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I checked for women's sizes and they don't have them. I was going to reccomend them to mom because she can never find a sturdy comfortable white t-shirt that's 100% cotton. Polyester actually makes her break out!!!!! Also have you ever thought about turning the graphics from your worn out t-shirts into wall scrolls? Or rugs?
@@AnimeShinigami13 all their shirts are unisex which from my perspective is a good thing but my wife inform me that no, it's not the same thing as having an actual women's cut haha. No I hadn't considered that, would make for a cool project
Hey Wes- the trials of the Ultramarine aspirants is pretty well documented in the Marnius Calgar comic series, but I don't recall the name of the series. It's got a lot of detail, and a somewhat underwhelming twist ending, but it's worth checking out.
My favorite quote of the Ultramarines is Guilliman talking to one of his sons who's polished his armor to the point of insanity with the Primarch claiming he was trying to hard "Arkus nodded, and rested the base of the standard on the ground. ‘My lord,’ he said. ‘I am an Ultramarine. Trying too hard is the entire point of us, isn’t it?" they may be the boy scouts of space marines, but they try to be the best and honestly they come pretty damn close.
This makes me ponder... Fulgrim and the Emperor's Children had the same ideals as this Ultramarine, but they got corrupted because of It. Combining this with the idea of certain Primarchs having equal roles to others, so that the loss of one is not so devastating, It can be concluded that Guilliman and Fulgrim would be like equal weapons, but one of them proved to be better for humanity than the other, and this also applies to their legions. The similarities are: both Primarchs being legendary heads of state, and both legions being good at everything but not the best at anything (apart from logistics, where the Smurfs win)
@@Neoth40kthe difference is Fulgrim cared about perfection as an unachievable endpoint that one should strive towards to the point of madness, whereas Roboute saw perfection as an eternally recursive and iterative process not *meant* to be fully realized, only better understood.
@@Neoth40k I think you're on the right track but a little too narrow. The Ultramarines aren't a perfect foil to the Emperor's Children, just like they aren't to the Word Bearers. They are the jacks of all trades and can fight like any of the other legions which is why Guilliman was able to learn and adapt to the Raven Guards fighting style, or why they can be as berserk as the Blood Angels at times. I don't think the 13th and G man were meant to be the back up for Fulgrim and the E'sC, I think they were the back up to the back ups. 3rd in line in any skill so they were never going to be as good as the other legions even where 2 already overlapped, instead they were there to plug the gaps if BOTH failed or even just to be there as a stop gap if the other legions were somewhere else and couldn't make it where they were needed. They are the A- where other legions are the A+ and A, not as good but still a passing great and a pretty good one at that.
Oh no..., now I have a mental image in my head of Muscleman from Regular Show as Roubute Guiliman, screaming this every other line: "You know who else can *insert context of the conversation here*? MY MOOOOOOOM!!!!"
I nearly spat out my drink when hearing Robotic GuiltyCan declare his (lack of) dexterity his worst enemy. The man who has fought the legions of hell, died multiple times and survived the total vacuum of space; mentally defeated by his lack of dexterity (each second he doesn’t have a giant pen in his hand, 578193 guardsman die because he couldn’t sign a piece of paper, and he knows that)
"How did our reinforcement not deploy?!" ". . . . " "WELL?!" "Primarch couldn't grip the - ". "DON'T FINISH THAT SENTENCE. Mark the report done, filed under Failure of Communication."
Wasn't there a story where one Ultramarine had his arm chopped off and was getting chewed out by his Sargeant for sloppiness for losing an arm only for the guy to go "I didn't lose it, its right over there."
Not quite. Instead of Ultramarines, it was the Crimson Fists chapter. Said Ultramarine was actually a CF Captain named Alessio Cortez, and said sergeant was the CF Chapter Master himself, Pedro Kantor.
I like the Ultramarines because, being raised in a good-boy Catholic household, it feels so relatable that they are essentially always like, "GUYS, WTF ARE YOU DOING. THAT'S NOT WHAT DAD SAAAAAAAAAAID. FUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKK!" _Especially Guilliman. _*_Poor Good-boy Guilliman._*
i'm guessing this comment should be drilled to a specific bastard's head currently holding the very same position he should approach first in the first place lol
Thank you! As I was playing SM2, I kept thinking Titus and crew were very....nice to everyone considering the overall lore I know about. The Ultramarines being unique in that regard helps connect the dots
Most chapters are pretty disconnected from humanity but some are cool. The Salamanders are all about ensuring civilian safety, they go even further than Ultramarines in that regard because their religion, the Promethean Cult, specifically teaches the virtue of compassion and self sacrifice. They don't save people to adhere to a code, they just straight up want to do it, even if it means putting themselves at risk. Space Wolves are pretty humanitarian as well because they like picking older aspirants - fully grown, battle tested soldiers instead of promising young recruits. It means they tend to hold onto their humanity better because they spend longer as humans. Even still, Ultramarines and space Wolves, neither of them put a patch on the Salamanders in terms of love for humanity.
I'm completely hooked on these lore videos. How I never heard anything about 40k is insane. Better late than never. Aside from like posters and pics of figures I had no idea how vast and interesting the world is.
small correction for the bit at the start, as difficult as it is to believe nowadays, the Ultrasmurfs weren't actually the coverboys for the entire length of the franchise. IIRC, in second edition the Blood Angels were the cover boys (they LOVED red in the 90s, most of the cover factions were the red ones) then the Black Templars for most of 3rd. It wasn't really until 4th edition and Matt Ward's dark presence coming to full fruition that the boys in blue really became the cover boys.
LOL on the whole Matt Ward hate. He gave an interview where he was very clear that everything regarding his work was examined and OKed by GW. Please direct your ire towards the correct target, GW.
Blood angels, space wolves, grey knights, they were all super popular back then. I remember when utramarine were just a choice, a small option, but the most uninteresting faction so anyone with a whiff of fun wouldn't play them, how they became so popular ill never know, maybe it's the name ultra having people ruining they must be the best? Not knowing it's because their from Ultramar? God knows. Their OK. I am a 90's wh4k fan and.. Yeah I totally love the blood angels dude it was either them or space wolves for top spot back then 👌
@davidgeorge3944 If Arbiter Ian is to be believed, the “Ultramarines” were originally the “Ultra Marines” (or as he liked to call them, the “Ultra (space) Marines)”). So the “ultra” name issue might’ve been a real thing (until the name was retconned into coming from Ultramar).
@@alexianthedragonerm even it that were 100% true it’s still Ward writing the stuff. I am only aware of the Ward hate through memes and I have zero feeling about him either way but if you do hate his writing it’s still mainly ward’s fault with GW being only partially responsible
I'd love to imagine the moment Aliens visited Earth when the humans went to extinction, the Very First thing they found is a library filled with Just 40K lore, and it scares them that they actually believe Humanity has been dealing with Gods of Chaos and other World-Destroying Aliens for the past millennia, making them extremely grateful that humanity didn't found them yet.
Funny thing is, when I was a kid, Ultramarines lore was little more than 2 pages of text in the Codex Space Marines, with a very early 4 page story on them from White Dwarf on them during the Crusade and Horus Heresy, that was it, in fact they were never special or the poster child of the setting, they were just the chapter chosen to feature in the book art as they were the default chapter, nothing unquie at the time in the late 90s. We had far more in depth backstory on the Blood Angels, Imperial Fists, Space Wolves and Dark Angels back then. In fact, Crimson Fists and Black Templar got more attention in the past. Ot wasn't until 4th Edition in 2005 that Games Workshop decided to flesh out the Ultramarines and make them the posterchild of the setting.
@@michaelgreider9486Yep, next year will mark exactly 30 years of collecting GW starting with Lizardmen way back when. Not a fan of their money grubbing though so certainly don’t buy many models these days.
Your right. I got comics on blood angels and the sisters of battle to this day. I loved the blood angels.. Crazy brave bastards. Blood drinking was weird though but its useful lol
@@Washoii What is really offensive is the cardboard of the box is worth more than the plastic in the box in terms of resource costs, exactly $2 US. Labour, transport and staff costs are a different matter though, totalling around $10 US per box. GW often makes a 90% profit on every single sale of miniatures boxes, more so on Battleforces and Starter Boxes, you'd think they'd make less, but no it is actually more, the more plastic, the higher the profit to print cost ratio. With that said, plastic to box ratio, Games Workshop isn't actually the worst for price hiking, that would be LEGO. LEGO has always been expensive, even in the 90s. Games Workshop has only become expensive in the past 20 years due to yuppies in middle management muddying the waters within the company demanding increasing wages while those employed under them are given minimum wage. While the Investors demand the same returns every year, which forces GW to increase prices double relative to inflation to maintain the same profit curve every year, it's horrendous. The investors control GW's finances because I know it isn't the board making this choice as I've met people on GW's board and they're pretty cool, their CEO doesn't make much money, he isn't greedy, the issue is squarely their investors and middle management, ask anyone at the company and they'll answer the same. But that is just half the story, the other big nasty whale in the room is the fact Games Workshop isn't entirely an international entity and their main office is still in the UK and they are a registered UK business with half their model range being manufactured in the UK while the other half is manufactured in the USA which accounts for a large percentage of the overall costs of miniatures being thrown back on buyers, because Games Workshop has to pay really nasty taxes in the UK and the USA, they have to pay double taxes, for both their manufacturing and their business and they have to pay staff too and not at a minimum wage (again middle management issue); GW refuses to have their models made cheaply in China or other cheap labour countries because they're obsessed with model quality. My Uncle once said to me "why the hell is this $200?!" then saw the box "made in the UK" and was like "Oh ok nevermind."
That is something I’ve been thinking about as I’ve been studying older Warhammer. Rogue trader featured crimsons fists on its main products. Second edition had the blood angels front and center on its starter box (though ultramarines certainly featured on some space marine boxes). 3rd Edition featured the Black Templars more heavily in its art. By all accounts 4th edition was just par for the course in rotating the spotlight a bit. But it has obviously stuck on the Ultramarines since then somehow
Y'know, just from hearing the general description of them, where it went over how they were so tactically minded that they could adapt their strategies on the fly, it immediately clicked as to why they were the biggest and most well known legion. Sure, the other ones are loads more badass in particular ways, but hell hath no fury like an army that can maintain optimal efficiency regardless of their foe, and even manage to have a good level of logistics at that. Ten of them might not necessarily be able to beat ten Space Wolves in a melee brawl, but they don't have to when they're running things so smoothly that they consistently can bring in an extra thousand imperium troops as backup, and so on. Specialized champions alone are a grand sight to behold, but there's nothing scarier than having the equivalent of a galactic nation's worth of ammunition, bodies, and weapons bearing down on something. Seems it really pays off to focus on more than just the fights themselves.
I imagine a space wolf going full werewolf because he used up all his munitions and his weapons are broken,then say "The fuck are you going to do blueberry" Then the Ultramarine just points at his heavy machinegun full of ammo, and a squad of sniper back him up from the background, with dozens of dots on the wolf "I have the power of proper logistics and daddy-G at my side furry"
@@Weebash14886 There's a segment in Deathwatch lore that shows exactly that. The Deathwatch have a Library of records on space marines xenos encounters and how they were defeated to take as the lesson. There's a footage of space wolves getting overwhelmed by Necron because no matter how hard they can fight the Necrons get resurrected and eventually surrounded the space wolves. And there's also footage of the Black Templars getting gunned down by the Tau because of their insistence on melee combat. The only time the Ultramarines got beaten was when they faced the Tyranid and that's because the Tyranid can beat the Ultramarines at their own game
Ultramarines were my first big army in 40k. I built a full battle company back around 3rd edition. I'd been playing since rogue trader (over 30 years ago at this point), and had a small collection, but the 5th company was one of my biggest investments at that point. Squad markings, company marking (black rimmed shoulder pads), chapter markings (obvs), they are one of the most fun bits of my collection.
Okay but Ultramarine humor is fantastic, that shit is great. And honestly Guilliman and the UMs being essentially a mini Emperor and His Custodes is kinda cute. Magnus may have the most in common with Emps as the only one to realize his psychic might back then, but Guilliman seems to think the most like him. It would have been interesting to see how he adapted to the end of their war if that had had the chance to happen
Ya I had hoped to get it up around launch but I don't release things I feel are incomplete. If that means a bunch of all nighters and a week of extra work, so be it
watchin this during hurricane milton. thanks for bein here man. im not super familiar with Warhammer 40k but i wanna get into it IF the fans are better than star wars fans LOL. but fr, thank you for existing weshammer ❤️❤️❤️
Are you sure Ultramarines are the best representation of space marines? Don't know much about Emperor's Children but with a name like that they gotta be a real loyal, pious, and stand-up group of dudes.
I absolutely love the rivalry between Cato Sicarius and Severus Agemman. Both Captains believe they are the obvious successor for Chapter Master and they couldn't be any different from one another.
I just came in deep touch with Warhammer a few months ago and I fell in love with the Grim Dark, the lore and the whole universe. Its awesome. Great videos, love to watch them and learn so much about 40k 😍
Learned a lot about 40K through your videos thanks man! Was wondering if you’d possible do lore videos on Kill Team factions? Very curious about some of the more lesser known groups in 40k
That's not a bad idea! I've done so far with the mandrakes as a lot of their new lore came from their new kill team set, but researching the other factions could be fun
For Ultramar! But real talk, I haven't read any of their novels yet, just seen them in the games. Their "normalness" is why I like them. I'm a minimalist in pretty much everything so a chapter that doesn't go crazy or turn to dust or drink blood or hug humans while burning eldar children is a welcome idea to me. Nothing crazy, nothing complicated. Just organized, superhuman, awesome military power. Also as someone who uses spreadsheets and lists to organize everything, I love their logical, task oriented ways.
The Ultramarines are not quite your perfect normal military force, but they are the chapter designed to be most easily relatable for us in M3. Read the two Ultramarines Omnibus by Graham McNeill which are the story of Uriel Ventris, Captain of the Fourth Company, and the inspiration for Titus.
That series is very good, a bit out of date for some of the info (lore changes and all), but nice read which gives the Ultramarines character. Would also recommend the books focusing on them during the Horus Heresy, for me they went along way towards presenting Guilliman and his legion as interesting characters.
I really like how this video is structured and how it explains every company in detail. Please do more of these for other chapters/ war bands in the future
@17:54 In the midst of battle against a shape shifting harlequin esq enemy, the Ultramarine battle brother spits back in response "We all float down here... FOR MCCRAGGE!"
Wes, you have to be one of the best UA-camrs I've ever watched. You put so much effort and feeling into these videos and as someone who is, space Marines 2, new to 40k your videos are amazingly well done. Thank you!
FANTASTIC video Wes. Thank you for that refresher course on the Ultramarines. Like many people , I've been enjoying Warhammer 40k in some form, tabletop, reading novels, playing the numerous video games (currently Space Marine 2) or watching lore Content since the mid 90s. I have to say even though this was a synopsis it was a very through and detailed summary. Bravo! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to this wonderful hobby we share.
Never got into this when it came out. It looked cool but complicated. I'm now in my 50s, and between the games Inquisitor and Space Marine 2, I love this universe. So far, I am partial to the Ultra Marines, but I also like the Blood Angels rage. Great informative video, good job!
1. "We float for Maccrage!" - that phrase made my day😊 2. "Deathwatch - Rites of Battle" is such an awesome rulebook. Everyone could make his own Astartes heroes and even almost lore-accurate homebrew Space Marine Chapters with parts of this book, using their own choice or several dice tools to pick up positions from tables of parameters. I don't know how much I should appreciate authors of that tome of lore knowledge.
The first Ultramarine chapter I heard it was the Skywatch. It was from a Star Wars warhammer cross-over, which honestly is pretty good and very will Written They're liberian in that story was in a great fight between mace wind and Obi wan The chapter master For some reason, that's still unclear in the story. He left his chapter and found a sith temple ( I highly recommend the series. It's made by a fan with too much time )
Know No Fear is one of my favorite Horus Heresy books. “ Always make sure your enemy is dead. If you must fight an Ultramarine, pray you kill him. If he is still alive, then you are dead."
Wow, great job, man! I've only been lightly into 40k for a few years, but probably similar to you, as a kid I had a thing about "by the book leader" types. I didn't like Leonardo in TMNT. Same for Cyclops in XMen. So a little of that followed me to 40k with the Ultramarines. But this video helped me appreciate them a lot more. Commitment to excellence and unfaltering discipline isn't always cool, but it is immensely respectable.
Would love a video of you explaining how the Space Marine games fit into the overall lore. If they do at all. Seeing a certain chapter master has me curious how accurate the game is. Also, considering Mcragge was before the games, I'm surprised it's not mentioned more while killing the Nids.
Stoked! Thanks for this man. Just getting into Warhammer from the Space Marine 2 at 39 years old! This is a great listen as I work my way through painting my first box of what will soon be some Ultramarine Assault Intercessors :)
@@Mercator89The Inquisition would like a word. Please step into this "office" over here. Mind your step, the floor is a little wet from the last "meeting".
I really wanna see Guilliman find out about the Tau. I feel like he would call a ceasefire and insist on meeting an Ethereal to see if the two races can coexist lol
I think it's really good having so many new people coming into the realm of 40k. I've been playing since 1989 and the lore, history, and content available niw is several orders of magnitude better (just by existing - we had Jack Crap when I started). Welcome and please enjoy your ride.
I went through a similar path as you with the Good Ol Blueberries. I first fell in love with the Blood Angels because they are just so damn cool and Sanguinius is just a bad ass. Wrath made manifest in physical form. There was just something about them, the Legion that should have easily fallen to Chaos, yet not a single Blood Angel has ever turned traitor. Even the Chapters that were excommunicated due to their well Horrific nature remained true sons of Sanguinius and remained loyal to the Imperium. I'm a Blood Angel at heart but man do I also just love the aspects that the Ultramarines bring to the table. The Salamanders, Raven Guard Imperial Fists and Iron Hands are also some of my other favorites. My favorites have switched up massively over the last 10ish years. The Blood Angels have always been my number 1 but my number 2 and 3 have consistently changed as I was introduced to more cool lore and stories. Way back when I was first learning about Warhammer 40k, my #2 was the Imperial Fists but Sigi was just so damn cool and number 3 was the Raven Guard because Corvus Corax "Raven Raven will never not make me laugh" was the epitome of now you see me, now you don't. Now my number 2 is the Carcharodons because Tyberos the Red Wake and the crazy Shark Magic their Librarians employ and my number 3 is the Ultramarines because well the games, books and Papa Smurf himself have just grown on me a ton over the years. Fantastic video brother, I always enjoy these long form videos. This video is perfectly timed to line up with Space Marine 2 and help introduce all the new people to wider lore.
It's crazy just a month ago when I started watching your vids I knew almost nothing about 40k. I own a few 40k games but it's always been Sci-fi nonsense to me. I actually started playing chaos gate again and was blown away because I understood nearly all the references.
Awesome of you for this video to touch on some of the basics about space marines and lore in general in consideration for the probably large number of people who came here from space marine 2 and are new to the franchise
This might be one of your best deep dives yet Wes. Ive been into Warhammer for almost 2 years but i didn't realize until recently how little i knew about the Blue Boys. i don't know if i really had too strong of emotions tied to them but i always thought they and especially Guilliman were cool, but my god their lore is truly incredible too hear. learning about all the history and systems they have and how efficient they all are, learning about the building of the Ultramar Utopia and just seeing marines that genuinely try to improve with every single action and experience they take and have is incredible and honestly a little inspiring their organization, especially scratches the OCD part of my brain in the best way lol
Wes, should you see this comment please let me know. If someone else knows the video I’m talking about then please let me know which video - about a year or two ago I watched a video from you in which you discussed some Space Wolves arriving on a world (during the Great Crusade iirc) in which the Wolves helped some rebels overthrow the tyrant that ruled the world. But afterwards the rebels refused Imperial Compliance and the Wolves then killed them, and the Wolf in the story was particularly sad that he had to do it but he did it anyway. Which video was that? I can’t find it and I would love to watch it again!
That moment when you realize that the Ultramarines are named that because they hail from Ultramar: Surprised Pikachu face. Here i thought it was just a cool name.
EXCELLENT video Wes, I'm an Ultramarine fan myself, so sinking my teeth into all this new information is super satisfying. Always been curious about the specifics of companies!
This video is so awesome! I've been bingeing all your videos for the last few weeks to learn more and I'm starting the table stop soon. I'd love to see a deep dive of the Grey Knights. They're so interesting and I think you'd be the perfect person to do an in depth look
The timing for this video is perfect. I told my friend I needed to watch lore videos before committing to paying for the new Space Marine. I'm on day 3 or 4 of being hooked because of these videos. Thank you for your work, Wes!
@weshammer, just want to say, thanks for this long vid on the ultramarines, I've got a squad of mk3 Marines, one kratos and one sicarian tank which i will paint in ultramarines heresy colours
Not everything. As Gman said in his own words "The codex Astartes is there to set a guideline for the legions to follow but not follow it so religiously to become blind to their own humaness" not a direct quote mind you but a jist of his words
@@TheFallenOne0702 The Codex allows for new sections to be added so it is intended to be flexible. After the Tyranid caught them lacking the blue boys had to put some addendum into the Codex.
@@minhducnguyen9276 True. But there's also the point of our lovely boys in blue being so narrow minded about the Codex they throw the little humanity they have left out the window to follow the words. Granted it's worked to keep them sane for 10k+ years but they still don't make the genefather proud with how robotic they can be at times. Especially nowadays with Gman having a existential crisis of his life after having a big nap for 10k years he wakes up to find out his brother has returned to the system only to try and infect his own system of Macragge during the Plague Wars.
@@TheFallenOne0702 My favorite theory is because Gulliman is secretly a savage that happened to land on a planet that could tamed his nature that's why he's the few level headed in his legion. Like before meeting Gulliman the 13th legion was called the warborn because they were selected from the last resistance against the emperor. And that's why they need constant guidance from Gman or the Codex otherwise they'll devolve.
@minhducnguyen9276 That's the exact reason why actually. Once Gman was talking to a Servitor right after his big nap and legit almost snapped and killed the servant but didn't because he knew that's what he (the servant) wanted
Angron had neither courage not honour, he spent his time butchering beings much weaker than himself, including his own sons and is a loser who would die to a bunch of slave traders if the emperor did not save him. Not even his rage is pure and his. As seen on his jealousy when he witnessed the Angel's rage during the fight. In which he got spanked btw.
@@shadearca that's the point isn't it. The Emperor denied him to fight with courage and die with honor and made him the thing he hated the most a Slaver.
Also Spartans weren't really that special, people need to get over them as some sort of super elite fighting force. Apart from a small part of history, they weren't really that much different and won far less battles or wars than most of their neighbours
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Love the design brother, I had to pick up 2 of them. One for myself and one for my buddy.
Hey Wes- the trials of the Ultramarine aspirants is pretty well documented in the Marnius Calgar comic series, but I don't recall the name of the series. It's got a lot of detail, and a somewhat underwhelming twist ending, but it's worth checking out.
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My favorite quote of the Ultramarines is Guilliman talking to one of his sons who's polished his armor to the point of insanity with the Primarch claiming he was trying to hard "Arkus nodded, and rested the base of the standard on the ground. ‘My lord,’ he said. ‘I am an Ultramarine. Trying too hard is the entire point of us, isn’t it?" they may be the boy scouts of space marines, but they try to be the best and honestly they come pretty damn close.
This makes me ponder... Fulgrim and the Emperor's Children had the same ideals as this Ultramarine, but they got corrupted because of It.
Combining this with the idea of certain Primarchs having equal roles to others, so that the loss of one is not so devastating, It can be concluded that Guilliman and Fulgrim would be like equal weapons, but one of them proved to be better for humanity than the other, and this also applies to their legions.
The similarities are: both Primarchs being legendary heads of state, and both legions being good at everything but not the best at anything (apart from logistics, where the Smurfs win)
@@Neoth40kthe difference is Fulgrim cared about perfection as an unachievable endpoint that one should strive towards to the point of madness, whereas Roboute saw perfection as an eternally recursive and iterative process not *meant* to be fully realized, only better understood.
@@monoclesquid9667 yes, this is why the Ultramarines deserve their plot Armour
@@Neoth40k I think you're on the right track but a little too narrow. The Ultramarines aren't a perfect foil to the Emperor's Children, just like they aren't to the Word Bearers. They are the jacks of all trades and can fight like any of the other legions which is why Guilliman was able to learn and adapt to the Raven Guards fighting style, or why they can be as berserk as the Blood Angels at times. I don't think the 13th and G man were meant to be the back up for Fulgrim and the E'sC, I think they were the back up to the back ups. 3rd in line in any skill so they were never going to be as good as the other legions even where 2 already overlapped, instead they were there to plug the gaps if BOTH failed or even just to be there as a stop gap if the other legions were somewhere else and couldn't make it where they were needed. They are the A- where other legions are the A+ and A, not as good but still a passing great and a pretty good one at that.
@@monoclesquid9667which is also what many Emperor's Children realized. Sadly the ones who did were those purged at Istvan III
I like that in Ultramar everything is named after Hera. Meaning Guilliman is naming everything after his mom.
Oh no..., now I have a mental image in my head of Muscleman from Regular Show as Roubute Guiliman, screaming this every other line: "You know who else can *insert context of the conversation here*? MY MOOOOOOOM!!!!"
Simmilar thing is with the space wolves after you discover that Russ was raised by wolves.
Since when was Tarasha Euten named Hera?
Haha hes a mommys boys
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Well given who is "biological" father is can't blame him for liking his adopted parents more same with many of the other primarches
I nearly spat out my drink when hearing Robotic GuiltyCan declare his (lack of) dexterity his worst enemy. The man who has fought the legions of hell, died multiple times and survived the total vacuum of space; mentally defeated by his lack of dexterity (each second he doesn’t have a giant pen in his hand, 578193 guardsman die because he couldn’t sign a piece of paper, and he knows that)
In the grim darkness of the far future. there is only paperwork. 🤣
"How did our reinforcement not deploy?!"
". . . . "
"WELL?!"
"Primarch couldn't grip the - ".
"DON'T FINISH THAT SENTENCE. Mark the report done, filed under Failure of Communication."
Narrator: Each and every battle brother, a beacon of nobility
Me: But Leandros exists
I guess he is exemplar of spoiled, pompous nobility.
@@Historyfrek4ever there always has to be one in every story.
F Leandros, all my homies hate Leandros
We don't talk about leandros no no..
All my homies hate Leandros
Wasn't there a story where one Ultramarine had his arm chopped off and was getting chewed out by his Sargeant for sloppiness for losing an arm only for the guy to go "I didn't lose it, its right over there."
Not quite. Instead of Ultramarines, it was the Crimson Fists chapter. Said Ultramarine was actually a CF Captain named Alessio Cortez, and said sergeant was the CF Chapter Master himself, Pedro Kantor.
@@AngelGonzalez-dn3pb to be fair the crimsom fists were the most ultramarine like of their legion
Nope that was in Rinn World between Pedro Kantor Chapter Master of the Crimson Fist and Alexio Cortez his first captain
they were fighting the orks warboss and the chapter master was yelling at him saying that he could’ve easily been killed
haha based.
I like the Ultramarines because, being raised in a good-boy Catholic household, it feels so relatable that they are essentially always like, "GUYS, WTF ARE YOU DOING. THAT'S NOT WHAT DAD SAAAAAAAAAAID. FUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKK!"
_Especially Guilliman. _*_Poor Good-boy Guilliman._*
i'm guessing this comment should be drilled to a specific bastard's head currently holding the very same position he should approach first in the first place lol
[Guilliman wakes up]
Praise to the God Emperor!!
Guilliman: ... wtf did the Word Bearers do now..
I too main Ultramarines because Catholicism lol
Pretty based
@@Jerga27 Underrated comment
Almost two fucking hours of Wes talking about the Ultramarines?
Let's fucking go!
LLEETTTSSSS GOOOOOOOOOO
Thank you!
As I was playing SM2, I kept thinking Titus and crew were very....nice to everyone considering the overall lore I know about. The Ultramarines being unique in that regard helps connect the dots
I'd argue that they share that trait with the salamanders
@@Vaudrin I only know a tiny bit about them, mainly just that they exist. I'll look them up and see what they're all about next.
@@niks5463Hugs and Flamethrowers mostly.
@niks5463 The Salamanders make the Ultramarines look like servants of Khorne unless you're Eldar
Most chapters are pretty disconnected from humanity but some are cool. The Salamanders are all about ensuring civilian safety, they go even further than Ultramarines in that regard because their religion, the Promethean Cult, specifically teaches the virtue of compassion and self sacrifice. They don't save people to adhere to a code, they just straight up want to do it, even if it means putting themselves at risk.
Space Wolves are pretty humanitarian as well because they like picking older aspirants - fully grown, battle tested soldiers instead of promising young recruits. It means they tend to hold onto their humanity better because they spend longer as humans. Even still, Ultramarines and space Wolves, neither of them put a patch on the Salamanders in terms of love for humanity.
I'm completely hooked on these lore videos. How I never heard anything about 40k is insane. Better late than never. Aside from like posters and pics of figures I had no idea how vast and interesting the world is.
Welcome aboard! All are welcome in the embrace of The Emperor, beloved by all.
Welcome to the fold brother.
Enjoy the almost endless supply of 40k lore videos on YT ^.^
They gonna fuck around and make a movie lol or anime series would be littt
Brace yourself, the rabbit hole goes _Deeeep._ 😅
small correction for the bit at the start, as difficult as it is to believe nowadays, the Ultrasmurfs weren't actually the coverboys for the entire length of the franchise. IIRC, in second edition the Blood Angels were the cover boys (they LOVED red in the 90s, most of the cover factions were the red ones) then the Black Templars for most of 3rd. It wasn't really until 4th edition and Matt Ward's dark presence coming to full fruition that the boys in blue really became the cover boys.
You're correct! Very good point! I even think the crimson fists were the poster boys for a hot minute at one point 😅
LOL on the whole Matt Ward hate. He gave an interview where he was very clear that everything regarding his work was examined and OKed by GW. Please direct your ire towards the correct target, GW.
Blood angels, space wolves, grey knights, they were all super popular back then. I remember when utramarine were just a choice, a small option, but the most uninteresting faction so anyone with a whiff of fun wouldn't play them, how they became so popular ill never know, maybe it's the name ultra having people ruining they must be the best? Not knowing it's because their from Ultramar? God knows. Their OK. I am a 90's wh4k fan and.. Yeah I totally love the blood angels dude it was either them or space wolves for top spot back then 👌
@davidgeorge3944 If Arbiter Ian is to be believed, the “Ultramarines” were originally the “Ultra Marines” (or as he liked to call them, the “Ultra (space) Marines)”). So the “ultra” name issue might’ve been a real thing (until the name was retconned into coming from Ultramar).
@@alexianthedragonerm even it that were 100% true it’s still Ward writing the stuff. I am only aware of the Ward hate through memes and I have zero feeling about him either way but if you do hate his writing it’s still mainly ward’s fault with GW being only partially responsible
*Ultramarines Chant intensifies*
MY GLORIOUS CHAPTER MASTER WE SUCCEDED IN GETTING WESHAMMER TO COMPLETE HIS DEEP DIVE!!!
FOR THE GLORY OF ULTRIMAR!!!!
COURAGE AND HONOR!!!
Calgar: *ultra groan*
I'd love to imagine the moment Aliens visited Earth when the humans went to extinction, the Very First thing they found is a library filled with Just 40K lore, and it scares them that they actually believe Humanity has been dealing with Gods of Chaos and other World-Destroying Aliens for the past millennia, making them extremely grateful that humanity didn't found them yet.
Funny thing is, when I was a kid, Ultramarines lore was little more than 2 pages of text in the Codex Space Marines, with a very early 4 page story on them from White Dwarf on them during the Crusade and Horus Heresy, that was it, in fact they were never special or the poster child of the setting, they were just the chapter chosen to feature in the book art as they were the default chapter, nothing unquie at the time in the late 90s. We had far more in depth backstory on the Blood Angels, Imperial Fists, Space Wolves and Dark Angels back then. In fact, Crimson Fists and Black Templar got more attention in the past. Ot wasn't until 4th Edition in 2005 that Games Workshop decided to flesh out the Ultramarines and make them the posterchild of the setting.
It’s so crazy to me something I love so much has 30+ year fans. I’m literally about a 2 year fan
@@michaelgreider9486Yep, next year will mark exactly 30 years of collecting GW starting with Lizardmen way back when. Not a fan of their money grubbing though so certainly don’t buy many models these days.
Your right. I got comics on blood angels and the sisters of battle to this day. I loved the blood angels.. Crazy brave bastards. Blood drinking was weird though but its useful lol
@@Washoii What is really offensive is the cardboard of the box is worth more than the plastic in the box in terms of resource costs, exactly $2 US. Labour, transport and staff costs are a different matter though, totalling around $10 US per box. GW often makes a 90% profit on every single sale of miniatures boxes, more so on Battleforces and Starter Boxes, you'd think they'd make less, but no it is actually more, the more plastic, the higher the profit to print cost ratio. With that said, plastic to box ratio, Games Workshop isn't actually the worst for price hiking, that would be LEGO. LEGO has always been expensive, even in the 90s.
Games Workshop has only become expensive in the past 20 years due to yuppies in middle management muddying the waters within the company demanding increasing wages while those employed under them are given minimum wage. While the Investors demand the same returns every year, which forces GW to increase prices double relative to inflation to maintain the same profit curve every year, it's horrendous. The investors control GW's finances because I know it isn't the board making this choice as I've met people on GW's board and they're pretty cool, their CEO doesn't make much money, he isn't greedy, the issue is squarely their investors and middle management, ask anyone at the company and they'll answer the same. But that is just half the story, the other big nasty whale in the room is the fact Games Workshop isn't entirely an international entity and their main office is still in the UK and they are a registered UK business with half their model range being manufactured in the UK while the other half is manufactured in the USA which accounts for a large percentage of the overall costs of miniatures being thrown back on buyers, because Games Workshop has to pay really nasty taxes in the UK and the USA, they have to pay double taxes, for both their manufacturing and their business and they have to pay staff too and not at a minimum wage (again middle management issue); GW refuses to have their models made cheaply in China or other cheap labour countries because they're obsessed with model quality. My Uncle once said to me "why the hell is this $200?!" then saw the box "made in the UK" and was like "Oh ok nevermind."
That is something I’ve been thinking about as I’ve been studying older Warhammer. Rogue trader featured crimsons fists on its main products. Second edition had the blood angels front and center on its starter box (though ultramarines certainly featured on some space marine boxes). 3rd Edition featured the Black Templars more heavily in its art.
By all accounts 4th edition was just par for the course in rotating the spotlight a bit. But it has obviously stuck on the Ultramarines since then somehow
Y'know, just from hearing the general description of them, where it went over how they were so tactically minded that they could adapt their strategies on the fly, it immediately clicked as to why they were the biggest and most well known legion. Sure, the other ones are loads more badass in particular ways, but hell hath no fury like an army that can maintain optimal efficiency regardless of their foe, and even manage to have a good level of logistics at that. Ten of them might not necessarily be able to beat ten Space Wolves in a melee brawl, but they don't have to when they're running things so smoothly that they consistently can bring in an extra thousand imperium troops as backup, and so on.
Specialized champions alone are a grand sight to behold, but there's nothing scarier than having the equivalent of a galactic nation's worth of ammunition, bodies, and weapons bearing down on something. Seems it really pays off to focus on more than just the fights themselves.
I imagine a space wolf going full werewolf because he used up all his munitions and his weapons are broken,then say
"The fuck are you going to do blueberry"
Then the Ultramarine just points at his heavy machinegun full of ammo, and a squad of sniper back him up from the background, with dozens of dots on the wolf
"I have the power of proper logistics and daddy-G at my side furry"
@@Weebash14886 There's a segment in Deathwatch lore that shows exactly that. The Deathwatch have a Library of records on space marines xenos encounters and how they were defeated to take as the lesson. There's a footage of space wolves getting overwhelmed by Necron because no matter how hard they can fight the Necrons get resurrected and eventually surrounded the space wolves. And there's also footage of the Black Templars getting gunned down by the Tau because of their insistence on melee combat. The only time the Ultramarines got beaten was when they faced the Tyranid and that's because the Tyranid can beat the Ultramarines at their own game
Ultramarines more than any astartes faction understand that there is no point in subjugation if one is left with nothing but ash and ruin to rule.
Ash makes one of the greatest fertilizers
Ultramarines were my first big army in 40k. I built a full battle company back around 3rd edition. I'd been playing since rogue trader (over 30 years ago at this point), and had a small collection, but the 5th company was one of my biggest investments at that point. Squad markings, company marking (black rimmed shoulder pads), chapter markings (obvs), they are one of the most fun bits of my collection.
Okay but Ultramarine humor is fantastic, that shit is great. And honestly Guilliman and the UMs being essentially a mini Emperor and His Custodes is kinda cute. Magnus may have the most in common with Emps as the only one to realize his psychic might back then, but Guilliman seems to think the most like him. It would have been interesting to see how he adapted to the end of their war if that had had the chance to happen
I was about to say that you are late to the Space Marine 2 party and then realised its a 1h 40min Video. crazy research
Ya I had hoped to get it up around launch but I don't release things I feel are incomplete. If that means a bunch of all nighters and a week of extra work, so be it
Quick someone to call Iysander! Wes is hyping the Blueberry Bois!
Second Company we hold this ground in the name of the primarch- Demetrian Titus
@@Jedishill680that scene goes so hard! My favorite sequence from a masterpiece of a campaign
taking some note for this one.....
G-man:*declare the flimshy plastic as his enemy*
Kato: emmm are you joking my lord????
I don't know why but I have to keep rewatching this because I feel like I catch on to something new every time. Great video
watchin this during hurricane milton. thanks for bein here man. im not super familiar with Warhammer 40k but i wanna get into it IF the fans are better than star wars fans LOL. but fr, thank you for existing weshammer ❤️❤️❤️
Stay safe dude.
Are you sure Ultramarines are the best representation of space marines? Don't know much about Emperor's Children but with a name like that they gotta be a real loyal, pious, and stand-up group of dudes.
They sound like they'd be the perfect space marines
Heresy!
Sit down, child. Uncle Space Marine needs to explain something.
The demons in purple? sure why not.
Who’s gonna tell him?
I absolutely love the rivalry between Cato Sicarius and Severus Agemman. Both Captains believe they are the obvious successor for Chapter Master and they couldn't be any different from one another.
Holy trinity of Ultramarines:
The holy Bolter
The a Emperor
The holy Exel sheet
You should do a dark angels or a black Templar deep dive. You’re by far my favorite way to learn about warhammer
0:31- The Emperor is pleased you have fixed this.
I just came in deep touch with Warhammer a few months ago and I fell in love with the Grim Dark, the lore and the whole universe. Its awesome. Great videos, love to watch them and learn so much about 40k 😍
Please do a deep dive on the dark angels! This was a great video.
Learned a lot about 40K through your videos thanks man! Was wondering if you’d possible do lore videos on Kill Team factions? Very curious about some of the more lesser known groups in 40k
That's not a bad idea! I've done so far with the mandrakes as a lot of their new lore came from their new kill team set, but researching the other factions could be fun
@@weshammer That would be great if you did! I really want to know more about the Adeptus Arbites and their Exaction Squad or the Beastmen!
YESS!!! I just came for the Into AM code I love their shirts so much and now we got a COLLAB!!!
Basically a full length movie about the Ultramarines, gonna eat well today. Hopefully there's at least 1 "massive understatement" in the video.
For Ultramar! But real talk, I haven't read any of their novels yet, just seen them in the games. Their "normalness" is why I like them. I'm a minimalist in pretty much everything so a chapter that doesn't go crazy or turn to dust or drink blood or hug humans while burning eldar children is a welcome idea to me. Nothing crazy, nothing complicated. Just organized, superhuman, awesome military power. Also as someone who uses spreadsheets and lists to organize everything, I love their logical, task oriented ways.
The Ultramarines are not quite your perfect normal military force, but they are the chapter designed to be most easily relatable for us in M3. Read the two Ultramarines Omnibus by Graham McNeill which are the story of Uriel Ventris, Captain of the Fourth Company, and the inspiration for Titus.
That series is very good, a bit out of date for some of the info (lore changes and all), but nice read which gives the Ultramarines character.
Would also recommend the books focusing on them during the Horus Heresy, for me they went along way towards presenting Guilliman and his legion as interesting characters.
I really like how this video is structured and how it explains every company in detail. Please do more of these for other chapters/ war bands in the future
@17:54 In the midst of battle against a shape shifting harlequin esq enemy, the Ultramarine battle brother spits back in response "We all float down here... FOR MCCRAGGE!"
"You are encouraged to openly question the Codex Astartes"
You heard that Leandros? I said - DID YOU HEAR THAT?
Wes, you have to be one of the best UA-camrs I've ever watched. You put so much effort and feeling into these videos and as someone who is, space Marines 2, new to 40k your videos are amazingly well done. Thank you!
FANTASTIC video Wes. Thank you for that refresher course on the Ultramarines. Like many people , I've been enjoying Warhammer 40k in some form, tabletop, reading novels, playing the numerous video games (currently Space Marine 2) or watching lore Content since the mid 90s. I have to say even though this was a synopsis it was a very through and detailed summary. Bravo! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to this wonderful hobby we share.
Never got into this when it came out. It looked cool but complicated. I'm now in my 50s, and between the games Inquisitor and Space Marine 2, I love this universe. So far, I am partial to the Ultra Marines, but I also like the Blood Angels rage. Great informative video, good job!
Check out the salamanders, I think they would click with you too
@davidkamps9879 agreed, I have discovered the Salamanders and Vulcan. I like their style alot. May be my new fav
This must have been a ton of work sheesh, so much ultramarines stuff out there.
Guillimans and the Ultramarines superpower is literally being level headed/reasonable😂
And in the grim dark that is remarkable 💀
Thank you so much!!!
This was the type of video I was looking for with the Ultramarines.
1. "We float for Maccrage!" - that phrase made my day😊
2. "Deathwatch - Rites of Battle" is such an awesome rulebook. Everyone could make his own Astartes heroes and even almost lore-accurate homebrew Space Marine Chapters with parts of this book, using their own choice or several dice tools to pick up positions from tables of parameters. I don't know how much I should appreciate authors of that tome of lore knowledge.
Been sending people from TikTok’s abt space marine 2 here for a deeper rundown. Loving seeing people discover warhammer.
Opened up UA-cam after a crappy day, and saw an almost 2 hour video by Wes and my day just became awesome! Love you dude you’re awesome!
You should make a video going over what major events are currently happening in Warhammer 40K
I know I didn't ask for an almost 2 hour deep dive into lore of the Ultramarines. But now I know I needed it! Praise the Emperor
The Emperor Protects
The first Ultramarine chapter I heard it was the Skywatch. It was from a Star Wars warhammer cross-over, which honestly is pretty good and very will Written
They're liberian in that story was in a great fight between mace wind and Obi wan
The chapter master For some reason, that's still unclear in the story. He left his chapter and found a sith temple
( I highly recommend the series. It's made by a fan with too much time )
Love the deep dives! Thanks Wes.
NICE !!! A video on the UltraMarines!!! Good chapter with interesting story!!
For the Ultra marine trail Calgars graphic novel goes over it a bit
Thanks I will have to check this out!
@@weshammer Its called Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar for the full title if you need that
A conversation from 2 of my friends
Friend 1 - "im an ultramarine guy"
Friend 2 - "i bet you cry after sex"
understandable XD
yes I did
Who doesn't? (I'm an Ultramarine guy)
But Friend 1 DOES have sex
@@GaspardSavoureux01 You do? (i bet you cry after sex)
I've been really looking forward to this one! You, Luetin09 and Occulus are my favourite lore channels.
I'd love for you to do a 'space marine power armor' deep five (MKI all the way to chaos specific armor)
I love all your videos, especially your deep dives keep it up, dude!
Great vid you’re really doing incredible work. I hope you’re proud
As always, another blockbuster 👍 love these deep dives
Now i know why i'm liking them so much. You voiced my thoughts :)
i am of the opinion that every space marine chapter is cool in their own way and u cant go wrong with what u choose. pick what u like brothers
Yesssss!! A deep dive detailing that being basic like me is AWESOME!!
Sir... This is a Wendy's...
Know No Fear is one of my favorite Horus Heresy books. “ Always make sure your enemy is dead. If you must fight an Ultramarine, pray you kill him. If he is still alive, then you are dead."
Making an Ultramarine deep-dive double as an overview of Space Marines generally seems really fitting.
Wow, great job, man! I've only been lightly into 40k for a few years, but probably similar to you, as a kid I had a thing about "by the book leader" types. I didn't like Leonardo in TMNT. Same for Cyclops in XMen. So a little of that followed me to 40k with the Ultramarines. But this video helped me appreciate them a lot more. Commitment to excellence and unfaltering discipline isn't always cool, but it is immensely respectable.
Robert smoking is some of my favorite art
Hey your videos are really getting me into 40k, I'm hoping you do a Space Wolves video
I was at my local games workshop today and they gave everyone a free ultramarine and let everyone paint one. it was so cool
Would love a video of you explaining how the Space Marine games fit into the overall lore. If they do at all. Seeing a certain chapter master has me curious how accurate the game is. Also, considering Mcragge was before the games, I'm surprised it's not mentioned more while killing the Nids.
The First Company Veterans, stand ready!
Proud boys sympathizer? Really?
@@logangrimnar3800 Proud boys?
@@logangrimnar3800 -_- tourist
@@logangrimnar3800yeah wtf are you talking about dude
@@logangrimnar3800i want whatever you're smoking to come up with that
Stoked! Thanks for this man. Just getting into Warhammer from the Space Marine 2 at 39 years old! This is a great listen as I work my way through painting my first box of what will soon be some Ultramarine Assault Intercessors :)
VULKAN LI-
Oh, wrong Legion. Sorry.
I'm sure the sons of guliman would be happy to support their green brothers
We'll allow it.
HYDRA DOMINA- ....Oh Shit!
Nevermind.
@@Mercator89The Inquisition would like a word. Please step into this "office" over here. Mind your step, the floor is a little wet from the last "meeting".
I really wanna see Guilliman find out about the Tau. I feel like he would call a ceasefire and insist on meeting an Ethereal to see if the two races can coexist lol
As one of those new space marine 2 noobs, your channel has been fantastic to dive through brother
Space Marine humor 👍💯❤️
We honestly need more of that.
I think it's really good having so many new people coming into the realm of 40k. I've been playing since 1989 and the lore, history, and content available niw is several orders of magnitude better (just by existing - we had Jack Crap when I started). Welcome and please enjoy your ride.
I went through a similar path as you with the Good Ol Blueberries.
I first fell in love with the Blood Angels because they are just so damn cool and Sanguinius is just a bad ass. Wrath made manifest in physical form.
There was just something about them, the Legion that should have easily fallen to Chaos, yet not a single Blood Angel has ever turned traitor. Even the Chapters that were excommunicated due to their well Horrific nature remained true sons of Sanguinius and remained loyal to the Imperium.
I'm a Blood Angel at heart but man do I also just love the aspects that the Ultramarines bring to the table.
The Salamanders, Raven Guard Imperial Fists and Iron Hands are also some of my other favorites. My favorites have switched up massively over the last 10ish years. The Blood Angels have always been my number 1 but my number 2 and 3 have consistently changed as I was introduced to more cool lore and stories. Way back when I was first learning about Warhammer 40k, my #2 was the Imperial Fists but Sigi was just so damn cool and number 3 was the Raven Guard because Corvus Corax "Raven Raven will never not make me laugh" was the epitome of now you see me, now you don't. Now my number 2 is the Carcharodons because Tyberos the Red Wake and the crazy Shark Magic their Librarians employ and my number 3 is the Ultramarines because well the games, books and Papa Smurf himself have just grown on me a ton over the years.
Fantastic video brother, I always enjoy these long form videos.
This video is perfectly timed to line up with Space Marine 2 and help introduce all the new people to wider lore.
I can't wait for the salamanders deep dive
It's crazy just a month ago when I started watching your vids I knew almost nothing about 40k. I own a few 40k games but it's always been Sci-fi nonsense to me. I actually started playing chaos gate again and was blown away because I understood nearly all the references.
About the trials: I'm not sure if it counts, but we were shown what marneus calgar had to go through during his trials in a comic.
Awesome of you for this video to touch on some of the basics about space marines and lore in general in consideration for the probably large number of people who came here from space marine 2 and are new to the franchise
This might be one of your best deep dives yet Wes. Ive been into Warhammer for almost 2 years but i didn't realize until recently how little i knew about the Blue Boys.
i don't know if i really had too strong of emotions tied to them but i always thought they and especially Guilliman were cool, but my god their lore is truly incredible too hear.
learning about all the history and systems they have and how efficient they all are, learning about the building of the Ultramar Utopia and just seeing marines that genuinely try to improve with every single action and experience they take and have is incredible and honestly a little inspiring
their organization, especially scratches the OCD part of my brain in the best way lol
BABE WAKE UP... A NEW WESHAMMER VIDEO HAS DROPPED
Wes, should you see this comment please let me know. If someone else knows the video I’m talking about then please let me know which video - about a year or two ago I watched a video from you in which you discussed some Space Wolves arriving on a world (during the Great Crusade iirc) in which the Wolves helped some rebels overthrow the tyrant that ruled the world. But afterwards the rebels refused Imperial Compliance and the Wolves then killed them, and the Wolf in the story was particularly sad that he had to do it but he did it anyway.
Which video was that? I can’t find it and I would love to watch it again!
That moment when you realize that the Ultramarines are named that because they hail from Ultramar:
Surprised Pikachu face.
Here i thought it was just a cool name.
EXCELLENT video Wes, I'm an Ultramarine fan myself, so sinking my teeth into all this new information is super satisfying. Always been curious about the specifics of companies!
*stares at video in Sons of Dorn* yes. The smurfs... Always there for you...
Great video
This. This is what we have been waiting for Brothers! For Ultramar!
This video is so awesome! I've been bingeing all your videos for the last few weeks to learn more and I'm starting the table stop soon. I'd love to see a deep dive of the Grey Knights. They're so interesting and I think you'd be the perfect person to do an in depth look
The timing for this video is perfect. I told my friend I needed to watch lore videos before committing to paying for the new Space Marine. I'm on day 3 or 4 of being hooked because of these videos. Thank you for your work, Wes!
I wish I found this video before I made mine lol. So much information that needs to be spoken!
@weshammer, just want to say, thanks for this long vid on the ultramarines, I've got a squad of mk3 Marines, one kratos and one sicarian tank which i will paint in ultramarines heresy colours
I remember when I first saw your videos on TikTok maybe 2 years ago and so glad to see you growing and still produce great videos
Love that you made this video with the new and old fans in mind to learn more about the lore!
To the ultra Marines the codex is everything
Not everything. As Gman said in his own words "The codex Astartes is there to set a guideline for the legions to follow but not follow it so religiously to become blind to their own humaness" not a direct quote mind you but a jist of his words
@@TheFallenOne0702 The Codex allows for new sections to be added so it is intended to be flexible. After the Tyranid caught them lacking the blue boys had to put some addendum into the Codex.
@@minhducnguyen9276 True. But there's also the point of our lovely boys in blue being so narrow minded about the Codex they throw the little humanity they have left out the window to follow the words. Granted it's worked to keep them sane for 10k+ years but they still don't make the genefather proud with how robotic they can be at times. Especially nowadays with Gman having a existential crisis of his life after having a big nap for 10k years he wakes up to find out his brother has returned to the system only to try and infect his own system of Macragge during the Plague Wars.
@@TheFallenOne0702 My favorite theory is because Gulliman is secretly a savage that happened to land on a planet that could tamed his nature that's why he's the few level headed in his legion. Like before meeting Gulliman the 13th legion was called the warborn because they were selected from the last resistance against the emperor. And that's why they need constant guidance from Gman or the Codex otherwise they'll devolve.
@minhducnguyen9276 That's the exact reason why actually. Once Gman was talking to a Servitor right after his big nap and legit almost snapped and killed the servant but didn't because he knew that's what he (the servant) wanted
Angron telling Girlyman what true courage and honor really is is still one of my favorites.
Angron had neither courage not honour, he spent his time butchering beings much weaker than himself, including his own sons and is a loser who would die to a bunch of slave traders if the emperor did not save him.
Not even his rage is pure and his. As seen on his jealousy when he witnessed the Angel's rage during the fight. In which he got spanked btw.
@@shadearca that's the point isn't it. The Emperor denied him to fight with courage and die with honor and made him the thing he hated the most a Slaver.
This was great. Especially walking through the Companies. Please do more!
I like to think of the Ultramarine humor as that of the Spartans of Ancient Greece.
No romans
Dude, they're space ROMANS. Space Greeks are someone else entirely.
It's all the same, relax nerds
Also Spartans weren't really that special, people need to get over them as some sort of super elite fighting force. Apart from a small part of history, they weren't really that much different and won far less battles or wars than most of their neighbours
@@JJJBunney001Spartan *humour* . It's still called Laconic humour nowadays for a reason.
Thank you. This is pretty neat and I wish to watch this.
The shirt melding into the background was something i didn't know i needed to see