Krakeny goodness! I wonder if the armour colour is specifically done with ink from the creatures that they hunt... Squid ink is sort of indigo coloured and a Kraken is a bit like one?
I've only recently got into Warhammer, not with molding or books, but with the video game Warhammer 40,000 Darktide, the lore is amazing the game looks amazing, would you consider doing a one off play of the game ?, anyway your videos are also awesome, can't wait to hear more lore.....thank you
6:35 in the book "Dante" it's explained that the Blood Angels' practice of artistry and beauty is to help hone their focus and concentration, so they can more strongly resist the Red Thirst and Black Rage- new recruits spend a year practising arts and crafts before they even start combat training. Definitely makes sense they'd fall to it more easily when they give up the thing that helped them fight it!
@@techmarine83 hey even space marines lose once in a while, but mike tysons record is still very impressive, and he is savage enough to bite a dudes ear clean off.
'The Reverie' by Peter Fehervari goes into detail of how the Angels Resplendent became Penitent. It's also a fantastic read as it shows how the horror genre can still apply to space marines.
I hope Mortifactors get a mention, they're my favorite of all the creepy chapters, while also being just wholesome in their own quirky ritualistic way. Loved reading about them in Warriors of Ultramar. Their audiodrama "Taker of Heads" is fantastic too. They also had a chapter in the "Successors" anthology. They're what I'd describe as Kroot but Space Marines.
Oddly enough, Mortifactors are also probably one of the more 'progressive' Astartes chapters in terms of adhering to the Imperial faith. They recognize the rot in Imperial society that comes with blindly clutching doctrine and law too strictly. Definitely an interesting mix that this chapter is, probably one of my favorite chapters at the moment
@@gilledgar2243go read the tiny amount of lore that exists on the Libators, another "wholesome," definitely G-man's geneseed, Ultramarines successor :P BLOOD FOR THE EMPEROR!!!
Given that Space Marine get a special organ that lets them consume memories of people that they eat, cannibalism is probably fairly common for space marines. (Which support your hypothesis of 40k being a horror setting)
If you want to learn more about the Angels Resplendent, the Undying Martyr and how they all fit together I can’t recommend Peter Fehervari’s work enough. The books Fire Caste and the Reverie and the short story The Crown of Thorns all have subtexts that weave together and let you piece the mystery together. It’s probably some of the most engaging fiction Black Library has right now
While I wholeheartedly recommend checking out all of Fehervaris work (he is by far my favourite 40k author), I do feel the Reverie is by itself enough to piece it together ;)
@@PavelThorsonos Eh. The Reverie sets up why the Resplendent would be willing to listen to the undying martyr. Fire Caste and the Crown of Thorns let you figure out who the martyr actually is and how he got to Canvolis. But you’re right this is an undisguised attempt to get the Arkan more exposure. My favorite subplot in the dark coil is the Arkan inadvertently getting payback on the Resplendent. The fact that the boys in gray had no idea that yeeting the creepy preacher into a swamp brought about the total ruination of everything the chapter that helped conquer their homeworld stood for is hilarious
An interesting shift from painting and history of miniatures to Lore. But this is one, maybe the only aspect of 40K that I enjoy, making up or following one's own obscure and cursed chapter.
Do a part 2! While not the most exciting color scheme (having undergone a couple revisions, including their heraldry), the Relictors have an interesting story. In fact the Eye of Terror campaign had featured them in a couple WD articles which introduced 'the mini codex', where a chapter was given special equipment to select, scenarios and even created allies for them! Based on the retcons of the Eye of Terror campaign, their fate is is a 'grey' area.
The dark krakens sound really neat. If you were doing a take on them have you considered looking into a glow in the dark paint or ink for the bioluminenscence?
"For those we cherish, we die in glory!" A Vox in the Void has done some amazing fan made Lamenters videos. Man I just love Salamanders and Lamenters. Good video, can't get enough of WH40K, and the more channels the better! Subscribed!
Exorcists were the whole reason I started collecting and painting. I think at that point the rumor was that they were the only Grey Knight successor chapter, so I decked a lot of my guys out with halberds and the grey knight pauldrons. Imperial fists are cool lineage too, but I'll always love my semi Grey bois. Also love the horror vibes. 40k horror sneaks up on a person so good.
😳Angels Resplendent (though art-loving and sophisticated) were very creepy and warp-tainted way before the reformation to Angels Penitent. At least, that was my impression after reading Peter Fehervari dark coil books. Anyway, thank you for the video, Louise, you're amazing:)
I know about all of this chapters but I still loved to hear about them all. Other strange loyal boys i can name:Fire Hawks,Flesh Eaters,Knights of Blood,Subjugators,Excoriators,Executioners,Red Talons Cannot wait for painting guide about all chapters in video
I'm endorsing the Dark Krakens video movement too! I knew of their heritage before but much of the rest is new to me, and with the eerie tone of this video, I wondered if that librarian or his counterparts could do something like bloodbending!
Louise, Check out the Soul Drinkers if you want another chapter for "OOPS, all Loyalist Shenanigans!" I have an entire firstborn army of them from back in the late 2000s. Also making a Primaris faction of them, as they have been brought back in novels.
I love the theory that the exorcists are of Word Bearers gene seed. I mean, sure "officially" they are Imperial Fist successors, but if they WERE build from a Chaos gene seed you would definitely say that they were not. Officially.
seeing the tiny Legions rainbow warrior next to the 40k one gave me an idea for a silly custom chapter. Space marines who are fllowed into battle by mysterious swarms of tiny versions of themselves
I’ve gotta say, me being the spooky dude I am, the Mortifactors are probably my favorite chapter. I wish there were more information on them! But yes, this video was amazing and so are you, Sugs! I look forward to your videos the second I finish the new ones lol 🎉
Really well done. I always like hearing about obscure facts about the various factions and groups in the 40K universe. Thank you Sister Lore Keeper. May the Emperor watch over you and yours. Great video.
The most terrifying aspect of Space Marines would be the “uncanny valley” effect their unhelmeted faces and heads would provoke. Imagine a person with induced acromegaly and gigantism. Now imagine that person knows you’re vaguely disgusted by them and that they’re more intelligent, stronger, and orders of magnitude faster than you.
I truely love the dark krakens and would love a deep dive into them, i think its interesting how it shows the kindness of the salamanders is genetic as they are show to be just a wholesome as the salamanders are.
I’m surprised the carcharodon’s didn’t make the cut, they are scary and brutal AF. And the red wake! Basically loyalist nightlord vibes. But however just for the excellent pun. you get my vote for a deep dive! RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
I'm not very up to date on a lot of the modern lore but Dark Krakens actually sound really cool and I love to explore them more. For the undying martyr I've always thought he was a not so subtle Sanguinius analog, either psychically manifested or just a weird coincidence but their behaviour shift is very much an extreme lore example of pre-heresy to post loss for the BA genes.
I would love to see a project where you make a Deathwatch kill team made up of heavily converted models representing a load of your favourite chapters (particularly the Dark Krakens!)
Love the video! I'd like to see more about say, the Black Dragons, the Carcharadons, the Minotaurs, and the Marines Malevolent--or any other 'dark' Loyalists. I love the Mortifactors and have had a soft spot for them ever since Watch Captain Artemis from the old Inquisitor 54mm game.
Painting focused videos are always awesome, but I also love learning about aspects of the setting I don't know through lore videos. You're passionate and knowledgeable about both so I welcome both kinds of content! Plus one for the Dark Kraken deep dive by the way.
Ok, holup, you just taught me about the Dark Krakens and they and their planet sound A W E S O M E. I'm definitely into the idea of a full video! Also this channel is fun as hell, Subscribed 🙏
Love all this! If you love purple, how about a shoutout to my unluckiest of boys, the Soul Drinkers? One of the few chapters to give the Lamenters a run for their money in that regard.
there's some dark kraken lore in recent white dwarfs that i enjoyed a lot so i would love to see reunited in a video! them and the wolf spears are cool new additions. Also the rift stalkers picked my interest when the Primaris went out.
Would love to see more content like this! What about a list of loyalist chapters who might actually bear traitor geneseed? I know the Rainbow Warriors and Blood Ravens are widely suspected to be Thousand Sons, then there's my boys, the Sons of the Phoenix who are generally assumed to be loyalist Emperor's Children and a bunch of others!
For sure. I'd add that I'd like to know more about Loyalist Chapters rumoured to be descended from the Legions of the Lost and Forgotten. After their Primarchs were stricken, their troops were folded into the Imperial Fists and Ultramarines (mostly) only to later be rolled back out as independent chapters during the first founding (IIRC). Apparently that's how you get oddball successor chapters to the Imperial Fists like the Black Templars and from the Ultramarines the Mortifactors. I want to know more!
Awesome video, this highlights exactly what's so engaging about the 40k setting. I do still feel that there's a movement towards the imperium and space marines being depicted as good guys which I'm not that into, but stuff like this reminds us all how rich the lore is. Thanks
Loved the whole vid. Enjoyed the entire script learning something new always makes me look for more. I appreciate being able to see how you enjoy this hobby everything you share is memorable! I am always eyeing up my paints when I finish one of your vids, thank you.
I've got a couple kits of space marines that I never got around to painting because I decided to main Necrons, but maybe I'll paint them up as Mortifactors after this video. ;)
I really enjoyed this! Delving into the obscure nooks of the 40K universe is a lot of fun. I was going to argue that the video doesn't really support the thesis, because I took your thesis to be "GW isn't actually trying to make the major Space Marine chapters feel more like "good guys" that a mass market audience can support." But after looking at your opening more closely, I realise now that your thesis is actually "being a Loyalist doesn't mean you're a good person." And the video certainly supports that. The early reference to folks talking about how 40K is trying to change the Ultramarines and Salamanders into actual good guys is slightly distracting, then, but taken as a whole, the underlying argument of this video is sound. And I feel that from an A/V technical perspective, this shows a steady improvement in your skills as a RU-vidr. So, allow me to conclude be saying that this video shows you're doing pretty good at your job! (I hope that comes accross as the compliment it's meant to be.)
I would have included the carcharadons. Raven guard gene seed markers, the show up, the go into a feeding frenzy, they recruit, they leave. Not bad for chapter that was a joke originally
I’m not a big fan of deep oceans, but I love the idea of a Dark Kraken army! Edit: I love the Mortifactors and can confirm they are certified freaks, 7 days a week.
Definatley needs to be a part two. I thought this would be about all the suspected chapters with traitor gene seed. With would involve pretty much the whole dark founding? Anyway great job! Always love your content!
Great lore vid, thanks a lot! More on the Dark Krakens would be great, and how about Wolfspear maybe? Looking forward to seeing how you did some of the fine detail in Titanically small scale!
Love the Video! One small correction. Medusa is the home world of the Iron Hands. The followers of the Moirae cult were banished from Medusa and the other home worlds of Iron hands Successors to form the new Successor Chapter The Sons of Medusa. the Sons of Medusa have no home world and are instead fleet based.
the exorcists are one of the coolest chapters around. Also my army i play on the table. Been painting them for a few years now. would love you to do a deeper dive into them.
Grey Knights are my first/favorite SpaceMarines, and I laugh when people try to convince me they're "bad", or that shouldn't support them. Let me enjoy things, and everyone else stay in their lane. Keep It Grimdark
My favourite SM chapter are the Conservators. Extremely badly supplied SM chapter forced to used looted, IG/PDF grade and even home-made weaponry and armor. They even run their own businesses to make money to afford buying new gear.
Great video! Yes please, more Dark Kraken! Salamanders have been one of my armies since 3rd edition. I saw the art for their chapter but had no idea they sounded SO cool! It would be great to see your take on how to hobby them and learn more 😀
Not only would I love a deep dive for the Dark Krakens - I would love one for all chapters mentioned. I love The Exorcists because they scratch the Imperial Fist, Dark Angels, Blood Angels and Chaos itch all at once
Loved the video and would love to see more on the Dark Krakens.!! Was almost going to go with them for my first 40k army from my leviathan box but will be doing Convenant of Fire cause orange!
Awesome video! I would truly love to see you do a video on the Mentor Legion (not “Mentors” - proper old school fan - the icon isn’t an Eagle but instead an Owl’s head) and especially how the Legion (Chapter) fits into the current realm of the 40K universe.
