Angel of Death - Warhammer 40k (Unofficial)

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Dive into the heart of darkness with "Angel of Death," an innovative AI-driven short film set in the Warhammer 40K universe. This gripping narrative brings the unyielding courage of a Space Marine to life as he confronts the relentless Tyranid threat.
This short film is a unique blend of AI and human creativity. The visuals were crafted using advanced AI tools Midjourney and Runway ML. However, every aspect of editing, special effects, and music were meticulously layered in manually.
In this tale, journey alongside the Emperor's finest warrior, the Adeptus Astartes, as they engage in a fierce battle against the alien hordes of the Tyranids. Experience the might and bravery of the Space Marines, upholding their oath to protect humanity against the endless dangers of the 41st millennium.
Fans of the Warhammer 40K universe will appreciate the deep dive into its rich lore, featuring the Imperium of Man, the unbreakable will of the Space Marines, and the sinister nature of the Tyranids. This narrative captures the essence of Warhammer 40K with detailed descriptions of epic battles, war gear, and tactics, staying true to the spirit of this beloved sci-fi setting.
Whether you are a seasoned veteran of Warhammer 40K or new to this vast universe, "Angel of Death" is a testament to the phrase, "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."
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[@bstuartTI]

Probably going to make several of these for 40k. I had a lot of fun making it! What did you think?

[@chieckenman4432]

This goes so hard its unreal.

[@jakeandry5016]

Well you did a great job so I hope you keep making them

[@chrishamilton7516]

I will be forever grateful if you do a death Korps of kreig one.

[@jameshunter3867]

... The Commissar is pleased! 😎

[@yopoxikeweapescai9066]

playing with fire

[@timothyreaper8932]

Pretty cool! My suggestion would be to use standard animation for the "normal" scenes and use the A.I. stuff for psyker/warp scenes.

[@grimhammer00]

It’s amazing! But the Sisters of Battle looks leaps ahead! This blows my mind.

[@benedictlim1275]

ikr

[@ryankruchowski1951]

The Emperor protects part sent chills down my spine.

[@ikarian8318]

Very nice. I like the Space Marines, because they seem more Rogue Trader era, more human proportionate and not gigantic. The enemy monsters are good too, maybe because they aren't directly recognizable as Tyranids or Chaos beings, remembering that the Galaxy is very vast and the races represented in the game aren't the only ones Astartes are called to fight. Good job!

[@bstuartTI]

Thanks man! I'm glad you liked it. I definitely want to add my own spin on things while still respecting the history/lore of the universe. So much to learn, and while the AI tools won't allow for perfect renditions yet, my goal is to try and stay somewhat faithful. I'll have to check out the stories in the Rogue Trader era for sure :)

[@chrisproost7290]

This. At best let's call it a solid alternate take on x and y. Cos after all even the official GW artwork and styles vary in exacting canon. I actually liked the slightly slimmer SM look... gives the idea that the armour actually allows a reasonable range of movement, agility and speed while still being very protective and powered... After all SM tech is the best mankind has and while armour can only be so good, cover and movement are, like now, advised as the best protection etc. It's in keeping with the more recent, longer and leaner Primaris look tbh. Likewise the monster foes... assuming Tyrannids, is there any hard and fast rule they need all be alike in their forms or have two tone colour schemes? After all, it's also canon that the Hive Fleets evolve very fast and are incredibly diverse in make up and acquisition of biomass (nm operating with little contact, if ever, tens and hundreds of light years apart) I like it, a good showcase for 40K while being a little different yet remaining within lore... which if you read some of the non SM books, the Imperium alone is mind bogglingly vast and varied in just about all aspects bar veneration of the Emperor. Some Imperial worlds are actually pretty decent places to be, even for the lower classes.

[@Rampantsuccess]

Epic and exciting, very nice. Stabilizing imagery for the Space Marine would help, ensure the dragon's breath from the Bolter blast is spot on, shots fired, shells ejected, trajectory on linear course. Ensure the Space Marine is truer to the original form, A.I. tends to take liberties and fill in gaps. Perhaps remix clips of previous cinematics to give your shots weight and familiarity. Connect it to the wider world. Also never hurts to throw more 40K iconography in there to really drive the symbolism and intended message home. Good, entertaining work that with some refinement will define what A.I. prompted cinema can be.

[@bstuartTI]

That’s really good feedback. Thanks!

[@collinmeredith7723]

@@bstuartTI 1:44 the Astartes are pretty much perfect. Any imperfections could be explained with an original chapter. Honestly once you have stability figured out it will be amazing. Great start though, where did you learn how to do this?

[@MrSandshadow]

0:22 Thats the most anti climatic quote of Salamanders battle cry that has been recorded...

[@ghostdog1117]

Great job dude!!! The voice, the animation, the everything!!! I am looking forward to more!!!

[@bstuartTI]

More to come!

[@derekmcmillian6557]

Everytime I see something from 40k it leaves me screaming for More. Job well done on this and I hope to see you create More soon

[@rfdsdf1]

Can't wait for when the AI that does these doesn't look crap.

[@royce9018]

....right

[@useruseruseruseruser790]

It doesn’t look like crap. What a stupid comment.

[@jacthetripper5171]

Quality! Cherish these days when AI was fun an playful 😂 😂 ☠️

[@Meatloafandbeefsteak]

Absolutely love this! I need more of this! Would love to see some plague marines in action!

[@GryphonDes]

Your stuff is just outrageously well done! Bravo!

[@aaronprevails]

Bruh, this is cool! Great work! I will be checking in on your work! 0:40

[@diaconus1423]

I feel like you prompted it to make tyranids, but I honestly wish GW would have designed daemons to look more like those

[@michaelking9818]

Real talent on display, great editing and content

[@0DoLLFin0]

Great job, man!❤

[@maxpayne930]

The EMPEROR protects

[@calmexit6483]

The music is incredible.

[@boaz2578]

Nah, real artist who dont just let AI make random vaguely related shit are leagues better than whatever this is.

[@CherryPickingStories]

How did you get Runway to produce results like this ? O.O ? I MUST know! I can only get it to create simple, subtle movements Everything else just warps and contorts, etc. & looks awful How on earth did you get Runway to "actually" animate these images ? Please, I gotta know. Lol. It's incredible :D

[@bstuartTI]

It takes a LOT of generations to find a usable one. I have 2 unlimited accounts and it can take 100-200 generations to find 1 that I'm satisfied with. Starting with higher res images also helps. I also use TOPAZ AI to upscale instead of the built in upscale in runway. Glad you liked it!

[@Ai.Music.Videos]

Great stuff! The things we can do with these Ai tools are amazing. Keep up the great work! Cheers

[@bstuartTI]

Thanks! Yah it's really exciting how fast they're developing :) Can't wait for 2024 to see how far I can push it.

[@jez5180]

This is what Space marines should look like!! Epic vid! In Noname Imperator

[@Nikita_gooskov]

Dreams after drinking be like

[@necromancer0616]

The one thing I have to point out is that none of those monsters exist in the WH4k universe. Other than that I wish it were actual action instead of these picturesk half motion scenes. They look really good it's just very blah after the first minute.

[@unknowncommenter6698]

Okay it kinda fooled me for a second, but damn, AI still has a LOT of work before being an actual replacement to 3d artists. It writes somewhat good scripts already, so probably in 5-10 years, if civilization doesn't collapse to the point of electricity being out, we'll get to see AI do something truly believable.

[@JHB141]

Superb! Jusr watch your six with GW, they dont play nice, especially with creators more talented than they are.

[@matThaHatter]

Absolutely beautiful. Small things are a bit off, but the biggest thing, in my opinion, was it didn't really capture the bulkiness of an astartes. The helm and power pack looked great, but he looked like a normal sized human.

[@mauMauthecarabao]

Epic! Good job!

[@useruseruseruseruser790]

I like the less bulky look of the space marine. Looks great actually.

[@KaiserAleksei]

Thank you very much Interesting and pretty Cool music

[@Titanscreaming]

Thank god for AI art, this was fucking perfect! 1:36 was freaking impressive all the way, the entire thing shows how photo realistic/ live action warhammer would rule! Also love everything about the way the aliens looked and moved, the way ai generates plays a cool role in setting up those unorthodox digital shapes that clearely are less fine tuned and more random gobbles of information.

[@Cavscout5096]

Good job! Try doing some of a comical story of the Astra Militarum with their Auxillerias... Like dealing with Felinids, thefts from the Ratlings, or getting A Ogryn to NOT steal a door to use a door as a shield.

[@bstuartTI]

Thanks! I was actually thinking of doing a parody next, you read my mind :) I may do something like that after I finish my current project. Should be done by end of week.

[@desertmaker]

Great show I love what you are doing. 1:01 self targeting rounds?

[@GODkillingVIRUS1984]

so freakin good ...its art !

[@castiel6965]

Wow pls keep making these warhammer 40k vids so cool

[@warblerblue]

Chainsaw roars to life, Space Marine: A " lil of the top big fella". (proceeds to take the head).

[@armandogutierrez5301]

Fing nice fing nice 🥳💯 yes the emperor definitely has he’s hands on your shoulders 🙌😁

[@zeroalpha9713]

This is awesome

[@x0rZ15t]

Awesome!!!

[@zazz69ed]

just fire !!!! loved it!!!

[@redcrysis123]

Fuc.kin Awsome, only words i have man.

[@McAwesomeReaper]

Excellent.

[@seanstevenson9891]

Stunning!😍

[@stevoc9930]

Very impressive.

[@benedictlim1275]

model of the marine changes quite a bit, but its ayt (the aliens actually kinda looked creepy tho for some reason frfr)

[@AAC1714]

AI and it’s nack for absolutely mutilating fingers scares me😂

[@WordHammer40k]

ooooo - very cool!

[@scottyelder8351]

It's the hands dude lol 😂

[@vasilvidenov476]

I loved it .For an AI generated work its very good. What stood out was the different renders of the space marines. The Nidz could use I bit more work to be brought closer to home. Wright now they looked milder and smoother from the original. If you can make them more rigid and get the chtin to stand out you`d be a god. Great work keep going.

[@bstuartTI]

Thanks! I’ll definitely be trying to improve the consistency and accuracy of the character designs as I make more shorts. Thanks for the suggestions :)

[@ReturnToNothingness32147]

The emperor protects🙏🏽

[@hakbash7588]

Awesome. 👍

[@21acurry]

Dude, fucking amazing.

[@simonwatchesmovies2957]

Considering this Ai generated - it's incredibly stable. Won't be long now ...

[@FleshWizard69420]

Space marine memory replayed in the Warp

[@SEVATARION-jw4pp]

Nice work👍👍🔥

[@damianstarks3338]

Pretty epic

[@notownsavage2024]

Awesome!😊

[@jammonkey6249]

I think it would look significantly better if you made the power armour look bigger, chunkier, like they could REALLY take a few thousand shells kwim

[@richardlaroche9167]

AI is radically prohibited in the 40k universe. This is heresy.

[@verticalfistproductions]

Brutal!!

[@TheSimSprod]

I hope Henry sees this

[@user-xc6xm4yl3c]

Это замечательно😊 хотелось бы ещё увидеть постановку боя)) заранее спасибо👍

[@leberrot]

Like it, but think the music did not quit match the action.

[@vraska8799]

I think that's too blue for a Salamander's war cry... or was that some kind of weird looking green?

[@briceguris1607]

Looks really good on 2x speed

[@brianpj5860]

What kind of AI shinanegannery is this?!?!?

[@samuelmartin223]

Hell yeah!!🤘🤘

[@ulisesherrera9632]

Parece que se viene otra gran era para la animacion de 40K

[@loki200]

The Emperor protects!

[@pablogafiloco4916]

Feels like an animated slideshow. You know this posters that have 2 images as you move? That. Having different camera angles for the same scene, and having the characters interact physically, like the marine punching, grabbing and throwing, aiming, moving while shooting (And actually seeing the target getting shot at). I know this is all a lot to ask, but it's what I personally would be working towards to, as it would have the most impact. Great job anyways!

[@bstuartTI]

I think these things will be coming over the next 12 months or so, which will allow creators to get the kind of dynamic action you're looking for, I'd do it if it were possible :). Current AI workflows start with an image and then the motion models attempt to 'hallucinate' motion from the static picture. It often takes hundreds of rerolls until something passable comes out. In the future, I think the models will begin to understand 3-dimensionality and motion much better, and we'll be able to get the kind of dynamism of traditional cinema. It's still early days with these tools, but def excited about future possibilities. Thanks for your comment, I agree with you :)

[@Paragon--bm1lp]

MAKE MORE!

[@boldbetrayerbatey6428]

Awsome👍

[@robertmurfet5834]

More please.

[@killak3219]

Those monsters are beyond creepy 😂

[@Ragehaven]

The monsters remind me of the old artwork for Malal daemons

[@bstuartTI]

After a quick search I totally see that, very good point. I'm just starting to get into 40k lore, so much to learn, but super fascinatingly. one of my goals as the AI tools get better, allow for better details, is to make more lore accurate representations in future vids.

[@mathewsoska4058]

Why of such beautiful display did you suddenly have the SM helmet change different types?

[@bstuartTI]

Unfortunately, It’s a tool limitation right now. Consistent clothing/outfits is a holy grail with AI that we haven’t quite solved yet. There are some solutions but they increase production time exponentially, and this short was a test to see how fast I could make something in 1 day. So it wasn’t my intention, but it will get better as the technology evolves :)

[@jrunsc]

For The God Emperor! 🔥 - Hy Brazil

[@bluedemion7207]

nice

[@khylerbane4523]

Are those supposed to be the Megarachnids he’s fighting?

[@Shrike200]

You can immediately make it entirely lore accurate, despite the AI weirdness, by hand-wavium plotmagic: ".......battle ensued in a profoundly warp-cursed area, the boiling sea of madness threatening to tear the Ultramarines sanity from him at any moment, his form altering, his armour's shape unfixed; but one constant remained - the enemy had to be faced and torn asunder....' etc etc, insert standard words like 'lambent', and 'hellfire' :)

[@bstuartTI]

lol I like the hand-wavium plot device :D. My current project there's a lot less noticeable gear mis-matching. It's still there slightly but a lot better. It just takes a LOT more time to do... Over the next few months this problem will likely completely disappear as soon as the tools improve.

[@RockaGrand]

Like a A.I. stop motion flick…..

[@user-rs5fh5kb8d]

Хорошая работа

[@FallschirmDanix]

parecen sanguinarios del Fallout new vegas, luchando contra una armadura T-45/T-60

[@hijo-del-vacio]

Vaya pedaso de obra. Puede aparcer un apotecrio?

[@RookieR48]

Abominable Tech Heresy

[@user-sh9fj5hp1s]

С такой графикой можно и фильм сделать )

[@bakednerd]

This is really cool! if you are planning on making many more of these, It'd be interesting to see the progress, not only of you, but of AI movie making generally. This time next year, if Games workshop are all over you, then you know you're doing a good job lol.

[@bstuartTI]

Definitely planning on making more! This was primarily an experiment since a friend asked me to make one for 40k, but it was really fun to do, so beginning to read more lore for inspiration about what to do next. This one took a little over a day to make. The main slowdown is trying to wrestle with the AI animation tools, because 95% of the outputs are unusable. Glad you liked it!

[@TheRamoach]

A.I will kill human creativity

[@bstuartTI]

AI unleashes human creativity

[@TheRamoach]

@@bstuartTI How? When it does all the creating by itself? And even then, it's all derivative. All drawn from people who actually made something from scratch using their imagination. AI has no imagination. Nor do those who rely on it.

[@bstuartTI]

@@TheRamoach I get where you're coming from, but hear me out. The creation of this video involved over 20 hours of human effort, illustrating that AI, while powerful, is merely a tool that requires human direction and imagination. AI also allows more people to tell their stories, people who might not have had the opportunity otherwise. And about AI being derivative, isn't all art kind of like that? We all build on what's been done before, and that's how we find new ways to be creative. Generative AI is simply a new medium of human expression, it doesn't kill or prevent humans from exploring other art forms, it unleashes what humans can do.

[@TheRamoach]

@@bstuartTI I appreciate that what you did takes effort, but human art isn't derivative in the same way that A.I is. People take inspiration from things which manifests in their work. A.I outright copies and warps those materials. I won't argue against generative A.I being a form of expression though. It's cool for what it is, but I would hate to see a world where people lean on it and create a creatively bankrupt world.

[@Gunstonization]

​@@TheRamoach Pretty much agreed. This generative AI takes a ladelful from a vat of stuff that humans have already created (and increasingly including the inbred already-generated AI products as well) and pseudo-crafts something together via input parameters. It's an expression-magnifier that borrows entirely from already-made things. Quoting this video's uploader: "Anyone with a good idea will be able to share it in a compelling way..." That is not the complete situation, though. Anyone *with access to this AI* will be able to produce such stuff, but the 'good idea' comes from the person. And there's no guarantee that any idea put through this is 'good' just because it's being AI'd up. This particular process creates a muxed approximation of various others' creative visual skills. People will use it. It's a shortcut to a viewable product. We kinda know what people will do with it, and how it will go. I'm not really a fan, and would rather aprreciate less artificial methods, but that's me.

[@BrandonBailey-jb5hh]

Fantastic work

[@bpresgrove]

Very nice! AI is getting so much better. A full movie with action will be awesome but this looks really good! Nice job! Love WH 40K

[@user-js7fd2ry5v]

AI? AI!

[@equ32]

Очень красиво

[@greggpratt7711]

Where did the music come from ?

[@bstuartTI]

I use artlist.io for all my tracks, then I remixed it down for the short film. Lots of great musicians on there :)

[@sandydiego9278]

that was realy awesome what the aong btw

[@bstuartTI]

Charlie Ryan - An Uncommon World, it's up on artlist :) I remixed it down to fit my story. Glad you liked it!

[@srsouka]

Souka---

[@Slayer398]

It was definitely good, but I would drop the background audio of the weapons as it was both out of sync with whatever weapons you had showing and also very filled with lots of "clicks" that were distracting from what you were showing.

[@Jewus19]

impressive A I but I saw 0 direct hits and 3-fingered space marines :D there is a lot to learn still. Epic but more like an epic picasso :D

[@bstuartTI]

Yah the tools are imperfect and very limiting right now - this is the worst they’ll be. The details will only get better. But it’s fun to play around with them even if it’s early :)

[@Arukandi]

The tyranids look interesting, they kind of have the original alien movie vibe. The big aliens look quite odd hovewer, they lack resemblence to the original ones. Is this AI generated?

[@bstuartTI]

Yah it's text2img prompting with generative AI, then I run it through an img2video model for the final animation. All editing, music layering and SFX are created manually. The big aliens were def tough, they were the hardest to make somewhat cohesive/passable. Character cohesion will only get better in the future with these tools though :) I may have to train some custom models to try and amp up the consistency in future shorts.

[@My_Darkest_Hearts]

Can tell it's AI 100%. What program?