Trying to explain every mark of power armour | 40k lore 

"neck thing" is a gorget, and a necessary addition to the armor. The neck joints were open to ricochets

One of my favorite characters Amadeus Ducaine was an iron hand old head who despite being a lord commander of a legion still wore mark 1 thunder armor because he took pride in his long service and never mentions him having trouble with it so I think it's cool to imagine one grizzled old veteran in mk 1 armor showing the young bucks how its done on the battlefield

I remember hearing that the corvis was meant to be the mk5 but the heresy pattern was rushed into production first

There's also the Indomitus variant of the Mark X Primaris armor worn by the Bladeguard. it's slightly beefier than the standard Tacticus, optimized for melee engagements and looks more knightly in appearance.

The Aquila helmet is just too iconic to discard completely. I hope it comes back sometime in the future.

Black Carapace does not replace skin. It's an implanted layer of synthetic nerves that also provides a degree of ballistic protection in places. It helps the armor interface with your nervous system making it feel like you're wearing a bodysuit rather than a walking armored vehicle.

In regards to lack of a mark 9 variant I'm gonna choose to believe that Ageis pattern armour only meant for the Gray knights is a the mark 9 with it having holy runes and psychic hoods for all armour produced

"Do you align yourself with the four satans? No? Cool, wear the bird now." 😆

You forgot to mention MK3 has reduced rear plating, making it highly vulnerable to flanking. In addition, MK2 and 3 are obscenely loud when compared to other armors. Source is Deathwatch : Rites of Battle

The crusade armour's helmet was originally fixed to the gorget, meaning it would not turn with the wearer's head.

i love the beaky helmets man. idk why, all of their variants look awesome to me, then the Mk VII, looks great.

As a Chaos player, all of my marines wear artificier armor kitbashed together from various kits because I like injecting individuality into my little squads. I was told not to do so but I like self induced trauma. I personally really like Phobos and Errant armor a lot.

I know Im gunna be that guy, but ceramite is a ceramic. Its really cool the uses of ceramics in bullet resistant vests and spaceship hulls due to there impact resistance (being a composite), and there heat resistance, making it perfect for plated armour against heat and force based weponry.

I actually didn't like power armor at first, because I learned about 40k through a space hulk video game so I only knew about terminators and thought they were awesome. So when I got into the hobby I saw the power armor models and thought "who tf are those little dudes" but after some novels and artwork I def grew into it. But long story short mk3 looks the coolest but I'd rather wear a mk4

I grew up with 3rd edition so the Mk 7 holds a special place in my army, Salamanders putting "KILL IT WITH FIRE" to shame from 30K onward.

great content, love the casual talk format. I don’t think Ceramite is metal, in a lot books it described as a thick layer of ceramic material that would shatter when shot to absorb kinetic energy, and can be incased again after the battle. kinda like ceramic ballistic plate.

I think it's just a natural design choice. I once designed a suit of powered armour with two eye "holes" in the helmet, but they were round and unthreatening which just isn't what you need for elite shock troopers policing the orbit of a planet, so I gave them angry eyebrows.

It's worth noting that the mk 10 also saved the mk8 gorget, and improved on it. I still wanna know what happened to mk 9 armor though, lol

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Phobos pattern is still my favorite. I'm always surprised when I hear the Mk. 8 was considered a "failure" though. Did the gorget really make that big of a difference?

Mk6 is my favourite, followed by mk4, and mk10 tacticus and phobos... Also i found some Raven Guard conversions of phobos armor with the mk6 Corvus helmet and these look extremely cool imo (Just look at the new Shrike model with the helmet on). The beakie helmet in general is my favourite and makes a lot of practical and aesthetic sense for me!

Iron and Aquila are my favorite merge certain armor pieces and designs together it would look incredible

I discovered this channel yesterday and i have now watched almost every video on it, not in order but its fun to learn more about 40k plus i like the way this guy explains stuff

personaly i love the gravis pattern. i think the large hulking aesthetic is amazing and works well with my love of melee in games that should not have being effective

I love the MKIV, my Emperor's Children from Horus Heresy wear it with the fancy gold trim upgrades and stuff, it looks so snazzy

Since my first exposure to Space Marines was the RTB01 box, MkVI will always be my favourite. But other than that, MKVII is the most iconic.

The Aegis Armor is easily my favorite. The look and design of classical suits, which follows the Paladin aesthetic the Grey Knights have, is distinct enough to immediately set them apart from their brethren, even to those who’ve never seen a Space Marine.

9:27 "It's very space marine-ey." thats crazy, never would have guessed lol

Phobos looses points for incursors. It is my favorite for primaris because of how cool infiltrators are. The iron armor and Aquila number one and number two to me, followed by phobos.

I always laugh at your endings. I know its coming (giggety) in some way but i still laugh.

The emperor’s biocrafts are so crude but so fascinating a monkey with a stick and rocks creating such strong tools it was so fun to discover how he made them but our haemonculi have other projects to work on so I bid you a goodnight and thank you for this intelligence report

As far i remember, the Mark IX is the one the Grey Knights use, the Aegis, right?

Corvus is easily my favourite outside of gravis. I just love the sleek design of the corvus with the bubble shoulder and beak adding a little extra flair while I love the gravis for just being fucking massive. Like I can imagine a squad of aggressors lumbering into flamer range, getting shot to shit and just BARELY incinerating all in their path. Another cool thing to note is that mark 4 and mark 10 both have the same helmets. Also speaking of helmets if mark 10 had the aquila pattern helmet it would easily beat out both gravis and corvus for me

The Mk8 armor was costly to make so it was mainly given to Space Marine Officers and Special squads like Deathwatch.

MKVIII doesn't just have the kneck guard, there's also additional armour over the hip, stomach and shoulder joints, as well as improved mobility in the ankles. It's just often not all depicted in artwork.

I know a lot of people have been giving it shit lately, but I think the Mark VI is my favorite armor pattern, followed closely by Mark IV.

Ceramite may be a "super fantastical sci fi metal", but the idea is actually based on tank armour from the 20th century, specifically the ceramic Chobham armour of the Challenger and Abrams tanks. The name 'ceramite' is obviously based on the 'ceramic' composite, but given a more sci-fi sounding name. As with most things in 40k, there's basis in the real world. Boltguns are another example of such.

Love the Corvus armor:)

"Maxamus armor," I wonder if the people using it will get their revenge in this life or the next. Maybe that's what Rylanor was using.

you know it's gonna be a good video when the background music is Everywhere At The End of Time

MK 3 is my fav. I love the design and feel. I'm actually planning on making a custom Marine chapter, outfitted with the MK 3's.

The Mk. IV is considered the best mark out of all the marks available, outside of Mk. X. It is why, right before Horus launched the Heresy, he and Kelbor-Hal made sure every traitor Legions were almost entirely geared with it, even tho Death Guard and Iron Warriors preferred the Mk. III. The Mk. V is not really a model to begin with. It's the amalgamation of field repair, personal modifications and tweaks made by every marine on the field to compensate the lack of supply. Not a single Mk. V armor would look the same, because it was not a real mark; I even think it was named like that retroactively. Mk. VI's development started right at the end of the Great Crusade. It was (when it was still technically Mk. V) named Corvus to honor Corax, Raven Guard's Primarch, because his legion used the armor first to test it on the field. When the Heresy broke out and the Raven Guard went back to Terra, it was all gifted to them when they needed to grow back in strength (some were stolen by Alpha Legion operatives alongside plans, which explains why traitors have it too). Mk. VII's development was launched right after Mk VI's. It was made to be more resilient than Mk. VI, but less expensive and technical than the Mk. IV. The battlefields of the late Horus Heresy were its trial phases, and by the time of the Siege of Terra, many if not the majority of the defenders (Imperial Fists, Blood Angels and White Scars, plus some remnants of other loyalist Legions) were equipped with Mk. VII armors.

Mk. 5 is definitely the most estheticaly pleasing imho. Especially the massive helmet design. And of course, the studs... And when you put the Space Sharks paint over it... *Chef's kiss*

Oh and I think it is absolutely insane that the imperium went like 10k years with almost no armor upgrades! Why in the world would that happen?!

Arthur - "because Terminators are fuckin cool" No truer words have ever been said😅 Mark 3 is king ,all others are trash!

While the Mark 10 Phobus is my favourite, I have say that the Mark 5 Heresy Helmet looks the business. Very predatory...no wonder the Charcaradons use it.

Devastator centurions (I think that's what they were called anyway) are my overall favorites but I'm rather partial to the mk3, mk2 for their beefiness. The mk4 and mk7 are good too. Truthfully though, in rts games I've always liked plopping turrets and AA all around the map until I can get a shitload of tanks and arty. So infantry variants don't make as much of a difference to me generally.

as a huge dork for the raptors chapters, the phobos pattern is fucking dope as hell

I believe that the Heresy armour's molecular studs were actually just used to fuse more armour onto the old armour, as when the Heresy started they went from fighting some AP weapons strong enough to kill a space marine only carried by afew specialised squads (assuming an alien species even had them) to fighting the fully automatic sniper rifles of the Traitor marines, meaning that they needed more armour to actually defend against anything.

Mark VII "Aquilla" absolute favourite, but correct me if I am wrong, but I remember a Mark IX armor. Don´t remember the name of it but I think it was used by "normal" humans, like inquisitors or smth?

Mk1: Beginning prototype interesting to see what came before, like seeing a biplane or a zepplin Mk2: Certified Hood Classic. paved the way and looks like some of the best imo Mk3: A more specialised yet flexible armour. could be used for multiple things, like it for the same reason I like Mk2 Mk4: Advanced and sleek armour, yet still has a classic feel to it the zenith right before the fall Mk5: Underrated armour, has a gritty survivalist feel and could be kitbashed with other marks to emphasise that Mk6: Another classic armour, out of canon the oldest and most classic, still cool looking Mk7: Ubiquitous armour its what people used to think when they said space marine, before the primaris Mk8: Another Interesting armour the reinforced gorget is good for sergeants or vets no really awful power armour because they all have a role, purpose or aesthetic they suit. Its just a shame they aren't represented as well as they could be in plastic

Arthas be like "ha, hold my helmet... And loose your soul"

The neckguard doesnt limit mobility but bottom visibility, and you cant slap a corvus helmet on it due to the beak interfiering with the neckguard (you can prolly reffer to it as a gorget). It has an added benefit of eliminating a shot trap- a term used in tanks when armor can deflect a hit to a weakspot and is generally avoided in design, Old pre industrial plate armor had some strange ribs near the neck so weapon and arrow hits do not slide from the breastplate into the neck

I personally enjoy the crusade helmet design with the iron suit because I find them to be the more realistic style of power armor if it was max today,

Your openings are always so nervous its kind of charming.

not even just a WH thing but usually on things like a helm/ or car its good to make your combat thing look aggressive. so short and not as thought out or thorough answer its an intimidation display.

Love the Mark 4 Maximus armor imo its the best design.

Good shit as usual Arthur!!!

Phobos pattern is just awesome aesthetically. Kayvaan Shrike is my favorite space marine of all time.

I gotta admit I love the mark 10. All the versions of it. They look AWESOME

you using the everywhere at the end of time music is so terrifying to me and i dont know why

I honestly really like the concept art of the Thunder Armor. The one shown at 2:44 is mostly what I mean, it does look really fucking cool, like stylized auramite Aquila armor. The no powered leg thing is supremely stupid, you'd think it would be the other way around to let you carry the armor's weight better, but on a purely aesthetic basis this one gets me. As for the actually good sets of armor? Crusade, Iron, and mandatory beaky helmet. Aquila is nice enough, pretty good as a baseline standard armor for the 41st Millennium. Oh, and FUCK anything to do with Primaris, that shit can pop a nut and fuck off.

Fun fact: IIRC the Corvus pattern armor was actually named so because for a time, when the Mark IV was still the standard issue, the Raven Guard were given prototype variants of the Corvus power armor for field testing and, specifically, to see just how sneaky it could be. Because of their early usage of it, and their contributions to the field testing and whatnot, the Corvus Pattern Power Armor was named after the Primarch of the Raven Guard, *Corvus* Corax.

Ceramite is actually not a metal. It’s a compound armor scheme comprised of ceramics and Adamantium.

Heresy pattern has this rugged, more grim look to it that the Mk2 and Mk3 have except it doesn't remind you of past glories, only horror. Also the funniest "feature" of Mk5 being since the added weight needs more power thus need more cables but those cables need more protection so they add MORE armor which means more power needed to be able to carry that extra weight and it goes in a neverending loop.

My fav is mk8 errant for rule of cool and looks very cool to a large pack of melee marines

I’m a gravis fan, love the chunky boi aesthetic.

Im going to keep this short, but i made a comment complaining about youtube shorts and its just gone right after i hit post. I didnt swear in it or use any words i would think RU-vid wouldnt like; but it just doesnt exist when i look through and try to find it

Mark IV and Mark V are absolutely best Plus Mark V' - little mistake there. Studs there were to basicly bolt additional armor plates, and if marine got hit in said body-part, the studs were ment to take the damage of it. This is due to the armor, being mostly suited/designed to have in mind fighting other space marines, rather than other enemies.

just slap on a Mk10 Phobos helmet on a Mk7 body and boom thats my favorite the versatility of the Mk7 with the epic gas mask-ness of the Mk10 Phobos helmet it just looks so cool

I love the mark 10 I’m so happy it’s the new look. LOOKS SO COOL

I realize we will probably never get it, but i would love having some Thunder Warrior models. Include some Techno-Barbarian models and we could have real Unification War battles. Am I the only person that wants this?

Addition to MK5, they also shoved a shitload of sensory equipment into the helmet, which gave it it's iconic beak.

Personally, the mk 7 andMk8 are just classics But my favorite has to be the Mk3 and as a runner up, the Mk 6, but with the Imperial Fists' medieval knight style helmets

My favourite part about the MK VI is the beak has extra communications equipment so I have equipped most of my officer models with it because they will need that ability more than most.

I always liked the Mk V armor because of the studs. For my EC, I did a mix. You know, it always was a shame that the stats were just generic so all that mattered was appearance.

In my personal opinion The Space Marines Armour is one of the G.O.A.T Armours in fiction no 🧢, thing is deadly 💀 and delivers

The moment I saw the Phobos armor a while back I knew it was my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, I love how chonky space marines are, but you cant tell me that streamlined armor isn’t the slickest fuckin thing ever

The mark 3 is my fav because DG duh but my favorite little thing is that the in canon reason the protection and mobility swap is because they literally added more joint plating, thus restricting movement

Runic armor for those special wolf bois. Surprised its not like...Runes of the Wulfen armor...given their naming conventions...so Vikings in space confirmed...just very...fluffy at times. Artificer armor is for techmarines...I think and it gave them a bonus in 3rd/4th edition...I also think there was an additional upgrade that had a seperate name or category that increased the save to a 2 plus that wasn't terminator armor, but reinforced/close. I upgraded my Librarian to that variant and it was fun...I had an epistolary at the time too...I honestly didn't really dig psychic phases, but yeah, I've got my old vet.

Mark VI will always be the most aesthetically pleasing and iconic power armor. The old VII looks like Darth Vader and X looks like a technological regression to IV somehow. The Primaris plotline was a throbbing mistake anyway which took a physical game problem (Astartes models are the same size as guardsmen) and changed the lore, somehow not even fixing the original problem but also making another logistical game and lore problem all together (Astartes are still the size of guardsmen but now you have space marine-space marines which defy the logic of the universe and are actually the same size that Astartes SHOULD be, and even shorter than what Primaris SHOULD be).

I love all of the Mark 10 armor and variants they are personally my favorites.

I really like helmets from mark 2/3.

Maximus will always be the version of armor I prefer for the guys for three reasons; Firstly, it is the best looking. Secondly, it is the armor that works, lore-wise. Thirdly, both traitors and loyalists had access to it at the same time, thus it is standard and I like it. The Mk5 is ridiculous in my opinion, the Corvus pattern should have been a specialization, Mk7 should have been introduced as like a Mk3, and Mk8 is an afterthought. I'm slightly happy they went with primaris, but I also have my gripes with it I'm not going to elaborate on here because it is at least a 13 page rant.

White scars on jet bikes and Corvus armor looks great and kinda makes sense

Based on the name, ceramite would be a ceramic/titanium+ alloy, ceramic has a very high melting point, making it better against lasers (modern tank armour is ceramic alloy) so the armour probably isnt too fantastical overall

i love that the stealth armour for the primaris is the stealth armour, when it would be the standard for any other universe

No, Ceramite is not a fantasy metal, its a fantasy ceramic composite material. I think... Pretty sure Adamantium is the sci-fi metal.

Phobos goes great with my Alpha Legion, look like great covert ops agents

The MkX armor used by Primaris is my favorite for the fact it’s closer to Mjolnir from Halo than anything else because it’s entirely modular. Intercessors wear the baseline armor Phobos marines wear the stripped down Phobos version Heavy Intercessors and Aggressors wear Gravis, the up armored version Then Inceptors and Suppressors wear a modification between all those variants That’s followed by Mk3 and Mk6.

If you look up at most helm from below they look more shocked then angry :o

Now we have primaris terminators.

I honestly really like how you don't speak with a Cadance or Roleplayish Accent as it makes this video feel more human I subbed

3:05 The problem with marj 2 iron armor is reaching anything above your chest Look at those pauldrons

In terms of ceramics being good enough for military armour there is Aluminium oxynitride

MKIII is the best power armour - *_very much imo_* - I really hope GW redoes the MKIII assault squads. Those jump packs were 🤌🏻

I like how no mk dare to change the shoulder pads or the general legs or design. Overall they all do look very similar exsternally speaking

I’d like to see that guy short space marine that kept fucking growing because he just wouldn’t stop working out “my battle brother, please stop bulking. My superiors have ordered me to tell you to stop. It seems they’ve grown agitated after refitting your armor 30 times over” in the terminator armor. Wonder how easily he’d be able to move in it

Beakie helmets are my absolute favorite.

10 Tacticus is my favorite because it looks so clean