Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by brudgers » Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 12:24 AM UTC

Lego Battle of Verdun [video]
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Re: Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by andrewflnr » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 3:10 AM UTC

If wonder if this is where they got the French machine guns: https://www.brickwarriors.com/french-lmg/ (first result for "lego chauchat gun"). I kind of love that there's this 3rd-party market for relatively obscure weapons for minifigs.

Re: Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by usrusr » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 3:42 AM UTC

Lego depicting war is so depressing...

(well, except for Lego Star Wars of course, somehow that seems to pass both the corporate and my personal "no way toys!" filters)

Re: Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by dylan604 » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 3:53 AM UTC

"The Battle of Verdun showed the strength and determination of the French, and revealed to the world the chaos and destructiveness of modern war."

Based on the jokes from WWII, they must have not recovered that tenacity in time. "We have these gently used WWII French rifles. They've only been dropped once"

Re: Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by elil17 » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 3:59 AM UTC

I wonder if this is done with CGI or real Legos. The texture on the prices is excellent but The LEGO Movie achieved this level or realism in CGI.

Edit: looked at the rest of his channel. It’s a mix of stop motion, rigs to throw bricks/simulate brick explosions, and CGI.

Re: Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by MichaelMoser123 » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 4:05 AM UTC

Are these computer animated movies is are they doing that in lego? They also got lots of other battles rendered this way, it must be a movement!

there are even stop motion movies on the Ukraine war

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r89A4ngNnxU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BrAZBHkRB8

Re: Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by bluetomcat » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 4:12 AM UTC

usrusr wrote: post #3

Lego depicting war is so depressing... (well, except for Lego Star Wars of course, somehow that seems to pass both the corporate and my personal "no way toys!" filters)

As far as themed sets go, Lego has been consistent in promoting aggressiveness in the last 30 years. Police chasing the bad guys to put them in a prison cell, pirates wanting to plunder the treasure, ninjas riding heavily-armed aircraft.

Re: Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by beckingz » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 4:21 AM UTC

MichaelMoser123 wrote: post #6

Are these computer animated movies is are they doing that in lego? They also got lots of other battles rendered this way, it must be a movement! there are even stop motion movies on the Ukraine war https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r89A4ngNnxU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BrAZBHkRB8

There are behind the scenes videos of the stop animation!

Re: Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by beckingz » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 4:22 AM UTC

elil17 wrote: post #5

I wonder if this is done with CGI or real Legos. The texture on the prices is excellent but The LEGO Movie achieved this level or realism in CGI. Edit: looked at the rest of his channel. It’s a mix of stop motion, rigs to throw bricks/simulate brick explosions, and CGI.

The combination is extremely impressive.

Re: Lego Battle of Verdun [video]

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Post by Thorrez » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 4:31 AM UTC

usrusr wrote: post #3

Lego depicting war is so depressing... (well, except for Lego Star Wars of course, somehow that seems to pass both the corporate and my personal "no way toys!" filters)

>well, except for Lego Star Wars of course

Until you watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WmLmPYvrMA