Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Armouring Ritual Cinematic Trailer

Check out what it looks like when a Space Marine gets armored up for the first time in this lastest Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Trailer.

[jerans]

At this rate, by the time the entire Company is armored up, the Imperial Guard will have won the battle with 97% casualty rate

[simonb.]

"No servo skulls were harmed in the making of this some heretics are about to be...."

Gold.

[SilentRaider]

For those who may not know, this Space Marine has 2 silver service stubs on his forehead so he has been an Astartes for over 100 years. 1 silver stub is 50 years and 1 gold stub is 100 years. Not only has he been fighting for a century, if this video takes place by the current point of the Indomitus Crusade which has only lasted for 10 years (GW retconned the original 100 years to 10), then this guy was a Firstborn Astartes (the originals) before the Indomitus Crusade, so he crossed the Rubicorn to become a Primaris which is a harrowing process even for Space Marines. This guy's a badass and he hasn't even become a Seagent yet since he has no red helmet.

[stevebenobi-wanlarrykenobi]

Tech Priest: "Alright, NEXT!"

[slimeinabox]

The Emperor: “Hey, don’t make a religion out of this”
Literally everyone else: “I can make a religion out of this”

[naxmorvigatore]

For those who want to swear the oath for their own initiations:

“I accept these burdens as the Imperium bleeds.”
“I accept these burdens knowing no fear.”
“I accept these burdens as an angel of the Emperor.”
“I sheathe my form in a second skin, this veil of machine-muscle and false nerves.”
“I stand firm against the alien, the mutant, the heretic.”
“I grant no mercy, I give no ground.”
“With humility I bear the Imperialis, the symbol of loyalty unbroken.”
“With reverence I receive actuation, awakening the armor’s spirit.”
“With pride I wear the symbol of my chapter, and join my brothers in war.”
“I am iron, I am wrath, I am doom.”

[thelessons]

They have hastier armoring rituals when neccesary, though, the Mechanicus dislikes speedy armoring of an Astartes since they feel the armor's spirit can or will be offended. This most likely is right before arriving at major offensive, so ritual and supplication can be performed at the leisure of the Mechanicus. In a warzone or on a defensive, then they armor as quickly as possible.

[insearchofprometheus]

For everyone mentioning how long the whole ritual takes, something to keep in mind is that it is not uncommon for astartes on campaign to spend a long time in their armor. Like weeks or months. They may take of parts of it, but it is designed to truly be a "second skin." Outside of their fortress-monetary and on their vessels there are probably only rare instances when an astartes is NOT armored. So they may don their armor days or weeks before actually seeing combat.

[LordyT]

This really helps you feel how sacred and important Space Marines are to the citizens of the Imperium. To the Marines, it's just tools, but to regular people, every Astartes is a demigod, every piece of armor is a sacred relic, every weapon is Excalibur, every act is a legend.

[Volgrand]

I love how these give a sense of scale. This is a single ultramarine. Just one. And you can see how amazingly huge he is, and what sort of mechanical monster he becomes to cleanse the heretic, the mutant and the alien.

[JannyPwns]

"Hell, its about time."
- Me after watching a 5 minute armor up sequence of a single marine and not Tychus Findlay.

[MarkusRamikin]

I like how it took them this many years to produce something of vaguely similar quality to the FANMADE armoring scene in the Grey Knights Teaser trailer for the Lord Inquisitor.

[kennyleung]

Meanwhile in an Imperial Guard Barracks:
Sergeant: "EVERBODY UP!!"
All guards hop out of beds, grab their armour, grab their guns. Ready in 30 secs.

[connor]

Man what I love the most about 40k lore is the depiction of true devotion. It is hard to capture sheer commitment and sacrifice as 40k has.

[filipeg]

The fact that they pray over a weapon AND the ammo clip that's gonna annihilate thousands of xenos makes this so perfect.

[TSC]

Im a halo fan and I thought Spartans suiting up was badass, but this is 40, 000 times more badass.

[alfatazer_]

So between this trailer and The Raptor. I like them both for different reasons. I guess you can say different chapters have different rituals for donning their armour. The Raptor is very straight forward his donning is attended by a single techpriest with as little ceremony as possible. Whilst the Ultramarine is attended to by a Techpriest, servitors and chapter serfs with all the grimdark pomp and ceremony befitting a First Founding Chapter.

[ThePariot]

One thing that always strikes me about 40K cinematics, particularly ones about the Imperium, is that they are always so dripping with atmosphere and distinctive visuals. You look at one frame of this video out of context and you know where you are.

It’s odd how one of THE, indeed the namer of, GRIMDARK settings can feel cozy and familiar.

[ziegsanada]

That was beautifully made. I would love to see how the salamanders put their armor on.

[PARISONFIRE]

imagine henry is playing a space marine climbing up the ranks, this would be friggin crazy as a series. fighting against the other races. meeting primarchs and all that stuff. dude im stoked