Sparks of War: Metal And Mortar (Gundam/Mega Bloks Stop Motion)

[@devastater97]

Love how the Ground Gundam waited for pretty much his whole team to die before deciding to solo the Zaku's. Also the Gouf was easily the best part of this.

[@JJTheSpartan_117]

Ong

[@jayhoffmayer8581]

I wish this was an actual anime, the fighting here is so immersive and real compared to the fighting we normally see

[@jayk.74]

I cannot express how good this is. It’s so immersive that it doesn’t even feel like an animation at times. I’d say my favorite parts are the drawn in effects, like the swords and explosions. This is such an inspiration to anyone who is or even isn’t into stop motion.

[@spinmaster_]

Super creative using 22 shells as rifle shells

[@itsyourboi5783]

One of things i love about this Series is that you can tell by how they move, work together, and fight that the Zion pilots are more experienced, while the federation pilots seem more desperate and frantic by comparison

[@RapidActionAnimations]

I’m speechless. This was a masterpiece in every way possible. 1) Sets The sets were so well detailed and I know based off the sos of the Gundams it’s hard to build bigger sets. Really liked the in one scene you made the ground open up to let the walls slide up. 2) the practical effects were insane. The way you used cotton, hand drawing in Stop motion studio and other techniques made it look and feel so good. 3) vfx. All the gun movie fx were well done and looked realistic. I noticed the bullets and smoke especially added to the realism. I also liked the combination with the hand drawing for lasers and bullet impacts. 4) Music Music was great and overal fit the tone and created a sort of audio version of the story’s progression. 5) compositing Loved the use of green screen for the figures inside of the Gundams and for the shots where they were inside buildings. The shot with the soldier crawling out of the Gundam for some reason felt like he was too small compared to the Gundam in comparison to other shots but that’s fine. 6) Audio/Sfx The Sfx as always were simple yet detailed and I liked the variety of Gundam sounds. By the way where you get them? 7) animation/masking The animation was really smooth for the most part and felt like it had weight and a feel to it (not robotic)! The masking was also well done and I ant even imagine how long it must have taken you to do. 10/10 great job man! Loved the story and every aspect of this and it’s got to be one of your best videos. I know how much effort it takes to make longer animations (I tried that with sos and it strained me) so I appreciate the effort you put in. Questions. 1) for your sets they would change often based on angles or scenery so did you storyboard the shots or do it on the go? I mean a lot of the shots are random shots that out together from both sets work well so I’m just curious. 2) Did you use VSDC for your editing? I also use it. 3) how big is your set? It seems like it’s really big. 4) Do you plan on using Gundam more in the future? 5) Any advice on Gundam hand joints? My hole for my hand joint became too big and now my hand can’t fit into the hole.

[@badlaxeanimations3205]

1. I pretty much made it up as I went 2. I used VSDC to manage storage 3. I use 2 by 2 gray Lego baseplates 4. I hope to continue animating Gundam but I want to take a break 5. Use superglue. Although I’m not sure if that would work with hand joints. Thanks again for your support! I’m happy you’ve enjoyed my animations so far.

[@RapidActionAnimations]

@@badlaxeanimations3205 no problem man it’s a blast watching them. I’ll try the super glue even if it means I can’t move the arm piece anymore.

[@RapidActionAnimations]

@@badlaxeanimations3205 also if you’re interested VSDC has a light flicker remover tool I personally never tried it but if you wanted I’m sure it could help out some of the light flicker you have.

[@memog4725]

@@badlaxeanimations3205what’s the name of the blue zeon figure with the rpg on its shoulder?

[@badlaxeanimations3205]

@@memog4725 the Gouf Custom, it doesn’t come with a rocket launcher though, I’m pretty sure I used that from another HG kit

[@toysofwarbyhoop7580]

The way the animation has improved and the affects around the robots when they stepped, I have been waiting for a video like this for a while and this was amazing. It also reminded me of Evangelion

[@blackshadow37_Wraith]

The hand drawn beam effects The bullet casing ejection effect from the zaki's machine guns The hand drawn mono eye The visor flashes from the gas The zaku's and the gouf's mono eyes And many more of the effects and touches were fantastic 😁 Great work

[@B1_224]

Damn this is Good the RX-79 gundam was fucking sick

[@rushingriverfilms]

This is sick man. I don’t know how posable those gundam figures are, but you did a great job with articulating their movements. The drawn in effects you made were amazing as always. I know how annoying those can be to draw, and you draw them in such detail, it’s amazing. Also some really great vfx in here to show the true scale of the Gundams. I loved that shot of the guy running away before it steps into screen. The detail of them creating a small crater in the ground every time they took a step in the grass was also really cool. It always amazes me how you can create such long stopmotions, that are also just so good. That takes some crazy dedication. You’re definitely one of the most, if not, the most talented stopmotion creator in the community. Props man

[@just_koop]

That Zaku Sniper was puttin in work lol.

[@leolied6766]

God damn this is a pretty good entry to the Sparks of War series. The moment when the Gouf Custom appears is pretty good, it reminded me of Devasia Motions work.

[@spiegel7608]

I absolutely adore the little detail at 9:42 of not centering the Gouf’s eye until after taking down the guncannon simply because he didn’t need to waste that time

[@blackshadow37_Wraith]

as ive watched the recent gundam stop motion's you've been using i have a few models that i think you may want to pick up for federation suits i recommend gm custom mass production type gm cannon 2 gm sniper 2 gm sniper guntank early production type ( it would fit seeing as how your using the prototype guncannon) guncannon mass production type gm cannon powered gm and for zeon rick dom dom tropen gouf flight type rick dom 2 dom tropen sand brown zaku sniper zaku half cannon kampher zaku cannon gelgoog marine type gelgoog jager again just a thought from a fellow gundam fan reason im recommending these is so that it'll fit with the time era that your using edit: im not trying to force anything just throwing it out there incase of future stopmotions ( i like that your using regular gms and zakus) if you need idea's for more mobile suits for your vids ^^

[@Kenny_F91]

This is art. The battles sucked me and the music made my heart race.

[@pedrocarvajal550]

That gundam ground type refused to go out quietly, went out giving all it had, R.I.P to him sadly

[@Arbsp]

The legend is Back Very good animation the green screen the sound the atmosphere is certainly great as all your works

[@pedrocarvajal550]

Also at 4:29 that was a simple and cool gm custom that you made with the gm command and ground type

[@DafterThings]

All fantastic. The audio and combat scenes were superb and the voice acting really good. Best bit is how you gave the sense of scale especially in those opening scenes.

[@LiteraltrashcanTT]

This is most definitely one of my favorite stop motions you've made, and I'd love too see more if possible

[@sarven5974]

The animation is superb, I love the small details, how a soldier when running drops something and takes a second to pick it up as their sprinting. The falling animation when they're paradropping was awesome too. Using the og sound effects was awesome to hear as well!

[@badlaxeanimations3205]

Thanks man! I’m really glad you liked the video and noticed the smaller details I included :)

[@speedyfilmzz]

Man those fights were intense and that Gundam holding of that squad of Zakus was just awesome. Fantastic work badlaxe you did an outstanding job with this one

[@willstar1238]

This was so good. I really really enjoyed this one. The action was top notch, and in the beginning of the battle how there was action but no music at all, it made it more intense in my opinion. And at 8:55, that was perfect timing. Dialogue was great as usual. This was one of your best videos I think. Amazing work.

[@B1_224]

The part where the humans are getting bombarded it felt so real it had some weight to it

[@77remixes47]

Your Gundam stopmotions are the best. I also loved while all of the Federation units were being slain, the Gundam fought to the last stand.

[@Petrichorscreen]

13:24 GREAT attention to detail and excellenting editing! I adore that you made it look to scale. 10/10 video 😎

[@ventris425productions5]

This has inspired me to get back into gundams thanks badlaxe!

[@GundamKType]

That was an amazing way to show off the performance of a Gundam. Even though the ground type isn't one of the strongest Gundams it's still far superior to other mobile suits even with non ace pilot it takes out several Mobile suits. There's a reason why Gundam's earned a reputation of fear went being on the enemy's side.

[@dankmotionsstudios5161]

HOLY SHIIIII! That is so good! I love everything about this. Definitely one of your best videos yet. That cliffhanger tho 😭 🗿🗿🗿😞😳😎😞🗿🗿🗿

[@dreammogul]

This is amazing, The animation,the quality, the voice acting and much more is spectacular keep up the great work dude

[@xtreviousproductions680]

Looked amazing I can’t believe how good you are at animating.

[@natebuilds]

This is hands down some of the best content I’ve seen on KZbin hands down

[@ANALOGNINE]

fucking speechless. this was incredible man, over the course of 18 minutes this became my favorite stop motion on youtube. i love how you give the mobile suits almost human movements as they die. you rarely see that in the actual shows. thanks so much for continuing to make these.

[@cactus8360]

Doooood that was sooo good, everything was just phenomenal! I especially like the small touches you added like the exhaust vents, the green screen was perfect and the music was so well done. Especially how there none for a good amount then when the gouf dropped in just gave it that extra impact!

[@scottroxford5715]

Dude, this and the other short films from this series are so insanely good, the voice acting is pretty flat but I think that's a positive because it gives off those homemade, stop motion vibes that you would make with friends and family. This feels like Gundam Thunderbolt with even MORE grit, the brutality is blink and you'll miss it but that's kind of how war is, you can't focus on every single death and you keep pushing on regardless, amazing work.

[@Links-Asylum]

Yoooooo, hands down one of the better Gundam Stop motions on KZbin. The sets are amazing, movement 100/10, and the affects and voice acting are just so good.

[@Quillian]

Perfection! Hope to see more bro, this is really some quality stuff

[@Moon_Klim]

Очень интересно как реактор GM(G) заряжал полноценную лучевую винтовку😂😂

[@ReclaimerStudios]

Fantastic job! I love the mobile suits close quarters combat, you really expressed the weight and sheer size of the mobile suits as well. The battle is well structured, and doesn’t get repetitive, which is a good thing. I also like how this episode links both 1 and 2 which felt quite separated without this episode.

[@ineon_playz9964]

This deserves more views than mine, so much effort in editing and the actual stop motion. Amazing.

[@proboanimations]

MAN THIS IS AMAZING I love how you use the thin Metal gear As wires and fight was phenomenal the green screen was perfect, the light is amazing and the set is awesome

[@RoadWarrior_John]

This is one really impressive animation from start to finish, the amount of work you must have put into this is outstanding. There was some really impressive shots you pulled off in this especially the ones depicting how big the Gundams were in comparison to the Mega Construx figures.

[@MrBigBoots2163-z5k]

Ive watched this atleast 12 times and its just as good every time. Ive known about gundam for awhile now but you got me into it because of these stop motions. Everything you make is amazing dude👍

[@VBallDevotion]

This was even better than I expected, amazing job on this! The music, sfx, animation and everything in general was epic! I also really love the scene at 13:24

[@Dulse403]

This is absolutely incredible the amount of joy this brought me the mesh of mega construct/lego on paper wouldn’t nessasirly work but you make it work absolutely amazing video I’m inspired 👏👏👏 I think this is yours 👑

[@JJTheSpartan_117]

What a ride, that was awesome man. I could feel the suspense when the gms started losing ground. Really thought the feddies would pull it off but in the end zeon won. Amazing work Badlaxe!

[@tsukinotsubame17]

Wow This Was Intense Ground Battle , and I like how the Mobile Suits Fight it's as if They Were Infantry If this Kind of Story was Also Incorporated in The Gundam Animes It would really be Visually Cool

[@invertedpizza7662]

This is the best thing ive seen in ages! The effects, especially the drawn ones, the sets, the amount of time that was put into each fight scene. The short cut at 11:39 showing the pilot getting hit was only on screen for a second but worked so well. The entrance of the MS-07B-3 at 8:55 was awesome, the music helps show that things are getting intense. This deserves way more views man!

[@blackshadow37_Wraith]

oh man this is GREAT i love how the beam effects look natural as well once again just GREAT work AWESOME hope to see more ^^

[@kaisminis8980]

Holy man this is amazing! I love the animation and effects they give the animation so much life, and I have a feeling this’ll rival quatari and the voice acting is great too much support for whoever helped you in this man. Much love -SxP

[@IREALLYLIKEPIES]

God I love those classic gundam sound effects.

[@travisrempfer2433]

This gives me mad titanfall vibes. Nice work

[@TheCitedAviator]

Gouf Custom my beloved

[@uyino5076]

the way you made the effects was PERFECT you were the one that stared my hobbie of building gundams i build 10 now

[@AdrianGarcia-qc9ww]

Oh my god Dude, I love how the ms-07b guof Commander just came out the ground. I love. It.❤❤❤

[@cheaplizardstudiosofficial]

New sub (Edit: if Norris Packard was in the gouf custom he woulda smashed most of the federation forces)

[@smiley__4919]

Very good animation stuff like this really fuels my passion for gundam thank you

[@Juicylilpp]

This is better than most anime, i love your syle and you inspired me to do stop motion animation. Thank you for making awesome stop motions

[@unhinged_films]

Fantastic job. Love everything about it, the sets, the animation, the sound design, the camera movements, the effects… You’ve mastered the art of stop motion

[@pudinossaurodeleite8125]

THIS IS STOP MOTION?!?! IT'S SO SMOOTH IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK THE PART!!

[@bread479]

This is such an amazing video and I can't stop watching it and am really looking forward to see more like this.

[@godzillaandstuffproduction9383]

This was incredible, i love all of your Gundam stop motions, but this one is the best yet. Now, all that needs to happen for this to be the perfect channel in my eyes is a Godzilla stop motion lol

[@atomichawkproductions8556]

Imma keep it short and say this, keep making these awe inspiring animations. This one got me deep, also nice that you put the sepixs prime ost from destiny. That song fits nicely in the action.

[@s1y295]

I love the tiny pilot at 13:25

[@socksfromkmart3286]

Holy shit, this is it, this is the one

[@sassycrocodile]

🤯 This was absolutely perfect! It was all so expertly done! I don't know much about Gunadam but I've always loved the look of the figs and model kits, and seeing you mesh them seamlessly with mcx figs is always a treat to see. It really makes me want to attempt animating the mcx prototype suit 😄 keep it up dude! You never fail to amaze and inspire me.

[@papalopez86]

Omg this was a trip. Every little movement was fluid all the beam saber swings were just immaculate and not to mention how interesting the fight itself was, really nice to see more gunpla fights from you👌👌

[@stopmastervideo6139]

As soon as I saw the blue zaku I new it was going down

[@calebanderson4750]

Absolutely love 💕 it brother hope to see more.

[@StrangeStudiosYT]

Good job!

[@repulsive_nothing]

This is sick, really smooth and great sets, do you know where you got the Gundam figures? I've been trying to get into it lately

[@badlaxeanimations3205]

I bought most of my Gunpla from Amazon. All of them are 1/144 high grades

[@The_og_moonwalker]

2 years later, you get into it yet?

[@repulsive_nothing]

@@The_og_moonwalker yeah it's been great

[@jacobnathan5595]

As always, beautiful work man.

[@owenschick7447]

really says a lot about who we are as a nation

[@TheCitedAviator]

grasping at scraps

[@Neymoiiii]

Snow flake?

[@railfannate1558]

Now this is some of the best animation I've ever seen

[@ianreynoso3043]

Now that is impressive right there

[@misriaharmory3884]

I was expecting that blue one to wipe out the entire force.

[@ifanthanese]

I love this. Reminds me of that other KZbin stop motion Gundam series father of peace

[@arctrooperduster8331]

I watch this video over and over it’s so good

[@maximusprime321]

I hope we get to see miller and mackinley have some sort of final battle.

[@williamwalters2464]

Very well done

[@desperadowest2004]

F**king amazing work. Holy crap, I'm beyond impressed. I'd love to know what metal track was used when the Gouf Custom shows up.

[@conoroehler4344]

The bullet casings were 22s? Cause if so brilliant use for them

[@nightmissionsonly9494]

that was great! I like it!

[@Mercury_Cosmos]

Amazing work of art!

[@shotbyshot6022]

Great job! Have always loved your work, and always will. Our group has got some projects were starting. Good luck to you.

[@railfannate1558]

Ayo chief I just thought of a name for a possible next installment, what about "death and debris" dunno if you like that but hey it sounded cool in my head

[@xelite6223]

Awesome great animation I really the desine of the cockpits

[@SnakierElm62]

Unexpected but welcome :) This is epic

[@thatunlucky1]

So epic I enjoy, pls make more

[@Stop_Motion_Hub]

Really freakin good

[@ODSTfilmz1917]

pls make more a few more vids down th line and its gonna be awesome

[@ogu862]

動きもなめらかで雰囲気が出てていいなぁ

[@brickhorizonfilms1045]

so cool i love it it has made me want to buy a gundam

[@pancake20322]

Why are you so good at stop-motion

[@badlaxeanimations3205]

@@pancake20322 Thank you! Practice and consistency helps a lot to improve your animations. At one point I tried to animate at least once a day. It helped a lot. Also take inspiration from things you love and analyze them closely. They’ll often give you ideas you wouldn’t otherwise think of.

[@billrex]

Awesome animation! I saw one of your halo videos in my recommended section and I decided to check out your channel. No idea you did Gundam stuff too so that was a pleasant surprise. One small thing though, I saw some issues with the cleanup on some of the model kits so I suggest you look into some nub removal techniques. I personally just use an Exacto/hobby knife and have higher grit sandpaper on standby. Overall, loved it!

[@ms-05b53]

Nice work man. Good thinking using the GI Joe's.

[@duskwolf4232]

not trying to be rude but did you not sand off the the nubs marks on some of the parts like that gm scope?

[@Idk-xv5gv]

Yay hes back

[@sundance777]

Great work!

[@tanimations5879]

4:53 my favourite part