The Mighty Nein in Carpet Combat

[@AksentNethariaFilm]

that dramatic zoom on Caleb's "Scan the room"

[@Lunapocalypse]

This was one of the first things I noted down when figuring out the editing. Needed those dramatic eyes.

[@AksentNethariaFilm]

absolutely necessary

[@Taurusus]

And the muttering as he flipped through his spells. Phenomenal attention to detail. You can reply to this message.

[@lordofgraphite]

iKR!

[@tollburd1348]

It reminded me of the zoom on npc's in Oblivion

[@giraffedragon6110]

Nott: remember the hospital? Fjord: *knows what she's talking about but confused as to why it was brought up* Nott: that happened Fjord: *facepalm*

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

"Youcanreplytothismessage."

[@rebeccagiraffe225]

Love your nams!

[@Puca_Patchworks]

Holy shit this animation is so god damn crisp I could use it for the perfect salad

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks, Doc! If I could find a way to mash animation with food, I would.

[@MKatCharming]

Really,guys? In front of my salad ?! *you can reply to this message*

[@zichithefox4781]

I made toast with it!

[@goodladd2067]

my dnd characters name is salad....

[@pizzapunt3960]

really? it almost feels like tweening

[@stickginge]

“You are not prepared” I love how you used the illidan look for him

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks!~ Couldn't help myself!

[@SuaveNerd2000]

That's a pretty meta joke if I ever herd one... Actually I would've loved it if he did it in his illidan voice

[@hellsmith6249]

Silver2233 he is a voice actor of Illidan, you know.

[@hellsmith6249]

Silver2233 I would love a caleb do a jester voice, while she doing Caleb’s voice, while he does illidan voice XD

[@hellsmith6249]

Silver2233 it’s pretty much Liam trying to impersonate jester who is trying to impersonate Caleb who is impersonating illidan, it’s quite a long line of broken telephone, but hopes are up XD

[@Amdoss1986]

When they finally turn Crit Role into a weekly cartoon they need to hire you for animation lol

[@Lunapocalypse]

That would be an almighty dream. Thank you for the kind words!

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Well, there is The Legend of Vox Machina animated series, so one can dream!

[@theusfilipe]

This aged well

[@KickyFut]

Umm... It's not a cheese, it's a comedic scenario!! Comedy is timeless!!😅

[@proto303]

@@theusfilipe very well

[@jasminesmith8474]

Beau kills me “DONT LET ME BLEED ON IT” 😂😂

[@Lunapocalypse]

Haha, Marisha's improv was perfect in this fight.

[@jasminesmith8474]

The fact that you can place animation over their acting and it looks like we’d watch a television show is not only a testament to their voice acting ability, but also your art. All of them are phenomenal and so are you.

[@DeKoTree]

Interesting Beauregard character tidbit there she had strict parents and is afraid of ruining that carpet

[@Lunapocalypse]

Hah, her parents definitely missed teaching her priorities!

[@gus8824]

I think it's more that at this point they were still trying to not leave any evidence that they were there.

[@sabbathb6548]

@@gus8824 I thought she was worried they would ruin it and had to buy a new one.

[@Sbevewagon4493]

I assumed they were planning on selling it

[@darksev.6468]

@@Sbevewagon4493 Honestly same

[@ethanwhite2210]

Was this the first time Oolog has been acknowledged by any in the critter art community? Shame, considering that he went out pretty rad for an NPC...

[@Lunapocalypse]

I had a hard time finding any fanart on him for reference, so I had to bounce back to the point where Matthew described him.

[@tenacityxl]

Lunapocalypse not how I imagined him tbh but I kinda love how he looks

[@MisterSmith00]

A thought occurs to me...didn't he have a wife still stuck in the imperial dungeon?!

[@tenacityxl]

Tony Favilla they gave the evidence of her innocence to Dolan, so I assume that she was released once Dolan rose in power.

[@MisterSmith00]

@@tenacityxl That's good then...though, there may be an instance where the Nein might end up in the...Umberdungeon, I believe? Seems like a bad place...and if they end up on the bad side of Trent Ikithon, they may be at odds with the Empire.

[@dallydaydream]

This made me smile so much. Boundless respect to anyone who can utilise comedic timing so well with animation. ^_^

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank youuuu!!! So happy to hear folks enjoyed the timing! ^-^

[@Basicallydirt]

you sir rolled a nat 20 on whatever skill checks you had to make to do this thing. here have a +1 like

[@highvoltage988]

I don't know what I love more, Beau and Jester temporarily becoming Keyleth and Vex or Caleb getting Illidan horns and eyes :D

[@Lunapocalypse]

Yeah, I'm tied on which was more fun to animated. I think Caleb Stormrage came together really well, though.

[@SirSolomonAriel]

horns could have been a bit bigger though, like illidan's horns are fucking huge and yeah it would have been dumb to make them that big, but that's kinda the point of it.

[@coranbaker6401]

Who's Illidan?

[@holyheals]

Coran Baker not sure if your trolling but Illidan Stormrage was the primary villain for the first expansion of world of Warcraft and he was voiced by Liam who is also the person playing as Caleb in the mighty nein.

[@heikesiegl2640]

@@holyheals why trolling? not everyone plays wow or knows every role from the voiceactors

[@resdamalos]

Loved the Vex/Keyleth cameo at the mention of the flying carpet! They looked really good in this art style. What parts ended up taking longer than you expected?

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks! It was fun squeezing those two in among the Might Nein cast. In the end most of the animating took a long time since I only had an average of 10 hours a week to spend on it. Though the biggest time sink was definitely animating the carpet. I don't do a lot of frame by frame so that was a massive challenge.

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

@@Lunapocalypse It looks awesome!

[@handfulmousefly]

Probably Molly's coat lol

[@IronKnuckle9]

Things I love about this: 1. The effort you put into Vex and Kiki for all of 3 seconds of screen time. 2. How you perfectly translated Marisha's incredible expressiveness into Beau. 3. Carpet animation!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you, dude! I'm super grateful for those observations. It's nice to hear them pointed out. Thanks for your support!

[@VampireTheory]

I loved the Calebdan shdhshd “you are not prepared oOooOoo” This is great I really love how you draw beau! Good job

[@Lunapocalypse]

Haha, thanks! I'm glad you like her design!

[@VampireTheory]

Lunapocalypse one of my favourites for sure!!

[@Lunapocalypse]

New MN animation is here! Apologies for the wait, everyone. This ended up being a much larger project than anticipated.

[@ambergifford5811]

Lunapocalypse you earned a subscriber my good friend.

[@charlypatte]

same here!

[@CMLT.]

ditto

[@JulianVJacobs]

Lunapocalypse it is so amazingly well done

[@zedbee2736]

This is, by far, the BEST animation of any D&D game I’ve ever seen

[@UponThisAltar]

Fjord facepalming at the end is perfect.

[@Lunapocalypse]

THANK YOU! That bit of animation I hastily squeezed in before wrapping things up, I'm glad to hear it entertained!

[@UponThisAltar]

Lunapocalypse Nothing seems hastily done! It's all comedic gold

[@GZilla311]

Mitchell C. Fjord: I am surrounded by idiots.

[@ArahdunGaming]

Fjacepalming?

[@nevanV12]

I lost it when Beau and Jester turned into Keyleth and Vex. Hahaha. This shit is gold maaan. Great job!

[@Lunapocalypse]

So glad people are loving the Vex and Kiki moment! Thanks for the kind words!

[@blackh9604]

This is gorgeous!! I couldn't stop laughing.

[@Lunapocalypse]

:D I'm glad it entertained! Thanks for watching!

[@vlodislaw7972]

The animation is so well done! Kudos !

[@Shadow_284]

This is some of the best CR animation I've seen! I particularly love how well done the lip syncing is.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed. :)

[@chron0dude]

You actually drew Molly's coat patterns! What an amazing job throught it all!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Haha, admittedly I haven't finished all of Molly's assets. His attire is a lot of work :| hopefully I can clear that up and give him some more screen time soon. Thanks for watching!

[@TheNowerianRaven]

@@Lunapocalypse This comment hasnt aged well. Like Molly......I will see myself out.

[@hatch2141]

aw man this was awesome!! the art style for the rigs really matched the tone of the show! I love the keyleth and vex cameo!

[@Lunapocalypse]

I'm happy to hear the design is accurate! Glad you enjoyed!

[@SquirrelGamez]

youcanreplytothismessage

[@Lunapocalypse]

replyingsothespelldoesn'tgotowaste

[@JordanSugarman]

Best running gag in the campaign so far.

[@ChitenBugMan]

Ohhhh thats what that meant in the rap battle

[@butterfly17095]

AMAZING, wow, this must have taken so long!! The cut to the Vox Machina characters geeking out over the "magic carpet" was perfect. And the "you can reply to this message" bits lol

[@Lunapocalypse]

Haha. I wanted to squeeze in Nott's first "We are the ****ing best! You can reply to this message!" but it would have added another minute onto the animation to make sense. Definitely the best running joke in season 2. Thanks for watching!

[@carverredacted]

I keep rewatching this. It's that cute & funny

[@Lunapocalypse]

I'm glad you're entertained! Makes me happy to hear when people are rewatching. :)

[@Preacher_.]

Same! I've watched this at least 10 times.. At Least!

[@carverredacted]

@@Lunapocalypse two years later and I'm back

[@Lunapocalypse]

@@carverredacted Welcome back!

[@templar_1138]

Your style is probably the best of any I've seen among animators of Critical Role bytes. It's well worth the wait.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you for the kind words! Though I don't think I'd be here without the inspiration from the other Critter animators. Seeing the content created is a nice adrenaline boost to make my own stuff and add it to the pile!

[@stella1996able]

Hahaha great job! I love how well Beau's deadpan expressions here work with the voice, it's hilarious! Everyones expressions are on point though!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks! I'm really pleased with how Beau's design came together. It ended up looking pretty accurate after animating it.

[@krisbarski4226]

Stuff like this is Why i love CR. Dramatic Hilarious and inspirires creativity. The animation enhances an already perfect CR scene. Plus I did not catch Matt speaking as Ulog the first 5x I saw this. I hope you do more.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Haha, I needed to sneak Matt in there. It's nice having his narration overlap but I really wanted to lip sync some of his voice to a character. Thanks for watching!

[@Wilkanas]

Those facial expressions are simply amazing, awesome work Mr. Hansen.

[@Lunapocalypse]

:D Cheers! Good to hear. Thanks for watching!

[@captainbirch9835]

"The rug is going to release Nott" "why? Oh I'm unconscious" *falls*

[@cyx77]

Hands down the best channel for campaign 2 animations. Loving these vids!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Hopefully I can build up more of a library here for CR animations. Thanks for watching!

[@Chrine]

When the carpet takes Not and Beau starts screaming, I feel like this just turns into a strange Archer episode where the characters from Archer got sucked into a D&D game. I LOVE this art style though. Hope to see more!!!

[@owlpear]

Oh, please, please tell me the cast has seen this! It'll be a crime if they haven't. Thank you so much for sharing your gorgeous talent with the community!

[@Lunapocalypse]

And thank you for the kind words! I know for a fact the cast has seen the video so all is well.

[@Troommate]

This a Fantastic animation. Need more of these for other scenes :D

[@Lunapocalypse]

Gonna cover more of my favorite moments! Stay tuned!

[@Pandafun444]

Illidan Widowgast! AHHHHH!!! CALEB STORMRAGE! AAAAHHHH!!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Calidan Stormgast! Oooo. Calidan is kind of a good D&D character name.

[@Pandafun444]

Lunapocalypse i might make this character now

[@MrUmakemelaff]

What? You weren't prepared for that?

[@Alexandterrara]

this animation and character design is the best thing ever thank you I cant wait for more

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks for the praise!

[@Fel255]

This is amazing.... if this was a weekly series I would so support it!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks! I wish I could punch these out weekly!

[@icetang97]

So good. Worth the wait. You can reply to this message.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks for your patience!

[@rossblackblood9554]

yessss illidan reference

[@Lunapocalypse]

Haha, it seemed important to include it.

[@robertwalker5794]

You sir just earned yourself a new subscriber. The animation is so good. Couldn’t stop smiling all the way through.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks! I'm happy to entertain. :) Welcome aboard!

[@ebbiewilliams3936]

So Brilliant, great work yet again.

[@Lunapocalypse]

:D Thanks, Ebbie!!!

[@WildSonne]

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD ANIMATION IT'S BETTER THAN EVERY CARTOON I'VE EVER SEEN?!

[@Lunapocalypse]

DANG, THOSE ARE SOME BIG WORDS COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO'S DEFINITELY SEEN THE GARGOYLS TV SERIES.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Man, first the Unexpectables and now the Mighty Nein have almost fallen to rugs. The furniture is a menace I tell you. A Menace!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Beware, for everything in the room might try to kill you.

[@tkurz3071]

Its got a knife!

[@Konpekikaminari]

doors, chests and carpets- the three worst enemies of the average adventurer

[@rayanderson5797]

Hoo boy are you not ready to hear about mimics...

[@brycevo]

This is so beautiful and perfect. Thank you

[@orangephanta4514]

Aaaack I would demand more but I know something with such good quality takes time

[@Lunapocalypse]

Rest assured more is on the way, so I think your demands will be met. ;)

[@orangephanta4514]

WOO

[@TonsAFun09]

This is absolutely amazing! I love that you added the fel fire and horns to Caleb at that one part. I have watched this several times and will be watching several more.

[@Lunapocalypse]

I'm glad you enjoyed! Thanks!

[@cokeofcola8773]

no carpet for beau

[@DTux5249]

*"DON'T LET ME BLEED ON IT"*

[@wesleydragon9885]

Does any one else get an archer type feel from this style of animation? It’s so cool especially with the comedic drops. This is awesome, thanks for making it!!!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed! Archer is definitely the inspiration behind the style here. Good eye!

[@wesleydragon9885]

Lunapocalypse you’re very welcome, excited to see your future stuff!

[@Shinoyami65]

I got a real Cheryl vibe from Beau's expression when she said "We're fighting a carpet!"

[@archonhutere4749]

This was really, really good. Please make more, I need more of this in my life.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Working on it! Glad you enjoyed!!

[@pandorawolf8239]

That illidan reference though. I laughed already when liam made the reference. Great to also see it in this animation.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks! His reaction in the game was priceless. I had to include it in that animation!

[@collins7106]

I find myself coming back to this masterpiece fairly often.... there needs to be more!

[@McBabe12329]

Wow the art in this is fantastic. This is incredible!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Cheers! Thanks for watching!

[@captaingig2]

Absolute magic! I love how you totes pulled together Caleb's huge nerdity with running thru his book. Also the visual comedy with Message was pure magic. Pun intended.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Haha, yeah, I love a lot of the little things Liam pushes through with his humour. They slip through easily since he's usually subtle with it, It was a lot of fun animating that little bit.

[@beahwatson]

this is absolutely the BEST animatic i've ever seen! the expressions!! the movement! the style! the humor!!! i simply love this

[@jainaymadden2084]

Caleb being Illidan made me laugh so goddamn hard I didn't even put that together!

[@ronanhiggz9364]

The "Magic Carpet!" from Laura and Marisha in this was amazing!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@leslielaserstorm9151]

Whoa. The animation is so friggin good.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks!!!!

[@emerald7537]

Fuck, i come back to this animation every now and then, it's so fantastic

[@moonykash]

As a person who literally finished this ep this morning, this is so entertaining and satisfying! Bless you!

[@BM03]

My god the quality of this animation is too much, KZbin does not deserve this level of work! Thank you!

[@ReikoKyata]

This made me cry with laughter, the comic timing of the animation with the audio is just spot on. You're so talented!

[@KitsuneRokaku]

I love how Beau and Jester turn back into Keyleth and Vex. It's adorable!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thanks!

[@RPG_Angie]

An amazing piece of work! Seemless audio editing. Beautiful art, great movement, wonderful details. Love Marisha's and Laura's character flashback at 0:25, and Caleb consulting his super professional-looking spellbook.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you for all the kind words! I'm so freaking glad people are getting a kick with the timing and details. Makes me so happy! Thanks for watching!!

[@mikndan6636]

Incredible work. PLEASE do more of these! This is gold

[@BiggySn1p3r]

I could 💯see a Critical Role youtube channel animated series of this with you as lead designer. +Critical Role, hire this man.

[@Lunapocalypse]

That would be an absolute dream. Thanks for the kind words!

[@shannonmcclennan-taylor8925]

Aah! This is so amazing! Beautiful job!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed!

[@JonBlair7]

Absolutely love these! The character models of everyone are fantastic! Keep them coming can't wait for more!

[@kklee06]

This animation is really fantastic. The facial animations are spot on!

[@YorkJonhson]

The way that that camera pans out to reveal Ulog standing in there the whole time is perfect.

[@ryandineen3655]

I am legitimately trying to watch the episodes faster, so that I can watch your animations without fear of spoilers lol Well done!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you! I will always include Season and Episode numbers in the thumbnail and detail section, I'd never want to spoil CRs amazing story for anyone!

[@ryandineen3655]

Lunapocalypse Thank you! These are great:-) Can’t wait you watch the rest

[@HeatherGg15]

This is honestly just incredible

[@Lunapocalypse]

I'm glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching.

[@Halbam]

Wonderful. Simply wonderful. The comedic timing in the animation is unbelievable.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you!!! :D

[@shady7919]

Bro I had to watch this animation 4 times to fully take in it's beauty. Seriously you did NOT cut any corners whatsoever!

[@DaniGeez]

It’s so beautiful

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you!

[@makanivalur]

I can't believe I only just found this! Wonderful animation, this is just so so well done! Made the scene even better to be honest. Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@rich8021]

That was spot on and hilarious. I love that episode! I love your animation style!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you!!!!!!! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@taintedFlora]

This video is what got me into Critical Role and D&D in general ^^ now I've come back to watch it now that I'm caught up, and let me say it's just as amazing as the first time

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you! This is the first I've heard of my animations encouraging people into CR and D&D, so I'm very happy! Glad to be of service.

[@metamaster646]

Can we just talk about how well Matt played them knowing their obsession with flying?

[@LockmanCapulet]

Man, everything about this is flawless! I love the art style and the editing/pacing of the sound bytes.

[@siphry]

This is A M A Z I N G !!!! don't ever stop! It's so wonderful to see the characters animated and actually makes me appreciate them even more than I already do.

[@Lunapocalypse]

I'm glad to be of service! Glad to hear you enjoyed! It's a lot of fun animating these shorts. Expect to see more in the future. :)

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

This animation style is amazing! So detailed and expressive, and the timing is hilariously clever. Absolutely love it!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you!!!~ I'm glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!

[@disasterjones5798]

Oh my goodness! This is incredible! The animation is so fluid and the characters are perfect! And the choices you made in comedic timing, just [chef kiss] so good.

[@ZacMenshew]

This is amazing. Please make more of these!

[@Backflipgal12]

I must have watched this 100 times; you just did such an amazing job! Especially the character designs. Every character fits their voice so well. And the editing of the audio is so good like non of the comedic timing is lost and its improved where you spliced it up. I really love this.

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you for the kind words! It means a lot to hear I'm hitting the mark with audio since it's way out of my field of expertise (I feel like the Audacity file would probably make audio professionals weep). Thanks for watching!

[@BlackEcho]

One of the best Critical Role animations I’ve seen. So good

[@mszpirt]

Do them all, do them all!! ❤️

[@Lunapocalypse]

They will all be done!!!!

[@tktk5975]

this is amazing, I love your animation and art

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you! Thanks for watching!

[@bmiranda58]

These animations are the best. Take your time. I can not wait for the next one

[@Lunapocalypse]

Thank you!! I will hopefully have the next animation complete sooner rather than much later. I'd like to cut out the 2 month wait between videos.

[@tauntaun71]

Wow I’ve only just come by this masterpiece, and it’s so great! I especially love the part where Marisha and Laura go full Keyleth and Vex once they hear the carpet is magical

[@charlie9747]

I have watched this like... 10 times now... Absolutely​ freaking love it...

[@Lunapocalypse]

It always makes me happy to hear Critters rewatching my animations. :) Thanks for the kind words!

[@Larwick]

Fantastic animation, love how beau looks in this

[@Unh0ly0ne]

This is the legit the best animation of CR I've seen since the start of the show.

[@NefariousTen]

holy shit this is so well made, congratulations! I about lost my mind when I saw the hand animation of the carpet being peeled back

[@clicknom9626]

The colouring and details are amazing

[@JavaJaxRex]

This is easily the best Campaign 2 animatic I've seen anywhere to date - full color, good fluidity, and good expressions from the characters. I'm sure you spent many hours on this. 10/10, more please!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Haha, yes many hours were spent. I wouldn't undo them, though. Thanks for the kind words!

[@RPG_Angie]

This is still my favorite MN animation to date, man.

[@janedoe186]

man you got some good comidic timing, would love to see more of these

[@brianseba5098]

Damn, that must have been a lot of work. Congrats, it turned out amazing!

[@Lunapocalypse]

It really was, gonna take it easy on the next one. Maybe only 1min ep this time? I'm glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching!

[@RoronoaZoroSensei]

Oh my god. This animation is amazing! This is the standard I set for the animated series, not just the animation itself, but also the way the story is told without explicitly mentioning die rolls or anything like that. Nice job!

[@Lunapocalypse]

Haha, cheers pal! I have a feeling Titmouse's animation will be top notch. Their quality is another world entirely. I'm super excited to see how it all comes together (and where it goes if they keep raising money in the kickstarter!).

[@imogenmooncaller9312]

THAT WAS AMAZING. PLEASE DO NOT STOP MAKING THESE!!!

[@mabcde9286]

This is AMAZING! I swear, this looks like an official cartoon, it looks professional!