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I love it when grunts (doesn't matter the media) are shown to actually be competent in their craft. They don't need to be the best, but good enough to actually show that they had actual TRAINING
In Krieg, their training consists of cadets shooting other cadets with live rounds. Krieg is a meat grinder. They ensure the best of the best are sent out by tossing their guardsmen into a meat grinder and picking out the lucky ones that survived.
I think it really underscores the horror of a lot of these situations. These people are the very best-trained, best-equipped, most disciplined soldiers that the planets of the Imperium had to offer. By today's standards any of them would be the greatest soldiers on the planet. But despite all of the training and equipment they're mowed down en masse. It's terrifying to think about.
What really sets the grim darkness here for me isn’t just the presentation which is all excellent, but the back and forth from kriegsmen performing a manoeuvre perfectly to suddenly an out of nowhere space marine detachment making all that progress pointless before it escalates into a full on battle that’ll probably end in a tie. Typically we’ve seen animations with victories or noble sacrifices but here we really see a glimpse into the difficulty and futility of conflict in 40k, and all in just 5 minutes. Seriously, amazing work here.
@@Janovich You have all kinds of talent...I'd love to see you make something of your own so GWS cant mess with you, plus it'd be cool to see something grimdark yet all new at the same time!!! Excellent work
They're using authentic ww1 storm and infiltration tactics that typically get ignored in media depictions of the war, but that were very effective against trenches. Trenches themselves were far from the most effective defensive system of ww1, but thats another story...
@@randallorndorff i would disagree about the trenches. I belive that for the time it was the best defensive system simply because the constant artillery. I think static strongpoints such as bunkers naturally has their place as well, but the trenches offered the largest amount of protection from shelling (unless you get hit directly). saying its the best at the time is based on the lack of technology for pushing effectively and maintaining supply lines. in a sense I think the best proof for their effectiveness is how widely it was used. I'm fairly certain if they could find a better way or better design they would have resorted to it. however, I would agree that trenches are vulnerable for raids unless supported by machine gun nests, early warning scouts and sharpshooters and not to mentioned barbed wire. I would also agree that defensive lines such as the Maginot Line would be better being a sort of fortified line including bunkers cannons trenches. but outflank-able. however to further prove the usefulness of tranches as a defensive network even against combatants with armor one can look at the finnish against the Russians. note that armor was not easily accessible everywhere but the general use of forcing an enemy to charge a trench seems very dissuading for any force if you have enough defenders in the trench naturally. in short, i personally think the trench especially later war trenches were a decent alternative as opposed to not. especially against enemeies that relay on shelling the general fuck out of you. not all will be safe, but one shell wont wipe out the entire army.
I remember in a comic where some cadians are being chased by Tau there is a sergeant who goes to fall asleep and as soon as he does the Tau attack and he rushed out of his sleeping bag saying “I swear they are watching me”
passion! if you only focus on economy, try to achive the minimum neccesary with the least recourses neccesary, the end product can only be mediocre. the fans are passionate about what they are doing. to GW it is only busines. the time, where GW was passionate, about what they were doing ist over. it is sad, but this is how it is.
Because Warhammer + only cares about money and they will do the least amount of work that gets them any profit. They may or may not have passion but with how they don’t even do much battle reports and such it’s basically saying that it’s all they think your money deserves and you should be happy with what you get.
@@crimsonknight7011 yeah after they crushed all the fan animation instead of embracing it. That let everyone know that all we are to them is dollar signs
@@manuellaslo1282 No... theres something more to it.. Someone there is purposefully making their work turn into shit.. The works these passionate fans create in just months are light years better than what GW has put out with years of work. It honestly feels like there is someone there who takes a piece of gold then drags it through a pile of slaaneshi excrement and puts it out to people just to laugh and say ha ha we got your money now STFU and be greatful we did this much for you.
Your hard work for a full year really shines through in these glorious 5 minutes. Well done man, this was a joy to watch and it’s dripping with atmosphere!
The silence is absolutely deafening in the beginning, something very, very few creators can truly capture. This is a masterpiece in its own right, even if just for the small details.
What 40k so often manages to miss in their content is how people can be batshit insane and still be tactically sound. A Krieger guardsman would charge down a Khornate Beserker with nothing but a bayonet and a complete lack of hesitation, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t also an expert on trench warfare. You captured that here pretty nicely.
Yeah, people meme up the Kriegers as suicidal maniacs that will, given the slightest opportunity, charge an Ork Stompa with nothing but a shovel. But let's not forget that needlessly throwing your Emperor-given life away is a grave sin, so Kriegers will always avoid death, as long as it's not necessary for their mission.
@@zimnylech527 Well see people lapdog suckup GWs piss anywhere they aim, including Kriegs Lore, they are not stupid insane freaks, they are incredibly brave zealous, highly dedicated, focused warriors who have chosen to serve to the highest standard. They are not suicidal, they do not do stupid WW1 charges into open enemy fire, they use tactics, however what defines them, is if THAT was what was needed to win a crucial engagement for sound tactical reasons, they would not shirk from it in the slightest!
I liked that they captured a bunker that was in the path of their approach, this gave their assault some breathing room to advance without being completely cut down.
A friend of mine once said it best: "The Kriegers aren't suicidal, they're fantastic. Suicidal people just want to die, fanatical ones want their death to be worth something."
In all honesty I think the best thing to compare kriegers to is dwarf slayer from warhammer fantasy they want to die but they’re death must cost the enemy as much as possible
"In the cruel dark of the distant evil times, there is only the great war in space" had me absolutely lose it. You've got humour, and it's right up my alley
To be honest, this feels like an extended trailer. Short but awesome and leaving me craving more! Hopefully GW gets their collective heads out of their asses and lets fan content flourish again in the near future.
That quick shot of a Sister in a cell was really nice. It added a haunting darkness to the film and while she didn't show up again - it leaves you to imagine what it must be like to be locked inside a fortress under siege, hearing everything going on outside.
Thats what you took from the whole thing, you not think it would be worse to be fighting in a siege than just being locked up listening to one? you are looking far too deeply into it lol.
Fiction, especially the science flavor of it rarely appreciate or account for the idea of how wars are best fought. By doing the smart thing with minimal resources wasted. Warhammer 40k is genius in the way that wars are fought. The Imperium keeps striving for the best results with minimal losses of critical resources. Trenches are really useful because they turn the ground into a shield for your troops and would surely be much cheaper and easier to set up than some amazing energy shield that needs just what the name implies. Energy. Creating the energy for that likely requires burning fuel. Fuel that could be instead used for vehicles, or to make more energy for lights, cooking and perhaps even heating.
we dont see them cuz they're outdated, I mean tanks were developed in order to break the trench warfare of WW1 so even nowadays no one uses trenches anymore, much less in the future but this is warhammer and logic is not very important in this universe lol
@@jjwang7597 Trench warfare is still used today. It is a great advantage that should not be overlooked. Not sure what country you are in, but western militaries love dig ins and foxholes. We also like shallow trenches left laying around because it can slow enemy advancement.
@@YuGiOhAbridgeFAN Have you heard of smart munitions? Cause those things can accurately hit your target or wherever a commander wants the shell to hit. Then there's drones. Then there's the fact that every military in history tries to come up with a weapon that can break a defense. Why? Cause no one likes a long war. Long wars suck, there's no reason to keep digging long trenches for every kilometer when you could keep on the offensive. Heck, it's even on the Art of War itself. This isn't 1900 where weapons where heavy on the defensive favor. Iraq thought trench warfare would be useful in 1991 and the Coalition thought they'd be losing 30k guys, but it just so happened that warfare changed so much that the Iraqi defenses got curbstomped in only 100 hours. Reason why foxholes are still being used is for infantry to hold ground so the rest of the formation could keep up.
Well recently theres been rumors that GW is starting to regret the whole PURGE thing. Of course this is GW so there never gonna go back to how things use to be but perhaps they will become slightly bit more accepting of warhammer animations. Maybe just force you to sign a NDA where you cant monatize your videos.
@@rebel1717 Hopefully but remember GW tried to copyright claim the word space marine so the idea of them allowing you to make money off a fan animation is dubious.
Who would win?: a multinational billionaire company dedicated to tabletop games, retail and model building that created a franchise with a rich lore that attracted thousands of fans and created one of the biggest fandoms in the world, just to stab them in the back with their ludicrous and preposterous company politics, or A passionate boi obsessed with shovels. Seriously, amazing work dude, i tip my cowboy hat to you.
@@Arnor2207 While perhaps not on the same level, look into Absolutelynothing. He created a decently well made Krieg and was making a Armageddon Steel Legion vid when the whole fiasco came down. Still better than the animations GW made
@@toledochristianmatthew9919 They (GW) are worth well over €10bn today actually. They've been a billion dollar company for some time now, but they have had huge growth over the last 2-3 years after recent restructuring.
“Hanz, remember the day that we kill over 500 heretics and somehow used a 20inch cannon and destroyed 50 chaos marines at the trenches.” Hanz: “yeah…” “Well hanz, they said that you gotta stop overachieving the objective, you know.”
@@DaReaperZ perhaps Hanz is an a transfer guardsman? That's why he doesn't have a number..........Or maybe they just use the name more than the number.
@@alexeibolavik1072 Haha no you aren't, it's fine. I just see the Hans with a z quite often and me being a slight stick in the mud I want people to know the real name uses an 's'. :)
@@Janovich Consider adding some lights, even like...you know, visor-lights and the like, just to help the details stand out a bit more. Its hard to appreciate the art properly when you're struggling to make out just what is what and what is where on-screen. Backlights are your friend. Use pitch black just a little more sparingly I'd say. Other than that, pretty good.
Honestly, Vraks stands as testimony that despite GWs crackdown on Fan animation, there are people who will shine their bright light regardless. Props to you Janovich, and here's to hoping that your future is full of new and interesting adventures
One of the last lights in these truly dark times. We had a goldenage for fananimations and got it killed without glory or mercy. This project is an very good example for what could have been and might still come. Keep it coming, I will watch whatever you put out
I feel like I see astartes inspiration in some of the shots, with how they’re framed, and some of the flow of the scenes. And I’m ALL FOR IT. Like someone else said the community has consistently made higher quality productions for WH40k than actual WH40k. This was amazing and very well made.
I can't help but feel than even in the 41st millennium, idly shining a flashlight out of a front line trench is still the dumbest imaginable thing you could do as a lookout. Instant sniper fodder.
@@Pedro-ho2xj Idk. Why do they use WW1 tactics that are long obsolete even today (let alone in 38k years)? Its fantasy. It doesn't make sense. But apparently they don't have nightvision.
@@cauchyschwarz3295 I can think of a few reasons. In an age where technology is advanced enough to intercept radio waves; if the enemy tries to signal the enemy with radio you can realize that your frontline bunker has been raided and an attack is about to commence. But if instead of an interceptable technology, you just use a flash light that you point towards the friendlies, the enemy you just raided would be clueless about the situation in the bunker. There are times where primitive tactics are harder to track than the modern tactical things we rely on. As for night visions it could be just that they were never issued to Krieg soldiers since they are supposed to die on frontlines, expandable and not worth wasting a NVG on.
@@grimmoire5952 You are trying to make it work, starting from the conclusion. Thats a bad way to reason in general. I get that you like that universe, it delivers awesome and emotionally charged visuals. But none of this makes sense. We have seen the relative decline of armour compared to firepower for centuries now. All the more pronounced today. And it is a tendency that is likely to continue. And that is apart from chemical, biological and nuclear warfare. It is very very unlikely that people 38k years from now would use what is essentially knights in power armour or cavalry charges or slow moving tanks with thick armour. They'd be sitting ducks even today. Maybe look into reactive armour and why it is necessary. I can't imagine what warfare in 38k years would look like, but certainly not like a mix of middle ages and WW1. Warhammer mixes tech and attiudes from different ages for entertainment, not for realism.
Yah the Death Korps are very smart, they just have a great desire to die which results in them running straight at machine guns. They try to accomplish something tho with the sacrifice of their lives so their death isn’t pointless. Also you gotta feel for the Vraks defenders. If you read the story they gave the Death Korps, one of the hardest sons a bitches in the Imperium, a serious beating over and over and over again. The Imperium was gunna call off the siege because it was in a stalemate and they wanted access to the weapons on the planet and probably would have gladly allowed the Vraks defenders to serve as an elite force in the Imperial army (cause even they don’t turn away good fighters). The only real thing the Vraks defenders did was defend their home from an invading army and as far as they knew it was the Death Korps that were on the wrong side (civil wars happen all the time in the imperium when commanders and groups disagree). The thing that screwed them tho was the Chaos Marines arriving because now the Imperium had a reason to continue fighting and there would be no pardoning the defenders.
This is A+ shit man. One thing I really wanna appreciate is that you didn’t focus too much on model quality. After Astartes it feels like people are way too focused on the models when what makes an animation good is the animation (the fluid and weight of animation) The models still look awesome but it’s evident you known what makes a 40K animation good. Good job man
GW should be ashamed of their lives for attempting to silence creativity. Thank you for being a collective of integrity in a universe watched over by shameless dictators.
Almost escaped my eye but that russ at 4:41 does look a lot like a reaver battle tank, given away by it's sleaker gun, more rounded plain turret and only a single flat front plate. The reaver is basically a dollar store russ, only used by 2nd and 3rd grade units so the vracksians definately had a lot of them. Not sure if that was intentional or just the odd result of some free design choices, but if it would just be an insane attention to detail. Great work.
The AT-70 Reaver Battle Tank was indeed a discount Leman Russ, but my question is how and why did the Vraksian Heretics get them? My reason is that the AT-70 is most known for being among the forces of The Blood Pact, a large Chaos force that used ti to supplement a lack of Leman Russes and other Frontline vehicles. Vraks would almost certainly have a decent supply of Russes and Russ variants. Maybe what you saw was a Chimera or other armored vehicle? I'm not saying it CAN'T be an AT-70, just that it seems questionable. Then again, at one point in this campaign Khornate Berserkers were being airdropped onto the frontlines to paste Kriegers. So I guess it'd not totally out of the way for the AT-70 to show...
Amazing attention to fluff details, we can tell exactly when in the Siege we are by what is happening. The Cardinal is still free, which instantly puts us before Zufhor's coup and the Faithless' treachery, and then the counter-attack and drop pod assault tells us Arkos has already called for backup, and the reinforcing warbands are just now making their infamous counter-push.
Right? It was fanmade animations that really got me hooked on the 40k universe. GW should be encouraging creators, not punishing them. I was gonna start buying miniatures until their great purge of TH-cam.
@@johnanderson9026 you can, because of corperations copyright laws have been extended so far it doesnt work. Originally copy right was 30 years or less so it would encourage people to create new things, but thanks to big companies its now the originals creators life +90 years. Why do you think weve reached the point of stagnation with creative properties?
This alone beats everything currently availible on Warhammer+. Thats why they hate creative fans. Fans can make better content for free, than what GW offers for monthly fee. Glorious animation, Sir !
@@planetkc Astartes was originally made by a fan. When Games Workshop consumed and reuploaded it. It had the green tone of corruption in it. GW's corruption.
Honestly I wouldn’t hate Warhammer + if they didn’t go after fan animations and instead let them Flourish. Though they could’ve hired the fan animators to help with the animations. But they should’ve never made a steaming service
I hope that you can continue at some point this project, it's a shame how these beautiful assets will only get used for this short animation. So much potential.
love how it actually has the trenches and lines filled to the brim with soldiers like and actual line would be, other animations struggle to have the scale of number of 40k. This is great work
IF YOU LIKED THIS, CHECK OUT MY OTHER FILM ABOUT BLACK TEMPLARS th-cam.com/video/iYfiR1xO1io/w-d-xo.html Comment: 2021 has been an absolute blast making Vraks and interacting with this great community. Unfortunately the changes of GW IP policies brought a lot of uncertainty for all creators. Uncertainty is the death of creativity, we've all seen some of our favorite creators leave the Warhammer scene over 2021. As for The Siege of Vraks, this change in policy came during production of this film. I've decided the best course of action was to drastically reduce the scale of the final project so that it could be "finished" in a much shorter timeframe. Of course that means that in some sense, it's not really finished at all. As you may have come to understand I had much bigger ambitions for Vraks, but until GW sufficiently changes their policies we'll have to do with these five minutes. If one day they welcome fan creators again, I will happily continue this work of love. Thanks to Legio Symphonica for his impeccable sound design work. He's a real pillar of this community. th-cam.com/users/legiosymphonica Thanks to all the great support I've had over the years. I've learned so much this year and compared to my previous project Sword Brethren I hope my efforts to improve speak for themselves. Really looking forward to the next Cinematic Project starting in 2022. Also the Siege of Vraks Lore video series will continue which you can check out here: th-cam.com/video/caSjtUn_b5U/w-d-xo.html Thank you
How has GW not made a movie like this yet? How are indie animators crushing it so hard but GW hasn't done anything close to this caliber of cool in movie form yet?
There is no incentive for GW to make good quality animations, precisely because amateurs are doing a fine job and if GW spots something they want to use that is fan made they can just take it and use it lol.
because ... budget. Dumping a decent amount of your budget into making the best video quality, with a chance for the money you've spent to not return if it goes wrong, Fans, on the other hand, they don't care. _There is no budget._ Or should I say, the fans simply don't have some worried boss/CEO who is concerned about going over the budget on their projects.
Just came over from the Death of Hope 2 : Closure video by SparksArtifex - Mark Louis Spark. I've got tears in my eyes, anyways, moving on, its not seemly for a huge hairy hobby-fan-monster to cry like this. *Merry Christmas, or whichever holiday you celebrate. Have fun, stay safe.*
If this is just the first episode, can't wait to see the whole series. Otherwise, my compliments for this splendid job of siege combat and best of luck with your next videos. Merry Christmas and happy new year.
@@Janovich * sighs* Helsreach's developer were really the luckiest of you all so far. I wish for you, Sodaz and all the others, to get an employement in actual production that will make GW's directors eat Smurfs' overprized miniatures in anger
@@Janovich SODAZ switched to making Stalker animations, is there another IP that would interest you to animate (Battletech perhaps)? This turned out great by the way, Amazing work as always!
@@Janovich If you( and Sodaz, should you contact him) are interested, there's also a friends of mine that writes awesome stories on Webnovel. I'd love to see them animated.
Being A ww1 nut. You showed the great war in SPAAAACE perfectly. Secondly Being a Canadian WW1 nut, That trench raid was just as deadly as the ones I read up on. Fantastic work and Merry Christmas!
Hey janovich. That was a spectacular short, and I truly think that all of your 3d models were extremely well made. I like your personal design for kreigers better then the official look! Anyway thats all and have a great rest of your day!
I almost feel like I need to apologize, I had to watch it twice. The first time the overall effect was tainted by frustration that this would be all we got until a certain company starts allowing creativity in its fanbase again. It's really good work and I'd have loved to see the rest of what you had planned, and I respect your decision to only do this much and I'm sure all your viewers are grateful for this wonderful segment, but by the Throne I wish we could've gotten the rest.
Ahhh man. This was so freaking cool. The teasers at the end for what we missed out on kills me. Damn it GW!! Really good work Janovich. Thank you for finishing the short version and releasing it, worth the wait alone.
Didn’t have a great Christmas so far having to work for the first time during Christmas and my younger siblings were getting to relax and get gifts while I have to adult not really in the best mood. Then this dropped and suddenly everything was great thanks man happy holidays folks
My brother just passed away last night, due to nurgle's gift...but despite being quite dark and heavy, this here really lifted my mood. Can't really express why, but I guess it's simply how well made all of this is and how fitting the whole atmosphere of the entire video was. So thank you for this christmas gift Janovich, you really made something incredible here.
Fun fact:the tactic the krieg used is the same tactic that is used by german in WW1 its commonly used by the stormtrooper ( not the one who cant hit sherlock ) they first send a small raid into the enemy trench and make some distraction while also removing blockades such as barbed wire when they are done they send a signal into friendly trench to call in their main forces If you want full explanation search it
This is one of the best representation of krieg in animations I’ve ever seen. I’m tired of them being used as pretty much a wehraboo’s wet dream in animations.
This is fantastic. Perfectly captures the constant warfare on Vraks, and I _love_ the vehicles you rendered! That view of the Titan stepping over the trenches was jaw-dropping.
I'm stuck in my room since I managed to get omicron literally two days ago, so this is a nice surprise/distraction from hearing my family celebrating downstairs.
It’s amazing how a small team or individual person can create this, absolutely amazing. I’m always impressed how someone with this small team and budget can push out animation better then any big budget studio.
That ended up being really good mate, bloody good job! Too sad that the all consuming moloch stands between you and a bigger project... but awesome that you still finished this! I just hope the snitches at GW won't find this, even tho it's unlikely.
@@xenocyde8498 they are kinda forced to do that because of how stupid UK copyright law is. It doesn't allow for parody and fair use like US law does and forces companies to proactively protect their IPs or risk loosing them.
@@xenocyde8498 so are you saying they shouldn't have offered artists jobs with their company? Having to pay for content isn't something that just GW does. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney +, and others are all pay for content. The difference is that GW isn't a large media empire like the others. Honestly most of the complaints I've seen boil down to "how dare I have to pay for a hobby, I should be getting things for free"
@@erwin669 the hell you on about? and no its not something just gw does the problem is gw doesnt know what the hell they are doing, they killed free advertisement , if you are to review their product under gw's permission you are not allowed to say anything negative and model painters that wanted a carrier in painting already had one on youtube no new jobs were made and many animators gw hired are apparently not happy with their choices to sign up with gw but stay because its the only way they can make animations for 40k anymore... at least based off what i was able to find/hear while looking into... no promises this is true but honestly i would not be surprised but regardless what is your issue with me having my perspective based off of gw's choices they have made and personally i dont agree with them if your upset by then gladly keep it to yourself because i simply do not care to waste anymore time on this discussion and no im not trying to be rude about this... i simply do not wish to argue any more then this over im at this point far done with
This is a light in the darkness that is today. The memories of the stories told about Vraks. For heroes that were unnamed dying in their thousands just to secure a poisiton that is not known if it'll be worth it. Amazing work brother!
I thought this was going to be one of those one sided Krieg fanboy film but that didn't happen. Really enjoyed the animation bro, appreciated watching it
Really good work! I really liked how you didn't just fall into the classic trope of, "WWI tactics just means glorious charges mowed down by MGs." In the middle act you showed a trench raid (which are very important in trench warfare) that in turn paved the way for what could've been a successful assault. And they would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for meddling Chaos Marines!
"Nobody expects the Death Corps of Krieg!" Also the reason the guardsman stabbed the Vraks guard was because there's a difference between mostly dead and all dead!
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Will the models used in these videos ever be made available, would love to port those landers into arma 3
@@poisonsteak5746 Many of them already are
Dude, how much dollar do I need to pay you to make an animation like your quality in my Universe. In willing to pay.
Ah, yes Vraks it was one of the best wars I was in
has a 'Madworld' kinda style to it. great stuff bro!
I love it when grunts (doesn't matter the media) are shown to actually be competent in their craft. They don't need to be the best, but good enough to actually show that they had actual TRAINING
These are men of Krieg they are the greatest
In Krieg, their training consists of cadets shooting other cadets with live rounds. Krieg is a meat grinder. They ensure the best of the best are sent out by tossing their guardsmen into a meat grinder and picking out the lucky ones that survived.
I think it really underscores the horror of a lot of these situations. These people are the very best-trained, best-equipped, most disciplined soldiers that the planets of the Imperium had to offer. By today's standards any of them would be the greatest soldiers on the planet. But despite all of the training and equipment they're mowed down en masse. It's terrifying to think about.
@@mangofandango665 yessir
Are you saying that since disney aquired star wars we havent seen a single competent stormtrooper... because you'd be right :-'(
What really sets the grim darkness here for me isn’t just the presentation which is all excellent, but the back and forth from kriegsmen performing a manoeuvre perfectly to suddenly an out of nowhere space marine detachment making all that progress pointless before it escalates into a full on battle that’ll probably end in a tie. Typically we’ve seen animations with victories or noble sacrifices but here we really see a glimpse into the difficulty and futility of conflict in 40k, and all in just 5 minutes. Seriously, amazing work here.
Thank you brother :)
@@Janovich That twist really caught me off-guard, and was excellently done. :D Wonderful animation!
@@crimsonquill4255 Damn near broke my heart. I thought the shovels did a good, but then the Alpha Legion ballsed it up
you make it sound like the age of mythology cinematic intro
@@Janovich You have all kinds of talent...I'd love to see you make something of your own so GWS cant mess with you, plus it'd be cool to see something grimdark yet all new at the same time!!! Excellent work
I love the trench raid rather than just having a mindless charge into the bunker! The Death Korps may be crazy, but that doesn't mean they're crazy.
Fancy seeing you here Brandon
They are zealous, not crazy. They Will die just so they can shoot at a world eater for half a second.
Crazy doesn't mean stupid! XD
They're using authentic ww1 storm and infiltration tactics that typically get ignored in media depictions of the war, but that were very effective against trenches. Trenches themselves were far from the most effective defensive system of ww1, but thats another story...
@@randallorndorff i would disagree about the trenches. I belive that for the time it was the best defensive system simply because the constant artillery. I think static strongpoints such as bunkers naturally has their place as well, but the trenches offered the largest amount of protection from shelling (unless you get hit directly). saying its the best at the time is based on the lack of technology for pushing effectively and maintaining supply lines. in a sense I think the best proof for their effectiveness is how widely it was used. I'm fairly certain if they could find a better way or better design they would have resorted to it. however, I would agree that trenches are vulnerable for raids unless supported by machine gun nests, early warning scouts and sharpshooters and not to mentioned barbed wire. I would also agree that defensive lines such as the Maginot Line would be better being a sort of fortified line including bunkers cannons trenches. but outflank-able.
however to further prove the usefulness of tranches as a defensive network even against combatants with armor one can look at the finnish against the Russians. note that armor was not easily accessible everywhere but the general use of forcing an enemy to charge a trench seems very dissuading for any force if you have enough defenders in the trench naturally. in short, i personally think the trench especially later war trenches were a decent alternative as opposed to not. especially against enemeies that relay on shelling the general fuck out of you. not all will be safe, but one shell wont wipe out the entire army.
Never, in the history of 40k history, have I seen a man sleep
A truly revolutionary film!
haha lol thanks
I remember in a comic where some cadians are being chased by Tau there is a sergeant who goes to fall asleep and as soon as he does the Tau attack and he rushed out of his sleeping bag saying “I swear they are watching me”
@@crimsonknight7011 monitoring the enemy’s sleep schedule for the greater good
They lost the STC for sleep in M38
I've seen squigs sleep once
How is it that individual fans consistently produce higher quality content than all the resources marshalled by Warhammer Plus...
passion!
if you only focus on economy, try to achive the minimum neccesary with the least recourses neccesary, the end product can only be mediocre. the fans are passionate about what they are doing. to GW it is only busines. the time, where GW was passionate, about what they were doing ist over. it is sad, but this is how it is.
Because Warhammer + only cares about money and they will do the least amount of work that gets them any profit. They may or may not have passion but with how they don’t even do much battle reports and such it’s basically saying that it’s all they think your money deserves and you should be happy with what you get.
@@crimsonknight7011 yeah after they crushed all the fan animation instead of embracing it. That let everyone know that all we are to them is dollar signs
and we lost Astartes.
@@manuellaslo1282 No... theres something more to it.. Someone there is purposefully making their work turn into shit.. The works these passionate fans create in just months are light years better than what GW has put out with years of work. It honestly feels like there is someone there who takes a piece of gold then drags it through a pile of slaaneshi excrement and puts it out to people just to laugh and say ha ha we got your money now STFU and be greatful we did this much for you.
Your hard work for a full year really shines through in these glorious 5 minutes. Well done man, this was a joy to watch and it’s dripping with atmosphere!
It was truly worth the wait.
Game workshop is crap tho, this should have been so much better but GW ruined it
@Delna Feta **equips holy chastity belt**
The Emperor Protects
Instead of praising your work...
...the suits at GW absolutely hate your guts now.
And i'm sad this is so.
Yeah and he made it clear GW can’t touch him at the opening lol
In life: War
In Death: Peace
In Life: Shame
In Death: Atonement
In court: vengeance
@@Janovich Hotel : Trivago.
In-grown: toenail.
In Heretic: Shovel
Enemy Position: Bombardment
Artillary Fire: Hans Vibing
Priceless
Now this is a Christmas gift right here.
Christmas isn't even celebrated where I live but I already feel merry.
@@mikeg8564 The only resemblance is that both battles involve the siege of a fortress.
That's the spirit, just feel happy with whatever gift some may give you and pass a nice day with friends and family.
@@THExRISER oh, my bad i replied to the wrong comment
@@jetpilledmyron2056 absolutely this was a gift. Merry Christmas
@@mikeg8564 Oh no worries.
Merry Christmas.
The silence is absolutely deafening in the beginning, something very, very few creators can truly capture. This is a masterpiece in its own right, even if just for the small details.
Thank you :)
What 40k so often manages to miss in their content is how people can be batshit insane and still be tactically sound.
A Krieger guardsman would charge down a Khornate Beserker with nothing but a bayonet and a complete lack of hesitation, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t also an expert on trench warfare.
You captured that here pretty nicely.
Yeah, people meme up the Kriegers as suicidal maniacs that will, given the slightest opportunity, charge an Ork Stompa with nothing but a shovel.
But let's not forget that needlessly throwing your Emperor-given life away is a grave sin, so Kriegers will always avoid death, as long as it's not necessary for their mission.
@@zimnylech527 Well see people lapdog suckup GWs piss anywhere they aim, including Kriegs Lore, they are not stupid insane freaks, they are incredibly brave zealous, highly dedicated, focused warriors who have chosen to serve to the highest standard. They are not suicidal, they do not do stupid WW1 charges into open enemy fire, they use tactics, however what defines them, is if THAT was what was needed to win a crucial engagement for sound tactical reasons, they would not shirk from it in the slightest!
I liked that they captured a bunker that was in the path of their approach, this gave their assault some breathing room to advance without being completely cut down.
A friend of mine once said it best:
"The Kriegers aren't suicidal, they're fantastic. Suicidal people just want to die, fanatical ones want their death to be worth something."
In all honesty I think the best thing to compare kriegers to is dwarf slayer from warhammer fantasy they want to die but they’re death must cost the enemy as much as possible
Remember. All of this could have been avoided if the Vindicare Assassin's shot had penetrated Cardinal Xaphan's refractor shield.
Even space marines have what, maybe 10 for an entire company.
Good that it didn't then.
Or you know, double tapped.
And not had to go through a marble column.
A device of which they are trained to deal with, and if I remember right have bullets explicitly for
"In the cruel dark of the distant evil times, there is only the great war in space" had me absolutely lose it.
You've got humour, and it's right up my alley
on that line the like button shined
I was going to buy a bunch of their books, screw GW, they are chaos looking for a dollar
In the nasty obscurity of the after right now, there is only skirmishing.
chinese bootleg 40k be like
I love the BattleFlail 30G universe
To be honest, this feels like an extended trailer. Short but awesome and leaving me craving more! Hopefully GW gets their collective heads out of their asses and lets fan content flourish again in the near future.
Yes. It does feels like a trailer lol
"Hopefully GW gets their collective heads out of their asses"
It will not happen unless people stop buying their products
@@zenosaracino8678 Some of us have.
@@Pooknottin Unfortunately just "some" isn't enough.
@@baconcommando2454 Well I can only be me. If others want to buy their crap stuff I can only point out how it wasn't always crap.
That quick shot of a Sister in a cell was really nice. It added a haunting darkness to the film and while she didn't show up again - it leaves you to imagine what it must be like to be locked inside a fortress under siege, hearing everything going on outside.
Thats what you took from the whole thing, you not think it would be worse to be fighting in a siege than just being locked up listening to one? you are looking far too deeply into it lol.
He didn’t say it was worse, just saying to imagine what it would be like. It’s a different kind of torment
@@Long-Horse stories can have layers
@@K1NKYN1NJA like Shrek?
@@Long-Horse Fighting in a siege can grant you a quicker death which I wouldn't say is worse than being locked up.
This made me realize how rarely we see trench raids in fiction. I'm glad for it.
Fiction, especially the science flavor of it rarely appreciate or account for the idea of how wars are best fought. By doing the smart thing with minimal resources wasted.
Warhammer 40k is genius in the way that wars are fought. The Imperium keeps striving for the best results with minimal losses of critical resources.
Trenches are really useful because they turn the ground into a shield for your troops and would surely be much cheaper and easier to set up than some amazing energy shield that needs just what the name implies. Energy. Creating the energy for that likely requires burning fuel.
Fuel that could be instead used for vehicles, or to make more energy for lights, cooking and perhaps even heating.
we dont see them cuz they're outdated, I mean tanks were developed in order to break the trench warfare of WW1 so even nowadays no one uses trenches anymore, much less in the future
but this is warhammer and logic is not very important in this universe lol
@@jjwang7597 Trench warfare is still used today. It is a great advantage that should not be overlooked.
Not sure what country you are in, but western militaries love dig ins and foxholes. We also like shallow trenches left laying around because it can slow enemy advancement.
@@YuGiOhAbridgeFAN Have you heard of smart munitions? Cause those things can accurately hit your target or wherever a commander wants the shell to hit. Then there's drones.
Then there's the fact that every military in history tries to come up with a weapon that can break a defense. Why? Cause no one likes a long war. Long wars suck, there's no reason to keep digging long trenches for every kilometer when you could keep on the offensive. Heck, it's even on the Art of War itself. This isn't 1900 where weapons where heavy on the defensive favor. Iraq thought trench warfare would be useful in 1991 and the Coalition thought they'd be losing 30k guys, but it just so happened that warfare changed so much that the Iraqi defenses got curbstomped in only 100 hours.
Reason why foxholes are still being used is for infantry to hold ground so the rest of the formation could keep up.
@@jjwang7597 Tanks were able to break a 4 year stalemate, not breack trench warfare itself.
It's people like this who bring Warhammer to life, keep up the great work my man. Even if GW won't support you, we will.
Well recently theres been rumors that GW is starting to regret the whole PURGE thing. Of course this is GW so there never gonna go back to how things use to be but perhaps they will become slightly bit more accepting of warhammer animations. Maybe just force you to sign a NDA where you cant monatize your videos.
@@Prophetofthe8thLegion or hopefully allow monetization, but sign an agreement that states that your work isn’t canon with 40K lore.
@@rebel1717 Hopefully but remember GW tried to copyright claim the word space marine so the idea of them allowing you to make money off a fan animation is dubious.
@@Prophetofthe8thLegion They're the epitome of pettiness. They don't see fans only consumers. Their creation is amazing, GW itself though...
Warhammer? What is this HammerWar you speak of? This is an original works inspired by various franchises!
This is phenomenally well-made. Your work will be remembered as such, Godspeed jano.
Thanks! Merry christmas
i dowloaded the video just in case
@@Janovich archive this on other platforms just in case GW sends their goons
Merry christmas saludo de argentina
@@Janovich if the the video copyright striked by YT/GW .ill share it in your discored
Who would win?: a multinational billionaire company dedicated to tabletop games, retail and model building that created a franchise with a rich lore that attracted thousands of fans and created one of the biggest fandoms in the world, just to stab them in the back with their ludicrous and preposterous company politics, or
A passionate boi obsessed with shovels.
Seriously, amazing work dude, i tip my cowboy hat to you.
Sodaz/Siama/janovitch Did this in a cave with rocks and bits of metal!
But sir, we're not them, we're just games workshop!
Games workshop? Billion dollar cimpany? More like million dollar. They aren't that rich.
@@Arnor2207 While perhaps not on the same level, look into Absolutelynothing. He created a decently well made Krieg and was making a Armageddon Steel Legion vid when the whole fiasco came down.
Still better than the animations GW made
@@toledochristianmatthew9919 They (GW) are worth well over €10bn today actually. They've been a billion dollar company for some time now, but they have had huge growth over the last 2-3 years after recent restructuring.
Shovel boi for sure
“Hanz, remember the day that we kill over 500 heretics and somehow used a 20inch cannon and destroyed 50 chaos marines at the trenches.”
Hanz: “yeah…”
“Well hanz, they said that you gotta stop overachieving the objective, you know.”
Hanz isn't the name you're looking for. Hanz would likely be extremely rare.
@@DaReaperZ perhaps Hanz is an a transfer guardsman? That's why he doesn't have a number..........Or maybe they just use the name more than the number.
@@alexeibolavik1072 I was saying it's probably the name "Hans" he was thinking of.
@@DaReaperZ Ah. I'm so fucking stupid. sorry my bad.
@@alexeibolavik1072 Haha no you aren't, it's fine. I just see the Hans with a z quite often and me being a slight stick in the mud I want people to know the real name uses an 's'. :)
So there is a loop hole. May it forever remain open.
Amazing work. It's pieces like this that keep me coming back to this fandom.
Theres no loop hole. Gw lawyers can still attack at any moment
I hope to god you didn’t over-darken the whole animation. The detail you put in will be amazing if we can see it!
I tried really hard, but i couldnt make it any darker :']
Watch it before you start the Gamma kvetching.
@@Janovich how much should i gather so you could do an entire film about vraks?
@@Janovich Consider adding some lights, even like...you know, visor-lights and the like, just to help the details stand out a bit more. Its hard to appreciate the art properly when you're struggling to make out just what is what and what is where on-screen. Backlights are your friend. Use pitch black just a little more sparingly I'd say. Other than that, pretty good.
Seirge of vawws
Honestly, Vraks stands as testimony that despite GWs crackdown on Fan animation, there are people who will shine their bright light regardless.
Props to you Janovich, and here's to hoping that your future is full of new and interesting adventures
One of the last lights in these truly dark times. We had a goldenage for fananimations and got it killed without glory or mercy.
This project is an very good example for what could have been and might still come.
Keep it coming, I will watch whatever you put out
I feel like I see astartes inspiration in some of the shots, with how they’re framed, and some of the flow of the scenes. And I’m ALL FOR IT.
Like someone else said the community has consistently made higher quality productions for WH40k than actual WH40k.
This was amazing and very well made.
Thank you thats a great compliment!
@@Janovich and it is very much deserved, seriously enjoyable!
Can’t wait to see more.
I can't help but feel than even in the 41st millennium, idly shining a flashlight out of a front line trench is still the dumbest imaginable thing you could do as a lookout. Instant sniper fodder.
And yet you need to see. Sometimes a dumb thing to do can still be without alternative.
@@cauchyschwarz3295 why don't they have night vision goggles?
@@Pedro-ho2xj Idk. Why do they use WW1 tactics that are long obsolete even today (let alone in 38k years)?
Its fantasy. It doesn't make sense. But apparently they don't have nightvision.
@@cauchyschwarz3295 I can think of a few reasons. In an age where technology is advanced enough to intercept radio waves; if the enemy tries to signal the enemy with radio you can realize that your frontline bunker has been raided and an attack is about to commence.
But if instead of an interceptable technology, you just use a flash light that you point towards the friendlies, the enemy you just raided would be clueless about the situation in the bunker.
There are times where primitive tactics are harder to track than the modern tactical things we rely on.
As for night visions it could be just that they were never issued to Krieg soldiers since they are supposed to die on frontlines, expandable and not worth wasting a NVG on.
@@grimmoire5952 You are trying to make it work, starting from the conclusion. Thats a bad way to reason in general. I get that you like that universe, it delivers awesome and emotionally charged visuals.
But none of this makes sense. We have seen the relative decline of armour compared to firepower for centuries now. All the more pronounced today. And it is a tendency that is likely to continue.
And that is apart from chemical, biological and nuclear warfare. It is very very unlikely that people 38k years from now would use what is essentially knights in power armour or cavalry charges or slow moving tanks with thick armour. They'd be sitting ducks even today. Maybe look into reactive armour and why it is necessary. I can't imagine what warfare in 38k years would look like, but certainly not like a mix of middle ages and WW1.
Warhammer mixes tech and attiudes from different ages for entertainment, not for realism.
Love how you showed off how the death korps weren’t a bunch of idiots. The best part in my opinion is when the alpha legion appear
Absolutely
whats death korps they are all alpharius
Yah the Death Korps are very smart, they just have a great desire to die which results in them running straight at machine guns. They try to accomplish something tho with the sacrifice of their lives so their death isn’t pointless.
Also you gotta feel for the Vraks defenders. If you read the story they gave the Death Korps, one of the hardest sons a bitches in the Imperium, a serious beating over and over and over again. The Imperium was gunna call off the siege because it was in a stalemate and they wanted access to the weapons on the planet and probably would have gladly allowed the Vraks defenders to serve as an elite force in the Imperial army (cause even they don’t turn away good fighters). The only real thing the Vraks defenders did was defend their home from an invading army and as far as they knew it was the Death Korps that were on the wrong side (civil wars happen all the time in the imperium when commanders and groups disagree). The thing that screwed them tho was the Chaos Marines arriving because now the Imperium had a reason to continue fighting and there would be no pardoning the defenders.
Was that the alpha legion or thousand sons?
@@danny9008 yes
This is A+ shit man. One thing I really wanna appreciate is that you didn’t focus too much on model quality. After Astartes it feels like people are way too focused on the models when what makes an animation good is the animation (the fluid and weight of animation) The models still look awesome but it’s evident you known what makes a 40K animation good. Good job man
This was incredible. As a brother Warhammer fan, I applaud you with all I am able!
Thanks! Merry christmas
For those who knows the siege of Vraks..... There is alot of nice detail thrown into this... Amazing job!
GW should be ashamed of their lives for attempting to silence creativity. Thank you for being a collective of integrity in a universe watched over by shameless dictators.
Almost escaped my eye but that russ at 4:41 does look a lot like a reaver battle tank, given away by it's sleaker gun, more rounded plain turret and only a single flat front plate.
The reaver is basically a dollar store russ, only used by 2nd and 3rd grade units so the vracksians definately had a lot of them. Not sure if that was intentional or just the odd result of some free design choices, but if it would just be an insane attention to detail. Great work.
The AT-70 Reaver Battle Tank was indeed a discount Leman Russ, but my question is how and why did the Vraksian Heretics get them?
My reason is that the AT-70 is most known for being among the forces of The Blood Pact, a large Chaos force that used ti to supplement a lack of Leman Russes and other Frontline vehicles.
Vraks would almost certainly have a decent supply of Russes and Russ variants. Maybe what you saw was a Chimera or other armored vehicle?
I'm not saying it CAN'T be an AT-70, just that it seems questionable.
Then again, at one point in this campaign Khornate Berserkers were being airdropped onto the frontlines to paste Kriegers. So I guess it'd not totally out of the way for the AT-70 to show...
Something about the shaders and animation gives this the feel of those old stop-motion movies, like they're real miniatures being filmed, I love it!
I thought the exact same.
I really appreciate your work. Best christmas present.
may or may not have a shovel in hand and gasmask on my belt for the occasion ...
Amazing attention to fluff details, we can tell exactly when in the Siege we are by what is happening. The Cardinal is still free, which instantly puts us before Zufhor's coup and the Faithless' treachery, and then the counter-attack and drop pod assault tells us Arkos has already called for backup, and the reinforcing warbands are just now making their infamous counter-push.
100% corrrect
Easily one of the top Warhammer animations of all time.
This was honestly really well done, and very detailed. Too bad GWS are being such cocks about fanmade animations, they could learn a lot from this
Right? It was fanmade animations that really got me hooked on the 40k universe. GW should be encouraging creators, not punishing them. I was gonna start buying miniatures until their great purge of TH-cam.
You can blame shitty modern copyright laws for that.
@@deezboyeed6764 you really cant, gw did this copyright thing to corner their animation for warhammer+.
They have only issued I think 1 c&d so far they really aren't being bad about it
@@johnanderson9026 you can, because of corperations copyright laws have been extended so far it doesnt work. Originally copy right was 30 years or less so it would encourage people to create new things, but thanks to big companies its now the originals creators life +90 years. Why do you think weve reached the point of stagnation with creative properties?
It makes me happy that for over 40,000 years Calvary charges with lances still happen
Explosive lances
As a lancer it always puts a smile on my face
Those horses are basically flesh tanks, they are genetically modified into fucking spacemarine grade beasts.
This alone beats everything currently availible on Warhammer+. Thats why they hate creative fans. Fans can make better content for free, than what GW offers for monthly fee. Glorious animation, Sir !
So you are saying this beats Astartes?
@@planetkc Astartes was originally made by a fan. When Games Workshop consumed and reuploaded it. It had the green tone of corruption in it. GW's corruption.
@@planetkc you mean bastardised GW version
@@planetkc I think you’re brave, not many would willingly look like a total Spergberg but you, you did it!
#Thanks4theEntertainment
Honestly I wouldn’t hate Warhammer + if they didn’t go after fan animations and instead let them Flourish. Though they could’ve hired the fan animators to help with the animations. But they should’ve never made a steaming service
I hope that you can continue at some point this project, it's a shame how these beautiful assets will only get used for this short animation.
So much potential.
yep
love how it actually has the trenches and lines filled to the brim with soldiers like and actual line would be, other animations struggle to have the scale of number of 40k. This is great work
A short but sweet work. I look forward to more quality things like this from you!
Thank you
Fuck GW, creators like this are what keep the hobby alive.
The whole point of wathammer minis is to be creative and put work on something you like, when iy became just for profit, they loset their origens
IF YOU LIKED THIS, CHECK OUT MY OTHER FILM ABOUT BLACK TEMPLARS
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Comment:
2021 has been an absolute blast making Vraks and interacting with this great community.
Unfortunately the changes of GW IP policies brought a lot of uncertainty for all creators. Uncertainty is the death of creativity, we've all seen some of our favorite creators leave the Warhammer scene over 2021. As for The Siege of Vraks, this change in policy came during production of this film. I've decided the best course of action was to drastically reduce the scale of the final project so that it could be "finished" in a much shorter timeframe. Of course that means that in some sense, it's not really finished at all. As you may have come to understand I had much bigger ambitions for Vraks, but until GW sufficiently changes their policies we'll have to do with these five minutes. If one day they welcome fan creators again, I will happily continue this work of love.
Thanks to Legio Symphonica for his impeccable sound design work. He's a real pillar of this community.
th-cam.com/users/legiosymphonica
Thanks to all the great support I've had over the years. I've learned so much this year and compared to my previous project Sword Brethren I hope my efforts to improve speak for themselves.
Really looking forward to the next Cinematic Project starting in 2022.
Also the Siege of Vraks Lore video series will continue which you can check out here:
th-cam.com/video/caSjtUn_b5U/w-d-xo.html
Thank you
Can't wait for your other projects
You should checkout BattleTech or maybe “Iron Kingdoms” think they both leave soon room for fans.
@@Br1cht have my eyes on battletech, slowly consuming the lore. Enjoyed that Jade Falcon cartoon haha
Why not just upload the whole thing 5 minutes at a time. You get to upload the whole thing and get around GWs dumb guidelines
@@naomipeay5277 The problem is ge can still take them down whenever they want
Janovich: "With the new IP policy changes, I am DONE making 40k content."
Janovich, a few months later:
How has GW not made a movie like this yet? How are indie animators crushing it so hard but GW hasn't done anything close to this caliber of cool in movie form yet?
Why bother making quality when you can deliver cheap crap, knowing fans will buy nonetheless because of the 40K label?
There is no incentive for GW to make good quality animations, precisely because amateurs are doing a fine job and if GW spots something they want to use that is fan made they can just take it and use it lol.
They tried with Ultramarines, but it's so shit that the whole movie is on TH-cam for free.
because ... budget.
Dumping a decent amount of your budget into making the best video quality, with a chance for the money you've spent to not return if it goes wrong,
Fans, on the other hand, they don't care. _There is no budget._ Or should I say, the fans simply don't have some worried boss/CEO who is concerned about going over the budget on their projects.
let's this day be forever remembered in the pages of history and the halls of heroes
Thanks man. Merry christmas! Thanks for the donation
Just came over from the Death of Hope 2 : Closure video by SparksArtifex - Mark Louis Spark.
I've got tears in my eyes, anyways, moving on, its not seemly for a huge hairy hobby-fan-monster to cry like this.
*Merry Christmas, or whichever holiday you celebrate. Have fun, stay safe.*
Ill watch that video asap!
@@Janovich merry Christmas Janovich.
See you in a few minutes for the launch of Vraks.
Watched both these videos back to back. GW killing these incredible fan projects is utmost shameful.
Thanks for creating this for us!
Merry Christmas!
When that warhound walks over firing it's mega bolter I got the chills. You done good!.
Это шедевр. От русского сообщества вархаммер низкий поклон
spasiba
@@Janovich :)
@@Janovich Тебе спасибо за твой труд
If this is just the first episode, can't wait to see the whole series. Otherwise, my compliments for this splendid job of siege combat and best of luck with your next videos. Merry Christmas and happy new year.
There wont be a whole series unless GW removes fan film from zero tolerance list
@@Janovich * sighs* Helsreach's developer were really the luckiest of you all so far. I wish for you, Sodaz and all the others, to get an employement in actual production that will make GW's directors eat Smurfs' overprized miniatures in anger
@@Janovich SODAZ switched to making Stalker animations, is there another IP that would interest you to animate (Battletech perhaps)?
This turned out great by the way, Amazing work as always!
Yeh Iron Harvest is first on the list
@@Janovich If you( and Sodaz, should you contact him) are interested, there's also a friends of mine that writes awesome stories on Webnovel. I'd love to see them animated.
So glad to have watched this when it premiered, even if it was so tragically short. Damn you GW!
No it was going to be a much longer video, but GWs new IP policy made him only do a 5 minute video. Screw GW.
That moment when you realize one man had made a better animation than a company that have dozens of animators
The worst part about this animation is that it ends, would love to see a continuation
Absolutely outstanding. Ironically, Vraks is a beacon of hope in these dark days.
Блять, это было охуенно. Из 100% контента 90% мрачной пафосной темноты, люблю за это ваху
В левой руке чоппа, в правой руке дакка, мой пиар-менеджер...
@@HTWW Газкул Урук Трака
Ok
Yes! I've waited all year for this!
I hope you get the chance to continue this in the future
The sound of that Titan gave me full body chills. It was like a foghorn but with almost a choral change in tone as it went on
The trench defense line with pillboxes in front of a GIANT CASTLE ON A MOUNTAIN, THAT CAN BE TARGETED BY DIRECT FIRE is a very WH40K idea!!!
A fine Sanguinala present we wake up to :3. Happy Sanguinala! Merry Christmas!
Being A ww1 nut. You showed the great war in SPAAAACE perfectly. Secondly Being a Canadian WW1 nut, That trench raid was just as deadly as the ones I read up on. Fantastic work and Merry Christmas!
and Canadia stands, sir!
@@szymond3408 I am actually making a Mountie themed Guard regiment. If I could post pictures….
Canadians are literally the Cadians in 40k
Hey janovich. That was a spectacular short, and I truly think that all of your 3d models were extremely well made. I like your personal design for kreigers better then the official look! Anyway thats all and have a great rest of your day!
Thank you. Merry christmas
I swear brother, it gets better every time I watch it.
Nice
The Adeptus Sororitas in the cell was a nice detail.
I only have one issue with the film.. There's not enough of it!! Love your work man, best wishes
The Emperor Protects.
Yes... *he does*
I almost feel like I need to apologize, I had to watch it twice. The first time the overall effect was tainted by frustration that this would be all we got until a certain company starts allowing creativity in its fanbase again. It's really good work and I'd have loved to see the rest of what you had planned, and I respect your decision to only do this much and I'm sure all your viewers are grateful for this wonderful segment, but by the Throne I wish we could've gotten the rest.
prepare to be assimilated into the 40k collective
and have your creativity stifled immeasurably
I love how this shows off both the Krieg and the Alpha Legion perfectly!
My oiled abs *quiver* with excitement
Best Christmas present
I bodily need another 2 hours of this, Sir. Outstanding job! Merry Christmas!
I bodily need it too
Merry christmas
@@Janovich love your work, mate. As a fellow krieg player I think you perfectly captured them here.
Did anyone else get an Alien (Ridley Scott) vibe from the intro? Love the small details they all go together to make something kick ass!
Ahhh man. This was so freaking cool. The teasers at the end for what we missed out on kills me. Damn it GW!!
Really good work Janovich. Thank you for finishing the short version and releasing it, worth the wait alone.
The build-up, the sound effects, the pacing - your filmmaking skills really shined through. This was so worth the wait.
Didn’t have a great Christmas so far having to work for the first time during Christmas and my younger siblings were getting to relax and get gifts while I have to adult not really in the best mood. Then this dropped and suddenly everything was great thanks man happy holidays folks
Merry christmas hope you will still have a good time
My brother just passed away last night, due to nurgle's gift...but despite being quite dark and heavy, this here really lifted my mood. Can't really express why, but I guess it's simply how well made all of this is and how fitting the whole atmosphere of the entire video was. So thank you for this christmas gift Janovich, you really made something incredible here.
Thank you. Condolences brother
Fun fact:the tactic the krieg used is the same tactic that is used by german in WW1 its commonly used by the stormtrooper ( not the one who cant hit sherlock ) they first send a small raid into the enemy trench and make some distraction while also removing blockades such as barbed wire when they are done they send a signal into friendly trench to call in their main forces
If you want full explanation search it
This is one of the best representation of krieg in animations I’ve ever seen.
I’m tired of them being used as pretty much a wehraboo’s wet dream in animations.
This is fantastic. Perfectly captures the constant warfare on Vraks, and I _love_ the vehicles you rendered! That view of the Titan stepping over the trenches was jaw-dropping.
I'm stuck in my room since I managed to get omicron literally two days ago, so this is a nice surprise/distraction from hearing my family celebrating downstairs.
Get well soon. Merry christmas
Amazing animation. Absolutely stunning. Your work is deffinately paying off.
Thank you :)
It’s amazing how a small team or individual person can create this, absolutely amazing. I’m always impressed how someone with this small team and budget can push out animation better then any big budget studio.
This was made by one man, and yet better than most of what I’ve seen
That ended up being really good mate, bloody good job! Too sad that the all consuming moloch stands between you and a bigger project... but awesome that you still finished this! I just hope the snitches at GW won't find this, even tho it's unlikely.
It kills me that gw is responsible for this series not continuing
@kira he said he won't keep working on it unless GW stops cracking down on fan projects.
@@lamogio7938 yup its sad gw chose to start going down a path of baffling bad choices
@@xenocyde8498 they are kinda forced to do that because of how stupid UK copyright law is. It doesn't allow for parody and fair use like US law does and forces companies to proactively protect their IPs or risk loosing them.
@@xenocyde8498 so are you saying they shouldn't have offered artists jobs with their company? Having to pay for content isn't something that just GW does. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney +, and others are all pay for content. The difference is that GW isn't a large media empire like the others. Honestly most of the complaints I've seen boil down to "how dare I have to pay for a hobby, I should be getting things for free"
@@erwin669 the hell you on about? and no its not something just gw does the problem is gw doesnt know what the hell they are doing, they killed free advertisement , if you are to review their product under gw's permission you are not allowed to say anything negative and model painters that wanted a carrier in painting already had one on youtube no new jobs were made and many animators gw hired are apparently not happy with their choices to sign up with gw but stay because its the only way they can make animations for 40k anymore... at least based off what i was able to find/hear while looking into... no promises this is true but honestly i would not be surprised but regardless what is your issue with me having my perspective based off of gw's choices they have made and personally i dont agree with them if your upset by then gladly keep it to yourself because i simply do not care to waste anymore time on this discussion and no im not trying to be rude about this... i simply do not wish to argue any more then this over im at this point far done with
This is a light in the darkness that is today. The memories of the stories told about Vraks. For heroes that were unnamed dying in their thousands just to secure a poisiton that is not known if it'll be worth it. Amazing work brother!
BRAVO!!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Even the shortest and slightest immersion into the 40K atmosphere is just downright amazing!
I thought this was going to be one of those one sided Krieg fanboy film but that didn't happen. Really enjoyed the animation bro, appreciated watching it
Really good work! I really liked how you didn't just fall into the classic trope of, "WWI tactics just means glorious charges mowed down by MGs." In the middle act you showed a trench raid (which are very important in trench warfare) that in turn paved the way for what could've been a successful assault. And they would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for meddling Chaos Marines!
You really captured some horror of 40k in this with the ambiance and atmosphere. Well done!
"Nobody expects the Death Corps of Krieg!"
Also the reason the guardsman stabbed the Vraks guard was because there's a difference between mostly dead and all dead!
"Welcome to the Siege of Vraks, we hope you enjoy your stay in the trenches!"
Death Korp of Krieg: WE LOVE TRENCH WARFARE!!
Mad respect Janovich, there is so much modelling done by you!
This has renewed my hope in the warhammer community, a truly slaaneshmas miracle.
A Christmas miracle!
"The enemy has enlisted traitor astartes and titan legions, sir"
"Good. Then its a fair fight"
FIX BAYONETS
The horse charage bit reminded me of a movie where Polish Cavalery charge at enemy postion and just get mowed down by machine guns