HELLBRINGER

Happy Halloween!
Enjoy this seasonal Battletech fan animation!
Written, Directed, Animation, VFX- Ian Farrelly
Tacitus - danielva1011 www.castingcall.club/m/Daniel... / @danielva1011
Buckshot - Peter “MechRaccoon” VanderHoeven
Rosebud - Your Uncle Christian / @everyonesunclechristi... )
Betty - glados.c-net.org/

[@BeyondtheBlade]

One of the things that people either don't know or often forget about battletech? There are legit canon alien life forms that are big enough to basically actually fight some mechs. Good job.

[@shadekerensky3691]

The funny thing is that I don't think this was an alien though I do know that Btech definitely has a good amount of megafauna.

[@adepressedcatwithabadnicot246]

@@shadekerensky3691 megafauna not native to terra is by definition alien.

[@Azraiel213]

While that is technocally correct, a *lot* of sci-fi rightly reserves the term "alien" for new and/or advanced non-terran life. The inhabitants of the setting themselves would doubtlessly not think of mundane extraterrestrial flora and fauna as anything worth putting in the same special category as unknown life forms, @@adepressedcatwithabadnicot246. It's also in keeping with other primary uses of "alien"; which are roughly synonymous with exotic, foreign, or even just "not me".

[@lukefisher8417]

Dope.

[@Calbeck]

It's alien megafauna.

[@swish9017]

“You’re not superstitious are ya boss?” “No, but I am a little stitious”

[@tanall5959]

Not even death will stop an aggrieved Ghost Bear from finding retribution.

[@stiltskino4009]

Seyla ....

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

SEYLA!

[@BlackIce3190]

Well…aside from mercenaries wrapping their mechs in burlap and springing up out of the ice.

[@ret7army]

ah well, i look at the clan ghost bear mech as being another victim

[@AllForManKind77]

Seyla💪

[@Stargazzer811]

Ok, did not see that coming but I am pleasently surprised. As others here have said its not easy to do horror in Battletech, the setting doesn't allow for it really. Yet you found a way to make what was a basic raid for a merc company and turn it into a horror story without the antagonist even being human. Thats brillant and I adore it.

[@therealbahamut]

Ohhh I dunno about that; in a galaxy's worth of planets and alien life forms I'd say there's plenty of room for surprises that aren't clanners or rival houses.

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

Three words for horror: "Comstar Black Ops."

[@basition]

It's certainly under explored. It's this, the black marauder and 13 but 13 is kind well benevolent

[@sarbe6625]

@@therealbahamut Well yeah, but at that point you're basically writing an Aliens story with a Battletech coat of paint.

[@user-pq4by2rq9y]

"Not easy to do horror in Battletech" Unless you are infantry.

[@jumpinghunter9152]

Making a horror in which protagonist is a 10 meters tall battle robot with weapons size of a decent truck is a exceptional achievement. Never thought i would see battletech from this perspective. Good job!

[@FarseerAnimation]

Glad you enjoyed it! Personally I was fascinated by the more exotic fauna in the Battletech universe as well as the very early novels leaving the distinction between advanced technology and magic ambiguous. I love me some mechs but the worlds are where my attention generally lies.

[@jumpinghunter9152]

@@FarseerAnimation First thing i imagined after the video ended is something like Nova Cat Elemental fighting a pack of actual nova cats, predators from the Clan Nova Cat home planet. Fauna and some other environmental aspects are horribly underutilised in BT, so you might have an untouched gold mine laying right before you. I wish you success with your animations!

[@Vhailor2003]

"No man can stand against the Galleon Gladiators!" "There's somethin' out there waiting for us. And it ain't no man."

[@christianholzschuh6853]

"Stick to energy weapons, I'm not paying for your ammunition." That are words to die by...

[@graywolfalphaone]

And no one beleaved the surviving raven pilot about wired green lights, or the squad never being seen nor heard from again after com failure.

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

Ok, now you've done it, I just have to bring your creations up to papa Tex of Black Pants Legion, this is absolute stellar stuff and was unnerving to the max. Though I didn't understand what happened, it was spooky as heck, and it's hard to do when giant stompy battle robots are involved.

[@FarseerAnimation]

I'm honored you think so highly of these videos!

[@justinfry7406]

Yeah! We'll tell Tex!!

[@Wildcat144]

I have taken the liberty and have forwarded Farseer's contact info to Tex. He is well aware of his existence. It has been noted. Hail cargonia.

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

@@Wildcat144 well done, kind sir, because I was still pondering how exactly I should contact Tex, but you’ve gone and done it. Thank you.

[@Wildcat144]

@@everythingsgonnabealright8888 I work for him lol

[@kaptainkoffee9074]

This captures so much of what I love about Aliens and Predator. It's just an average pillage for some pirates possibly but it starts to suddenly and violently grow unsettling and silent. Low visibility, instruments failing left and right, and finally the slow degradation of numbers. You nail discomfort.

[@lordtomlluckrahthegreat9014]

Shit. First of all, I wasn't expecting it to get creepy at all. Secondly, I didn't think I could feel scared if the protagonist is piloting a mech, but I was wrong. It's the kind of horror that's always creepy, no matter the situation: the unknown. Genius

[@shadekerensky3691]

Duuuuude, horror is hard to do with Btech, but this was friggin nuts. Loved this video, Farseer.

[@FarseerAnimation]

Thanks! Hard to tell if something like horror is working when you're the one making it haha

[@shadekerensky3691]

@@FarseerAnimation lol I can imagine, but you definitely hit it out of the park here without a doubt. Shared it to BTInternational so more people can see it.

[@FarseerAnimation]

@@shadekerensky3691 Awsome! Thank you!

[@shadekerensky3691]

@@FarseerAnimation My pleasure!

[@SteelRaven11]

Nice ghost story fitting for BT, last line is a really nice nod to Pitch Black.

[@FarseerAnimation]

Love that movie!

[@miafillene4396]

To think...if he hadn't fired...he could have salvaged that hellbringer...

[@danibot3000]

Seemed FUBAR already regardless 😏

[@crispwhitesheets2175]

Clan Ghost Bear back at it again with the Terror levels of doing shit.

[@snowstalker36]

The question is... were those Ghost Bear mechs part of the attacks, or earlier victims?

[@alexanderpoirier3350]

So, the clan Ghost Bear Hellbringer, her pilot long since dead and herself nothing more than a frozen mech corpse, her green cockpit light luring the unwary to their doom. Extremely well done! Though I have questions regarding the “monster” beneath the ice and those spooky green lights. Actual ghosts of clan Ghost Bear? Or some multi-eyed swimming monster native to this icy inhospitable world? I hope you do more Halloween-based mechwarrior content as this was extremely well done!

[@brayachdragonbane7529]

its probably Megafauna.... theres some pretty big nasties out in the sphere... big enough to eat even heavies in some cases...

[@zonaron6305]

@@brayachdragonbane7529 I looked up the planet on Sarna, and it says the highest forms of life are plants, meaning, and I personally find this even more terrifying, that someone brought that thing to the planet

[@Stargazzer811]

@@zonaron6305 Here's another possibility: what if no one ever lived long enough to report its existence and so no one knows it actually exists?

[@jumpinghunter9152]

​@@Stargazzer811That's a good one, a good take on this unexplored side of BT universe...

[@typhoon1575]

I was a bit skeptical at first, seeing the *old* battletech art style in this. but holy SHIT. this quickly turned around thanks to the writing and such. that was just flat out great, and memorable despite the slight jankiness to the old mech designs.

[@BazztheBazz]

Putting the Ghost in Ghost Bears

[@chief117s15]

That was SIX MINUTES!? Jesus it felt like it was only 2 minutes! Great animation and voice acting as always, keep this stuff coming!

[@idiom2805]

So, it was an alien lifeform that used the derelict clan mechs as a sort of radar to find other mechs, or was this really just robot space ghosts under the ice?

[@shadekerensky3691]

Looks like kinda both.

[@Stargazzer811]

I think the mech itself was just damaged due to weather and its cockpit lights were cycling on and off due to reactor damage. This drew others to the area to investigate and they fell through thinner ice to the creature below. If you look on Sarna, that planets highest life is plant life, which means maybe no one has ever lived to report that there is something far bigger just under the ice.

[@idiom2805]

@@Stargazzer811 I think it's one of those "left to interpretation" type deals.

[@vodamiinurl1337]

Definitely a living thing

[@SulliMike23]

A whole frickin’ star of Ghost Bear ‘Mechs haunting these fields.

[@g3heathen209]

Spooky mechs!, I can add this to the zombies of necromo, or great Gaffas highlander. Or that tale of the black maurader.

[@markusfalk9459]

Not at all what I expected. Nice twist! Hope you will do more of these, they are really a nice throwback to theatrical style of MW2 and Mercs!

[@Pizzoots]

I cannot explain to you how much I love these animations.

[@gendoruwo6322]

Armed and armored in a giant battlemech, you think you're like a conquering god. How could you have known that this is a hellish land of true horror monsters... Humility is often a lesson learnt much too late.

[@lemunchypretzelman8139]

And that's why you stick to your mission objectives. Great vid!

[@shannont6764]

if they make a live adaptation of Battletech, this should be one of the episode.

[@willis1712]

Super rad. Digging the early 2000s CGI aesthetic

[@franklinhadick2866]

Been playing BT since the start in the 90s, this was great.

[@LordOfGilneas]

Watching this a year later is fridge brilliance, as what happened is entirely up to viewer perception, as what happened could be chalked up to anomalous alien wildlife, a secret clan submersible weapon, or perhaps even just an atmospheric anomaly.

[@Nineball459]

What a fantastic and well written ghost story, it gives me vibes of tales of old derelict ghost ships out on the open seas capsizing other boats, really cool stuff!

[@nerdfatha]

that was really cool! never expected a BT horror story!

[@TremZaLysiS]

Oof, what a timing! Very well made and very spooky! Great job! Happy Halloween!

[@JeanLucCaptain]

THE MACHINE SPIRIT IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE!

[@SEMPERPERFIDUS]

This was chilling, in every sense of the word. Kept me on edge and I enjoyed every second. Nice voice acting and nice animations. Every video keeps getting better and better and this one is the best yet. Great job Farseer.

[@Inignot12]

Your films are so good, so much MW2 vibes too

[@markusfalk9459]

I can already hear the Mercs soundtrack...ah, nostalgia.

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

I want MW2 remastered in exactly this visual style.

[@RumenBlack]

Great video! I wasn't expecting it to actually be spooky but it was.

[@jonathanj.3695]

This is the one franchise that deserves a modern television series.

[@magnusharris581]

Spooky. I love it.

[@Founder6087]

Now that was scary

[@DTSephiroth]

Loved the little nod to "Pitch Black" at the end there.

[@XanderDraft]

Absolutely amazing, perfect for Halloween

[@TimberWulfIsHere]

These just keep getting better

[@Merjia]

Holy crap that was so cool! And that ending!

[@David_Fellner]

Shit, that was great. You don't expect to see a Halloween-themed BattleTech video, so this had the element of surprise on top of being spooky. Well done as always, Ian!

[@Randomusernamehandle]

This was awesome!!!

[@johndoe5432]

Battletech and horror work surprisingly well.

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

Thank you for such amazing work!

[@Klaymour28]

WOW!! That was both creepy as shit and awesome as hell at the same time!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@NonApplicable1983]

Fantastic work. Your pacing and tension management was stellar.

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

I swear, there's enough talent out here to collaborate and make fantastic Battletech content. You do wonderful animation work sir. Thank you for bringing Battletech back to life!

[@kevinjheath]

"Energy weapons only, though." Commando has a sad.

[@TheHPGUplink]

So perfect for Halloween! I was actually scared by the ending. Well done!

[@Johnpinckney98]

So lemme get this straight... the mech was never even operational?!

[@FarseerAnimation]

Correct

[@ThatOneMan830]

Well executed horror for a setting that does not have kick of it. Well done!

[@GreenGoofyFox]

Great Halloween video! love the last reveal there. Great work as always.

[@Intro2Love]

This is such a good animation 👌, I can't wait to see what great stories you put together next😎

[@kennethbedwell5188]

Love seeing the Battletech animation beginning to be brought up in quality

[@evanderdaniel8443]

Absolutely terrifying, spoked my bones to the core, i love it, great work good sir!

[@danteyoda]

Very cool thank you!

[@Zenoflame]

Very nicely done, quick and to the point with the narrative but you linger on the right things to add the spooky skary mechingtons vibe.

[@jambarry6782]

Well done, thank you!

[@malcolmtudor8039]

Sci fi mech horror. Awesomeness. Thanks.

[@goflyakitefilms]

Well done dude. Each movie gets better and better.

[@Braddack]

simply awesome

[@donk8961]

Fucking awesome work. That’s how you tell a short story without saying too much.

[@Euphoria0011]

this was great, thank you for that

[@cmdrhatchy9611]

Well done! Excellent use of timing.

[@landrum3893]

Story is well done. Unexpected and not cliche.

[@_Dogberry_]

Does this mean the Black Marauder is coming next October? :) and an absolutely fantastic job!

[@danielfilson3136]

That was amazing never thought I would see horror be properly done in BT but you proved me wrong Big Shot.

[@randolphcarlisle2976]

Incredible. I enjoyed that immensely. Excellent plot!

[@blackcrow1897]

Hot DAMM i stumbled upon a absolute gem of a channel. Great Work Guys!

[@josephbear3980]

One of my favorite mech and clan ghost bear

[@stiltskino4009]

Beautiful !!! Happy Halloween Mr Farrely....

[@PutYourQuarterUpGaming]

Eh, yeah. Got me with that ending haha

[@averycolter6529]

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. - Robert Frost

[@southnyourmind]

Wow. That was pretty dope.

[@fuckleberryhinnn]

Very nice!!!

[@zerg0s]

Okay, that was pretty great.

[@sebastiang.5032]

Very nice work!

[@mindblaze1880]

amazing work!

[@mohamedfaaez8281]

Great job! Nice!

[@WolfHreda]

Fantastic

[@spyman740]

Great work!

[@Kuraimizu9152]

As for the Ghost Bear is like: and now I'm stuck in this snowball until summer... Sheesh I hope there's summer in this Hell hole... Wait... I'm still in middle of the ocean... Aw shit, I hope there is no summer in this hell hole!"

[@WillMauz]

Hell yes. More!

[@matthewnelson4160]

This was some awesome writing. Well done

[@doom_doodles]

That was pretty dope keep up the good work!

[@takumicrary4396]

Wow, love it

[@cerberus5916]

Great job never count a GB warrior out, even after death

[@spindogg8814]

Someone get this to BPL they would love this.

[@flybybullets]

It like a Battletech creepypasta in animation form. Bravo man

[@CoffiNail]

Very well done! Seyla! Now we require more.

[@theriveracis5172]

Beautiful stuff man! Keep up the good work.

[@joshuachapman247]

Great job!

[@jackodenthal2392]

I love your channel so much!!! You really do deserve more views than you receive

[@RobtheAviator]

Wow! Incredible work! Keep it up

[@MRwho35]

I was literaly playing Barotrauma right now...talking about coincidences!

[@MrFantasio5]

Good work man