ARMAGEDDON miniature effects

[@cal8338]

I would pay legit money if they make that miniature model of the spaceship That thing was a beauty

[@chris_82_bv8]

This goofy movie has a special place in my heart. The design of the shuttle is absolutely beautiful.

[@houstonhelicoptertours1006]

Ended up working on a few shots involving digital effects for this one. Props to the SFX guys, you did some marvelous work here.

[@kaceyolivercox]

Fantastic. "Armageddon" is one of my favorite films. It's great to see how all the effects work came together.

[@jackharle1251]

You need help.

[@jedigrandvelle8844]

This was a BLAST to watch! I'm such a lover of model work.

[@ashrafulhaque8759]

These peoples behind the scene are the true heros of the moviemaking - in my opinion. I have lot of respect for them.

[@flipnap2112]

oh man, I TOTALLY forgot about "Dreamquest" .. this is such an important and amazing piece of film created documenting all of this. Man I miss these days..

[@tankgrrl]

I could listen to Leslie Ekker talk about this stuff all day. He remembers scales from things he did a decade ago. :)

[@Rick-l6e]

the unsung hero of the special effect

[@Leadblast]

The physics depicted in this movie made no sense whatsoever, but the awesome effects still hold it up to this day. The more I see videos like this one showing the "engineering" behind the special FX for movies like Armageddon, the more and more I am convinced that the '90s were Hollywood's golden age.

[@RegularJohn53]

I remember watching this movie as a kid with my parents in theatre when it came out. I was blown away by the effects unfortunately I was only 6 so I ended up sleeping thru most of the movie but I was sure these were CGI special effects up until now.

[@Hykje]

"Okay, Michael -how do you want it done?" "Can you build the models out of C-4?"

[@tangatoto362]

Oh.... don’t we all wish we’d had fun jobs like these creative people

[@Evocati-Augusti]

Great series of videos

[@piercefilm]

Thanks! They are all part of my ongoing Sense of Scale documentary project.

[@lewismassie]

I had no idea this film used miniatures at all, so this was a surprise to find

[@robd1329]

I said the same thing...for many movies such as the train and batmobile on the roof scenes in Batman Begins! The best miniatures are the ones that fool you into thinking its the real thing!

[@kennethwilkinson2095]

did you think they built a full scale shuttle and asteroid lol

[@mode1charlie170]

I would love to see one of these guys build a boxed model kit to see what they can do with it.....

[@nigelcarren]

Incredible work, but that 1/4 scale shuttle 'model' 🏆❤️

[@AnimationGoneWrong]

It's a shame they don't/CAN'T include footage from the films of the shots this wonderful work was in.

[@piercefilm]

You can watch most of the scenes on KZbin. I try to focus on the model makers and their stories for this documentary.

[@MrRandomcommentguy]

@@piercefilm also I imagine it might have been expensive to get the rights to use clips?

[@HarryBalzak]

@@MrRandomcommentguy I think this would qualify as both transformative and educational. So, it should be free, but copyright law is complicated and I am NAL.

[@Prizm44]

Yeah, I can’t remember the details of every final shot, or can’t place exact which shot they’re talking about, so it makes it hard to appreciate what they’re saying.

[@tec5x5]

I love this film the model work is fantastic

[@kevinoverbeck4250]

Those shuttles were awesome.

[@miorkhairi3937]

imagine pouring your hearts out building piece of arts only to blow it up in the end. fantastic !!!

[@maxsmodels]

This channel is the last thing I needed, another addiction. I hate you....no I don't, I love you. Like doughnuts and pizza.

[@gokhanersan8561]

Watched Armageddon last night. It looked big, awe-inspiring, immersive. Todays pure-CGI movies are like staring at a computer screen. They do not immerse or awe.

[@0000syuable]

このシリーズ、まだ全部を観ているワケではありませんが。 いろいろな特撮マンたちが嬉々として「あの撮影は大変だったなあ！なんせ」と語る姿が、見ていて本当に楽しそうでこちらも嬉しくなりますね！！！

[@johnprudent3216]

Say what you will about the movie, but knowing now that these were some very nicely-done vehicle models makes appreciate their work all the more. SMS those large-scale models... practically the size of a car?!🤯 Wow! Just wow! If I remember correctly Armageddon was Oscar nominated for VFX (hats off to what was basically a "splinter group") but lost to What Dreams May Come.

[@Prizm44]

12:39 “blowing that thing up was so fun” She looks thrilled 😆

[@MrCliffda3rd]

Say what ya'll want about the film, it was an enjoyable popcorn flick with explosions, NASA stuff, rough neck humor, and EXPLOSIONS!

[@mgabbard]

Building something that elaborate, put that much time into it, just to have it destroyed - that would be hard to do.

[@CapnSlipp]

In that situation, I doubt it. You’re building something that will be immortalized in a major motion picture. The model itself will be gone, but you were never really building that. You were building a special effect and scene.

[@alexlollar3293]

I build model airplanes and they usually crash. But that just means I can start making the next one. Its easy to become emotionally attached to your first few but your 147th not so much.

[@SkyenvoyrusChannel]

thank you!!!

[@Wailwulf]

9:10 _"later on we find out there was a live bomb in the nose piece"_ The lead Pyrotechnician should have known immediately that it hadn't gone off and kept everyone away until it was neutralized, that is his job to know if it had gone off correctly or not.

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of people who have memories like this and even though a lot of effects are CGI, there are directors who love the skills of VFX and you can see why....though more expensive...

[@blackefeltsch7459]

Always loved the asteroid design. Look at it 2:41. What a hellish presence. Comes across like an eldritch abomination destined to annihilate everything. Biblical.

[@jolonsweeney8387]

It was a brilliant movie I just wish some one had made better quality models of the shuttle and the lunar vehicle lol

[@recoswell]

honestly thought most of that was cgi - super impressive stuff -

[@drhkleinert8241]

Its a chain since the first effect makers in the 1895s to the 20s, to King Kong, Wizard of Oz, Harryhausen in the 50s/60s, to Sinbad, 2001, Star Wars, Raiders, Terminator, Total recall, Spielberg, Lucas and Cameron, to Titanic, Lord of the Rings to Avengers...all the time kids get trapped by spectacular FX and tries to imitate, getting their own Camera, build landcapes in the basement, let some things explode, put things on strings and create new tricks. Some of them named Carlo Rambaldi, Stan Winston or John Dykstra, found small studios, create new tricks, bring the FX one step forward, gets Oscars and influence the next generation kiddies who get trapped by watching that movies...and so on. I mean: Without Melies there was no Willis O'Brien, then no Harryhausen, Harryhausen influence the Lucas/ILM Guys and they influenced the CGI Wizards who create the worlds of Hogwarts, Middle Earth, Westeros and the MCU. No King Kong, no Thor.

[@georgemartinez1720]

Were those scale m9del puppets sculped Or figures in hand made space suits

[@NicleT]

How can we see this documentary, _A sense of scale_ nowadays? I can’t find it anywhere. Only scattered by segments in YT. Would love to see it in its whole format.

[@piercefilm]

The older DVD I made years ago is sold out. It was a teaser for this KZbin channel. I post these segments like a TV show. Must be about 20 hours worth already uploaded. And there will be more interviews or model shop docs coming up which aren't on the DVD. And it's free!

[@NicleT]

@@piercefilm thanks for your reply. Love this content, a real treasure.

[@iamdjc8792]

I want it allllllll

[@firesonic1010]

How do they explain the fact that on the asteroid, the shuttle deploys landing skis, but when on earth, it deploys full on landing gear?

[@piercefilm]

Hollywood magic

[@jaythelonelydriver]

Wonder if the models are still around. Like the quarter scale stuff.

[@piercefilm]

The quarter scale shuttle was last seen rotting away at Disneyland, I believe. May still be there.

[@jaythelonelydriver]

@@piercefilm aww that’s a shame. Would love to see them restore it for some anniversary or something

[@Clay3613]

@@piercefilm I believe Disney Studios at Disneyland Paris had some of the props on display for a long time for their Armageddon attraction.

[@d-dude7323]

@@jaythelonelydriver The 1/4 scale is so large, it would be one of the most difficult miniatures to transport there is. The detail work looks pretty good on it thou. Rare that things like that get restored, such as the original Star Trek shuttle. Look up the photos of the Falcon after they made Empire Strikes back, it's chopped up. :(

[@Joshuajacobson95]

someone has got to make a 3d model of the asteroid

[@mariadolores8468]

Although stop motion is my film subject I think this has endless use for filming in sci - fi. Good lesson in old films that use special cameras like 1970 space aliens.

[@edscoble]

Can you please format the auto captioning into closed captioning? it is very hard to watch having to rely only on the dreaded auto captioning sadly.

[@lornataylor5360]

A quarter scale space shuttle??!!!

[@piercefilm]

The bigger the better and more realistic. And cheaper than the real thing...

[@SteveBueche1027]

The overall blue sparkle they gave the meteor didn’t work for me.

[@thepropview9517]

Wish I can get a Job at a Miniature FX studio I’ve done it as a hobby Years ago but would love to do miniature FX work for a film I’m very meticulous with detail you can just ask anybody that knows me

[@すどにむ]

Scientifically inaccurate but better than First Man and the likes. Armageddon captured the atmosphere

[@Macionik]

0:22 is that George Lucas?? It can't be, by the time the photo was taken he was older, but it's his doppelgänger.

[@paulross499]

Looks like theX15 .mach 6.72..

[@Лёва-н6з]

раньше всё ручками собирали и делали, макеты - и было круто!!! а сегодня на сраном компьютере всё лепят!

[@timothyhunter4724]

Amazing effects, garbage movie. Not unusual, but what a waste.

[@drhkleinert8241]

In fact the effect makers are the real stars...without them its a movie about talking Oil platform workers. And a movie with great effects and bad actors is ok, but a movie with good actors but bad SFX is a garbage comedy. I mean Armageddon would be good even without Bruce Willis, maybe a less known Actor. But Willis, Affleck, Tyler, Buscemi and Duncan, and then strings at the Space ships visible and tricks from Buck Rogers from the 40s...that would be a big flop

[@jackharle1251]

God, I hate this movie. Had a kidney stone break loose while watching it. "Are you f*cling kidding me" came out of my mouth. Prison is deserved for the director and financier.

[@jimmyjoe8990]

one of the worst movies, but the miniature work is fantastic

[@quillmaurer6563]

The movie had incredible cinematography, music, model-work, VFX, and so on. But the plot was absurd, the dialogue unbearable, and the characters infuriating. I don't think the writers or actors knew what type of movie it was trying to be, and none could take any of it seriously.

[@TheBelrick]

One of the greatest slapstick hero movies ever made.

[@eccod]

All that incredible talent wasted on a garbage movie

[@s0nnyburnett]

The scenes with the miniatures are the only ones worth watching and they still look amazing.

[@TotalMeltdown2]

It's not great but it's not that bad. I would watch it over 2012 and San Andreas with The Rock any day of the week

[@d-dude7323]

The miniatures are all well done but... Even in the theater, I thought "What is with this stupid crap?!" It kept taking me out of the movie. One guy in a HUGE space station? Why? "Let's spin the station to make it easier?" WHY?! No, it does NOT! Trying to dock two high-speed shuttles onto a spinning space station that also has SPINNING parts?! All docking is delicate, easy to mess up. Why is all that FUEL at the station? WHY would the fuel cap BE INSIDE the shuttle?! The connectors on the shuttle are compatible with the Russian space station? Where does the fuel go? If there are tanks on the shuttle, why not include it WITH the shuttles? Not like there's all that much space compared to the external tank. No, crashing into the asteroid = all dead. Even if the rocks shatter like glass, so would the shuttle. The Astroid is 600 miles wide. A 10-mile wide asteroid would end us. They had to drill 800ft to explode a nuke to split the asteroid in half?! WHAT? 800 ft is nothing. That's like saying a flea bite on your arm will snap your arm in half! Sorry, a nuke on the surface would have done just as well. SImple go with the largest nuke that would fit on a long-range space missile, 1000x more chance of success than landing oil-drilling guys on the thing. Splitting the astroid of that size in half which misses the Earth at the last second, meaning the astroid quickly separated by 50,000+ miles in a couple of minutes? Uh, how? If it was THAT easy, nuking it to give it a nudge would have been a lot easier. The movie looked good. Sounded good. It was stupid-fun with the characters but overall too stupid to watch more than two times. Man, they hated paris.