Death of Hope Part 1: Anarchy Reigns

[@MrFusionCube]

*“HE MADE THIS IN A CAVE, WITH A BUNCH OF SCRAPS!”* _- Games Workshop CEO addressing creative team_

[@quangnguyentrung647]

It baffled me how this guy and Astartes didn't get to make an official 40k movie

[@daisho13]

Excellent use of reference 👍

[@ThortheGodly]

"I'm sorry sir...I'm not Louis Spark." -Matt Ward.

[@DebtorYen]

Indeed

[@internetman1213]

Quang Nguyen Trung GW is working on a movie though! Hopefully they’ll pick up both of them, I mean they hired the guy who did Helsreach. Only time will tell!

[@chikitabowow]

"I'm no animator and I absolutely HATE doing it", and YET this is 1000x better than the film production studio made Ultramarines movie. This is amazing!

[@Jackalos1]

A testament to Mark's devotion, but also shows how far computers have come in the last decade or so that this level of work can now be achieved by one person in his bedroom!

[@chosenrubric7308]

​@@choromancer7045 Animation is alright. From a professional standpoint its jittery and lacks refinement; obviously lots of mocap used. In my opinion the animation is the only thing worthy of serious critique.

[@astuteanansi4935]

@@chosenrubric7308 I think some of it is jittery on purpose, like the demons

[@chosenrubric7308]

@@astuteanansi4935 Sure, but it also looks off in places it shouldn't. I could break down specific examples if you want me to.

[@stevepickford3004]

Shame Astartes came out and blew this out the water. The tech is moving so fast that by time something is completed somebody else is doing it much better.

[@joshdoz9234]

And this children is why joining Chaos is *never* warranted.

[@Alopex1]

Why? Looks like the Word Bearers and World Eaters are having a lot of fun... :-P

[@ArtharusDominus97VN]

Maybe because they are in Warp

[@Narx1983]

Garbage. It is. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

[@floridaman3823]

TEACH THE CHILDREN TO WORSHIP THE EMPEROR! !!!!

[@joshdoz9234]

@@Alopex1 Yeee- *explodes into Chaos Spawn*

[@Midnight-Starfish]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the design of the armor? It is so detailed and ornate. Like, damn!

[@BurnCorpoMedia79]

Love the fusion of Baroque and High Technology in 40k!

[@michaelcoward1902]

It's absolutely beautiful, and the battle scars on them as well...The guy who clearly hasn't washed the last massacre off of his armour is terrifying, especially with those tiny, human sized bloody handprints...and the body horror is so masterfully done as well. and the way he has done the character design...Showing us their faces in such obscured ways that we can still see exactly who they are, without any fear of it possibly falling into the uncanny valley...It's top tier, S Class designing!

[@GIJane-nr2xm]

can we take a moment to appreciate that you took a moment to appreciate to take a moment to apprecitate that you took a omomoent to aprepciate thatt you took a momnent to appreciate?

[@flonkplonk1649]

Can we just stop the generic "Can we take.. appreciate etc." comments? 🙏 Just appreciate it!

[@Midnight-Starfish]

@@flonkplonk1649 Who shit in your cornflakes?

[@miketeeveedub5779]

Event Horizon: "I am grim dark." Hellraiser: "No, I am grim dark." DoH: "Hold my baby..."

[@sk00b72]

Oof

[@Keldow]

@@sk00b72 Event Horizon is just a warhammer film set in M2 ;)

[@sk00b72]

@@Keldow Shhhhhhhhhhh....

[@thashadowspawn]

Mike You had me at "hold my baby" fuck that mad me laugh for a bit. the Blessings of Nurgle touched that mother and her baby.... so much more to come :D

[@jean-michellegault1905]

@@thashadowspawn Nah I think it's warp exposure who have done that.

[@BrightOne-r3b]

Hello from the Warhammer fan from Russia. It is absolutely stunning. What I especially appreciate is the way you managed to show the Chaos, its true horrifying nature. The problem about books or "encyclopedia-type" videos is that none of them could give the real undestanding of all those hellish horrors that hide behind this word, "Chaos". You absolutely DID IT. All this hopeless atmosphere and whole material feed give an opportunity to feel like I am right there, on that ship, and that feeling creeps me out. Great job done on details, every single rust stain is alive and the darkness of that world is seen in every minute. I hope I made myself clear to understand, thank you so much! Hoping to see the complete story.

[@АнтонГолубев-ф7ч]

Все верно, атмосфера передана отлична и "Хаос", как таковой, вызывает закономерное отторжение у психически здорового человека. К фильму в общем нет претензий, кроме того, что все космодесы в нем и в трейлерах ворочали шлемами, тогда как известно, что в начале Ереси далеко не везде имелись доспехи Мк.4.

[@yiyegorris]

Greetings from the Spanish (Inquisition) community. Amazing job.

[@victorfly98]

100% agreed with you. Same feelings. strange feelings. Amazing serie and I can't wait for the next episode

[@ВиталийЛитвинов-ъ7б]

Прям все в точку!!!

[@skynet361]

well said

[@maxissixam6049]

The fact that woman is so disfigured and still believes in the emperor is astounding

[@jackdaalfbrainork6392]

Lunarl Mune true loyalty

[@bryanbarcelo5440]

she should be recognized as a Saint by the ministorum someday, too bad nobody will ever know she even existed

[@brainplay8060]

Psychopaths don't believe that they've done anything wrong. A person that disfigured by the warp should have ended their lives long before. Now she is tainted, knows it, knows the threat she is to everyone around her, yet still believes she isn't the one cursed. Her love for the child outweighs her love for the Emperor, with whom she only calls out to in order to save the baby, knowing full well that the abomination should have been smothered and cleansed in fire when it was birthed. She would forsake the Emperor the moment she found someone or something that would give her hope to save the child.

[@NeverLookBackOnce]

@@brainplay8060 The Horrifying thing is that you are right. Death would be a gift and a loving mercy to such warp tainted beings. I weep for the mother and her child but they are corrupted and must be absolved through cleansing fire. Only through that will their tainted souls be granted the Emperors mercy.

[@maxissixam6049]

@@brainplay8060 explain how you have diagnosed Psychopathy based on appearance alone? Also care to explain the hypocrisy in such diagnosis as you have said a psychopath does not veiw their wrongs as such yet this woman not only acknowledges that she is forsaken but if she is a psychopath she could not reach the conclusion she is forsaken as it would be acknowledgment that she is wrong. Furthermore in the whole how is the woman the psychopath you use as example when you have literal Wordbearers and World Eaters on this warship?

[@dusk6686]

The most terrifying part for this was when one of the cultists looked out a window and into the warp. There are demons and warp entities crawling all over the hull of the ship. It's like they're in a submarine diving into the depths of an ocean inside hell.

[@Sollapoke]

What time?

[@terryjackson4531]

And what are those little cubes with tentacles. Creepy.

[@Sollapoke]

@@terryjackson4531 warp entities

[@jakeg3733]

Yeah that got me too, but it's also what sucked me in. That's exactly how lore describes the warp. Bad, BAD shit. And in this case there's a truce of sorts, imagine if this were a loyalist ship with no Gellar field, and no protection from the "gods" GW needs to step back from taming and humanizing it. The Immaterium is populated and ruled by malevolent, near-unknowable entities and their servants existing beyond any conception of natural law or order. _This_ is what it's like

[@HelghastStalker]

@@jakeg3733 Even Chaos/Traitor ships use Gellar fields, and it's heavily implied that deeper into the Warp, there are beings even older and more powerful than the Chaos "Gods".

[@svp2864]

The best depiction of Chaos in Warhammer Universe ever created.

[@benjaminhunt7947]

I like seeing the Mechanicus. I always wondered what they looked like besides videogames. Look metal as hell. I could never imagine completely modifying myself to be barely human. Guess living forever is a good perk though.

[@Qwufi]

Agreed 100%

[@wawawuu]

Dan Abnett's Traitor General also paints a pretty good picture of what an absolute horror Chaos actually is.

[@ChapterMasterValrak]

Mark, thank you for all the time and effort you've put towards this project over the years, you're a legend, mate, the community needs people like you who make this awesome content, thank you!

[@Tinkeruk2010]

Same can be said to you CMV

[@martinsvacina4389]

Valrak... Mark. That must be shared. Thats what this universe need.

[@gruntheslayer8457]

Chapter Master Valrak AMAZING 😌

[@nickypenn5841]

Chapter Master Valrak, the Emperor of Mankind personally *DEMANDS* you to make a comprehensive review on this short movie. It's best for you and your chapter to obey such a honorable request from our most glorious Master of Mankind. =][=The Emperor protects.=][=

[@aliveandwellinisrael7944]

Meanwhile Valarak continues to happily shill the current GW abominations. Hypocrite

[@Luetin09]

Fantastic stuff, cannot imagine the amount of work that went into such a production, but undoubtedly worth it

[@marklouisspark]

Oh wow i'm honored to have you in here man! :D I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@Luetin09]

@@marklouisspark ah dont be silly, its an amazing piece of work. Look forward to the next whenever it comes along.

[@ExcessCongruence]

it would be great to platform his work on your channel, Luetin; your reach and overall quality of work, would go a long way in getting Mark some recognition for his work and give him some exposure. That's one side of it, the other being that I (and many others, I'm sure) would very much enjoy your reaction to it and having you dissect and analyze it.

[@MrThemilk14]

Maybe he could animate in this style the Luetin Necropolis work you do? A lovely dark Daemon story with the Sisters of Battle?

[@Luetin09]

@@marklouisspark Mark just a headsup, pinged you a message on Artstation

[@cbrando190]

I watched this again 3 years later and I think the amount of effort that went into this should not be underscored. Someone was trying to share their vision of something. I appreciate it.

[@leakycheese]

“In the grim darkness of the far future there is only the Death of Hope.” Mark, this is a truly stunning piece of art you have lovingly crafted here. Your tireless adherence to exquisite detail and in-universe authenticity is without peer and sets a new bar of animated story telling in the universe of the Horus Heresy and wider Warhammer 40,000. Never before have I seen these stories and art brought to life with such power and utterly uncompromising and brilliant clarity. Your Astartes and Mechanicum are how I imagine them in the minds of the Black Library authors and of course, the late great Alan Bligh. The depictions of the neverborn daemons are inspired and connect to the deepest, darkest lore of 40K and took me vividly back to the Realm of Chaos books Slaves to Darkness and Lost And The Damned. I offer my heartfelt appreciation and most admiring compliments to you and those who contributed towards the incredible creation the is “Death of Hope”. It is a grimdark masterpiece! A final personal note. I cannot find the words right now to express how completely overwhelmed and honoured I am to see you mention my humble content in your dedication. Imagination is perhaps the greatest of gifts to give and to see you say so is a moment I will always treasure and remember. Thank you Mark.

[@Ohkami84]

I love your channel man!

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

That was beautiful. And well deserved, the honour and respect that travelled in both directions between the two of you. You are both paragons of the Horus Heresy fan world, and as creators of original content yourselves, have both contributed immeasurably to my own personal enjoyment of it- and I’m also honoured to have corresponded with both of you, however briefly, through your channels. As high as the regard is in which I hold the both of you, I’m always blown away by how down to earth and accessible you guys are. It speaks to your character, mainly- that you’re both willing to share thoughts and ideas with those of us who are not as talented or knowledgeable as you guys, but love the grimdark, amazing world that Bligh and company have given to us to enjoy, with the same devotion and passion. This was an amazing piece of work, and something that I’ll watch countless times (as I did with the prologue) until part 2 premieres. I have been waiting for this for so long, but I have to say, that it was more than worth the wait. Just incredible, Mark. And I got such a great feeling when I saw that dedication at the end, and recognized the banner and models before even hearing Leaky’s voice- I just thought- how incredibly appropriate, and fitting. Anyway- thanks for all of the thousands of hours of work that obviously went into the production of what Leakycheese rightly named a “masterpiece.” This is a one of a kind - and will have a place of honour in the lore and works of the Heresy that we all know and love.

[@leakycheese]

Björn Maxe Thank you Björn!

[@leakycheese]

Mark Brigandi Thanks Mark, that's so kind of you to say. Like you, I'll be watching the Death of Hope: Anarchy Reigns a great many times!

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

leakycheese You’re very welcome, my friend. (And how could one NOT watch it again and again? I just ended my 3rd viewing- for today at least😉)

[@DefconLives]

Astartes, Helsreach, Death of Hope... Animators in this community have stepped their game up so high that I honestly doubt GW can even catch up. Look at this, that mother scene and the ritual going about nearby her alone was more brutal and grimdark than half of this setting. Demons from warp flickering in and out, Hereteks roaming about, Marines that actually look as scary as they are supposed to be, good representation of the animosity people have against each other in the setting, and for once Chaos is actually the ultra fucked up universal terror it is rather than a Saturday night cartoon villain. Thank you, this 20 minute glimpse into the grimdark represents how it is supposed to be far better than it's creator does.

[@AdeptKing]

I think the guy who made Helsreach actually got picked up by GW so that's something.

[@DefconLives]

@@AdeptKing Oh, I hope thats true. Shows they're not detached and I'd like to see what he comes up with on a good budget.

[@AdeptKing]

@@DefconLives Ah yes here it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3fMlp5nq5d_opY

[@semondice4831]

I loved the fact that chaos is not only depicted as the horror it actually is... But not fascinatingly either. Is THE chaos,the pure, anedultoreted evil that broke the spine of the Dream the Imperium was supposed to mean.

[@happyhammer1]

Lord Inquisitor is pretty good too.

[@merlin_494]

"I breathe. It will be enough." It's literally "Tis' but a scratch" but ten times more badass

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Loved recording that line. Was a blast Paul

[@bluedog843]

Seeing the bodies fused with the hull of the ship is so fuckin creepy, and I love it.

[@TheOrdomalleus666]

Teleport assault gone very, very wrong. Looks like an entire squad missed the zone.

[@coyote4326]

@@TheOrdomalleus666 Teleportation technology is very iffy stuff, never guaranteed to end up in the right place and that's assuming you're targeting a STABLE area. They tried teleporting onto a moving ship... I'd be surprised if it *didn't* end horribly.

[@Retro-Future-Land]

@@TheOrdomalleus666 Or possible the effects of the warp over time?

[@PaulLundgren1970]

The mother and baby were worse. Thanks for the nightmares, man.

[@ratave6472]

@EPHRAIM ABNER Ok

[@Alopex1]

6:15 You know that you've got the most dedicated, most nerdgasmic fan of old-school 40K when you see a Saturnine Tactical Dreadnought armour brought to life... My heart is racing, I'm close to tears. Thank you.

[@myname7382]

still the best looking tactical dreadnought armor in my opinion

[@blacklanner5795]

I wonder what chaos space marines look like under the armor. 1 minute later. Take it back! Take it back!

[@abullais58]

His skin is just melting off with blood and pus everywhere

[@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214]

If you’re talking about the guys in the gladiator pit. The one with the lorals is a tortured Ultrasmurf.

[@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214]

Joe Appleby well even then they still should look like regular humans but chaos torture is a bitch.

[@Tezzer37]

Its probably to do with the fact that he's from the World Eaters, and always rushing in to melee range can be a bitch to do

[@techpriestalex8730]

@@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214 chaos torture? You mean blessings.

[@Integ82]

Whats so amazing about this is how the creator has made marines into being actually really f**king scary. Even the ultramarines look scary. It really captures this sense in the books of transhuman dread. That these beings are so ascended beyond a normal human, that people are like insects. There is many comparisons I read between this and astartes. I like everyone else enjoy astartes, its very polished. But Death of Hope OOZES atmosphere, the world it creates is such an authentic representation of the grim wh world. Normally I dont like too much deviation from 'normal' space marine appearance. But the detail in DoH, its really awe inspiring. I love the art so much, but something worries me, surely only one touched by the warp could produce such dire majesty. Summon the Inquisition!

[@razavierdavis]

Ok I knew something was going on with the ultra marines look because I was having a hard time figuring out who and who weren’t chaos afflicted.

[@ShadowGhost0117]

While I do enjoy the modern 40k armor designs for space marines, I personally prefer the Great Crusade/Horus Heresy era designs more.

[@timhill7177]

This is an excellent point. This does at least attempt to convey transhuman terror and an uncartoonish grim dark asthetic. Makes one realise how watered down the supposed grim dark is by comparison.

[@allytank-itykitty7417]

@MrCSP24 best and weirdest part I find is that their rib cage is like a carapace instead of ribs and covers most of their torso (under the skin) as well as all their blood is slightly corrosive.

[@rustygribbler1380]

While the other animations are action packed and cool, this one is the only one that makes me say to myself "OH HELL NO!" then " That's cool!" then instantly "NOPE NOPE NOPE!!". The designs and quality are so...horrifically beautiful. Most horror stuff now is garbage, but this made my skin crawl.

[@jacobpeterson4071]

I really love that you don't shy away from the more gruesome aspects of 40k. I feel like you're the only animator that could get the Dark Eldar down right

[@Darqshadow]

​@CanadianDoomer and yet both Slaanesh and the Dark eldar are toned down in media. Which sucks cause I like dark things to balance put the factions like the Space Wolves and other more nobler factions

[@Eldor-117]

I think the dark eldar would be a step down in the gruesomeness.

[@Darqshadow]

@Eldor read the lore. The Hummoncalia are messed up af

[@flonkplonk1649]

@@Eldor-117 what ???! Or do you mean a step down into the abyss?

[@rhino2960]

this isn't 40k, this is 30k, where it started.

[@piotrsupinski9190]

"Have you recovered?" "I breathe. It will be enough." Doesn't get more Space Marine than this

[@TheStargateNerd]

Agreed. How to write dialogue for 8 foot tall killing machine.

[@ExcessCongruence]

*it was not enough*

[@danielstarczewski3827]

Emperor protects!

[@fatbastard9147]

Piotr Supiński thats also some spartan shit right there

[@Bublito]

@@danielstarczewski3827 Considering this is 30k. That is highly heretical.

[@jaelee1996]

"Brother! There's Ultramarines roaming freely on board." "Describe his armour, brother." "Uhh. Ultramarine mohawk with studs on right shoulder?" "Actually, brother, I think that's Brother Tal from our Legion." "What about the one with lightening marks on his chest?" "I think he's also one of ours?" "Make them wear name tapes. I almost tore his head off."

[@Chegs2071]

"Friendly fire is on, Brother"

[@jaelee1996]

@Jack Adams Word Bearers are wearing Ultramarine armour and going on raids on neighboring worlds.

[@CptSkillet]

Between this and Astartes. Life is good to be a warhammer fan.

[@RusskayaOikumena]

What happend with Astartes, do you know? Will it continues?

[@benioniduthie6564]

yes it continues if you follow him on Twitter he is hard at work on part 5

[@RusskayaOikumena]

@@benioniduthie6564 nice)))

[@csabahofecker6650]

Other franchises are crushing down one by one these days, but 40k seems to be on the rise.

[@lewisirwin5363]

@@RusskayaOikumena Part 5's just out now! It's leet!

[@SADDDsteve]

A year later and he’s basically the last animator standing

[@cc1093]

What about the Astartes one?

[@ivancolonna7520]

@@cc1093 I’m pretty sure Astartes was the first one to bite the dust.

[@westerwald3923]

@@ivancolonna7520 The guy who made the astartes animation actually is working for games workshop now. Hence his channel became silent.

[@ivancolonna7520]

@@westerwald3923 I wonder of how he is doing? Was the money worth it? I hope that he doesn’t regret it.

[@RandomDude85]

@@ivancolonna7520 It's not like there was any real choice. It was work with GW or stop using their IP

[@CommissarDan]

Somebody should check Gellar fields, I don't think they're running properly.

[@jasonmerton7007]

i THINK THEY where destroyed and yeeted out the cargo bay doors

[@adrianpomarancza4348]

@@jasonmerton7007 Without gellar fields ship would be literally dissolved by warp. Traitor or not, you NEED gellar field.

[@gilesbarnes7456]

@@adrianpomarancza4348 unless of course the chaos gods directly intervene for one reason or another cough deathguard cough

[@Bublito]

@@adrianpomarancza4348 Nah, a couple witches linked to the Astropath chairs will do the trick too. And since this is 30k, all the daemons know not to fuck with the traitor marines unless they want to get their ass whooped by their patron gods.

[@heckinmemes6430]

Try turning them off and back on again. T. Daemon.

[@BrooksSligh]

Holy hell, man! This project is absolutely unbelievable! The atmosphere is just entirely perfect, 100% on point. Just exceptional work here, I'm blown away. That exo-armor! Those wierd daemons! The Dark Mech looking all bizarre! All of the layers & details on the Marine armor that are all still recognizable marks & models! The wild uniforms & gear on the baseline humans! The strange bone biomech Eldar! Just... Grim-dark perfection. Going to watch it five more times then start building some Dark Angel Legionnaires...

[@arismafiamafiaiskandar5145]

Two scenes that stuck on me, first the cultist /daemon glitching and teleporting when the Word Bearers passed by. It really captures that warp fuckery shenanigan's from what the lore said. Second, the woman and her dead baby. What really sells is that she's desperately screaming at her child calling it a bastard knowing her descent to madness. Quite bleak and hopeless for her, I mean that's what grimdark is right??

[@khorneberserker]

@@arismafiamafiaiskandar5145 That's exactly what stayed on my mind as well. Just the presence of the Daemons on the ship was... intimidating and then again not.

[@arismafiamafiaiskandar5145]

@@khorneberserker It reminds me, how the Word Bearers and world eaters are completely fine knowing that the warp can effect someone minds. I guess they got the blessing from the chaos gods right?? While the woman and her child are infected.

[@khorneberserker]

@@arismafiamafiaiskandar5145 That with the side note that the Word Bearers and World Eaters just gave in to their urges (Religeous zeal and bloodlust). They are Chaos as the Ultimate freedom. The woman didn't even realise she was mutating (which according to the Word Bearers, for whom Daemonhood is the greatest achievement, is a blessing). But her cries at the end show that she has begun her descent into madness.

[@legaloutlaw777]

@@khorneberserker Well put

[@Hesric]

Dear god I'm beginning to understand why Imperium has such a thorough purging policy.

[@azzy3169]

@Imperial Judesmen138 while watching this for some reason the hairs on the back of the head started to tingle and i felt an urge of PURGING all the way damn.

[@ImperativeGames]

The reason heretics are turning worlds to Chaos is that people living on Imperium worlds are poor, miserable and believe they have nothing to lose. They are wrong, of course, they will lose their bodies and souls, but they are not very imaginative...

[@CommissarDan]

"Life in the 41st Millennium is hard." -Warhammer Adventure

[@bryanbarcelo5440]

@@CommissarDan what a fucking understatement, no wonder those books failed

[@kafon6368]

The Imperium are the "bad guys" to people who've read only 2 minutes worth of WH40K lore. After 3 minutes? "It all makes sense!"

[@RogalDorn23]

For this project to have been ALLOWED to be cancelled, is a goddamn crime.

[@AcidPhos69]

When you say "canceled", are you refering to cancel culture or Games Workshop systematically destroying fan made content over IP rights?

[@blakebrouwer3266]

@@AcidPhos69 the latter, GW, Sparks seems to have discontinued it in fear of losing it.

[@miguelortiz3836]

@@blakebrouwer3266 not with this one. Just like SODAZ this guy quit because "fans" said they didn't like this or that about the project and he, somewhat rightfully, said he didn't have to make anything for ungrateful fucks so he stopped

[@blakebrouwer3266]

@@miguelortiz3836 it's just a fuckin' shame! His work is beautiful! What, fans whining over different aesthetics?

[@miguelortiz3836]

@@blakebrouwer3266 yeah, he had already dodged the bullet of GW's IP shenanigans but instead got hit with this "doesn't being good because it doesn't look like Astartes" I know the Astartes guy did an awesome thing but not everything is meant to be the same, apparently there were some that thought differently.

[@Massivebeef]

The Random misshapen ghostly figures were chilling.. You really seemed to capture the warp chaotic nature with them. Loved it

[@SnifyWisper]

For most horror movies such occurrences would be the main terror of the movie but for Warhammer this is just Tuesday.

[@Doomerbro99]

@@SnifyWisper Daemons on chaos ships? Thats just tuesday!

[@maxissixam6049]

All this greatness from someone who says "I'm not a great animator.."

[@jackdare]

@@maxissixam6049 Enough with that heresy, proof of his greatness has been written.

[@LemonRush7777]

@@maxissixam6049 Just like the Emperor says "I'm no god".

[@Legacy2530]

"The titanic labor you're about to 'see' was 3D modeled,animated, written, directed, drawn, created by one MARK LOUIS SPARK" in any other video this would be seen as boastful egotistical and inappropriate. In this video it's an understatement. Well done and I can't wait for more!

[@ExcessCongruence]

usually ppl say that shit when they don't do 5% of what they claim they did; he did it all and then some so he has a right to boast as much as he fucking wants to!

[@Petrocorian24]

Guys, there are other 40k animations that are nice, especially Astartes, but this one... Damn, here we find the madness of encapsulated heresy, the violence and horror of the warp spread throughout the material universe, in such an unhealthy way... it's perfect. Visually as well as in the atmosphere, it's exactly as I saw Horus' Heresy... Mark, you point out that the animations are perfectible, ok, but the amount of work you had to put in to get this result transpires..., the details of the environments, the armors, the characters, damn it's huge! Get some rest man, because you deserve it, you've just delivered the best visual representation of Horus' Heresy (and even 40k I dare say) we've ever seen. Thank you, and Bravo.

[@CptZog]

200% more what I picture the 40k setting looks like over what has generally been being put out these days. What an incredible fan project. I'd love to see more.

[@CptZog]

This kind of detail for a full retelling of Gaunt's Ghosts- I'd die a happy man.

[@PartTimeJedi]

its set in 30K so the setting is a bit different than 40k era

[@jackrusso4700]

But it’s not even set in the 41st millennium? It’s not 40K at all, nor should it reflect the imperium of 40k lol

[@Firebolt193]

This video is the only Warhammer video that does the Warp and the sheer brutality of the 30k-40k universe justice. Well bloody done!

[@MizantropMan]

What about Astartes? That one also potrays 40k well and the animation is far more polished there.

[@Firebolt193]

@@MizantropMan I'm talking about how the warp and its brutality is portrayed here, not the actual animation or anything. But yeah Astartes has much better animation

[@bartomiejboguski9676]

The Astartes honestly pale in comparison to the depth of narrative and details we see here.

[@natesal5037]

Inglief Hronjrsson Detail? Absolutely not but Narratively? Yes

[@bigtreecombatacademy2927]

Inglief Hronjrsson agree Mark has managed to capture the hopelessness and true horror of chaos in a way nothing has before Astartes is cool but this is an expression of emotion

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

The atmosphere, the voices, the art style, the animation *EVERYTHING* is on point. Man-Emperor bless the Warhammer 40k fanbase, especially to you and your team, Mark.

[@floridaman3823]

Blesssssings from All Father!!

[@dgs9569]

Dat nick and anime on avatar so fun ))

[@BRWeisensel]

With "Death of Hope" and the "Astartes" videos, the bar has been set pretty high for GW's official CGI series. Your work here is beautiful, you managed to make the immaterium unnerving and I love the unique apparitions rather than just the cliche daemons.

[@yobo1152]

the warp confused and kinda scared the shit out of me

[@thashadowspawn]

@@yobo1152 Good that was the point and then some ;)

[@HomeCookOtaku2003]

@@yobo1152 The Warp being confusing is it's entire point

[@shan9usfc]

And this is why you take care of Gellar Fields.

[@plate.armour_0996]

🌞🔁🌎

[@gravitatemortuus1080]

Pretty much.

[@Eldor-117]

Open your eyes and take in the majesty of the chaos gods...oh wait, I've gauged your eyes

[@antoinematte9121]

This is a milestone in the Warhammer fan made movies. Impressive work

[@saulgonzalez3305]

Saturnine-pattern Tactical Dreadnought Armour.... no words....

[@samcaruso8529]

Saul González wrong, there is one word “YES”

[@Chegs2071]

@@samcaruso8529 two words, 'F**K YES!!'

[@Bublito]

I can think of a few words: ''HOLY F*CKING GOD EMPEROR YES''

[@bringbackthebattleships8933]

yes , I love how the their animation actually makes them feel heavy like a walking tank, I wish we could get new models of them

[@sophias4221]

I saw Cataphractii, where were the Saturnine pattern? Am I just blind? (Maybe.)

[@sonofangron2969]

Sees the absolute savage barbarity of the World Eaters and their fighting pits brought to life in shockingly detailed fashion. It's... beautiful... 😭😍

[@bryanbarcelo5440]

Khorne dog Khorne dog

[@tylerghersinich576]

SentientVirus. exe there’s also a blood letter in the begin 5 minutes

[@bryanbarcelo5440]

@@tylerghersinich576 yo what, where. i didn't see it

[@tylerghersinich576]

SentientVirus. exe 4:10 to 4:15 make. I believe it looks like a bloodletter of khorne

[@bryanbarcelo5440]

@@tylerghersinich576 the sword is off, as is the lower body. it seems too clean to be a plaguebearer, too springy and fat to be a bloodletter, too angry and skull looking to be a pink horror, and too modest to be a daemon of slaanesh. it might be a bloodletter, but he do be lookin kinda thicc doe

[@hewasnumb3r1]

*1. corpses on the outside of the ship are stuck there due to astartes magboots, giving a glimpse of the previous boarding assault fight on the hull.* *2. marines in floors and walls are due to either a blind, rushed, or warp interferenced teleport assault attempt.* -both of these make it seems like the fight was a last ditch effort assault just so they could potentially get a few men on board to sabotage or to break out and warn the next planet where ever they exit the warp from. *3. blipping demons, old school bloodletter, and mutated mother/child are because there is no gellar field on while they're warp traveling (makes sense given they're wordbearers)* *4. dark mechanicus guy says there's an intruder messing around with the ship: either a surviving ultramarine or maybe that nightlord astartes perched over the pit (could be loyalist).* -more than likely the first since the guy in the cell asks the ultramarine if he's recovered after he finds out they're close to the next planet/about to exit warp, as if ready to spring their own plan. *5. torso ultramarine over pit is probably the captured captain from part 2 that welcomed wordbearers onto planet; now being forced to watch his captured brothers fight/die in the pit.* -he has his imperial laurel nailed to his head, probably in mockery , and the ultramarine in the pit is wearing his while fighting with two "Macragge" ultramarine signature axes *6. normal guy in cell is probably a captured ultramarine initiate based on his shoulder armor and dialogue with the world eater; "aspire to become one with the 13th legion".* - also says he doesn't need to be modified to go toe to toe with the world eater, referring to either the gene seed needed to become an astartes or the butchers nails. *7. same guy recognizes the ultramarine walking with the wordbearers and is in disbelief; astarte in next cell tells him its a wordbearer that's just wearing his armor; "a lie".* -at the end, you can see both the imprisoned astartes armor being worn by the wordbears and Nakal, as shells that they will "march onto the streets of neighboring worlds" MK1 Terminator and gal vorbak were a great touch as well. Phenomenal animation: liked and subscribed.

[@shallah777]

Thanks for explaining bcuz I didn't understand what was going on. Now I have to watch it a 2nd time but this time with understanding.

[@VoxOperator]

6. "Normal guy in the cell" just an auxiliary mortal soldier of Ultramar. Guilliman made an army for 500 worlds, and most of it was just mortal soldiers and tankers. Not only Astartes defend Ultramar.

[@fc-rq2bi]

5. I thinks he is more of the captain from the trailer

[@TURBOJONGE1]

The urge to purge, BEGINS TO SURGE

[@maxissixam6049]

My hand is cravin' Some daemon misbehavin'

[@Assmaholic419]

@@maxissixam6049 reference

[@maxissixam6049]

@@Assmaholic419 you know where its from

[@Assmaholic419]

@@maxissixam6049 yes

[@CryingZombie666]

PURRRRRRRRGING WITH - MY KIN!!!

[@natalassblaster]

wow dude this was one of the coolest things ever. I felt like I could see the Emperors dream dying in front of me with how twisted the Traitor space marine's had become. And the Lovecraftian elements to how a Word Bearers ship is a totally messed up place where the warp bleeds through was done perfectly. This is so loyal to the Horus Heresy Books it is amazing, I always knew the Word Bearers were messed up and their ships were nasty but holy god-Emperor! this is what 30k/40k should be, grimdark to the core. This was awesome!!

[@WillRobinson]

"Hey Word Bearers, is the ship grimdark enough for you?" "Needs about another 80 tons of Silent Hill"

[@mutegrab666]

Silent hill would be if the warp was feeling lethargic for a bit.

[@afqwa423]

I find it funny that the whole twitchy monster thing comes from Jacob's Ladder, which was a major inspiration for Silent Hill 3. A lot of the visual shorthand in this film was nicked off other pop culture influences.

[@tumage8592]

and dead loyalists

[@afqwa423]

@Zoomer Waffen Cope my dude. You do realize the film isn't canon, right? I don't think it's bad for the film to take inspiration from other sources. Hell, there barely is even a canon in 40K anymore because it's been changed so much over the years. 40K started out as a giant meme fest of British cultural references. No, no, the Orks aren't soccer hooligans and the Arbites totally aren't Dredd knock-offs. You're taking the franchise way more seriously than it needs to be.

[@afqwa423]

@Zoomer Waffen Stay mad. Imagine taking 40K so personally.

[@tagrooms1288]

Dude as a 30k Word Bearer player, I watch these every chance i can get...they help motivate me to paint and enjoy the hobby. How you animated them, voiced them, is exactly how I imagined them when hearing/reading their lore. Regardless what anyone says, these are the most hardcore and badass videos I've watched. The perfect amount of grimdark....just wonderful...an artist is supposed to project their vision, the viewer is suppose to stand in awe of the creativity. I stand in awe of the art and dedication for these animations...I do wish you'd continue making them....but this is your creation. I wish GW would realise its thanks to the creative minds like yours that created free marketing for them instead of what they're doing now. Anyway, dude, you're the best. I'd be happy if you do a word bearers movie for just me lol. If i had unlimited money, i'd hire you to animate just for me Word bearer lore....sadly.....i'm a broke blue collar man...

[@Ohkami84]

Nakal approves.

[@Maerdy]

Funny, I watch this to remind me why I hate traitors and heretics

[@Catonzo]

They got a, relatively speaking, minor scolding. A finger wagging. A slap on the wrist. A bit of an ego nipple twister. What did they do? Turn to Chaos. They have the least amount of "good reason" to turn, yet they are the most awful of all the legions that turned to Chaos. I simply find it extremely difficult to ever sympathize with them as a legion. They have the weakest minded, willed and even physically speaking Primarch. Ultramarines did nothing wrong. If anything they didn't do a thorough enough job.

[@flonkplonk1649]

@@Catonzo Word Bearers are the most important legion in the Heresy, they were the first traitors, they (Lorgar, Erebus, Kor Phaeron etc.) started it all! And they really have some depth ..

[@Valthyrion]

However hard I tried imagining Warhammer, the full weight of the images eluded me until now. This was what my mind was trying and failing to conjure. By the Emperor's light, we need more! P.S. You're an inspiration.

[@ubert495]

I dont understand how people dont appreciate this, 30k was extremely dark

[@s2korpionic]

Because nu-Warhammer under the current GW wants to make everything heroic and noblebright again, and that gives out a certain perception to newcomers. Also are the newcomers demanding for more brightness and hope.

[@CrizzyEyes]

To be fair there needs to be a rise before there can be a fall, that's tragedy 101. 40k wouldn't be tragic without the highs of the Dark Age of Technology, and basically everything that happened while the Emperor wasn't stuck on his throne. I can understand why narratively, they would want a rise again before another fall. It just needs to not be contrived

[@FrankAboutFitness]

This is unbelievable! So good! Cant wait for the next one

[@99Plastics]

Because beside the gore-porn next to nothing actually happens in the 20 minutes rofl

[@piscisknight]

@Tharr Mortus Thousand Sonds is one of my favorite HH books at all, because despite been the ol'self-fulfilled-prophecy with the classic tragic twist. you can still relate to everything that happens, specially if you are a person who consider knowledge one of the most relevant and important traits. Without spoiling you how the novel ends, I would consider that "Thousand Sonds" won't be the moment that Magnus fall, rather I would say it´s just one more stepping stone. Nowadays I'm in Mark of Calth. This quarantine has helped me read at least 10 books in a few months. You won't regret it.

[@demographicdominion412]

*Malformed Woman Mourning her Dead Flesh-fused Child* Chaos Marine: I love this Song!

[@JiGCop]

I understand that she was burned not with weapons, but with a warp? She began to change, including her psycho-emotional state.

[@dashans6175]

@@JiGCop Yea, i think these where the effects of the warp.

[@andrewhodgson2566]

It's Gellarpox I believe 8t seems the baby didn't make it

[@scout360pyroz]

@@JiGCop her closeness to the chuld, and it to her, according to the author. Memories of being connected in the womb, perhaps? Either way the warp manifested those feelings.

[@wayne1516]

How can anyone hate this? Even I don't play 40k see this as an amazing work of art. Truly GRIM and DARK as the people of 40k like to say. Good luck to the rest of your endeavors. You 100% have talent!

[@Victor-mk5kg]

Some of them just hate it cuz it was a grimdark... About the baby and mother scene

[@Sollapoke]

@@Victor-mk5kg that baby and mother scene was vile and disguisting. I understand why the Imperium hate mutant so much! Although yeah it shouldn’t mean people hate 40k.

[@lostagain7292]

Great animation but not great story telling. Pretty choppy piece.

[@taramaforhaikido7272]

@@Sollapoke That's the POINT of the scene. Life isn't fair. Harsh reality.

[@fellipemartins4730]

When I first watched Event Horizon, I thought: "I wish these fellows made a proper Warhammer film", until watched what you made. If you ask me, despite the old vs new debate, we live in an age where amazing talented people like you can finally gives us a vision of the grim darkness of the far future, and I'm thankful for that.

[@marklouisspark]

Yeah, when I say "for the fans of true grimdark" It's stating its for a specific target within the fanbase who've been for the most part neglected. Anyone can be a fan, and if you liked this then you are as much of a grim dark fan as the old! Im not saying every fan from back in the day liked this stuff, but there are a handful that did :) It's also nice to show new fans what we liekd and invite them into a different flavor. If I wanted to be a complete ass, i would have said for the true fans of warhammer, which as i said am fully aware its not every true warhammer fans flavor. Im glad u enjoyed!

[@weedsmokinhippy]

@@marklouisspark do you have like a tip jar that isn't patreon for the simples of im on a budget on i heard patreon takes a cut so any chance you got a different jar ?

[@asmodeusmalificent503]

Fellipe Martins - I agree completely with respect to the Event Horizon vibe. Positively brilliant work.

[@fellipemartins4730]

@@marklouisspark I discovered the Warhammer universe around the third edition. I managed to buy a few marines, but back then I couldn't dive into the hobby until recently, as an adult with spare time and money, but still I followed the lore, read the books, specially HH and the Eisenhorn collection. What you're doing here is simply brilliant, it's a vision of the Warp and what it means to every single living being of the galaxy that no one had the courage to realize before ( as audiovisual product). Every time I read the Uriel Ventris saga -into what we can call hell- I think "this is the grimdarkness that we deserve". I'm glad we have all the books to back us up, glorious miniature and the amazing work that the fans are producing, this includes you, the project Astartes and the project Hellsreach. Keep up with the amazing work!

[@fellipemartins4730]

@@asmodeusmalificent503 First time watching Event Horizon I thought "so they used a warp drive without a gellar field"

[@TheAlaskanfrog]

The crying mother makes me realize the inquisition and its brutality may just be warrented in this universe.

[@zombyciler2122]

@@pyerack and that saying something compared to their normal days

[@andrewpye7459]

Chaos is really bad

[@kylefreitus6765]

They can go way overboard and aren’t always right but they do serve a vital purpose he showed that beautifully here

[@inquisitorkrieger8171]

*Stares in I told you so*

[@lucastark1784]

The Imperium as a whole are the good guys. The Eldar and Tau can be ok too. And some Necrons are reasonable.

[@KillTeamHungary]

GW has to pick you up man, this IS what Grim Dark is all about and sadly this IS why 40K will most likely never be mainstream, most of the people cant really take this shit... however, we can :) thank you for your work!

[@MadMalkavian]

Epitomy of R RATING 😈

[@yahaaa1343]

I guess you wanted to say : why mainstream 30/40k will never be true 30/40k :-)

[@cthuludreams1]

@@yahaaa1343 "nEvEr Be TrOo" lol get over yourself

[@forrestdorman4870]

Jsh Pk if they ever tried to release 40k for the “wider audience” then it wouldn’t be what we’ve all grown to know and enjoy. It’ll be more watered down garbage like the avengers. Missing what made it so unquie. So might I request you get over yourself and invest in the models? Or I’ll put this much simpler for you. Normies ruin hobbies.

[@Chegs2071]

@@forrestdorman4870 agreed

[@proto.exp_2.031]

Love how the two humans walking with the group don't even need to be speaking English for us to understand the mood, gawd damn this is so good!

[@trenchgaming2166]

Bruh the beauty of this is amazing. Seeing how detailed that eldar banshees armour was and how dark and terrifying you made the chaos ship brought tears to my eyes. Good job bro keep up the great work. Your doing the fandom a great service

[@MrAraujo2nd]

So as a person who cannot imagine a single day in his life without 30k and 40k, and a follower and supporter of you since I saw the first DoH trailer. You cannot imagine my excitement when i popped in to check on any progress and saw this. I immediately made popcorn, dimmed the lights, and now on my 5th watch, i'm trying to find the right words or epic comment to express my happiness and gratitude. and all i can come up with is thank you. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. Your attention to detail, lore and fan service is monumental and F@*&!ng Insane!! ...I could keep going but honestly I just wanna say thank you man, Thank you. You and your work are so deeply appreciated. The utter joy you have brought to me and i'm certain many others is truly truly indescribable. All the strength and blessings to you dude. You are the light in the Grimdark!

[@marklouisspark]

Love it that you made the popcorn :D was telling people to as it is one that requires a sit down. I'm very happy you enjoyed it the way you did!

[@MrAraujo2nd]

​@@marklouisspark Haha and what a sit down it was! :D. I have a question though. I think I've read anything and everything 30k, but i'm not sure what the creature in the dueling pits is, the one eating the dead ultramarine? Is it a native animal from Colchis? I should know this and will pay penitence to the emperor (or chaos gods) for this lack of knowledge :D:D! Really looking forward to the next installment!

[@marklouisspark]

@@MrAraujo2nd It is a flesh hound brother. Going off old canon, and being near the astartes :)

[@merrickdoherty5421]

I don't think anyone has acknowledged the scene with the girl and her baby being the same girl and baby that ran past the ultra marines in death of hope trailer 2, this is what chaos did to her when they took her prisoner and that little continuance and detail is what really makes these videos so special mark.

[@goodoldaley6375]

Holy hell I thought I was just connecting dots that weren't there when that crossed my mind. That's great!

[@traversingthedark]

This still should have blown up more. This should have been a whole damned series. To date, no warhammer 40K animation has captured the utter despair of the universe like this. It's perfection.

[@anthonykaternoza9664]

that one ultramarine stuck in the floor after a failed teleportation: "shid"

[@Wayoutthere]

Noticed that to! At least Guilliman finished one of his own off after the same happened in pursuit of kor Phaeron

[@ShadowGhost0117]

Not to mention the others you can see in the wall right after that.

[@Get_Splooshed]

That’s such a bruh moment

[@CrimsonUltrafox]

This work has been blessed by the Emperor, the Four Chaos Gods, and the Machine God. The grimdark despair clearly shines a light on just how gruesome and terrible the Warhammer 30-40k universe really is. So many scenes in this capture the pure essence of Word Bearer evil, the horror of the warp, the transhuman dread of Astartes, and so much more. In modern 40k, Chaos has been relegated to meme jokes where we laugh at Abaddon. That or we see these "fix bayonets" memes that completely takes away from the intimidation factor of Chaos Marines. THIS RIGHT HERE delivers so much justice for us people that have grown tired of the modern day vanilla stuff and the stupid memes. I could go on about every scene and how it digs into the soul and makes you feel uncomfortable. This is a situation where the good guys aren't going to win and everything is not going to be alright. The one scene where the World Eater enters that guy's cell is intimidating as fuck. Props to that guy for having the balls to stand up to him. That is how you respectfully showcase a guardsman's bravery without taking anything away from the marine. Then we see the woman from the first trailer with her baby and they're both corrupted by being on that chaos ship with no Gellar field up. We see a botched teleportation with is rarely ever mentioned anymore. We see these warp horrors just materializing in and out of the ship as the traitor marines carelessly ignore them. That shit right there is real Chaos and I deeply appreciate this accurate and detailed depiction of it. I imagine it will be another year or so before the next part, but I sincerely thank you for all your hard work in making this Mark.

[@spacewolfblackmane19]

Well said

[@Janovich]

The mother and baby was what really stuck with me. Man it really shows just how fucked up the warp is and you wonder the reason for what sick twisted reason they are keeping her on the ship mutating like that. Absolutely brilliant.

[@myflatlineconstruct]

2024 here again. This still is the top of the top showing how grim, how dark, this universe is. Other fan made pieces may be more incredibly polished, this is the real feel.

[@Dr.Gainzzz]

This is everything I've wanted to see in regards of how chaos should be depicted in 40k. Ultimately evil, scary, and fucked up. You've given me so much hope for 40k with this man!

[@LordKilljoy2012]

For anyone thinking they forgot to activate their Gellar Fields, they didn't... They left it off.

[@Assmaholic419]

And that is why they are dumb

[@Houseoholiker]

@@Assmaholic419 that is why there are so fucking awesome and metal u mean

[@Assmaholic419]

@@Houseoholiker blood Angels are better in my opinion

[@MrPatrick568]

que Orks polishing their choppas

[@AfatterMan2]

its kind of like 'dry-aging' a living human steak in the warp

[@barbossawhitley5750]

The entire video - * physically and emotionally disturbs me * Me - That's some good shit.

[@Der_Dekanter]

At some point i felt some vomit coming up. Chaos not even once

[@DarkSamael55]

@@Der_Dekanter Especially that mom-baby part It kinda made me depressed/sad for what happened to them

[@Aden_III]

senpai fam I would not dream of how being a victim of chaos feels

[@Skargar]

I feel sick, too. Just how it's supposed to be. The title is spot on.

[@joe.black-mortem.angelos]

C'mon boys, just 6 more likes

[@BloodDrawer-t]

If warhammer animators had 10% of this man’s dedication we would have entire series of warhammer shows to last the 40,000 years

[@ezrolly898]

Respect. You most certainly got the look and atmosphere right. Outstanding! Everyone feeling sorry for the woman and her baby, I gotta say, that Eldar is who i felt most concerned for. We all know what happens to a naked soul in the Warp.

[@kafon6368]

@Strike Striker I'm wondering if that woman and child were chaos cultists when I saw them like that ...

[@munmunmurmur4920]

Strike Striker You seem to have mixed up the term “baby” and “mutant”. The former is a cute little human that could grow up to be a loyal imperial servant. The latter, as I suspect is what is shown in the video, is on the same level as Xenos.

[@Assmaholic419]

But everyone you forgot they all must be purged filthy normals

[@thomassullivan6721]

This is a good representation of the shit going on traitor vessels on the later half of the Horus heresy all the flesh change and the never-born not quite having enough power to properly manifest on the ship and the warp, with all the never-born scuttling around the hull on the outside. This Is truly stunning.

[@thomassullivan6721]

@IntrepidTit by absorbing what ever emotion/feeling that birthed them. in the end, demons are just amalgamations of strings of emotions/feelings

[@michaelmoses8745]

Blind luck+- warp fuckery.

[@officerkaiser9100]

This was badass. It shows what Chaos really is in the Warhammer 40K. It is a dark, mind twisting, and unnatural force that corrupts all it touches. It is not some evil force like in other sci-fi stories. It is a dark mix of the madness, over worldly evil, and limitless power you see from something in a Lovecraft book with the mix of a sci-fi faction that can honestly destroy the whole galaxy but has so many layers and layers of why people align with chaos and how they act within it. This is the Grim-Dark a lot of people have wanted and it shows a good image of what Warhammer 40K is in general. It has its interesting moments but is in total a very dangerous and dark universe that twists the mind and is constant war and suffering every being within it cannot avoid. This is what the Fans love. Keep up the work Mister Spark. Cant wait until Part 2.

[@pieman2435]

Yeah, remember when Abaddon was scary and not a saturday morning cartoon villain?

[@nuggiedejuggie3746]

Than you got the orks

[@MeliorIlle]

People just don't get how dark and serious 40k really is, this guy gets it. Amazing.

[@119winters5]

Sir but this is the 30k

[@MeliorIlle]

Same universe.@@119winters5

[@jackrusso4700]

This isn’t even 40K tho bruh, the movie says “a hours heresy fan film”, it’s not 40K.

[@MeliorIlle]

@@jackrusso4700 All of this is the 40K universe, easy on the autism.

[@demigges]

Punts a Grot, picks up his fanciest hat and goes "AAARRR...*cough* i mean: WAAAGH!!!"

[@gerabrekku]

I don't have any words that can describe the disturbing and uncomfortable scenes in this video. But one thing's for certain, this is really well made.

[@marklouisspark]

There are moments if wonder, moments of disgust, and leaving you wondering if u should like what u watched but doubt if u should. That is Grim Dark :D

[@InquisitorClock]

Finally a depiction of Chaos that isn't embarrassing!

[@mattwho81]

Brilliant but i was a little confused at first and had to watch it a couple of times before I realised that the figures walking about in Ultramarine armour are wearing stolen gear.

[@albertobreen4155]

Ooohhh thats what it was, I didn't get that either till you daid it

[@jasonbridges4395]

So at the end when they go lets begin, They werent ultramarines but word bearers wearing the stolen armour?

[@Matthieu_L]

@@jasonbridges4395 No at the end, this is real Ultramarines that are prisoners. They wait something to happen, like the alarm at the end (Probably something that the Eldar dude did). The false ultramarines is walking with two other traitors at the beginning, when u see the word bearers Terminator. Anyway I can't wait to deliver the 500 hundreds, death to the traitors brothers !

[@jasonbridges4395]

@@Matthieu_L i was surprised to see eldar there, I didnt know they were active in HH However I believe that eldar was killed by the Possessed? It seems the prisoners Eldar included were being used for gladitorial entertainment

[@123mibu]

@@jasonbridges4395 The Cabal did active involded themselves into the Horus Heresy , to make sure Horus (Chaos) wins but the other Eldar attacked them , on order of Farseer Ulthran

[@astrofox1155]

15:20 I absolutely love the delivery of this line. Bro knows full well the situation he's in but is willing to throw down for the innocent given the chance.

[@doorstopper674]

Damn, i didnt expect this to be actually disturbing but wow

[@PerturaBased]

i came here expecting some daemonculaba level shit , so it was fine

[@doorstopper674]

@@PerturaBased i dont think youtube would allow that

[@ExcessCongruence]

@@doorstopper674 title it "body improvement/ medical procedures" and claim it's about excess skin being removed; it should be ok then :)

[@PerturaBased]

@@doorstopper674 ikr , i don't even know how they let this

[@yakubagishev5371]

Yeah, it's like video game cutscenes (like fallout 1&2 scared me back when I was 7-8 years old at the time) from the 90s in terms of actual disturbance and suspense, only with so much more detail and quality

[@floridaman3823]

The Inquisition will find and prosecute the 142 heretics that downvoted this most holy recitation.

[@marklouisspark]

Downvotes are most welcome :) its pretty graphic visually and emotionally so I can understand their dislike.

[@floridaman3823]

@@marklouisspark 'Ahem' CHERUBAAAAAAAEEEEL!!!!!!!!

[@Yokelus]

"Prosecute". Heh, you meant marmalize.

[@cacacacaca546]

The scene with the woman and her baby was retty brutal, and as a new father, hard to watch... It's so grimdark, love it! Please continue :)

[@ATFwontfindme]

I had the same thought (my first is 11 months) but it was certainly true to chaos

[@SiamSentin3l]

same here, I watched it when my baby boy was 1 month old it really ripped at my emotions. Every second of the movie! Wow!

[@Noitanis]

Aaaaand that's why you don't enter the warp without a Gellar Field. But jokes aside, the representation of the warp was amazing in this. Including the... "blessings".

[@_.alex.-]

To those new parents, it doesn't change. I have teenagers and you can still relate to the feels. It's hardcore dark. Such excellent and important work delivered here.

[@Primus_Phallus]

Same here

[@MichaelOlmeda-ch2uf]

I just got to seeing this for the first time. Currently stopped qt 5:42. Had to pause to say thank you. Such magnificent work.

[@chenchen-vh3so]

Wait a second... that’s the mother in the trailer innit? Ohhh this is a boatload of grimdark heresy and I can’t wait for the next episode! Great work!

[@Emperor1G]

In my opinion, nothing will grow the fandom and support of Warhammer 40K more than movies like yours and Astartes. You have done more to bring this universe to life for both existing fans and people who are unfamiliar with the game than anything else. I can't imagine how much time it took you to craft all this and your previous movies, but know this: It is appreciated, by WH40K fans everywhere. Thank you.

[@cuy50]

Literally every frame is a work of art. The character models are intense my dude. So much detail. Thank you for all your efforts. The voice acting and music and ambient sounds are intense. So well done.

[@maxnowicki6594]

This is hands down the best depiction of warhammer 40k (I guess 30k here) and chaos on the internet, period. It’s absolutely sanity blasting to me that one person did all this, the detail is exquisite and the storytelling is refreshingly unique - those warp beings and the spookiness combined with the authority in the chaos space marines strides and the brutality of the fighting pits… incredible. I’m shocked anyone would criticize such a masterpiece, I hope Mark makes more of these one day, but does so at his own pace and takes his time. Why games workshop wouldn’t hire this man to make epic cgi stories like this full time is beyond me

[@maxnowicki6594]

Also in case anyone is confused on the storyline, it looks like the world eaters are going to wear the ultramarines armor to commit atrocities and get them forever blamed by their legion

[@elcapitan9141]

Have you considered kickstarter for any large future projects? 40k is severly lacking in any cinema and there is an audience willing to get behind practically anything new

[@marklouisspark]

GW is cooking something up, give them a chance well see how it goes :) I'll continue to create as long as i'm allowed to so there will be more.

[@spacewolfblackmane19]

@@marklouisspark lets just hope the learned their lesson from ultramarine 😔🤮🤮

[@internetman1213]

Space Wolf Black Mane they hired the dude who made Helsreach (the animation not the story), so we’ll see!

[@seanmac1793]

@@marklouisspark GW seems more lax with stuff these days I doubt you'll get chapter mastered

[@hebanker3372]

@@seanmac1793 They realized that they'll only do damage to themselves if they repeat the same mistake they did with Lord Inquisitor.

[@themetroidprime]

I hope that torn Ultramarine survives and become a Dreadnought eventually.

[@techpriestalex8730]

Hellbrute

[@toastie8173]

@@techpriestalex8730 Better that than a chaos dreadnought xd

[@Jatc93]

@@toastie8173 It really isn't

[@maxanklowitz9888]

Toastie heretic

[@duangjanchaiyachit8018]

Blood raven is coming

[@Corium1]

The warp seems like a fun place to hang out in. You get spontaneous mutations, random demons, immense torture, and stuff you can’t even imagine.

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

Thats what you would call a "happy place", if you feel down, just go there

[@joe.black-mortem.angelos]

Lovely stuff

[@lordspaghettiyetithe1st513]

Like a girlfriend?

[@spiritscoffee6199]

@@lordspaghettiyetithe1st513 go to the third floor in slaanesh's tower and you'll find at least 3

[@BDMWI]

In a second, you'll hear the word "heresy" and a bolter on your head

[@goranvujnovic597]

Man never have I thought that a day will come when I will feel anything for the Ultramarines... This is just brilliant

[@scout360pyroz]

mourn what GW made him delete

[@user-du2pp3lr6y]

How much Grimdark do you want in your movie? Mark: Yes!

[@inquisitordolan1198]

Mark, I watched this and went speechless , it is a beautiful representation of what we all projected in our minds while reading the horus heresy novels, it hit me hard, Thank you for this, make sure to take a break though man, you certainly earned it.

[@anthonyhanner6609]

The world that games workshop has created but is afraid to put into realization. Thank you for your efforts! Very impressive! KV

[@cpf6125]

Magnificent. The animation is plenty good enough and adds to the mood but the design is fucking phenomenal - probably the purest representation I have ever seen outside of the best dioramas and models. So many little touches it is oozing with twisted gothic atmosphere and warp juice. This is the warhammer that I signed up for. The grimmer, darker kind. Doesn't have to be chaos insanity with sorcerors and daemons - there is loads of other stuff they could be writing about but it is the aesthetic and feel that is important. Anything other than the imperium as bona fide good guys and the endless superhero stories we get in 9 out of 10 of the books.

[@Malefectra]

Okay, I've seen a few different WH40k/30k fan videos, and this one is quite literally one of the best works of fan animation I have ever seen. You made the Warp, and it's inhabitants, as disturbing as they described in lore and novelizations. The visual design of the armor and even the human subjects was frankly better than a good many major release films I've seen in the last two decades. How you managed to model, rig, animate, and composite all of this by yourself is a testament to not only your skill and ambition, but the dedication of the GW fanbase to attract creators like you. Thank you for sharing, this is literally now my all-time favorite piece of WH40/30k media

[@CedarSmoke14]

I thought you did a great job on depicting the Warp, its kinda hard to imagine sometimes. I also thought that the you did a great job on the space marines, making them look intimidating as fuck. This is pretty amazing overall.

[@brotheralaric7177]

6:13, damned i love the rendering of those terminator walk, you easily feel the heaviness, slow but unstopable.

[@66Vulcan66]

Myself as well. Absolutely awesome! I can't speak for any newer terminator models but I'm pretty sure that ​ @Mark Louis Spark modelled this terminator after the Original 410609 Terminator Marine designed by Jes Goodwin and Bob Naismith from Rogue Trader days. Then Added a healthy dash of awesome to that.

[@prasannapalla4189]

Saturnine pattern terminator

[@jakobjansen9541]

At 11 minutes in I would like to remind everyone that GW still thinks that this terryfing hell of a game is rated PG 13^^

[@Godzilla-mq5zv]

Also Warhammer Adventures.

[@iloveanothermanswives4278]

@@Godzilla-mq5zv we dont talk about Warhammer Adventures. That shit is heresy

[@Godzilla-mq5zv]

@@iloveanothermanswives4278 Wrong brother, it's not just heresy, it's EXTRA heresy. Even heretics think it is heresy.

[@wojo44frompl]

To be fair - tabletop by itself isn't that brutal. Novels and other literature on the other hand... @Godzilla 123 Yeah, you're gonna need Heavy Bolter for this heresy...

[@Godzilla-mq5zv]

@@wojo44frompl I'm going to need a Vulcan Mega-Bolter for this heresy.

[@reaperofxenos7525]

Holy Terra this was a masterpiece! The most grim dark thing I have seen so well done! A shame ‘Warhammer tv’ is so poor at releasing content and yet fans produce things of this calibre. I can’t believe I’ve missed this, thanks for the hard work!

[@OneMindSyndicate]

WOW!! This was way darker than I thought it was going to be. Absolutely amazing. I can't wait for the next part.

[@MadMalkavian]

Oh, nice to See you here. So many friendly faces :D

[@jason.larsenthedanishgreek1226]

Nobody likes the way you sound and lisp thru your STRAIGHT READING OF THE WIKI

[@Roy.404.]

If one Mark Louis Spark can do this just imagine what a squad of Mark Louis Sparks could do.

[@clawhammr666]

Send in the CLONES!

[@Jyeoi]

SEND EVEREEEETHINNGGG

[@stevenwang5148]

Give that man a successor chapter

[@LemonRush7777]

Hold on, I'm calling Fabulous Bill.

[@FrstSpctr88]

Maybe have Astartes and every other good 40k animators unite under one project...

[@Sport-guru92]

Это просто шедевр. Games Workshop обязаны обратить ра тебя внимание и канонично отснять тонны материала по вселенной Warhammer. Думаю что поклонников вселенной после такого станет не меньше чем у dc comics

[@tannhauser2504]

Ага, наивный. Всё что может ГВ, это лишь забанить автора, ибо никто не смеет быть умнее и круче Метью Варда. Погугли фильм "Проклятие: Внутренний враг / Damnatus: Der Feind im Innern / Damnatus: The Enemy Within". Посмотри его на немецком с русскими сабами. Проникнись, а потом погугли как ГВ их всех забанила в чатике. А также погугли как ГВ забанило автора цикла "The Lord Inquisitor " Вот тебе то что он успел сделать: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYvGZ5aoa6xle5Y

[@redfurioso6844]

@@tannhauser2504 Так забанило, что ему сценарий Дембски-Боуден писал? Парень просто захотел денег и отказался продолжать на чистом энтузиазме.

[@Sport-guru92]

@Антоний Сергеевич а где ты видишь что я говорил про базу dc? Я сказал что фанбаза может стать не меньше чем у топовых игроков рынка

[@ZavulonItOn]

@@tannhauser2504 Эразма Бросдея, автора The Lord Inquisitor никто и нигде не банил. Ознакомься с его каналом Warpgazer, он там объясняет почему он перестал заниматься вархаммером.

[@tannhauser2504]

@@ZavulonItOn Ага, ага... Сапковский от чистого сердца хвалил экранизацию "Ведьмака" от Гейфликс, Марк Хемилл снимался в Дриснеевской трилогии потому, что там охуительно прописан его персонаж... Дальше продолжать?

[@grailknightofenoch1263]

After a year and watching this 100x times I am still in absolute awe of what you created here

[@0d138]

My only regret is that I have but one like to give. Glory be to this blessed work of the Omnissiah!!!

[@keremktay3842]

I don't care what people say about the animation or other things in the video and you can even call me fangirl blinded by the love of Warhammer 40k but holy shit dude this is AMAZING and I love every minute of it, I'd love to see how the story going to progress, please keep doing what you do best because there are people still appreciates the good work!

[@marklouisspark]

Unfortunately i'm stopping at part 2 and no longer doing a part 3. Thanks for enjoying it for what it is :) people like you helped me get this far. The reasons I've given in recent comments asking why the video is unlisted. Don't worry, part 2 will be nice and a lot of things to look at with wonder! :)

[@blackjack5167]

A girl.... 👩AND a gamer? 🎮Whoa mama!😮😮 Hummina hummina hummina bazooooooooing😙! *eyes pop out* 😮😮😮😉AROOOOOOOOGA! *jaw drops tongue rolls out* 😱😱😱WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF🐶🐶 *tongue bursts out of the outh uncontrollably leaking face and everything in reach*😛😛😛😛😛 WURBLWUBRLBWURblrwurblwurlbrwubrlwburlwbruwrlblwublr ,🤪😜😜🤪*tiny cupid shoots an arrow through heart* 💘 Ahhhhhhhhhhh me lady... *heart in the shape of a heart starts beating so hard you can see it through shirt*😍😍😍 ba-bum ba-bum ba-bum ba-bum ba-bum 🥁🥁🥁 *milk truck crashes into a bakery store in the background spiling white liquid and dough on the streets* 🥛🐄🥛BABY WANTS TO FUCK ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ *inhales from the gas tank* ⛽⛽⛽honka honka honka honka 🚕🚕*masturabtes furiously* 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🍆🍆💦💦💦💦ohhhh my gooooodd~😮

[@mistermcking8445]

@@marklouisspark Why will you stop?

[@bloodangel19]

@@blackjack5167 i can't bring myself to read this

[@onizgr77]

@@marklouisspark dont stop man we need this

[@phillipaguilera5658]

I loved it!!! especially the call backs to the older terminator armours, the details and references to the universe die hard fans would get. Thank you for being a blessing to the community Mark. If you ever need help with voice work I'd love to help out. :)

[@Chegs2071]

Now I really want to make a full squad of them

[@aidanpatrick4916]

Sadly they don’t make those terminators anymore, they were the original terminator design and first buyable terminator model but the later designs are the ones they went with (I’ve heard it was because they weren’t popular but I’m unsure) you can find the metal model on eBay from time to time at about $50 US

[@joeiznang]

This is insane. One of the greatest Warhammer videos I've ever seen. How is it the Warhammer community has this much talent and dedication! It's truly inspiring! Thank you to everyone involved for your hard work !