One of the most awesome fan-made short film series has recently received its latest chapter. Astartes: Part Five has been released and oh boy is it a doozy.

After suffering from a hack attack back in late 2019 — an attack that YouTube was slow to fix — the short film series managed to get back on track and release the latest entry on April 2nd, 2020. The seven and a half minute short film doesn’t take any shortcuts or pull any punches. The gore is visceral. The intent is clear. The consequences unwavering. And the actions resolute.

If you’re a fan of Games Workshop’s highly prized Warhammer 40,000 franchise, then you will absolutely love the latest entry in the series by New Zealand native, Syama Pedersen. He’s a 3D modeler and animator who has some of his impressive work featured over on his ArtStation page.

You can check out the playlist featuring the full Astartes series below. If you’ve already seen the other four parts you can just skip ahead to the latest entry in the playlist.

The short film follows the Retribution Astartes into Argosa territory, where a mysterious orb is being kept. The orb grants the Argosa powers of the Warp, and the Imperium is intent on shutting down their operation.

The film starts with the Astartes boarding one of the fleeing ships of the rebellion leaders, and each subsequent video follows their progress through the vessel until they reach said leaders, where a super awesome showdown takes place in the fourth video.

Nevertheless, after reaching the orb a moratorium of justice is employed when the warp takes hold of the Retribution Astartes, and a vision of the land beyond the living becomes a reality.

It’s a dying shame that the most creative and artistic works out there are the least funded.

This should have been a two hour long hard sci-fi film.

It should have been the proper homage to Games Workshop’s series that fans deserve, but on the silver screen and with an equally ambitious marketing campaign to match. But no, instead Games Workshop is worried about kowtowing and ruining their lore with “diversity” and “inclusion”, and sullying the good name of Warhammer by feeding into the perverse delusions of the mentally ill, as outlined in the article from 2017 by the Bell of Lost Souls.

Nevertheless, if you understand the importance of fan-fueled media such as the Astartes series from Syama Pedersen, and you want to see more, then feel free to contribute to the cause by visiting Pedersen’s Paypal page or by contributing via Patreon.

(Thanks for the news tip Strum)