Sandguardians | |
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Created by: |
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Directed by: |
Intro-Mind |
Voices: |
Intro-Mind |
Release(s): |
November 27, 2011 - Present |
Running time: |
9 minutes (Average) |
Number of episodes: |
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Sandguardians is a comic sci-fi machinima web series created by Intro-Mind, under his label Intro-Mind Productions. The story follows two teams fighting a lengthy war game in Sandbox, in order to be promoted to high ranking guards of the ONC. When a Banshee crash lands in the area, the secrets it holds changes the lives of the soldiers inhabiting the battlefield.
The first season originally aired from July 30, 2011, to August 20, 2011, and was later remastered, airing from November 27, 2011, to April 21, 2012. The second season aired from June 25, 2012, to August 12, 2013. The third season premiered on May 11, 2014 and concluded January 30, 2017. The fourth season premiered on April 4, 2022 and concluded December 9, 2023, over five years since the previous season ended.
On June 9, 2023, Intro-Mind began releasing movie edits of the series to promote the fourth season starting with Season 1.
Characters[]
Main[]
Guardians[]
- Guardian Dax Shepard (Season 1-Present; Active)
- Guardian Ichabod "Icky" Tunsworth (Season 1-Present; Active)
- Guardian Jason L. Scott (Season 1-Present; Active)
- Guardian David Miller III (Season 1-Present; Active)
- Guardian Natasha Claire (Season 1-Present; Active)
- Guardian Evelyn Nash (Season 1-Present; Active)
- Guardian Ellen Delgado (Season 2-Present; Active)
- Guardian Bartholomew Haramai (Season 3-Present; Active)
- Guardian Marilyn Houston (Season 4-Present; Active)
- Guardian Iamo Kasam (Season 3-Present; Active)
- Guardian Archibald "Archie" Walker (Season 4-Present; Active)
- Guardian Seal Vladaam (Season 1-3, guest Season 4; KIA)
- Guardian Micheal "Mickey" Barrett (Season 3; KIA)
Blue Team[]
- Gunnery Sergeant "Legend" Cogburn (Season 1-Present; Active)
Red Team[]
- Private First Class Aliel Gates (Season 1-4; KIA)
- Sergeant Wilbur Wayne Frank (Season 1-2; KIA)
Ordinance Nationality Corporation[]
- Head Chancellor Heinrich Winters (Season 2-Present; Active)
- Brigadier Ernest Bernard (Season 2-Present; Active)
- Major Elijah Johnson (Season 3-Present; Active)
- Vice Chancellor Archer Sydney (Season 3-Present; Active)
- Guy in White (Season 1-2; KIA)
- Engineer Thomas Hubbard Newman (Season 1-2; KIA)
Minor[]
- Dr. Arthur McGrath (Season 1-2; KIA)
- Commander Cedric Oswald (Season 4-Present; Active)
- HQ Operator (Season 2-Present; Active)
- Diablo (Season 2; KIA)
- Jeremy (Season 2; KIA)
- Gates's Conscience (Season 2; Active inside Gates' mind)
- Desert Soldier (Season 1; KIA)
- Engineer Ollie Johnson (Season 2; KIA)
- Pilot (Season 2; KIA)
- Hornet Attacker (Season 2; KIA)
Story[]
The first season of Sandguardians follows the events of the Blue and Red team soldiers of Sandbox. During a battle, Dax, a Blue Team soldier, spots a Banshee flying over the battlefield. When the ship is hit and destroyed by the Guardian Towers, he sees an Elite falling out from the destruction and informs his teammates: Legend, Ichabod, and Jason, as a result. The Elite, named Seal Vladaam, eventually reveals himself to the Blues, telling them that he is a Guardian on a journey to a rendezvous meeting. Meanwhile, the Red Team unintentionally steal an engineer that was meant to go to Blue base and use him to fix their vehicle, in order to prepare for their final assault.
The second season takes place over one week after the events of the previous season. Dax, Jason, and Seal journey to the Guardian rendezvous meeting, while Legend and Icky fend for themselves, now the remaining Blue team members in Sandbox. Meanwhile, Gates informs his team about a vision he had, where his Conscience told him that a soldier in white armor will be arriving. Despite his teammates' disbeliefs, Gates' vision appears to be true as a white soldier arrives at Sandbox in search for Seal Vladaam.
The third season picks up shortly after the previous season, with Dax, Jason, Nash, and Seal being taken captive by the head of the ONC, Chancellor Heinrich Winters and his number one man Brigadier Bernard. Meanwhile, the Sandbox Reds and Blues attempt to finally figure out the secrets behind the Guy in White and the secret weapon he mentioned, the Life Saver, but unexpectedly get wrapped up in the Guardian-ONC civil war in the process.
The fourth season picks up a few days after the previous season, where the Sandbox Reds escape the ONC's attack on DotCom and find themselves on the run. Meanwhile, the Sandbox Blues make plans with their new Guardian allies to utilize the stolen data from Project Genesis to bring the ONC down for good.
Trivia[]
- The original release of episode 7 was the very first episode of Sandguardians filmed and completed.
- The original release of 1-11 were filmed and voiced simultaneously.
- After the original run of Sandguardians ended, Intro-Mind had acquired a DVD Recorder and was able to remaster the first season, as well as use it for future machinima projects.
- It was confirmed in an April 1, 2013 update video from series creator Intro-Mind that there would be a Season 3, where he also hinted that there would be a fourth. Season 4 would later confirmed in January 2022, nine years later.
External Links[]
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3
- Season 4
- The Original Series
- On the Guard Duty Wiki
- On the Halo Machinima Wiki