Hammer and Bolter | Artefacts - Abaddon the Despoiler

This is NOT my Animation. It is one scene from "Hammer & Bolter | Artefacts" on Warhammer+.
"Let him speak"
Abaddon makes a cheeky appearence. All limbs included.
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[@kittenchucklenugget1455]

"Abaddon makes a cheeky appearence. All limbs included" lol

[@huskpl3yz358]

Yeah

[@austinmorris3766]

Notice how those limbs don't move to much can't risk it.

[@SapunMan]

@@austinmorris3766 too* much

[@austinmorris3766]

@@SapunMan no

[@SapunMan]

@@austinmorris3766 Yes.

[@mutantmaster1]

Abbadon: shoots a xenos with top tier respawn abilities Abbadon: yeah, he's totally dead

[@wojciechwerner8787]

What do you expect from Failbaddon the Harmless?

[@SerCommander]

Abbadon, like most space marines touched by warp, has some unnatural abilities and strengths. Same thing with objects - all things touched by warp exibit unnatural abilities and powers.

[@dark7element]

In fairness I'm pretty sure they mentioned that this tomb world had been wrecked, including its resurrection chambers, so that particular cryptek is indeed gone for good.

[@WitcherCrow]

Top tier? The Great Sleep called, you dumbass. The Necron respawning technology has greatly decayed. There is a chance that they don't work resulting in permanent death and even if they do they cause permanent damage to minds. Each time a Necron army enters battle, it risks losing permanently 5-10 percent of its army permanently due to failed respawning. Necrons that are damaged beyond repair are just destroyed by their peers and their energy is harvested for others. This makes the Necrons a dying race since they cannot replace what they are losing. Furthermore, from the cartoon short it looks like the Black Legion is conquering a Tomb World. If the Tomb World respawn nodes are damaged or offline, then any Necron that gets destroyed is lost forever. Their engrams cannot be saved and they are lost.

[@l.a.wright6912]

@@dark7element no (beyond spoilers) 1.necrons phasing indeed means we know he found a resurection chamber. otherwise they just drop dead (read: the infinite and the divine) 2. just because that world's chambers were distroyed doesnt mean he cant just respawn at a different world or their homeworld.

[@Lightscribe225]

You know what would have made this episode better? Trayzn tip-toeing behind Abaddon with a giant butterfly net.

[@giannicolamatteo8155]

Or sneaking up wearing an ash Ketchum hat holding a pokeball

[@subadnur7740]

*Hillbilly Trayzn sneaking up on Abaddon* "Anit no C'Tan shard but a Pokemon is a Pokemon" *yeets his time bubble at literally one of the Imperium's most hated Traitor Primarks... It's super effective*

[@subadnur7740]

@@DevixianTheOriginal you kidding me, Trayzn has literally a perfect clone of one of the loyalist Primarks, a fucking Thrork (basically a pure ancestor of the Orks if they hadn't devolved to what they are now and could literally smite any regular Necron like a pancake made by the old ones), and many other bullshit artifacts. Trust me Trayzn isn't picky if he knows it'll be a important piece to his "Museum"

[@yarnip5460]

@@subadnur7740 abaddon isn't a primarch.

[@subadnur7740]

@@DevixianTheOriginal Thus is why I mentioned in my first comment "a Pokemon is a Pokemon" sure he's no Horus but a named war master is by GW's standards is of at least a footnote, that's what I was doing going along with the joke 🤣 sure I'm no lore master/Cryptek but it's all in the jokes don't matter of it's stupid funny or fact funny at the end of the day we all get to see papa Nurgle play yeet the nurgling into the fucking stratosphere.

[@eldunae922]

Abbadon: Shoots the cryptek. The cryptek appearing back into his chambers: You dumb ****

[@michaelsantamaria5295]

the plot twist is even better

[@Gozkiel]

If you actually watched it the Terminators that subdued him said that their resurrection machines are in ruins. Teleportation still works but I don't think he'll be rebuilt into working condition.

[@spopey1815]

Hill just go to a different tomb world

[@-Big_Big]

@@Gozkiel think they are immortal regardless. will just be resurrected somewhere else. On another world or ship. needs to do some kind of special otherworldly damage and contain them to prevent it.

[@Gozkiel]

@@-Big_Big From my understanding they can only resurrect at their own dynasty and should have their engrams safely reuploaded into their new body if their previous one is beyond repair. If this is the last tomb world of their dynasty I can totally see this as their extinction if they have no other place to rebuild/reoccupy bodies. Edit: I think those engrams that do not have a body to use or are lost are considered to be permanently dead.

[@FallenSjel]

"And for this, you will have the only mercy you deserve..." *Bubbles start coming out of his storm bolter*

[@KrimzonFlygon1]

Abaddon: (rolls eyes) …Siiigh…Yeah. Hilarious, Lucius.

[@SB-129]

_Finish him!_ *Two bang flags appear* * *FRIENDSHIP!!!* *

[@beastwarsFTW]

Tzeentch: "LOL"

[@Bloodletter8]

(Terminators dance around in the bubbles giggling)

[@woodwyrm]

lul yeah

[@SudrianTales]

*Abaddon shots Necron* Necron when he respawns later: *Didn't think I'd be able to escape so easily.*

[@christophertidwell2422]

What was he supposed to do keep him prisoner? How many loyalist space marines would even let the thing talk

[@michasalamon8315]

I swear every time Abbadon appears in a game or some show he is getting deeper and deeper voice. Like, what is wrong with his voice from the audiobooks, or is it the blessings of chaos that make him sound as if he had a toad in his throat?

[@burialgoods]

Because having an inhumanly deep voice suits the character, that's why And it's badass

[@Ake-TL]

@@burialgoods it’s cringe

[@burialgoods]

@@Ake-TL you think an evil character should sound anything but threatening?

[@Ake-TL]

@@burialgoods megatron, Vaider or Sauron aren’t as deep voiced as this interpretation, it sounds really exaggerated

[@burialgoods]

@@Ake-TL Mouth of Sauron, Jack of Blades as a dragon, Abathur from SC2, Gravemind from Halo, all at least as deep as this

[@senorsombrero1275]

The art style is pretty cool, if only GW gave the team behind it enough money to fully animate

[@emilianomerendino3311]

And is still an huge improvemente from the first episodes. Altrough that was the dumbest execution I've ever seen in a cartoon

[@Huma270490]

@@emilianomerendino3311 Not only that, the entire idea of Warhammer+ or whatever name they use is just absurd. Encurage the fanmade films + create competitions about it and release this kind of product on the mayor platforms + give them the budget to have more than 15fps and that would catapult their fame and they wouldn't be producing enought minis to be sold and editing books to be sold. BUT is GW, they do things as they do and in many cases are just honorable tries.

[@emilianomerendino3311]

@@Huma270490 Mah, in these cases I just try to hope for the best. Hoping at least they won't do some bullshit with Astartes 2 and Space Marine 2, which could set the future for Warhammer games who aren't strategical.

[@blackjacka.5097]

@@Big_Mike001 At least they have more than 2 frames of animation.

[@ezequielmorales4221]

it needs like 2000 more frames to be cool

[@TheMinuteman]

He shot a necron in the face from 1 foot away, with a stormbolter. and the most they gave us is a soft "puff" noise and a weak flash of the head disappearing? not the sharp crack of the notorious storm bolter, or the loud sound of metal on metal impacting and then the sharp shrill of it being rendered and torn from the impact and explosion. A weapon in 40k, used on a metal zombie monster had the same visual impact of a silencer used on a minion in a 007 movie.

[@Mugthraka]

Dude all the budget they had allready went in the 7 frames per sec they have for the animation. You really think they have enough left for sound designs?, get real mate

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

It sounds almost like the Beam Rifle from Halo 2-3

[@lukenel29]

Its even worse when compared to the sound design in Astartes

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

@@lukenel29 I'm still waiting for new media to use the oomph-bearing bolter sounds akin to the Ultramarines 'movie' or Dawn of War II

[@anthonyhensley6951]

Not just any Stormbolter either but the Talon of Horus, once wielded by the Primarch himself

[@themostmagicskeleton273]

Damn that guy literally pulled a turn off persistent corpses in Dawn of War 1

[@techpriestmarx4356]

lmao

[@FARBerserker]

if the body does not stay, that means he is back home regenerating

[@themostmagicskeleton273]

@@FARBerserker nope, pretty sure this is Dawn of War 1 logic

[@Badchi]

...still runs with 0.1 FPS. Damn those unpolished mods.

[@dark7element]

@@FARBerserker Their resurrection chambers were destroyed. So, him fading out like that would've been the self-destruct mechanism rather than teleporting away to resurrect.

[@xenonsean7050]

This close up of abaddon does prove one thing. Even chaos can have clean teeth.

[@Teixas666]

Falling to Chaos is no Excuse for poor dental higiene.

[@silver1340]

Well, he's not a Nurgle worshipper! Just general Chaos. Getting an Adeptus Orthodontus cleaning mark put on your head (teeth) is a 1-way ticket to eternal humiliation.

[@doggoincorporated3686]

Even the forces of hell need a good dental plan.

[@temporary_error_3264]

In that case, the British have no excuse.

[@Bloodletter8]

(Mortarion has entered the chat)

[@rustkarl]

Man the guy standing behind him does a really good job of making it look like he has arms.

[@Shadowhunterbg]

Aww he is so cute trying to look threatening. How adorable!

[@randomcenturion7264]

At least he’s trying

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Abbodon"yeah..ok..ok..but errr then I remember...I am the war master of Chaos undivided..if you were to see a real life version of myself,you would shit yourself..I am clad in power armour and I tower over you that swells with dark powers with a power talon claw in one hand and a demon sword in the other that could rip out your soul from your body with one cut or I could skin your alive with my power talon claw or blow your head off with the stormbolter on it and turn your body Into a red pile of goo..yeah so don't pissed me off or it's lights out for you boy/girl"

[@LandonRussell-ru9im]

John 15:12-13. “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.”

[@datrickster8674]

If only allll of it was animated ffs

[@sond.lollipop8919]

Ik that’s really the only thing that keeps me from really getting into this series. I’m sorry but no excuse for 90% of the show to be still shots with audio

[@datrickster8674]

@@sond.lollipop8919 ikr like almost all of it is just Cartoon Network grade undetailed CGI

[@giovannidelarosa4543]

@@E-and-Jack what does an artist having all those point of views matter in whether something is shit or not?

[@sandersbruh4474]

@@E-and-Jack go watch something else then snowflake. This series setting is racist, misogynistic, xenophobic made by animators, producers and writers using their imagination and talents to create every fricking scenes, lines, scripts of visual animation, audio. A show funded by one greedy and ignorant corporation with minimal budget, included in a subscription service almost no fan likes admist the pandemic.

[@andresvalverde5182]

@@E-and-Jack we're talking about the product not the producer, snowflake. Better stop watching a ton of movies, because a lot is owned by Disney nowadays, and Disney hated Jews and was racist ya know.

[@Negativvv]

The CSM Termie squad in this episode was awesome. Even the rubbish animation captured what monsters they are in a battle.

[@l.christoffersen7502]

Hear the laughter of the Gods!

[@Matihood1]

What's with the horns where the vents normally are tho?

[@Negativvv]

Because it looks epic...Same reason why CSM termies have trophy spikes with skulls on open display. Likely scares the Imperials just that extra bit more.

[@Bloodyshinta1]

mutations@@Matihood1

[@dafuq2165]

Abaddon's eyes should be gold as a side affect for staring into the astronomicon

[@alangreene5776]

Isnt astronomicon a beacon of emperor's psyche? How did he managed to look into it

[@rustkarl]

@@alangreene5776 The Astronomicon is like a lighthouse, anyone can look into it from a distance.

[@WitcherCrow]

That's what Khayon said about him. Do you trust Khayon?

[@rustkarl]

@@WitcherCrow I mean, we saw it for ourselves in one of the cinematics for Gothic Armada.

[@WitcherCrow]

@@rustkarl Kharn describes Abaddon's eyes as scarlet red.

[@fake-king3837]

And like how Abaddon is so stupid he doesn't understand that his "Mercy" means nothing when his foe is going to come back fully healed. Even when he trys he is still a bad vilain

[@randomcenturion7264]

Failbaddon gonna fail

[@HiveFleetOni]

An earlier clip suggests that they have already smashed the resurrection machineries on this tomb world, so this might be true death for that Cryptek.

[@apothneisko]

They’ve already taken the world so they probably have already destroyed the resurrection capabilities of it.

[@SantaCelest1na]

in fact in the series they clearly say that he would not repair himself because they would block the repair process of the planet. but little changes because that was actually trazyn

[@l.a.wright6912]

@@HiveFleetOni He phased so no

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

So let me get this straight: Abaddon the Ineffectual coerces a Cryptek into giving him what he wants, then shoots said Cryptek in the head, thinking that is gonna be the end of things. You’d think, given how old he is and how many battles he’s fought (lost) by now that he’d know how poor of a decision that was. Cannot wait for the Cryptek to tell his Phaeron about this.

[@SudsyMedusa53]

Oh don't worry, that cryptek doesn't have to tell the phaeron. (SPOILERS!) That's Trazyn the Infinite in disguise, and he's got something very special cooked up for those terminators.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

@@SudsyMedusa53 this pleases me greatly.

[@Teixas666]

relevant: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3vMhpmkft-VjK8

[@WitcherCrow]

Jeezz. I love how smug the ignorant are. Necron phasing out is not simple and not without faults. It looks from the cartoon that the Black Legion just conquered a tomb world. If the Tomb world had its systems damaged or shut down, any Necron that gets destroyed is gone for good. So it's a valid assumption that the Cryptek is a goner. It turned out SPOILERS that it's Trazyn the guy has a back up body and engram braodcasters out of the wazoo.

[@davisdf3064]

He should have known that if a Necron teleports after such damage, then they found a place to get repairs. He's an incredible failure.

[@david7522]

That was the most lack luster bolter shot ever

[@origulator]

You can just feel that Trazyn was disappointed that Abby didnt go after the artefact personally

[@AdzersKiTz]

I always thought that Abbadon would have sounded like starscream

[@malusblack6083]

Not gonna lie me too. Did not expect what I can only assume is the guy who read the Slayer Testaments in Doom 2016

[@jasonalcatraz5817]

Which one?

[@AdzersKiTz]

@@jasonalcatraz5817 transformers prime starscream

[@blackbetterment]

@@jasonalcatraz5817 there is only one starscream voice (that matters)

[@Roark787]

I don't know, I kinda liked the Nathan Explosion impression they gave him in Battlefleet Gothic to be honest XD

[@Ihavenohandle....]

Other than the Mountain from G.O.T I can't think of anyone else who could play Abaddon in a live version, the guy is freaking MASSIVE JEEZ. Even I stop talking to my dog here when he said "let him speak!".

[@MagnusArchitectOfFate]

Well… there such a thing as graphics If being serious, Mountain will be a great cast for a few space marine characters

[@ZedLeppelin1989]

This powerpoint presentation is amazing

[@Ariana321]

Was expecting his arms to fall off any second there.

[@theonlytnargmatt]

That thumbnail is the face you make when you sit down for your morning toilet, only to remember last night was beer and chilie tasting night and you know what must come next.

[@HittingBandy]

When I think Abaddon, Warmaster of chaos, the shadow of Horus, I think a massive astartes flanked with many of the most decorated Black Legion astartes chaos has to offer, with as much bravado to make even Slaneesh blush and pride himself in joy and terrifying enough for Khorne to grope the armrests of his skull throne with delight. I expected him to be more determined than those immortals who have received the gift of Nurgle and as cunning as the thousand sons in the arts of combat and deception, with the charisma to even sway Kharne the Betrayer and his horde into his crusade. I think of a man who could lead the remnants of a 10 millennia old rebellion without falter, a man who somehow kept his legion together even with 12 botched crusades. What I fucking see here is a single bloody chaos marine that does not look anything special nor could be differentiated with the other chaos space marines besides having the Chaos united logo as his belt. What the hell GW, TTS Emperor would have done such a better job even if it would have inevitably turned into a comedic scene. Jesus Christ GW sacrificed so much awesome fan shows for this crap? Also, I know Horus is an absolute pussy in basically everything he does and is only still alive thanks to plot armour but since GW is trying their damnest to make him the main fucking villain of the Chaos vs the Imperium part of 40k, then let my expectations be.

[@epicwaba6424]

I have a suspicion that this is Trazyn in disguise. But yeah, there was no reason to put Abbadon in this episode. It could have been any random Chaos Lord.

[@dark7element]

I'm not defending GW, but, dude, Abbadon was on screen for about 40 seconds total. There's only so much characterization you can give him in that amount of time.

[@alexandersalazar9122]

My man spittin facts

[@jasonalcatraz5817]

@@dark7element people have done more with less.

[@jasonalcatraz5817]

Honestly, your expectations are what SHOULD be seen. And with how clever many of GW’s characters and writers have shown to be, there’s no excuse

[@contreshtaplishmints6821]

0:02 "Oh you touch my tralalala"

[@Galejro]

Goes to show why he's nicknamed Failbaddon. He takes a word of a filthy robot, let a lone a xeno robot, let alone a xeno robot with no fear of death who's clearly leading you into a trap with a promise of sth important and he actually believes this and expends valuable elites to get it and likely get them trapped in a Taesseract... Am i right or did the episode went his way, didn't watch the show.

[@I3erzerker]

You should of started with "I didnt watch the show" lol

[@Galejro]

@@I3erzerker The question stands... Was I right with the guess?

[@I3erzerker]

@@Galejro well no. Its a repeated choice/moment that either chaos or eldar win. Which repeats over and over. Depending on the choice of the Terminator earliar in the show. The choice is set up to see what they do which amuses Tarzyn. There is no win or lose on the mission. The only way they win is by not going at all which will essentially set them free. But they always go. They can never win, either side because it stops right before either side reaches their objective and the cycle resets. I tried to explain that as straight forward as I can haha. Its a good episode for sure. And to be fair, is this the inital choice that lead to this and they just get trapped in that moment? Im not 100% sure.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Actually thats probably not Failbaddon at all but just a Trazyn bot

[@I3erzerker]

@@forickgrimaldus8301 Exactly right. The whole thing could be fabricated.

[@Mugthraka]

If only they had the budget for more frames... They have the art style down, the sound design, the plot apparently, but darn those running on like 6 frames..., that realy hurts...

[@domowveraramirez1455]

i dunno about the sound design, that storm bolter sounder like a toy laser gun

[@Mugthraka]

@@domowveraramirez1455 true

[@gideonmele1556]

Cryptek respawning in a tomb: “ow. Anyway…”

[@Abenddammerung]

Abbadon's apparently not privy to the Necron concept of Emergency Teleportation portion of their Reanimation Protocols.

[@shadoll7856]

Abbadon is secretly Alpharius in disguise.

[@powerist209]

Because of "Failbaddon" meme and wonder why he is more marginally competent here?

[@josephmoffatt4696]

Everyone is secretly Alpharius in disguise. Including you.

[@Flaky1990]

How can he be Alpharius when I'M already Alpharius?

[@dogalrorn]

Fuck Alpharius.

[@LegionVillain]

@@dogalrorn Found Omegon

[@WolfT33]

His voice is simultaneously soothing and mightly

[@rylanwalker442]

It's hilarious that even standing there normally he is posing

[@caffplays]

It's crazy that Abbadon still alive for more than 10.000 years, it seems there's no life limit for a guy like that. That guy was fighting alongside with Horus Lupercal during the Heresy, seeing him alive it's like seeing a living history.

[@joshwest4710]

I think part of it is because he is juiced up on warp stuff.

[@macklee6837]

Oof. Emperor forgive me, but Chaos terminators look so awesome!

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

Terminator armor is what got me into 40k. The thought of a fucking 2 ton suit of power armor built to shrug off all manner of shit that’d leave a regular space marine blasted to bloody ribbons, that wields weapons usually mounted on vehicles, and wields them one-handed no less. A 9 foot tall armored juggernaut made of steroids, metal and hate, smashing his way through your fortified position, one handing a fucking autocannon and crushing enemies to pulp with a giant, mechanized fist. What’s not to love?

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Chaos terminators"thanks...now die"(CLICK,BANG)!

[@patrik9328]

Get a haircut, Failbaddon!

[@EyeOnTheTV]

The CSM in this H&B were PITCH PERFECT. The voices, the banter, the ruthlessness that didn't feel hollow threats. They lived up to their own hype IMO

[@LAV-III]

I’ll admit it looks better than before

[@redfire1186]

Bruh, that Necron body just disappears like a dead npc in a game, lmao. Is that a thing or did they just thought it would be funny?

[@I3erzerker]

Necrons phase out and return to be "reborn". Or just start repairing etc. I remember they did that in DOW games as well. But obviously this was done poorly haha

[@redfire1186]

@@I3erzerker Like going out in green smoke, right? Cause I remember that cinematic trailer that had the Necrons glow very green when they die. It would make sense to me if they did it here.

[@I3erzerker]

@@redfire1186 Im not 100%. Ive never read any Necron novel. Just the lore and playing DOW so much lol. They kind of fizzeled out in the game/dissapered. Others did the same but rebuilt themselves instead of disapearing. He just seemed to disappear in this. Prob the low budget to blame for that though.

[@heliosorion2063]

@@I3erzerker bruh its just gamesworkshop cutting down budget

[@I3erzerker]

@@heliosorion2063 which I said twice lol

[@thresherc8841]

Considering some of the stuff I've seen from warhammer, that was, indeed, mercy.

[@celestesoranno7702]

The Primaris-Smurf Helmet was a nice touch. The Gprahics Team try to do the Best out of what little GW is giving them.

[@theeverchosen1504]

Not what I imagined Abaddon's voice to sound like at all

[@digimeth1216]

I don't know what I'm watching or how I got here, but this is some hectic geek shit

[@equos5060]

I don't like the "ALL EVIL" voice of Abaddon. I think more human voice, not speaking in slow motion, would be enough. This one suits Mortarion more.

[@adammclaughlin845]

Good call on Mortarion, but remember Abaddon needs to instil fear in the cruellest and meanest creatures in the galaxy (not to mention the warp). 10,000 years of a bitter descent into evil would turn anyone into a monster.

[@Dr_SharK]

Ok, sh#t about animation aside, I fell so impressed by villain when first I saw Darth Vader. I also feel danger from Abaddon in this animation. Good work, animation team

[@durema9720]

He looks intimidating but his animation just... It's not dreadnought yet he moves like one.

[@vothbetilia4862]

@@durema9720 it appears the animation is slowly improving overtime, we'll have to wait and see, overall I actually like it, even though I didn't subscribed to warhammer+

[@AlmightyLoaf]

All limbs included? Nah, you gotta be pulling abaddon's lost arms- oh nevermind. He has his arms..... wait... *inhales* ITSNOTFOKKINGCANON!!!!

[@redchariots5428]

Trazyn the infinite a appears out of the ether, snatches the relic, and vanishes with laughter

[@JondarKorric]

even better actually. Trazyn traps this entire squad of Terminators and some Dark Eldar in a Tesseract Labyrinth to infinitely fight over the artifact that was mentioned

[@TheGosgosh]

I can still remember reading about terminators kneeling before abaddon and that it was a slow thing altogether…since terminator armor isn’t made to do that. Glad the animators here have shown yet again the consistency in the warhammer 40k Universe lore xD

[@moilevin7088]

I’m new to Warhammer 40k and I don’t know much about Abbaddon other that he’s the warmaster of the 13th black crusade and responsible of Cadia fall. But does he know that a Necron can just respond to its tomb world… right?

[@SpaceKnight105]

watching hammer and bolter is like watching the seven deadly sins

[@Commissar_Eiven]

I'm so happy when Megatron God he just did what the anime protagonist do

[@Gozkiel]

This episode was awesome. It's tied with the 'In the Garden of Ghosts' for my top 1 episode of H&B

[@Dreadknight957]

Yoooo the warmaster appears!

[@shahanwansa2723]

Abbadon is so goofy the fact he got 12 crusades to take cadia is crazy

[@blackdot122]

There's a very angry ogryn and a very angry ork warboss looking for this guy.

[@KombatantChampion]

Not the voice I was imagining at all. I was picturing more of a Starscream-type voice.

[@LAV-III]

Guess we got revenge of the fallen the game starscream instead kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYWlaKxuidZjl9k

[@makeshift307]

One must wonder, if its more expensive to animate 2d representations of such detailed designs or to simply make a 3d model

[@sofija1996]

They're already using 3D models for Terminators, Marines and other complex machinery, and they're also animated at a really low framerate so they'll blend in with the choppy 2D stuff. Good Gods, this show desperately needs more budget.

[@makeshift307]

@@sofija1996 at this point id be fine with them doing a voiceover while panning on shots of minis...

[@sofija1996]

@@makeshift307 Or just dropping the pretense and doing a motion comic or a full-3D animation.

[@xavreim6957]

Trazyn trolling the failbaddon again and again

[@vektor_z7208]

Blood ravens: someone said " artifacts".

[@LordyT34]

Moments like this make you realize why he's the Warmaster

[@iamsinistar8971]

Wasn't really a high bar to begin with.

[@Baerengulasch]

i'm amazed that they can kneel in terminator armour.

[@NewGuy2534]

The only productive thing Abaddon does is kill an immortal robot that is setting them up for a trap.

[@johnaeryns5364]

I love that it shows how abbadon is kind of an idiot. Abbadon: you will have the only mercy you deserve(kills necron) Necon:respawn in 2 minutes?!?!?! Damn lag

[@ronpaul5319]

I might have to bite the bullet and sign up to help with these animations. I have extensive PowerPoint experience

[@surimonizarro9791]

Holy shit!! It's him

[@KillTeamHungary]

Warp infused or not, that dude is just a regular marine...nothing more.

[@Inshabael.]

Being infused with Warp Essence has nothing natural in it, hell! Even being an Astartes is unnatural, the point of your comment is nowhere to be found.

[@LordSerion]

And the cryptek just phase-shifted back to the tomb.

[@crazkurtz]

It’s feels more comic book than animation. Which is isn’t as terrible as everyone says.

[@victormanuelgarzasanchez6835]

reminds me of the battlefleet gothic cutscenes.

[@nullakjg767]

Thats because everyone wants it to be like their big titty animes. Im soooo happy it has a western style. Thats what makes warhammer good, its inspired nearly entirely by western culture.

[@theriveracis5172]

Maybe, but when they nuke fan content…

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@nullakjg767 I'm worried about what you consider western style. Venture Bros is in a "western style" for example, as is Rick 'nd Morty, and people love those. What they dislike about Hammer and Bolter is that it's clear that talented people made this, but they only had a very short budget/amount of time. The skeletons in a lot of scenes remind me of new ground animations: they have very few joints, and you can tell that the walking animations have been done by moving the sprites up and down. It's not so bad if it's a free animation on the internet, terribly cheap for something monetised. This is not the culmination of western style animation, it's a cheap example of it.

[@nullakjg767]

@@Sir_Bucket Funny, I think both venture bros looked way worse in its first season then hammer and bolter does. And thats not what makes a series good now is it? Because rick and morty got better animation and its absolutely terrible now. Also newgrounds literally inspired an entire generation of digital animators. Not sure why you think thats a bad thing. If you want fluid animation, their upcoming series "Interregator" seems to have that, and angels of death is more polished then helsreach was despite coming out in a fraction of the time. And you people are dishonest anyway pretending to care about animation. When it comes to TTS, animation quality has no bearing on peoples enjoyment, but when it comes to hammer bolter all of the sudden its the end all be all of what makes good media? And lets be real, the fans are the ones who made talented animators like SODAZ and Louis sparks quit making animations all together. Its well documented they quit because of harassment in the youtube community. Maybe if you want smooth 40k animations, you and your cronies should stop harassing up and coming animators into quitting. All because they committed the crime of wanting to be paid for their labor and make official canonical animations and contribute to the lore/hobby. Not that you understand the desire to create, only destroy.

[@kostiantynadamchyk4211]

Awesome, more pls

[@FARBerserker]

at least they make the terminators walk like terminators and not sprinting around the place like a ballerina wrecking ball . .

[@AximandTheCursed]

"In the first age, in the first battle..." Wait, sorry, wrong universe!

[@Thefourtheye999]

They did a great job here with this and the entire episode

[@renthm6675]

The animation is getting so much better

[@Joharilok]

Abaddon takes great care of his teeth

[@TreewwwyYzzerdd]

Cutest little bolter shot ever, like a baby fart

[@Muscleman09]

People like hating on him but honestly he's one of my favorite characters in 40k

[@surimonizarro9791]

Same

[@warmasterharbinger6759]

Abandon doesn't sound like that or look like that his eyes glow gold, his teeth are suppose to have runes carved in them that word off demons and all in all Abandon is far more reasonable....listen to the audio book The Talon Of Horus, best describes him all in all even the chaos marines are not what you'd expect. By the end of the book I ordered a chaos space marine starter set...

[@dustyboi8975]

That’s how he looked 10,000 years ago

[@warmasterharbinger6759]

@@dustyboi8975 can't be he wasn't warmaster the black legion wasn't formed yet and after the fall of the emperor and the death of horus he took the talon and the warmasters ship and fled to the eye of terror and whent in hiding as the sons of horus were hunted down by the 3rd legion and the rest for running away....I hate myself for knowing this just a little bit......I'm not a neck beard at least thank god

[@comteraffayn8351]

Talon of Horus and Black Legion Litteraly the best Chaos Marines books I've read

[@wikipediaintellectual7088]

1:02 Behold, the most unsatisfying boltgun shot ever.

[@toi_techno]

I wonder does Abaddon ever forget to put his armour on to charge before he goes to bed and then wakes up with it not charged and is late for work?

[@Nonameisback999]

they somehow made abbadon actually really threatening here

[@thorveim1174]

Thats not abaddon here. That guy has arms. And no making him too wide to have his arms on camera isn't an acceptable fix.

[@Sombra-lf6gm]

Abaddon's face looks like he just wants to go to toilet.

[@Frostdeath-rz4ri]

Too bad he's wearing a non detachable Terminator Armor 😂😂 Too Bad

[@ethane1149]

They should get Clancy Brown to voice Abaddon honestly. ‘What inspired to you start an identical 14th Black Crusade next to your 13th one?’ ‘Chaos’

[@dogalrorn]

Like Mr Krabs Clancy Brown or any other menacingly deep voiced character Clancy Brown?

[@ethane1149]

@@dogalrorn Menacing Clancy Brown but with the mannerism of Mr Krabs

[@miguelperez9906]

Well looks like it’s another fail for Abby

[@professord6968]

Failbaddon ready to Fail!

[@loafbloke631]

The servos in abaddons armor sound so badass

[@terminalred9232]

He already had a deep voice when he was a regular loyalist but due to exposure to remnants of the emperor’s power his throat got messed up and his eyes turned gold.

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

This show is nowhere near as bad as people told me. It feels more like a motion comic though

[@loganb7059]

It’s not that it’s bad. It’s that a motion comic is an acceptable thing to see from an independent fan animation, not from an officially bankrolled thing.

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

@@loganb7059 I totally understand that. If this was done by a few people in their spare time then yeah,it'd be impressive but for an official series,it does leave a lot to be desired. I like the artstyle though

[@loganb7059]

@@PelinalDidNothingWrong I feel like art style would be acceptable if, say, Warhammer+ was putting out absolute bangers and it was clear that the motion comic style was solely an art direction choice. Like if Netflix put out a motion comic series and all other things being equal, I wouldn’t criticize it based on that art style. Context always matters. It’s just that the same style is attractive for independent creators as well because it (in theory) cuts budget and time costs. If the same independent creator gets officially bankrolled, it’s reasonable for me to expect a higher standard, because the big constraint that led them to use that style is lifted. But like I said, context is king.

[@lukelim5094]

@@PelinalDidNothingWrong sure if they sell it as motion comic. than yea i will be behind it. But usual shit. They were dishonest with their sales pitch. I too like the storytelling, voice acting and art. But come on the lack of frame and animation is horrendous. I am beyond shock that a 3rd rate unpopular anime have better animatiom than this. I kid you not.

[@TKUltra971]

watch the other episodes. It gets super high school levels of clip art animation bads. ((watching that guardswoman reload the lasgun)) **shudders**

[@sablephantom1]

Imagine calling the Despoiler a failure in this day and age... All would be well if everyone just takes the retcon and get used to it. I gladly await the day this sad, tasteless joke fades into nothingness, because it should never have existed.

[@Inshabael.]

It won't sadly...most of the people are Imperium fans and so, jokes are as perpetual as Vulkan.

[@FEAROWNAGE]

Abaddon is lame.

[@sablephantom1]

@@FEAROWNAGE Well he shouldn't be. Which faction do you prefer anyway? The good ol' Imperium?

[@sablephantom1]

@@Inshabael. That's an inevitability. Say, didn't you change your name and pfp recently?

[@Inshabael.]

@@sablephantom1 Yes, I did.

[@JstenAYJ]

The big bad himself

[@priestofslaanesh9000]

I like how the necron disappearing is animated like a corpse despawning from a 2000s FPS.

[@anerd2886]

God they even did Failbadon the Least Intimidating Villain Ever into this poor dude. Also could used a voice changer or someone who has smoked 500 packs of cigarettes a day since birth both makes it freaking hilarious 😂

[@littlejohn8435]

Abby looking like a goon.

[@Ironbattlemace]

Series that scream "POTENTIAL" but isn't given enough resources.

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Oh dear....Abby is here

[@theshlauf]

Ah the generic demon voice. Its so overused in fiction it might as well be considered an accent at this point.

[@asonofhoruslegionary]

I hate when they portray Abbadon like this. Nothing at all like his portrayal in the Black Legion series.

[@I3erzerker]

The Black Legion series is at the start of his crusades. If its the Bowden series youre talking about. This is a current Abaddon. They shouldnt look/act the same really.

[@asonofhoruslegionary]

@@I3erzerker I’m not talking about the physical look but rather his personality that I dislike. He’s isn’t some snarling beast of Khorne devoid of personality or charm. He’s a leader with a vision the warriors of the Black Legion willingly follow, a warrior with a sense of honor even to his enemies (Sigismund and the Blood Angels) and I think Gw does him a disservice with this portrayal.

[@I3erzerker]

@@asonofhoruslegionary I see what youre getting at. Just the comparison to the series(only two books) was a bit off considering the time span between then and in this scene. He has the sword here so its so long after that(at least 12 crusades) there is a lot of room for him to change to his current portrayal in 40k. I wanted his eyes to be at least gold from his time staring into the Astronomicon haha. Also, is he even real here? or is he part of the "trap" to help with their choice

[@surimonizarro9791]

@@I3erzerker is he real or part of the trap? I never thought of that, holy crap

[@I3erzerker]

@@surimonizarro9791 haha I dunno man. Tarzyn is the necron Abaddon shoots as well. So was it initally intended all along to catch them this way? or is it a set up trap to see how they decide each time in a way to amuse himself? banger of an episode!

[@swiggydiggy]

"And in exchange for this gift, you will have the only mercy you deserve" "Whaaaat, oh no please dont shoot me in the head that would mean I would die and cease to exist entirely dont do that oh nooo"

[@hiveemperor54]

Cryptek after regenerating: Dumb flesh things…