Astartes is an animated series made by fans, who follow a group of Space Marines as they do one of their bloody missions in the Warhammer 40,000 franchise. The project was created by Syama Pedersen and garnered millions of views on YouTube. Games Workshop took note of the success of the project and hired Pedersen into the team. Now a spate of new, official Warhammer animations is on the way, which is an exciting prospect for fans of Astartescarefully animated action.
There’s a rich history of Warhammer trailer projects becoming official, as Games Workshop notes that animators and filmmakers are using their long-term franchise on YouTube. Richard Boylan, a film designer at Electronic Arts, has projects such as Helsreach and Wagter on YouTube. It changed into Angels of Death, an upcoming series that follows the Blood Angels Space Marines. This is the debut program of Warhammer Storyforge.
Pedersen is now working on a follow-up Astartes as part of the Warhammer Animation Team. There are other newly announced projects under the umbrella. Lost Legion Studios is working on it The exodite, a story about the T’au, an emerging empire in the service of a philosophy called the Greater Good. Paxel Art is working on it Primaris: The Last Templar, who follow the Black Templars. Meanwhile, it Strings are comes from Codex Film, which shows the Iron Warriors in action against the Drukthari, also known as Dark Eldar.
There is definitely a demand for all these Warhammer 40K media, with box sets like the limited edition Indomitus sold out immediately. Big Light Productions, the team behind Amazon’s The man in the high castle, develops a live action show based on the Eisnhorn novels by Dan Abnett.