The EVOLUTION Of Thomas Character Designs

We're diving into the iconic designs of the Thomas The Tank Engine characters and how the aesthetic changed.
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📖 CHAPTERS:
0:00 - RWS Designs
1:35 - TV Series Designs
3:48 - CGI Designs
7:02 - Conclusion
7:54 - Outro
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[@CosmicOffical]

This is the most unconventional way of editing a video ever... Happy 79th Anniversary to the RWS!

[@Trainkid8]

W vid btw

[@CosmicOffical]

@@Trainkid8Thank you!

[@Trainkid8]

@@CosmicOffical np

[@Donaven619]

Soon to be 80. Lol

[@Louie-WanKenobi-og4rk]

@@CosmicOffical Happy 79th Anniversary to all the Thomas content creators!

[@kaisel5975]

Love how The CGI portion is basically just another Hiro W

[@CosmicOffical]

😂😂

[@harrisonallen651]

Nothing can be iconic as the model work

[@CosmicOffical]

this ☝️

[@Daanpuck23]

The Railway series is tho but model is best TV serie of it

[@henrygoodsengine4719]

Thomas' face scared the heck out of me at 5:06

[@alexkobs9313]

Yeah. It looked so terrifying.

[@rmgilyard]

Series 1-2 had more industrial feel to it like S6 but S6 had more beautiful sets during the winter and the engines’ paint jobs reflect of how an engine would look like in the snow during S6-7, plus the lighting was brighter in S7 as hinted by the narrow gauge episodes.

[@BladedogEngines]

I miss The Model Thomas series, brings me so much nostalgia

[@TheEerieMaster]

Who thinks the gray faces on Boco and Daisy in the model sires, looked better then the odd and somewhat unsettling face they had in to books

[@JuanPabloFrigoleFerrari-bv8gh]

I think is more unique whit diferents faces styles in RWS, annie and clarabel have the same face style.

[@jamesthomas5109]

It's a shame other railways like the Culdee Fell Mountain railway, Peel Godred, Skarloey fernicular railway etc were not included in the tv show. They'd fit perfectly inbthe stories, it'd be a nice alternative to simply adding a non stop list of characters that have maybe one decent introduction episode and then dont appear again. 🤔 @CosmicOffical

[@prestonproductions7730]

Happy Anniversary Railway Series

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

Thomas the Tank Engine Series was one of my oldest childhood memories and since then I love both the models and the CGI. It's a shame that the CGI Thomas and Friends series has coming to the end because I would to see continuing visiting other countries a bit more as he hasn't have a chance to visit American, Germany, France, Mexico, Berlin, and Japan as well as meeting the other engines featuring in "Thomas and Friends The Great Race" like Vinnie, Frieda, Axel, Ivan, Etienne and Carlos. But sadly it's not going to happen now no thanks to Mattel.

[@AntonioWQ635]

Wakey, Wakey, Cosmic posted after 3 months

[@CosmicOffical]

i'm sorry 😭😭

[@jamesthomas5109]

Speaking of a real life basis, it's a shame characters like Cleo and Thumper don't. They'd look so much better if they did, plus they'd look much more realistic and relatable. 😊

[@Nic_2751]

4:50 The railway series having a bunch of NPC characters from day 1 who didn’t even have names or were straight black painted and nothing else:

[@CosmicOffical]

I mean...i can't blame them it helps to establish them as "doesn't matter" 😂

[@kevinkeenan-2.1]

Excellent video you made for the 79 anniversary of Thomas the tank engine & friends.

[@CosmicOffical]

i actually didn't even know until i saw the comments icl 😭😭

[@W4lmartbag]

Happy 79th aniversary to the rws

[@jamesthomas5109]

4:18 True, wishing more International engines had their native basis instead. Like Hiro 🇯🇵 or Yong Bao. 🇨🇳

[@joeleboeuf]

That's what went wrong, they went to hard, and stopped caring about what went into the show. It stopped being a staple of it's time, and devolved into a cash grab.

[@BrakeCoach_]

He's back!

[@CosmicOffical]

"HESSSSS BACKKKKKKKKKK" - Agent Stone 2022

[@BrakeCoach_]

​@@CosmicOffical I was going to say that exact thing but I wasn't sure you'd get the reference

[@CosmicOffical]

@@BrakeCoach_I'm a big Sonic fan, I know ahah

[@tudorbrancuturcu5996]

He’s the man behind the masc!

[@jamesthomas5109]

I wonder what a sodor railway based on the Manx Electric Railway would look like? 😊

[@angelobates601]

Splendid video! You, are a really useful KZbinr.

[@CosmicOffical]

Thank you!

[@jamesthomas5109]

Lovely video mate, big fan rom the midlands. Could you do a video on characters who don't have a real life basis, along with ideas of what a real life basis for these characters could be?

[@CosmicOffical]

Great Idea

[@bigwolflover01]

keep up the great work

[@CosmicOffical]

Thanks, will do!

[@gyanakumarivajjhala632]

Happy 40th anniversary to the tv series of thomas

[@e_person882]

i love your voice, it sound really professional! keep making content!

[@CosmicOffical]

Thank you 🩵

[@liamconnollyst]

The designs of each character looked good for some but not so much for others, the explanation does work and might even help with a better reboot compared to AEG.

[@DavidScholz-bu1ix]

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CosmicOffical]

THANKS!!!!

[@DavidScholz-bu1ix]

@@CosmicOffical ANYTIME, OL' CHAP!!!! BY THE WAY, YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE PERFECTLY PLEASED TO HAPPILY KNOW THAT I'M SERIOUSLY SPECIFICALLY PLANNING ON BUILDING A SPECTACULARLY SPECTACULAR NEW GENERATION OF THE OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL WELL-KNOWN REAL-LIFE VEHICLE COUNTERPARTS OF EACH OF THE WELL-KNOWN CHARACTERS FROM THOMAS & FRIENDS IN BOTH THE RAILWAY SERIES BOOKS ALONGSIDE THE OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL WELL-KNOWN THOMAS & FRIENDS TV SHOW FROM SCRATCH WITH PLENTY OF MODERN DAY AMERICAN-ORIGIN FEATURES SUCH AS KNUCKLED-BUCKEYE COUPLING DEVICES ON EACH END TO ACTUALLY COOPERATE WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF AMERICAN-ORIGIN ROLLING STOCK STARTING WITH THE OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL WELL-KNOWN L B S C RAILWAY O-6-O E 2 CLASS TANK ENGINES EXCEPT WITH A LOWER CHASSIS @ 16' LONG TO ACTUALLY RIDE MUCH MORE SMOOTHLY!!

[@MrGoldenFrede]

what a nice video

[@marcob818]

Love yout vid and the cool vhs editing 😮😊😂😅🎉happy anniversary rws whoo

[@marcob818]

Thank you so much cosmic for liking and hearting my vid let's chat maby you should rate thomas the tank engine youtubers cosmic 😌

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

The model series design of Thomas is the best

[@ItsCarlos563]

Happy 79th Anniversary to The Railway Series!

[@chavopatyfanstudios2005]

Oliver's cgi model looks like something what if he would look like in dalby's ilustractions

[@andreiemanueltudose2445]

This video proofs that a unique thing i will alaways be unique if you don't play it like it a silly thing.

[@azuma892]

Personally I don't mind the more realistic renders.

[@NathanielPiscian]

Magic railroad Thomas is peak Thomas

[@CosmicOffical]

Ehhhhhhh

[@NathanielPiscian]

@@CosmicOffical yea I know 😅 But the model is so freakin perfect

[@Nic_2751]

Visually? Yeah since it’s the models on a film quality camera, but everything else? Not so much

[@BLC2022]

Hi

[@CosmicOffical]

Hi

[@BillandBenProductions6792]

Happy 79th anniversary to The Railway Series and Thomas The Tank Engine Since today is The 79th Anniversary of The Railway Series and Thomas The Tank Engine and Thomas character designs went downhill during The BWBA Era because most of the international engines are just recolors of British locomotives instead of being based on actual international locomotives.

[@theamazingadventureofeduardo]

NOOOOOO I DID Not prepare anything for this occasion!!!!

[@chavopatyfanstudios2005]

Happy 79th anniversary

[@henrywalton9449]

I know this is not the pattern but is there any updates on the movies?

[@CosmicOffical]

Yes actually! i'm gonna be releasing some model reveals and posters within the next 2 weeks. Haven't had the chance to take HQ pictures yet. Only footage.

[@henrywalton9449]

@@CosmicOffical Dude that's awesome to hear, can't wait to see the progress!

[@alanbeltran375]

Next Year The railway series is turning 80

[@thomasthetankenginefan1078]

Happy 79th

[@CosmicOffical]

Happy 79th!!

[@kalilarifda1688]

Dude thomas with arm is creepy

[@ttteshorts]

Hey buddy how would you like to act as a few engines in my videos

[@CosmicOffical]

Sorry, don't do character VA but good luck!

[@Grimzy3]

I’m here from a freaking Seb screen comment 💀

[@CosmicOffical]

icl i'm so sorry you had to find out about the thomas community 💀😭

[@Grimzy3]

@@CosmicOffical I thought it was just Lemon 😭😭

[@CBoioutthere]

Isn’t Percy freelanced?

[@CosmicOffical]

Yup but still followed the same aesthetic

[@Nic_2751]

More so a hodgepodge, he’s stated to be second or third hand and had multiple rebuilds, even the illustrations were inconsistent