Orks are pure horror. An ork would eat a baby in front its wailing mother, crush her legs and throw her back to the other slaves to die slowly, just for a little snack and a quick laugh. All without seeing anything wrong or monstrous in it.
Yeah if you look at orks from any non-ork perspective they're either shown as fodder or shown as incredibly strong masses of muscle that produce incredibly quickly.
Orks are only comic relief, because despite the horrible setting, they are the only ones actually enjoying the brutal carnage, constant war and dark nature of the universe, for them this is paradise. Realistically, they are true to what they are, savage, brutal and devastating menace that exists only to perpetuate the constant conflict.
Love how thicc the orks are and, despite that the guard is handling the assault well. Remember, space marines are only deployed if the shit is that dire.
They're not. Imperium has a million planets and barely a million Astartes. And while it may be that only a few hundred worlds are in a state of war at a time, you can't afford to station Astartes everywhere in waiting and also can't predict which ones it'll be. And with their FTL, they may never arrive. Besides Astartes would be only deployed to behead warboss and then would leave the planet immediately because they're always in demand by stupid plot and incompetent commanders.
Nice to sees those Killteam trailer assets get used. That's pretty much what the animated series should've been. "You see those fancy animated commercials we made? Make a whole animated series like that".
Games Workshop should really allow Netflix to distribute their shows. That way more people would be exposed and become fans. I think only a few people would pay for Warhammer + just for the shows, while Netflix or Amazon Prime have millions of subscribers.
I love hows its implied that when the orks speak, only they can understand each other. But when the humans hear them all they hear is a blood chilling roar. No fun cockney accents.
Orks can speak, its in a lot of books and other media. It's very well known that they speak somewhere below even low gothic. Its even said that the more "advanced" orks in the War of the Beast speak almost "good" low gothic and some high gothic. Hell Ogryns are said to speak in a VERY similar way too Orks.
@crypticcoke4547 I know they can speak in the books. I'm referring to how they are depicted in the episode. But most of the time they are speaking to each other in there own orkish language. Not all orks speak low Gothic.
I love how this depicts how badass the guard is instead of just showing them dying. The guard truly has the best that humanity has to offer not including post humans.
That's depend though. Not every guard regiments created equal. While Imperium required to created regiment from better part of PDF. Many Governor simply just recruited straight from civilians or outright send press-gang to forcibly conscripted anyone who too slow to run away.
Finally we get to see the Guard being appropriately badass. I’m tired of just watching them get slaughtered until enough are to attract the fickle attention of the Space Jocks. Daily reminder that the Guard fights almost all of the Imperiums battles. There is no enemy that enough Guardsmen can’t defeat and enough is probably fewer than most think.
People seem to forget that Guardsmen are supposed to be among the most highly trained and skilled soldiers picked from the PDF's. Sure, not Tempestus Scion level but they are still at least Army Rangers level and not just your typical PDF grunt.
@@cleeiii357they don't forget, they just look like the Tienshinhans to the Astartes' saiyans. Competent enough doesn't measure up to plot mandated hax.
@@TannuWannu pretty sure DBZ predates reddit so i don't know why you brought that place up but if you want an non-DBZ example, a typical guard would be that guy in the robocop cartoon that cleared an obstacle course in record time...then robocop smashes his record immediately and effortlessly. Guy is good but not robocop good
@@pyerack Such a shame it's locked behind a paywall though. That and GW is actively hunting down people who simply just making fan animations (see Astartes, and Emperor TTS) really says GW wants them to be the only one making content for the IP.
Animation and anything related to it takes time and preparation, something that GW simply did not understand and clearly heavily underestimated. This is them finally learning the lessons of timing and preparation and all of this finally bearing fruit. In the future they will be able to pump out animations even more consistently, but again that is a work in progress, as animation is an art, not a science.
A lot of comments here are talking about the orks(who are indeed utterly fantastic), but can we appreciate how the guardsmen are given proper justice too? They arent just being used for slaughter, they're actually putting up a fight and acting the way highly trained veterans would.
But I don't think this is very guardsmen. Guardsmen aren't like space marines where 10 of them are able to hold off 10 orks. They're more like 40 of them with heavy weapon placements, lasguns and tanks and placements etc holding off 20 orks while 20 of them die while doing so and all the orks are dead at the end and 10 guardsmen are alive with 10 more injured. But it's ok because the 10 guardsmen in this fight seem to be very well equipped and seem to be veterans.
@@karankenZThese guardsmen have already been through all that. They’re at the end of their supplies, almost completely out. Besides, the main guardsmen this clip followed were Kasrkin, who are elites who very much should be able to take on their equal number in Orks and more.
Sadly, I don't think these are your typical guardsman. the presence of hotshot lasguns makes me think they're probably Kasrkins or some eliter form of Guardsman, not your a-typical footslogger.
Remember, children, that we’ve been fighting these bastards since we first left earth. They fucking _love_ us, because they know we’ll put up a decent fight. To the Orks, this is _playtime._
And to the imperium is just another fucking day of the week fighting the Orks. Hell I think big E is fighting Gork And Mork in a free for all up in the immaterium. And if the chaos gods interrupt them, the chaos gods is gonna have to deal with both ork gods and Big E himself. And chaos troops is also going to deal with both the imperium and the Orks.
Oh! Now I understand why people play the tabletop game. It finally clicked with your comment. I really enjoyed the lore and the 40K books, but didn't understand the tabletop much. Or why they played. Now I get it. It's all imagination.
Orks maybe a comical species, with crude personalities, ramshackle weaponry, and Cockney accents... But let's face the truth these guys can be terrifying to deal with.
The good news is they are Orks Kommando so while they are the more competent part of the horde they are not numerous. The bad news is Orks Kommando are just a fraction of any Orks whaaagh. And like the guardsmen said, if they show up, they are just the scout for the main force.
Remember, the Orks in Warhammer almost defeated the Imperium during the War of the Beast, during the Great Crusade they ruled an empire which was so powerful that the Emperor himself had to join the fight to defeat them, plus they're the only faction who forced a Tyranid Hivefleet into a tactical retreat. They maybe the funny comic relief faction, but they're not to be underestimated.
@@FrenchCriedRice yea it was. They almost over ran the imperium due to the heresy. If vulkan wasn't there, the entire imperium would've erased after that.
@@xatariumjanuary6203 Orks and necrons are probably the only species in 40k that can go toe to toe with the nids. Maybe the imperium in the near future with guilliman and lion's return. And I know cawl is cooking some heinous shit back at mars.
For those wondering why the ork with the claw looks like other orks in trailers. Orks get gentic information on how they should act, this is why orks on all planets have the same kulturs.
@@Turnil321 i mean a bit weird that it dresses the exact same innit? With the same claw and all. Although it is a nice nod to the kill team trailer (especially with when he enters the fight he kills the guardsmen like how he did the first kreigsmen in the trailer.)
@@ZagstrakEadSmasha They look like the models so GW can sell more of them because of the recognizing factor. Also it's easier to use already existing animated models than reworking them.
It's funny, I always think about that whenever I see a dude spit blood and then just be... fine. One possibility is that he split his lip or bit his tongue, which is... possible. But most of the time it's implied that the body shot did it - and if you're coughing up blood that means you likely have bleeding in you're likely bleeding into lungs or some other part of your respiratory system as a result of shattered ribs poking them with bone fragments. Not the kind of thing you just... shake off and then have a conversation about. Dude should be wetly gurgling as he struggles to breathe.
Yeah, the human body is not really some unknown quantity. Either he has a pumctured lung or he doesn't. And if he does, he can be tough and resolute, but with a might more wheezing and wet gurgling in his voice.
@@ooverlord Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. Of course it only works for a time but internal bleeding or even a popped lung isn’t always enough to incapacitate someone in pain or shock. In fact in most combat scenario its not going to happen… because of adrenaline rush.
@@KalashVodka175 It's not pain, it's the fact that they now have a liquid obstructing their airway. Ever accidentally have a bit of water 'go down the wrong pipe?'. Yeah, that, but worse because a combat situation means you're already going to be breathing heavily and you can't expel the fluid because it's in your lungs - likely along with chips of bone.
@@ooverlord Oh I agree some effect should be more apparent I was more talking about his ability to stand up without writhing in pain in the first place
Large battles (or, rather, full-on military campaigns) is the Astra Militarum specialty though. Only the Guard has enough numbers and firepower to cover every inch of the continental/planetary-level frontline with exclusively the Legio Skitarii being able to rival guardsmen in this regard.
You are doing the Emperors work. I hope GW does a guardsmen series akin to the Clone Wars and itll be absolutely stunning. Perhaps following different regiments of the guard on different worlds and systems.
The powerclaw one was definitely from it, who then died to a chainsword wielding kreiger, odd how he died here as well, was thinking he'd live this battle to then eventually die to the kriegsmen.
@@ZagstrakEadSmashait is thought that when orks die, Gork and Mork take their souls and reincarnate them. Perhaps this particular ork likes the hat and claw, even unto death.
"you would made a fine commissar" that hitted harder than any thing in the show so far. Also you can see how the Commissar was so satisfied after telling her that for all her previous "yapping".
It’s not often the Orks are portrayed with this kind of speed and agility. But the animation still maintained their weight. They’re like gorillas in that sense.
@@sebastianhovenas272 Regular Orks don't move the same as Kommandos. The reason is because Kommandows are the Ork version of special forces. They are scouts and assaulters that assault enemy positions to weaken the enemy. So they are faster and more precise than regular Orks. While regular Orks can move the same as Kommandos they however are accident prone as well as unfocused and when battle begins they go into a frenzy making them clumsy.
@@JacobColeman-tu3sb Hard disagree. Special forces imply they're a cut above more common orks in all areas. A kommando is just a regular ork with the patience to do the sneaky bit before running screaming towards the enemy - because he knows that by being sneaky, he's more likely to actually reach said enemy. Exceptional orks exist - usually the Nob - but a regular Kommando is just a slightly more patient ork boy.
@@ooverlord That's why i said their the Ork version of Commandos and Special Forces. Orks do things differently than other races Commandos and special forces. Where other races Commandos and Special Forces use stealth or superior firepower to eliminate specialist targets. Ork Kommandows use stealth to get close to the enemy. Then either damage or eliminate enemies with heavy firepower and explosives then pull back. Or lead the charge by diverting attention away from the main Ork Force or Forces. Also Commandos in general aren't known for being ultra stealthy their job is to infiltrate behind enemy lines to eliminate reenforcemets or resupply caravans or assault certain positions or points of enemy positions to open it up for the main force. By eliminating heavy resistance that would push their allies back or taking out supply depots, resupply caravans,or reinforcements. Orks do these things just the Orkish way.
Quick reminder: Warhammer orks are green because when setting was created, in comics Hulk was at a peak of popularity. These orks were originally inspired by low approximation of Hulk's powerscale before Marvel got off the rails. And these humans are fighting that.
Skeptical this is true, 40k orks are green because the older warhammer fantasy orks were green, whf orks dont have much if anything to do with hulk as far as im aware
@@derpherp7432 near certain og orks were brown but one day one of gw employee saw a fan paint his boys green and loved it so much it became their new colour read that in white dwarf ages ago but I may remember wrong
@@vilnish2377 According to 1d4chan the team wanted green orks to make them look different from other franchises (LOTR, DND) which had them all dark grey and stuff.
Good to see the Guard do some work. People often forget that even though they are treated as cannon fodder they are professional soldiers, especially Kasrkin, and they win the bulk of The Imperium's wars.
Great reminder that despite the Lasgun being the standard rifle of the Guard, it is the variety of their weapons that makes the humble guardsmen defeat the strongest of foes
Yea, this should've been a waaaagh man. orks don't even roar that much like that. It's almost like a sound effect copied from a tyranid animation. The ork making that roar is also quite smartly dressed like a mekboy/kommando. He seems more like a waaaagher than a beastly roarer.
Likely a marketing tactic. Brain sees ork shaped this way in trailer and then in a show : image is reinforced subcounsciously. Brain sees model identical to what was previously seen and reinforced : brain triggers your consumer impulse It works
This episode and Space Marine 1 are the few Wh40k media that remind you that Orks can just be as terrifying as Chaos when it comes to being a threat towards Humanity
Orks are comcially brutal in this animation. Just absolutely going hog wild. Loved that sneaky gut punch the Komando Boss got off. Proppa Kunnin Brutal.
Most of these are kasrkins. Elite of Cadian forces. Theres one moment where regular cadians took down a Kommando in melee (bayonette moment) but imo it was pretty cool
I love how brutal and huge the orks are portrayed here. If you compare a Boyz mini to a Space Marine mini, the Ork is basically the same size as the marine, just hunched over. And they dont even have power armor.
What they said, Pariah Nexus storyline is Ep1 but the rest of the show is mostly separate. The same animators made I believe the 9th edition trailer, the show Pariah nexus, and now The Tithes
I’m happy with this. The Orks are brutal and terrifying, but a few skilled guardsmen *can* take one down in hand to hand, so long as they have lots of FIX BAYONETS
Orks are only comedic relief to other Orks. These meme has led them being completely misrepresented in the lore hundreds of times. They're not a joke to anyone having to face them.
Was gonna say, that kommando with the powerclaw def died to the kreiger. Was thinking he'd survive this battle only to fall to the chainsword of another. Then again, presumably orks reincarnate after they die everytime so maybe he just eventually found all of his gear after the krieger killed him, just to die again.😂
Tabletop Orks toughness 5: lmao lasguns and humie chainswords This animation’s Orks toughness: oh crap some of these lasguns are decent and chainswords might be a problem now!
Well trained and equipped seasoned Cadians are quite a sight. Orks are mighty melee fighters, as seen here, but they DO die to a well placed plasma round
Nah, it's always gotta be cadians. Nothing but cadians and the occasional kreigers to mix things up a little. Not even their planet getting blown up will stop cadians from being the vanilla poster child of guard regiments. 😂
Go to hell. The Cadians didn't lose their homeworld for people like you to downplay and bad mouth them. Yes, they maybe but their still cool in their own way.
Fuck man GW has been putting out some amazing animations with these. first the episode with the Female Custodes and Sister of Silence collecting the Black Ship Tithe while fending off Tyranids and now this? hell yeah.
@@justsomedude2020 after the last episode I believe it, remember commissars are far more skilled then most guardsmen, Some have even fenced space marines, and no its not just ciaphas cain, there are a few others who where capable of such a feat.
Wow, Depiction of the Guard without getting absolutely curb stomped, using group tactics to overwhelm the greenskins and using their weapon variety to full effect. Outstanding.
The Imperial Guard has mostly consisted of mixed gender regiments for decades in the game fluff, and women soldiers fight and die alongside the men. Some of those women have the skill to become elite soldiers like Kasrkin, just as some of the men do. If that alone triggers you, if you can't stand the idea of a woman being expected to fight in a grimdark universe like 40K where no one is excluded from war, and are outraged by the mere notion that any woman might be anything other than a helpless damsel in distress in such circumstances, then have been spending too much time mired in the culture war. Come up for air and try to enjoy something without those ideological blinkers on from time to time, before you reach the point where all you can see is your politics.
Dang i didnt realize this was a gw animation honestly i truly hope they keep up this level of production i am an imperial but id love to see all the factions pov in this style of animation i think both the community and creators would find alot of joy in it
There have been capable female Guard soldiers in 4K lore for literally decades. Captain Tona Criid and Major Pasha were important fighters and leadership figures in the Gaunt's Ghosts series twenty years ago. In this episode, the bravest and most decent character of the lot, the one who chose to stand by those troopers after they were stripped of their ammunition so that they would not fight and die alone, was a male Commissar, a male Commissar who also cut down several Orks in hand to hand combat and duelled a Bloodaxe Nob, refusing to give up even after a blow that would have broken several ribs and probably inflicted severe internal injuries. At the same time, the callous Adminstratum quill pusher who had the very ammunition that was requisitioned, and so doomed those soldiers, destroyed to clear their loading deck was... a woman. You are so sunk in your wretched culture war you can't even see the truth of what is happening in front of your eyes.
Now this is what I call guardsman appreciation. Keep in mind there’s only 1,000 space marines per chapter and only about 9-11 left. Average humans are the ones in these brutal fights the space marines are for when things are especially dire
The Imperium embraces all of loyalist humanity, and has in the lore since the early days of 40K. Regiments of Guard are recruited from entire planetary populations, so are you really so surprised that Guard units aren't all weirdly unform in terms of skin tone?
@@AQS521 It is 'disingenuous' that regiments drawn from entire planetary populations aren't all White, is it? What makes you think every last Cadian is a lighter shade of pale anyway? We aren't talking about a single tribe or medieval kingdom here. An Imperial bastion world like Cadia would have a population numbering in the tens of billions at the low end, and a population on that scale is inevitably going to include many ethnic variations within it. Imagine a regiment raised from Earth, and how odd it would be if every last soldier raised to form a planetary fighting force from Earth were all of the same skin tone, and Earth has only a fraction of the average population of one of the more densely populated worlds of the Imperium. Varied ethnicities within Guard regiments is not any sort of issue from an in-universe lore point of view, so your problem with it must be something else. Quite honestly, I would rather people keep their own hang ups and politics - of whatever political hue - out of the hobby entirely.
She is so fcking big too. That must be a transmission. Believe it or not, women are typically smaller than men. They are essentially making women into men at this point
Just because Orks are a good enemy for Space Marines. Does not mean normal humans can't kill them. Besides those Guardsmen are veterans with Hotshot Lasguns and a Grenade Launcher. Their captain, lieutenant,or Sargent don't know what her rank is has a Plasma Pistol and Power Sword. Also Orks aren't magically invincible to normal humans. If they were there would be no Imperium. Because the Imperial Guard fight ninety percent of the wars and battles. The Imperium wages
Ork Boyz are only a threat to a marine in large number. Otherwise they aren’t a real danger. Nobz are something else. But even then they require number to overwhelm a marine.
Orks may be a source of humour in the world of 40K, yet they truly are terrifying in close combat.
Orks are funny to read about not fight.
The humans were pretty terrifying in close combat too. Not as chonky but just as deadly
Orks are pure horror. An ork would eat a baby in front its wailing mother, crush her legs and throw her back to the other slaves to die slowly, just for a little snack and a quick laugh. All without seeing anything wrong or monstrous in it.
@@TheDerwish Yeah... all the "funny" orks makes people forget they use humans as cattle.
Yeah if you look at orks from any non-ork perspective they're either shown as fodder or shown as incredibly strong masses of muscle that produce incredibly quickly.
Remember everyone, the Orks are the COMIC RELIEF faction. This is what happens when they're played entirely seriously.
I wonder if they are Goffs. Cuz if they are, Ghazghkull is surely planning this
they're always played entirely seriously :P
Can’t have tragedy without comedy.
Orks are only comic relief, because despite the horrible setting, they are the only ones actually enjoying the brutal carnage, constant war and dark nature of the universe, for them this is paradise.
Realistically, they are true to what they are, savage, brutal and devastating menace that exists only to perpetuate the constant conflict.
Orks are only comic relief from their perspective, they're straight up horror inducing monsters for everyone else.
Love how thicc the orks are and, despite that the guard is handling the assault well. Remember, space marines are only deployed if the shit is that dire.
They're not. Imperium has a million planets and barely a million Astartes. And while it may be that only a few hundred worlds are in a state of war at a time, you can't afford to station Astartes everywhere in waiting and also can't predict which ones it'll be. And with their FTL, they may never arrive. Besides Astartes would be only deployed to behead warboss and then would leave the planet immediately because they're always in demand by stupid plot and incompetent commanders.
They were just the scouts after all
Only deployed if they are in the area and can be arsed doing it you mean.
They're cadians, what'd you expect?
@@TheArklyteSalamanders would be a different scene tho
This is probably the most brutal way I've seen a Power Klaw depicted. Fucking gnarly!
Doesn't seem to be a real power klaw since it couldn't disintegrate a normal chainsword.
Not a power klaw, just a grabby grabber for petting humans.
It’s the same design and kill they showed in a kill team animation with the death korps of Krieg
they literally copied it from kill team.
i hope you arent sucking off gw for this and you genuinely didnt know
Its the same ork from the killteam trailer
Nice to sees those Killteam trailer assets get used. That's pretty much what the animated series should've been. "You see those fancy animated commercials we made? Make a whole animated series like that".
I immediately knew where that Ork came from with his hat.
Good thing we’re getting that animated series now. Almost like animation takes time or something.
Games Workshop should really allow Netflix to distribute their shows. That way more people would be exposed and become fans. I think only a few people would pay for Warhammer + just for the shows, while Netflix or Amazon Prime have millions of subscribers.
Pariah Nexus was made using the 9th Edition Trailer assets which is nice. Or quite possibly its actually a continuation of the 9th Ed trailer
@@josiadorthestrong1031 Honestly wish they took their time on Hammer and Bolter too
I love hows its implied that when the orks speak, only they can understand each other. But when the humans hear them all they hear is a blood chilling roar. No fun cockney accents.
Orks can speak, its in a lot of books and other media. It's very well known that they speak somewhere below even low gothic. Its even said that the more "advanced" orks in the War of the Beast speak almost "good" low gothic and some high gothic. Hell Ogryns are said to speak in a VERY similar way too Orks.
You just won't hear Orks talking when they're in a frenzy, like (presumably) during assaults.
@@datkhornedog899 You can clearly hear waaaaaaghhh though
@crypticcoke4547 I know they can speak in the books. I'm referring to how they are depicted in the episode. But most of the time they are speaking to each other in there own orkish language. Not all orks speak low Gothic.
@karankenZ I always interpret the wagh as Onomatopoeia. Like how a cow goes moo.
I love how this depicts how badass the guard is instead of just showing them dying. The guard truly has the best that humanity has to offer not including post humans.
Well these aren't normal Guardsmen but Kasrkin stormtroopers. Some of the best trained soldiers in the entire Imperium.
@@thechekist2044There were some regular guardsmen too, the ones that bayonet the ork
Also I noticed, do the last shot where the camera is showing the no man's land bit. It reminds me a lot of some armageddon steel troopers art
That's depend though. Not every guard regiments created equal. While Imperium required to created regiment from better part of PDF. Many Governor simply just recruited straight from civilians or outright send press-gang to forcibly conscripted anyone who too slow to run away.
Well they’re still a shadow compared to the Solar Auxilia, but yeah they’re pretty badass
It’s not post-humans though, it’s trans-humans.
Finally we get to see the Guard being appropriately badass. I’m tired of just watching them get slaughtered until enough are to attract the fickle attention of the Space Jocks. Daily reminder that the Guard fights almost all of the Imperiums battles. There is no enemy that enough Guardsmen can’t defeat and enough is probably fewer than most think.
Astartes win the battles but the Guard win the wars.
People seem to forget that Guardsmen are supposed to be among the most highly trained and skilled soldiers picked from the PDF's. Sure, not Tempestus Scion level but they are still at least Army Rangers level and not just your typical PDF grunt.
@@cleeiii357they don't forget, they just look like the Tienshinhans to the Astartes' saiyans. Competent enough doesn't measure up to plot mandated hax.
@@targetseeker redditism rot-talk
@@TannuWannu pretty sure DBZ predates reddit so i don't know why you brought that place up but if you want an non-DBZ example, a typical guard would be that guy in the robocop cartoon that cleared an obstacle course in record time...then robocop smashes his record immediately and effortlessly.
Guy is good but not robocop good
Damn, we've come a long way from the o'l power points
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things take time
It's almost like if you properly pay animators you get a good animation!! 😱
@@pyerack Such a shame it's locked behind a paywall though. That and GW is actively hunting down people who simply just making fan animations (see Astartes, and Emperor TTS) really says GW wants them to be the only one making content for the IP.
@@theotv5522they silently made that rule dissapear
Took them a second a but I’m glad GW is finding it’s footing on animation, this is far from where it started
if only they stuck to the lore
They already found their footing on animation back in 2023 with Pariah Nexus
They hired a good animation studio. M2 animation is great with these
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Animation and anything related to it takes time and preparation, something that GW simply did not understand and clearly heavily underestimated.
This is them finally learning the lessons of timing and preparation and all of this finally bearing fruit.
In the future they will be able to pump out animations even more consistently, but again that is a work in progress, as animation is an art, not a science.
wow this was great! I love how meaty the Orks are. that punch really looked like it shatted the Comissar's ribs
He's definitely bleeding internally after that.
Willing to bet the Ork was holding back to toy with the Commissar. He 100% could've killed him in that one punch.
Well he’s definitely holding back by not using the Powuh Klaw. For the first blow at least.
@@The7guysits fine cause thats where all the blood is supposed to be
@@pyerackno, or he should have hit the head
Ork are strong, but comissar have armor
The Commisar was thinking to be the next Yarrick, eh? This Scene was epic. Everything of this.
Too bad he's not Yarrick enough to earn the Ork's respect.
I was thinking, "You're a Commissar mate but I don't know if you're one of THE Commissars."
Can’t fault him for trying 😅
I was expecting the ork to say something after punching him away "You fight well for a humie!, time to die!"
imagine if Angron vs Ghazgull was animated 🤯
A lot of comments here are talking about the orks(who are indeed utterly fantastic), but can we appreciate how the guardsmen are given proper justice too? They arent just being used for slaughter, they're actually putting up a fight and acting the way highly trained veterans would.
The two working together to bayonet an ork was awesome
But I don't think this is very guardsmen. Guardsmen aren't like space marines where 10 of them are able to hold off 10 orks.
They're more like 40 of them with heavy weapon placements, lasguns and tanks and placements etc holding off 20 orks while 20 of them die while doing so and all the orks are dead at the end and 10 guardsmen are alive with 10 more injured.
But it's ok because the 10 guardsmen in this fight seem to be very well equipped and seem to be veterans.
@@karankenZThese guardsmen have already been through all that. They’re at the end of their supplies, almost completely out. Besides, the main guardsmen this clip followed were Kasrkin, who are elites who very much should be able to take on their equal number in Orks and more.
@@karankenZ Additionally, they don't appear to be "just" Guardsmen, but Cadians.
Sadly, I don't think these are your typical guardsman. the presence of hotshot lasguns makes me think they're probably Kasrkins or some eliter form of Guardsman, not your a-typical footslogger.
Gotta love how even like 40 thousand years into the future, grenade launchers still go "PLUNK" 😆
There is no reason for it to sound different.
Why change what is perfect?
The Omnissiah blessed us with it’s design before the age of strife, to change it is to infer it is imperfect, and to infer it is imperfect is HERESY!
I mean, yeah?
That's like saying, "40 thousand years into the future, weapons using gunpowders still go "BANG BANG".
"If it isn´t broken don´t fix it". Motto of the Imperium for 10000 years
Remember, children, that we’ve been fighting these bastards since we first left earth. They fucking _love_ us, because they know we’ll put up a decent fight.
To the Orks, this is _playtime._
And to the imperium is just another fucking day of the week fighting the Orks. Hell I think big E is fighting Gork And Mork in a free for all up in the immaterium. And if the chaos gods interrupt them, the chaos gods is gonna have to deal with both ork gods and Big E himself. And chaos troops is also going to deal with both the imperium and the Orks.
If you asked the studio that animated the Clone Wars to make a 40k flavor product I feel like this would be the result. Remarkable.
Don't do that, don't give me hope
Now imagine a 40k animation by Genndy Tartakovsky.
IN REAL LIFE ON TABLETOP: "I move my Cadian squad forward to secure the objective and shoot your Ork Boyz unit."
IN LORE: this
Oh! Now I understand why people play the tabletop game. It finally clicked with your comment.
I really enjoyed the lore and the 40K books, but didn't understand the tabletop much. Or why they played. Now I get it. It's all imagination.
@@TheBigExclusiveit’s similar to why people play Dungeons and Dragons, or Magic the Gathering, or hell, even video games.
@@theotv5522there is less having to imagine things involved with video games.
Good like trying to get past their toughness 5 with those Strength 3 Lasguns.
@@why8298 In a 4x you need to do alot of imagining.
They did the Orks justice here! The only think I'm upset about is that not of them shouted, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!
It was a scouting Force
Not enough WAAAAGGGHHH Banners
It's because they are Ork Kommandos.
@@capemorning2451 Kommandos as well, Snikky boyz but it'll still be accurate that they are usually sneaky then they still yell when the krumpin starts
Yes kkkkk
Orks maybe a comical species, with crude personalities, ramshackle weaponry, and Cockney accents... But let's face the truth these guys can be terrifying to deal with.
The good news is they are Orks Kommando so while they are the more competent part of the horde they are not numerous.
The bad news is Orks Kommando are just a fraction of any Orks whaaagh. And like the guardsmen said, if they show up, they are just the scout for the main force.
Remember, the Orks in Warhammer almost defeated the Imperium during the War of the Beast, during the Great Crusade they ruled an empire which was so powerful that the Emperor himself had to join the fight to defeat them, plus they're the only faction who forced a Tyranid Hivefleet into a tactical retreat.
They maybe the funny comic relief faction, but they're not to be underestimated.
Wasn't the War of the beast Just a bit post heresy, would Big E not be on the golden throne by that time or am I mistaken ?
Reminded me that Orks fought Tyranid is bad idea.
@@FrenchCriedRice yea it was. They almost over ran the imperium due to the heresy. If vulkan wasn't there, the entire imperium would've erased after that.
@@xatariumjanuary6203 Orks and necrons are probably the only species in 40k that can go toe to toe with the nids. Maybe the imperium in the near future with guilliman and lion's return. And I know cawl is cooking some heinous shit back at mars.
Thank god the orks are made from spores
If they are an all male spesies with genital, they would have make the slaanesh 2.0
For those wondering why the ork with the claw looks like other orks in trailers.
Orks get gentic information on how they should act, this is why orks on all planets have the same kulturs.
Yeah. And GW has a gentic storage of information on how to save money.
@@Turnil321 i mean a bit weird that it dresses the exact same innit? With the same claw and all. Although it is a nice nod to the kill team trailer (especially with when he enters the fight he kills the guardsmen like how he did the first kreigsmen in the trailer.)
@@ZagstrakEadSmasha They look like the models so GW can sell more of them because of the recognizing factor. Also it's easier to use already existing animated models than reworking them.
@@ZagstrakEadSmasha true, might be a blood axe thing.
You don’t seem to be familiar with how shows that are also toy commercials work.
Commisar: That or broke all my ribs.
Guard Sergeant: Broke all your ribs!?
Commisar: I got better!
It's funny, I always think about that whenever I see a dude spit blood and then just be... fine.
One possibility is that he split his lip or bit his tongue, which is... possible. But most of the time it's implied that the body shot did it - and if you're coughing up blood that means you likely have bleeding in you're likely bleeding into lungs or some other part of your respiratory system as a result of shattered ribs poking them with bone fragments. Not the kind of thing you just... shake off and then have a conversation about. Dude should be wetly gurgling as he struggles to breathe.
Yeah, the human body is not really some unknown quantity. Either he has a pumctured lung or he doesn't. And if he does, he can be tough and resolute, but with a might more wheezing and wet gurgling in his voice.
@@ooverlord
Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. Of course it only works for a time but internal bleeding or even a popped lung isn’t always enough to incapacitate someone in pain or shock. In fact in most combat scenario its not going to happen… because of adrenaline rush.
@@KalashVodka175 It's not pain, it's the fact that they now have a liquid obstructing their airway. Ever accidentally have a bit of water 'go down the wrong pipe?'.
Yeah, that, but worse because a combat situation means you're already going to be breathing heavily and you can't expel the fluid because it's in your lungs - likely along with chips of bone.
@@ooverlord
Oh I agree some effect should be more apparent I was more talking about his ability to stand up without writhing in pain in the first place
Comissar: "get the cargo where its needed"
File Clerk in next episode: theres not enough room in the depo.....destroy all the extra
Such is the administratum. A harsh reality that is common in the imperium.
It's nice to see to see how competant the guard actually are in small engagements compared to the large battles 40k is known for.
Large battles (or, rather, full-on military campaigns) is the Astra Militarum specialty though.
Only the Guard has enough numbers and firepower to cover every inch of the continental/planetary-level frontline with exclusively the Legio Skitarii being able to rival guardsmen in this regard.
Also the Orks movement is smooth, not clumsy or stuttery like how orcs are stereotyped in the media.
This is the Kasrkin, though. They are genetically enhanced, selected from adolescence - they're the cream of the Cadian crop.
@@moonsaves, their enhancements are rather mild, though.
You are doing the Emperors work.
I hope GW does a guardsmen series akin to the Clone Wars and itll be absolutely stunning. Perhaps following different regiments of the guard on different worlds and systems.
Dude a Guardsman style clone wars TV/animation series would be S top tier. It would break the industry in half.
They'll need lots and lots of characters.. Itd be super grim with lots characters dying each episode but it'd make such an amazing setting.
Finally a good representation of the guard of not being pure cannon fodder but actually competent
well those are kasrkin so that is as good as they can be
@@omnissiahGasparthey are karskin and regular. The two with the bayonnet
@@mathiaslaterreurdesbacasab2872 Ah i didn't see them, good catch
@@omnissiahGaspar yeah. They did a good job with this ork. You don't need big muscle when you have Sharp pointy stick
Are those the Ork models used in the Kill Team trailer?
they appear to be the exact same Kommando Team from that trailer and from the corresponding Model Kit
The powerclaw one was definitely from it, who then died to a chainsword wielding kreiger, odd how he died here as well, was thinking he'd live this battle to then eventually die to the kriegsmen.
Yes
@@ZagstrakEadSmashait is thought that when orks die, Gork and Mork take their souls and reincarnate them. Perhaps this particular ork likes the hat and claw, even unto death.
I think yes, but not just models, some animation too.
"you would made a fine commissar" that hitted harder than any thing in the show so far. Also you can see how the Commissar was so satisfied after telling her that for all her previous "yapping".
It’s not often the Orks are portrayed with this kind of speed and agility. But the animation still maintained their weight. They’re like gorillas in that sense.
These are Kommadows.
@@JacobColeman-tu3sbregular orks would move much the same
@@sebastianhovenas272 Regular Orks don't move the same as Kommandos.
The reason is because Kommandows are the Ork version of special forces.
They are scouts and assaulters that assault enemy positions to weaken the enemy. So they are faster and more precise than regular Orks.
While regular Orks can move the same as Kommandos they however are accident prone as well as unfocused and when battle begins they go into a frenzy making them clumsy.
@@JacobColeman-tu3sb Hard disagree. Special forces imply they're a cut above more common orks in all areas.
A kommando is just a regular ork with the patience to do the sneaky bit before running screaming towards the enemy - because he knows that by being sneaky, he's more likely to actually reach said enemy.
Exceptional orks exist - usually the Nob - but a regular Kommando is just a slightly more patient ork boy.
@@ooverlord That's why i said their the Ork version of Commandos and Special Forces. Orks do things differently than other races Commandos and special forces.
Where other races Commandos and Special Forces use stealth or superior firepower to eliminate specialist targets. Ork Kommandows use stealth to get close to the enemy.
Then either damage or eliminate enemies with heavy firepower and explosives then pull back. Or lead the charge by diverting attention away from the main Ork Force or Forces.
Also Commandos in general aren't known for being ultra stealthy their job is to infiltrate behind enemy lines to eliminate reenforcemets or resupply caravans or assault certain positions or points of enemy positions to open it up for the main force.
By eliminating heavy resistance that would push their allies back or taking out supply depots, resupply caravans,or reinforcements.
Orks do these things just the Orkish way.
Judging by their clothing, surprise attack and limited raid; they are Ork Kommandos.
Judging by the fact they look exactly like the Kill Team models
Quick reminder: Warhammer orks are green because when setting was created, in comics Hulk was at a peak of popularity. These orks were originally inspired by low approximation of Hulk's powerscale before Marvel got off the rails. And these humans are fighting that.
WOW
Skeptical this is true, 40k orks are green because the older warhammer fantasy orks were green, whf orks dont have much if anything to do with hulk as far as im aware
@@derpherp7432 near certain og orks were brown but one day one of gw employee saw a fan paint his boys green and loved it so much it became their new colour
read that in white dwarf ages ago but I may remember wrong
@@vilnish2377 According to 1d4chan the team wanted green orks to make them look different from other franchises (LOTR, DND) which had them all dark grey and stuff.
Fun fact: Stan Lee wanted Hulk to be grey
Good to see the Guard do some work. People often forget that even though they are treated as cannon fodder they are professional soldiers, especially Kasrkin, and they win the bulk of The Imperium's wars.
Holy Terra! That Commissar is fighting against Oaks with chainsword!
I loved that granade launcher.... good old days in OG COD4.
This really nails the ferocity of an Ork.
Idk why but i loved the detail of the helmet being shifted when the ork’s claw is about to squish that guardsmans head
1:39 - Aww! Look at his smile. He's having the time of his life.
Great reminder that despite the Lasgun being the standard rifle of the Guard, it is the variety of their weapons that makes the humble guardsmen defeat the strongest of foes
Freaking loved it!
My only regret is that the mekboy didn't WAAAGH and simply roared at 0:52
Yea, this should've been a waaaagh man. orks don't even roar that much like that. It's almost like a sound effect copied from a tyranid animation.
The ork making that roar is also quite smartly dressed like a mekboy/kommando. He seems more like a waaaagher than a beastly roarer.
Babe, wake up, OwnAHole just posted a new scene from Warhammer+
- Commissar? You gave me a mag from a bolt pistol. I have a lazgun.
- If the orks can make it work than you can too soldier! For the Emperor!
GW getting their .50 cents worth out of that Kill Team Ork model.
Likely a marketing tactic. Brain sees ork shaped this way in trailer and then in a show : image is reinforced subcounsciously. Brain sees model identical to what was previously seen and reinforced : brain triggers your consumer impulse
It works
This episode and Space Marine 1 are the few Wh40k media that remind you that Orks can just be as terrifying as Chaos when it comes to being a threat towards Humanity
Even in the 42nd millenium, grenade launchers go BLOOP
i mean who cares tbh thats like saying the tanks in 40k still make the giant boom sound when firing their cannon
0:59 why this one Ork have so much swagger, he almost feels swashbuckly with his movement
They are Kommandos I think these guys are swifter than most Orks
I have both of the kill teams represented here, it is so cool seeing my miniatures brought to life like this.
Orks are comcially brutal in this animation. Just absolutely going hog wild. Loved that sneaky gut punch the Komando Boss got off. Proppa Kunnin Brutal.
2:11 the ork: NICE KNIFE
Guardsmen being portrayed as badasses for once and not the "die in the thousands nincompoots"? Gud.
Holy shit I think I felt the ribs crack on that punch to the commisar's gut.
He's no Ciaphas Cain but he's definitely one of the nicest Commissars I've seen
Did that Ork just *dodge* ? Hell yes! Finally seeing some competent fighting from Orks
They are Kommandos I believe
Whether it’s because they’re kommandos or just Orks being Orks that fight was badass
Now THAT, how heavy a lasgun feels
Dude the Ork with Hat what Smash that Krieg soldier is Back!
Am i the only one who thought the orks seemed a bit underwhelming here?
The humans genuinely fared well in cqc here.
They even blocked melee attacks.
Most of these are kasrkins. Elite of Cadian forces.
Theres one moment where regular cadians took down a Kommando in melee (bayonette moment) but imo it was pretty cool
I love how brutal and huge the orks are portrayed here. If you compare a Boyz mini to a Space Marine mini, the Ork is basically the same size as the marine, just hunched over. And they dont even have power armor.
I have a question, are these episodes still from the Pariah Nexus series? Or is it another line of animations still in the Warhammer universe?
It
The tithe,
a TV show new recently so far I know and yes it has a connection to pariah nexus on the first episode of the tithe
This is a technically separate series. called "The Tithes.". It's an anthology, so each episode is a different story in the 40K universe.
It's an anthology. The first episode is based on pariah nexus, the rest are individual episodes based 40k
What they said,
Pariah Nexus storyline is Ep1 but the rest of the show is mostly separate.
The same animators made I believe the 9th edition trailer, the show Pariah nexus, and now The Tithes
For reference, imagine CHARGING at a rhino
These Karskin have stronger weapons than the Ultramarines in SM2
I’m happy with this. The Orks are brutal and terrifying, but a few skilled guardsmen *can* take one down in hand to hand, so long as they have lots of FIX BAYONETS
Guardsmen!?!? You mean guardspeople!
Orks are only comedic relief to other Orks. These meme has led them being completely misrepresented in the lore hundreds of times. They're not a joke to anyone having to face them.
Man these are the weakest Orks I have seen. Getting killed by strength 3 weapons
I was reading the comments about Orks and then the scene hit.
Those are Kommandos! Not just regular Fun guys.
0:53 didn’t that ork already die to a Krieger?
Was gonna say, that kommando with the powerclaw def died to the kreiger. Was thinking he'd survive this battle only to fall to the chainsword of another. Then again, presumably orks reincarnate after they die everytime so maybe he just eventually found all of his gear after the krieger killed him, just to die again.😂
@@ZagstrakEadSmasha 😂 imagine you grind to get your stuff back just to be killed by a random
Maybe he inly got badly burned
@@Hyde-dg7ef I mean he’d probably have burns no?
Orks have the ability to be reincarnated.
Tabletop Orks toughness 5: lmao lasguns and humie chainswords
This animation’s Orks toughness: oh crap some of these lasguns are decent and chainswords might be a problem now!
Yeah they may have flubbed that part 😢
Tabletop data and statistics is not representative of lore.
Well trained and equipped seasoned Cadians are quite a sight. Orks are mighty melee fighters, as seen here, but they DO die to a well placed plasma round
Now imagine if they gave us legitimate Guardsmen, like the _Catachans._
Nah, it's always gotta be cadians. Nothing but cadians and the occasional kreigers to mix things up a little. Not even their planet getting blown up will stop cadians from being the vanilla poster child of guard regiments. 😂
Go to hell. The Cadians didn't lose their homeworld for people like you to downplay and bad mouth them. Yes, they maybe but their still cool in their own way.
@@7ElevenTruther
Tbh cadian kit is pretty good and recognizible of the franchise.
Turns out I'm not Yarrick after all, *coughs blood*
*Later* Okay I'll take you hand, but I need my hat first.
Fuck man GW has been putting out some amazing animations with these. first the episode with the Female Custodes and Sister of Silence collecting the Black Ship Tithe while fending off Tyranids and now this? hell yeah.
It's so good to see the Orks having fun! :)
Feels odd at the end with the Guardsmen back chatting to a commissar
Depending on their relationships with their unit Commissars can be quite chummy with them. Gaunt and Cain, for instance.
Not all commissars are hard asses. Some grow very attached to their charges, like a found family of sorts.
That's a kasrkin, he can talk smack with a commissar.
That commissar clearly stopped giving a fuck long ago.
Really telling that mfs who cry about this are the same people who find the "haha crazy commissar funny" thing enjoyable and not a stale meme
I like how the Orks aren’t just strong but fast.
a guardsman with a power sword and a plasma pistol? ok, her family rich or something?
She has the girlboss money
These guys are proper Kasrkins, I think. They get the real primo gear.
She got the power of DEI on her side, she even saved a commisar man
@@justsomedude2020 after the last episode I believe it, remember commissars are far more skilled then most guardsmen, Some have even fenced space marines, and no its not just ciaphas cain, there are a few others who where capable of such a feat.
Sergeants and officers can get plasma pistols and power swords. she's like the squad Sergeant with no other context.
Guard being professional and effective? A commissar who isn't an ass? Awesome!
Tough female warrior that' ain't a retconned Mary Sue? Awesome!
Feels like 70% of guardsmen are women watching these shorts...
Wow, Depiction of the Guard without getting absolutely curb stomped, using group tactics to overwhelm the greenskins and using their weapon variety to full effect. Outstanding.
Thanks
this is alot better than its advertised
So stunning and brave.
Hu?
The Imperial Guard has mostly consisted of mixed gender regiments for decades in the game fluff, and women soldiers fight and die alongside the men. Some of those women have the skill to become elite soldiers like Kasrkin, just as some of the men do. If that alone triggers you, if you can't stand the idea of a woman being expected to fight in a grimdark universe like 40K where no one is excluded from war, and are outraged by the mere notion that any woman might be anything other than a helpless damsel in distress in such circumstances, then have been spending too much time mired in the culture war. Come up for air and try to enjoy something without those ideological blinkers on from time to time, before you reach the point where all you can see is your politics.
Love it when the guards are portrayed competently
oh look the girl bosses save the day, your career at disney is assured
Dang i didnt realize this was a gw animation honestly i truly hope they keep up this level of production i am an imperial but id love to see all the factions pov in this style of animation i think both the community and creators would find alot of joy in it
Doing their best to turn 40K into more disposable slop for women.
There have been capable female Guard soldiers in 4K lore for literally decades. Captain Tona Criid and Major Pasha were important fighters and leadership figures in the Gaunt's Ghosts series twenty years ago. In this episode, the bravest and most decent character of the lot, the one who chose to stand by those troopers after they were stripped of their ammunition so that they would not fight and die alone, was a male Commissar, a male Commissar who also cut down several Orks in hand to hand combat and duelled a Bloodaxe Nob, refusing to give up even after a blow that would have broken several ribs and probably inflicted severe internal injuries. At the same time, the callous Adminstratum quill pusher who had the very ammunition that was requisitioned, and so doomed those soldiers, destroyed to clear their loading deck was... a woman. You are so sunk in your wretched culture war you can't even see the truth of what is happening in front of your eyes.
@@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954no one care Blackrock shill.
@@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 bay bay tourist
Now this is what I call guardsman appreciation. Keep in mind there’s only 1,000 space marines per chapter and only about 9-11 left. Average humans are the ones in these brutal fights the space marines are for when things are especially dire
What’s with GW’s BAME obsession lately?
The Imperium embraces all of loyalist humanity, and has in the lore since the early days of 40K. Regiments of Guard are recruited from entire planetary populations, so are you really so surprised that Guard units aren't all weirdly unform in terms of skin tone?
It’s called “our majority share holders are ESG pushing investment firms.”
@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 that would be a good excuse if it was done authentically but the problem is how disengious and forced it is.
@@AQS521 It is 'disingenuous' that regiments drawn from entire planetary populations aren't all White, is it? What makes you think every last Cadian is a lighter shade of pale anyway? We aren't talking about a single tribe or medieval kingdom here. An Imperial bastion world like Cadia would have a population numbering in the tens of billions at the low end, and a population on that scale is inevitably going to include many ethnic variations within it. Imagine a regiment raised from Earth, and how odd it would be if every last soldier raised to form a planetary fighting force from Earth were all of the same skin tone, and Earth has only a fraction of the average population of one of the more densely populated worlds of the Imperium.
Varied ethnicities within Guard regiments is not any sort of issue from an in-universe lore point of view, so your problem with it must be something else. Quite honestly, I would rather people keep their own hang ups and politics - of whatever political hue - out of the hobby entirely.
Fist warhammer cinematic I've seen that DOESN'T make the guardsmen look like the grunts from HALO.
Actually decent animations? Surely can’t be GW
They're finally using the Astartes guy
@@Wiwcharizard They're not, he's working on something that isn't related to wh40k
@@Trehlas wait really?
@@BeefyGreek Yeap, Huxley
They've got a couple of trailers up on youtube.
@@BeefyGreek Yeah, the ones doing this are the same ones who did the 9th edition, new edition, and the Horus Heresy trailers.
Gave me those old warhammer fantasy animation vibes with the sigmar priest, which is good, hope for more.
Orks vs D.E.I Guardsmen
This is actually really good. I wish ALL the WH+ stuff was like this.
Enough of these fvcking boss-girls on every corner...
She is so fcking big too. That must be a transmission. Believe it or not, women are typically smaller than men. They are essentially making women into men at this point
Lol right? This must be the butch lesbo division of the guard.
You are the savior we have been waiting for thank you for posting these
I can't handle these badass women who tell men what to do and show them how things are done in battle, a woke shit show.
Orcs are terrifying
These females and poc seams to kill these orkz waaay to easy. Orkz are a good enemie for space marines
It looks like these are Kasrkin, so pretty much the best soldiers a human could possibly be before being augmented
Just because Orks are a good enemy for Space Marines. Does not mean normal humans can't kill them.
Besides those Guardsmen are veterans with Hotshot Lasguns and a Grenade Launcher.
Their captain, lieutenant,or Sargent don't know what her rank is has a Plasma Pistol and Power Sword.
Also Orks aren't magically invincible to normal humans. If they were there would be no Imperium. Because the Imperial Guard fight ninety percent of the wars and battles.
The Imperium wages
Ork Boyz are only a threat to a marine in large number. Otherwise they aren’t a real danger.
Nobz are something else. But even then they require number to overwhelm a marine.
Good to see the guard holding its own without needing the astartes
Are the guard 90% female now?
Stop noticing
cool that the ork was happy to have an opponent come to face him head on