Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Studio Was Inspired by Fan-Series Astartes
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Space Marine 2 Developer Used the Best Warhammer 40,000 Fan Film Ever as a Reference Point
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Games Workshop teased part of this project back in March when it announced just a few titles from the launch lineup. Games Workshop has spent the last few years courting fan artists such as Richard Boylan and Syama Pedersen, who had created high-profile YouTube series independently. Now those creators are forming the core of the company’s attempt to participate in the streaming wars.
There’s a wide variety of stories on offer, from 2D animation to 3D that aims for photorealism. The majority of stories do seem to focus on 40K and its vast setting of aliens and empires, but there are a few glimpses at scenes from the current Age of Sigmar setting as well. The show that we’ve seen the most of so far is
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Astartes is a fan-made animated series that follows a squad of Space Marines as they go about one of their bloody missions in the Warhammer 40,000 franchise. The project was created by Syama Pedersen, and racked up millions of views on YouTube. Games Workshop took notice of the project’s success, and hired Pedersen to the team. Now, a wave of new, official Warhammer animations is on the way, which is an exciting prospect for fans of Astartes’ painstakingly animated action.
There’s a rich history of Warhammer fan projects turning official as Games Workshop notices animators and filmmakers putting their takes on the long-running franchise on YouTube. Richard Boylan, a cinematic designer at Electronic Arts, released projects like