A Duel of Faith - Sisters of Battle / Warhammer 40k Music / Valentine's Day

[@ImperiumHymns]

More than usually please let me know how you feel about this piece as it's very different to what I usually do! (Would you like more like this? :D) (If you hate it too, and thinks its all heresy let me know!) Also the background animation is available now in Wallpaper Engine: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3415815685

[@arthurborlet]

the rythem is a bit clunkier then usual, but i like the spirit maybe the rythm is just the ai's fault cause there is less harmonious duets to learn from

[@dajoka97k.70]

I love the different style. The Rhythm is a bit shaky sometimes, but not to a consequential degree. This made me envision the Sister and the Templar dancing tango, while arguing and shooting Heretics.

[@anarionelendili8961]

Yeah, Annie Get Your Gun did it better, but a valiant effort nonetheless. :) I am not sure it is fair to call the Space Marines 'slow'. Don't they move with inhuman speed in the lore, leaving normal people blinking? Also Crusade-dissing? Maybe it would have worked better against an Ultramarine, but admittedly they might not be as keen on the Devotion measuring contest... I was a bit confused at first by the armor color, I admit.

[@idodaisuke4285]

had a blast, was great fun to hear. great improvement in text quality. imho, your masterpiece is thge litany of hate.... half of the views this weeks must be from me. would like a new version with reworked text.

[@ArneBab]

The song kept reminding me of the dark city soundtrack. A different kind of satire, but a very nice one ☺ And it’s definitely all heresy - as it should be. Though the sister of battle was saved from being taken in by the Inquisition at 0:26 by the Templar’s interruption.

[@judgedredd2039]

Space Wolf: " Oh look a Black Templar and a Bloody Rose flirting."

[@madnimrod2489]

Chaos Marine: ...Lord, should we- Khorne: No, let them cook.

[@wilhelmheinrich272]

I can see both of them being so caught up trying to out do one another that they just end up arguing in the middle of a battle and they forget about everything else.

[@abrahamxavierraja6742]

I'm imagining the Astra Militarum Commander looking back and wishing he called the Lamentors instead

[@Skaldzerker]

I think an analogy to the final couple of fight scenes in Mr. And Mrs. Smith to be more apt lol

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Fun fact: Apparently, in the very first version of Annie Get Your Gun, the song was actually a legit argument, like one might expect these two to have, rather than just teasing each other for romance

[@PtitCrocofr]

A future saint will be born from this union. Maybe something to use as a vessel for your emperor rotting on a throne.

[@Ewyndall]

Their comrades watch in awe as they both accomplish increasing more impossible feats and missions ... just to one-up the other.

[@gammaspector]

Great song that made wanna cut in being like “Templar, sister please! With all due respect The heretics will escape if you two continue your devotion measuring contest” 🤣

[@thomasmontgomery958]

Never thought I'd see somebody saying a Black Templar was too merciful, yet here we are lol

[@ImperiumHymns]

Do note how things kinda spiral out of control after that slander.

[@ceresbane]

Just kiss.

[@prestonjones1653]

The first second immediately breaks immersion: a space marine couldn't miss.

[@ImperiumHymns]

SM2 BEGS TO DIFFER! But the lack of accuracy confuses, and annoys both of them XD

[@CaptUnstoppable]

I need more of Templars and Sisters! God I ship them even though it's impossible... More! The Emperor Demands it!

[@M1lza]

The chapter master and the canoness: i ship it

[@fenfiny7519]

The Martyr’s Wrath - "You Cling to Life Like a Coward" "And yet, Brother, after those centuries, you still breathe. I have seen Sisters who fought for a single day and gave more than you have in a hundred years! We do not linger-we burn bright and die in holy fire, knowing our deaths feed the next war!"

[@SistersOfTheSacredChoir]

I absolutely love this!!!!!! This is so well done and I love the acknowledgment that the sisters do not really like the Space Marines as it makes sense that humans can fall to Chaos but if the Space Marines are so great why can they fall to chaos like humans.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

At least they genuinely seem to love each other and are only doing this to have a romantic game, as the original musical had it as a friendly competition, too

[@ImperiumHymns]

This was one of the "matches" that I was thinking of, but it was a bit too complicated? Black Templars only have a single fallen marine in record Castellan Draco (I couldn't find exactly why he fell, but he led the crusade against the Tau, so... maybe he was too "merciful" lol), and then had to figure of a way for the Sister to know... (Complicated! but it is a valid point of contention, and the friction and does show in a lot of stories!)

[@SistersOfTheSacredChoir]

@ Yeah, I can imagine how complicated that could be but honestly, your execution was perfect. I have been working on one song for almost a month but getting everything sorted out narrative-wise while keeping it lore accurate has been....difficult lol Keep up the great work!

[@SistersOfTheSacredChoir]

@ Yeah, honestly I really like the dynamic between the two, and between a Black Templar and a Sister I could honestly see it working better than really any other chapter as they have only had one fallen member and that is the main reason the Sisters do not like the Space Marines is that the sisters can understand humans for falling to Chaos as they are just humans but Space Marines are supposed to be made from the Emperor's own gene-seed but many have fallen to Chaos.

[@therraxz]

what a wonderfull couple lol

[@fenfiny7519]

Absolutely love how the Templar blushes when our lady say 'you didn't miss that time' 😅 Also thanks for the detailed work! It's great to see that the boy and the girl are depicted as part of the regular ranks, as indicated by the absence of the signal token on the helmets and the distinguishing features reserved for higher ranks. These small details really enhance the immersion!

[@helenafarkas4534]

Bloody Rose side eyeing Black Templars for leaving survivors: don't they realize the Emperor will know His own in Death? the chance that even one corrupted soul can escape the Emperor's Vengeance is not one worth taking.

[@kagetenshi2927]

Masterpiece!! It's been a while since i laught so hard. This lovequarrel in tone of "i can do better" type is godlike. I wouldn't mind this kind funny songs from time to time! Especially when times favor sutch :)

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

When a sister of battle meets her older brother who became a Black Templar.

[@hawkemathew]

Praise the Emperor

[@LifesGuardian]

I was fully prepared to chock this up as a miss, but it's legit! Good job!

[@jameshunter3867]

... The Commissar is pleased! 😎👍 ...I could actually see this happening on a battlefield somewhere -- with a Space Wolf toasting the 'Roasts for the Emperor!" 😉

[@fenfiny7519]

The more I watch this video the more I feel that the Sister is a bully, haha

[@AlecxysRincon-s7h]

Amazing work both of you keep up the great work ❤❤😊

[@Jaeger_Bishop]

Ok, this is probably the best aside from those Christmas hyms. Perfect 🎉

[@Morrodin-WH40K]

That was some proper devotion contest and a great song! :) I give it an A+ ;) and the art was top notch as well!

[@DrKaill]

This is a great comedy duet

[@lesio80]

Brilliant song and competition in devotion pleases the Emperor. On the other hand the masses might not be ready for this. The masses need to be protected as blessed is the mind too small to doubt.

[@Ogami74]

❤ This is brilliant and so much fun because Sisters and Templars are my favourites ❤

[@hurtfulcrusader3359]

loved it!. also loves the walking animation. could use that as background

[@TheGammabomb06]

Great stuff, experimenting with different styles is never a bad idea. Very entertaining.

[@misterx8275]

Like two toddlers fighting over sand molds 😂

[@DJNightchild]

Okay, that made me chuckle. Nice job. xD

[@Skaldzerker]

This was a really fun listen. The deep cuts were great, but all I kept thinking of were the ball dance scene and the house fight scene in Mr. And Mrs. Smith lol

[@ImperiumHymns]

If only I was that good of an animator, I would do this! Ahhh!

[@Skaldzerker]

@ImperiumHymns Practice makes better. Perhaps it could be your magnum opus for next Valentine's Day lol

[@gajus21]

I love duos like this. Great song!

[@leonadasarthias8363]

I almost fell from my seat laughing from their argument great job bravo

[@ArneBab]

I had a lot of fun - thank you! ☺

[@tyreesehyangho1727]

I love it. It kinda hast a Musical feeling to it, which make it really unique.

[@GrimdarkTavern]

A different yet brilliant piece. ❤ Although I'm not quite sure if the brothers are really merciful when the time comes to purge the heretics as alleged 😅 Rock on! 😊

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Well, when you're falling in love, duties are often a shaky thing to hold on to

[@GrimdarkTavern]

@marcusblackwell2372 cannot fault that logic

[@ImperiumHymns]

It was wayy too much of an opportunity to leave out! At some point I was thinking of adding a mention of leaving "survivors" behind.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

​@@ImperiumHymns They wouldn't have lasted. If not the other members of the Imperium, the weather would've finished them

[@Bluesonofman]

Plot twist: They are actual brother and sister

[@GrimdarkTavern]

Star Wars fan eh? 😂

[@Bluesonofman]

@@GrimdarkTavern Star Wars to 40K pipeline. But that was not the joke I was making.

[@GrimdarkTavern]

@@Bluesonofman same pipeline here

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Rocky Horror fan, I take it?

[@MrJpc1234]

Ah yes from the lesser known Musical "The Phantom of the Emperor"

[@cooperross9495]

More likely "Amberley Get Your Gun."

[@GrimdarkTavern]

@@MrJpc1234 this sounds like an amazing title for a song. May I Blood Raven it?

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Not how I would have named it. I actually can't think of a name though that matches the real life equivalent

[@MrJpc1234]

@@GrimdarkTavern Go ahead haha

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Well, we see how the relationship ended up, but how did the whole thing begin? What was the catalyst for this?

[@joelelmlund4972]

*raises my ligher* We will shine you strenght sisters!

[@SupCom78]

HaHaHaHaha that was so funny thx for uploading it.

[@marksmanof117b]

The start felt a bit rough but once the tempo started to get going the flow smoothed out and it was overall a great song. The only other stand out issue is that for some of the notes, the space marine falls short of the pitch he should be reaching and the auto tune also seems to struggle on some of the higher notes, but thankfully not big enough of an issue to hinder the song.

[@KristopherPrime]

i love this. it's quite adorable.

[@Rybo-Senpai]

Oh just get a room already you two jeez.

[@WiheScarsOfKhan]

Please let there be a guardsmen version of this too

[@TemperingFaber3]

Sororitas best 40k waifus!⚜

[@robinst-pierre9600]

"Templar, the Codex Astartes doesn't support those numbers, Chaplain Leandros has been warned. Sister, may I remind you that the Ecclisiarchy may have no men at arms, as per decreed by the High Lords of Terra 5000 years prior."

[@niekvanderhorst6065]

Good one😂

[@UllrT]

I'm with the red head....

[@AK-rx9dr]

Overall enjoy it like all of your work. 👍

[@reignfire85]

These two would totally get married...if they weren't already married to their faith in the God-Emperor. This was really cute and funny. Good work.

[@ImperiumHymns]

I think marriage or even any form of formal relationship might probably be a red line :( because of the space marine indoctrination (But one step at a time! stay tuned cause I think I'll have a vote to see what happens immediately after this!)

[@ВикторУдалов-й9ы]

Wonderful! Ah, the uninitiated... They have not yet realized how beautiful the true hymns and binary chants for the glory of the Omnissiah really are. But here the music and performance are cool. And the video is funny!

[@JD-mo9sr]

Why can I see this as something the Adepta Sorititas and Adeptus Astartes do to prove which one is better at killing a demon and in prayer?

[@JH-ue2oq]

Love it!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Going by source material logic, this is my headcanon. Or at least, partial finale headcann: The singers are marines from two opposing sides (Chaos and whatever Loyalist chapter the other is from) who are on their first real missions (I'm hesitant to call it a training mission due to the nature of it) but have secretly been forming a relationship this whole time. I don't know the specifics, as I haven't watched the original musical to compare and contrast enough, but basically, this part is actually not them fighting. It's them battling the enemies but with a mock duel so neither side will catch onto the fact that they're in love, with the Chaos marine being a hothead who's been turned to the side of the Imperium by way of love for the other guy, and at the end, both sides evaluate the progress, and while the Chaos marines are impressed at how her marksmanship has improved, they hate that she killed her allies, AKA fellow Chaos thralls, so using the skills she learned from her lover, she dispatches her fellows in quick, extravagant succession. Thus, the Loyalists who may have heard of their deeds and how their love did not bring them to evil ends decide to, with the Emperor and Ecclesiarchy's blessing, formalize a wedding between them, and the story ends on the day of the wedding with a musical number worthy of a Hollywood musical

[@dajoka97k.70]

I love it like always, but why do I imagine them aggressivly dancing Tango while shooting heretics on a battlefield?

[@ImperiumHymns]

my first idea for a thumbnail had them dancing tango!

[@suzukirider9030]

Lil' sis assuming an Astartes is slow because they are 5 times her size and one shoulder armor piece weighs about as much as she does? Well that's cute (^_^) Good thing they are on the same side!

[@CromCruaigh]

Sister have some serious voice scale

[@Gothmok]

That was wild 😂

[@arcdecibel9986]

On-ly the Machine God is trueeeee, His purity, far above these twooooooo! These bickering boasters, she roasts him, he roasts her, Priests of Machine Spirits just don't want to hear it, We don't need them! We have our toaaaaaaaaasters! Edit - I actually loved the song.

[@GrimdarkTavern]

@@arcdecibel9986 the moment they understand the weakness of their flesh, it will disgust them.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Is that a reference to this song or another?

[@arcdecibel9986]

@@marcusblackwell2372 It's my Mechanicus verse added on. We have toasters for Valentine's Day!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

​@@arcdecibel9986 Interesting. That's honestly the cleverest homebrew idea I've seen for this holiday

[@whiteslann9154]

Very good!

[@shoulderpyro]

This was damn funny (x

[@estuaire44]

Under the Sign of Slaanesh.

[@Knight-d2l]

2:22 Was... Was that a Reference to the battle between the Black Templars and Necrons? The one they lost...?

[@ImperiumHymns]

Yes it actually is! And there's at least 2 occasions of this happening, given the very public oathes sworn and the time gap I wagered it'd be one of the most well known incidents of "failure" by the Templars. Specially so since Helbrecht was involved!

[@Knight-d2l]

⁠@@ImperiumHymns Thought so! Still a bit bitter about that loss… Helbrecht canonically outclassed The Necron lord in every way except Tech…

[@Nukinator]

im gonna leave a comment here and im gonna be surprised if i don't see "she can ruin me" comment somewhere by the time im done hearing this i'm gonna be disappointed lmao.

[@herosupport1606]

liked it.

[@emilioi.valdez6680]

Got a question, how do you do the male voices in your videos? I know you use AI for these but do you have a friend you invite for these or something?

[@ImperiumHymns]

Sorry for late reply! I was talking about this in the background, yes the male vocals were were actually voiced by a male voice, but he wants to remain anonymous!

[@theshittyone4985]

If Disney make 40k:

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Not quite Disney, more like Rodgers & Hammerstein. Or Don Bluth

[@jaydenozuna2762]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Liedral]

Hmm? Aren't space marines like... really fast?

[@ImperiumHymns]

yes they are! Ogryns too! This is a case of unreliable narrator! Edit* (As far as the intent, she also knows this and is exaggerating)

[@bale9320]

Its not music to my ears but its fun alright.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

It's inspired by a popular song called "Anything You Can Do" from the musical Annie Get Your Gun. Actually, it's a Warhammer cover of the song, even though the channel doesn't say it. It's actually the finale song to it. Well, the last full song, anyway

[@marcusblackwell2372]

I'd say that it's actually maybe a bit better than I thought at first, though I have a few thoughts: 1: I wouldn't really say I like the song that well (this version), but you make it pretty awesome, mostly by way of the vocals, though I kind of wish the man wasn't voiced by AI, but rather an actual singer. 2: You have very interesting taste, having an Annie Get Your Gun inspired song, though I do genuinely wonder: Will you do a full version of the musical, but with a Warhammer flavor? I'm only asking because I was surprised to learn that this was the last full song (with a small outro number that was less than a minute, which came after), and I genuinely wonder how these two had their relationship develop, if I understand the development right. 3: The song was the thing I didn't like, but the animation? I swear, you would actually be a top-tier animator. 4: While I dislike the song, your vocals honestly shone the best here, I think. Sure, it wasn't as epic as the others, but I think it's the fun of it that really makes your voice shine since we get a different take 5: I made a comment about my thoughts a few hours earlier, but I deleted it because I think I was way too harsh. My emotions got the better of me, so while I tried being respectful, I felt bad about what I said, so this comment is a more refined version

[@ImperiumHymns]

For the plans, I got a bit invested on the sister, so have been thinking letting you the listener decide what happens from here! She could request be posted with the Templars as an Auxiliary? Or... uhmmm go the Repentia route to remove "distractions" for the templar. Or just something more minimal and keep going with a story in the Heimdal Crusade 🤔 as for a prequel, I don't know 😭 I am not sure I would be able to do it justice!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Honestly, in spite of my own feelings about the song, serious question: Full Annie Oakley musical but with Warhammer flair when?

[@ImperiumHymns]

Was thinking of picking it up from here, and letting the community vote on the future, rather than prequel!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

​@@ImperiumHymns Fair enough. I'd personally be down for both

[@darthmorgoththesecond9990]

👍🏻

[@Nick_the_Salamander]

😂😂😂

[@AlecCarroll-u7g]

Sister wins hands down lol

[@konradparol5218]

😂😆🤣👍❤

[@sciccalone11]

Me and who?

[@flavioernestotrujillozamud4859]

Still sisters did it better!

[@jikojanker46]

No. I do not like this.

[@hellsbane666]

While an interesting experiment. Its not my preferred style

[@shlomobergblattstein1621]

More BT and SoB please lol I need this.