Halo: Counterstrike | Halo Mega Stop Motion | ENDERMATION Animation

The War on Sanghelios rages on with the fight between the storm covenant and the swords of sanghelios at each others throats. The storm covenant grows desperate and aggressive...so why not exploit that with a Counterstrike?
A contest entry for ENDERMATION and Sol's Bricks competitions.
If you spot any possible Easter eggs, do comment below!

[@BeefJerkey]

I'm one of the judges for Ender's contest, here with my review. Prepare for a lengthy comment, and please take any negativity as constructive criticism. I like the set in this one, the props look great. I like miniatures, really. The trees, rocks, bushes, rock wall, all of that looks cool. Though I do say, the ground has the appearance of peanut butter mixed with earwax. The animation is excellent. Camerawork is interesting, the way it moves around in some scenes is very nicely done. Things are mostly stable, and motions are smooth. Character movements were done very well. Walking, rolling, falling, all of the actions were skillfully animated and do well to convey the action. The Elites' walking animations looked a little stiff-legged at times, but good nonetheless. Now, I was able to see a Grunt stop walking at the very edge of the screen in one scene. I also noticed a moment when an Elite's visible shadow vanished once the Elite was out of camera. Also, when they jumped over the rock wall, one moved very strangely and too quickly at the top, and the other simply vanished. These issues are minor, however, and barely noticeable. I really like that evasive roll by that Elite in red. The Arbiter had some very cool moves at the end of the fight. Lighting was used for weapon flashes, which is always good to see. There were some overlay effects, with the best ones being the energy sword sweeps. The sound quality is very good overall. Though I did notice one of the Grunts' voice clips had a broken spot, and the voice of one of the Elites was often a bit quiet compared to the others. The choice of music sounds good, and the sound effects are good and fitting. The voice acting is the best I've heard out of all of the entries. Great voices, some with phenomenal line deliveries. The Arbiter sounds great, which is important because he's such an iconic character. The story took me some time to figure out, partly because of my lack of knowledge of Halo lore, but it is confusing. I think I understand most of it after watching it a few times. When the Jackal is speaking (well, I think that's some kind of Jackal), sometimes there isn't enough time given for the viewer to read the subtitles. It's a decent story as far as I can tell. Perhaps it's a little simple, but what can you do in ten minutes? It certainly suits the topic, featuring Elites as protagonists, including the Arbiter. The video as a whole was very well made. Great voice acting, great animation, with some very nice action scenes and excellent character movements. The story can be hard to follow, but it seems to be planned out pretty well.

[@vraptorhiss]

I wanna say thank you for taking the time to actually inform me of what you did or did not really like as well as any flaws with it. I will definitely use this for future reference when making animations. I may be able to explain some of the flaws a bit, though it doesn't excuse them but regardless I'd still like to tell you. I get the comment about the clay a lot haha. It really does look like caramel, peanut butter, and yes even wax. I have nothing really to say for that because I honestly that it was darker when I bought it, but it was a surprise. The overall look and feel is oil, but that's a given seeing that it is oil based clay. The character movements were definitely the hard part to master and where I tried in other parts I did have trouble with other parts. Some parts were simply because I was being lazy with it because I was getting a little burnt out for the day. Throughout the animation, as far as I'm aware, you can definitely tell some parts are better because I was worn out for the day. The elites jumping over the wall was annoying in production because I originally had more framed but it looked really fast and I scrapped them, which ended up appearing worse than before. Working on various fast paced figures is something I do plan on working on in the future so thank you for providing feedback for it so I know what to look for while the film is in production. The audio was very tricky too. I'm not sure why the grunt's voice clips, though my suspicion is that it's because I actually had the sound in the stop motion apparently rather than post production so something happened when it saved or something. It may very well be the app. I do see that the voices for one elite, if not both, can be a little quiet which I did not plan. It may have to do with the fact I added in music after editing the scene as a whole so when the score was added it was a sacrifice of the dialogue audio or music audio and I made the sacrifice of dialogue which probably wasn't the wisest if decisions making this. I am very glad you like the voice acting though! You can thank not only ender, but the other brilliant people for having good sense of tone. Going into the story, I didn't think about the fact that this looks very odd to an outsider of halo lore because you have alien on alien fighting when your more accustomed to human on alien fighting. I will admit that it is my fault it is unclear without prior context to the games and I relied too much on that prior knowledge so my apologies 😅. The skirmisher (which is in fact a type of jackal called the T'vaoan) did have issues. The subtitles were definitely the trickster because I didn't want the text going on longer than the audio because it takes away from the overall pacing of it. I will admit that the subtitles are quite quick and I didn't take that into account very well when I was editing and I suppose when I put them in I assumed it was good enough. I did not think about the fact that I know what the subtitles say prior to them appearing so I know what to expect when it speaks. The audience doesn't though. I tried to make it simple without it being blatantly obvious what was happening. Like you said, 10 minutes only gets you so far. If I had a longer length I would have definitely fleshed it out more so it's more of a thought provoker. Like I said, I'm not brushing off the flaws and justifying them. I just figured I'd shed some light on them so you can see why things are how they are. I'm glad you enjoyed it overall and I really do appreciate you taking the time to comment this so I can improve. It really does go a long way. I hope to see you in the comments of future films.

[@SamuraiSoldier117]

These flight figures need to come back

[@sassycrocodile]

Loved the characters. The 2 pilots and grunts kicked ass, and that skirmisher stole the show in my eyes (always super cool seeing the h5 req weapons featured). Incredible story, animation, VA, music and effects. The music tracks you added really complimented the visuals well and really flowed naturally with the film. This animation can be a standalone one or could easily start an awesome series, either way this was masterfully done - I'm glad I lent my voice to it 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@vraptorhiss]

Thank you man! I'm glad it was enjoyable for you and I am definitely going to consider a future installment for this now that you mention the idea. I'm glad the music sits well with the visuals, I really didn't think that it did at first. You're the first person recognize the REQ from halo 5. Thanks for participating in this film man.

[@FigureStories-wg4qs]

Hi sassy

[@sassycrocodile]

@@FigureStories-wg4qs 👋🙂 yo!

[@FigureStories-wg4qs]

@@sassycrocodile do you like making customs

[@sassycrocodile]

@FigureStories-wg4qs I love it, wish I had more spare time to make them

[@ChakLok]

I like how the 2 grunts and jackel don’t die

[@ebomb1133]

I'm happy to see some Elite and Arbiter focused stop motions. Phenomenal job dude;

[@YaloChief]

Great animation! The sword blur is on point and the tf music works so well with this animations. I noticed these 1: Till all are one 2: On the blood of our Fathers, on the blood of our sons 3: The ending speech seems like what optimus would say

[@vraptorhiss]

2 are correct, the last is coincidence (there's more too 😉

[@Ryan_attempts_to_do_stuff]

This is really good!

[@vraptorhiss]

Thank you!

[@mclovin6877]

I love that you understand the existence of different factions in universe

[@vraptorhiss]

Lucky for you, that's my focus.

[@caseyhall2320]

This was really cool to watch, goddamn that's some good action scenes, you're clearly skilled at stop motion 😆

[@Scorch501st]

i noticed the joke from rotb. nice job.

[@solsbricks]

A very motivational Brickfilm 🫡 Well done, Vraptor hiss. I think most of us can agree that this is a huge improvement in quality and storytelling from you! Good luck in the contest! 💙

[@vraptorhiss]

Why thank you good sir. I look forward to seeing the contest results.

[@Danxiky08]

Loved the dynamic between the characters especially the skirmisher! Also that energy sword tracing? That was clean af

[@blue-vr8dd]

loving the use of the TF soundtrack! got the little reference in there too. so glad this got recommended to me, do t see a lot of stop motions with good stories, especially with elites in the spotlight. subbed, and I've got that bell on to keep an eye out for whatever you work on next.

[@geraldhuff7413]

I love the effort you put into this to get most of the sound effects right.

[@SamuraiSoldier117]

OMG this is insane and that flight figure is so nostalgic

[@RapidActionAnimations]

Nice job dude. You’ve really improved a lot since I last saw any of your videos. Keep up the work!

[@vraptorhiss]

Thank you, I most certainly will.

[@Zealotplayz922]

Goated stop motion🔥

[@DemarcationMedia]

Really well done!!

[@The_Noble_Visions]

When you said you were working on stop motion,I did not think about this, this is an amazing stop motion vraptor I know how long this stuff takes, I enjoyed watching this hopefully there will be a series like this you did more than good, you created from your hands a master piece that will continue to bring people back to watch your work

[@vraptorhiss]

Yeah I really didn't show you much so how were you supposed to know lol. I'm glad you liked it and I hope many people will enjoy it for as long as its on the internet.

[@rivalboltproductions]

Wow this is really incredible! Love the dialogue 👍

[@srundy]

This is fire I need more 🙏🙏

[@vraptorhiss]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it, I will most definitely release more animations soon.

[@FigureStories-wg4qs]

That’s awesome! I subbed

[@Thatonegreyofficer]

This is amazing glad it was on my for you page we need more from you mate don’t stop

[@vraptorhiss]

Thanks! Makes me happy to know this was on your page, I will most definitely keep producing more!

[@Thatonegreyofficer]

Also where is the spider I just noticed that part

[@vraptorhiss]

​@@Thatonegreyofficer2:49

[@millenniumrebel4521]

Incredible ❤

[@vraptorhiss]

Thank you ❤️

[@thedormroomdesk]

This is awesome!

[@LegoHalostudy]

Genial vidio, creo que no soy el único que le gustó mucho ese enfoque solo a los elites fuera del unsc, genial animación, espero algún día poder grabar así

[@vraptorhiss]

¡Gracias! Me alegra que te haya gustado la perspectiva de las espadas en lugar de la unsc. Habrá más pronto, así que estad atentos. Confía en mí, ¡con tiempo y determinación te volverás genial en stop motion! Perdón si el español no tiene ningún sentido, tuve que usar el traductor de Google jaja.

[@grey_apache]

This is great work

[@CobaltMovies]

this is amazing I hope you make more good creations like this

[@Halomegaconstrux2783]

Great

[@spartannewo505]

so goated

[@PackHunter117]

The only change I would’ve made would’ve been to not have the green Grunt on the Swords of Sangheilios team. Also I would’ve used Halo music instead of transformer music at the end. Otherwise really good!

[@vraptorhiss]

There's a reason for him being there 😉 in due time you'll see. Thank you!

[@DevotedSentry]

This was a very good animation. I noticed that some of the voice acting was too quiet and some of the movement sounds were a bit loud. However the animation, quality, and story were beautifully executed. It's also nice to have halo 5 sfx, we don't see that enough in animations. Overall you have improved quite a bit, I look forward to your next project :)

[@vraptorhiss]

Thank you for addressing the sound issues and I am aware it is flawed. I did try and balance it but I either sacrificed the music volume or dialogue volume so it was a lose lose situation. I'm glad you liked the animation and the story, I wanna thank you for cluing me in on halo lore regarding sanghelios.

[@DevotedSentry]

@@vraptorhiss I'm happy to help

[@TurkeyProductions7]

🔥🔥🔥

[@vraptorhiss]

💧💧💧

[@ritzyhunter2132]

This is a really good animation it so good that’s its better than halo 5 the thing that it basted o

[@vraptorhiss]

Well thank you, I am glad you think so

[@Nicolos117]

Noice

[@Rivers9679]

😮🥶

[@Sgt-Wolf]

It looks like they are standing in peanut butter.

[@vraptorhiss]

That is a common comment I get from people and it is understandable. I am trying to work on making my sets more realistic.

[@user-pe1iz8ir3e]

ME WAS WRONG SHOOT SHOOT!

[@Goat_canedit]

Me hearing the transformers song in the back: 😩😩😩😩😩👍😩🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@scarletking115]

Love your work in content making these halo stop motion videos but that a covie carbine not a covie needle rifle

[@vraptorhiss]

Thanks for the kind words, friend. As for the carbine, that particular carbine is the variant seen in Halo 5 called the "Blood of Suban" which fires needler rounds.

[@scarletking115]

@@vraptorhiss my mistake good sir.

[@CloneCommanderCrater1102]

1:46 Where's this grey pulse rifle from?

[@vraptorhiss]

I got them off of a guy on ebay who goes by the name of K11mall. It's about 5 bucks for 5 pulse carbines + about 3 for shipping since he's out in China.

[@CloneCommanderCrater1102]

@@vraptorhiss Ah, I got it. I'll bet it's just an unpainted version of the one that comes with Spartan Agryna.

[@vraptorhiss]

@@CloneCommanderCrater1102 most likely.

[@nasir2649]

😴 Promo_SM

[@vraptorhiss]

Hm?

[@alexbuendia4706]

Soundtrack Transformers 💩

[@emman799]

I wanna ask, why do people like Sangheili aliens ?

[@vraptorhiss]

I'm not entirely sure.