Iron Within, originally a fan animation by the name of Codex was bought by Games Workshop two years ago. It is now finally released on Warhammer Plus. But greedy Games Workshop couldn't help but botch it again.
Is it accurate though? Its true that Iron Warriors are not your run of the mill heretic that goes around screaming and waving the eight point star banner but you SHOULD be able to see that they are chaotic in nature
@@SIGNOR-G keep in mind some Guardsmen are kept very much in the dark about traitor marines. Only high officials know about traitor astartes but common folk don't even know they exist and Iron Warriors are the most tactical and less blood and skulls looking
If they knew that some of the emperors children had BETRAYED the emperor, they might question the emperors will and that would be treason and heresy. Ignorance is bliss, ignorance is loyalty.
@@SIGNOR-G it could be possible that if a Astra Militarum regiment is not expected to fight any Chaos marines the Imperium may not even give them information that such forces even exist. At least to the general populace, an astartes turning traitor is unthinkable due to the constant propaganda and misinformation that the bureaucracy of the Imperium spreads. In the book, “Night Lords” when a Rogue traitor was being attacked by traitor Astartes, not once did he think they were betrayers of the Imperium, he simply was confused about the events happening around him before he died.
I love how professional the Iron Warriors are in this part they show they are experienced and elite and it’s nice to see that instead of them just charging a enemy fortification in some massive battle
Um they're not World Eaters so yea you don't see retard marines but actually an organized unit of space marines killing Eldar with efficiency, though not as quick like the Subjugators in Astartes, they give a different taste on how marines work
It makes since they’d use this tactic pre or post heresy it’s the most effective tactic to use against the Drukari in this situation and they make great use of it
The worst part for that last guardsmen was the fact he thought the other two got shot for dereliction of duty or not paying proper respects to their saviors, so he's thinking oh I got to pay my respects to the sons of the emperor never knowing these were not the ones to be doing that to.
I also like the fact that the Iron Warrior was staring for a little while as if considering it. Because though they maybe traitors they are not into the whole Demon and God crap, just a bunch of Atheist's hating the Emperor and what he built. And finally decides to 'ah fuck it' and bonks.
@@MALITH666 I think it was more likely "The audacity of this little whelp" stare than some considering. IW never cared about human lives even when they were part of the Imperium, hell, they don't even care about the lives of their marines.
@@MALITH666 I wouldn’t call them atheists. They respect the gods they just don’t worship them. I’ve always seen their relationship with the chaos gods like how the Cimmerians view Crom in Conan.
@@FritzLeAngel "I need you to scrap off the aquilla on your helmet and replace it with this funny spiky wheel." "Isn't that heretical?" "..." "..." "No."
Looked like pity to me; from what I've heard the Iron Warriors aren't huge Chaos worshippers, just anti-Imperium to the end, like really passionate renegades. Might be why he just slapped the guardsman aside instead of obliterating them with a bolter shot, at least they can still have a nice burial instead of being literally getting mopped up
Reminded the Traitor just for a moment. About just what he went on the Great Crusade for. Reminded the Marine what he started fighting for, then the Intrusive thoughts kicked in
@@siamihari8717 Most traitor marines active by the time of 40k weren't around for the crusades. The demonculaba was an iron warrior creation if i remember right.
@@Scarletraven87 the eldar didnt come out, the iron warriors dont waste bullets, they waste their enemies. i loved how brutally efficient and cold that shit was. just like in astartes, they are cold, well trained combat automata. they are so precise and drilled that they dont seem human. no dumb one liners. so many of the best 40k animations or cuts have no lines at all.
I love how dark the battle was, I couldn't make out what kind of chapter it was until I got a closer look to the Iron Warriors decal. I can imagine the guardsman having the same feeling of hope seeing astartes at first glance
@@thechadcruzaider7864 title literally says “iron within”. Their battle cry is Iron within, iron without. I did not need the hazard stripes to know who they are
I like how this is the second time in officially published lore that the Iron Warriors have shown up to stomp some xenos that are brutalising baseline humans. They have Older Brother syndrome, ‘no one but us gets to torment Imperial citizens!’
@@4fallschirmjager The War of the Beast books. Iron Warriors bare witness to humans reduced to literal lifestock by Orks so they actually form an alliance with Black Templars to fight the greenskins.
Also in the sister of battle book where they fight a genestealer cult uprising, chaos space marines also arrive at the end to wipe everything x) can't remember if it was Iraon warriors though
@@JohnDJ08 the iron warrior was just being disrespectful, not even trying to kill the guardsman. Granted, even with a flak helmet that guardsman still might have died
@@TheHereticalPainter I doubt their neck was broken, that was more of a slap then a punch and you can tell their neck was still pretty straight , all chances they got knocked out for few hours, which most likely saved them. Iron warriors would not care and dark eldar only want take the living, lucky bastard was able to sleep through all of this and most likely got promoted.
I love that he actually put the guardsmen making the sign of the Aquila, I think I have yet to actually see someone do something like that even tho it's talked about alot and seems to be a pretty common hand sign
When have Kabalites ever holed up behind cover like that? Never. That being said, for all its faults, that was a great representation of an Iron Warriors breacher team. Slow, methodical and when the shield drops the music stops.
Agreed! I was so excited to see an animation with the Guards famous Wall of Guns vs the fast and viciously elegant Dark Eldar...then space marines land and NO ONE is allowed to look cooler than space marines. Ugh.
@@jacobpeterson4071 the title literally says "Iron Within" and you expected it to be a Guard vs Drukhari fight? In case you don't know, Iron Within is a warcry from the Iron Warriors legion, "Iron Within, Iron Without". So naturally, of course they were going to be the main focus.
@@lordbaron3609 the show is actually about the imperial guard despite being titled "Iron Within" lolololol It was originally a fan animation about the Iron Warriors pre-heresy, but then got bought by GW who changed the focus to be on the imperial guard in the 41st milennium. So Jacob Peterson is not far off the mark
I can imagine a conversation in 1:32 Guardsman: I am honored to fight alongside the sons of Dorn. Iron Warrior: *left eye twitches inside helmet* Say that name again guardsman. Guardsman: I am honored to fight alongside the sons of Dorn-
All in all, I like to think that the Iron Warrior who killed the guardsmen was pretty merciful. He killed them efficiently, and before they really realized what was going on.
It's great to see the Iron Warriors look so competent and capable, advancing forward behind their shields like a wall of iron. Not so great seeing Kabalites stupidly die in droves but I guess that's what the Eldar are around for. Still a cool animation.
Well, I mean, Dark Eldar raids are noted to be planned down to minute details, so when things go wrong, things can go very wrong. But at the same time, they do also have ressurection tech
The iron warriors are the most competent of all the traitor legions they were getting stuff done during the heresy while everybody else was just screwing around with their own Petty vendettas Peter turbo was breaking holy Tarra defenses
I love the fact that without the iron warriors the Horus heresy would have gone so differently since they carry the heresy on their backs and still didn't get no respect 🙄
@@Mario73771 i'd pay $60 a year for that no questions asked hell jan can just take the money n run after donkey punching me for all i can, love his content the most.
I like that Iron Warrior isn't as "Traitor" looking as the rest of the traitor chapter, they just hate the Imperium so much they betray their comrade without resorting on some corruption (i think?).
they have some corruption, in that they work with Chaos undivided but treat Daemons and possessions as just another cog in their war machine, they just another asset to be use against their enemies. ie. where they summon daemons just to capture them and force it to possess weapons and become daemon engines etc.
There's a scene in the Angel Exterminatus book where the Emperor's Children army and Iron Warriors army are stood side by side. The Emperor's Children start going into their deranged Slaaneshi antics and the Iron Warriors are just staring like "What are they doing?"it's still during the heresy but it shows the rules destment for chaos like you said. Perturabo also always had his head in the game too.
@@vicious3233 no surprise given that it has been made clear that the Horus Heresy would never have gone that far without the Iron Warriors. Perturabo was really the one doing the heavy lifting majority of the time, and only decided to call quits when its clear that even Horus is losing it near the end
He's a guardsman, watching your comrades get boltered by a superior (or assumed superior) means they did something wrong and you shouldn't do whatever they just did.
That advance was hard af. The terminator not giving a damn about enemy fire and setting the pace of a methodical advance. That is how astartes should be combat experience out the ass and the intimidation factor to match.
I’d recently been reading a lot about how despite being heretic Astartes The Iron Warriors maintained much of their pre-heresy battlefield tactics and resolve and are not typical of how one would consider a Chaos faction to behave…Honsou’s particular brand of debauchery aside 😂 To see it in official animation is excellent.
Iron Warriors just dont like the emperor and the empire because they consider 'the emperor do not appreciate us enough'. But their business ends there. They dont like the Demons or the gods. They are just them. Which makes them a really interesting.
It's more like they retained their pre-heresy legion-vibe but adopted several parts of Chaos to use to their advantage with minimal drawbacks. They use daemonengines for example, which are basically enslaved daemons forced into metallic bodies to fight things. Being in proximity to them definitely corrupts you in some way, but they have their own particularly strange brand of corruption.
Given how much of a fan he is, how much he saved the Witcher from the show writers/producers own stupidity and his love of the lore and remaining faithful to it I remain optimistic
@@JannyBesmircher that's the kind of thing cavill stopped from happening in the Witcher, they wanted more nude scenes, to make roaches death funny and to ship geralt with some character he shouldn't have been shipped with Probably saved the show tbh
That slow advance...pretty awesome. I feel bad for those guardsmen though. I do see what you mean about GW's meddling, a bit like Astartes...sounds are off for no reason. Even with the boosting, i think the bolters are a bit off.
The bolsters sounded weak as hell. Astartes did it much better😔 this wasn’t bad but GW has yet to make anything on the level of Astartes which is a damn shame.
The Iron Warriors need a redemption arc! The pause before killing the guardsmen is very telling, like he remembers the days when he was part of humanity.
@@ToastMaster2C Yeah, that was an exception. Iron Warriors are too bitter and spiteful to ever have something close to a redemption arc. I suggest to read online about the Daemonculaba, that should clarify the extent of their pragmatic cruelty
They have always been clean. They take pleasure in killing fists, not tormenting people. I wouldnt even call them a chaos legion. Then again, I wouldnt call Nightlords a chaos legion either, but they do like to torment.
@@DreamVikings I hope the theory that perty isn’t a daemon stands true cause it would reflect in his sons, not chaos, simply traitors, although parts of the legion are a bit jacked on chaos
This was pretty interesting and in my opinion, pretty well done. What surprised me was that the Iron Warriors actually honoured a distress call from the Imperials even though it’s 10,000 years later. I thought any promises or agreements were null and void because of the heresy
I don't think it was 10,000 years ago, they made an agreement when they took some people to turn into marines. It just makes sense to keep a manufacturing base under your service, better still if they don't even know they've been tricked
@@bajscast no it happened during the crusade, the Drukhari leader mentions how long it’s been since then and what happened, so it was definitely an IW world brought into compliance
the terminator said they came to help defend the planet and get rid of the weaklings. Im guessing the planet had iron warrior history that was forgotten over time.
The guardsmen are all of us. The reality of that universe shows that almost nobody who is into 40k would even survive selection for astarties recruits. Im an ex-infantry combat veteran, and even at my physical peak, many years ago, i would struggle to make it into any specialized guardsmen unit… i might make it into the guard, but i suspect most of us would just die a slow and lonely death praying to the god emperor. On an unnamed battlefield, on a forgotten planet, in a fight that doesnt even get a passing mention in any of the lore.
Many of the traits that define the tactics of the guard in the 41st and 42nd millennium, such as the treatment of soldiers as an expendable resource, a focus on slow gains in ground, and the reliance on armor were penned by Perterabo ten thousand years earlier.
I like this methodology. Just goosebumps from how the Space Marines do attack, step, attack, repeat. Something reminiscent of the tactics of the Roman legions, although not surprising.
I like how a lot of Chaos Space Marines are still loyal to the tenants of the great crusade to some degree, so they have no issue with deviating from their original objectives to beat up a few xenos even if its out of pure spite .
Not necessarily what they were doing here. They came to "reclaim" this planet that they supposedly conquered during the Great Crusade after the planet sent out a distress signal
Honestly that's probably the best way for a guardsmen to go out when theres drakari and traitor astartes running around. Just a quick slap and lights out
I assumed they were iron hands and was so confused/shocked when they killed the guardsmen. This entire video was amazing to see (they're iron warriors if anyone else thought the same)
omg this scene bro bouta make me act up, the way the camera is wobbling and shaking all over the place when the eldar defenders are shown bc they are panicking while the smooth and steady shots depict the iron warrior's efficient, brutal mechanical movements...just goddamn
I think most people complaining about the way the Eldar were picked off so easily weren't giving a full examination of the situation. Their raids are meticulously planned, and with an interruption this big they do not adapt as quickly as you would like to think. In addition, Drukhari do not do well needing to assault heavily-armored targets across open ground on foot, and you will note that the Iron Warriors placed their shield line in the middle of a very open area, playing to their enemy's weakness. My main gripe about the scene is that almost none of them attempted a snap shot before they went down. It's not that their deaths were particularly unrealistic, but rather that they seemed to stop fighting back altogether until they got onto their boat.
Imperial Guard A:"Oh look, space marines!" Imperial Guard B: " Thank the Emperor!" Imperial Guard A: "We did our best, space marines!" Iron Warriors: "We're not that corpse emperor's puppets!"
I am new to Warhammer but the IV legion immediately stood out for me. Told Horus to stuff it, told the chaos gods to shove it and told the corpse emperor to drop dead. All the while maintaining their impeccable martial prowess and non chaos corrupted bodies.
This was so badass. Just the cold precision of their tactics. Two steps, stop, fire, repeat. Acting like a well-oiled machine. A legion, one might say.
The way the drukhari panic because they dont have the equipment for the fight and try to shoot at what would be weak points in the armoro only to hit shields is just beatuliful.
I'm sure the Guardmen saluting that Iron Warrior confused the absolute fuck out of him for a couple of seconds because I doubt even their own Axuilla forces from the great crusade even saluted them, let alone doing it willingly
Long time lurker Janovich and a fan of your animator analysis series. Thanks for taking the effort of showing love and care where it deserves little to none. I wish you could fix the whole thing though 😂 ... Then it would truly be Iron Within and Iron Without.
oh, an excerpt from the animated series “Iron Inside”; The Iron Warriors showed themselves in all their glory, in an even formation, slowly and confidently marching towards the enemy; It doesn’t matter that they betrayed, their gene seed was the least affected by the corruption of Chaos (even though they, like other traitors, did not can create new Astartes)
Ahah that brave solo, fool of a guardsmen doing the sign. Loved the shield walk and the commander in the middle, badass. Shows you have bad things are for humans. Those guard thought those were loyal astartes, they had probably never seen one before and never even heard of chaos. So they have no clue as who those guys are and why they start killing them too.
Just goes to show that Iron Warriors are through and through renegades. Chaos forces are mere tools for them, rather than being a slave to it. They still maintain their Legion doctrine and training, which is refreshing to see.
Iron Within, originally a fan animation by the name of Codex was bought by Games Workshop two years ago. It is now finally released on Warhammer Plus.
But greedy Games Workshop couldn't help but botch it again.
What did they do to botch this one up this time? I've not seen an iron warriors animation in years since what GW did a fee years ago.
@@calamity3567 horrible edit and script, and ruined sfx and music.
Kinda like exodite
@@Janovich this was an amazing animation stop being a downer.
@Knjigga Books It's the Imperial Eagle, it does have similarities to the Albanian eagle.
@@Pure060 "the exodite" was great too in case of animation.
Didnt saved it from beeing boring and not really interesting.
I love how the guardsmen didnt know that traitor astartes were a thing, leading to them having no question about walking right past a traitor marine
Is it accurate though?
Its true that Iron Warriors are not your run of the mill heretic that goes around screaming and waving the eight point star banner but you SHOULD be able to see that they are chaotic in nature
@@SIGNOR-G keep in mind some Guardsmen are kept very much in the dark about traitor marines. Only high officials know about traitor astartes but common folk don't even know they exist and Iron Warriors are the most tactical and less blood and skulls looking
@@SIGNOR-G Look at flesh tearers. Or really, just about any space marine chapter with a culture that ISN’T codex compliant.
If they knew that some of the emperors children had BETRAYED the emperor, they might question the emperors will and that would be treason and heresy.
Ignorance is bliss, ignorance is loyalty.
@@SIGNOR-G it could be possible that if a Astra Militarum regiment is not expected to fight any Chaos marines the Imperium may not even give them information that such forces even exist. At least to the general populace, an astartes turning traitor is unthinkable due to the constant propaganda and misinformation that the bureaucracy of the Imperium spreads. In the book, “Night Lords” when a Rogue traitor was being attacked by traitor Astartes, not once did he think they were betrayers of the Imperium, he simply was confused about the events happening around him before he died.
I love how professional the Iron Warriors are in this part they show they are experienced and elite and it’s nice to see that instead of them just charging a enemy fortification in some massive battle
The best chaos marine
Um they're not World Eaters so yea you don't see retard marines but actually an organized unit of space marines killing Eldar with efficiency, though not as quick like the Subjugators in Astartes, they give a different taste on how marines work
What I like the most are shields
It makes since they’d use this tactic pre or post heresy it’s the most effective tactic to use against the Drukari in this situation and they make great use of it
I agree BUT.. since when are eldar slower than terminators and miss shots on stationary targets?
The worst part for that last guardsmen was the fact he thought the other two got shot for dereliction of duty or not paying proper respects to their saviors, so he's thinking oh I got to pay my respects to the sons of the emperor never knowing these were not the ones to be doing that to.
I also like the fact that the Iron Warrior was staring for a little while as if considering it. Because though they maybe traitors they are not into the whole Demon and God crap, just a bunch of Atheist's hating the Emperor and what he built. And finally decides to 'ah fuck it' and bonks.
@@MALITH666 I think it was more likely "The audacity of this little whelp" stare than some considering.
IW never cared about human lives even when they were part of the Imperium, hell, they don't even care about the lives of their marines.
I am honestly assumed he seeked the Emperor's Mercy and surrendered to his death
I took it as him accepting his own death & the Iron warrior respecting that so he got a merciful death
@@MALITH666 I wouldn’t call them atheists. They respect the gods they just don’t worship them. I’ve always seen their relationship with the chaos gods like how the Cimmerians view Crom in Conan.
Guardsman: “Thank goodness the Astartes are here! The emperors angels are here to save us!”
Iron warriors: “Well you’re half right”
"Thank you for saving us!"
"Well not saved. More like under new management"
ʜɪᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ ɴᴏᴡ
ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴍʏ sʜᴏʀᴛʟɪsᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀs,
@@katiemarshall6147"Under new management? What do you mean?"
"Don't ask questions and enjoy your new job of being a traitor guardsman."
"What?"
"We are here to save you!!!"
"hurraaaaay, its the catholic church"
"From yourselves!!!!"
"oh no, its the catholic church"
@@FritzLeAngel "I need you to scrap off the aquilla on your helmet and replace it with this funny spiky wheel."
"Isn't that heretical?"
"..."
"..."
"No."
Good news：A terminator has come to assist.
Bad news：He got tusks.
In same theme as:
Good news: We got reinforcements from hiver militia :D
Bad news: some of them have three arms and are kinf of purple :0
@@yetipotato8567 Three？Four！Hail the one above the stars！
Confusing news: They all start crying out " I AM ALPHARIUS! "
@@Khornecussion Hydra Dominatus!
Good news: the blood angels has come to assist
Bad news: THEY ALL HAVE BLACK RAGE RU- *Dies*
Even with the inhumane reaction speed of a space marine, what that guardsmen did still manages to stunlocked him for a couple of second, bravo.
the marine wasn't expecting that
Looked like pity to me; from what I've heard the Iron Warriors aren't huge Chaos worshippers, just anti-Imperium to the end, like really passionate renegades. Might be why he just slapped the guardsman aside instead of obliterating them with a bolter shot, at least they can still have a nice burial instead of being literally getting mopped up
@@Red_Beard2798I don’t think they do burials 😢
I think they just dump ‘em in the corpse starch machine.
Reminded the Traitor just for a moment. About just what he went on the Great Crusade for. Reminded the Marine what he started fighting for, then the Intrusive thoughts kicked in
@@siamihari8717 Most traitor marines active by the time of 40k weren't around for the crusades. The demonculaba was an iron warrior creation if i remember right.
I love how methodical the formation was, Advance - Fire - Advance - Fire
My favorite part
Technically they're supposed to advance under cover. So they should do a wave-step or something.
this plus their precise one shots made it for me. No magdumb, no unnecessary heroism, just highly trained soldiers
@@Scarletraven87 the eldar didnt come out, the iron warriors dont waste bullets, they waste their enemies. i loved how brutally efficient and cold that shit was. just like in astartes, they are cold, well trained combat automata. they are so precise and drilled that they dont seem human. no dumb one liners. so many of the best 40k animations or cuts have no lines at all.
@@conan2096 I don't see an argument here. What for are you replying to me?
I love how dark the battle was, I couldn't make out what kind of chapter it was until I got a closer look to the Iron Warriors decal. I can imagine the guardsman having the same feeling of hope seeing astartes at first glance
hazard stripes instantly gave it away
They wouldn't know better even if they did see them
i mean the hazars stripes and ''iron within'' were good hints i think
Dreadclaw drop pods ^^
@@thechadcruzaider7864 title literally says “iron within”.
Their battle cry is Iron within, iron without.
I did not need the hazard stripes to know who they are
I like how this is the second time in officially published lore that the Iron Warriors have shown up to stomp some xenos that are brutalising baseline humans. They have Older Brother syndrome, ‘no one but us gets to torment Imperial citizens!’
When was the first?
@@4fallschirmjager The War of the Beast books. Iron Warriors bare witness to humans reduced to literal lifestock by Orks so they actually form an alliance with Black Templars to fight the greenskins.
@@ethane1149 Correction. They form an alliance with Fists Exemplar. When the Black Templars show up it all goes to shit.
Also in the sister of battle book where they fight a genestealer cult uprising, chaos space marines also arrive at the end to wipe everything x) can't remember if it was Iraon warriors though
@@ethane1149 didn’t know iron warriors actually care about humanity as a whole. I thought they hated everything
0:47 the way they move simultaneously like turrets or machines really fits their name
Iron within
@@brok56 Iron without
@@Zekrom249 Eat an apple. It is IRON WITHIN.
@@СергейИванов-в9м Yes, and the other half is IRON WITHOUT
Astartes are basically meat machines if you think about it
The Bonk at the end had me in tears
@@JohnDJ08 Or, he thought the irony was funny enough to only leave the guardsman with minor brain damage. I like to think that's the case.
@@st.dennie1149 you think you'll have just minor damage after a dude that holds a 30round 20mm weapon like anyone would an AR decides to backhand you?
@@st.dennie1149 Nah, his neck is broken. That guardsmen is dead.
@@JohnDJ08 the iron warrior was just being disrespectful, not even trying to kill the guardsman. Granted, even with a flak helmet that guardsman still might have died
Same
I feel so bad for the last guardsman... he was so innocent
He was all like “His angels hi! Look I have the imperial aquila.” Then he just gets his neck broken
@@TheHereticalPainter I doubt their neck was broken, that was more of a slap then a punch and you can tell their neck was still pretty straight , all chances they got knocked out for few hours, which most likely saved them. Iron warriors would not care and dark eldar only want take the living, lucky bastard was able to sleep through all of this and most likely got promoted.
@@Fourtytwo4242 Space marines have superhuman strenght, also they're wearing powearmor. The slap was heavy enough to destroy guardman's brain.
@@Fourtytwo4242 that humans head is soup now
@@Canuck_Retro_Gaming Iron Warriors don't take women? Looks like you haven't heard of "Daemonculaba"...
I love that he actually put the guardsmen making the sign of the Aquila, I think I have yet to actually see someone do something like that even tho it's talked about alot and seems to be a pretty common hand sign
yeah i was always confused on what it was supposed to look like. nice to see an official gesture.
They do it in Helsreach
When have Kabalites ever holed up behind cover like that? Never.
That being said, for all its faults, that was a great representation of an Iron Warriors breacher team. Slow, methodical and when the shield drops the music stops.
Right? They were fighting guardsmen, not kabalites
@@brightestlight9462 the Guardsmen were fighting the Kabalites and then the Iron Warriors showed up and also fought the Kabalites.
@@shartsmcginty8056 i know, but the kabalites were behaving like guardsmen, not kabalites. they'd for sure take down some iron warriors with them.
@Brightest Light agreed, most competitive lists run at least one shredder which in lore could tear a hole through most line defenses easily.
Also Eldar don’t move like humans, they are faster and more graceful.
As an Imperial Guard player this ending breaks my heart.
Agreed! I was so excited to see an animation with the Guards famous Wall of Guns vs the fast and viciously elegant Dark Eldar...then space marines land and NO ONE is allowed to look cooler than space marines. Ugh.
@@jacobpeterson4071 the title literally says "Iron Within" and you expected it to be a Guard vs Drukhari fight? In case you don't know, Iron Within is a warcry from the Iron Warriors legion, "Iron Within, Iron Without". So naturally, of course they were going to be the main focus.
@@lordbaron3609 the show is actually about the imperial guard despite being titled "Iron Within" lolololol
It was originally a fan animation about the Iron Warriors pre-heresy, but then got bought by GW who changed the focus to be on the imperial guard in the 41st milennium. So Jacob Peterson is not far off the mark
Lets be honest Commissar you'd do the same to a retreating guardsmen.
I'm an Ork player and it broke my heart also
Guardsman “oh thank the emperor were saved“
Chad Iron warriors “More like , under new management”
Fuck me that had me rolling on the floor. 😂
I can imagine a conversation in 1:32
Guardsman: I am honored to fight alongside the sons of Dorn.
Iron Warrior: *left eye twitches inside helmet* Say that name again guardsman.
Guardsman: I am honored to fight alongside the sons of Dorn-
Slow methodical and precise. No wasted movements, no charging screaming into enemy fire.
Just pure clinical elimination of the enemy.
All in all, I like to think that the Iron Warrior who killed the guardsmen was pretty merciful. He killed them efficiently, and before they really realized what was going on.
It's great to see the Iron Warriors look so competent and capable, advancing forward behind their shields like a wall of iron. Not so great seeing Kabalites stupidly die in droves but I guess that's what the Eldar are around for. Still a cool animation.
Well, I mean, Dark Eldar raids are noted to be planned down to minute details, so when things go wrong, things can go very wrong. But at the same time, they do also have ressurection tech
Most Kabalites have struck a deal with a Haemonculus and respawn anyway - so this was just like them playing an average match of a Battle Royale.
The iron warriors are the most competent of all the traitor legions they were getting stuff done during the heresy while everybody else was just screwing around with their own Petty vendettas Peter turbo was breaking holy Tarra defenses
Let's be honest: the Dark Eldar are everybody's punching bags in the crunch.
@@evanhunt1863
And that's fine, they are irredeemable after all, but they should be a dangerous punching bag.
Brutal, bloody professionals. Love it. And great animations as well!
Eh...
I love the fact that without the iron warriors the Horus heresy would have gone so differently since they carry the heresy on their backs and still didn't get no respect 🙄
If they pit Janovich in charge of quality at WH+ I would actually pay for it.
I second this!
@@Mario73771 i'd pay $60 a year for that no questions asked hell jan can just take the money n run after donkey punching me for all i can, love his content the most.
please dont he shit on everything even good animations.
Anyone who watched my animator analysis knows my opinions
@@Pure060 even if your account is incredibly old, who are you to judge Jano's animation?
those poor guardsmen, thinking they were saved.
I think that last Guardsmen survived that hit wasn’t brutal as in the Astartes project. It looked like he was just knocked out of the way.
@@cruelmilk4465 i hope that is the case
@@cruelmilk4465 prob like a pity mercy
@@cruelmilk4465 very much dead, anyone saying otherwise does Not understand the lore and has probably never been backhanded by your parents.
Can't be enslaved if they're dead.
I like that Iron Warrior isn't as "Traitor" looking as the rest of the traitor chapter, they just hate the Imperium so much they betray their comrade without resorting on some corruption (i think?).
they have some corruption, in that they work with Chaos undivided but treat Daemons and possessions as just another cog in their war machine, they just another asset to be use against their enemies. ie. where they summon daemons just to capture them and force it to possess weapons and become daemon engines etc.
There's a scene in the Angel Exterminatus book where the Emperor's Children army and Iron Warriors army are stood side by side. The Emperor's Children start going into their deranged Slaaneshi antics and the Iron Warriors are just staring like "What are they doing?"it's still during the heresy but it shows the rules destment for chaos like you said. Perturabo also always had his head in the game too.
@@vicious3233 no surprise given that it has been made clear that the Horus Heresy would never have gone that far without the Iron Warriors. Perturabo was really the one doing the heavy lifting majority of the time, and only decided to call quits when its clear that even Horus is losing it near the end
its more like Traitor instead of being daemon corrupted like everyone else ig
Yeap, they are just Traitors to the empire literally. They do not like the Chaos and its gods. Just on that side for the sake of convenience.
holding the sign of the aquilla after watching his squadmates get gunned down is some real dedication
He's a guardsman, watching your comrades get boltered by a superior (or assumed superior) means they did something wrong and you shouldn't do whatever they just did.
i saw it as more of a last "fuck you traitor" since they know they couldnt do anything, aside from melta bombing himself
The iron warrior at the end was surprisingly kind for killing the guardsman quickly.
Lol a quick death is literally a mersey in 40k among the absolutely horrific ways you can go out
That advance was hard af. The terminator not giving a damn about enemy fire and setting the pace of a methodical advance. That is how astartes should be combat experience out the ass and the intimidation factor to match.
That backhand is renowned throughout the galaxy as the most merciful kill an Iron Warrior has ever performed.
This is the definition of bolter discipline. One shot, one kill.
I’d recently been reading a lot about how despite being heretic Astartes The Iron Warriors maintained much of their pre-heresy battlefield tactics and resolve and are not typical of how one would consider a Chaos faction to behave…Honsou’s particular brand of debauchery aside 😂 To see it in official animation is excellent.
Iron Warriors just dont like the emperor and the empire because they consider 'the emperor do not appreciate us enough'. But their business ends there. They dont like the Demons or the gods. They are just them. Which makes them a really interesting.
It's more like they retained their pre-heresy legion-vibe but adopted several parts of Chaos to use to their advantage with minimal drawbacks. They use daemonengines for example, which are basically enslaved daemons forced into metallic bodies to fight things. Being in proximity to them definitely corrupts you in some way, but they have their own particularly strange brand of corruption.
Ah it’s a lovely Grimdark day when Janovich blesses us with a new upload
As someone who is a huge Iron Warriors fan, thank you for bringing out the Iron within! This was freaking amazing! Please more!
I love how freaking disciplined the iron warriors are depicted in this. They may be my favorite chaos space marine legion after this.
That guardsman saluting the Iron Warrior was possibly the most positive reinforcement that Iron Warrior has ever received.
The guardsman at the end got his shit rocked
Keep that pimp hand strong!!!
Iron within, Iron without!!!
IRON WITHIN, IRON WITHOUT
I AM SHAKING ALL ABOUT
*IRON WITHOUT!*
MY PRIMARCH HATES ME, I'M GOING TO POUT
Arthur, I thought you preferred the Imperial Fists?
IRON WITHOUT BROTHER!
Henry Cavills show best not suck, and best be as grimdark as the fan stuff cause this is awesome
Given how much of a fan he is, how much he saved the Witcher from the show writers/producers own stupidity and his love of the lore and remaining faithful to it
I remain optimistic
@@ragnarian But is he strong enough to stand against GW?
Dont worry, it will have gay sex scenes and interracial couples!
@@JannyBesmircher that's the kind of thing cavill stopped from happening in the Witcher, they wanted more nude scenes, to make roaches death funny and to ship geralt with some character he shouldn't have been shipped with
Probably saved the show tbh
This is actually from GW themselves.
That shield wall is my absolute favorite!
This is Truly amazing, it is such a rarity for quality animations these days.
GW butchered The animators of that Brand and that is The result of that greed and stupidity
That slow advance...pretty awesome.
I feel bad for those guardsmen though.
I do see what you mean about GW's meddling, a bit like Astartes...sounds are off for no reason. Even with the boosting, i think the bolters are a bit off.
The bolsters sounded weak as hell. Astartes did it much better😔 this wasn’t bad but GW has yet to make anything on the level of Astartes which is a damn shame.
The Iron Warriors need a redemption arc! The pause before killing the guardsmen is very telling, like he remembers the days when he was part of humanity.
Joining chaos is redemption fuck humanity.
You really don't know the Iron Warriors at all uh
@@clawmb just in HH and war of the beast. The guys in the War of the Beast help out the Fists.
@@ToastMaster2C Yeah, that was an exception. Iron Warriors are too bitter and spiteful to ever have something close to a redemption arc. I suggest to read online about the Daemonculaba, that should clarify the extent of their pragmatic cruelty
@@clawmb are there any specific books you'd recommend? I'm waaaaaay into the audio books.
That Guardsmen knew.
no. they were chaos and the guardsman made the sign of the emperor.
the iron warrior was not even too cruel with the guard, i belive there is still a tiny spark of humanity in the sons of perty
he definitely died. he didnt want to waste a bullet.
I wouldn’t count on it, myself.
They have always been clean. They take pleasure in killing fists, not tormenting people. I wouldnt even call them a chaos legion. Then again, I wouldnt call Nightlords a chaos legion either, but they do like to torment.
tbf I think Marines Malevolent or Minotars would be crueler
@@DreamVikings I hope the theory that perty isn’t a daemon stands true cause it would reflect in his sons, not chaos, simply traitors, although parts of the legion are a bit jacked on chaos
I love how tge iron warriors are portrayed in this. It shows they are veterans of the long war and battleharded that not even drukhari can match them.
This was pretty interesting and in my opinion, pretty well done.
What surprised me was that the Iron Warriors actually honoured a distress call from the Imperials even though it’s 10,000 years later. I thought any promises or agreements were null and void because of the heresy
The Iron Warriors did not exactly come to "help" the Imperials x'D
I don't think it was 10,000 years ago, they made an agreement when they took some people to turn into marines. It just makes sense to keep a manufacturing base under your service, better still if they don't even know they've been tricked
@@bajscast no it happened during the crusade, the Drukhari leader mentions how long it’s been since then and what happened, so it was definitely an IW world brought into compliance
@@Janovich I know it’s not the exact definition of “help” but it’s the fact they even showed up at all. For them it’s mostly just a power grab
the terminator said they came to help defend the planet and get rid of the weaklings. Im guessing the planet had iron warrior history that was forgotten over time.
Poor Guardsmen...they really thought they were the emperor's angels...
I would likely end up the same😢
Iron warriour do the same thing even when they loyal
Iron within
Me, last man standing: Here's my coordinates, boys. Have artillery remind these plate wearing fuckers what fear feels like.
@@iamablacksabbathsong9765 Ew flesh! *BONK*
The guardsmen are all of us. The reality of that universe shows that almost nobody who is into 40k would even survive selection for astarties recruits. Im an ex-infantry combat veteran, and even at my physical peak, many years ago, i would struggle to make it into any specialized guardsmen unit… i might make it into the guard, but i suspect most of us would just die a slow and lonely death praying to the god emperor. On an unnamed battlefield, on a forgotten planet, in a fight that doesnt even get a passing mention in any of the lore.
damn the moment they all perfectly march a few steps and shoots with music kicking in is just perfect.
I never thought chaos space marine would play the good guys, at least for a moment.
"We're here to save you-!"
"Horary, it's the Iron Warriors!"
"-FROM YOURSELVES!"
"...Oh no, it's the Iron Warriors."
Can't get over how badass this shit looks
I love how organized the Iron Warriors are
Absolutely beautiful!!! From Iron cometh Strength!!
Many of the traits that define the tactics of the guard in the 41st and 42nd millennium, such as the treatment of soldiers as an expendable resource, a focus on slow gains in ground, and the reliance on armor were penned by Perterabo ten thousand years earlier.
Iron Warriors just wanted to go for a walk.
A very enthusiastic walk.
I like the fact the terminator stood in the middle with no concern for damage. Lore vs table top terminators is where it’s at
That is because Terminator armor is near unbreakable, and is essentially as tough as a Titan
I like this methodology. Just goosebumps from how the Space Marines do attack, step, attack, repeat. Something reminiscent of the tactics of the Roman legions, although not surprising.
Emp didn't name em the Legiones Astartes for nothin.
And this is why space marine breacher squads are so damn terrifying. A lead wall, marching towards you, guns bristling from every gap.
I like how a lot of Chaos Space Marines are still loyal to the tenants of the great crusade to some degree, so they have no issue with deviating from their original objectives to beat up a few xenos even if its out of pure spite .
Not necessarily what they were doing here. They came to "reclaim" this planet that they supposedly conquered during the Great Crusade after the planet sent out a distress signal
I absolute adore the way they animated this, shows a sense of order and unmoving will
THIS is the trailer Games Workshop should have given us. Thank you once again Janovich for your unwavering badassery.
Being an Imperial Fist myself I cant help but nod in approval to this scene.
Honestly that's probably the best way for a guardsmen to go out when theres drakari and traitor astartes running around. Just a quick slap and lights out
I assumed they were iron hands and was so confused/shocked when they killed the guardsmen. This entire video was amazing to see
(they're iron warriors if anyone else thought the same)
As if Iron Hands care about guardsmen.
Looks like you truly were with the guardsmen, haha
I love how the Terminator felt invulnerable
omg this scene bro bouta make me act up, the way the camera is wobbling and shaking all over the place when the eldar defenders are shown bc they are panicking while the smooth and steady shots depict the iron warrior's efficient, brutal mechanical movements...just goddamn
Despite being traitors to the Imperium, sliding with chaos, the iron warriors still show that they don't always need daemons to do the dirty work.
I like how your cut has double the video views, than official extended trailer. Priceless:)))))
ok as an Iron Warriors fan, it does my heart good to see Iron Warriors, FIGHT! LIKE! IRON WARRIORS IN ANIMATION!!! HOLY GOD THIS IS GREAT!!!!
Man this does iron warriors so good
I think most people complaining about the way the Eldar were picked off so easily weren't giving a full examination of the situation. Their raids are meticulously planned, and with an interruption this big they do not adapt as quickly as you would like to think.
In addition, Drukhari do not do well needing to assault heavily-armored targets across open ground on foot, and you will note that the Iron Warriors placed their shield line in the middle of a very open area, playing to their enemy's weakness.
My main gripe about the scene is that almost none of them attempted a snap shot before they went down. It's not that their deaths were particularly unrealistic, but rather that they seemed to stop fighting back altogether until they got onto their boat.
Plus they didn’t know that the planet had a pack with the Iron Warriors.
Imperial Guard A:"Oh look, space marines!"
Imperial Guard B: " Thank the Emperor!"
Imperial Guard A: "We did our best, space marines!"
Iron Warriors: "We're not that corpse emperor's puppets!"
I am new to Warhammer but the IV legion immediately stood out for me.
Told Horus to stuff it, told the chaos gods to shove it and told the corpse emperor to drop dead.
All the while maintaining their impeccable martial prowess and non chaos corrupted bodies.
The Iron Warriors in their element: Carrying the team since M30.
good music on top of it all, outstanding
This was so badass. Just the cold precision of their tactics. Two steps, stop, fire, repeat. Acting like a well-oiled machine. A legion, one might say.
Admittedly, I thought they were Iron Hands at first. Then I noticed the Terminator had tusks.
The way the drukhari panic because they dont have the equipment for the fight and try to shoot at what would be weak points in the armoro only to hit shields is just beatuliful.
Just got “iron within.. iron without” tattooed on my left wrist
"Babe wake up, new Iron Within song just dropped"
I love how they’re wearing MK2 Crusade pattern armour and MK3 Iron mixed
Slow methodical disciplined this is exactly how I thought it would look like to see iron warriors in battle they move like legionaries
i watched the full thing this morning. loved it
gotta say the Roar of the Bolters here is pretty solid as well I love it.
Guardsmen “oh thank the god emperor you saved us!”
Iron warrior “Oh I wouldn't say freed, more like under new management”
The IV Legio don’t fuck around. Good stuff!
Imagine the Iron Warriors reaction to getting a call for help, from *within* the Imperium?
I love that the guardsman did a proper imperial salute before getting walloped
I'm sure the Guardmen saluting that Iron Warrior confused the absolute fuck out of him for a couple of seconds because I doubt even their own Axuilla forces from the great crusade even saluted them, let alone doing it willingly
Guardsmen: You have saved us!
Iron Warrior: I wouldn’t say saved, more like under new management
I think the iron warrior that smacked the guardsman was more annoyed than anything else.
Long time lurker Janovich and a fan of your animator analysis series. Thanks for taking the effort of showing love and care where it deserves little to none. I wish you could fix the whole thing though 😂 ... Then it would truly be Iron Within and Iron Without.
Thanks!
@@Janovich imagine instead of the Iron warriors, it was the Emperor Children
The broa t the end: 🦅? The iron warrior: 💀
oh, an excerpt from the animated series “Iron Inside”; The Iron Warriors showed themselves in all their glory, in an even formation, slowly and confidently marching towards the enemy; It doesn’t matter that they betrayed, their gene seed was the least affected by the corruption of Chaos (even though they, like other traitors, did not can create new Astartes)
Can't solve the root problem of Eldar being shat on again.
Ahah that brave solo, fool of a guardsmen doing the sign. Loved the shield walk and the commander in the middle, badass. Shows you have bad things are for humans. Those guard thought those were loyal astartes, they had probably never seen one before and never even heard of chaos. So they have no clue as who those guys are and why they start killing them too.
The cold brutality of the 4th Legion.
That incremental advance was as brilliant!
Just goes to show that Iron Warriors are through and through renegades. Chaos forces are mere tools for them, rather than being a slave to it. They still maintain their Legion doctrine and training, which is refreshing to see.
Thank you so much for including the pathetic guardsman getting his cervical obliterated.