The Evolution of POWER ARMOUR: Every Mark from I to X - Warhammer 40k LORE in 20 mins!
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- Опубліковано 28 лис 2022
- Power Armour covers a lot of ground in Warhammer 40k, from the artificier suits used by Inquisitors to the various Marks of armour used by Space Marines - so let's look at where it comes from, and how it developed over the 10,000 years of the Imperium.
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I LOVE how you break down each video and explain the 40k universe. You are a great narrator!
Thanks!
Ian and his great lore videos (that got randomly recommended to me) are literally the reason I got into 40K lore which led to me 40K games, which led me to 40K proper and now I’m into AoS, MESBG, SW Legion and Fallout:WW…quite the domino trail!
Ian does a great jobs with the lore and the models are a lot of fun. I really struggle with GWs rules though. I’ve been a wargamer for 40 years and played lots of rulesets, some quite intricate. I find latter era 40k nonsensical and counter intuitive. The design goal seems to be entirely: sell stuff and churn the customer base to sell more stuff to new people. Playability and fun don’t come into it.
To be fair, Kill Team and Underworlds are FAR superior games. And if you want 40k-scale, Heresy is still overcomplicated but it's a lot simpler than 40k.
@@ArbitorIan I very much agree, Ian. I'd say WarCry is currently GWs most playable game currently.
I imagine Ian rationing his scented WH40k candles just for shooting the videos, huddling over its feeble warmth while their light grows dimmer and dimmer, for them only to be later replaced by a cheap tealight placed inside the empty tin to act as a facsimile of a scented glory long gone by...
A powerful metaphor for the 41st millennium
Unfortunately, just like Cawl, I have acquired the new Chaos Candles too!
Grimdark af
I was hoping Ian would be in the ultramarines dressing gown for this.
Excellent video all in all, bathrobe not withstanding.
I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT!
@@ArbitorIan it's alright you can still save the channel, Admec Christmas jumper and a introduction to the structure of the Mechanicus.
Mark VII is just so iconic. I don't think any other can beat it.
Eh, 4, 6, 8, and 10 are all better IMO, 7 is nice but looking like angry smiley doesn't do it any favors...
@@KuK137 I like MKIII more. There's just something about Iron Armor that seems cool to me. That helmet, and the armored plating over the chest. Maybe because I like Imperial Fists and their Breachers and Phalanx Warder squads.
I've always loved mark III but X is really cool as a better proportioned IV
It’s also my favorite. Along with 3 and 8
Nothing beats Mk IX
Casual viewer: But what about Mk IX?
Imperium of Man: Cease your investigations!
Much like Windows 9. It's [REDACTED]
Some believe that the Grey Knights "aegis" pattern is the mark IX...
It's just a Mark 7 with a massive codpiece.
They wanted to make a mk9, only to discover there was a lengthy legal battle between the Blood Angels and Tzeentch over the trademark on the number 9. The mechanicus decided they didn’t want to get involved.
Your videos have quickly become something akin to comfort food for me. The intro, your style of presentation, the music, the "cya" at the end - feels like coming home and listening to another rapturing story from you, Ian.
Thank you so much for these videos - informative and entertaining, never dull or stretched out. You have a talent at telling these stories. :)
same here!
I always wondered whether the skipping of mkIX was meant to be some sort of satirical comment on Microsoft skipping Windows 9, of Apple skipping the iPhone 9. GW probably just thought mkX sounded cooler.
Head canon: Cawl had 10k years to develop the new armour. Mk9 was an early fully developed but ultimately abandoned variant.
I always thought the Deathwatch Armour was Mk 9?
Probably dropped when primaris marines came into effect
@@davidchristie1200 Nope, the Deathwatch are pretty universally equipped with Mk.VIII Errant Armour (unless they have a reason to use the suits they brought from their parent chapters, which of course could be almost any pattern, or they're wearing carapace armour for stealth/recon missions or terminator plate for heavy assault)
I love that Grey Knights got a mention - because their Strike Squads I always thought had what looked like MK VIII gorgets and then realised the name "Errant" armour is likely a reference to Malcador's Knights Errant - who later went on to found the Grey Knights. So it would make sense if MK VIII was an advanced prototype armour only officially available to the Knights Errant and that the few suits owned by other chapters were a rarity, whereas the Grey Knights based their bespoke power armour almost entirely off it, albeit with elements of MKVI and MK VII incorporated.
Also apparently Death Watch use mainly MKVIII armour, which is interesting as they are also an Inquisitorial offshoot - the Ordo Xenos Astartes to the Grey Knights' Ordo Malleus.
This is a great overview of the evolution of power armour in Warhammer 40,000! I especially appreciate the mention of the Imperial Pattern, it's a nice touch that it has been worked into the lore in recent years. I always find it funny how much attention is given to the cabling in descriptions of Space Marine power armour, I remember being bemused when I originally read the 1990 White Dwarf article that introduced most of the armour marks to the lore by how much of it was devoted to what was happening to the chest cables. 🙂
Is there enough material to be worth making a companion video about the real world history of Space Marine power armour? How the original Imperial design was simplified into MkVI so it could be produced in plastic, the introduction of earlier marks to the lore, the replacement of MkVI with MkVII as the main mark from 1990, then a long period where nothing much changed until the Primaris release in 2017? It even feels like there's some parallels between the real world and the 40k lore that can be made, with a long period where nothing challenged the MkVII armour after all the creativity of the early years!
The way that the increasing "gothicification" of Space Marines didn't kick off until the long period of the MkVII armour's dominance also feels like a parallel between the real world and in game histories now I think about it. And then when MkX comes in we see the same mixture of interest and caution from the 40k community as there seems to have been amongst the Imperium and the Space Marine chapters.
Good insight
The thing I enjoy most about your clips is how much information and trivia you convey in under 20 minutes. Thank you very much for sharing this with us.
Time to spend my mobial data on this master work!
Mood Kindred!
I will wear your skin
Great summary as always. You’re like the historian for 40K!
Yep Ian. You're my favorite 40k YTer now. Outstanding quality and narrator! Please bring more content soon to satisfy my lust for more lore!
I think my favorite part about these videos is how you take the time at the end to break down why these things matter to the setting on a broader scale, like how the power armor is as much a symbol of the imperium as any other of it's officials icons.
I saw you on an advert.... Was painting away and hadn't skipped and thought hang on I know that voice!
Why yes, Astartes DO shit themselves while wearing the power armor!
For the Emperor!
Don't forget the RECYCLING!
@@ArbitorIan If the Imperium has any virtue, it's their diligent, religious devotion to Recycling. They recycle everything, and everyone. From the 2,000 year old Astartes chestplate and ancestral Imperial Knight, to the human leather parchment bureaucrats record on and the corpse starch that same bureaucrat eats for lunch.
Imperium: Behold! The Mk8! The introduction of the holy neckplate is the most advanced piece of technology ever conceived.
Every Astartes Artificer ever: Bruhter
TechPriest: And the helmet has all these awesome features to help lead your squads.
Sergeants: No thanks, I hate helmet hair.
You’re so good at this. This video had me captivated, at the end I had no idea that 18 mins had just passed.
Always like to see a weird mix or variants of armour.
I think one of my favourite oddities are the more knightly looking helmets you occasionally get on things like the Dark Angels veterans or one of the old monopose kits.
Thanks for the video, it's great.
The difference between the 20's realistic illustrations and the 80's "cartoons" is even more visible here: Power armors only work with their flared legs and giant feet when it's cartoonish, to me, the evolution toward the over realistic design is looking goofy, imho. (even in "Astartes")
I love how the credit sequence is like a UK announcer telling us what's next on BBC.
As an OG Rogue Trader player, nothing beats the original Womble Marine, a.k.a. Mark VI/Corvus/Beaky Marine, armour. It's more reminiscent of medieval knights. The Mark VII helmet, with its mouth grill, was too close to SW Stormtroopers for my taste.
Beaky or nothing
I completely agree. The Beakie was a weird and interesting reference to the late medieval Bascinet. The mark 7 looked like the front grill of an Edsel.
❤ started in 2nd edition. And the chaos squads where based of the Dark Gods number. With Black legion the only full strength units.
Love the beaky but the mark 3 helmet would be my favourite
Terrific Video with strong writing, as usual
Thanks!
YUH, Arbitor Ian dropped a new vid. Time to add to the list of videos i listen to when i try to sleep, the sweet sweet sounds of 40K lore.
Excellent video. Always loved the evolution of power armor. Now if they'd just release some new MK2 stuff for heresy...
Alternate title "How 40k moved from Satire to Tacticool: a visual explainer"
I've read a couple of histories of power armor, but your video is the most descriptive and comprehensive. LOVED it! Thank you so much!
another great vid. Talked in detail about a single aspect and without any wasted words. Keep up the good work my man!
wonderfully comprehensive video. Im still astounded at some of the great artwork you dig up to use in your vidoes.
"a mass manufactured, almost disposable asset of conquest" I love that line. Comparing how Space Marines are treated in the Horus Heresy to 40k is mind-blowing, especially when watching that video they made for Age of Darkness with Horus and thousands of Marines and Titans duking it out. I hope we can keep that feeling of awe for the history of the Imperium and not reveal too much of it, as much as we want to know.
As always a great overview. I look forward to your new releases as part of my hobbying enjoyment. Many thanks, mate.
Awesome video. I never knew anything about the early armour versions. Keep up the good work.
Excellent video as always!
One of my favorite variants is the Mk X Omnis armor used by Suppressors. Intentionally mixing all variants of Mk X armor to create a more lightweight yet still sturdy set of armor.
Learned a lot, great video!
Ian love your videos and narration well done and thankyou mate.
This was amazing. Very well done. 10/10
Great video as always.
Amazing video as always
Even if I sometimes don't learn anything new, like it was the case with this video, I still thoroughly enjoy your content. Lovely video as always.
Oh wow loved this breakdown on all the power armour, thank you
1:56 Sailor Moon Sister?
A magical narration - thank you
Love the video, great research, narration and visuals as always! Any chance of a Terminator Armor video in the future? :)
Great video, thank you!
40k power armor is probably the single most thing I have researched. And what you know, your video was still very enjoyable.
I think my favourite will always be Mark III, it just screams "I'm an unrelenting force".
Just like this channels is my fav but it screams more something along "Hi gang" lines. Both equally necessary in life tho.
Mark VI armour is called "Beaky" and you know it
I like Mk6 but I've replaced the 'bare' pad with one with a trim. Just looks better to me.
Great video interesting bit of lore
You deserve so many more views and subs!
I agree!
A follow up on the terminator patterns would follow quite nicely I think. Great stuff Ian.
Here I sit going out of mind
hoping Ian will explain Power Armor Mk9!
We cannot talk about mark 9. Never talk about mark 9. Do not speak it's name!
thanks I'm learning little by little
Great video
Is there a sequel episode which will break down the real world history of their origins? It seems interesting to me that somehow they committed themselves to the first 6 marks all appearing pre-heresy. Maybe they wouldn't have made that choice if they had a chance to do it again?
When they made the first Adeptus Titanicus, GW could only afford I sprue of Titans so they did it in 2 colors and the Horus Heresy was established as a civil war. When they followed up with the infantry forces in 6mm, the Space Marines were done in Beakie armor, thus the use of MarkVI in the HH was established.
Alas poor Mk IX, just like the iPhone there’s no model 9.
Another great video - now do titans!! :)
I'd love to see a retrospective on power armour. When did each Mark enter the fluff. What has changed about it over the years.
don't think I didn't see that you used a picture of Soriritas Usagi.
Agreed unlike more typical forms of exo armor where the individual is wearing said armor, the space marine is able to fully interact with the armor itself to a much higher degree than say Spartan mijonier armor where yes the Spartan is wearing said armor but compared to a space marine who is capable of actually feeling the environment around him, plus as you said people forget just how adaptable space marine power armor actually is especially when compared to say 30k power armor as well as the legions implementing them in question, such as the ravens guard preference over the Corvus pattern due to its higher flexibility as well as lighter weight and ease of mobility making it ideal for those that require stealth, vs say the much heavier and more durable armor of the death guard or iron warriors who prioritize heavy infantry or mechanized warfare over mobility, the alpha legion makes constant use of highly specialized power armor which is intergrated and inter woven with a material similar to that of cammo cloaks allowing them to blend into the background becoming literally invisible to the human eyes or even to any forms of scanner or sensors and as for our current lack of use of power armor, the cost to outfit a single soldier would be immensely costly than to give them a price of ceramic and a gun and tell him to pray to god, and again the other problem we have is power or to be exact the lack in effectively storing power for long periods of time where yes we have lithium batteries and they can last for quite a while, but still we’re talking within a day or two at best and an hour or less at worst, and then there’s the logistical problem where due to the standard problems of combat where components get damaged or destroyed, each component is extremely expensive as well as important and unfortunately if you’re not gifted with abbs and super human modifications, then lugging around a two pound suit of armor because the battery has run flat isn’t ideal.
Nice one!
Great content as always! I’d love some mk7 and even early mk8 kits for Heresy
Would be great to have an out-of-universr video looking at how the size and asthetic of power armour models has changed since the 1980s
UA-camrs snipe&wib has done a nifty retrospective on the space marine model from Rogue Trader to now. Might just be what ya looking for until Ian possibly makes one.
I was literally thinking the other day that I didn't know what power armour was what. Luckily my boy has me covered!
If there's one element of 40k lore I love is the justification of things, sure different marks are simply the result of the earlier, looser bits of lore the first creators were playing around with but they found an elegant way to retroactively explain it within the logic of the setting itself and how the history of the setting shaped the rule of cool it came from
how a great and mighty empire that could afford thousands of suits and with the logistical power to widely distribute them and maintain them such that marines had their own personal artisan(s) to care for it had to deal with the loss of those resources and logistics and had to survive day by day scavenging and replacing what little they had to fewer, more desperation based, improvements less focused on quality but affordability
We have 6 marks of armor being created within +200 years and then 10k years of only a couple of suits with not much difference
1:55 You can't tell me that's not supposed to be someone's 40k version of Sailor Moon.
I love the "simplicity" of Mk III and mk VI, love those "breach" visuals
after more than 30 years I finally dared to read into the 40k universe and I‘m absolutely overwhelmed by the sheer amount 🤪 I started with the timeline and the who is who but it is sooo much 😅😅
Audible bro
I had always liked the mk4 helmet and the mk8 gorget. I remember when forge world has a mk4 upgrade kit that was just helmets and backpacks and always wanted to make thst my army's look. And now primaris is basically that.
Mk7 especially the helmet will always be the iconic image. That just looks "40k" more than anything.
How do you know all this information? It’s an incredible amount of detail.
Arg it's just all there in my brains! I end up having to re-read it all just so I can go 'yup, didn't make that up'.
I really like your channel and content.
Just a sidenote on your production, the lights you're using do crazy things to your eyes as they reflect off the cornea. It's a little unsettling.
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Now the with Heavy Intercessor and Eradicator, Gravis armour can also using as rank and file troops too. One of the greatest plate for Astartes right after the Tactical Dreadnought armour.
Notification Gang: Check! We Lit!
Another great educational experience for new and seasoned warrior of the good.and those not so good not forgotten the down right down and dirty xenos! 😊🙊🙈🙉
I am in love with the Tartaros pretor.
Free combi-bolter, free power weapon, 2+ armor and a 5+ invulnerable! Not to mention the best part- 110 points as compared to a normal pretor’s 120 points.
The only thing you’re giving up is the jet-bike/ jump-pack upgrade.
Not addressing Mark VI as 'Beakie' is considered Heresy in most scholarly circles
Boy was I ignorant to Armored Marks. You made it a revelation to this fan.
i like to think that what cawl was working on wasn't as much the outside armor as inside parts but spending 10k years on making a smaller system useable. and then around the return of guilliman return took all the best bits from across the 10 thousand years and fitted it with the new tech. making it more of a top hits from the 31m-41m remix rather then a whole new set of armor
Someone once said wearing Cataphractii plate is like fighting whilst bench pressing a truck. Puts things in perspective.
Kind of a cool idea to have models with mix match armor pieces
Looking at the Imperium in the 40k era was like my time spent in the Army during the tight budget cuts!!
Where we did exactly the same to keep our kit going, i wonder if the person who created this side of the lore actually served 😂😂😂😂
The most interesting FACT about helmets surely is that they are purely decorative and thus leaders have to return them to the armory to show that they mean business!
Can you do this or something like it for each of the army's weapons
Great vid but with an error: the latest mark of power armour isn't Mark 10, but Mark 'X' as in the letter X, not the roman numeral 10. It's an armour platform, designed to be added to or stripped as missions require. I believe this was explained in one of the white dwarfs that came out when 8th edition and the primaris were launched.
imagine you have an itch and can't get out of your armor that is screwed together and can't be easily removed D:
Custodes power armor is my favorite only fallowed by sanguinary guard armor ….. ok I just love gooooold
I realized you didn't talked about the Terminator armour. Do you plan to do so in the next months ?
3:42...!All Hail COMMANDER PINHEAD Of The UltraMarines! (Took a wrong turn & ran into the natives there on Catachan?)
Reminds me of the film 'Beetlejuice' & the HeadHunter/Shrinker of Borneo, together with his shrunken victim/volunteer eternally waiting for their number to be called up whilst in purgatory's bureaucratic ante-chamber!....HA!...;)
Mk7 🦅
That's the one I think of when I think Space Marines
For me the Mk VI Corvus armour with it's distinctive beak will always be THE space marine armour, as that was the one in common use on models when I first discovered 40K waaaay back in the early 90s. At the time you could get a box of 30 plastic marines with this armour, which was a great way to kick start your army.
It is also the armour that started the orks calling space marines "beakies"
Is there an in-universe explanation for the beakie helmets?
Anything planned on terminator suits?
Why does he talk like a guardsmen 😂 bro is committed to his role
I love how almost nobody can agree on how to pronounce Roboute Guillimans name. Like not even the games have been all that consistent with pronunciation.
I think they should just allow all the different pronunciations. Don't try and regulate it. My name is pronounced differently one country over. The 40k galaxy is significantly bigger. Every possible pronunciation definitely exists!
Nice! Any clue what happened to Mark IX after all?
Nobody knows cos Mark X sounded cooler!
It was used exclusively by the 2nd and 11th Legions. Who were female.
Cawl mislabelled it by mistake while rushing to invent Primaris and every new Imperial piece of wargear for the last 2 editions😆
This is a story I've heard many times but I never get tired of hearing it again. It's comforting to me to think about these things. It's like a childhood trait I've brought into adulthood without it being dysfunctional 😅
For some reason, when I was a kid and was reading all the background on how Space Marines functioned, I got it into my head that you couldn't take Power Armour off? I think I misunderstood how the subdermal implants like the black carapace worked and how the armour plugs into it. It certainly made working out how the Emperor's Children were supposedly addicted to "pleasures of the flesh"... confusing, lol.
That's a Chaos thing, inherited from Chaos Armour in WHFB. Chaos Marines might find that, after a long time in the warp, that whole 'second skin' thing becomes a bit too literal!
Do Space Marines also complain about new versions of the armour being dumbed-down version of a previous Mark?
Jokes aside, great video as always! And if yout take requests, your quick mention of the Grey Knights made me realize that I’d love a video about them and the other tools the Imperium has specifically to fight chaos.