The HOWLING GRIFFONS Chapter: Origins & Lore | Warhammer 40k Index Astartes

[@NightfallTH]

Good evening fellow Badab War enthusiasts.

[@Daveyjonez33]

Good day to you as well

[@ObiWAAAGHKenobi]

Greetings

[@Typhoonatlas]

This guy gets it

[@elliotspirrett7752]

I just assumed we were all Ianthusiats

[@TheTurbanatore]

I ❤ Badab War series

[@euansmith3699]

I can really hear Ian's eyes rolling at "Orlando Furioso" 😄😄😄👍

[@ArbitorIan]

Everyone knows he should have been a Blood Angel

[@jackcharlie9322]

@@ArbitorIan a hilarious fate

[@BigBoyBillSneed]

🤓 it is actually a literary reference, thankfully something that silly didn't come straight from a GW writer's brain

[@heriticsanghieli]

@@BigBoyBillSneed I had been thinking that, with all the King Arthur inspired custom chapters, it'd be cool to see one that's based on the paladins of Charlemagne, but I was today years old when I learned that one already kinda exists.

[@TomTubesYou]

Just when I thought I'd heard the most ludicrous 40k name, Ian says "Orlando Furioso"

[@LordyT34]

This is what I love about Warhammer, the Howling Griffins were a small chapter, a footnote almost in the badab war and they have this much lore about them? That's so awesome!! All of these have been really good Ian!

[@ollyrukes]

I recall the first ttime they showed up in a white dwarf around 2nd edition, presented as a 'made up' chapter by one of the GW staff (I think one of the americans?) who just made them up because he liked the colour scheme. All the lore came much much later

[@davethomas1112]

@@ollyrukes kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZi7iWSYl9qMkMU American... you heretic... Fred is a Bristolian... 15ish minutes in he explains the origin of the chapter.

[@Zabzim]

@@ollyrukesand it sounds like that staffer made up the lore as well. This sounds very much like what someone would make up in the playground

[@useruseruseruseruser790]

After 4 years of obsessively watching WHK40 lore videos I think that I have finally found my favourite chapter. Thankyou Arbiter Ian.

[@neiladams3042]

Was lucky enough to be a regular at GW Bristol when Fred Reed was working there, and saw his army 'in the flesh'. Such an awesome paint scheme!

[@AbenZin1]

Is it true that he based their colour scheme on his favourite football team? That fact has been going through my head for years- I think I read it in White Dwarf back in the day, but I might have just been making it up!

[@euansmith3699]

@@AbenZin1 Partick Thistle, maybe?

[@Deadjim17]

THESE ARE MY BOYS! Been painting this collection of space marines since the release of the Primaris Marine release. FOR MANCORA!!

[@librarybear3419]

My CSM army has all their trophy helmets and base bodies painted as different Ultramarine successors. Howling Griffons got the seat of honour on Abaddon's base.

[@gumunduringiorsteinsson6286]

The colour of the trophies should be the army your friends play 😅

[@robryan1534]

I have been collecting howling griffons since i was about 14, they look realy cool all massed up but man are they a nightmare to paint

[@StudioOwlbear]

Howling Griffons: "The Codex Astartes Is The Ultimate Military Treatise And We Will Follow It's Teachings Rigidly" The Howling Griffons Thirty Seconds Later: "To Keep Up With The Massive Attrition"

[@Frosty4427]

I was just thinking of making my Deathwatch watchmaster a Howling Griffon. Lots of fun heraldry to play with there.

[@Xenol1997]

Lots of Griffons seem to join the DW so it would made sense

[@yodhanhunter]

I’ve been running a Howling Griffin Kill Team for over a year. They get a lot of love at whenever I pull them out.

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

Honey wake up, new Arbitor Ian vid just dropped

[@Littleknight556]

I’m unbelievably happy about this video

[@allanburt5250]

Brilliant Ian, I'm enjoying these very much. Will we see the Minotaurs please, started painting them a few months back.

[@TantheTaxman]

The Badab war is some of the best lore in 40k

[@cromwellthesynth]

The very first minis i ever painted back in 2018/19 were Howling Griffons. Probably still my first love in terms of canon chapters

[@velvetine74]

It's interesting that a feudal world has a massive monastery on it producing advanced war gear.

[@Bluecho4]

First of all, "Feudal" is a way to structure society (serfs owing fealty to lords, who in turn owe fealty to other lords), not a description of tech level. Most of the Imperium is "Feudal" in the sense that worlds are bound by a succession of levels of lordly obligation, with each level having broad power to govern their domain as they see fit. That doesn't mean they aren't technologically advanced...at least, compared to us in Real Life. Second, while the normal citizens of Mancora might live in what might be described as "Medieval" (pre-industrial, agrarian, fight with spears and horses, etc), that doesn't mean there isn't technology present. It's just that such technology and industry are monopolized by the Howling Griffins themselves, for their purposes. The rich and powerful hoard all the "Good Shit" for themselves. Same with Knight Worlds, where you have medieval serfs overseen by lords in big stompy robots.

[@velvetine74]

@@Bluecho4 That's why I took care to say it was "interesting" and did not use any other terminology. I agree with everything you say.

[@WozWozEre]

It's very common for Chapter Homeworlds to be kept deliberately low-tech by the Chapter in charge.

[@velvetine74]

@@WozWozEre Makes you think, how does the chapter respond when a lowly blacksmith tries to replicate those Bolt Gun things they see the tall people walking around with.

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

@@velvetine74 They wouldn't care about some random blacksmith making nonfunctional guns because why would they.

[@Lochtain]

Howling Griffons reporting in for the Badab campaign! Time to not find Perclitor!

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

Periclitor? It’s notoriously hard to find right? 😅😂

[@Lochtain]

@@HistoritorJimaldus exactly! They been searching for thousands of years!

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Hello Ian, my fellow secessionist. Thank you for covering this faction. The colours and design are great. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

[@strigoi_guhlqueen8355]

This series had me rewatching your badab war video again and again.

[@joehill6916]

Remember the Howling Griffons from 2nd edition!

[@collecter343]

Oath keepers to an insane degree

[@bassguyrobertson386]

Hey Ian. Just recently discovered your channel and really enjoying it. Did you know back in the mists of time, GW had a mail in competition for fans and gamers to “invent” a chapter ? The winner would have theirs painted up by the evy’ metal team! Well the winner was the Howling Griffons and I remember the creator saying he chose their colours based on Watford FC !!

[@paulmiddleton8487]

My mates and myself are currently planning Badab War shenanigans, these videos are perfectly timed, thank you!

[@accountnamewithheld]

looking forward to the video about my Exorcists

[@CaptainKiLL83]

I have loved this chapter since The iconic photo of Fred Reed’s full company of Howling Griffons space marines from the back cover of White Dwarf 179....it was glorious to behold.

[@lorcankelly8871]

Love this series keep up the great work

[@tbird1053]

These videos on pretty minor details are oddly refreshing. They make me feel like I felt as a kid reading lore.

[@LemanRussVanquisher]

I really really like the howling griffons. Super cool lore and the quarter paint scheme really enforces the knightly theme.

[@THCthehempcloud]

These types of videos are why I love this channel. lol am I the only one who hopes they do a video for every space marine chapter!?!?!? Also, this is why I will never be able to choose just one space marine chapter to claim!!!! They are all awesome

[@mozzy207]

I could literally watch these videos for hours, maybe I will when they all come out lol

[@henrikwannheden7114]

I had an Epic 40K Howling Griffons army... I tried to flex my painting chops, but it couldn't really pull it off :D

[@adamstewart5188]

I'm a big fan of the Howling Griffons, both their lore and paint scheme, so thanks for this video.

[@marjoe32]

*Dims lights* sits in a leather recliner * click click* inhale exhale 🌬 💨. Yeah lets talk Badab

[@Dustind1211]

Another great video as usual! I know it'll probably be one of the later videos in the series, but I am sooo excited to see the Arbitor himself discuss the best SM chapter there is ... The Minotaurs!!!

[@singtothesilence]

A bit of supplementary reading around the lexicanum wiki has revealed that Mancora is also listed as a Knight World. Honestly, given the more knightly overtones of the Griffons, this is kind of a perfect coincidence.

[@JonathanTaylorW]

cheers ian, really enjoying these vids. and shout out to everyone who chose to paint howling griffons as well!!!!

[@thomasshupienis4240]

I’ve been waiting forever for someone to make a qualify video about my favorite chapter! This is incredible

[@martynjones3978]

Definitely need more of this Please!! Its nice to learn about other space marine Chapters that are not the popular 9

[@Kincoran]

Yeeesss! One of my favourite successor chapters, along with (in this order) the Storm Wardens, the Guardians of the Covenant, and the Dark Hunters. Thanks for making this, Ian!!

[@volkarve]

this was the original chapter that i looked at way back in the day and said " NOPE...not painting those..." However they are solid chapter! Great Video as always, Cheers all!

[@Delveintohobby]

Wait wtf, these guys sound pretty cool! Never knew they had this much info on them, I just knew they had a cool color scheme that's a pain to paint

[@ryanturner3176]

This seems like a cool one for a Badab Crusade game because in Crusade you really get to know your guys, and being the last of a battle group really helps you get intimate with your little army men.

[@Gh0stClown]

The 'Sigmar VI Insurgency Force' camo scheme is surprisingly easy to paint, you can do it very quickly using diluted inks.

[@Awoken_Remmuz]

I kinda seen these guys before but never paid them much mind, gotta say they instantly rose up high in my Marine chapter rankings after seeing this video ^^

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Howling Griffin warcry: KA-CAWWW!

[@jonbaxter2254]

Kinda amazing how all these chapters have a distinctive look, speciality and lore. Must be hard after the 800th

[@Sternly]

I always liked the Howling Griffons a lot

[@martinconway8174]

Gotta give these guys respect, they are putting in the work

[@oxmor]

Please cover all successor chapters, big feat but you're the right man for the job.

[@AMegaByteYT]

I wish Salamanders successors had half as much light on them as Ultramarine successors. Despite my moaning, another great video!

[@WozWozEre]

I have a strange fascination with the Storm Giants, despite them having virtually no lore and being a very rare pre-Primaris successor to the Salamanders.

[@mopanda81]

looking forward to hearing how the campaign goes

[@georgesulea]

Great video:)

[@NeverQuiteAlex]

Space Bretonnians!

[@steverogers3696]

I have had 2 howling griffons armies in the past, and nearly made a third when i saw the artwork with the bladeguard marines from one of the newer space marine codex. Dont tempt me again!

[@_R0adki11]

Love to see more background stories of the Badab war chapters.

[@alexvdl]

My favorite Howling Griffins lore is their cameo in the Soul Drinkers series by Ben Counter.

[@PhilipStokoe-l5p]

Looking forward to the 2 hr Lamenters video in this series!!!

[@flaschorLP]

awesome video like always! since you are doing chapter origin story videos now, I always wondered if there are any loyalist space marine chapters that originate from traitor legions / traitor geneseed! I heard a rumour that the blood ravens from the dawn of war games originate from the thousand sons but I only find conflicting sources for that. are there even any loyalist chapters with these origins?

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

Basically the Howling Griffons have their own Black Rage where they scream PERICLITOR!!!

[@joseg.6187]

Awesome vid.

[@JennFaeAge]

I have a real soft spot for the Griffons. Partly because they were the first chapter we painted Marines as (well, if you don't count my terribly repainted Space Crusade models anyway lol) but also I remember what I'm pretty sure was there first ever mention, as a painted army on the back cover of a White Dwarf issue (back in the early 90s when WD used to have battle scenes/army photos on the back cover and nothing else)

[@dufourea]

"i call the big one 'Knifey'!"

[@namewastaken360]

Maybe the coolest looking codex compliant chapter!

[@TheLodgePainting]

i remember in gw bristol in the 90's there was a chap called Fred who worked there and had painted a whole company of these dudes to eavy mental standard a crazy achievement at the time considering how shit reds and yellows covered in those days It was later featured in white dwarf, he was a lovely guy and a great help to a young gamer like me trying to paint like that :) if ya see this Fred thanks mate will never forget you

[@jorgeclarkson8286]

I love the HG. First marines I painted 20 years ago as a young idiot. Underrated chapter.

[@eccentricbear]

Very tempted to do a kill team of these

[@michaelgrey1351]

Great video as always but I really appreciate the use of fan art here. Well considerate tk the community.

[@Crusosader]

They got the "Ketchup and Mustard" drip 😂

[@Subodenkhan]

Easily my favourite chapter

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

The Howling Griffons always have a howling good time!

[@Michael_Raymond]

All I can hear once they were described as constantly fighting and rebuilding is “Howling Jobbers”

[@jforozco12]

Their color scheme is so good

[@Gee_359]

I encountered the Howling Griffons in the Soul Drinkers novel "Chapter War". Many years later I can finally paint yellow and I can't stop painting them. Mercaeno might be the coolest Librarian ever to exist.

[@Slanse]

Some time i forget the lore guys where once fine art nerds ...and then some knigthly looking space marine is Named Orlando Furioso :P

[@TheTurbanatore]

Love the Badab War series

[@gracefully_falling]

Lets go my bugging him worked!!!!!

[@matthewcampbell3146]

What is the badab wars ovession with having some of the hardest to paint chapters in it

[@LairdMonster]

Space Marine 2 lets you get damn close to this livery. I have been enjoying confusing folks dressed as Dork Angels or Ultramachines with my blazing red and yellow. Or is it yellow and red?

[@larrychin5238]

Loved the griffons since I saw that bladeguard veteran art Hopefully their heraldry is in Space Marine 2

[@Damnedlegion40k]

Add a comment... Painted a couple in my DW army, well pauldron lol 😅

[@marcopritoni7182]

Orlando Furioso hahaha. For an Italian this is so funny

[@marcopritoni7182]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Furioso

[@riderpsychopate]

I'm a bit new, the Astral Claws chapter are the Red Corsairs now ? Or not at all ? Anyone with the V10 CSM codex, is there a part where they talk about the red corsairs ?

[@andreag.4609]

Casually i’m painting this chapter 😅 what a pain in the ass but i like them 💪

[@davidhardy875]

Great video? Is there any more details for the Badab campaign?

[@Awoken_Remmuz]

Ian has in the past made both a video talking meta wise about the history of GW covering the lore of the badab war as the editions gone on as well as actually making a video talking about the in universe events of the war, check through his channel and you should find the videos.

[@davidhardy875]

@@Awoken_Remmuz thanks, I’ve caught up on the videos and joined Patreon to get access to the discord. I was interested in joining in on the Badab FOFG stuff.

[@dallonrobbins5078]

I've painted up two different marines in Howling Griffins colours, no regrets

[@fransaacs]

Richard Kernick’s Iwo Jima inspired diorama of RTB01 marines raising their standard?

[@GaryKeenan]

Every video makes me want to swap which chapter I picked for our campaign!!

[@alextruecustodian6174]

My favorite part was when the griffon howled Absolutely peak fiction

[@siebensunden]

Can't wait for Sons of Medusa.

[@UGNAvalon]

It’s a good thing they weren’t Blood Angels successors, otherwise they’d be shouting “HORUS!!” even without going into the Death Company! 😅

[@LifeofSquidMann]

Imagine if they were yellow and white instead of yellow and red. Have fun painting that.

[@alvaropombo1192]

I know Álvaro may have sounded to whomever wrote the chapter as a cool name... but I couldn't help but laugh at sharing that name XD It's a pretty common spanish name PS: In spanish, V is pronounced as B, and Álvaro has the stress in the first A, not the second. For anyone wondering how to pronounce it.

[@paulellington1505]

Is it just me or do the Howling Griffins sound like Dark Angels cosplaying as Ultramarines?

[@MartinPultz]

Any books on the Howling Griffons?

[@ROGAL56]

Carcharodons chapter next please 🙏

[@JayB9127]

Comment for the comment god!

[@stephenpearson1786]

I see so howling griffins have the all too little known ultra marine plot armour 😂😂

[@chromasus9983]

I'm curious, Ian, do you have affiliation / partnership / what-not with the channel Minisodes? They make retro-Warhammer battle reports and recreating battles from the campaign books, and use a lot of similar aesthetics to yours, even a similar music if I recall. :)