Games Workshop Prepare Snazzy Ident For New Ventures
January 21, 2020 by brennon
Games Workshop has been showing off a new Ident they have been working on which will brand all of the new content they have on the horizon...and there is quite a lot of that.
The new ident features some rather heroic sounding music which you can find out more about HERE. A lot of effort went into what is quite a small piece but it seems apt considering the grimdark majesty of both the Warhammer 40,000 and Age Of Sigmar worlds.
Additionally, whilst the ident is cool I think the main focus is on some of the extra bits of news that Games Workshop mentioned in the article. We know they are working on Angels Of Death and there is an Eisenhorn live-action series in the works too. But, a 40K Anthology show is also coming too which seems like a neat way to introduce more people to this grimdark setting.
There is more to learn about what Games Workshop has planned next week too. The Warhammer Storyforge is going to be a thing and we're fascinated to learn what that all means!
I would personally love to see them do something animated around the tales of Gotrek & Felix. The old stories (and the new ones) would be perfect for an animated format, perhaps in an anime style like the recent Castlevania series to really push the heroic edge.
What do you like to see Games Workshop do when it comes to TV, film and beyond?
"What do you like to see Games Workshop do when it comes to TV, film and beyond?"
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very generic I think.
Love the Ident and for a 16 second clip it delivers what it needs to.
For GW to invest in one means they plan to use it and I can’t wait to see what they offer up. I know the last animated feature they did didn’t go down well so hopefully they’ve learned from that.
Hey, when your first animated feature is Ultramarines, the only conceivable direction to go is up! They seriously need to hire the guys behind Lord Inquisitor, Death of Hope, or Astartes to work on these projects.
My left brain is saying “If GW wishes to branch out into animated properties like this, the animation certainly seems up to par. The true test is whether or not the stories are good.” while my right brain is saying “FULLY 3D-ANIMATED SPACE MARINE!!! WOOO!!!” So in a nutshell, I’m both concerned and curious.
I think that’s one of GW’s biggest issues. The Space Marines are the poster boys and biggest selling army but the novels are easily some of the dullest.
I agree with you there. It would be cool if they broke from the mold and did some Imperial Guard stories, or even gave the cinematic treatment to classics like the Gaunt’s Ghosts stories. Or if they wanted to do Space Marines, they could go back and give the cinematic treatment to the Horus Heresy; then you have the marketable boys in ceramite as the main characters, but you have a good story and good characterization as well.
So you haven’t heard of the Eisenhorn live action series that’s in the making? Or that they hired that really good animator from Youtube for a Blood Angels project?
I remember hearing about the Eisenhorn series, but I wasn’t sure if that was a real plan or just the rumor mill. What’s the story on the Blood Angels project? I missed that one.
They hired Richard Boylan for it, it’s called Angels of Death. You should read this: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/01/20/warhammer-a-new-beginninggw-homepage-post-1/
I watched the “behind the scenes video” of making the ident – and loved it!
I love that they went to such trouble. I love that the company could have hired a sixteen year old with a dodgy copy of Cubase but went and booked a recording studio, an orchestra and a choir.
I love that actual real people made actual real music somewhere and somebody captured it.
I watch the ident video and think “that’s pretty neat”.
I watch the “how we made it” video and it gives me goosebumps.
Nice work, Games Workshop.
Too bad the actual piece is as forgettable as a summer blockbuster trailer.