Do or Don't: Stormcast Eternals 

You can’t un-Space Marine Warhammer Fantasy.

Fun fact: One female Stormcast Eternal seems to be confused by her appearance. It’s revealed by the end of the book she’s in that she was reforged by Sigmar as a 7 year old girl. But since Stormcast Eternals are all buff af adults, the woman doesn’t recognize the person in the reflection, never getting to see how her physical form grew up. Sad shit…

sigmar felt bad for the thunder warriors, and decided that they would watch over em so they never feel the pain of betrayal ever again

Sigmar: [Makes ogre stormcast] Chaos: “Wait that’s illegal.”

Fun fact: Ikit Claw exists in AoS, and has uncovered the secret to making Sigmarines. So Stormcast who are unaligned with Sigmar are, in fact, perfectly canon. Ratmen Warpstormcast is a go!

"Just replace the wolf with storm or something" Me, looking at the Stormwolf

Undead player that just had his front line chaff fulminated on round 1: "15:52"

Something that I personally find really intriguing regarding Stormcasts is the prospect of lost Stormcasts or those that were bad guys previously. To give an example for the latter: Tornus. Aka Torgluk. A guy who was captured by Nurgle followers, thrown into a filthpit to wallow in sickness and maggots for seven days straight, proving so resilient that Nurgle blessed him from top to bottom. He then became a lynchpin in the war that almost led to the Maggotkin completely taking over Ghyran and corrupting the goddess of life, only to be bonked by the Celestant Prime who went "Hey honestly you're kinda cool" and cleansed his soul. Now he's a Stormcast fighting *against* Nurgle (and some of his mates kinda bully him). As for the former, look no further than Trakos in the Gotrek novels. The last of his host, badly damaged and pretty much insane, but not fully dead yet. So he just trudges along, spurting lightning from the countless cracks in his armor, deteriorating with every day. A miserable existence but he keeps on going out of sheer faith and stubbornness. Also he sings a lot. Though not very well.

I cant tell which I like more, the actual information you presented or the fact you used Sabaton

The stormcast always reminded me more of the Undead from Dark Souls. The way they slowly loose parts of themselves is very similar to the process of hollowing. Edit: after playing WAAAAYY to much elden ring, I think the Tarnished are a better comparison for the Stormcast.

I like your take on “great heroes of humanity” including altruism and good hearted people, not just great warriors. Anyone can be a great warriors with literal lightning for blood and magic power armor.

When you think the Stormcast are Space Marines but it turns out they were actually Necrons.

Would love to see a "Do or Don't" on the cities of sigmar

The initial stormcast designs looked overdesigned and clunky to me, but with the Dominion wave I think they’ve finally overcome that awkward phase aesthetically. The new look is more sisters of battle and less abaddon the despoiler spraypainted gold, and it’s way more up my alley. If I hadn’t already committed to nighthaunt I’d happily collect some.

I always assumed the stormcast were just worse space marines but this really opened my eyes. Why didn’t anyone tell me they were so cool?

Fun Fact: Unlike the Space Marines, the Stormcast can talk with one another about doubts they have with Sigmar's plans without some asshole screaming, "HERESY!!!" Also lore wise they actually have personality unlike most of the Emperor's angels of death. On top of that they actually do give a shit and value the mortal factions they work with.

an interesting thing, Lord-Exorcists can judge souls from enemies and send them up to Azyr to be reforged, although the times that happens are few

Mechanically, another advantage to Stormcast is that while they can be allied with other armies, they can also naturally be souped into Cities of Sigmar. 1 in 4 units in Cities can be Stormcast, and that's true regardless of what city you're running. They can be slotted in directly with no mechanical or lore issue. Which is great, because Cities is already a soup of a half dozen Old World armies. So if you're a long-time Warhammer Fantasy player coming to AoS, you probably already have a force of elves or dwarfs or Empire troops. You can easily grab a few Stormcast models and stick them in. (Which you might have to, since not all unit types from the Old World made it into Cities, or got spun off into their own armies). A good way to use Stormcast in a Cities army is to choose units that plug up holes in your strategy. Stormcast do a little of everything well enough that a unit or two can fill a role your army doesn't naturally fill.

Ok, one of the few times I get an advantage for being Brazilian in the warhammer, so I'm gonna boast. Most of the words you said doesn't mean anything come from Latin, so for Portuguese speakers it's pretty easy to understand. Fulminator comes from the world fumes, so they turn their enemies into fumes(dust) or something like that. Fun fact, in Portuguese we say someone is fulminating if they are angry, the whole angry/red/hot connection that exists in every culture I've been in contact with.

I wasn't a fan of SCE originally, but that was because I'm not a fan of the hammers of sigmar scheme but man, once I saw how they looked in different colors, I was sold. I now have 2 detolfs of SCE, and I'm expanding my stormhost and their lore with COS

It's highly unlikely that I will ever do AOS, as my salty ass was burned once but That soul degradation is really cool. I would paint a legion to reflect it. I would call it the Marble Host. They are the most unlucky of all stormcast hosts, repeatedly being annihilated to the last in a string of defeats. Their armor has lost its luster along with their souls, ashy dust rubbing off their armor staining tattered cloaks, their breastplates looking like cracked marble, forged back together again and again, molded together with gold like Japanse pottery. Most members have forgotten their previous lives, even forgetting their first years serving Sigmar. They are bound to his will like wraiths, their loyalty replaced with bitterness for something lost they can't quite remember. As a result, they hit like trucks like the other stormcasts, but an anger at what is lost motivates them to crush choas skulls. Feel free to steal the idea or scheme, it's all yours.

God im starting to really like fantasy way way more than 40k

We had an Aelf Stormcast in "Soul Wars" and a Duardin Stormcast in "Black Pyramid" btw, but it is worth pointing out that whose where both written by Josh Reynolds who has been let go by GW for "disagreements" over writing. He also was implementing a Beast of Chaos called Ghosteater who essentially was turning to Sigmar. On the Reforging side of things it is not just Nagash that affects the process (he in particular mess's with the "Anvils of Heldenhammer"), The way to think about it is upon death a Stormcast gets Reforged pretty much like a literal broken piece of armor. So when the 6 Smiths look at the broken soul that has come to the forges they re melt it down and try to remove any impurities. So if a Tzeentch sorcerer cut the head from a Liberator afflicting him with change magic from his cursed sword it leaves a slight mark upon them, when the 6 Smiths see this they do their best to purify the soul back to a usable state. The problem is this purifying process can't distinguish between chaos corruption / Nagash's taint / WAAAAGH!! energy or just basic mental trauma of being torn in half by a Jabbaslyth so they just blanket clean it which causes the flaws. The flaws are also not just mental, Some Stormcast come back with translucent skin, multiple voices or just lightning instead of hair. The most famous one (Another Josh Reynolds creation so take with a pinch of salt) is Gardus Steel Soul who essentially with his pure faith in Sigmar acts as a direct link to Azyr which gives other Stormcast or any faithful extreme healing factor and cleansing power. Just some things I wanted to share, most of it is from various books but a lot is from the ttrpg Soulbound.

You missed out how Stormcast units can be included in Cities of Sigmar armies and vice versa. Suddenly they really do feel like the elite heroes they're supposed to be.

The authors have done lots to make stormcasts more interesting over time

The Imperium has a bit of "not giving a shit about dying" too, living saints like St. Celestine, the Sanguinor, and the legion of the damned, which i personally believe are likely made from the souls of the astartes killed at Istvaan. Chaos just has more of it because of warp fuckery.

Vandus Hammerhand, Lord celestant of the Hammers of Sigmar was a blacksmith that fought against chaos warriors with nothing but his tools. Now he rides around on a dracoth and swings a jock off hammer around the place. Was also one of the first stormcast models released and still pretty much holds up to this day

Dude i like how you can explain things in a way that just defuses everything negative i have felt towards it... I mean realy before this i thought Stormcast were just spessmuhrieens which spred their infestation to more media. But now i feel content! and though it pains me as a tyranid fan not to ask for their feature first and formost, I would realy like you to cover primaris and grey knights next, just so i can stop internaly puking each time i see them!

Honestly, I wish the Sigmarines were less of their own faction and more of a unique version for each god or something, to be elite units in each faction. That would make them stand out a bit from Big E and the Space Marines, I dunno.

At first I was like “meh they’re cool and all” with these guys, but currently I’m in love with them after I realized the Stormcast are basically the Hollows, Slayer of Demons, Hunters, the Tarnished from the Soulsborne series but in AOS These guys are much cooler for me because of that, imma get some and paint them in Dark Souls armors and maybe make my hero Solaire \[T]/

I very much understand liking the aesthetic of the Aurelian masks. That is the big thing that stuck out to me about these guys other than them looking like custodes when I first saw them too.

These videos, along with some others, have really opened my eyes to age of sigmar.

Ngl I like the WH fantasy more historically accurate armor as many games dont do historic armor justice or make it rusty or over the top or impractical, but seeing fantasy efficient armor straight out of our worlds museum with shiny solid metal round plates colorful plumes and colours and swords idl kinds preferred it over eternals

I haven't seen this whole video yet but I'm enjoying it so far and I like how stormcast eternals are made more than space Marines because for being a space Marine you have to basically get Lucky enough for space Marine chapter the recruit you while you're still a child and then get lucky enough survive the training before stormcast eternals you become one due to your actions not where you were born or because you got a magic surgery so I like how stormcast eternals are made more than space Marines.

Love how you can make a faction sound so cool when I previously had 0 interest/respect for them before even when knowing a bunch about them.

Sound! Glorious sound! My eardrums are tingling with utter delight! Oh glorious delightful sound!

Yes, thank you : you deserve a subscriber for finally being the person that say good things about my golden bois :)

The first 10 minutes of this is Lizardmen. The Slan were the "chosen ones" sent to protect the world with incomparable magics and solely to fight off chaos. Come age of Sigmar they now survive through sheer force of will, a will that spawns their armies in blasts of light from memory, ready to tear chaos apart from conception.

It took me a bit to warm up to the Stormcast cause I just saw them as Space Marine fantasy edition. But looking a bit deeper and seeing some really sick as hell models I kinda like them. This video was definitely informative and made me appreciate them a little more. Still though nothing will tear me away from my Beast of Chaos army, even if the stormcast have really really cool cavalry.

I feel like grail knights already fit the bill of souped-up holy knights...

I feel like I remember a similar video, released not to long ago. The suspenseful silence in the beginning really grabbed me. Felt like it lasted a whole video though. Really though, entertaining (and informative) video as always.

I love your stuff man, it doesn't even matter what the video's about, it's always entertaining

4:38 Fantasy was high fantasy as well. The world was artificially created by some aliens to experiment ways to fight back some daemons from another plane of existency. And thats just the beggining 9:19 lol, khorne wishes 15:52 fulmini in italian mean lightning or thunder

Love that you play age of empires/age of mythology music!! Takes me back to happy place

Ah Sigmarines... the most Marine of the Sig's..... Personally if I player AoS, I'm playing either All Skeleton Army Nagash, Ossariach Bonereapers, or Skaven with Pike and Shotte because hehe My Stormvermin formations have now become Spanish Tercios. Also i'd like to see something on the Bonereapers. They look the coolest to me

I'm watching while painting stormcast, this is awesome, please do more AoS content

Didn't Bretonnia have nearly immortal, super soldier knights first?

The Age of Mythology song halfway through the video gave me such an intense, nostalgic flashback.

I actually really like stormcast eternals but I’m just not interested in AOS as a setting compared to fantasy

This was fucking awesome, you make it super entertaining! I'd love to see more of these it's perfect for me and my mates who are just getting into it. You got a sub from me :) keep it up

Weird thing to compliment, but Jesus Pancreas your soundtracks slap. Age of Mythology, Age of Empires, Sunless Sea; it's a nostalgia trip I never want to end. Oh and great video, here's to lightning Prius's.

12:50 While I really liked your video, I think you made a mistake when assuming its Nagash who makes stormcast' souls fade away. Stormcasts souls are unreachable for Nagash - thats why he is so angry over their theft. Stormcasts with lost memories and adequate morality exist because of process of Reforging itself. When soul is reforged, all its inpurities are cleansed and replaced with Azyrite magic of heavens. While first two or three reforging can be ok, the more it goes on, the more parts of human soul will be replaced with Azyr magic as a mistake, due to process of reforging veing very traumatic - untill former human is turned into something resembling half-elemental. Before Soul Wars a whole order of stormcast mages did nothing but helped reforged souls to keep themself intact. Also they hunted down all souls, that went insane after reforging and turned into lightning gheists. But after Nagash' fuckery with magic of the realms themself, almost all stormcast wizards were sent into battlefield. So now situation with fading souls is even worse, and there's no clear solution of it.

videos like these make me consider playing sigmar, good job!

I love the Stormcast, and this video just made me want to see them in a freaking movie

I didn’t think this channel could get any better and then you played sabaton

Not how I thought this video was gonna open, but okay. Really happy to see more AoS stuff. I'll always be down to shit on Stormcast, but I do respect their lore. It really helps them stand out from the Space Marines. I quote Josh Reynolds each time I get in an argument about them. Also, my big bois were mentioned. Makes me do a happy.

Love yah man!

the interesting thing about stormcast is 1) they explode when they die (or more accurately sigmar grabs them in an explosion of power) so uh, killing them is a bit difficult 2) they never truly die, they'll be reforged over and over until there's nothing left, but most haven't died that many times

Really looking forward to any new videos in this series

Thanks for providing music titles, dude, you're my perfect Shazam :*

Great content buddy you're going to get big

Super keen to see more AoS vids

This video gives more attention to Stormcast than GW has ever given to my baby the Flesh Eater Courts. Great stuff as always haha...ha...

Can't wait for you to do Fyreslayers :)

oooo if we're going to start getting do's and don'ts for Age of Sigmar this is going to get VERY interesting (i mean i know skaven started this i think, but they're from Old World and are literally the same models for alot of the army), obviously i'm hyped for the orcs- or sorry Orruks...ech... but actually learning about the other armies is going to be fun! I never got into AoS, but with GW consistently shanking it's 40k fans and pushing them away i heard two options: Battletech, or AoS. so hey fuck it teach me oh wise ones

💕 *Please do a "Do or Don't : Nighthaunt.*

Love that u mentioned the good guys having less and mentioned the Spartans vs covenant cause u also gotta remember the creation of the Spartans required oni to become the bad guys

0:35 The lamenters would like a word with you 😊

age of mythology theme on the background MAN this brings back memories

thanks for making this video, im surprised you didnt mentioned *teleports 3 ballistas behind you*, but yeah i love my golden boys

Omg? Is that Age of Mythology music? Subbed.

respect for choosing an actually good sabaton song

The amount of stormcast I've killed with my ironjawz makes me think there armor isn't that great but that new lighting strike on death is bullshit

Great video as always 👌👌👌 can you do the next one on Imperial guard please 🙏

My friend, you *have* to do Idoneth now. Sure, at first they may seem very similar to Drukhari but they are so, so unique and so cool it'd be great to see 6ou do a video on them

"Why don't you fulminate some bitches" is the line that got me to subscribe. Amazing.

I really like AoS. At first I don’t like Stormcast, but they are not that bad. Now I’m really happy that I bought the dominion box and have a little cheap army of Stormcast and Orruks Kruleboyz. That’s a very cool product. They get more appealing over time.

Ah sound wonderful

Your also forgetting that Vulcan burned a world because primitive humans were worshipping eldar then Vaud to protect that dead world that’s how he got dragged into the war of the beast that “ killed him “

Thank you for your easily digestible content, I also like that you sound like Uberdanger and Ssethtzeentach birthed one super neck beard, which is intended as a compliment. keep up the good work!

I love Warhammer Age of Sigmar very much, although for my cold county the new miniatures too expensive that I can't buy everything I wanted. It's good that I had a lot of old fantasy models that I bought for 40k conversions - but now they live in the Mortal Realms on round bases. And I will improve my Age of Sigmar collection by this way furher! (It's a shame that GW is so bad at support Legends rules). Speaking of Stormcasts, they are absolutely beautiful. To be honest, what is the main pleasure of Warhammer? This is the invention of my own unique, never seen before Space Marine Chapter. And I have the utmost respect for the opportunity to do it again in a better new world. And most importantly, Shtrmcasts are real heroes without jokes - they fight against the toxicity of the entire spiteful real world. I can't help but sympathize with them.

There’s plenty (PLENTY) of grimdark elsewhere in AOS; it’s not a big deal that the SE are a on the shiny side.

Hearing a obscure Sabaton song playing in the background made my day

I like this type of videos so I hope that there will be a video about thousand sons

love the age of mythology music in the background

Funny presentation! Mostly accurate. I am stealing the power metal album quote. Thank you!

I have been waiting many years for Sigmarines

Honestly, I wish I could take AOS and the stormcast seriously but I don’t know a single person who plays it outside of Internet personalities. My LGS still has all of its Dominion copies, and that lumineth army box still on its shelves and I’m pretty sure Dominion was Selling Fast! For like 3 months before GW quietly took it off the front page. It just doesn’t even feel like something worth getting into, or even splitting a box with a friend to see what it’s about. If anyone can spare the time please tell me what makes AOS worth it to you?

personally I love the armored-caster aesthetic of the lord Arcanum and evocators. My first ever warhammer model was the Lord arcanum on gryphcharger

This video inspired me so much I started looking into eBay hunting to kitbash a female stormcast chaos lord for my CSM before I even finished the video

This is the first time I've given this lore a chance. I fucking LOVE it.

Nice intro music! Sunless sea is great. Submergio Viol is the best song.

If you want more people to buy your good guy faction, then you have to make sure they look as cool, if not, cooler than your evil faction of big dudes in cool armor Including women in the ranks is a big plus

Great vid man!, but i still cant bear to like them. I dont like them aesthetically and what they atleast represent to me. And aos as a whole.

16:40 Leonard Schroeder was the first man to set foot on Normandy beach during D-day. He not only survived the entire war but lived to the respectable age of 90. Though he did take two bullets in the arm for his efforts.

Make a Do or Don't on the Necrons Mr. Pancreas!

To this day, my favorite thing about watching Age of Sogmar videos is all the Fantasy fans bitterly posting comments about how they hate the setting, it's like a game all on it's own.

Love Sabathon in the beginning, that's how you know it will be a good video ;P

Never seen such positive talk about Stormcast.

Fulminated Mercury is the substance used in percussion caps. It's development meant that firearms were no longer dependent on mechanisms such as flintlocks or matchlocks.