James Thompson now I’ve got Ratlings in power armour running around in my head. :). Ratling. Astartes. Primaris. The Russian dolls of the Emperor’s finest. 🤓😝😜
Achtually tolkiens Hobbits ARE notorious burglars, pilferers and pickpockets - maybe not pickpockets ., but fruit, edible roots and mushroom thievery is stereotypical.. Basically anything "shiny" or tasty is not safe. I suspect there may be considerable rattling populations on hive worlds also. Some of them are good imperial citizens I suppose - working on supply and maintenance jobs on compact quarters..
Everybody gangsta til frodo starts bursting domes hahaha. Great video, but now im gonna have to add some ratlings to my guard army. The idea of this group of wee terrors(who now inexplicably have glowing red eyes in my minds eye, no getting rid of that soon) skittering about popping heads is too good not to haha.
MyElla Speed yep, they’re hilarious with the right perspective. I got some but haven’t completed my army yet. Looking forward to waiting the wretches out soon. :).
we don't have anyone big enough to be a proper ogryn since the passing of André René Roussimoff, sadly. Besides, we need an idi- oh nm, Mr jhonson is perfect. If we can make the dwarves of The Hobbit with filming tricks, Im sure we can make 'small' people look huge.
"The King is dead! Long live the...oh. The New King is dead! Long live..oh ffs someone find the sniper before we run out of new kings!" - How Ratlings are useful
Holy shit, I can't believe I delayed watching this vid! How in the hell did you make a Ratling vid so interesting? I've seen people mention that they would hire you to narrate their life stories. I concur kind sir you are incredible.
RATLINGS! One of my favourites - its not popular with anyone but me. LOL! Thank you for joining us on the guides. I hope you enjoy some of the later pieces, they are a lot more polished. Still early days, so we are finding our feet - but we are slowly getting there. :) |Thank you for listening, brother Adair. :)
A GOOOD Quartermaster regularly taps the Ratling Network for information about what his troops are buying the most of. SOME stuff, he keep in the black market, where it belongs, the others... are helpful suggestions.
Ratling: When are we stopping for breakfast? Comissar: You've already had breakfast Ratling: One breakfast, yes, but what about a second breakfast? Comissar: There will be no *gets his head shot off* Ratling: I guess it's now, eh?
Same! Leave my trinkets at home, doesn't belong on a battlefield anyway. Then just make sure my little buddy knows he is valued and treasured and gets info on where some shiny stuff might be......and I'm strolling across the field under a halo of death.
Such an amazing explanation on ratlings! Now, how did this smart servo-skull founded and downloaded the knowledge of a 38k years ago writer and the inhabitants of a planet in a parallel universe called Midle-Earth (Arda)? We do not know!
I was today years old when I found out they're supposed to be Hobbits. I always thought they were retconned Skavens or Dwarfs. Most ilustrative vide, brother!!
High quality once again. I see a lot of remarks on the quality voice work -- and while, yes, I heartily agree with these expressed sentiments, you also deserve credit for your poetic prowess and enviable vocabulary. It's not just the content and your particular perspective on it, it's the delivery (in the broad sense of the word) as well. There are a good few Lorehammer UA-camrs who have these verbal habits that inevitably start to grate on my linguistic sensibilities (while indubitably having the effect, intended or otherwise, of extending their videos' durations to better their algorhythmical compatibility). In my book (codex?), dry wit fits the quintessentially British over-the-topitude of Warhammer more than incessant hyperbole.
William Strong thank you so much for such a well crafted and astonishingly gracious complement. Far more than I deserve. It’s just really nice for anyone to notice the hard work. I don’t think people have any conception of how these things work. The monotony of editing a recording is the second most time consuming event in production. It is actually the writing that takes the most time. Well, also identifying good music for backdrop. Alas, the Warhammer writing style is so adjective heavy that I find that even I descend into entire paragraphs of hyperbole in my efforts to mimic the style to be as congruent as possible. So do please forgive me of it in some of the larger pieces. Mood. It’s important in my mind. Lore should never be boring. Just a perspective. Thank you very much indeed for taking the time to listen and then more time to comment. I appreciate it more than you might imagine. :).
@@Baldermort Thank you for the words of appreciation; I did put in the additional wordly effort there to show my support for what you are doing with your channel. Emperor bless your soul :D
Just when you thought 40k could not get more grim dark you go and discover that Tolkeins humble Shirefolk not only repulsed Sauroman but decided it was jolly fun and got themselves some sniper rifles even as they rifle through everyones shit, much to Gondors surprise. I know a certain Space Chapter that would approve of the nicking shit part that is for sure.
Ogryns are like the ig dumb kid in the back of the class room that the whole class covers for because he's dumb as a brick, but they utterly love the big guy. Also he's perfectly willing to rip someone's arm off and beat them with it.
Wasn't the first ethereal caste kill made by one of these little guys? Also, angry ratling sounds not like gollum, but the Ork builder units from Dawn of War 1.
*passes sam some recently 'acquired' supplies* It's what Bilbo wanted us to do, and according to commissar Aaragorn we get to keep anything we can carry.
@@wumpusmcgrumpusesquire6965 Every time i hear about the lore of each sniper unit, the descriptions are: one-shot-one-kill, they are very accurate, they have intensive training, and they are excellent at moving stealthily. what makes one stands out from the others?
@@OrisOsiris1 Each one trains to be a sniper, Vindcares are MADE into snipers, they will wait 5 years in one spot, not moving, not eating, to get the perfect shot. They are legit molded, rebuilt, for one goal and one goal only, to snipe you from 5705 miles away, they never miss for they are the sniper.
'Why would ANYONE want one of these buggers much less a company of them in their regiment.' Simple. Imagine the havok they can cause the enemy. The traps they can disarm. The INTEL they can gather. The same ratling that filled the commisar's boots with grox shit can just as easily slip poison into an enemy commander's tea, and would probably do it purely because they got dared to, or more likely they got promised 'dibs' on spoils once the command post is taken.
You are not the only one! I always wondered why they didn;t :( One day I hope to get some felinid heads via a proxy company and make my own if they don;t do it. :) Thanks for listening! :)
@@Baldermort You can now, Albedo... wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Albedo_Patrol There is a series of conversion kits that should be compatible with Imperial Guard. Might require a bit of work and green stuff but it's probably the closest out there to Felinids.
Imagine that... With the space hobbit... Err, I mean, rattling's natural ability for shooting and the Tau's long range weaponry, twice the range (68' if I'm not mistaken) and a strength of 6.... That would indeed be terrifying!
@@albertoenriquez21 Naaww the terrifying part, at least for the Imperium, is that all the Water Caste has to do in order to recruit the Rattling worlds is show them what life is like on all Tau worlds vs 99.9999% of all Imperial worlds.
"But if you want to just discuss the crunch without any drama, why watch a dramatic lore site?" Not sure what your getting at here... are you asking why I watch your videos? If that's true, that's a rather strange question to ask your audience.
Matt85ism not at all. It’s not negative. It’s a ‘bit if everything is just what is on the tabletop, which will never ever match up to any of the fluff, why point out the mundanity of a d6 system that dies not have the scope to do any of the fluff represented correctly. So if the drama isn’t going to make you happy, why watch? This is a starter site. If I don’t get on with something I simply don’t watch it.’ I’m not out to gain a horde of viewers. Just likeminded fluff monkeys who can hang out together. Nothing negative in a question old chap. I want people to watch what they enjoy.
It would seem you misunderstood my comment. I was implying that its a real shame they are no where near as good as the lore makes them out to be. That goes for Imperial Guard snipers as well, They are even worse with 4+ shooting.
Mort, only u can make this comedy stuff sound cool
James Thompson thanks, James. Hoping for more jolly stuff soon. :).
James Thompson now I’ve got Ratlings in power armour running around in my head. :).
Ratling. Astartes. Primaris. The Russian dolls of the Emperor’s finest. 🤓😝😜
Baldermort's Guide to Warhammer rattling dreadnaught
@@elcapitan9141 man thats one small dreadnought or i got it one in each leg one in each arm one in torso
I remember first watching this. I can’t believe it’s been 4 years. Props to you Baldy. Keep it up man!
Crumbs. 4 years ago….. yikes.
You forgot their most important contribution: they are clearly where the Blood Ravens draw their recruits from
andrew niehoff Lol!!!!!! :). Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Achtually tolkiens Hobbits ARE notorious burglars, pilferers and pickpockets - maybe not pickpockets ., but fruit, edible roots and mushroom thievery is stereotypical.. Basically anything "shiny" or tasty is not safe.
I suspect there may be considerable rattling populations on hive worlds also. Some of them are good imperial citizens I suppose - working on supply and maintenance jobs on compact quarters..
" A Gollum with a gun"
oh my god that thought is terrifying.
Wot's plasma, *precious*?
we finds the lovely officers and when we do we shoots them dead and takes all their little preciouses and then we be the masters hehehehehe.
Oh HOLY HECK NO
Not terrifying - but hilarious. Why? Because they are on the side of the Emperor.
Everybody gangsta til frodo starts bursting domes hahaha. Great video, but now im gonna have to add some ratlings to my guard army. The idea of this group of wee terrors(who now inexplicably have glowing red eyes in my minds eye, no getting rid of that soon) skittering about popping heads is too good not to haha.
MyElla Speed yep, they’re hilarious with the right perspective. I got some but haven’t completed my army yet. Looking forward to waiting the wretches out soon. :).
MyElla Speed we comin fo yo jewels, you know the rules 😂
A buddy-guardsman movie with Sergeant-Ogryn Dwayne Johnson and ratling sniper Kevin Hart?
yas queeeeeeeeeen
we don't have anyone big enough to be a proper ogryn since the passing of André René Roussimoff, sadly. Besides, we need an idi- oh nm, Mr jhonson is perfect. If we can make the dwarves of The Hobbit with filming tricks, Im sure we can make 'small' people look huge.
Dwayne sucks.
"The King is dead! Long live the...oh. The New King is dead! Long live..oh ffs someone find the sniper before we run out of new kings!" - How Ratlings are useful
Abhumans and Tau Auxiliaries should have their own Codex supplements.
This new flavor of lore story telling is just what people need right now. I can’t praise you enough for your unique and thrilling work sir.
Holy shit, I can't believe I delayed watching this vid! How in the hell did you make a Ratling vid so interesting? I've seen people mention that they would hire you to narrate their life stories. I concur kind sir you are incredible.
Well, they're funny. How could anyone not, is my response? :) :)
We NEED a Ratlings Audo Story!!!
It will be GLORIOUS!
Space hobbits...natural thieves and snipers. Thanks for the upload, good sir.
A honeybadger, a ferret and a racoon made babies.
We call them Ratlings.
Claes Welinder Lol!!!!!’ :).
Your channel is such a pleasant surprise. Well done sir 👍👍👍
RATLINGS! One of my favourites - its not popular with anyone but me. LOL! Thank you for joining us on the guides. I hope you enjoy some of the later pieces, they are a lot more polished. Still early days, so we are finding our feet - but we are slowly getting there. :)
|Thank you for listening, brother Adair. :)
That voice! My god! It's like Imperial butter!
I loved the fun approach to this one :D
IDICBeer 40k thanks, boss. I had good fun with this one. :).
Great stuff boldermort hope you had a good week off looking forward to more guard vids
brazen187 thanks Brazen. Had a nice time. Lots will come over time. We’ll get there. :).
A GOOOD Quartermaster regularly taps the Ratling Network for information about what his troops are buying the most of. SOME stuff, he keep in the black market, where it belongs, the others... are helpful suggestions.
Also helps to stay on their good side so they try not to be TOO blatent about what they take from your own stores.
Alternatively, the Ratling Clan that REALLY ticks him off suddenly needs Physical Training with the Catachans.
The LotR imagery has me rolling
Inignot12 I LOVE Tolkien’s world. I just couldn’t resist. ;).
@@Baldermort tolkien was a master at storytelling and world building
After listening to the depressing tale of Rogal, this video made me smile so much. Great work.
Ratling: When are we stopping for breakfast?
Comissar: You've already had breakfast
Ratling: One breakfast, yes, but what about a second breakfast?
Comissar: There will be no *gets his head shot off*
Ratling: I guess it's now, eh?
Imagine augmenting these little buggers either with technology or chaos corruption augmention...
I'd be the one guardwoman who is their friend. End up with all the extra supplies and sniper cover! :P
Same! Leave my trinkets at home, doesn't belong on a battlefield anyway. Then just make sure my little buddy knows he is valued and treasured and gets info on where some shiny stuff might be......and I'm strolling across the field under a halo of death.
@@amorphoussolid8512 Just make sure you bring back some good shit for the little dude to add to the trade network.
Such an amazing explanation on ratlings! Now, how did this smart servo-skull founded and downloaded the knowledge of a 38k years ago writer and the inhabitants of a planet in a parallel universe called Midle-Earth (Arda)? We do not know!
I was today years old when I found out they're supposed to be Hobbits. I always thought they were retconned Skavens or Dwarfs. Most ilustrative vide, brother!!
So if ratlings are like hobbits, when they are recruited we can actually say:
THEY,RE TAKING THE RATTLINGS TO ISENGARD!
And you can bet we will!!! :) :) :)
@@Baldermort hahahahahahahahaha nice!!
You are probably the only one who made a Ratling video I watched. I'm gonna guess the Squats are next, or are they not canon now?
Aserbic squats are cannon. I’ll be doing squats soon. :).
Thanks for watching.
Squats are both Canon and extinct, eaten by the Nids
Suddenly Blood Ravens crashes in: "Where is our stuff?"
High quality once again. I see a lot of remarks on the quality voice work -- and while, yes, I heartily agree with these expressed sentiments, you also deserve credit for your poetic prowess and enviable vocabulary. It's not just the content and your particular perspective on it, it's the delivery (in the broad sense of the word) as well. There are a good few Lorehammer UA-camrs who have these verbal habits that inevitably start to grate on my linguistic sensibilities (while indubitably having the effect, intended or otherwise, of extending their videos' durations to better their algorhythmical compatibility). In my book (codex?), dry wit fits the quintessentially British over-the-topitude of Warhammer more than incessant hyperbole.
William Strong thank you so much for such a well crafted and astonishingly gracious complement. Far more than I deserve.
It’s just really nice for anyone to notice the hard work. I don’t think people have any conception of how these things work. The monotony of editing a recording is the second most time consuming event in production. It is actually the writing that takes the most time. Well, also identifying good music for backdrop.
Alas, the Warhammer writing style is so adjective heavy that I find that even I descend into entire paragraphs of hyperbole in my efforts to mimic the style to be as congruent as possible. So do please forgive me of it in some of the larger pieces. Mood. It’s important in my mind. Lore should never be boring. Just a perspective.
Thank you very much indeed for taking the time to listen and then more time to comment. I appreciate it more than you might imagine. :).
@@Baldermort Thank you for the words of appreciation; I did put in the additional wordly effort there to show my support for what you are doing with your channel. Emperor bless your soul :D
Love your vids! How long till you do the psychic Awakening part 2 faith and fury?
Mellortron Mellor I have to admit that I am not entirely sure. I’ll try to get to it when it’s out. :).
Great video! I hope ogryns are next. Thank you.
R D coming soon I hope. :).
Gremlins seems like a more apt name.
Just when you thought 40k could not get more grim dark you go and discover that Tolkeins humble Shirefolk not only repulsed Sauroman but decided it was jolly fun and got themselves some sniper rifles even as they rifle through everyones shit, much to Gondors surprise. I know a certain Space Chapter that would approve of the nicking shit part that is for sure.
Where do you think the magpies recruit from?
Ratlings are untrustworthy and inherently cowardly, as to be expected from filthy mutants.
Ogryns however deserve only head pats.
Ogryns are like the ig dumb kid in the back of the class room that the whole class covers for because he's dumb as a brick, but they utterly love the big guy.
Also he's perfectly willing to rip someone's arm off and beat them with it.
All hummies are hummies, don't matter what they came from.
Good videos 👍💪👍
We shall not falter, for the glory of the Imperium!!!!
Wasn't the first ethereal caste kill made by one of these little guys?
Also, angry ratling sounds not like gollum, but the Ork builder units from Dawn of War 1.
I love the Ratlings.
Of to kill some Heretics and Xeno's master Frodo?
*passes sam some recently 'acquired' supplies*
It's what Bilbo wanted us to do, and according to commissar Aaragorn we get to keep anything we can carry.
Who is here to celebrate Plastic Rattlings!
Oh God , I absolutely love the transformation. O-100 . We shoots them all in the head. Pure love 🤩
Great! Now I have to order Ratlings 😂
Wait, Ratlings are shagnasties? Right, I need to find some models for my Militarum army.
Metal Tigerlily they’re horrrrrific deviants. :).
This was very cool! I had no idea these little bastards existed. Can anyone recommend some good books featuring Ratlings?
@BALDERMORT buddy do a short story... halfling sniper vs a death jester
Ouch. One day maybe. :).
So the rattling homeworld s are the one place in the warhammer universe you might want to be?
Golum's got a gun, dodododo~
🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟
I would love to field an army of ratlings.
I really want a ratling army now.
You can! They're actually cheap... Metal models, thought, but still awesome! Just bought my squad of ratlings and on their way!
Hey Baldermort, I know you have a lot of work to do. Just ad the U in the title because you have it in the vid Auxilia.
holy shit he said lilliputian. i've never heard anyone else say that .
Ok short story "dwarven the sniper" I rest my case
tolkien again gw ? its ok , brother baldermort is here for a more noble approach
A Tolkienphile I see Do you have a favorite movie or novel Still I bet their fellow Guardsmen would gladly give them to the Eldar or Orks
if A Ratling sniper, an Eldar Ranger, a Space Marine scout, and a Vindicare Assassin are in a free-for-all duel, who will come up on top?
Obviously vindicare assassin
@@wumpusmcgrumpusesquire6965 Every time i hear about the lore of each sniper unit, the descriptions are: one-shot-one-kill, they are very accurate, they have intensive training, and they are excellent at moving stealthily.
what makes one stands out from the others?
@@OrisOsiris1 Each one trains to be a sniper, Vindcares are MADE into snipers, they will wait 5 years in one spot, not moving, not eating, to get the perfect shot. They are legit molded, rebuilt, for one goal and one goal only, to snipe you from 5705 miles away, they never miss for they are the sniper.
'Why would ANYONE want one of these buggers much less a company of them in their regiment.'
Simple. Imagine the havok they can cause the enemy. The traps they can disarm. The INTEL they can gather. The same ratling that filled the commisar's boots with grox shit can just as easily slip poison into an enemy commander's tea, and would probably do it purely because they got dared to, or more likely they got promised 'dibs' on spoils once the command post is taken.
Uuuh described "in graphic details shortly", you also should write a shorttale about'em.
they sound like kenders
Good stuff. Ogryns next please!
6+ Stevo soon. :). Thanks for watching, Stevo. :).
I want gw to add felinid cheeta calvary
You are not the only one! I always wondered why they didn;t :( One day I hope to get some felinid heads via a proxy company and make my own if they don;t do it. :)
Thanks for listening! :)
@@Baldermort im thinking more like anime style for heads tho considerinng i thing felinids being abandond results of genetic engenering
Phizzhead I was thinking grumpy cat heads myself. Well, for sergeants. :).
@@Baldermort You can now, Albedo... wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Albedo_Patrol
There is a series of conversion kits that should be compatible with Imperial Guard. Might require a bit of work and green stuff but it's probably the closest out there to Felinids.
They made D&D Kenders GW made kenders in space.
How can you hate space hobbits ?
We need a whole regiment of Rattling snipers to take on the Tau.
Imagine that... With the space hobbit... Err, I mean, rattling's natural ability for shooting and the Tau's long range weaponry, twice the range (68' if I'm not mistaken) and a strength of 6.... That would indeed be terrifying!
@@albertoenriquez21 Naaww the terrifying part, at least for the Imperium, is that all the Water Caste has to do in order to recruit the Rattling worlds is show them what life is like on all Tau worlds vs 99.9999% of all Imperial worlds.
see 5 inches on lower part of walls, that's their size.
Okay, maybe Kender from AD&D ...
Funny, in the game their shooting skill is only slightly above average at a 3+ (same as Space Marines).
Matt85ism lore never matches crunch. But if you want to just discuss the crunch without any drama, why watch a dramatic lore site?
"But if you want to just discuss the crunch without any drama, why watch a dramatic lore site?" Not sure what your getting at here... are you asking why I watch your videos? If that's true, that's a rather strange question to ask your audience.
Matt85ism not at all. It’s not negative. It’s a ‘bit if everything is just what is on the tabletop, which will never ever match up to any of the fluff, why point out the mundanity of a d6 system that dies not have the scope to do any of the fluff represented correctly. So if the drama isn’t going to make you happy, why watch? This is a starter site. If I don’t get on with something I simply don’t watch it.’ I’m not out to gain a horde of viewers. Just likeminded fluff monkeys who can hang out together.
Nothing negative in a question old chap. I want people to watch what they enjoy.
Matt85ism and that wasn’t supposed to be a down thumb. Lol. Eyes are letting me down brother. Urg. :).
It would seem you misunderstood my comment. I was implying that its a real shame they are no where near as good as the lore makes them out to be. That goes for Imperial Guard snipers as well, They are even worse with 4+ shooting.
therefore rats are agents of the despaider
The Hobbits of Warhammer 40k. Nice job Games Workshop
*21 years of running D&D games*
*takes a look at the ratlings*
"Oh, so they're kenders."
.....YEP.......
And that is exactly as terrifying as it sounds.
RATLING = Hobbit with a gun.😅
Sound more like Kinder from Dragonlance to me
Pretty much, except everyone treats them appropriately.
Ratlings in 40k are more akin to kenders than halflings...
Not hobbits, kender.
gollum with a gun lol