Astartes Ep. 1-4:

[@Xinoz2]

This isn't made by a team, this is the effort of a single person who is way too skilled for us to even comprehend.

[@Airier]

That makes it even more insane. O_O

[@catneko6855]

THE GOD EMPEROR HAS AWOKEN! PRAISE BE TO HIS NAME! GLORY TO HIM! GLORY I SAY! @@Airier

[@chronocepter]

He is a saint from the 41st millenia blessed by the Emperor

[@bryan0x05]

Too skilled to be a person... I can make a religion out of this

[@azzuron7694]

@@bryan0x05 we could make a religion out of this

[@SpiralSine6]

One man. One man made this. Games Workshop: *fund this man*

[@egealtun3545]

I disagree. GW be like '' Naaah! Fund another turn based mobile game! ''

[@Maximoepl]

Lets make a petition

[@AzureIV]

Absolutely not. Games Workshop might fucking crush him under copyrights and/or screw him in a contract. I would like quality, thank you very much.

[@FranOfBattle]

GW will limit him. GW will ruin it

[@knucker2730]

apparently, the guy has a cushy job so he just does this in his free time for fun.

[@archerbascha8757]

This is no fight or slaughter. This is pest control.

[@yadakakadu]

No, this is a boring tuesday at the office. Pest control requires effort.

[@curseofgladstone4981]

@@yadakakadu Can imagine them casually chatting over the coms while doing this. "so I heard Gary got himself promoted a few years ago" "what no way! I've known that guy for 300 years. Never would of imagined he'd make captain."

[@imapopo2924]

No. This is *Purging*

[@Autechltd]

Speaking of pest control, large (old) Imperial Libraries often have servitors armed with flame throwers to keep the rat population down. Occasionally the rats win.

[@djcuevas1057]

@@Autechltd Fucking 40k lol

[@drakefire6675]

"This isn't a battle. This is mop up." The accuracy of this statement.

[@mivapusa]

A *Man* made this. A *rat* stole it.

[@robertsilva7158]

Yeah it sucks that some ass hole had to do that

[@tacoblude8208]

i bet the loser who stole this doesn't even know anything about wh40k

[@coitusergosum2447]

Good news! He's back!

[@CareerKnight]

@Jam Lee He hacked his youtube channel. Took way longer than it should have to get it back but he has it back now and part 5 is on the way.

[@Opachki69420]

@@CareerKnight thankfully i came across this a day before he posted part 5, i got to experience all of it at once with no wait. i feel bad for everyone who thought it was lost

[@sindrimyr5351]

Also not daemonic powers at all. Just regular psyker powers

[@spamhere1123]

Not a whole lot of difference in 40k. Psyker powers use the warp, and all it takes is a bit of poor concentration and a psyker's mind fails and opens a warp portal, from which demons stream out and murderize everything.

[@sindrimyr5351]

@@spamhere1123 with daemonic powers he probably ment chas gods related powers, like for example tzeentchs special spells of blue fire etc. or that they got psyker powers from chaos.

[@ArgelTal_]

​@@spamhere1123 Oh we got a fanatic purist here? Propably someone bending over to the ecclesiarchy? ;) (jk mate, i am just playing a role)

[@spamhere1123]

@@ArgelTal_ Report yourself to the Commissariat at once! Speaking ill of the ecclesiarchy is heresy!

[@yokgor4675]

Chaos Sorcery I think it’s even crazier.

[@CommisarHood]

How bad ass are the Astartes? They stand twice as tall as a full grown man. They board enemy ships by loading themselves into a literal torpedo and firing themselves at the enemy. Their standard weapon is basically a rapid fire grenade launcher that they can wield like a rifle when most men can't even carry it. They react to being hit with Rocket's, 50 Cal rounds and heavy Las fire with at best slight annoyance. One of them can take on an entire enemy platoon with no problem. They kill without mercy or hesitation and don't care about pain, injury or death. Any further questions or are you ready to bow to the God Emperor and his Avenging Angels now?

[@plasmancer6104]

But if it was a very short fully grown man, than the marine would be a very tall midget

[@CommisarHood]

Plasmancer Shush don't talk about the Squats. Do you want the Inquisition's Ordo Non Canous to come after us?

[@plasmancer6104]

Crazeenerd oh shit, ahhhh PRAISE BE TO THE EMPEROR AND THE FRIODPEROR

[@CommisarHood]

@@plasmancer6104 Inquisitor: Too late heretic!!! (Smashes Exterminatus button with his head.)

[@CommisarHood]

SonsOfLorgar Inquisitor: Two exterminatus in one week it must be my birthday. SMASH IT!!! (Headbutts Exterminatus button)

[@dark_drakon6814]

14:26 this on the back of the head and mask it is psychic hood. ( psychic hood may look very different from each other. look at helmets from thousand son from 30k, each of their helmets is also psychic hood )

[@060POTEHb]

Actually, masks give me q'sal vibes. But if they are actually heretical, why psyhood? No heretical psyker will put a collar on his power and psyhoods are limiters basically.

[@borgkingerei6993]

@@060POTEHb because they're likely not heretical in a chaos worshipping way, but maybe they stole some gear and are trying to run away and don't want to get possessed by the god of BDSM

[@060POTEHb]

@@borgkingerei6993 Well yeah., but still. As far as i know, especialy for psykers, this corruption transformation can be realy quick. So they probably actively fighting it... Plus - theyr size is bigger then normal humans... So i'm thrilled to learn backstory of this conflict.

[@chrisedwards9543]

Explanations ahead, may be spoilery. Okay, some info for you: The astartes used a boarding torpedo to board the rebel ship, and yes, it is exactly what it sounds like. The crew of the ship are just rebels, no known outside influence was involved. The psykers were just that, psykers. They are both missing opposite arms, and the mask thing is a psychic hood, allowing for greater control over their powers and increased protection from daemonic possession. the reason the astartes removed the spine thing was because it was part of the hood and removing it removed the threat. As for the lack of blood, I can only assume it was because of the use of combat knives over bolters. And in regards to the electric look to everything, it is representation of the amount of psychic power being used. If you want a far more comprehensive breakdown, check out the two videos Arch Warhammer has done regarding this series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inq9m3aAgsaFZ68 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGexe4WwbMegg5I

[@l1ghtd3m0n3]

Chris Edwards Actually it was a Caestus Assault Ram.

[@ArgelTal_]

@@l1ghtd3m0n3 correct.

[@dgrmn12345]

This is the first most realistic depiction of what an Astarte is capable of but instead of being awed by their power and the God-Emperor’s might, i cant help but be more afraid of the 40k Millenium. Namely how the enemies of Man could easily make mincemeat out of these Demi-humans on a daily basis. Imagine how much more powerful Ork Nobs, Tyranid Hormogaunts, or Chaos Berzerkers are compared to a regular Astartes. I can understand now why a lowly Guardsman would risk life and limb to retreat rather than face these monstrosities in a realistic sense. These shorts only made me fear the 40k universe even more

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

These are from Inquisition, it's weird NOT to be afraid of them.

[@ls200076]

@@AzraelSoulHunter SCREAMS IN SPACE WOLF

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

@@ls200076 Space Wolves are too badass to fear them. They have Best Chapter master Space Santa on their side after all.

[@jazzyb4656]

@Flekk Bone Gnawer The planet broke before the Guard did!

[@harveygriffiths9383]

Flekk Bone Gnawer THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD!

[@Evagoesbrrr]

A Warhammer fan with twenty years of experience here. Psykers shown in the short film, at the level of theta, which means the average level of strength and the most common. And now, to feel the whole grimdark of the universe, I will say that there is still: Zeta, Delta, Epsilon, gamma, beta, alpha and alpha+. Alpha+ was the Emperor, the gods of chaos, and some Eldar. Gamma beta is rare but found among the Inquisition. Astronomicon consists of almost all level of gamma. Alpha can act on a planetary scale and alpha+ can literally change the reality of the universe. Now remember that, the stronger psyker, the more chaotic he is. That's what Warhammer is.

[@theMyouknow]

yeah since when the emperor was born and his psychic powers affected 16 billion suns.

[@qball331]

Also the things on the two guys heads are known as pysker hoods. They are not inherently on chaos worshipers they just serve as a tool to allow pysckers to use their powers without blowing themselves and everyone around them up. Interesting theory on they were rogue adeptus mechanicus minions. However that doesn't explain how they were able to turn so many guardsman who are completely loyal the the emperor to their side.

[@majormajorasic]

*However that doesn't explain how they were able to turn so many guardsman who are completely loyal the the emperor to their side.* Hah, these aren't Death Korps lads.

[@ieuanhunt552]

Because they are guarding the chamber housing the ships astropath. They are the guardsmen only ticket home.

[@soroushmirghasemi623]

I don’t know if anyone will see this but astartes has been hacked please spread the word and show him support

[@TheMozerfok]

that would explain his weird profile pic... any news about that?

[@anormalphantom130]

@@garruscalibrarian636 no he didn't

[@garruscalibrarian636]

@@anormalphantom130 yeah just heard about it was misinformed sorry :/

[@bigbangattack97]

@@anormalphantom130 what? Dude definitely was hacked. Back now tho.

[@cw.k1532]

Yep.. this is what Space Marines are built and made for.

[@johnclement189]

Best representation of a space marine, cold, focused, wise and and fearless

[@matthewsykes4814]

It's not restraint, it'a awe. The guy got fucked by youtube, had his channel canned thanks to a hacker, just got it back. One person made this, not ILM or Disney......... 1 guy. This is why this 4 part is garnering the support it deserves, he doesn't have a team of animators, modellers etc, just him. This is better than anything from GW, including the shitty spacesmurf film thing

[@Nuka0420]

"What am I about to get myself into?" You'll see brother...you'll see

[@DvDMADNo1]

Something to look at and it'll take a while to get through whilst sticking to the Friday Warhammer Theme. Try watching Helsreach. Its a fan-animation for an 40k Audiobook. The creator did it with enough quality that Games Workshop has hired them and to be honest, its a very good story.

[@marcusporter7565]

I call crap. Inquisitor was a fan-animation and GW shut it down.

[@solair4553]

@@marcusporter7565 no the creator Richard Boland got hired by gw to make a series. There's a trailer on KZbin if you don't believe me it's called angels of death

[@reecedignan8365]

Marcus Porter GW didn’t shut Inquisitor down. Creator and the team just put to much on their plates and couldn’t find the money or time to get it all together by the end, and as time passed on the project a few of the team had to abandon it for personal reasons and the main creator himself ran into difficulties in real life which also caused him to pull out. GW didn’t shut it down, all you can say is GW - at the time of its making - said that the creators could not make money off the project - to which also complie: to both Richard Boyland this Astartes creator - so you could say GW caused financial problems but overall the project just turned out to be too large and external problems in the real world lead to Inquisitors failure. Richard Boyland on the other hand spend years creating Helsreach off his own time and back solo. Thankfully he didn’t run into much personal problems during his making and having less requirement on waiting for Voice Actors also helps as majority of the Audio is from the Audiobook.

[@DanteNDigitalis]

The Astartes channel has been hacked by some lowlife hacker called Caio. Show your support & help the original owner reclaim his masterpiece.

[@robertsilva7158]

His channel had bin deleted now sadly

[@iancollins9960]

@@robertsilva7158 NYET! The Emperor protects brother! AND HIS WILL PREVAILS! The channel is alive and well! Part 1 is fixed and back up. Much like Cadia. Astartes STILL STANDS!

[@pbbj893]

Man, I don't feel like playing my Space Marine army today... *Watches four episodes of Astartes* I feel as though I have to play my Space Marine army today!

[@solconcord6588]

Love your energy! I can relate to the enthusiasm. Definitely a fan now

[@Ognyann]

Since there is no dialogue at all so far, it's difficult to tell what EXACTLY is happening (apart from the obvious, obviously), but it's probably worth to consider that the two psykers the Marines fought in part 4 may NOT have been affilliated with Chaos. There wasn't demonic writing on their skin, they wore masks/helmets commonly known as psychic hoods. Nothing about them - nor the soldiers the Marines destroyed earlier - seems overtly Chaotic. Chaos corruption is easily noticeable unless in the very initial stages and this is supposed to be the mop up after a failed rebellion, so if those people were true heretics, we should have seen obvious mutations and evil, spike-y vibes... and we didn't. I suspect that the rebels are just that - rebels who tried to secede from the Imperium for whatever reason and failed. And now the Inquisition is cleaning up using the titular Astartes to do the dirty work. The big question is what's in the vault the psykers were protecting?

[@axelNodvon2047]

Chaos corruption isn’t necessarily obvious, it can corrupt the mind and soul. But yes I agree with you that I don’t think these rebels are related to chaos in any way

[@AzureIV]

I have been told that those circular things are drones meant to intercept missiles and the like.

[@Airier]

Makes sense.

[@Opahyagenn]

I thought those circular things were drones that go take care of torpedoes being fired on the infiltration ships. You can see the big ship shooting torpedoes and the circular thing going forward and taking care of some of em, and the turret in the infiltration ship taking care of the left overs. And for the ship you initially see in front of you, you can see it firing some sort of missiles to distract the big ship which I thought was a nice touch.

[@squirestew4u]

"Honestly it could have just destroyed the ship flat-out" - Not when you're trying to secure precious cargo

[@Kopaka808]

Those Marines were making a lot of 3+ armor saves.

[@sas2300]

Wow this guy can hardly breathe he's so excited. To be fair it is really top class work by astartes.

[@Airier]

I blame a cold I completely had at the time. Yep, not like I was having a massive geek out or anything. [Innocent Whistling]

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

Astartes are incredibly powerful and this is one of the best representations of that.Also these Astartes are one of the Inquisition ones. These are the most cold and heartless ones by default and this series captures that perfectly as well.

[@RichardX1]

Grey Knights? Because they didn't have Deathwatch shoulder insignia.

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

It’s a homebrew chapter made specifically for this series of shorts by the creator. I think they’re called the Vindicators ( I mixed up they’re the Retributors) tho it’s been a while I might be mixing up. They’re supposedly famed for efficiency, ruthlessness and almost machine like coordination. I think their main stuff is like Xenos tech, Archeotech, and other secretive stuff best left hidden from the imperium at large but are not actually under the Inquisition, at least not more so than anyone else, but work with them often. I might be wrong about some of this it’s been a while, but the creator made like a info page, sort of like those prequel Star Wars magazines, you know the one with the Dooku memes of “signature look of superiority”. Majorkill has a decent short video with some of this info

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

@@AverageAwesomeDude They are Homebrew chapter of the author. Retributors are Sons of Dorn.

[@kinagrill]

Thing is, an Astartes Bolter weapon is designed to deal with 'whatever insane crap might be out there in the galaxy', when it was produced for the Great Crusade. Taking such a weapon against a regular soldier human is like trying to take out a wasp with a shotgun.

[@anibalmatheusg2089]

More like taking a fly with a grenade launcher XD

[@kinagrill]

@@anibalmatheusg2089 Eh, a bolter is already a self-propelled redbull-can sized grenade - launcher. Hence why I took it back a little in terms of weapon vs. target.

[@anibalmatheusg2089]

@@kinagrill you know that´s actually a good point.

[@karlsnod2784]

Those masks could have been a psychic hoods. Just saying

[@Sam-bp2st]

They are

[@Airier]

Huh, didn't know that's what the hoods looked like. Really cool detail, that.

[@Sam-bp2st]

@@Airier look back when you see the spine things become electrical and that. Also sorry for bad description

[@Firaveas]

@@Airier Twin brothers. They are close to each other, able to save each other with split second reactions and are psychically linked. Which explains when one shorted out when his brother died. I'd say class D psykers. It took both of them just to crack an astartes lens. Just a lens. The lasguns did more damage then they did. If they were grade c those space marines would of had losses or all dead. Higher grades they would have all been gone with ease.

[@Blitzwaffen]

@@Firaveas weren't two of the astartes killed in this engagement? Only two stood before the vault at the end.

[@qball331]

please react to warhammer 40k "pity the guardsman"

[@MagusBunnyMom]

yes. do it

[@RyoKasai25]

PLEASE.

[@ekhidna4]

YES!

[@e.dnautilis1618]

yes

[@Airier]

Alright, I'll add it to the list after 40K Theories' Quest for Knowledge.

[@qball331]

The reason why you don't hear about astartes doing tedious stuff is because usually the astartes have better things to do. Also stormtroopers miss, the guardsman are more like the clone troopers they actually hit their targets but they still die A TON. The average guardsman behaves more like a clone trooper rather than a stormtrooper.

[@UNION_JACK_THE_RIPPER]

I always compare gaurdsman to mobile infantry from starship troopers

[@jmgollde843]

Ey, I'm early. This, Death of Hope, and Inquisitor are the best representations of 40k outside of tabletop. Dude, can you do a Read-acts video where you check out various pages about 40k in 1d4chan? Dark Mechanicum is a faction. Merging machine and magic.

[@aldergodric4324]

Oh we need to have him read all of 1d4chan live

[@reecedignan8365]

Also forgot to add Helsreach

[@egealtun3545]

The Toilets of the 41st Millennium PLEASE

[@imperialofficerremusblackw8452]

The fact that the regular soldiers actually tried to stand against the astartes is a feat in itself. I mean seeing not one but several astartes closing against you is probably enough to make even the toughest soldier balling his eyes out in the fetal position. These regular human beings are incredibly brave

[@Karlos87]

Also is good to point out that this project is a more “realistic/grounded” view of 40k.

[@povilzem]

They were wearing metal full-face masks, hence the metal sound. The spine-like things on their necks were psychic hoods. The guys were likely psychic twins, possibly conjoined at birth, that's why they both lacked an arm and coordinated so well.

[@mig1739]

Emperor!!! one man made this! Imagine if this guy got sponsored by GW and a movie studio we could potentially have our first 40k block buster.

[@ibexhunter5624]

Somehow seeing a genuine fan of 40k fanboying over this makes me genuinly happy. Im just starting to get into this amazing universe and the fanbase is one of the least toxic im apart of. So yeah i love your videos. THE EMPEROR PROTECTS

[@majormajorasic]

20:10 In short: Men of Iron - Bad guys exterminating humanity. Men of Stone - Good guys assisting humanity.

[@jambyjameson1380]

10:00 that is technically from ww2 as the gun shield is identical to that of the PaK 36 37mm at gun

[@DrakeWingGaming]

Anyone else find it interesting both those augmented Psykers seemed to be missing one thing each? One was missing his eye, the other an arm, perhaps the tech they were using required a sacrifice in order to function...definitely wouldn't be the weirdest thing in 40k lore.

[@HTMR-de8gz]

Those were renegade psykers, the thing they ripped was a psychic hood, a piece of equipment that allows a Psyker to focus and be protected from the whims of the warp. Ripping one off of a Psyker is an instant kill. A brutal kill too.

[@pranavghantasala6808]

The "circular things" are actually for defense against missiles. If you look closely at the rebel ship before they were deployed, you can see faint trails from the missiles the ship fired. The missiles that escaped the explosion were shot down by the turret. These tiny details are amazing.

[@Aurilion44]

Btw, AirierGames, all the Astartes survived. Those guys were relatively weak Psykers so all they really did was just pushing and launching those guys around with force. The other 3 got thrown far away that they couldn't join the fight, but at the last scene they were all shown going out from the right side of the screen and regrouping :) Edit: And yeah, they are basically taking entire ship out with only 5 men :D

[@triceraman]

Airier… in the astartes business we call em Boardin' torpedoes :P

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

Kharbydis Boarding Claws plz.

[@zeroday5441]

That's a Cestus assault ram

[@zomkino]

when the fans do GW's jobs... (i know its one guy but theres also fan made movies and trailer) i pray some rich fan buy the licsence and flood us with good games...

[@colinmasterson666]

Those “Chaosy Guys” are actually Psykers wearing Psychic hoods. Easy mistake. I didn’t know that either until I saw Arch Warhammer’s video on these.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

yeah, I had to look into Telekines myself.

[@GarlicAvenger]

My theory is those 2 Psykers are neuro-linked "flesh dolls" (kind of like brain dead battle-servitors, specifically augmented for control through a Psychic link, and controlled as 2 separate halves of one "psychic being" - hence why each only uses the opposite hand...) and are guarding a heretic/rouge "Navigator" of the Navis Nobilite... Navigators are EXTREMELY powerful Psykers that are the ones who guide Imperial ships through warp translations. They steer a ship through the tides and streams of the warp by the guiding light of the Astronomicon, all while being extremely resistant to Chaos influence and the constant bombardment of daemons trying to break through the vessel's void shields and materialise aboard the ship. Also, "Navigators" tend to be housed in a phereical "Navigator's Sanctum" to focus, meditate, and augment their psychic power for steering an entire W40K sized ship through the Immaterium. - "On every Imperial Warp-capable interstellar starship, the sanctum of the Navigators was a domain unto itself. Typically designed to resemble a spheroid between two to ten decks in diameter" source: warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Navigator... A Rebel Navigator is very much an escalation in urgency of a situation, and a very just cause for sending of an Astartes Kill Team.. Also, just because they are rebelling from the Imperium, does not automatically mean "Chaos"... If Imperial strength wanes over generations in a sector/sub-sector - planets sometimes forget about the Imperium of Man's might and their populations rebel to overthrow the local government. Then - if the world is important enough, and diplomacy or the local garrisons of Imperial Guard are overwhelmed/turncoats then either the Inquisition, Officio Assasinorum or Astartes are sent in to bring the world/sector to heel. I'd say from the lack of demonic or genetic mutations on the soldiers, and the cleanliness of the traitor ship, that it's not Chaos or genestealer cults - It's just a rebelling faction of humanity.

[@soareverix]

This animation got me into 40K

[@deathlegionair]

Those were most likely Malefic Lords. A renegade psyker known for their heavy use of their psychic ability to protect themselves, and they often times modify their own bodies to remove weakness. And while they are chaos, their tech tends to depend on where they hail from, a malefic lord from Kurse would have a ton of archeo tech from the dark age of technology integrated into their body, while some are chaos equivalent to Navigators. They are disgusting and vile mutants who are extremely dangerous on the table top. (Uses renegades and heretics in 40k and have almost killed Guilliman in close combat with a warp possessed Malefic lord.)

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

running theory is Telekines, which were used prominently by a now-defunct human empire that rebelled. This is probably set back then.

[@deathlegionair]

John J. Spurgin to be fair, the imperium was the actual rebels, but the problem with that theory is the armor pattern, which is post heresy armor.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

@@deathlegionair Ah... the imperium was never a rebellion, as it started from Terra which at the time was part of no empire. It was a chaotic mess of technobarbarian warlords. And you're assuming the imperium hasn't faced rebellions in 10K years. The heresy isn't the only time the imperium has had schisms. Hell, Goge Vandire's "reign of blood" caused rebellions that he actively put down. It was that that led to the regulation of the ecclesiarchy and the formation of the adeptus sororitas.

[@aham2903]

Approximately 200 heavily armed heretics versus a combat squad of 5 Astartes. I like the Imperium's odds.

[@dragnus12]

A lot of people apparently forget, but the imperium has regular problems with rebellions that arent due to xenos or chaos. Sometimes, a person doesnt want tp be a cog in the imperial machine, sometimes, even a sector

[@templarhelmet3844]

The Astartes channel has been hacked, get youtube's attention on twitter!

[@LethargicGM]

The creator has confirmed that those two psykers are nobles sponsoring a rebellion and they are buffed up with archeotech.

[@juletid99]

The crackling spine-things on their backs, are most likely some kind of psycic inhibitors. Which connects to their psycic hoods, which in turn. Was the metal masks they were wearing,

[@AzureIV]

And this was done by a single person. Also react to the Hellsreach series since it is finished and GW hired the single guy who made it to make their Blood Angels series.

[@Sorain1]

Holy god yes. Hellsreach is amazing. It's utterly jaw dropping.

[@TARINunit9]

How to tell someone to watch Astartes without the stupid self-censorship: It's a masterpiece of action and minimalism, using the minimalism to make the awesome stuff EVEN MORE AWESOME

[@karengeldart2350]

Don't worry, just 3 months to wait until the next one.... *sob*

[@borgkingerei6993]

*sob*

[@WolfhoundMercenary]

This particular comment didn't age well...

[@moddqudar508]

Near a year

[@hartianx1698]

@@moddqudar508 I'm hoping part 5 will be maybe 4 minutes long given how long this one is taking vs the others. Then again the hacker could've eaten up so much of his time and money.

[@junioruvalle610]

Its been 8months

[@bongodrumzz]

Quick update guys, a very small GIF from episode 5 has been released (on Astartes channel) and the rumour is the next full episode (5) is going to be released over the christmas holidays, ya gotta love this guy, his work is truly outstanding, please pop over to his patreon and help him out, even a few quid or dollars would show him the love for his work, I think he deserves it especially after all that crap he got from the shytehawk who stole his channel. BTW thanks youtube for sorting that out, seriously appreciated guys :)

[@rampantsarcasm2220]

the drones you saw are there to protect the boarding pod from countermeasures like point defense guns

[@BelisariusAlKhwarizmi]

The psykers at the end had to be a more serious challenge than anyone who came before, including the heavy weapon specialists, to make this a truly interesting series.

[@DGARedRaven]

I was waiting for this. And I am not disappointed.

[@kongfeet81]

The Astartes channel got hacked a few days ago

[@RichardX1]

Yeah, that's the standard Astartes boarding method. "But the Masked Guy's face remains to remain concealed..."

[@Cirac1]

Hels.Reach.Hels.Reach.Hels.Reach! Nice reaction man!

[@VariusMayhem]

It truly sucks that the KZbin channel by this creator was hacked, hijacked and KZbin isn't helping.

[@hummingpylon]

This guy is one of those souls who come out of nowhere and just raise the standards for all of us. Boom! It's done, no going back...

[@fluffly3606]

The Astartes films take place in 482.M39; Krieg rebelled in 433.M40 if Lexicanum is to be believed, and said rebellion was a long time in the making apparently. The films also refer to the incident as the "Argosa Uprisings." Given that Argosa doesn't seem to exist in canon, as well as the plural "uprisings" and the fact Astartes had to get involved suggesting a large scale rebellion, makes it plausible, though very unlikely, that Krieg was involved somehow.

[@martinsach5599]

The circular pods are automated kamikaze decoys (imagine servoscull in a big helmet, ment to drag fire from your dropship). The masked gigants were either rougue psykers, or psykers loyal to rogue planetary governor. The spinaly metal thingy from their heads were psi-amplifiers. Purely mechanicaly, it is not possible to induce psi capabilities. Also, not twisted enough for dark mechanicus and DEFINETLY not men of iron (simple hint - live human eyes). For men of iron, please check google and wiki for wh40k UR-025., because that man of iron is still working, under fake imperial blessing from mechanicus. And looks extra different than those two gigant psyker leaders. Another point worth mentioning - men of iron did not had psykers, although probably did have either enslaved, or some replacement for navigators, because could traverse the space on FTL speeds.

[@lordorion5776]

FYI Airiergames space marines are approximately 10 feet tall thats why they are so tall and also in regards to the "dark apostals" i believe are based of a group of people during the great crusade by the Emperor of Mankind where they had wholy embraced mechanical bodies similar to the mechanicus but on a higher level some where said too look perfectly human i can't remember what they where called or where they were from

[@fishpop]

The insertion at the start of #2 is rather detailed if you look at it. The fighter craft, since it's faster, goes on ahead to draw fire from the battleship, the drones intercept missiles, with the dropship have a turret to shoot down any missiles that aren't intercepted, and then they laser-bore in to the ship's hull to penetrate deep within it.

[@argentum746]

Btw their arms arent missing guys, they are hidden underneath their cloak. You can even see the arms below. Pause at 0:26 of the fourth chapter and you can see their arms.

[@TheArcSet]

Personally I thought they were wearing carved metal masks, but they could just as easily have been face-plates.

[@Wraithfire27]

I think those psychers were conjoined twins. One's missing his left arm the other his right, hence why they're covered there.

[@Kharn526]

Dude, its a boarding Torpedo. Did anyone notice the Marine in the darkness taking out the sniper nest ?

[@Lost_in_the_Blink]

Dude, the level of detail is insane right. The Marine taking out the sniper nest and the Renegade with the shape charge are just awesome little details. Took me about 30 watches to fully appreciate the sniper nest scene. The lighting and timing of the gun shots are just amazing.

[@josephroseen7188]

Dark_Drogon mentioned that those spine like things on the back of their heads could be psychic hoods, which I’m inclined to agree with, but there is something different about them. The technology involved. I think what these 2 individuals were guarding at the end was a partial s.t.c. They used it to develop their personal technology, as if it were a full one the space marines would have had no chance. This also explains why they seem extremely cybernetic as a mechanicus would.

[@owo1744]

I believe the circular pod thingies are used as advanced Flares, disrupting missiles.

[@infernaloz6486]

This series to me, makes me think of one word in relation to Astartes, "implacable". Nothing disturbed them, even after being psy assualted the Astartes simply stood up, sheathed his knife (in time with his brother) and continued on with the mission. That to me is what exemplifies the Astartes, not the soy boy version of the "Ultramarines" movie discussing their feelings. Just unstoppable, unrelenting killing machines coming for you

[@multiversepatriot3148]

To this day, the only gripe I have is that the autocannon has more than enough power to splatter that Astartes. The multilaser I get being a no sell, but an autocannon? C’mon

[@Grenadier-]

So that turret gunner probably could have killed that one marine if he had held his fire till most of the men cleared. The marine had only just stepped into the hallway allowing him to get out of the way. If he had waited the marine would have been trapped and he could have been cut down by the massed fire finding a weak point

[@elkubik3262]

Love how he even made the rebel ship an actual ship from the lore. Dauntless mk2 is maybe my favourite light cruiser ever.

[@Jbay2608]

According to the creator, the guys in masks are just rogue human Psykers that lead a rebellion and it failed, they were part of the ruling class of the sector. They had some illicit augments but still just humans. As for the video this is how Space Marines are supposed to be portrayed. Killing the enemies of the Imperium is their reason for being and they do it well without hesitation. They're so far above a normal human, even one trained to fight that this kind of operation is like stepping on cockroaches. As far as these Astartes are concerned the human soldiers have turned their backs on the Emperor and the Imperium and so they get death.

[@thegamingnecronoverlord8935]

finally a man who knows about 40k

[@jeremyleach117]

It amazes me so much that its made by 1 guy... 1 GUY!! He deserves to get paid for this hands down!!

[@benjaminZ20]

Ethics? Hah, THERE IS ONLY WAR!!

[@silentjackm.d4490]

Something I realize is that the Marines are absolute Units! They are 8ft tall Giants in essentially tank armor with two hearts 3 lungs and such. And that's just the standard Marine higher rank officers are bigger and stronger and the emperor himself is like 12 ft tall and could probably lift a tank, basically unlike most empires the emperor isn't just a leader he's probably the strongest of them all

[@Horesmi]

The writing on the masks isn't chaos, at least not the usual chaos. They are very likely just rebels, fighting for lower taxes or something. Imperium quite often faces rebellions that have nothing to do with chaos. The guy wasn't mowing down his own troops because he was evil. The plan was clearly for the troops to run all the way through the corridor, lure the space marine out of cover, get the troops out of line of fire and then mow down the marine with lots and lots of lasgun fire while he tries to run for cover. But the shooter saw a *massive* marine, panicked, shot his own troops and gave the marine time to get into cover.

[@SmileyTheMadman]

By the way those psyker are using psykic hoods and some type of psykic dampener as that spinal chord looking device on their backs, these guys have one missing arms because they were ritually bonded together as Psykers, since they are both so good at working together and moving as if knowing each other’s own action before they are started is showing then are likely both biological brothers, bond brothers most likely to be honest. The Astartes ep1 intro tell there is a rebellion going on and that the Imperium sent Space Marines to stop this crazy rebellion, and usually, Space Marines aren’t sent usually to quell rebellions, but this rebellion was really bad to the Imperium considering the crazy rare Astra Militarum wargear in usage like a double barreled Multilaz Turret, a man portable autocannon, 2 well equipped psykers and a plethora of other equipment like missile launchers and heavy stubbers. So this rebellion must’ve been on some key world or some space in a system.

[@wolfman96]

its an ancient chapter of space marines i can't remember what they are called but it's them vs the Dark mechanicum

[@plasmancer6104]

I think their boarding ship was a Corvus assault Ram, tough as hell that fires nuclear meltdown at the ship just before impact to turn the armour to slag so the ram can just punch into pretty much liquid ship

[@kaon9393]

I unfortunately don't have enough time to watch the whole video right now, But could you give us your thoughts on the eisenhorn TV news? (if you haven't done so in this video) Sidenote: GW FUND THE CREATOR !!!

[@HorusHeresy1982]

Looks like a version of a psychic hood.

[@theMyouknow]

Those circular pods are Drones made to intercept missile fire.

[@AzureIV]

Astartes are literal walking tanks with weapons to match. Only one squad is needed to wipe out the entirety of a world’s armies. Most depictions of W40k Space Marines are not shown well.

[@hisholinesslordpotato]

GJ you guys made him hype like this XD

[@nikolajsteffensen6578]

i will say while i absolutely adore these animations. that auto cannon and the twin-linked multi-las should have been kills. both if we go off of the tabletops, the RPG's and general lore. still absolutely awesome though.

[@majormajorasic]

Autocannon only scored one glancing hit before being neutralized, Multilas didn't fire for long enough to deal intimidate damage.

[@vitaliyred622]

@AirierGames these are very low-level Psykers. They were enhanced by a lot of gear. Psychic hood and it seems they are brothers since they are linked by energy. Also one is missing the right hand and another is missing the left one. A high-level Psyker would tear SM apart in seconds. About the blood, I have no clue really...

[@airis8345]

Maybe the psykers were connected because in the lore there is spiritual connection (i think i dont remember correctly i have to check that again but now i am bored) so maybe thats why when they killed the first one the other one blanked for a second due to fact there connected in a way (maybe this also explains for the missing hand for the both of them which could be like a soul-to-soul ritual for them to be connected idk maybe.I have to check more carefully )

[@Kalenz1234]

You don't have to be a marsian mech priest to be a cyborg in warhammer 40k :p

[@timkennedy8766]

It's a boarding torpedo that they are locked into..