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They chatted online and via WhatsApp for about six weeks before bringing in the final cast member.
Three days before filming started, voice actor Greg Jones came on board.
How could you not say yes to this?
I was just ecstatic because I’ve loved this universe since I was 13.
So getting to tell our own little story, it’s just very exciting.
And when it came down to it, every decision in Heretic Hunt was made to improve the narrative.
We all were aware of it in some way and we all liked it.
It’s the game we wanted to play.
It’s the reason we didn’t do the series in French.
I speak a little bit of French.
I’m not fluent.
So if we had to do it in French, it would have been a much more challenging experience.
Hive City Tertium Concept Art via Warhammer 40K: Darktide
Oui, Peach concurs.
The decision to play out this Warhammer story in Dungeons & Dragons has proven surprisingly controversial.
We very early on decided that the game we played wasn’t important.
It was the story we told.
They were atmospheric and crunchy, but which was the best for storytelling?
It was only ever Dungeons & Dragons.
Sugden was not able to join our call.
They were doing all kinds of weird stuff that I’d never seen, Saye explains.
I’ve been playing D&D for years and years, a couple of weekly games.
And yet they were reinventing the wheel every single time.
That’s the beauty of RPGs and the beauty of this story.
Though new to the system, the cast does everything a good roleplaying group should.
Hall echoes these sentiments.
Why aren’t there more shows and more Dimension 20s, more Critical Roles?
[…] And I have one.
As a producer, I was like, we can make it because I’ve got one.
From Sayes perspective, hes just having fun with the game and universe hes loved for decades.
Thats how we get robots that cant unlock doors and dance breaks in the midst of combat.
But you’re free to’t do that unless you actually care about the source material.
You’ve got to know and love war dollies.
Like so much fiction, Heretic Hunt bends the rules of what we know in the 41st millennium.
“You’ve got to know and love war dollies” - Dan Saye.
Peach and Sugden have such storied pasts in the hobby I wont even bother explaining.
Once again, everything was about narrative.
Hall therefore approached the show as she would any acting role: with intense research.
She browsed Reddit, looked at miniatures, read novels, and leaned on her castmates expertise.
She’s like Hermione Granger, he laughs.
Hive City Tertium Concept Art via Warhammer 40K: Darktide
You have no idea what the Force is or what the Jedi are or who Yoda was.
It’s okay if it’s not right but what do you think?
Meanwhile, there’s beautiful hand-painted eyes on the drapes of a gown or something.
There is absolutely a plan for season two, Hall tells me.
The problem is funding.
Our WhatsApp group chat is called 40K Love Island, Saye says.
However, it makes for perfect Patreon offerings.
You may also find out why Ginger was originally pitched as a (significantly less cute) Servo Skull.
Heretic Hunts success is clearly down to the hard work of all involved.
Saye and Hall have treated this like they would produce a TV series, and it shows.
The casts dedication to their characters, the universe, and telling a great story.
At the end of the day, thats what theyre all doing.
And what a great story it turned out to be.
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 3 was nearly very different.
