man's fan film. I know for a fact that my audio additives aren't the greatest. They definitely don't fit the setting all too much. But I enjoyed the process of my extremely simple additions. It was fun to make. Hope you at least enjoyed it. Again though, silent Astartes are based as hell and definitely far better than this garbo.

You don't hear them because their speaking in their private vox channel, you guardsmen have no access astarte comms

True. But now you have me imagining a group chat between Astartes hahaha. "Brother Hiscarii, have you seen this new meme? It pokes fun at the lack of intellect in xenos."

I'll see about finishing the rest. This was a fleeting passion project. A spur of the moment edit of my favorite fan film. But I will wrap it up with a part II and maybe III soon.

Of course. The original, without my lame edits, is absolutely amazing. And I mean the pre-GW ownership as Omni-Man stated in his own comment. It was one of the few fan films that reinvigorated my love for the IP. And this edit of that fan film is my way of saying that I enjoyed it and wanted to do a small spin on it. Because a creator knows their content is loved when people start to edit or build upon it. I mean, I even painted a Retributors Squad of minis.

Well, as much as I loved the original, and boy did I love it, I wanted to try and add something to it as a little experiment. A sort of pet project one night. It's not like I didn't know about the original or was trying to pretend like it's my thing. If you take the time to read the description, I explain it in detail. Also.... love your username, Omni-Man.

The original is based in every way possible. From the amazing way they are portrayed to the attention to detail on armor and weapons.

@@TheWolfWhoCriedDuke That's cool. Just why call them Astartes of the Combine Overwatch? That's what led me to think you were trying to make it seem as your own. They're his home-brew chapter called The Retributors. GW made them canon when they hired him.

Well, that was just me not having a name of my own for them. Besides, you'd take one look and know that they were Astartes. Since I used Half-Life audio, I tried to mix the two names. Transhuman Astartes just felt right in that moment. You gotta remember that this was a spur of the moment project that took me a while just to sync up the audio with his animations. I didn't think people would mistake it as me trying to steal content since I had done a whole description on my intentions but I guess I need to be more careful in the future. I mean, this kind of content was never something I wanted to do as my channel is just VODs from my streams. It was more a one-off/possible little mini series where I add audio from other IPs. Sorry if you misunderstood based on the title. Thanks for letting me know your concerns. I'll think up a better name for videos like this and change them when I get a chance.@@Omni-Man

@@TheWolfWhoCriedDuke Well I appreciate you explaining the situation. I think leaving a small pinned comment would be better as in my experience people rarely go into desription boxes anymore unless it's to find a link the KZbinr said would be in there. Just something along the lines of "Not my animation/OC/IP, just a fan edit" or something like that.

Thank you! It was admittedly far more effort than something like this should have been. After all, I wasn't animating anything so I had assumed it wouldn't take too long.

I am now imagining an Astarte sending an emoji to his battle-brother and this thought will forever live rent free in my mind.

Agreed, friend.

Psy-ops. They really work. Lmao.

Oh same. I just had this little idea to spend my idle time. The original audio is definitely dope as hell.

I was thinking of trying it with a multitude of audio from different IPs. Helghast and Death Troopers were both on the list.

Yup. I await government agents at my door every day hahahaha. Glad you liked this little project of mine. I love the Astartes fan film and while the original is amazing in every way possible, I just wanted to add some audio to see what it would be like.

this is a stolen video. Not original content. Search "astartes".

@kamarad You didn't read the description then. It's a fan edit of a fan film. Ultra confusing. Never claimed to have animated it, hahaha. I have nowhere near this dude's skill level.

@calebllafayette4634 I'll get to it eventually. Been busy with an idea for a streaming project. Glad you liked my weird edit of an already kickass fan film.

"Contact. Target Ineffective." Basically saying he got shot and it didn't do shit. I love Astartes in the 40k-verse simply because they can shrug off stuff like this. Though, in the original fan film you can see that he bears the burns from the gun throughout the rest which was actually really cool, letting me keep track of that specific character.

Gets hit with a multilas Contact Responds to armour response of breached void seal which is available to everyone in the squads HUD: Target ineffective @@TheWolfWhoCriedDuke

Thanks. Was uh..... not expecting this many views tbh.

It took me hours to get the right audio and match them up. Hours for what amounted to three minutes of the fan film itself. Pain. Kek. But it gives me a deeper appreciation for the potential time it took to make the animated film itself. One scene must have been a day or more of work if not more.

Yeah, I'm just too used to being a frontline grunt. I'm a background NPC in function. Not used to being somewhere important. Might join Liru again if he ground commands another time. He's always fun to hang out with.

@@TheWolfWhoCriedDuke how about you come join us in ground command mmh?

FNF Ground Command? What are you referring to?

Why I am

I'll be joining this week's FNF for sure. The EU one is laggy for me for obvious reasons so I'd be doing NA.

Even in KZbin comments, you still talk Skaven. Love it. Thanks bud. I try to be as dedicated a medic as I can be in every game I play that allows it.