100% Blind Reaction to ASTARTES 40k Animation. This is peak fiction.

[@jaylenharris343]

GW hired the dude who made this and gave him golden handcuffs.

[@reptiliangold15]

Rip

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

Hired him to never animate again....

[@HovektheArtist]

Sad shit

[@James-bw4np]

Yup. They saw that fans could make better stuff then they could in-house @GW and made sure that would stop.

[@fightertalon3690]

Gotta love when a company gets all angry about a one man team making a better trailer like thing than they ever did. So angry in fact they threatened to take it all down unless he signed for them. To which, like you said, he'll never animate again. I hate this company fully tbh. I wish Warhammer was in better hands now.

[@jaylenharris343]

16:49 That Psiker yelled "Recall them immediately". Unfortunately him breaking his concentration like that allowed the sphere to possess him.

[@platinumgames1314]

respect for the guy, the ultimate sacrifice for his brothers in arms

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

I never noticed the psyker actually said something. Interesting detail

[@TheArcher20]

bro I missed that and I've rewatched the whole astartes project like ten times

[@ngaisein]

Yeah and the 2 balls are talking each other too. Like I have failed brother and I will possess the priest here , something like that

[@heavyhebrew]

@@Blu_Moon_Owl It has been years and people are still trying to decipher what the orbs say. I have gone over this video myself exhaustively and now I know what he said and it makes the scene even better. The Interrogator, he wasn't a full fledged Inquisitor, sacrificed himself to save a squad of Marines. Metal AF!

[@Onithyr]

This is why the standard imperial guard lazrifle, despite being a devastatingly destructive weapon by our standards, is referred to as a "flashlight".

[@lowfpsman]

It is strong... But space marines wearing almost tank armror. future tank armor. and they use anti light armored wehicle weapons. So...

[@quiotu]

@@lowfpsman Yeah, basically. Their standard weapon is a bolt gun, which effectively fire rocket propelled coke bottles that explode.

[@HienNguyen-cs1md]

@@lowfpsman Even the Tau plasma weapon barely does anything to a Spacemarine

[@lordmech]

just remember......the planet broke before the guard did. every other faction would have left the planet long before then EVEN space marines.

[@ozzymand1as]

The humble lasgun, supremely effective against 99% of Mankinds enemies. Unfortunately, men, we are facing that last 1%.

[@Delta285]

They gave him a job, did nothing with him, and forbade him from making anything new or talking about his experience in GW

[@orochi5919]

wtf that’s bullshit that can’t be true?

[@jaylenharris343]

Golden handcuffs, basically. This is why people can't stand GW.

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

They hired him to disappear. Games Workshop doesn't deserve their own IP

[@fightertalon3690]

@BlooCollaGal FR..... They're starting to ruin it now..... Sucks to watch a company change it's story for corporate greed and the almighty Amazon.

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

@@fightertalon3690 The trend of BS retcons existed LONG before the modern "woke" stuff. Games Workshop has only ever stumbled into success.

[@Orion11b]

Nux, anytime you see the Uppercase Letter I on someone in 40k, it means inquisition.

[@rememberjerry936]

Unless its imperial navy lol

[@ethanor]

@@rememberjerry936 Or 1st Company Space Marines

[@divinemonologue]

@@rememberjerry936 no, the in has a ship wheel with wings at the center of the i

[@tgibbst]

ASTARTES is the best display of what a bolter is and how it works, its not just a assault rifle like most games show it as. a bolter shoots armor piercing mini rockets that reduce normal humans to bloody paste in a single shot. they weren't built to conquer the galaxy, they were built to conquer other humans.

[@darksteelmenace595]

No they were built to conquer EVERYTHING

[@eXpriest]

They were made cause the people who make guns forgot how to make volkite guns.

[@kinagrill]

it's if an assault rifle shoots redbull can-sized explosive grenades with micro-second delay explosive.

[@newhope33]

@@eXpriest Not so much forgot they just couldn't produce them fast enough to supply the legions.

[@Kareszkoma]

I'm not sure of that. A bit of both or all. Seems like a massive overkill simply for humans, but sometimes it's not even enough for humans or other things. The Emps also forbade anyone to record or broadcast what the Space Marines were doing. Either for propaganda or otherwise. It seems like a shame more so. But, they are Space Marines, both shock troops and a vanguard.

[@Staccet]

This is the dialogue between the orbs "...no escape. I have failed brother." 'We have all failed. The Astartes deny our touch. You must return, break your seal." "Impossible, (I) will never survive." "You must! Take them!"

[@equizzix4804]

Thanks man! I was missing like half the lines. I spent like two hours registering, trying to figure it out.

[@ozzymand1as]

And the black cloud that slammed into the thing was a demon

[@Staccet]

@@ozzymand1as That was the inquisitor's last act of spite.

[@ozzymand1as]

@@Staccet I wish, but no, word of God says it was a demon attacking the orb tentacle thingy

[@theengineerguy8607]

"You must take the Alpha" (Or, "You must. Take the Alpha." Alpha in question being the Inquisitorial Pskyer prying into the orb)

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

“Idk who he is but he looks like a heretic” Nailed it, how’d you get so good at understanding 40k

[@ethanemerson4862]

(18:14) trust me, that was a mercy kill. If the possession was successful, he would have killed the entire crew. Daemon-possessed psykers are 10x more dangerous than the normal psykers.

[@jaylenharris343]

The dude who made this was gonna continue the Astartes series, possibly with different space marine legions. But he ended getting hired by GW, I personally believe that was a mistake.

[@LetholdusKaspyr]

He was going to be forced to stop either way, because official GW products can't compete with fan material this good, and GW had decided they wanted to get into the subscription model, so he WAS competition. He could either accept their money and stop making stuff, or not accept their money and stop making stuff.

[@valkyrie283]

He didn’t have much choice in the matter. It was either get hired by GW, or have his tan project get nuked. Which… it kind of did anyway…

[@eXpriest]

Sodaz got c&d'd, stepan would've too, so would bruva Alfabusa if he and his team kept going.

[@ODDnanref]

​@@valkyrie283 I mean, he is still working on animation for GW. His style is seen in the Horus Heresy trailer. Probably still working on his Astartes 2 project, but the first one took 4 years to make, so the 2nd one will take at least as long.

[@WorldArchivist]

​@@eXpriest Sodaz had to deal with toxic "fans" on top of the GW bs, but fortunately he's still making stuff. He's made good progress on a Fallout project.

[@calebcollins5887]

Wait until Nux realizes that there are three distinct Warhammer settings. The original Warhammer fantasy, then came 40K the cash cow, and then they took fantasy outback a decade ago to kill the setting let chaos win and restart it as Age of Sigmar.

[@Hasserthered]

And now they're bringing Fantasy back with The Old World

[@calebcollins5887]

@@Hasserthered true, but that still seems like just a prequel of fantasy than a separate story.

[@kinagrill]

there's technically 4. Bloodbowl is it's own side-reality alternate-version of Warhammer fantasy.

[@TheThewhatnow]

They also added 30K as a setting with almost no model overlap.

[@dagdamor1]

Astartes by Syama Pedersen is the one animation that convinced me that a Chapter-strength Space Marine force (~1,000 Marines) steamrolling a planet would be completely believable. One thousand main characters each with Simo Hayha-levels of aim, the durability of a light tank, the speed of an ATV, the stealth of a jungle apex predator, several times the combat experience of the most hardened Navy Seal, and the individual firepower of an entire mechanized platoon. Consider any battlefront of 2024, and consider how swiftly a Chapter would disembowel any opposing force on this planet with an ease bordering on contempt.

[@elytraman1809]

id argue evene more duability than a tank

[@RiskOfBaer]

Space Marines conquered planets back in 30k, when they were still at legion strength. In 40k you don't send a space marine chapter just to conquer a planet, they are too valuable for that. That's what the imperial guard is for.

[@darksteelmenace595]

A chapter? You only need a company (unless the planet is heavily fortified by elite troops)

[@HienNguyen-cs1md]

@@RiskOfBaer They even steamrolled the Orks and the Eldars. Imagine fighting with legions of space marines with each of them having different quirks

[@ethanor]

As long as they are supplied with bolter rounds, a tactical squad (3 marines) is enough to conquer any nation today.

[@arcticbanana66]

2:33 - "This ride" is actually a boarding torpedo. Yes, not a boarding _shuttle,_ a boarding _torpedo._ The Astartes didn't _fly_ to the enemy ship, they were _shot at it._ Because that's just how Astartes do. 3:40 - These guys have a bit of a superficial resemblance to Necron Pariahs. Obviously they can't actually be Pariahs, since Pariahs are Blanks, but the slight visual resemblance is there. 8:30 - There was a quote in one of the novels, maybe it's a recurring bit, where a Guardsman watches Astartes in combat and comments that "Nothing that big should be able to move that fast." Also, if I recall correctly, the Tau don't classify Astartes as infantry, but as _light tanks._ 8:52 - That's a plasma pistol. Plasma weapons are good against heavily armored enemies and light vehicles. Too bad these guys have an Invulnerable save. 11:49 - That's an Inquisition sanctioned psyker. He's monitoring the captive. Sanctioned psykers are able to actually fully control their powers; being in the Inquisition with any rank instead of being part of a Battle Squad means this guy is at least a Delta-grade psyker. 12:40 - Notice how the floor is frozen. Unnatural cold is one of the signs of Chaos presence. 16:20 - The creator has provided a transcript of the dialogue in a Reddit comment. "...no escape. I have failed brother." "We have all failed. The Astartes deny our touch. You must return, break your seal." "Impossible, (I) will never survive." "You must! Take them!" The psyker shouted "Recall them immediately!" and then the captive entity tried to possess him to attempt to escape. 17:50 - Here we see a textbook execution of "Exorcism Protocol". 19:07 - Oh, you better believe it. 20:35 - This is happening in the Warp, and that's the actual form of the sphere. The creator hasn't confirmed anything, but they're hypothesized to be either Umbra or Yu-vath. The black shadow is a Warp entity that _totally_ just ate it, which severed its connection to the Marines and caused them to get dropped back into Realspace. 20:56 - The value of the service studs varies depending on the Chapter, but by the most common "Silver=50 years, Gold=100 years", this Marine has served for at least 200 years. 21:23 - If you look very closely while the camera pans around, you can see the rest of the squad appearing on the other pillars. 24:30 - The Imperium considers a single Tactical Squad sufficient to put down a planetary rebellion.

[@atomique3656]

thank you for that

[@stilgar11235813]

That space marine had three service studs in his forehead so 300 years of active duty. 20:57

[@RepileKing]

If I remember correctly it's 100 years for a gold stud and 50 years for silver. He has 1 gold and 2 silver, so 200 years of active duty.

[@Sorkeeeen]

@@RepileKing why does he not have 2 golden ones then? U could be right but silver might have another value so it makes more sense :)

[@stilgar11235813]

I didn't know they had different colors for years served. I'm only six books into the heresy and the infinite and the divine.

[@andyknightwarden9746]

​@@Sorkeeeen It could also be 120 years of service.

[@gama343]

Different Chapters assign different meanings to their service studs, if they even use them, but since these guys, the Retributors, are an Imperial Fists successor, they most likely use gold to represent a century and silver to represent a decade. If the guy we see at the end was ten years old when he was recruited, then he's probably around 140-160 years old, depending on how long they like to keep their guys in the Scout Company before becoming a full-fledged Battle Brother.

[@TheDeathsfear13]

I remember when the astaries accounts got hacked and neither Twitter or KZbin would do anything. Fans of the creator had to bully the hackers out and bully Twitter and KZbin to let the creator have his account back. Now GW officially owns the project and has let the creator do nothing with it. I feel sad for the guy.

[@darkknight8643]

This reminds me of AM from “I have no mouth but I must scream” They mad a god, but he was locked in a cage.

[@kyze8284]

They bought him so he would stop making better things than they could Greedy heretics

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

The fastest way do defeat a ship is with boarding parties. The fastest way to board an enemy ship _is to ram your ship inside theirs._

[@heavyhebrew]

It's a disintegrator, used by boarding ships and torpedoes. Yes, in Warhammer, they load you into a special made torpedo and fire you into the ships. This time they used a special boarding Thunderhawk.

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

@@heavyhebrew I am familiar with both techniques, but I was really alluding to the tendency of Imperial ships to frontal ram their opponents. It's stupid OP in Battlefleet Gothic

[@heavyhebrew]

@@DoubleYouDotTrump A Gothic player, damn, thought you guys were endangered. Excited for SM2?

[@Asyndyn]

@@DoubleYouDotTrump BFG was great! It's nice that they used it in the Rogue Trader game

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

@@heavyhebrew I'm always excited for *good* 40K games...

[@ExRazR]

this is fanmade? no, made by ONE fan!

[@EVER_PRINCE]

That’s unfortunately not true, it was a huge controversy a while ago when he was hired by GW

[@90bubbel60]

@@EVER_PRINCE technically he got small bit of help with sound and one of the lightings i believe but the vast majority was still made alone

[@FuXeD]

@@EVER_PRINCE the rumors you are talking about ending up being false, it was later re-proven that he did indeed do 99.9% of the work himself.

[@EVER_PRINCE]

@@FuXeD the controversy was when he was hired it was revealed that he did have a team to help him and for legal reasons he had to say it was just him when it came to donating money to him. That’s the extent of my knowledge but it’s good to clarify that he did have help and there isn’t anything wrong with that.

[@FelbloodStreaming]

He made all but ONE of the models. It's an insane amount of work.

[@1990loulou]

Fun fact the guy they punched and then emptied a clip into his helmet is supposed to be damn near soundproof, so the fact you can hear him means that he is literally screaming at the top of his lungs and then some for you to be able to hear him

[@innocentbystander3317]

"Recall them immediately.... AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGH!" 👊💥💥💥💥💥

[@equinox1726]

You know you're reading/watching peak when you have to say out loud, "DON'T END IT LIKE THAT!" Astartes is so good man.

[@Ironclad_Liver]

I can't wait for him to find Helsreach

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

Hands down that is my favorite 40K animation. It benefits from the official VA audio and you get to watch the creator become a more skilled animator as it progresses.

[@aidanjackson5084]

He should also have him react to the animation for "The Last Church," taking place during the last days of the Unification Wars on Terra, with the Emporer meeting and debating with the Last Priest of the Last Church on Terra

[@woodchuck94og]

Its really mid it misses a lot points from the real audio book

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

​@@woodchuck94og You're right, it leaves a lot out. I think it's best as an addition to the real audiobook.

[@chucklytell]

Bro will be saying "as if there was only one"

[@drogarmythosthepurpledrago581]

Probably one of the best ways to show what an astartes is all about.

[@bjorn_fell23]

Funfact these space marines are now canon, they are called the redemptors

[@Jaden_The_Celestial]

I believe they’re the only home-brew (custom created) Chapter to be officially made canon. Edit: OKAY! Apparently I heard wrong. There are other home-brew chapters out there who did get indoctrinated as canon Chapters. I did not know. But I do thank everyone for educating me and letting me know the Retributers aren’t the only ones.

[@weaponmaster1515]

Retributors are the successors of the imperial fists so your right on one of them

[@invalidbonsai4962]

Retributors*

[@outbreakperfected9374]

​@@Jaden_The_Celestial i think i know at least one other: the Raptors. They are a loyalist successor chapter of the Raven Guard who wear green camo and use modern day tactics instead of blindly charging into enemy lines like zealots. They are the canon version of the Reasonable Marines, a very popular homebrew meme chapter.

[@williansnobre]

@@invalidbonsai4962 I thought they had changed the name. In my opinion the name was the only thing about them that I didn't like, Retribtors doesn't sound as cool as Redemptors.

[@claytonhutsler8565]

When they hired him they made it canon. I think his chapter is named the retributors. You love to see it.

[@Goomsies]

The Redemptors

[@elispencer760]

@@Goomsieshe was correct they are called the retributors. The redemptors are a different chapter. Very similar colors but the logo is different and the redemptors have a lot more fleshed out lore. His fanmade-now official- retributors chapter has a lot less info. Their founding is a mystery, don’t what legion they came from and what primarch, chapter master, or homeworld. And maybe that’s supposed to be a mystery for a reason.

[@Captain-Wavzies]

​@@elispencer760 Don't quote me on this, but I believe we recently got more info: They're fleet-based and a Successor Chapter to the Imperial Fists. I think we also got a name for a Chapter Master as well

[@theforkedman3030]

Fan animations is how most people get into Warhammer. A friend of mine got into Warhammer through fan animations and before they showed them to me I'd never even heard of Warhammer.

[@UnsungThermidor]

2-3 episodes to the birth of Slaneesh would be nothing but 6 hours of Eldar sex scenes, and one really big boom at the end.

[@Geraduss]

Oh and Horus Heresy wouldn't be 2-3 episodes it would be 2-3 dussen seasons.

[@darkknight8643]

It could be a progression through ages. It could come from the perspective of and eldar who isn’t part of sex stuff and leaves for space. The beginning can be where they win the war and over the years they begin to get bored, the main character will want to explore space but their friend will stay back because they “want to see if something fun will happen”. When they come back it is just a nightmare. Rape. Murder. And so much torture.

[@Nathan5027]

The reason he's thanking Markiplier, it that when this guy was about half way through, someone stole his videos and copyright claimed him, Markiplier was one of the KZbinrs that rallied around to get him his stuff back

[@chadwhitfield6946]

Ok, there is a channel called warrior tier. They do 1st person 40k stories. Not too long. The voice acting is amazing. The Ogryn one is a favorite of ppl. The Lamenters is emotional. They're all damn good. You should check them out.

[@oneevilchef]

If you watch the final scene closely, you can see each member of the squad being teleported to random platforms.

[@oneevilchef]

In reference to building your war chest of Warhammer memorabilia, lore, and effects: there so much out there, it'll never be enough... EVEN IN DEBT, I STILL SERVE!

[@Dankusmemes]

i like how you are so convinced that was a mechanicus, but it was an inquisitor psyker that got possessed. what happened there was in no way overkill, possessed psykers are very dangerous and if not stopped immediately would have killed everyone on that ship

[@GarlicAvenger]

a few things - The duo that the astartes fight that are Psykers - they are LOW LEVEL psykers, basically just above regular human Psykers. Thats how insanely scary W40K's brand of "space magic" is. on a Tier List they'd rank around C or D, with basic human psykers being D or E. Astartes Psykers are like A, with grey Knights and Chapter/Legion Chief Librarians (like Njal Stormcaller from the Space Wolves) being S rank, and the Emperor himself being SSS rank. Thing of the scale as a MAGNITUDE, like the earthquakes scales we use to measure. It's multiplicative, not additive... Lol. Also - That's NOT a mechanicus member. Its wearing The "I" symbol for the INQUISITION. Mechanicus wear the Cog-Skull symbol. It's probably a lower ranked Inquisitor, who is a Sanctioned Imperial Psyker. (so trained well to use their powers) he himself is probably a "B rank" on the Psyker scale I mentioned. (it's not an official measurement system btw, there is no "psyker teir scale" in lore... just for ease of explanation).

[@Snow-Willow]

Their lore is psykers are bad ass dangerous, even at low levels, but they definitely don't translate that well in the TTRPG. In actual game play they're average at best, and you don't get any even half way dangerous psyker powers until the 3rd rank iirc. Most of them are just buffs or debuffs. Still fun to play for the chance of warp shenanigan's and RP though. Managed to successfully kill an entire party by myself once, lol.

[@James-bw4np]

Nux: "I am a LOREMASTER!" Also Nux: "Look at that Tech Priest Psyker!" while looking at the multiple "I" insignia of an INQUISITORIAL AGENT. ITS NOT A COGBOY!! I am taking away your Loremaster creds and give you a Servitor rating. (Edit -auto spelll check doesn't like 'Psyker')

[@joshuacouture479]

I was having a stroke when he kept calling the inquisitorial agent a tech priest

[@damadkollector]

It’s cool to see him dive into 40K but every time he gets close to understanding something deep in the lore and gets it wrong I just SMH 😂

[@curethedarkness]

To be fair, he hasn't done a deep dive into the Inquisitors yet, he knows about them but he's barely scratched the surface. Give him time, he's clearly loving 40k so he'll get there.

[@James-bw4np]

@@curethedarkness it just hurts hearing him say that with such confidence that he has it all right...

[@ericmacrae6871]

​@@James-bw4npwell to be fair their could be an inquisitior adeptus mechanicus.

[@manofculture4938]

that is exactly why henry cavil is making a 40k show

[@martenkahr3365]

Henry Cavill was making a 40k show, until Amazon's constant attempts to inject bullshit drove him to leave the project around two weeks ago.

[@manofculture4938]

@@martenkahr3365 wait what really?? Thats horrible. Edit: dude, those are just rumors. There is nothing official in it

[@Snow-Willow]

Yep, it was Amazon's agenda pushing and GW pulling the BS they did with the Custodes that made him quit. The Custodes are his favourite faction and GW tried to retcon that females can be members of that order when according to lore they very clearly cannot. Really sad, but might be a silver lining. The last thing we want is 40k going too mainstream or it'll deteriorate into an unrecognizable mass just like D&D has.

[@myflatlineconstruct]

​@@manofculture4938Sadly, Rumors or no, Henry isn't about lore destruction. If he smells degradation coming, he'll bail. Simple. He's proven this. I respect him on this above all. Especially this IP. It's like digging up runes in dirt. They're beautiful in their way. They say viciously things that kids shouldn't be privy. What's the best course of action? Oh , why don't we change everything but keep the austetic. That's brilliant. We won't know what the source meant , fuck it. Completely miss the original creators intentions, dismiss 300 plus novels and many more lore creation. No big.

[@kermitthefrog2578]

​@@manofculture4938 what's come out is game workshop saying that there are female custodes when there are won and it's a battle between Henry cavil and the woke dumbasses of Amazon.

[@PyroMancer2k]

"Why has no one made a TV Show." As others mentioned Games Workshop did hire the guy. I don't know how many projects he worked on but there is a GW Streaming service where they have several short stories. One is about evacuation when planet is under attack. Another is about Tau. Another follows sister of battle. Another is guard defending against Dark Eldar attack. Not sure if there are any others.

[@lordgod9958]

Slideshow and bolter(or hammer and Slideshow if you prefer) has 12 as I recall but a couple of those are warhammer fantasy not 40k They had another series for stormcast eternals that while not quite this quality was actually pretty good

[@RaixsOreh]

Theres also an Imperial Knight vs chaos show now.

[@RaixsOreh]

Theres also an Imperial Knight vs chaos show now.

[@diarrheadan3601]

The Tau animators dipped and made their spin off Project Morningstar

[@vampjager8586]

If I remember correctly the two orbs are are chaos relics that are linked. So they used the one to track the other. When the Marines got close they started talking to each other and the Inquisitor was listening in. The conversation was essentially, "The Astartes are here so I'm gonna peace out you should break out too."

[@RaixsOreh]

I dont think they're supposed to be chaos. But they are Warp entities. There are other things in the warp other than Chaos.

[@ozzymand1as]

They were original aliens, the creator was going to go more into their deal but the golden handcuffs happened

[@julietdelta9]

Also when it went into the warp, something snatched it up and ate it.

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

​@julietdelta9 , looked like a Screamer of Tzeentch to me

[@kermitthefrog2578]

​@@brothersgt.grauwolff6716 damn that tzeentch, always doing something...for ÇhÆnGê¡

[@ralderick_]

that would be the Ceastus Assualt ram. An Astartes boarding craft that uses massive meltaguns to punch a hole into enemy ships.

[@ALJ9000]

Actually, that’s a boarding torpedo. Astarties just don’t get hurt by the impact.

[@ironduke5058]

@@ALJ9000 No that's the Caestus, boarding torpedoes don't have the huge melta attachment at the front

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

​@@ironduke5058, you would be correct also there were 2-3 other Marines at the ship the pilot of the Cestus Boarding Ram and 1-2 Marines on watch waiting for them to return or cover them if things went wrong

[@jowaynenicholson4056]

The guys just walking towards the orb trying to pulse them away is just RAW

[@sdfabctr]

I love the shear volume of detail and thought that went into the fight sequences, the early scene with the heretic firing the autocannon through the walls, if you watch that scene really closely you'll see that as his gun flashes with each shot he takes you can see one of the marines getting closer to him, its so subtle and so brilliant.

[@JohnDoe-ze5by]

And the marine fires two bolter shots, not just one- one for the heretic actually firing the autocanon, and a second for the loader who's the other part of the 2-man autocannon team.

[@sdfabctr]

@@JohnDoe-ze5by I actually didn't catch that, the utilitarian way the marines fight is so genius, every shot is planned and calculated, they're not only ridiculously strong but very smart and composed, cold as ice in this super chaotic warzone. I love all the thought that went into astartes.

[@LuoSon312_G8]

these are Imperial Fist successors, their chapter is known as the Redemptors. in current 40k; this animation was their last known location.

[@billbillinger2117]

The Inquisitor Listening in the the two Chaos Orbs, 1 in their possession, the other just spiked by the strike team: Orb1: "I have failed brother...we have all failed. The Astartes defy our touch. You must return. YOU MUST BREAK YOUR SEAL!" Orb2: "We will never survive!" Orb1: "You must take them!" Inquisitor breaks concentration to relay to superior: "Astartes in danger!" Inquisitor is then possessed by Orb 1 after breaking focus.

[@Alpha00Fox]

The inquisitor guy was the reason the astartes squad wasn't held perpetually in that warp space. He did get taken over but it was only because he chose to go on the offensive instead. That was the black attack/aura that broke the tentacle warp creature's hold on them. He destroyed the other target that he was eavesdropping on in exchange for not protecting his own mind/body from the closer one. Truly a hero.

[@diseabronx5075]

Things like this are why Space Fantasy are so fantastic. I don’t need the science to know how it works in universe. I just want to see feats of sheer badassery depicted in high definition.

[@DraustTrollbaneUS]

"Do we have any stories of people in the Warp?" Lord Kaldor Draigo would like to "talk".

[@derekdrake8706]

The floating testicle is a xeno artifact that they used to use to teleport all over the galaxy. They're linked to other orbs and this one was talking to it's kin, trying to warn them about the space marines when it decided to self destruct and take the marines with it into the warp. The marines would've been stuck there in Hell but something swooped in to rescue them.

[@asianbandit4054]

One man did this? YES. One man and he has be silenced forever

[@northerntoe]

“ so this is taking place after the Horus heresy?” I want to be so angry about that statement but yet this is the state we’re at aren’t we where people don’t understand that most of the fiction and story is after an event that only recently has been fleshed out And is in fact, considered a legend to most of the people living in that world

[@BananaManInaPan]

I didn't know a damn thing about Warhammer until you started watching lore about it Nux. Now I'm just as in love with it as you. I gotta check to see if the novels are in audiobook format or something so I can listen to them at work.

[@Snow-Willow]

Horus Rising is a great starter book, but it's 30k instead of 40k so a bit different sometimes. If you want to really dive into lore too I can't recommend Arch (Used to be ArchWarhammer but changed his name to just Arch) highly enough. I consumed literally dozens of hours of his lore videos when I first got into 40k and it gave me a great springboard into everything else. When you're ready for a comedic, but lore friendly, take give "If the Empreror had a Text-to-Speech Device" a go. It's frickin hilarious while still all being basically lore accurate.

[@BananaManInaPan]

@@Snow-Willow Thanks for the suggestions!

[@rememberjerry936]

Warhammer is actually designed to support fan creation, for example with the space marines it’s believed that there are 1000 chapters. Each chapter is an independent group of 1000 astaries lead by their chapter master. Of the ones we know are the 9 loyal first founding chapters (those are the remanence of the legion lead by the primarchs who would all eventually disappear after the horus heresy) and around 100 others which we have official paint schemes for, the rest of the space exists so people can make up there own chapters. One final thing is geneseed, it is the first organ implant space marine recruits get and its what causes to 1 become a beast and 2 become like there primarch (the geneseed is a mix of emperors and primarchs dna) successor chapters get there geneseed from first founding chapters, hence are successors and they usually end up with a mix of traits from their forbears which is really fun

[@deathpunch2169]

Nux HAS to react to the official trailers/cinematics as well ❤ I would recommend watching each one in full first and then go though it again, pausing and analyzig everything.

[@Eshelion]

The guy connected to the orb was psyker of Inquisitorial origin (either and Inquisitor or just someone working for Inquisition) - big "I" on his robes confirmes that; also the lack of mechanical tentacles ;). He was listening into Orbs communication - the one they got into custody earlier and have on their ship, and the other the squad we were seeing tried to seize. He warned them about danger for the squad ("recover them immediately" or something other of sort, muffled so no certainty for exact words), but lost focus and orb used it to overload his mind and open it for warp to destroy him.

[@lowfpsman]

10:40 Imagine those beast, THE space marines, being mid in 40k in comparison to most dangers that lurc in warhammer...

[@Hielo_Azul]

I didn't get to see nux watch this live but I'm glad I get to see it here!

[@lordgod9958]

@nuxanor there have been rumors for several years Henry Cavill is partnering with Games Workshop and Amazon to do a tv series. It's supposedly in the works, but nothing specific has been released at this time

[@ShapeshifterOS]

Yeah and unfortunately Amazon wants it to be more "diverse."

[@James-bw4np]

Eh, Amazon show-runners want Female Custodes in the show which goes directly against the lore that has been in place for over 30 years... and Rumor has it that Cavill is not happy with that (he mains Custodes in the table top). GW don't care, and Cavill was supposedly pitched it but no contract was signed, so technically he is not associated with it. So things are not looking well on that front right now. Once again this is all just rumors right now.

[@darkknight8643]

@@James-bw4npuntil I hear something from him all of this is just rumors. I am with you man.

[@canyunhicks1587]

Love the videos nux!!! I'm having fun watching you get all into Warhammer! I'm also a huge fan of the universe. 😊 I do wanna point out that that guy isn't a mechanicus member he is an Inquisitor. They are two separate things.

[@catechumen4458]

Now you need to watch helsreach

[@BobMcBobJr]

Kaldor Draigo is in the warp. He brings the hams.

[@MDLSenju]

Warhammer has an animated series called “Hammer and Bolter” (each episode might be a standalone) you should check it out

[@darkalex9468]

17:55 - This is the inquisitor. (He may still be one of the Mechanicus, but he is an Inquisitor.) This can be understood by his Insignia. The Mechanicus symbol is a half-metal skull. The symbol of the Inquisition is a skull against a background of a large "I" with three perpendicular lines. The symbol of the Inquisition is on his back, on his shoulder pads and on his rosary.

[@eruantien9932]

For those wondering why Markiplier appeared in the thanks; the Astartes channel got hacked between the release of the last two episodes - Markiplier was one of the main guys strong-arming YT into restoring access. (Valrak was thanked for the same reason).

[@HorizonStronghold]

The orbs say: “No escape…I have failed.” “Brother, we have ALL failed. The Astartes deny our touch. You must return, break your seal.” “Impossible, we’ll never survive…” “You must. TAKE THEM.”

[@timconner7693]

Since the guy got hired at Games Workshop (the owners of Warhammer 40k and Fantasy) it has now become Canon.

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

Yes, but they hired him to never make another 40K project. His job is to not exist.

[@jaylenharris343]

@@DoubleYouDotTrump Can't have this dude making better animations than than a giant corporation. Makes them look bad, they're scum.

[@Marcomagnuss]

@@DoubleYouDotTrump supposedly he was behind any good animations that came out of GWS

[@A_Random_SpaceKnight]

Glad you have discovered the absolutely absurd glory of 40k dude! Welcome to the grimdark brother

[@fidazzlegyroman]

I believe Markiplier helped the guy get his KZbin channel back after someone hacked into his account and deleted all his videos.

[@AEgirQuestions]

I'm loving Nuxanors deep dive into the Warhammer Universe. I'm looking forward to him discovering "The last Church" And "Helsreach". In my opinion the two best pieces of Warhammer fan films.

[@jonarc2403]

40k wiki stream let’s go!

[@michaelrondan9481]

This was also my first experience with Warhammer. Im so glad others are still enjoying this!

[@tyeberiusmcintyre1879]

never forget what they took from us.

[@burningshadowxd7633]

More Spooky Month please oh please oh Lord Nux of Nuxalore

[@dirkloid4261]

I want all the warhammer ALLL THE LORE ARE BELONG TO US

[@Rukdug]

Astartes really does a good job of showing just how terrifying Space Marines are in lore. The shear level of casual efficiency the Retributors display when fighting regular humans, the weight and power given to them in their steps and movements. It takes a squad, a squad, to clear a rebel ship. And the only thing that even slightly slows them down is a pair of juiced up psykers who can physically freeze them midair...but even then they can only really temporarily stop ONE of the Space Marines. The instant the numbers are equal, the Space Marines win so easily.

[@Calistarius79]

Nice. First time I have ever seen "No Views 8 Seconds ago" when checking your videos. XD

[@PraiseZealus]

one god damn guy did this, it still blows my mind

[@n4m31355h4dow]

Astartes done. Now death of Hope and helsreach and all sodaz animation

[@jamesonspub2440]

Nux as a long time fan of both you and Warhammer 40k, welcome to the community. Welcome to the grim dark future of the 41st millennia, where there is only war. Im a loyalist myself and a member of the black templar chapter (not really but i love the Black Templars). You should look into the Black Templar next, alot of really cool lore. And if you want a amazing movie to watch, watch Helsreach.

[@hgrim2773]

Wait till nux realizes there are like 4 or 5 different warhammer settings

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

Let's see, Fantasy, AoS, 40K, 30K... Does Battlefleet Gothic count as it's own setting?

[@minhaexistencianaotemsenti7132]

Warhammer is the definition of rabbit hole

[@minhaexistencianaotemsenti7132]

His reaction to the skaven will be hilarious

[@hgrim2773]

Don't forget necromunda

[@hgrim2773]

Also depends if u want to count the heresy and what is now the old world as their own setting as both are based before their main games. Ie 40k and fantasy respectively

[@pencilquest9409]

Loving your journey thus far. Please livestream assembling your first Space Marine.

[@trekkieraccoon3343]

Henry cavil (superman) who is a huge Warhammer fan is actually going to be an executive producer for a Warhammer cinematic universe from Amazon and games workshop

[@HovektheArtist]

And will be the emperor

[@Marcomagnuss]

He sadly needs to fight against all the DEI focused writers and Amazon execs. There are already whispers of headbutting happening behind closed doors.

[@Snow-Willow]

Was. last I heard he quit because Amazon kept trying to push "The Message" into the series and then GW gave the Custodes (his favourite faction) the DEI treatment so wahmen could be part of the order.

[@trekkieraccoon3343]

I not asking this to start anything but just want to know where does it say you can't have female custodies I know that it's said that you can't have female space marines but as far as I know it doesn't say anything about female custodies

[@Snow-Willow]

@@trekkieraccoon3343 A lot of it is the phrasing of documents leading up to the current recon. Custodes were always referred to as "Sons", and a "Brotherhood", and rules books as far as as the 80s specify them as "men" (example of one such line "These men never leave Earth[....]). You also have to take into account the political climate this change came in. Until just this year there have never ever been even so much as mention of a female Custodes, given that this franchise is almost 40 years old they've had plenty of time to do so, and since we live in the era of DEI it makes it painfully obvious that this is a retcon for the sake of "inclusivity" pandering.

[@SamTheGumMan117]

It's always so dope seeing something from someone so creative and passionate about something such as WH 40K 😮

[@zoltanszalai218]

10:30 Funny you mentioned that Nux. You may wish to look into the massive Warhammer 40K X Star Wars crossover fanfic that has an audio book available on KZbin for free.

[@jonumine6250]

At least you didn't have to wait MONTHS in between parts!! I remember getting into 40k when Astartes had around 3 parts only... (my intro to 40k was battlefleet gothic armada)

[@supremefankai5480]

Games Workshop made the Retributors Chapter canon, even if the events here are in a bit canon ambiguity.

[@HitodamaKyrie]

Now I can't wait until he gets to the part of TTS where they play Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth-Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker.

[@ClyDIley]

We've been waiting for this reaction in particular

[@volt8477]

Nux if you want to look more the primarchs I recommend The Rembrencers playlist on all 18 of them, it’s really good and each video is like 15 minutes so you can watch a bunch of them on stream in a row. Also you should look into all the shit Malcador did. Islander and Kota’s video on him did an amazing video on him!

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

He watched Bricky's Primarch video the other day

[@volt8477]

@@DoubleYouDotTrump that was on space marine legions, not primarchs. Bricky doesn’t have a primarch video, I’ve looked.

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

@@volt8477 Oh, you're right. I got confused because he talks about all the primarchs in the legion video. My bad He _has_ done all the primarchs on Adeptus Ridiculous, so my brain probably blended that in too.

[@volt8477]

@@DoubleYouDotTrump nah it’s all good. Yeah he has done them on Adeptus ridiculous, but idk if nux wants to watch multiple episodes of an entire podcast

[@dreadnoughtactual6049]

Nux, brother if you can see this. Luetin09 "orks, war is life" is the video you will be glad you watched. Its exactly what you are looking for as far as lore dive, story, artwork and background when it comes to orks. That and tuska demon killa by arch

[@dantehiramoto]

If you want a bit of explanation on whats going on, Arch did a pretty in-depth breakdown on all parts of this.

[@eXpriest]

Yeh but then you have to listen to Arch speak.

[@Snow-Willow]

@@eXpriest What are you talking about? That pasty Norwegian has one of the most appealing voices and accents I've heard yet. I've watched hours upon hours of his lore videos. He's really mastered English too for not being a native speaker.

[@austink4712]

Marvel's Agents of Shield Had 7 seasons with 20+ episodes a season. The runtime of that series wouldn't cover half of the Horus Heresy.

[@redmammoth8759]

The Leagues of Votan must be seen!!! Their lore must be consumed by Nux!!!!!!? Squats SO tough not even GW Can kill them off!!

[@DoubleYouDotTrump]

THEY ARE CALLED "SQUATS" !!! BECAUSE THEY'RE SQUAT!!!

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Jesus no….leagues of Votan are embarrassing GW should die

[@mangalink25]

Congrats on having a comment worthy enough to have been copied by a sexbot. Unfortunately you don't have anywhere near enough likes for it though...

[@tHiNk413]

Your spot on with your vibe, keep going!

[@kingdoc718]

There are many little Easter eggs in this video. One is the quick clip where you see the marine praying over his bolter with incense and only then does the red power light come on. The machine spirit is pleased. Or when the Marine takes off his helmet and pukes. The blood clots in seconds due to one of the 19 organs they have implanted to make them unstoppable. 15:36 That's called "scrap code" a type of nanobot that acts as both a flesh virus and a computer virus at the same time. Mostly used to take over or destroy computer systems or machines. The orbs' dialog is: Orb1: Who's here? I have failed. Orb2: We have all failed. The Astartes defy our touch. O1: Return. Break your seal. O2: It's impossible. O1: We will never survive. O2: You must. Take their bodies

[@orireth5107]

additional info, and hard to notice details In the flashes of the autocannon firing, you can see a spacemarine about center frame getting closer each shot. The guy who tries to sneak up on the spacemarine and gets stabbed was caring an anti-tank mine. The gun he uses on the multi-laser is a plasma pistol, insanely powerful but they have a heating issue that can cause them to explode, something the marine intentionally tries to do at the end against the ball. the 'I' with the skull on it is the logo of the inquisition, they are probably an inquisitor or a Sanctioned Psyker (a psyker who has received training and useful enough to live) Not sure what the balls are, but they seem warp related so I assume what the marines inject into it is blank blood, which would eventually neutralize it or at least cut it off from the warp, making it safeish The balls when talking to each other, cant remember the whole thing, but its something along the lines of, "we have all failed" "break your seal" "I would never survive" "TAKE THEM" the psycher warns the commander, breaking concentration and gets possessed. They kill him as soon as he cant be saved, as a strong psycher possessed by a high ranking daemon is essentially a demigod, they shoot up the corpse because if you leave it intact daemons can still use it as a door The ball drags the 5 marines into the warp, something hits the warp body killing? it, (possibly the overloaded plasma shot?) and it drops the marines throwing them out of the warp onto wherever the planet with the giants skeletons is, right in the final few seconds with the wide shot you can see the flash of the other 4 marines arriving on other pillars.

[@dylanthomas385]

Please finish if the empire had a text to speech device

[@russellarcher5181]

It becomes an abridged series around ep 24, where its hard to tell the fanon from the canon, we should avoid that to prevent spreading misconceptions

[@dylanthomas385]

I don’t care either way it f hilarious

[@BasedPost]

There’s a story about a Gray Knight in the warp, story is called The Purple Knight if I’m remembering right

[@marmyeater]

'In the warp a giant stirred; an image flickered through a mind larger than a nebula. The sleep of Gork was troubled. In his dreams he wore a metal body and led his children to victory. The dream lasted a brief instant of long eternity, something about it caused Gork to smile but not to rouse. In the warp Mork too was disturbed. He dreamed of war spreading like a green stain across the galaxy. He saw billions of his children following giant warmachines built in his crude image on a great crusade. He found the dream good. And slowly his vast mind moved towards wakefulness. Gork and Mork stirred. Their dreams reached out and touched the dreams of their people. A billion Orks turned in their sleep; suddenly, inexplicably infected by scenes of slaughter and reaving, plunder and the taking of worlds. When they awoke they looked on their surroundings and found them dull. Gork struggled towards awareness. After centuries of dormancy it was a long process. He sensed other Powers in the warp trying to interfere. He blocked a subtle tendril from Slaanesh, ignored a baleful warning from the Emperor, discounted the triumphant cry of Khorne. He reached out with his millennia-old mind and gathered the strength of his people. Soon he would be awake and active. A body of steel had been prepared for him. A time of blood and iron was approaching. As Mork gathered strength many a Warboss found himself afflicted with thoughts of power. Ancient ambitions were re-kindled. Long vanished thoughts of conquest stirred in the recesses of slow minds. They planned raids on nearby Humans and toyed with thoughts of alliances with old rivals. Not even great soul-searching could explain why this was so. The Ancient Powers knew what was happening, though. The Waa-Ork was coming. Gork and Mork stirred and a wave of fear passed through the warp. Suicide and incidence of violent crime climbed steeply. On Icolbar an Astropath screamed and threw himself from the balcony of a starscraper apartment, yelling that his people were doomed. On the craft-world Hope of Other Days, an Eldar philosopher stopped listening to the atonal music of his water-chimes and began composing his death-haiku, feeling his life had been justified. On distant Earth, a living corpse in a golden throne opened eyes that held fear for the first time in centuries. Gork felt his attention being tugged towards one tiny world on the edge of Orkdom. A strange attraction drew him to it. He leaned down from warpspace and looked upon it. His breath brought storms in the Ash Desert. His gaze caused machines to break down. His lightest tread brought earthquakes. Seeing the disruption he was causing among his people he withdrew. He knew the time was not yet right for his return. He withdrew but he left a message. Mork moved on the face of the warp, brushing aside Daemons and ignoring ancient barriers set by long dead Gods. He moved from world to world and placed in the heart of every Ork the desire to be restless, to move, to follow the siren call of adventure when it came. He sensed other Powers subtly striving to oppose him and laughed as their attempts to restrain his crude, irresistible purpose. The Emperor knew that he must save his people. If Gork and Mork unleashed their hordes then any unprepared worlds would be swept aside by a green tide of death The Emperor bent his thoughts to the task. Across Human space, within the range of the Astronomicon, Imperial Tarot began to foretell disaster. Commanders consulting them found all the signs of impending catastrophe on a cosmic scale. In the Segmentum Obscura, Battlefleets were recalled and prepared for war. On the homeworlds of the Adeptus Astartes, Space Marines reached for their weapons, knowing their time of destiny was near. On the edges of the Eye Of Terror, the Orders of the Adeptus Titanicus roused their ancient war-machines. Having surveyed his Empire and seen it was ready the dying immortal within the Golden Throne prepared himself for the conflict to come. Gork and Mork knew that they were ready. Their people were agitated and prepared for battle The Emperor, their chosen enemy, had deployed his forces. The first skirmishes had been fought, now war was about to be joined. Beyond them they sensed the Chaos Powers watching, waiting to see what advantage the God-brothers' actions might bring them. In the darkest pits of creation twisted creatures prepared to follow the Orks' advance. Gork and Mork did not care. They knew they were strong enough to resist Chaos. The time was right. The time was now. It was time for Gork and Mork to have some fun. In the Warp Gork and Mork waited, well pleased. Across the face of a million worlds their children were on the move, a green tide that would topple empires and re-shape the Universe. The Waa-Ork was on the move.' I will post this on all of your videos until you watch Baldemort's: The Secret History of the Orks.

[@willrogers3793]

Holy fuck, man! That was excellent!

[@KitsyX]

I think the people he thanked at the end helped him out when his KZbin channel was hacked and held hostage or something… Possibly some of his other social media too… I think they helped bring attention to it so that he could get the account(s) back… They may have also simply helped bring attention to the animation too, but I think it’s related to what happened with the hacking.

[@paytonkraft7564]

Psychic inquisitor. Saw visions of two daemons communicating and got possessed.

[@Zossel]

If anyone is interested the music when the ball goes ham is called Where is your god now by Rok Nardin

[@EVER_PRINCE]

Before anyone says it, Astartes was not just one dude. It was a giant team of people but for legal purposes, he had to say it was just him.

[@HedgehogY2K]

2:32 DUDE! That's a sick method of infiltration.

[@thegreatandpowerfulme]

One step closer to the KZbin audio book of the watcher in the rain.

[@evilmandrake]

I've really gotten into Warhammer because of your dives. I'm strongly considering buying an army to start.

[@kingnexuz3823]

Fun fact the 3 little metal studs in the space marine's head at the end indicates how many years of service (each stud represents 100 years).