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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.พ. 2022
- VRAKS - Chapter 1
The video on Vimeo: (will be available in a few days)
The project's Instagram account: / vraks_movie
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Music and sound design by @LegioSymphonica
The chapter's OST: • Legio Symphonica - In ...
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Huge thanks to Golaem and Xsens for their help and support on the project!
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Exactly one year later since the first teaser. By the Emperor I cannot wait for the people to see what we've been working on for one year :P
Your sountrack gave me goosebumps. Awesome allround.
The score was fantastic, bravo.
Absolutely excellent music. Added so much atmosphere and scale. Well done!
The people have seen brother... and they rejoice.
@@sevetar69 I wanted to write the same.
2:46 has one of my favorite details. That one Kriegsman guiding the vehicles forward. Something that is actually done in real life as well which is why it’s a detail I really like
Love the tiny details for example when all the guardsmen aren’t the same height or all don’t line up perfectly. The tiny things that I noticed really gave it a sense of realism.
but aren't the kriegsmen clones?
Cloning doesn't mean that there all perfect there may be defects or something of the sort
@@ggbruhteehee3162 plus it is not like every clone will be made of the same person's DNA.
Standard humans bolstered by ones born for a lack of better term in vitro. It's still sexual reproduction and getting a mix of genetics but the kid is born from a test tube
@@ajinkyatarodekar9099 true
"In life, war. In death, peace. In life, shame. In death, atonement."
Final line of the litany of sacrifice, recited by Krieg korpsmen when entering battle
Amazing work. Got huge Dune vibes from it. Thank you!
Oh hello fellow kriegman
Seargent Janovich!
*O7*
Are you two not the same person?
*looks around furtively for GW lawyers*
I mean, yes, of course you two are completely different people, and any lawsuits for this work should be directed to the Vraks chanel, not the honorable Mr. Janovich, who is entirely unrelated to this project.
I love your Videos Janovich.
@@aregulargamer1 Look guys, a smart boi that just have to show people how smart he is...
"We had 2 Basilisk regiments, 75 Manticore battalions, 5 Griffin batteries, half an Earthquake battalion, and a whole galaxy of light weapons of all varieties and colors, Medusa, as well as Krieg guards, Dark Angels, Grey Knights and 2 dozen titans. Not that we needed all of that for the siege of Vraks, but once you began to gather forces of loyalists to march on the heretics, the tendency is to push it as far as you can... The only thing that really worried me was the Leman Russ tanks. There is nothing more helpless, irresponsible and depraved than head-on tank attacks on well-prepared enemy defenses and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon." - Lord Commander Raoul Duke from the report "Fear and Loathing in the Scarus Sector of the Segmentum Obscurus" 830.M41.
Absolutely sick reference!😁
You forgot the Red Scorpions, among the first chapters to assist. If I correctly recall, them teleporting Terminators on top of the enemy lines allowed you to break through the first layer quickly.
I think Grey Knights are the thing that would really worry him.
@@user-co3uc8vt7e Grey what ? I don't know what you're talking about ! Yes Inquisitor, this man right here ! **whistle innocently**
@@pierre-mariecaulliez6285
Grey Knights sounds like a name for some loyalist Astartes chapter. Probably successor of Imperial Fists...
Unbelievable, this is super high quality!! Finally an animation that shows the pure SCALE of Warhammer 40k!!!!! Brilliant, super excited for more!
Hi barry
Yea. I love videos that flesh out the scale. It’s one thing to hear about some forge world making millions of tanks and soldiers and another to see the logistics of those products shipping out
@@flamebreakk "Soldiers win battles! *Logistics Win Wars!"*
We miss you Barry. May the emperor return you to us. Your work was always top tier.
I love the abselute sense of scale here. Really gets across how bleak Krieg is, an entire world thats just an endless miyasma of depots, barracks, landing pads, airfields, bunkers, artillery ranging fields, training grounds.
There is no life here, just millions of humans robbed of a life before they even got a chance to live it.
Aren't most of Krieg guardsman just clones though? I recall hearing that Death Korps of Krieg is the only unit that is allowed to clone since they specialize in wars of attrition. Not to gloss over the fact that some if not many officers and guardsman are not clones but I'm just wondering.
@@soportuguese354 From what i heard yes, most, if not all Kriegers are made using what are called vitae wombs. This technology is considered heretical by the mechanicus, but they made an exception for Krieg.
@@hatbrox Why is it heretical? It's clearly effective
@@thelastlegionist9238 Because it's technologically advanced, and IIRC the Imperium shuns many forms of advanced technology
Another view is that living a fulfilling life means to have a grand purpose than individual pursuit. What grander purpose is there to join in a group of like minded persons and beat back a tide of chaos and xenos horrors. This is why in our current world, people in first world countries join gangs or leave to join terrorist groups overseas.
We finally get to see Krieg in its military industrial and religious glory. It reflects the krieg culture so well. The buildings being drab and efficient but still having all the religious iconography spread around for being one of the most religiously devoted planets in the imperium. In life war, In death peace. In life shame, In death atonement.
I love that Krieg has never had a legion turn traitor since they rejoined the empire after the 500 year civil war. Shows their level of sheer devotion to the Emperor. Plus the fact that they still feel like they are redeeming themselves for the past treachery of their planet.
Should their world still be a death world, with most everything underground? Not sure this is accurate
@@Dadecorban Some places may be less affected, being turned into troop deployment stations
@@Memelord1117 I can throw some mays out there as well. But whats the lore say.
>Kriegers have like five fan films made about them plus a few minis
Bro What about the Armageddon steel legion? They do everything kriegers do with less skulls and more heavy armor and artillery than the fucking iron warriors . They’ve only been depicted in one short and that’s helsreach
Astartes really set the bar for 40k animations. But this... the grandiose scale, the cold military might, and building tension of the music...
This does the Death Korps justice
Bravo
This russian army in Ukraine
The best bit imo was how the scale just kept increasing
@@jonnynovichok9517 Nah, this is the Chinese Army while Russia and the US slap each other. WaKe Up wOrLD!
Astartes was good though, this is very poorly animated.
@Lancep Nuno No it's shit. Just look at all the troops when the lift got to the top, not one of them moves, it's like command and conquer when it first released. rubbish.
4:00 I see the scout force is ready.
Jokes aside, another astounding animation capturing in 5 minutes what GW seems incapable of doing across series.
Edit: Just a guess here, but it seems like we're seeing 48 divisions when we get to that wide-angle shot. Assuming each division is made of 4-6 regiments (by average count) and each regiment constitutes approx 3-5 thousand guardsmen (from count, not any lore). So, by that, we're seeing something along the lines of 1.4 million Guardsmen waiting for transport.
Sounds about right, the total number of Krieg sent to Vraks was over 3 million I believe
You do know you’re bashing the former content creators that GW just employed to make videos for them right
Just saying since you’re keen on saying GW content is shit, but the people making those content were the ones taken by GW,
Oh and when GW takes this guys content , you still gonna say GW MAKES SHIT ANIMATIONS even though he’s still the creator
You raise a fair point, @Alpha0atom, but hounding creators is not my intent and I'm sorry that was not clear. The artists who actually put passion and work behind what they produce are who I feel are being given the short straw by everything here. That is what I mean by "GW bad" and what I think most people do. A lot of games and entertainment companies these days produce fantastic products ruined by pressure from above (ie game publishers) and it shows.
The fact is that most of what GW does produce *is* bad, and that seems to be a community consensus - but that is not the fault of the content creators and I never meant to imply that it was.
The most dreaded thing for an infantryman: Standing in parade. Also, this really kicked ass. Great job to the creators!
Yes... Leg pain and back pain from standing in the same position for 2+ hours while some dude is staring at the boots you just marched through dirt with during the march, and stares at you with a glance of "Why are your boots dirty". . . And the leg cramps after it's all done.
the most dreaded thing for a krieger is to die pointlessly in the emperors service aka Dying with out killing the enemy
@@lt_bacon205 but hey, less ammo for the enemy which will eventually get killed by other kriegers, so their deaths are not in vain.
@@CrusadingJello Which armed forces/country is this? Consider me curious.
@@thewaywardgrape3838 I was talking about my RCAC experience. Basically for people 15-19 who are considering military service.
And technically its part of the main air force branch. Don't really know how it works, but they're like the reserves for the reserves, without pay.
Holy shit, was not expecting this level of quality and scale, fucking stellar.
What got me good was the guardsmen just barely shifting about in the elevator.
@@guildedcharr7459 yeah that's how you know a kreiger is anxious he isn't perfectly still
+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ."
Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." And please repent of all of your sins and be baptized by the Holy Spirit before it is too late, you will never know when the time will come 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 old terra religions are heresy the emperor protects now face the fucking wall!
"The Emperor Protects"
This seriously reminds me of the ending of Attack of the Clones. Its amazing.
YES!!! A weapon they are, for now Serve us they do. Who is to say what the GRIMDARKNESS holds.
I can dig that. For me it was very reminiscent of Villeneuve's Dune.
It always irked me that thousands of identical clones trained in the military arts since birth, could not all march in step and looked worse than 2nd week of boot camp.
Start the clone trooper suite th-cam.com/video/oZ3iZNA-NwY/w-d-xo.html at 1:53. It fits pretty well.
Well technically Krieg guardsmen are clones.
3:06 I just noticed that not all of them are the same height. Just a small detail, but it not only means that it's lore accurate, I think, but it also shows the dedication of the animator.
Big props to you, can't wait to see more.
Oh damn, I missed that completely, but you right. Something so small most would not notice, but as you said it just proves how much the creator cares about this as a project.
(Its also probably the reason it’s not a full angle shot that includes their lower legs/feet as the easiest and best way to achieve this is through just shortening there legs/pushing them into the ground a bit . Not a problem mind you, just something I thought of)
I noticed that as well. I thought they were all born from cloning technology though, so wouldn't it make sense for them to all be the same height? Not trying to nitpick, since I genuinely don't know. I just love this video so much.
@@tylerpoppele4558 they aren’t just cloning 1 person tho right (I don’t really know cause I have never read up on it), cause if the cloning process is on that big of a scale it is probably taken from a bigger gene pool right? Cause that’s at least the logic my brain follows.
@@carlsjolund2379 I remember reading somewhere that they took the genes of all the best fighters from after the Krieg war and saved them, I think. Something like a couple hundred or thousand different genes to make clones with. I could just be making shit up, with how bad my memory can be though. :/
@@tylerpoppele4558 That sound pretty plausible (in context that is, few thing are plausible/sense-making in 40k). I don’t know that much deeper lore about the death corps even though it was kinda the proper “gateway drug” into 40k for me.
The communication of scale is wonderful here.
Gives context for how massive the Astra Militarum is...
There's a Million worlds in the Imperium. Even if we say 2k of those are Forge Worlds or Chapter Homeworlds (and thus immune to the Tithe), that's 998,000 different worlds. If any of those are Hive Worlds, those might have a population of 10 billion per. If each one of those must tithe, say 1% of their population every 10 years? That's a *lot* of people.
The opening of the warp sound is absolutely spot on
The galaxy screams in pain whenever one opens
To be honest, I got goosebumps from it. The sound design is definitely on point. Props to the whole team working on this
@@AvoidTheCadaver Well, warp transit has repeatedly been described as tearing a gaping, ragged wound in reality
@@AvoidTheCadaver That was exactly the idea ;)
@@weldonwin Exactly!
Well done! Praying for the rest, we lost “The Inquistor” and “Death of Hope” , losing your Series would be a crashing blow for High Quality Fan Films. Thank You for what you’ve done, it’s incredible
What happened to Death of Hope?
@@lynarisevershadeshadowfall1684 It died. Project was too limited and fragile, given the behaviour of GW, so author decided to make something of his own instead...looking forward to see the results because it is said to be close in spirit to what we've seen in DoH.
GW is a real Traitor.
What happened with The Lord Inquisitor?
@@emiliogadeamelgar4896 If i remember correctly, they started demanding money to finish the project while actively working on something else.
I’m going to be honest. My perception of Krieg was that of a nuked out husk of surface. I did not expect this. The scale. That marching. I feel like an ant, insignificant, disposable.
I love it
Oh yeah the scale is insane they produce so many troops they cant even keep up with natural reproduction they use clone vats to supliment XD kreigers have to be the most dehuminized army in the imperium
it mostly is nuked out husk, but gotta load those landing crafts somewhere, so they can go out and die for the Emperor
Seeing those Kriegers march in such a disciplined formation is just breath taking
Exactly how I thought of it as well. I do hope someone makes a lore video going over every second of this.
@@alexl6644 i mean just look up the arch Warhammer video covering the seige of vraks also he has a video on kreig and her regiments
I love the small details that's in the video. The soldiers are praying in different way , their heights are different, some of the tanks are releasing black exhaust, the shuttles landing gear retracts almost flush, some of the propulsion is angled for launch
Well done lads, nailed the smoothness and quality. Gonna be the next big thing for warhammer fan animations
MAJOR KILL! Glad you could. Join us ya Aussie Lad
Yes.
ey funny aussie man is here
Man you're always early.
Timmy might even like this series!
You did not disappoint at all! You can get a sense of what's to come. My only complaint is that there isn't a 23 season show of this lol absolutely love it. Better than anything Warhammer can produce
Correct!
Sheesh, don't say that too loud or Warhammer will ban it!
Can't agree more
I would love to see more naval engagements .
C'est grandiose et d'une rare intensité : Congratulations
just love the idea of leaving the warp would create a scream-like effect... like the universe is trying to tell you "you really shouldn't do that!"
Warp transition has been described as tearing a gaping bleeding wound in the fabric of reality, so that screaming sound is entirely appropriate
3 bits of detail set this apart for me: the human movements of the Kriegsmarines in chapel reflecting the humanity still present in these clones. The muster taking place in segments without all the guardsmen marching in perfect order to the elevator making the Kriegsmarines feel more like persons than automatons. The slight rocking on his heels and subtle motions of the traffic controller directing those, I think, Basilisks. This has Astartes level attention to detail and I am very excited to see the next chapter!
Not clones really tho they theories they use Dan from the loyalist colonel during the civil, the other half of the dna allows them to be slightly different
This was incredible. Like a lot of people are saying, it definitely gave me Dune vibes when it comes to getting so immersed that it just sucks you into it's world. Can't wait to see this continue.
heavily inspired, 40k is.
It's becasue 40k was "heavily inspired" by Dune. Not to mention the new Dune movie just came out recently.
@@funkyboy_22 hey thats my line
I think the DUne vibes come from capturing the scale of a planetary military, something we dont get to see in Warhammer very often.
@@funkyboy_22 it was heavily inspired by dune though
This is the closest we've ever gotten to portraying the sheer scale of the Imperial war machine.
Emperor bless you.
The Emperor spoke, Krieg answered, and Chaos trembled.
10/10 absolutely amazing work!
Él Espka spéké, Kriijj alosét, ult Kés lesmét
Vraks was such a shitshow ngl.
Vindicare assassin somehow forgets that rosarius' are a thing
Alpha legion start fucking about
Dark angels arrive!
Then leave.
Kriegers recreate the battle of the somme but with even more casualties for even less land.
World eaters in the walls!!
Nurgle being nurgle.
Titans getting dunked on by anti-ship guns
The inquisition has to get involved due to Vraks being daemon-coated hellheap
A daemon has to get slain by a sword that once belonged to Emperor!
Except that the High Lords lied about them acting on the words spoken by the Emperor thingy, because there is no fuckin way the Emperor would’ve even slightly hinted on the creation of the Ecclesiarchy, if he could actually spoke like what the Lords of Terra implied, at that moment he would’ve most likely ordered an execution on all of them and then disbanded the whole governing structure.
The scale is insane, feels like what 40K was made for.
The sense of scale blew me away. Phenomenal work, and I am in complete awe man.
One of the first times the scale is done right. 40k writers have the crippling issue of rounding things down by one or two zeroes for every book.
Like, yes, the ammount of men defending the eterninty wall spaceport is... 3000 dudes.
Like, no. 30,000 at minimum, and 300,000 is more reasonable.
This is exactly why GW needs to leave fan animation in the hands of the fans! The scale and quality here is insane.
Agreed…GW is a game company (and they fail at that frequently) not a content creation company…their animations are generally poor quality…exodite looks good but that’s about Tau…so win/lose
@@jimmyjims9548 I would call them a miniatures company, their game is just a vehicle to sell more mini's. A well balanced game that required no updates wouldn't sell nearly as many models as often as a game that constantly has changes to the meta with obvious "best units" that get sold en mass. In that respect GW's games are perfect for selling mini's, but bad for playing with.
@@jimmyjims9548 the exodite wasn't even theirs originally, at least that's what I heard. From my understanding it was another fan animation they acquired
@@thomastheawesome4822 None of Warhammer+ is iirc.
And they still fuck it up.
At a certain point, there's just simply a leadership problem at a company. A few key players at the top that suck at their jobs and ruin their organization for everyone invested into it.
I genuinely did not know we were filmed... anyhow it is impressive once you get a birds eye view as how massive our army is. For the Emperor!
The emperor protects. Kill all the heretics brother
There are three animations I show newcomers to really understand Warhammer 40k. One is 'Astartes'. Another is the 'Space Marine 2' trailer. The last is this video. This video encapsulates the sheer scale of the Death Korps and the Imperial Guard as a whole. Sure, there's probably only 500k to 1 mil soldiers at 2:32, but that's already as many (or more) soldiers that are Active Duty in the U.S. Army today. And this is only one landing zone. There are probably several like this. This is also not counting all of the forces already in orbit or just how many times Krieg has made a force of this size compared to us in the same amount of time. Worse yet is that this is just one planet out of a million.
That is the scale new viewers are getting into.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG FOR THIS. Lets get back to the trenches bois
Who knows what horrors await them on the galaxies edge?
Pfft...I never left the trenches
Only in death does duty end!!!
Step 1. Take shovel.
Step 2. Dig trench.
Step 3. The Emperor protects.
Step 4. Advance.
Step 5. Repeat.
@@maxanderson2180 "Where dead like Deluvia if we stay here but theres alot of Dorro's that need a healthy does of KTF on the other side of this trench. We will make them pay. We forgot nothing! For the legion!"
- Last words of LS 6304 Sgt. Repo. Vanguard company. Moments before suicidal charge on Cydan.
Awarded the Order of the Centurion posthumously by order of General Rechs
The expansion of a single unit, a Krieg soldier, to his squad/platoon, his regiment, his battallion and finally the Army group. Combining with other army groups.
nothing like vibing to the sound of thousands of soldier's boots stomping the ground in rythm.
It’s been 2 years now, I’m scared. Please don’t be dead.
I checked his Insta, he appears to be well, just taking care of his newborn child
All 40k projects are destined to be nothing but the set up. We get an episode or 2, sometimes just trailers lmao
Dude, you know about cinematography this isn’t just fansevice. This is a genuenly fucking good short film.
Congratulations!
(Edit: watching this scale makes you put things into perspective, all of this that we’re watching is what happens when a vindicare fumbles the shot.
This is the imperium.)
I can imagine krieg as a larger more organised version of muster but this similar scene would happen all around the imperium, whole regiments walking into transit landing craft and they'll never see their home world again. This is the imperium indeed.
Not to say other planets don't muster, but none do it like Kreig, a planet now used almost only to produce legions of nigh suicidal soldiers with only the determination to die for the Emperor or die trying.
I may be wrong, but I don’t think the Vindicare missed, but his target had a forcefield around him
@@saintpres4ge533 there are planets that can and do muster forces on this scale. Cadia was a prime example; Armageddon is another. They are rare, but they exist.
@@johnbourlier7883 The vindicare took a shot through a section of wall, this powered down the bullet that would’ve otherwise gone through the force field.
It was his decision to take that shot and he was hunted down, having his body paraded as a Singh of the cardenal’s power.
I love to see 40k done right.
Praying that GW's lawyers don't find you.
the Emperor protects
Oh, they seen this... And to be fair there has been enough talk about GW Legal Department over the past few months for the creators to know what they are going to receive. Vraks is a huge story, let us hope we see this through to the end.
Soon it will be 2 years since this cinematic, hopefully the next chapter comes soon! (and hopefully its not been cancelled)
Just found this : it is incredibly well realised.
I mean, this animation is made all the more poignant by the mix of detailed and sleek designs, and the scale for throne's sake !
That was incredible, huge Dune vibes off of the cinematography
Riefenstahl vibes, from the triumph of the will, you mean?
The spice must flow
the new dune was shocking :p
@@alexd4310
And traitor heads Will roll.
Seeing how much Dune was an inspiration for WH40K's lore it's not that surprising. If anything it shows both Denis Villeneuve's movie and this video are very faithful to their source material
The Emperor Protects, it’s finally getting released! Can’t wait, it’s one of the things I’m most hyped about this year!
Nice to see (what I believe) is a Tetrarch-class Heavy Lander taking off at 3:19
You never see these being depicted despite how critical their role is.
Oh my god! The Attack of the Clones style boarding scene is absolutely genius, I saw it immediately. Beautiful.
"Magnificient aren't they?"
-Vitae womb operator
It’s like a 40K version of Attack of the Clones. Loved the whole thing.
Start the clone trooper suite th-cam.com/video/oZ3iZNA-NwY/w-d-xo.html at 1:53. It fits pretty well.
Absolutely love the subtle mechanical clicking through it, ticking down the doomsday clock.. I imagine it would be what a Kriegsman’s simple standard issue wristwatch would sound like ticking the time until they send you up and over the trench..
First things first, this animation is brilliant, perfectly captures the 40k setting and manages to give the korps both their cold and serious tone as well as a warm and human side, when we see them praying. Ships and scenery are great and the sound is perfect.
A tiny thing i noticed that you might have considered while animating: That bit at the start where we see several kriegsmen walking down an corridor, the way they are holding their guns pointing to their side feels a bit iffy. I think they would likely carrythem pointing either upwards or downwards. As extremely disciplined soldiers of the emperor they would know that carrying them in such a way in that situation is somewhat dangerous. I am no military or gun expert but that jumped out at me a bit.
What I love about this video is the slow increase in scale, from the individual trooper to the company, etc., showing how immense the scale of war conducted by the Imperium of Man is, and no matter how small and insignificant a person might be they all contribute to a larger cause.
Really liked the ticking clock. Wonder if this will be a constant theme … every time just before things are starting to happen.
Kinda reminds me of the clock sound in the Dunkirk soundtrack!
@@cjtsouls9198 you are right, it sounded kind of familiar but couldn't nail it - thx for the hint.
I know we're all thinking it but I love the star wars style massive army assembly while loading into ships. This is how one planet can provide regiments of guardsmen for armies on a galactic scale, very well done!
The way it slowly increased in scope, from man to company to battalion was insanely well done.
The soldier rendezvous scene was very impactful. The increasing scale of the units was also much appreciated. Thanks for this beauty.
Yes. From a single man to an army of millions. It was masterful.
You did a fantastic job of capturing the SCALE of Krieg here! great job! i eagerly await their arrival on Vraks!
Praise be our lord and savoir Arch Christ!
Indeed
Glory to the Creators of this Vraks animation!
MegaLore has spoken.
All Hail the Bridge God, Blessed are his Stones!
The scale is so incredibly well done. On a whim I decided to do some numbering estimates for the infantry on screen with the wide shot of the assembly area using the one of the battalions at 2:40 as a template (about 1000 men in one of those alone). . easily reached about 150000 to 200000, and that was only by picking out the easily identifiable groups in the foreground, let along further in the distance. Whilst the grim dark in me is screaming "MORE!" like Kylo Ren with blaster fire, this is the greatest video I've seen yet about the scale of the Astra Militarum. Also the subtle humanity of it! The way you have an individual Kriegsman walk into a hall, joining a few others, which then join a company, then the regiment. It's a great way of showing that whilst the hammer of the Emperor is a tide of bodies, each soldier is still an individual. Keep it up! I absolutely cannot wait to see how you capture this scale in the attrition warfare on Vraks itself.
I counted 1188 in one of those blocks. Don't ask me why I did it, lol.
I absolutely love that visualization of warp travel. The idea of a mini eye of terror appearing is so cool.
The little things really sell it, like how there are subtle differences in height between the different Kriegsmen. Absolutely love the vibe of this!
Elves in Battle of the Five Armies comes to mind...
Millions of dollars in budget and they HAD to cgi clone a single dude.
Noticing a detail like that gave me a serious appreciation for this project.
Yeah, the care and thought put into making it realistic stands out. Not just the different heights, but that their bedrolls are different, they aren't standing in perfect rows, they don't swing their arms in perfect unison, the tanks aren't exactly lined up, and they need a dude directing traffic. Spending the extra time to make the details real definitely paid off.
Really enjoying that interpretation of Warp-to-realspace translation with reality stretching and bubbling.
The scream/screech was also a nice touch.
@@TheOneAndOnlyLUUUU
Okay, going back to notice that now.
Makes me wonder , when does the warp tear go away? It wouldn't be very cash money of it to stay kek.
@@OljeiKhan not long that's for sure
- How many Kriegers do you want?
- YES
another year has passed, anticipation rises
Let us pray to the God-Emperor of Mankind.
Emperor of Mankind, guide us through the dark, show us the way through the warp. Protect us from the xenos and the dark. Give us strength to protect humankind, bless our weapons so divine. Be our beacon in the dark, harden our hate, be our spark. Guide us servants of your will, death to the enemy, the soil shall be filled. Give us faith, give us shields, guide us on the battlefields. Give us light, give us death let this war cry be our final breath: *The Emperor Protects!*
With all of GW's money, they can never buy this level of quality born of love for the IP and the fans. Kudos
They seem to think people want to pay money to watch slideshows.
@@DvNezarto soulless money grubs. less than worms.
@@TannyWanny less indeed as at least worms help soil making it fertile for plants, hopefully one day games workshop gets a manger who's actually competent and smart
Horus:
YOOOOOO HOLY FUCK HERE WE GO BOYS (and singular girl).
OVER THE TOOOOOOOP!
I simply cant get enought... i cant wait.... AWESOME! You Sir, are doing the Emperor's Work!
A small scouting squad is ready to be deployed.
Great start. Krieg resembled a mixture of gothic cathedrals, gothic fiction, the Nuremberg Rallies and an assembly line outputting assemblers.
Cool . Nice to see Krieg has recovered a bit from nuclear bombardment. That atmosphere looks breathable without respirators. The underground facilities are massive as they should be. The shot from trooper to company to regiment to armada was great. Gives a good perspective on how massive this deployment is.
You know what I love? The depiction of real space as this empty, black void. There's something so isolating about that imagery. Juxtaposed against the neon hellscape of the warp, it really just blows me away.
Another cool detail about the cinematography in this video is that the scale always continued to increase in scope and never shrunk.
It started off with a single guardsman, then the hallway with a few guardsmen, then into the elevator with his company, then out into the concourse with the battalion, then out into the mustering grounds with the regiment, then the massive ship that would house the troops during warp travel, then that ship is shown entirely dwarfed by the planet below as it leaves atmosphere to show the massive fleet carrying equally as many troops and hardware for the eventual Siege of Vraks. It masterfully captures the scale and magnitude of the Imperial war machine.
What a fantastic start to the series. Dripping with atmosphere brother's
creators like Vraks and You brighten my days with Your content
Unlike Krieg.
Love the shriek of warp-opening. Subtle little detail, but it reminds you that Imperials ftl through literal hell
😳 by the emperor, THIS IS AMAZING. BEAUTIFUL WORK VRAKS TEAM. You have done the Emperor's work flawlessly.
Just a few more weeks till chapter 2! Right? Right?? 🤞
One episode in and immediately setting a fantastic tone and atmosphere for the series. Can’t wait to see the next episodes!
Yea but gw will shut it down or buy it and destroy it like they always do.
When I saw the surface of Krieg for the first time.... I was like, that doesn't look that bleak. Then i saw the whole skyline, and went... Shit, they really did nuke their planet into a snowball of radioactive hell.
This is absolutely amazing, I can't wait for more!
Beautiful. I especially loved the audio design. When the camera was showing the vast structures and emplacements on the surface, the initial rumble seemed merely like a mood setting choice - which later revealed itself to be the sound emanating from the powerful engines of the monstrous ship in the background.
That was incredible! I would pay good money to see a full movie or series with this level of animation, music, and storytelling. I'm legit excited for more. Well done!
To actually see the Planet Krieg along with the Regiments she provides for the Astra Militarum is beautiful.
Little correction: do not call Krieg a she. It is the German word for war and has a male article. So it must be "he provides".
@@Hunk666 Huh, neat.
Indeed, vat grown meat for the Imperial Guard grinder.
@@mortarion9813
The uniforms of Krieg guardsmen are also inspired/modeled after the uniforms of German soldiers of the 1st world war (or as we say: "der erste Weltkrieg").
They were quite hardcore as well. I remember reading a journal of a French soldier describing German soldiers building trenches: "We could shell them with artillery, we could shoot them, but they just kept shoveling their trenchline. If we killed maybe 6 a day, next day 7 more would be shoveling. Truly a frightening sight, if the Germans had one thing it was determination."
Quite interesting how GW incorporated this in 40k.
@@Hunk666 Awesome historical trivia, fam. Many thanks!
I was there... I was there when Vraks go to war! Masterpiece""
I love the tiny inconsistencies between the soldiers marching and standing next to eachother. It seems very intentional and not just copy/paste.
well done... I hope you're not dead
It's so good to see these fan animations again. This piece captures the scale of military operations in 40k. Also I find the stark and mechanical way Kreig is portrayed awe inspiring and terrifying. Really has "Triumph of the will" vibes. Scary stuff👍🏽
Yeah, everyone's saying Dune and Attack of the Clones, but I definitely was getting Triumph vibes.
Besides, that film influenced the above mentioned.
And many others....
Honestly this is really impressive especially with how massive everything is each "camera shot" is amazing and really gives a perspective on not just the Death Korp but the Warhanmer universe as a whole. Great fucking job, I can't wait to see what's next
This and Syama Pedersons Astartes are the 2 best 40k animations. They look and feel real. I was a supporter of Syama on Patreon until he shut his page down when GW hired him, and am still a supporter of Janovich. If I gotta sacrifice coffee for a week to get some incredible 40k visuals, ill do it without a second thought. Keep up the good work brothers.
lots of warhammer 40k from fans the past 6 months and almost all of it is pure quality. i will never get tired of this
Gas mask…check
Shovel…check
Ready to die for the god emperor…for a scrap of his forgiveness
Krieg looks so clean yet... its a sterile kind of clean.
Wonderful portrayal right there and such a welcome return of the series!
500 years with a broom and determination tidy things up nicely lol
@@brianjohnson6053 a broom is but a brushy shovel
Just the different heights among the Kriegers shows that you are not someone to use a base model and be all "got them together in a row, that's all I need to do!" No, you went the extra teeny tiny step of making them HUMAN. All human in their physical differences. Some are tall, some are average, some are short. You've done more for these Guardsmen than most have done with or without characters with established heights than I have ever seen. Please keep this level of quality up and don't let anyone (even within the 40k community) keep you down. Take your time, and be happy with your work.
I really like this! I'm a huge Death korps of Krieg fan, and the power you displayed of them marching, the sheer loyalty displayed in the church scene, the empty almost faceless masses all lined up... You perfectly captured the Death Korps Of Krieg to a staggering degree!
Holy shit it's happening, I almost lost hope!
This feels like the golden age of 40K fan content is slowly coming back.
As others pointed out, and it is the same for me.. the only things that got me THIS IN AWE and AMAZED in the last 5 years,were Astartes... Dune.. and THIS
Incredible! Incredible! Incredible!
That is some serious quality right there. You don't see this level of quality with massive budgets let alone fan films. Well done, I can't wait to see what's next.
I am still blown away by the attention to detail in the prayer hall. By having each and every guardsman pray in a different way to the emperor shows how much their religion means to them.
This isn't just a "commissar says I need to attend mandatory chapel" kind of thing; every single one of them has a deep, spiritual connection to the Emperor in their own way.
Its too short, that was the most glorious five minutes I've ever seen, SUCH RAW POWER
That view over the entire loading area around 2:25 is epic!
Incredible work on this film it’s incredible! The sense of scale with the huge armies contrast with the most individual moments like the kriegsmen praying was incredible. Fantastic job, looking forward to what this series has in store!
Amazing, the little touches like hearing "the Emperor protects" on the lift really add to the atmosphere
This is exactly what I've always imagined Krieg to look like. Wonderful job.
It was just amazing. It was very reminiscent of the loading scene of the clone army from the second episode of Star Wars, only much larger and more beautiful.
Still waiting on the next part for this
Fantastically delivered boys! I can smell the promethium from here. The scale and smoothness in the rendering was awesome. Please keep up the effort! The landing pad panorama had some serious Dune echoes to it.