Vermintide Fanimated - Remember Rambler

[@Gungriver]

Thank you. I kinda forgot how shit-my-pants scary Sienna can be. She's that "Sweet aunt" that call you "darling" and gifts you a butterfly knife for christmass.

[@DanteTorn]

Sienna fits pretty well into an archetype of person I like both in media and IRL of the "eccentric tough old bird who isn't fazed by the strangeness of others." People I've known like that IRL have always been very kind to me amongst the bigotry I've faced from many people and it's humanizing.

[@elitemook4234]

@@DanteTorn She isn't actually old she just looks old because magic is a hell of a drug.

[@galling2052]

all of the ubersreik 5 are varying degrees of scary... well except kruber. He is arguably the most stable of them all. Yes even moreso than bardin.

[@maximmachinegun7206]

@@galling2052 aye, the man is literally the one that doesn't seem affected by the whispers and even outright dismisses them.

[@freddiewilliams3589]

@@galling2052 I wouldn't say bardin is scary. The man is living in a goddman tragedy where he was a little bit lax in his sentry duty got severely wounded and lost everything as a result. He constantly tries to distract himself from his past, hide his sorrow with songs and jokes and is perhaps unknowingly accepting the ubersreik gang as his new family even going so far as to show kindness and empathy to kerillian despite her being an elf. Kruber seems the most stable of the gang but he's just better at hiding his problems and drowning them in drink. He's also the most affected by the fall of ubersreik with his family and home destroyed. If the truth of kerillian's role in the disaster is revealed he'll likely be the most enraged and violent towards her as a result.

[@Rodoet001]

I love how her eyes darts baround in fear when Saltzpyre checks on her. That is exactly the reaction someone scared would act, especially if they don't want to share what is scaring them.

[@Rodoet001]

Taking a second look at it I also love the little detail of how her eyes aren't lit until she starts thinking about the fire and how she gradually lights up more and more. Touches like that shows planing, and convays a lot of character. Love it.

[@roadent217]

@@Rodoet001 If Sienna's eyes lighting up suggests murderous sadism, then the fact that they light up when Saltzpyre calls out to her suggests that she immediately feels an urge to kill him. Or, at least, that his presence unsettles and unhinges her. Just as she was about to calm down, he agitates her again.

[@Rodoet001]

@@roadent217 Sounds about right. He is technically her jailer and spent quite some time hunting her. Even now (especially now with her new career) he doesn't trust her. And she has expressed the urge to burn is kind of always there, like a little itch in the back of her head constantly reminding her of what she could do. And since her and Victor's relationship is already tenuous, she probably worries about what he would think if he knew what dark thoughts she had going on. And she knows he would *definitely not* be happy if he found out she has dark voices whispering in her ear. Him calling out to her probably reminds her of his pressence and that fact. Knowing what he is and what he could do to her in conjunction with that, probably makes that little itch just a little bit more prominent. And it's the fact that she resists it that truly speak to her character and her strength of will.

[@dadab22]

Sometimes I forget why she's on trial, and why Saltzpyre is so concerned about her. Thank you for reminding me.

[@StellarElite1]

There is that one Chaos Wastes dialogue where Sienna talks about running into a Tzeentch sorcerer with ill portents of her future. She then remarks that his prophecy-making became a lot less intelligible once he was set on fire, and Saltz was like "I may have misjudged you." He's totally carrying a torch for her

[@emprahsfinest7092]

People shit on Saltz and witch hunters for being overzealous, but can you blame them that some go off the deep end?

[@DanteTorn]

@@emprahsfinest7092 What I've generally seen people say, which is echoed by the characters ingame, is that their goals are noble but their methods are blind and hypocritical. Saltz himself would be branded heretical for a lot of what he's done, such as colluding with a witch (Sienna) like he does instead of Judging her. I'm not big into the WH lore though so I might be wrong though, I just read a lot of what others say and ask questions of friends.

[@Rodoet001]

@@DanteTorn No, you are fairly on point. Witch Hunters are a sad neccessity with all the wild magic and undead and their parranoia is not unfounded, but it is still parranoia. It's like that quote goes; "Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster". And sadly, many of them do. Some stay sane and sensible but many start seeing enemies everywhere, to the point where the order actually knew about the skaven threat long before they surfaced, but censored it so much to keep the public from panicing that even the crown of the empire didn't fully know just how bad the skaven menace where until it was too late. They'd rather pretend it didn't excist than doing something about it. It's one of the many reasons to like Saltzpyre. Lot's of people call Salty a zelot and make no mistake, in many regards he is. But he's also (if you can belive it) one of the more sensibe ones, aware of how there are lesser and greater evils and that not all things dangerous are evil, despite what he might preach. It's to the point where he begin to doubt his faith despite being perhaps more true in it than most. It's why I love Bounty Hunter so much in VT2, for the lore behind it is that Saltzpyre grew disillusioned with the order as they kept denying the skaven threat and instead went freelance, now more determined than ever to fight. It's also a neat reflection to Zelot where he just goes off the deep end and fucking looses it.

[@Sovann_the_Mighty]

Wait, what did she do to end up in trial, specifically?

[@BraydenDodman]

Janfon: *animates anything* The Community; I love it, I've been staring at it for five hours now

[@robbanks7483]

this man here speaking words of truth

[@Janfon1]

Camerawork and lighting inspired heavily by Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

[@deamonmindgaming2054]

I mean a Daemon is talking to you so it makes alot of sense.

[@StellarElite1]

Hellblade: Sienna's Sacrifice

[@dmsnotesadventuresofthethi779]

It would be big pog energy to see a version of this but with a different character each.

[@voidmama7607]

And it shows, AND IT FUCKING WORKS

[@chaosinc.382]

Very well done in that regard!

[@dontworryboutit5652]

Sienna's eyes here are so good. Obviously you have the fact they glow and work really well with the lighting to make her go from scared looking to scary as fuck. But there's also a strange alien quality to them. The way they dart around, how wide they always are, how strange they seem even when dim. I never noticed it in your previous animations but now that it's the focal point it really serves to make her unsettling .

[@Luke-nt1eq]

Sometimes we forget that sienna is a fully fledged wizard in the warhammer universe individuals who can control forces of incredible power but at the same time open themselves up to the dangers of magical last back, insanity and possible the worse demonic possession. So in summary she a scary lady

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

That little “…not listening” at the end is sorta heart breaking… she wants to use her powers for good, yet hearing that voice reminds her of why everybody is scared of her. She has few friends and she is scared to lose the only few who have stayed by her side… Dude, well FRIGGIN done lad!!!

[@GameLover45408]

She is a pyromaniac who has an affinity for Aqshy.

[@Nothingseen]

Sienna managed to get herself kicked out of BRIGHT WIZARD college. All WFRP campaigns are a race between insanity points and the end of the story, but Sienna is seriously unstable and it's easy to forget.

[@Janfon1]

If I recall correctly, Sienna mentioned at some point who Rambler was from her perspective - she said he was punished for "hitting young girls with the butt of his staff". She basically took her revenge way too far and we could say it was a highlight of her pyromania

[@eldradulthran6482]

@@Janfon1 There's also an argument to be made that such may have been a euphemism for sexual abuse. Not much to back that up of course, but it'd recontextualise the killing.

[@DanteTorn]

@@eldradulthran6482 I feel like they wouldn't want to refer to such a thing directly in this game so if they did mention it, it'd be a euphemism like that. They never refer to the details of things such as torture and just reference it in passing, such as Saltzpyre lusting over the racks in Drakenfels castle in the first game.

[@Rodoet001]

@@Janfon1 If I recall correctly, she even did it to protect a dear friend but once she was done her friend began to feared her for how far she went.

[@kakashihatake326]

@@Rodoet001 There was also an event where she killed a witch hunter to protect her friend Sofia, but Sofia in fact was daemon possessed like the witch hunter said so she had to burn her too.

[@D.a.n.i.m.a.l]

I heard a chilling line in the keep last night, Kruber and Salty discussing the appearance of the comet, where Kruber goes "Has it really ever made a difference any of the other times it showed up?" and Salty replying with "You will see, You will seeee" with a really pained desperation in his voice for all his faith to be confirmed. You should check it out if you're looking for ideas :D

[@orthobison9749]

I saw a theory that Saltz’s next class will be a warrior priest of Ulric, since Sigmar has been letting him down as of late and there’s a quote saying he’s from a province that heavily worships Ulric. Don’t know if that’ll be true or not so we’ll have to wait and see.

[@fredthemanish]

@@orthobison9749 holy shit I've always figured the warrior priest class for salt, but I just forgot he is a middenlander. Plus you are right, he is constantly fighting with his faith as a sigmar worshipper. A warrior priest of Ulric would be amazing.

[@myririmyri6639]

@@fredthemanish Nah since for ulric priest they'd need to ditch all his existing dialogue which constantly references sigmar.

[@fredthemanish]

@@myririmyri6639 oh they can so I don't have to keep hearing "wait a minute ELF!!!! ELF!!!!" every 5 seconds.

[@mrlifeles21]

@@fredthemanish I actually love that line

[@oldun9278]

"Poor lady of fire... All that fire - yet you are still lost in the darkness..."

[@cicadakeep6749]

The old saying still stands. Shadows grow longest under dying light

[@BearAttackMan]

"One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that mask, what dreams of chronic and sustained cruelty..." Sienna: "Damn, Victor's new outfit got me turning my head tho"

[@proto303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iF6veaduaN-ssJY

[@tyrannosaur219]

Everyone’s talking about the scene with her silhouetted in flames with her hair, eyes, and fiery bits glowing - and yeah, that’s a really fucking cool shot - but personally, I love the way her eyes immediately light back up with what sounds like the sound of a match being struck when she hears Saltpyrze questioning her; then the incredibly rapid darting of her eyes as she’s panicking in that moment of “Fuck, I said that out loud!” and trying to think of an excuse ASAP. EDIT: And maybe it’s just a bit of camera movement, but it looks like her entire body stiffens slightly and her eyes stare straight ahead when the daemon mentions Rambler. Honestly this whole video is full of subtle character movements that convey a wealth of emotions. Love it!

[@CurlyHairedRogue]

I honestly think the blank, dark backgrounds work for some of these. It isolates the characters, makes it feel as though it were just a moment about them. And here we have Sienna, her eyes are just as expressive as we’ve seen the characters in your other animations. A distant, distracted gaze, a realization, the memory of how… _satisfying it was to sear his flesh from his bones, to boil him until he turned inside ou-_ She’s suddenly snapped from this. But briefly, that fiery addiction turns to something else as she hears Saltzpyre’s voice. Instinctual fear? Anger? Frustration? Maybe a will to repeat the past. The emotions confuse her, and she takes the opportunity to look away before these feelings manifest further. Beautiful.

[@Janfon1]

For my first animation it was a skill ceiling, I just wasn't skilled enough to do a proper background - now it's a stylistic decision

[@carlosbustamanteruiz]

Yisus, i love how the eyes turn on meanwhile the Daemon is speaking to her. At the beggining is normal, but more forward is heating, like she is remembering her true being: a real threat. When Saltzpyre calls her attention, her eyes is still on, but no in a demonic way like before. I think this is a dualism: her part human half-hidding the maniac part. This detail is gold, as the author. Magnificent 😊👌

[@chaptermasterdomitheus5867]

It’s not a Daemon actually, it’s old Drachenfels himself, or what’s left of him at the time of when the story takes place

[@RitsyReelz]

As a Sienna main this utterly warms my heart to see this line animated, you REALLY conveyed her mood shifts and did amazing work with the lighting. Fantastic work!

[@scribese7en]

"Warms my heart." I see what you did there...

[@Janfon1]

As one Sienna main to another, I'm happy to provide

[@robbanks7483]

@@Janfon1 boga! through my armour!

[@bickflick]

This is not what I expected when seeing the teaser image; bloody well done! Creepy as hell with cool effects and editing to boot. So glad these animations exist.

[@Rohtix]

Aside from the striking visual of her cooking rambler, I have to say her last turn to the camera at the end is a nice touch as well.

[@scootyman3800]

God her eyes are terrifying

[@andron7108]

Holy shit, Jafron doing another W. Honestly you have an uncanny ability to understand characters so well that you can create these shorts

[@josharmstrong8813]

The fact that your user picture is the scarecrow and you have a demon telling the most mentally disturbed character her deepest fears and the lighting just continuously adds on to the ominous level If I'm being honest if a demon started telling me my deepest fears about myself I would probably freak the hell out. She's taking this incredibly well

[@Janfon1]

Yooo you recognized the Arkham Knight Scarecrow, that's a first could argue Sienna is battle hardened - mentally too perhaps

[@josharmstrong8813]

@@Janfon1 considering that the demon seemingly has the ability to look into people's mine's and the sort of stuff it's saying does hint the something rather disturbing happening in her past something that seems to haunt her to this very day Demons always did have a way of picking apart at your mind strings

[@coleshock2648]

My god even for something so short the quality of these is still stunning Jan, it’s been an honor watching your progression in making these better and better with each new one that you produce! One thing to note, if you start making animations for Darktide, just try not to forget about us Vermintide fans yeah? The game is still lots of fun at its core and I’m sure Darktide will be great, but I’d hate to see the characters and charm of Vermintide go to waste!

[@Sl33pySage]

Dude the flaming hair and eyes with the face being shrouded is so well done.. Sometimes forget how scary and powerful wizards actually are in warhammer but this is a great reminder

[@fredthemanish]

These are amazing man. As others had mentioned despite the humor in the vermintide games. Some of these characters have dark stories like well all of them. Saltz constant inner battle with his faith and his morality and Siennas constant battle with the maelstrom and bright magic. I mean an unchained corrupted Sienna would be ducking terrifying. I mean the 40k approach to corruption is instant and unforgiving death.

[@K41ZR]

Now this... this is beautiful. Love how expressive her eyes are, the way they dart around and glow like hot coals in a furnace is as enthralling as it is unsettling.

[@mememachine7028]

Would absolutely love other animations of the drachenfells interactions, seeing actual expressions of fear on saltz, the overwhelming guilt on kerillian, and bardin’s shame, just to go to markus and his indifference to the voice and what it says and promises. Btw good work dude

[@JakeRoAndOthers]

This... this is beautiful. I feel like you got the expressions down to be so lifelike and beautiful and looking back at your previous works it is easy to see just how much you have honed your skill. I’m so damn happy and amazed every time I watch your videos! Great work as always!

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

The eyes are often the most overlooked aspect people tend to miss. and I see a number of people spot it. The eyes of fear. Often they betray any stoic look or words a character is having. Their easy to spot and give alot of impression of the characters feelings.

[@Kajnake]

All of her animations left steampunk tank to double the effort here

[@guxtse]

Being a wizard, having a taste for the winds of magic, and releasing control to the flames; she would be the most effected by the chaos wastes. So close to the warp and it's corrupting/tempting nature.

[@samuelspry6955]

Everyone has a demon inside of them, the closer to the powers of chaos you are, that flickering flame you controlled so easily- turns into something far stronger. We see the worst sides of all of them. Saltz with the flagellant, Unchained for Sienna, The Briar Maiden crap from Kerillian- and the Slayer for Bardin... But oh, where's Kruber? Nothings worse than a pompous Brettonian, for the Empire. Can't argue with results, though.

[@KageRyuu6]

Yeah, those glowing eyes are god damn terrifying, certainly not something you want to see in the dark.

[@shaneconklin4114]

absolutely fantastic. I just recently discovered your channel and I can’t find the words on how much I’ve fallen in love with it. Props to you man 😎

[@jdantas6612]

I really love the way you animate mouths and speaking. You make it seems so natural, with just the right movements so that it looks like a real person talking

[@killarneyshields5168]

THIS IS SO GOOD! You captured sienna so well

[@JustSputnik]

Woaaah, I love it so much! I’m so glad we have a vermintide animater doing cool things like this, and shit, I never realized that sianna wasn’t always a sweet auntie

[@Sovann_the_Mighty]

I just discovered your channel. Nothing but the greatest respect for your animation quality and ability to fit in the right dialogue and make it feel natural

[@morsalisk4649]

This kind of camera work is downright gorgeous, its amazing to see how much you improve from animation to animation

[@fosyatheiguan1868]

This is si good! Light work and eyes animation are incredible. Now I want to see how evil whisper is bothering others XD

[@berryberran8236]

0:20 - 0:27 That is absolutely badass and i want the last part of it as a desktop background!

[@luckydud8]

Beyond excellent. A standing ovation.

[@r.e.z9428]

Quality work that only seems to get better.

[@depressedfedora4125]

Top notch your animations get better every day

[@DocAcher]

Dude, so good! You give these a life and nuance of their own!

[@dylkiller3501]

Amazing as always. Sigmar smiles upon you!

[@Acesahn]

What a... modern way to view things. "Oh those people I burned to death because I couldn't control my powers? That was in the past, its done!"

[@Voice_of_p]

That is really good. My TTRPG players will expierence something familiar. Thank you for the idea. Stay healthy

[@HudsonHawk98]

Dude... I love this! Great work, the eyes in the dark, fantastic!

[@sandvichguy8868]

Amazing work. Unsettling, but amazing!

[@St4ticScratch]

Wow that was really cool. I'd like to see the others react to their whispers too!

[@solarupdraft]

So many different light sources used in rapid-fire succession. Everything planned out down to the last shadow!

[@Rolutav]

Dear Lord, that eye animation is TOO well done 0:31

[@simonhope9590]

I don't even play vermintide and I love this

[@regalecusglesne3022]

oh tzeench, you sneaky little bastard...

[@illturralli]

I totally love your videos! Keep it going man!

[@badninja81]

Fun fact ubersreik fell because kerillian and several others missread what the driuds where saying about ubersreik being the downfall for the elves and she lead a group to massacre a military convoy heading to ubersreik and thus gave the town to clan fester on a silver platter Also great fuckin work on this animation

[@JondarKorric]

not just clan fester. Clan Mors, Clan Skryre, Clan Pestilens, and Clan Moulder were all present too.

[@valhalanguardsman2588]

ALL of it is kerilian's fault

[@slashharkiri4581]

I thought it was because she was deliberately tricked by Dryads. A lot of nature spirits in WH actually hate Elves and only barely tolerate wood-elves, while others would see the wood-elves be killed as well. Nature spirits are pretty genocidal.

[@badninja81]

@@slashharkiri4581 >some of the trees barely tolerate elves >some trees wants to kill them all Are the trees secretly based?

[@eldradulthran6482]

@@valhalanguardsman2588 Debatable. She believes Ubersreik might have held but Clan Fester was ride-or-die on attacking it, and Helmgart would have fallen either way. In addition, if she were right in the first place a lot more people would have died as a result of Athel Loren falling, relative to the destruction of a single town.

[@CounterNerd]

Really good facial animation.

[@umanasilos2311]

Another quality of workmanship

[@delphinguyen5093]

bruh the face animation is soooo good

[@Scribbled2Death]

your work continues to be fantastic \o/

[@Kardel_VA]

Each of the heros have their scars.

[@oliverkronborg6372]

Got strong pathologic vibes in the beginning.

[@Janfon1]

Interesting comparison, I wouldn't have thought of that

[@Paronak]

awesome animation. im still waiting for the End Times animation where all the Ubersreik Five meet a gruesome death. :)

[@Janfon1]

Something for Last Hero Standing perhaps...? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZqumoiYatiAgZo

[@vercci]

Probably not going to happen but it would be great to see this done to the others as well.

[@Janfon1]

It's more or less a question of how quickly it would get stale, basically doing the same thing five times in a row

[@vercci]

@@Janfon1 Perfectly understandable.

[@IrishGamer9]

Such a cool idea to animate the Nameless Voice lines!! Please do more for the rest of the Five!!

[@solomonkinney2163]

Fucking smashing work. The facial animation is a little rough but your camera work and lighting are impeccable.

[@LeuvahkTrigger]

been getting recommended your stuff for a while now and I dont know why. Im not complaining its all fantastic work. Im still confused though.

[@TheSmollest]

This is just sexy, the animation is so fluent

[@taddad2641]

i feel like they could easily make sienna into smoething terribly powerful.

[@Redmoa]

Do you hear the voices too!?

[@robbanks7483]

I feel the warp overtaking me, it's a good pain!

[@PunishedVenomDrake]

@@robbanks7483 SANITY...IS FOR THE *WEAK* !

[@Yetidelamontagne]

This is SOOOO great

[@Malodious199]

Amazing, it works so bloody well xD

[@mercAltiar]

By the comet, someone get this man a job at FS! Or a patreon at the very least.

[@inquisitorkrieger8171]

Damn, this was good.

[@Thatguywhoisnotreal]

Rambler would be a great name for a playable skaven character.

[@Flyout91]

well done sienna is so scary at 0:24 !

[@Janfon1]

thx

[@lukecarroll9823]

Awesome animation.

[@Brozef]

wooow thats so cool. You are getting very very good. Now I really hope you make one for all the others haha

[@anomaly_7993]

Poor, scared, fire auntie

[@mr_big_m50]

I never really notice that sienna has massive eyes

[@varcon9117]

"Blah blah blaah... No one cAAAAres!" (Also continued on playing Verm 2, just did my first Chaos Wastes expedition and it was poggers)

[@sirgalahad7515]

Ok now I see why victor needed to hire Kruber to escort her

[@sparksoldier4280]

Amazing animation, something small but i thought added a lot once i heard it was as 0:31, when she snaps back to reality you can hear a literal match lighting.

[@Janfon1]

True! Bingo! The idea for this specific concept came from a story I read which was made for the recent art contest - in it Saltzpyre was believed to have died in the Chaos Wastes and everyone was extremely shaken by his sudden disappearance. And when there was a sliver of chance that he survived, I quote "The red glow in Sienna Fuegonasus’ eye flashed white hot." I never thought about incorporating her glow that way and I really liked it. Happy to see the detail get noticed!

[@JACKSTER7771]

Castle drachenfels is the most ambitious and difficult map

[@galling2052]

your stuff is great!

[@rhysjones81]

It's sort of easy to forget that she is a bit nuts sometimes, when in between she often seems like the voice of reason amongst the others arguments.

[@Castellan--Ignatios]

Amazing

[@johant.dirksen762]

nice work!

[@warden8005]

Be interesting to see all of the characters regrets via the voice. But Kruger be last lol since he is stalwart against it.

[@Szkrider]

Eyy, hella cool

[@someguywithhair2992]

Holy shit your videos are amazing

[@drewnash8113]

I hear orks screaming "WAAAAAAGH" in the background. They really are fucking everywhere, aren't they?

[@JWillowvine]

My ash queen ❤️❤️❤️

[@tomvaltom9774]

these are phenomenal! i can't imagine how much time goes into making sure every little bit flows well together. it must at least be fun hunting for little details to spice up until the whole thing is full of soul. is there any particular site or resource you would recommend above others for someone wanting to learn how to animate in blender?

[@Janfon1]

Depends on what you wanna do - can do both 2D and 3D for both I suggest learning the fundamentals of animation in general - anticipation, squash and stretch, exaggeration etc. In that case there is a series about 12 Principles of Animation on KZbin for 3D specifically you need to learn about stuff like Inverse Kinematics, Forward Kinematics, frames, key interpolation etc. For this I recommend the videos from Royal Skies - he's on YT and he works on his own game and also makes "two minute" tutorials And if you want to learn from the best, don't look at me, look at actual professionals - Rory Alderton on YT made some good videos explaining his thought process when animating LoL characters. I also suggest watching demo reels as those sometimes contains Behind The Scenes content. Funnily enough you can learn a lot from people making tutorials for other software, too -specifically timelapses of people using Henry's Animation Tools in Garry's Mod

[@elcatrinc1996]

i didnt knew the Allied Mastercomputer was in this game also

[@gnilliam6045]

The camerawork and animation are very good, although I think this would benefit from softer lighting that wasn't as white, and maybe even some "cinematic" camera effects like depth of field, to hide some of the model imperfections if nothing else.

[@Janfon1]

funny thing is DOF is in constant use throughout the entire video, it must've been too subtle

[@gnilliam6045]

yeah no on second thought adding more depth of field or lens flares or something ridiculous like that would be dumb and wouldn't really fix anything now that I think about, perhaps the character's faces resembling a clay pot is the reason they are never shown up close 🤔

[@littlewolfey4292]

I love my Aunt Sienna

[@Janfon1]

Same

[@Verse_Jumper]

Holy hell keep it up!

[@isaacshenton9330]

Sounds like a personification of Satan's lies

[@engrinis6344]

her eyes are scary

[@st4rk1ll86]

0:24 This could be a wallpaper.