Hammer and Bolter
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| Created by | Warhammer: Age of Sigmar |
| Directed by | Dylan Shipley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Animator | Farstride Features |
| Running time | 15-30 Minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Warhammer Plus |
| Release | August 21, 2021 – present |
Hammer and Bolter is an
Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.[1] 15 episodes were broadcast from August 2021 exclusively on Games Workshop's streaming website Warhammer+[2]
Plot
Hammer and Bolter is an anthology series, with the first 8 episodes directed by Dylan Shipley. Each 30 minute episode focused on one particular faction from
Tyranids. Some later episodes would switch to focus on factions from Games Workshop's Age of Sigmar game such as the Orruks, Cities of Sigmar, Slaves to Darkness, Witch Hunters, Skaven, Soulblight Vampires, or Stormcast Eternals.[3] The animation style is reminiscent of 1980s Japanese anime.[4]
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Notes |
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| 1 | Deaths Hand | An Imperial inquisitor tries to cheat fate and prevent his predicted assassination.[5] |
| 2 | Bound For Greatness | A monk in the Imperial library is tempted by the Chaos God Tzeentch to read the forbidden books that he is required to count every day.
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| 3 | Old Bale Eye | A veteran |
| 4 | Fangs | Three new recruits to the Space Marine .
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| 5 | A Question of Faith | Two Khorne cultists.
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| 6 | Garden of Ghosts | An craftworld for the spirit stones of fallen warriors to animate combat drones .
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| 7 | Kill Protocol | A archaeotech on a destroyed planet.
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| 8 | Cadia Stands | tyranid invasion.[8]
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| 9 | Artefacts | Black Legion Necron artefact.
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| 10 | Plague Song | webway with pestilence.
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| 11 | Double or Nothing | Orruks threaten a sigmarite city.
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| 12 | Monsters | High in the peaks of Attramor, a horse-tribe of Darkoath warriors face a daily battle for survival. Jorvak Brand, the tribe's chieftain, has ambitions of a better future for his people, but their doom is only ever one night away. |
| 13 | A New Life | A family searches for safe passage off a besieged imperial hive city with their new baby.[9] But not all is what it seems as the family's true colors is brought to light in a shocking twist.
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| 14 | Undercity | People are going missing on the streets of Hammerhal Aqsha. Can Witch Hunter Hanniver Toll and his reluctant colleague, the former Freeguild Captain, Armand Callis, work out what’s been going on? And just what will they discover in the sewers...[10] |
| 15 | Eternal | When a captured Emperor's Children legionnaire is interrogated by the Exorcists Chapter, the vainglorious Lucius the Eternal sets out to silence him before he reveals the secrets of the 3rd Legion.[11] |
Reviews
Critics have generally responded favorably to the series due to the quality of the animation, the dialog, and its faithfulness to the source material.
References
- ^ "Hammer and Bolter (TV Series)". Radio Times.
- ^ "Warhammer Plus: Hammer and Bolter returns next week". Wargamer. 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Warhammer TV".
- ^ "Review: Hammer and Bolter "A New Life"". Bubbleblabber. November 17, 2022.
- ^ "Hammer and Bolter (TV Mini Series 2021– ) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Old Bale Eye
- ^ Yarrick is powered by Orks
- ^ Things to read and watch after Darktide
- ^ A New Life
- ^ "WarhammerTV - Hammer and Bolter". Warhammer TV. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "Warhammer community". Warhammer Community. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ Collins, Adrian (October 21, 2021). "REVIEW: Hammer and Bolter Episode 4: Fangs". Grimdark Magazine.
- ^ Crowther, Matt (August 21, 2021). "Hammer and Bolter – Old Bale Eye Review and First Impressions".
- ^ Warhammer plus a year on