Lightsaber: "An elegant weapon for a more enlightened age." Chainsword: "VROOM VROOM, HERETIC!"

Energy Swords are stronger. But Chainswords are 500% more Grimdark.

_A more _*_elegant_*_ weapon, or a more _*_civilized_*_ age, we shall never know, nor would I want to..._

DOOMguy: *_"Rip'n'Tear-on-stick... it's BEAUTIFUL!"_*

Chainswords. Of all the weapons of 40K, even the blessed Bolter, noting epitomizes the level of balls-to-the-walls crazy, brutal and FUN of 40K, than having chainsaw-sword fights.

"You can't weaponize chainsaws!" "HAHA Chainsword go VROOM VRROM!"

"The pen is mightier than the sw"BRRRRRRR

Imagine this. You're on the battlefield when a hulking super soldier revs-up a chainsword, then you see and hear the hi-pitched agonizing screaming of the sword slowly ripping into the guy maybe a few meters away, his screaming is the only thing loud enough to be heard over the roaring Chainsword...until only the chainsword and the gore covered wielder remain. Then...he looks at you and takes a step towards you with the weapon growling in front of him, you know full well as does everyone around you, if that weapon connects that your death will be just as slow and horrible. THAT, is the intimidation factor of the chainsword.

"Nooooo, you can't have a chainsaw sword, it's dumb and makes no sense!" "Haha, chainsword goes *brrrrrrrr*, heretic goes *splat*."

As a professional landscape gardener I can say with absolute confidence that a chainsword scares the living shit out of me. I've used chainsaws for a long time and have grown a very healthy measure of respect for the tool. Why is the chainsaw so dangerous? Because it does not cut, it does not saw nor does it grind - it planes. Every tooth is a miniature planer that planes out a splinter of whatever material it catches onto. Oh, about the whole notion of a chainsword catching onto something and digging into it? Very much true, ironically enough the same function is relied upon to stop the chainsaw, the teeth catch onto the nylon fiber's within a pair of safety chaps/pants/overalls and clogging up the drive sprocket inside the housing. Chainsword is truly a weapon to be feared.

This gets me harder than terminator armor!

Oh baldy boy. Your doing it again! Tickling my ears with your gentle voice.

Rogal Dorn will return with a chainsaw hand. Stomp Stomp Stomp

Hears "Black and White" and stands a little taller. Hears "B.T." and leans closer to his monitor. Sees a Black Templar image and squeals with excitement. Well done.

If there is one thing I find slightly annoying, it's the fact that almost every iteration of the greenskins in games and videos shows them having red blood, when anyone know knows the setting will tell you it's green. Right, the other thing I found interesting in this is the mention Cesare Borgia. As someone who enjoyed Assassin's Creed 2 all the way to Revelations, I found the mention of that name oddly humorous.

Seems like more of a statement than a practical weapon. And I love it.

I've learned so much about 40K from your vids. You and Luetin are the best 40k youtubers!

Such a beautiful opening story, it's like an older brother coming to his little brother when the schoolyard bully is picking on him. Just about the happiest story I can imagine coming out of the darkness of the far future

Cesare Borgia? I see some old faces never surrender to being historical figures, eh?

Ah, the chainsword! The perfect weapon for when you need to be cutting things whilst you're already cutting things!

Chainswords are what got me into 40K in the first place. Thank you Baldermort!

"...Prepare to Sally. BT" It was at this moment the Orks knew they'd frukked up...

*Xenos invades earth* *Me revving chainsword with genocidal intent*

As always love the intro story and the performance. The cliffhanger was good as well and always love hearing you talk about the most 40k of weapons.

'Qui gladio ferit. Gladio perit...' - An ancient Terran proverb ‘Chainswords were incredibly destructive weapons, designed to chew through flesh and bone in the blink of an eye. They were devised to mutilate and butcher…’

I love chain swords, I can't tell you how many times a Chain sword helped my guard in conflicts. I know it's only one extra attack, but that extra die can be the attack that gets thru and kills the tau, space marine, demon, or ork I have faced time and time again on the table top. And now that I have some Catachan's I can't wait to see how they do on the table top. Also when I head Abundance, I got really excited, super pumped for where things are heading!

The polar opposite of the lightsaber, it's not elegant, not civilized, and nothing close to subtle. It shrieks welcome to the grim dark. And thats why it's the king of weapons.

The first thing of 40K that caught my eye. Such a crazy idea. Ludicrous and brutal. A chainsaw sword. Absolutely iconic.

I love Chainswords! Particularly Chain Glaives! I do run Loyalists Night Lords after all.

Lord Baldemort you have done it again spinning your words of magic and voice smother and more soothing than a Heretic being cut by a chainsword

Yep, I'm that guy screaming "For the Emperor!" In his car as the sons of Dorn charged into the xenos. Thanks to the skill of the narrator. Well done brother Baldermort!

Lightsaber: a weapon for a more civilized age. Chainsword: simple, messy death

Black Templars and Crimson Fist team up!! The gaxalys is going to have a lot less Xeons in it! Amaxing video Baldermort!

Guardsman: "You're just lucky they didn't drop Bayonets."

Though in real life a chainsword would have a lot of difficulty cutting through anything close to what we’d make as armor . The idea of it is what’s important and any fictional setting requires our suspension of disbelief, 40k has always been easy to go along with even back when I got into it ( 2nd Ed. ) . So they add a lot to the grim darkness as well as non aerodynamic flyers ( which do look great ) and 1st world war style tanks with slab sides . GW found a great aesthetic in those designs and used them to access that dark part of the imagination where things are essentially brutal to build a fearsome future we’ve all come to love and enjoy so things like physics and hard sciences don’t impinge on a wonderfully bleak universe that we’ve all come to love . Thank you for another outstanding video

Another brilliant guide to the world of Warhammer, Baldermort. Chainswords are easily one of the coolest things in a universe filled with really cool things. The idea of a giant super soldier with a chainsword running into combat against the vile xenos and heretics...it fills my heart with the Emperor's golden light.

👍 for the history reference of Cesare's Borgia

The magnificent elegance of grim brutality. Never will there be a weapon that embodies vicious slaughter, quite like a chainsword. I used to call it the Drove Slayer...but I just felt it sounded cool at the time.

Both eloquent and terrifying; Well Done Sir!

Epic words........ Every time I hear you tell stories they bring vivid images to me. Please do more stories with your accent you make awsome stories come to life like no other I have seen.

Awwe yeah, the velvet voice narrator himself

I want to hear more about relationships between various factions. I have understood that this indeed might be a complicated topic.

I like how baldemort can make the recomendation to have fun sound a bit like a threat :D

Baldermort + Chainsaws = guaranteed win

'Okay, this is my brother, my kin. Gotta be polite. Gotta be suave. Gotta be civil...' *"YOU ARE CESARE BORGIA?!"* 'Nailed it.'

RIP AND TEAR

Rip and rend, tear and twist, turning blood to mist. Ah, xmas is early this year.

Ahh the best part of my day, once again you bless us with another video

My perfect Astartes loadout would definitely include an ornate chainsword: a golden Aquila for a hilt guard and a pommel in the shape of a Mechanicum skull encircled by a toothed silver gear(small Latin script on this reading Gloria in Omnissiah) And inscribed along the flat of the blade... can't you guess? That's right: *◇FOR THE EMPEROR◇*

Chainsword: A weapon of fear and brutal efficiency. Chainaxe: Far less elegant, and just as nasty!

Oh man, I have been positively buzzing in anticipation for this one.

The chainsword is the perfect weapon for the 40k universe, power swords, Lasguns, things like that have been a standard part of scifi universes across all of media, from novels to movies to tv shows, but the chainsword is unique to warhammer, it's messy, gritty, brutal, intimidating and over the top, just like 40k.

Just love what you do for the 40k universe

First time I’ve been early to one of your videos. But when you drop a new video I got to drop everything I’m doing to listen to that amazing voice and story telling ablity I’ve grown so fond of from your channel

Love how the templares came to support and slaughter everything.✊

Chainswords are truly one of the more childish and over the top weapons of the universe, I think that's why I love them so much.

Oh! So the abundance saga ramps up! It must be a truly colossal WAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!! to need both the sons of Rogal AND Dorn. Perhaps colossal enough to draw in the silver armed ones? The chain sword in my opinion is a weapon for a purpose. A power blade is for the heretic and civil xenos such as Aeldari or Necrons. A chain weapon however is for beasts. Orks. Tyranids. Daemons. Truly another symbol of the Grimdarkness .

Loving all the introductions

Visceral bloody chainsword action and curb stomping by the Sons of Dorn!!! Glorious work brother!!!

These videos do brighten my day and are great for relaxing in the afternoon :) keep up the good work :)

Chainswords make me feel all fuzzy inside lol. Great job sir.

Fun Fact: the chainswords used by Eldar Striking Scorpions include a sonic manipulator. With a command they can be a quiet as a whisper or roar louder than an Imperial chainsword. It is a favorite tactic of thiers to go from quiet to roaring just as they burst from concealment to attack. They better to inspire panic in thier foes.

Dear Baldemort, if I was a Slaaneshi Daemonette, I would tear out your vocal chords and wear them as a necklace. That's how awesome your voice is.

Makes me even more excited for when I finally put my imperial knight and it's chainsword together! Just waiting for my new brushes to arrive.

thouroughly enjoying all these information video's and the stories that give them more weight and relevance.

Oh yes, a casual meeting of the sons of Rogal Dorn. It is nice to see them interact with each other. Black Templars are these hyperactive youngest brothers, and the Crimson Fists are the chilled-out middle children.

Chainswords, because Lightsabers aren't messy or painful enough......

The chainsword it's a work of art given the enemies of mankind a loving touch

I suspect Baldemort can't talk about the Black Templars without the ZEAL slipping out. It's honestly a wonderful thing to hear.

•revs chainsord for the Angel~

Baldermort does it again, adding knowledge and passion to the grim darkness of the far future ! ! ! As I have said before and will say it again - No one out Baldermorts - Baldermort ! !

A very extremely awesome video as always Baldermort's Guide. Ah I love Chainswords and they are glorious.

One the most iconic things of the entire setting. Brilliant! Thank you uncle baldermort!

Baldermort you are the most badass narrator I’ve ever heard. You make this shit come alive!

The chain family of weapons are the preferred melee choice for those consumed by rage and hatred. By choosing it you’re making serious sacrifices and imposing strict limits on your abilities. However you make those sacrifices because inflicting pain on your enemy is more important than practicality. It’s a weapon for those who want to punish an enemy rather than simply eliminate them. The real terror isn’t necessarily the weapon itself. The real terror is the wielder who willingly gimps themselves with a loud, fuel hungry, heavy melee weapon that suffers against armor in an effort to make their enemy’s death as unbearably agonizing as possible. Imagine the state of mind you’d have to be in to be willing to stand right in front of someone not just getting killed by your own hand, but being utterly ripped to pieces and feel nothing but contempt for your foe. Terrifying, simply terrifying.

Brilliant work well done love your videos 👍

Ash needs a chain sword to go with his boom stick

YES BOSS ! ChainChoppa FTW !! :D Thank you for the video !

Necron: You need not pull the flesh if there is no flesh left.

I'm in a TTRPG and was lucky enough to be a commissar, and happened to get a regiment that means he has two hands full of good quality chainswords.

Iconic weapon

The Chainsword...a brutal weapon...in a more grim dark age...

I keep wanting to see one with a pair of counterrotating blades...

I'd pay to see the Doom Slayer get his hands on a chainsword. As if the demons of hell didn't already fear him enough.

Huzzah, my favorite 40k extremely silly but super cool weapon.

Was just thinking about how every franchise that Henry Cavill loves and champions get woked to death - Superman, The Witcher and now Warhammer. The poor guy!

I've studied enough swordfighting that I would be terrified just wielding one of these things!

Ah the bane of Alpharius gets its own vid

I'd like this twice if I could.

I know the power sword is stronger, even on the tabletop, more elegant and hi tech. But the sound. Ooooh the sound of a chainsword is like hearing the end coming.

Shadiversity covered the reality context for this weapon. Interesting video.

The plot thickens around Abundance...

When I think warhammer 40k I think of the chainsword! Ave imperator!

And there are also bloody two handed chain-flails...

Very well done mate. I must say that your range reminds me a great deal of Simon Templeman. Wonderfully, you aren't type-cast and have the freedom to test your range. And it is so very wonderful for we, your audience. I mean that as the sincerest of compliments, not a petty comparison. I hold him in the same regard as Patrick Stewart. You, Sir, are in good company. Thank you for such heart-felt sharing of the lore. Thank you for such magnificent voice acting. Thank you most for the enjoyment you bring into my life.

The Doom Slayer would love to add one of these bad boys to his arsenal.

When you put it that way, yeah they sounds nasty lol

fun fact. you can have a chainsaw mounted to your rifle like a bayonete.

OH SHIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!

I'm a day late, but still thankful for another upload from our faithful servant.