Astartes 1-5

Original: "Astartes" youtube channel

[steptoeedwall]

How is it there can be 10 garbage movies put out every few months, and talent like this flies under the radar? This is incredibly good!

[dforcewtu]

All the rigging, and design, and making sure that it still fits the genre.

HOW IN THE BLUE HELL DID ONE DUDE MAKE THIS?!

[smoketinytom]

This is now the only place to find it in 1080p on YouTube and Warhammer Community.

[hebehosma]

Imagine if there was a feature length film, and it opened with this...

[nodeloliver]

I keep forgetting that bolter rounds not only explode, but are around the size of coke mini can. Getting hit with just ONE is Game Over man.

[ashtonchane]

As much as adore the Spartans from Halo and liked other super soldiers from other fictional universes. THESE guys are the epitome of what a Super-Soldier is.

[timberwolfbrother]

And then the Space Marine got teleported to a TOOL album cover.

[boldfacedbroom]

Who’s here watching again because of the teaser today?

[AINGELPROJECT]

9:34
Up until this moment, the Inquisitorial Psyker had essentially been 'eavesdropping' on the conversation between the two orbs. Such an act to carry out, let alone to do undetected by the entities, would require an ASTRONOMICAL amount of not just power, but concentration. But in this moment, he heard....something that warranted him to WILLINGLY break that concentration. If you listen carefully, it is clear he is yelling, "Recall your men IMMEDIATELY!" to the Retributors' captain. In breaking his concentration, it allows the orb to detect, then overwhelm him.

The man paid the ultimate sacrifice to warn the Retributors. Whatever he heard, it must have been serious enough to be worth that price in his eyes.

[Luiz]

Adeptus Astartes: **Stab**
Scary Space Ball: You're going to Brazil

[mmb]

This is one of the most incredible things that I have ever seen.

[allrandomguy]

I've read many times that people wondering if they are a real chapter or not.
So they are called Retributors . it's a chapter who is operating in small numbers against high risk targets.
Their emblem is a "hand holding a skull" you can see it on the left shoulder plate, you can see it on the chest plate too ( but that's the complete insignia of the chapter")
They are a Successor Chapter of the Imperial Fist (7th Chapter)
You can also tell the "squads" and "ranks" -
The 5 Astares assualting are the 'IMPULSORs', the symbol ("Chevron" - those upward arrows/V shape on their right shoulder plate and helmet indicates that, (they are the squad that leads the strategy, relentlessly engaging and re-deploying themself to pursuit their objective, also encouraged to act independently from other squads)
The 1 who runs away after the warning at 9:40 is a member of the Tactical Squad ( "the horizontal arrow pointing both way" symbol on the right shoulder plate indicates that)
The 2 who kills the "possesed unlucky one" are Veterans ( Their helmet symbol "iron cross with I" indicates that), the one who has the cape also has "Laurel Wreath" - (symbol of Military Victory) symbol on the helmet which means he has a higher Rank than the other one.
(If there would be a commander his helmet would have a symbol of Skull instead of Iron Cross with a Laurel Wreath and a Golden Halo extension to it.)
I hope it helps a bit for those who got confused. Cheers!

[wishful]

In Part 4, there is a specific piece of detail I simply cannot believe I am seeing in a fan made film without any sort of professional detailing or influence. This detail is indicative of a detailed understanding of firearms. At 3:52, you can pause and go frame by frame to see that as the Space Marine squeezes his Bolter's trigger system, it appears to have an initial "smooth" squeeze, abrupt stop, then a second stage of "firm" squeeze. This is referred to as a 2 Stage Trigger system. The 2 stage trigger system has 2 primary functions. Provide the shooter with superior accuracy on weapons that have a heavier trigger pull while acting as a addition safety measure during trigger manipulation.This entire series is riddled with detail challenging professional and commercial standards, but this....this is simply meticulous. I have not encountered an effective depiction of a 2 stage trigger system anywhere outside of real life military application. This is masterwork.

[intergalacticgunman]

This is by far the best depiction of space Marines I have ever seen.
You must give us a full-length feature like this please.

[edd]

The worst part about the originals being taken off youtube is now all the awesome comments are gone

[bateman]

Note to self: Don't make scary faces at Astartes, they don't appreciate it.

[corvinchavez]

Sometimes, you just got to punch a possessed priest

[Reinwolf]

Imagine your non-canon fan project being so unbelievably god tier that it's retroactively cannonized. Can't believe this video went so long without me knowing about it.

Edit: fixed typo in "non-canon"

[nathanielsmith]

I'm so happy the creator was hired officially, but after watching the official edit of his amazing series I can't help but fear the influence that GW will force upon him. I think most people hope for the best and that more animated 40K comes out of this partnership and the idea of seeing copywritten characters animated by this creator is amazing, but I hope I'm not just wishful thinking.

[BidnessGoose]

I just realized the reason the Retributors are picked for this mission is that they are an imperial fist chapter decendant, and they are known for being resistant to psyker powers.