HELSREACH - Part 1: Prologue - A Warhammer 40k Story

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[michaelbohm]

This is maybe the best prologue in movie history. I watched it at least 50 times already and sometimes shed a tear, due to it's epicness.

[Prometheus]

Grimaldus died in Helsreach.

There isn't a specific point, not really. There's nowhere you can point to and say "this is where Grimaldus died". But he did, and in his place a new man was born. Illusions of his superiority dispelled, humbled by his experiences, tempered by his losses.

[williammiller]

“I am pure.”
You can literally see him smile when he says it. He sounds so happy to be who he is. Love this entire series. Well done. Well done.

[Gaardsson]

Hearing the feelings and throughts of a chaplain facing death, makes the world so much real.

[TheJoazzz]

Author of those Space Marine model ports/reworks here - this is bloody amazing, like damn. I'm at a loss for words.

I'm glad to see people are still finding those models useful. I've got much better ones coming out really soon though, but they're rigged to the same skeleton so they shouldn't cause any trouble animation-wise. Additionally, a helmet made to resemble Grimaldus' own will be included.

[dingliedangliedoodle]

The Prologue is one of my top favourite parts of the series. Lost count how many times I replayed it.

[NoInfoAvail]

In no way endorsed by Games Workshop. Because they couldn't make something this good.

[mikea]

That "Armageddon"
It just has so much weight and meaning, and much more for those who know its blood covered stories

[KTheories]

Impressive, you clearly put a lot of work into this and it shows. Well done!

[BananaMonkeyization]

I APPROVE OF THIS DEMONSTRATION OF THE EMPEROR'S WILL.

GRIMALDUS IS A MODEL CHAPLAIN WHO ALL SHOULD HEED.

[commissarmalevich]

This is how a trailer is supposed to be like. A taste, some info, no spoilers and an awesome score :D

[vendeux]

Jonathan keeble is possibly my favorite narrator. He really set the bar with the audio book version of "Nemesis" from the Horus Heresy

[astralclocktower]

I will die on this world.

I cannot tell where this conviction comes from. Whatever birthed it is a mystery to me, and yet the thought clings like a virus, blooming behind my eyes and taking deep root within my mind. It almost feels real enough to spread corruption to the rest of my body, like a true sickness.

It will happen soon, within the coming nights of blood and fire. I will draw my last breath, and when my brothers return to the stars, my ashes will be scattered over the priceless earth of this accursed world.

Armageddon.

Even the name twists my blood until burning oil beats through my veins. I feel anger now, hot and heavy, flowing through my heart and filtering into my limbs like boiling poison.

My hands curl into fists. I am strong, born only to slay for the Emperor and the Imperium. I am pure, wearing the blackest of the black, trained to serve as a spiritual guide as well as a warleader. I am wrath incarnate, living only to kill until finally killed.

I am a weapon in the Eternal Crusade to forge humanity's mastership of the stars.

Yet strength, purity and wrath will not be enough.

I will die on this world.

I will die on Armageddon.

[tigervenn]

I keep rewatching this every few days. A masterpiece.

_Its strength, purity and wrath will not be enough. I will die on this world. I will die... on Armageddon._

[XilverWithaXi]

This is the sort of thing I've been dying to see ever since I first heard about the heroic villains of the Warhammer 40k universe. Thank you for this masterpiece.

[markusdaxamouli]

This MOVIE, the part 1 -10 were my first exposure to the Warhammer Universe...couldnt ask for a better Introduction to my new Obsession.

[ChapterMasterValrak]

Wow! This is amazing! Hope you do more 40k stuff :D

[nstuck]

"I am a weapon- in the Eternal Crusade to forge humanity's mastership of the stars"

[zanedesero]

Amazing, truly amazing. As a Templar player, i thank you for this awesomeness

[darthvaderginsburg]

I have mentioned this before, and I feel no shame mentioning it again. This series moved me to tears multiple times. I can only hope you give this much love & passion to my beloved Blood Angels.

I have been a fan of WH40K since the 80's. I does my heart good to see such dedication and life breathed into this amazing universe. I thank you for providing this beautiful homage to WH40K. <3