Onua vs Lewa - BIONICLE Stop Motion
Вставка
- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- I hope you enjoy this new animation! I read all the comments, so feel free to ask any questions. Behind the scenes videos are coming soon! Thank you for watching, and a special thanks to subscribers who have stayed with my channel over the years.
Yet another reason why you should always wear a mask... Thanks for watching and subscribe for behind the scenes videos!
Oh and by the way, I do realize the krana is not quite correct and the toa should have their golden masks - I just didn't have those at the time of filming! Hopefully that will not detract too much from the viewing experience :)
👍
Screw the inaccurasies - I loved every second of it! :)
Most of us old fans wouldn't have the patience to do this ourselves anyway :D Nice work!
You could argue the different Krana-use is just a part of this being an amalgamated representative of both of Onua's rescues of Lewa in G1, since the lack of gold masks calls back to Onua saving Lewa from his infected one in 2001.
@Kanohi Kakama I use dragon frame to capture images, but Stop Motion Studio is an amazing option as well. I edit in Premiere and After effects but Davinci Resolve is similar and free
Don't apologize just add it to the multiverse!
7 years later, the poor Bohrok Va still can't catch a break
Hello oboe please consider making videos of this caliber for the last four days thank you
Crossover comment moment.
The quality of this is baffling. I love the nuance you put in all the movements. How long did this take to make?
Thanks! Well filming took a month and the editing took a year (extra busy with school during that time), hard to say how many hours at this point haha. Keep up the amazing animation by the way!
@@TheBohrokMan Wow, it sure shows. That very first shot for example, such amazing compositing. I cannot wait to see what you do next! And thanks for checking out my stuff too ;)
@@LumakenStudio I better get started on the next one then! :) All of your Toa vs Toa vs Toa videos have been some of my favorite videos on UA-cam for such a long time, your transformers work is superb too
@@TheBohrokMan Wow, thank you so much!! Of course, your legendary "The Krana" is one of my own personal Bonkles Stop-mos ever. This last one might be taking his place tho ;)
Omg hi lumaken I’m watched you for so long!
DUDE THIS IS FREAKING AMAZING WHERE DID YOU EVEN COME FROM
He's been around for quite some time, happy to see him back!
You just heard of him, man you are late! This guy has amazing animations
i realized after the fact that he's the krana guy and i don't see how i didn't make the connection
@@mootroidXproductions ahahah
I knew I’d find you here, I was gonna send this to you if you hadn’t seen it already
YYYEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH
Oh hey you're that one guy I know from the thing.
Best bioncle series out there
It’s been nearly 20 years, and I couldn’t be happier that there are talented individuals like you out there who still care. The krana thing in the end was just too perfect!
I'm sharing this to all my subscribers. They don't seem to be watching my Bionicle videos, but maybe I'll get you a couple more subs or something! I really hope this can get the recognition it deserves.
That's very kind! Thanks man!!! I really appreciate it :D
Hey man I knew you from the maskposting group before I knew about your Halo content and I've always loved your MOC takes on Gen 1
Not everyone's out for Part 3 lust
oh hi good to see you here
This is great
Bruh
Bruh
bruh
Bruh
Bruh
A lot of people complain about the Toa Mata’s range of movement, but you’re able to get so much action and emotion out of it! Love how it has the same feel as the old commercials, that front flip brought me back
The special and practical effects were done amazingly!
Thanks man!!
I love this.
Like, actually, I love everything about this.
The quality of the animation, the small bit of humor at the end (making fun of the fact that Bohrok Va literally will NEVER catch a break, no matter what happens), and how you can pretty much see, to an extent, everything that's going on in Lewa and Onuas' heads. You, TheBohrokMan, have earned yourself another subscriber.
Oh wow, thanks so much! I do have quite a soft spot for the Bohrok Va. I’m glad that Lewa and Onua’s intentions came across clearly, I was really worried about that while making it. Thanks for the kind words!
This whole animation feels dream-like, absolutely stunning stopmotion for the figures and for the claymation areas.
Absolutely lovely but oof that Krana at the end.
Thanks! And don't worry, it's just a bit of movie magic that made it look that way - no bionicles were harmed
This is... really incredible! I love the lighting especially. The movements are so natural! Even when they aren't doing anything, they're still breathing and thinking. It's so cool that the bionicle fandom is still making quality stuff like this
There's so much I love about this. Technically its so impressive - this must've taken you forever! And its very sweet, too.
I love how you realized the volcano - looking forward to seeing more about how that was done in the behind the scenes. RIP lehvak va
Wow thanks Peri! I'm glad you like it, I love your animations like Water Pressure!
Wow, absolutely astounding stop-motion animation work, really well put together cinematography, great VFX and overall just very charming and endearing. This is incredibly well done!
Thanks so much! Absolutely in awe of your game and how it's coming along (also insane how you got Tony Wedgwood)
It's... So... SMOOTH!! AMAZING JOB!!! The lighting, the composition, everything was so good. This must have taken such a long time to make. Can't wait to see behind the scenes!
Love the small reference at the end! Glad to hear more original soundtrack on BioTube too. This video was so well produced it's exactly what BioTube needs!
I love the reference to The Krana at the end!!
Glad you noticed! Thanks :)
I remember you telling me about this at Brickfair 2019, and my goodness did this not disappoint. What an absolutely spectacular job with this. One of the finest stop-motion animations I've ever seen. Great work!
Thank you Eljay, that's very kind! I remember at Brickfair you said something along the lines of "whatever you do, just make sure it gets finished!" That's been in the back of my mind since then, especially with this past year being incredibly busy for me and having to carve out hours of free time to work on it.
And while I'm here, I wanted to say thanks for putting the work into running the canon contests along with the rest of TTV - it's been a blast seeing the creativity and community building that's been happening as a result.
Fantastic work. Genuinely stellar. My fave bit was when onua absolutely jawed lewa with the pillar. The effect plus the character reactions were so nuanced and lifelike!
Its always Lewa who gets turned into a bad guy for a episode, isn't it? He got infected in MNOG, he got Bohrok'd too. Yeah, this is a fantastic animation, I love it. The backgrounds are stellar, the movement is fluid and smooth...
At least he didn't become a Shadow Toa in Karda Nui. 😅
@@Dymkobierca well, almost that is.
It's what he gets for being an air-head.
He got tren krom'd though
And it's always Onua who comes to his rescue. It's their thing.
Few could do justice to this canon conflict like you, BohrokMan, and you absolutely delivered! So much personality conveyed through movement alone with some slick air and earth effects, you've really done a great service to all BIONICLE fans! Hope you have more 2002-era content somewhere down the road, but this could be the last video you ever make and I'd be wholly satisfied, well done.
Thank you Callan, you're very kind! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed this animation, it's been a labor of love to put it together. I don't have any 2002-era content planned for the immediate future, instead I'm looking to 2004. There have been far too few renditions of the city of Metru Nui :D
@@TheBohrokMan That is very true, truly any excellent animation from you is welcome regardless!
Oh, that poor little goatdog!
Arent pahrak va goatdogs not levak?
@@ids5621 yea I think
I just finished watching all of the bohrok animations for the first time and I FINALLY understand what you mean haha
OH MY GOD THIS IS SO GOOD! If Lego were to produce bionicles again they have to hire you to animate ads and promotions. Now I want to animate with bionicle! 👌👌👌
This is outstandingly good. The animation quality is fluid to the extreme, the SFX are incredible, I cannot praise this highly enough. This is the gold standard of stop-motion.
Please, PLEASE release a ‘making of’ video; as an animator, there is so much I can learn from you.
Keep up the amazing work; a huge fan!
The Toa Mata, moving in an actual stop motion? No way
It's amazing how much motion and expression you were able to achieve with the limited articulation.
Lewa on his quest to get mind controlled by each type of krana:
This just instantly became one of my favorite videos on the platform!
Is this stop motion or CG, either way it’s really awesome!
Stop motion! And thanks!! There's only a tiny bit of CG at the beginning for the landscape, but otherwise it's all a practical set. The behind-the-scenes videos go into it more if you're interested.
How TF did you do this???
I don’t know what I’m impressed more by, the animation and visual quality or just the way you got them to be so fluid while using models that have rigid and gear-based parts. Like, how did you get their arms to not swivel around randomly while filming? How’d you get them to twist their heads??? Crazy stuff. It’s even a real storyline from the original lore. Great stuff, brings me back to my childhood. Wish we had this stuff back then.
Haha thanks man, glad you enjoyed it! I'm finishing up some behind the scenes videos, the first one will be out this week with some answers to those questions!
Wonderful everything! I also liked the opening (always good to see this familiar island).
The lighting between the cg background and the irl stopmotion set matched really well! What work went into that? Also, is that your own cg render/image edit?
Keep at it! :)
Thank you! Matching the lighting wasn't too bad, I used bits of the actual filmed trees to make the CGI ones, so it matched up a little more easily. Yeah, it's all CGI in blender! I'll be making behind the scenes videos soon to show how it all came together
That is an insane job! And all fight is almost as accurate as in the canonical history
That was some smooth animations!
You’ve really gotten better with the years!
And a nice little reference there at the end :D
Here is a suggestion for a future animation: Maybe a stop motion animation of a toa cannister arriving and then the assembly of one of the toa? Could be fun to see the version of one of the toa we havent seen on commercials or other fanmade version like Lewa, Kopaka or Gali :-)
I haven't been blown away by a stop-motion film in a long time. This is really stunning.
Flawless animation!
The use of plastiline is such a great choice, and the lighting, especially of eyes, is fantastic!
Damn this has to be one of the most amazing Bionicle animations I love how much work went into this bravo! +1 sub!!
Thank you!
Maaaaaaaaaaaan ! That was GREAT ! Is there BTS coming aswell ? Always loved them as much as the actual content !
Thanks Katsuhono!! Yes, I’m working on a bts video - should be done sometime soon!
How much hours did it take you to make this movie?
Such and underrated master piece...
Why are animators with “bohrok” in their name so damn good?
That was such an amazing animation and storytelling!!
This is the closest to how I always imagined a Bionicle movie should feel like!
Duuuuuude
Absolutely incredible! The quality was astounding, and the set design was seamless! If I had to critique it(which is very hard to do)it’d be that the fight wasn’t long enough. This is more of a compliment lol, but I just wanted to see more of Onua and Lewa really going at it. But even then, I think the fight overall, was very impressive.
👏👏👏let’s get some applause for this man.
Thanks Rondax! Haha yeah, after I put together the first edit I realized I probably should have added a few more hits. Glad you enjoyed it! Keep up the good work with your videos too!
@@TheBohrokMan eyy, thanks my guy!
Onua: "Aw shit here we go again"
Bionicle....now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. A long time.
Oh how I wish to go back to those days. Back to the land of Mata Nui, in the time before time.
Incredible! The lighting, the scenery, the animation, the STORY! The characters relationship. This one had it all. I'll be keepin an eye on your content. Stoked for what ever else you got in store.
And i thought my stop motion was good...
Your stop motion is great! Keep up the good work, I love seeing the energy effects that you add to your videos
@@TheBohrokMan :0 Thanks!! I am currently working on one now, actually. but i need Axonn, and he hasn't arrived in the mail yet, so yeah lol
Your videos very cool. The ultimate childhood fantasy. I am very grateful for what you are doing.
Wow! The animation was so fluid and you got such great movement out the limited articulation. Amazing work.
My god dude, please keep making more 🤘
Looks like an actual lego commercial
Truly an amazing work of art
you're absolutely awesome, i wish you luck 8)
That was awesome!
this deserves astronomically higher views
Thank you, you are very kind
You have sparked joy into my life, thank you so much for this beautiful work or art. Thank you
the frame rate is glorious, and the zooms/special effects were next level, nice work!
Great job! It was so live.
Especially this bohrok va in the end ;)
Awesome work man. Editing and lighting is on point!
Hey does anyone know the name of the bionicle shoulder piece with the ident and slot for the plus?
Wow... This was amazing! GG this can't get old
If I had a nickel for every time Lewa lost his mask and got taken over by an evil influence, and it was up to Onua to save him...I'd have _two nickels._
...Which isn't a lot, _but it's weird that it happened twice._
Poor guy can’t seem to catch a break
This is just fricking incredible mate!
SOOO GREAT!!!
This is so cool! incredible work
Bro what the frick you have no right to be this awesome
Lewa: I know you took my mask!
Onua: You just left your mask in the jungle
Lewa: Do I? I didn't remember...
Onua: You did found it, and put on your mask, Lewa.
Lewa: HOW DID YOU SAY MY NAME?!
Onua vs Lewa: Dawn of Bionicle.
Now I'm imagining Lewa getting into fights over people not pronouncing his name right XD
this is perfect. this is one of the best stop motions i have ever seen.
Shouldn't they have had the gold masks by now?
This is so nostalgic, I remember this exact moment from the books and you captured it perfectly!
Because of this video, I will subscribe.
I don’t think I’ve ever slammed the sub button so fast
This is so incredible! how did you make their heads and arms move so fluidly?? This is so amazing wow.
Thanks man! Getting the increments even takes a bit of practice, but the thing that really helps is being able to play back the animation while I'm filming it - that way I can adjust the movements to be more even. I also used a lightsaber piece to connect the head so it could turn.
Wow, that opening shot is amazing. Solid video overall.
Thank you!! I thought your username was familiar, Welcome to Darkmoor is an absolute masterpiece!
Man, This was AMAZING!!!!!!!! Literally everything was top notch, the VFX, The smooth animation, The shots and camera movement creating suspense! I cant stop watching this, it's hollywood movie quality right here
Thanks so much! That means a lot coming from you, your stop motion is so good
@@TheBohrokMan thanks 🙏
Fantastic animation, and surprisingly wholesome too! Amazing job, the subtly in the motion is excellent, there was a lot of acting added into it, well done!
This is the definition of underrated
Nice to still see Bionicle Stop Motions, let alone Gen 1 Bionicles going into 2021.
I love overall the result of your hard work to make the animation so smooth and the plot easy to grasp.
But I must say that what make this special to me personally...
The minimum modifications on the sets. I am aware the pose ability of original sets is lacking for such project, but I can not express how wonderful was to see them move.
Thank you for this decision and your effort is greatly appreciate ^_^
Thank you so much!! I’m glad you enjoyed the animation and the style. I always think of stop motion as a kind of magic that can bring objects to life, so I’m happy that feeling came across!
I can hear labs strings in this, you composed the score did you not? Also I love reference to an older stopmotion of yours at the end:P this was fantastic, keep up the amazing work my guy:)
Geez dude, good ear!! You are indeed correct, I used the labs strings (and the related BBC Symphony Orchestra, also from Spitfire) and LMMS to make the music. I'm new to composing, so I just used the first good free stuff I could find. If you have any advice, instrument packs/software you like to use, or places you've learned how to compose from, I'd love to know. You seem good at this stuff from your channel! Anyway, glad you enjoyed it! :D
@@TheBohrokMan I could send you an invite to a group of composers they know more than I do there and can always recommend good libraries and stuff but they tend to always try and convince others to buy expensive library (they convinced me once, I don’t regret it but my wallet does) if you join the group you’ll be able to find a list of good free vsts for music and there are better DAWs than Lmms for that kind of composing such as waveform free, cakewalk, FL Studio Demo (you can’t save project but can export) cakewalk and waveform are not limited they let you do whatever you want to do. If you don’t want to join I could try to send you a few links and give you the names of some really good free stuff. I recognized Labs because I always use stuff from there it’s very high quality even though it’s free same for BBCSO but I have to say the cote version is really worth the buy especially for starters like you, I think they have a discount on it rn and you have everything you need in there to start composing.
If you don’t already have the free stuff native instruments have I’ll highly recommend getting the free stuff they have it’s all demo products from actual synths/plugins they have but reduced the amount of possibilities, still very good and a good place to start.
Wow, thanks so much!!! I'd love to be added to the group. I'll check out BBSCO core and Native Instruments, and also try out waveform and cakewalk. I really appreciate the help!
Hope to see you in there:)
Got Any more plans for Bionicle Fight Animations in the future?
Yes! I'm currently trying to finish the behind-the-scenes for this one, and then I'm moving on to another stop motion. I'm planning to do one in Ko-Metru and another one that's really short and quick, we'll see how it goes
Here’s a tip for articulation: You can use flex tube as there necks. It slightly extends them, (not by much, only slightly.) But gives them full neck articulation.
Oh cool! Good to know 😃
@@TheBohrokMan You can find a tutorial here: ua-cam.com/video/NBqFfabel8k/v-deo.html
That was outstanding cap’n! Great special fx, strong camera angles, solid story telling.
A lot of the motion felt a little too uniform (I didn’t quite feel the force or weight of the attacks in the fight scene), but this animation was truly a grand step forwards for the community.
You have our thanks!
Hey thanks! I'm glad to hear that you like the camera angles and story telling! I appreciate the constructive feedback, I'll make sure to work on juicing up the weight and force next time - always eager to improve. Best of luck with all of your amazing work!
@@TheBohrokMan Most excellent! I look forward to what you'll cook up next. (And thanks for receiving that feedback well, not everyone takes criticism so kindly.)
@@EdenSandersArt Great! Always open to feedback, especially when it's constructive and helpful
OH MY GOODNESS YOU ACTUALLY BACK, THIS IS AWESOME, CANT WAIT TO SEE MORE AMAZING STOP MOTIONS
Also do you have any advice for stopmotions, I'm not the best and I'm trying to grow my channel, my main question is how to keep the figures planted on the ground, even when I use glue tack they fall over alot, and I'm not the best at editing stands of the screen
Hey! I just subscribed to your channel, your animations are looking great, keep it up! Keeping the figures planted on the ground is one of the most important things in stop motion. Professionals use tie-downs, basically they screw the feet down into the table. Another option is glue tack, like you said. In this video here, the whole ground is made from clay, and so the Bionicles stick into it really securely. You could also try magnets, where you glue a magnet into the character's feet and then animate on a metal surface or have strong magnets below the table.
But even if the feet are super securely attached to the table, often the foot joints are not strong enough to hold up the rest of the character for every possible pose. So then you need to use stands like you mentioned. I'd say rig removal is a fundamental part of stop motion, so I think it's worth taking the time to learn good ways to remove the stands. There were stands in most shots in this video! Here's one good tutorial on how to do this using GIMP, which is free: ua-cam.com/video/p0MpjK9wUok/v-deo.html. Searching "stop motion rig removal" in youtube also gives plenty of other good videos which will have the tips you need.
Keep up the good work! Let me know if you want any more advice or tips, I'm happy to help!
@@TheBohrokMan thanks alot man, I've been a fan ever since your "the krana" so it amazing to have you subbed, also thanks alot for the link and advice I will surely use them and hopefully become as great as you one day 😀 👍
Amazing job! I love the smooth transition at the beginning and the set design is also great. You've improved a lot since the last one!
Mate it's rare to see a Stop Motion of this quality, the fluid motion the lighting and the overall production is top quality and how the hell did you make it look like Onua was shocked to see Lewa under the Bohrok control? this video is amazing keep up the awesome work
Thanks so much! As for onua’s reaction: editing, camera movement, and music do all the work when you can’t do facial expressions!
0:25 Best fckn establishing shot I've ever seen, is that a digital/matte background with real elements in the fore ground?
Ah thanks! Yep! It’s a 3D digital landscape with real stop motion in the foreground, I’ve got a breakdown in my behind-the-scenes video if you’re interested! m.ua-cam.com/video/XmjCkpaY1Q0/v-deo.html
I'm quite impressed with the amount of movement you manage to give to the Toa Mata.
Did you use a blue screen in the beginning shot?
Thanks! The Mata certainly require a bit of creativity to pose, for example jumping/landing/walking without knees xD. Yes, the beginning shot is bluescreen with a CGI forest and mountain made in blender. I'll have a behind-the-scenes video coming soon
Man this makes me wanna collect the bohrok va
I haven’t collected bionicle in a while I gotta get back into it
Heck yeah. With bricklink and ebay, it’s easier to track them down these days. The bohrok va are good ones for sure
No matter how many times i see it This is amazing!
Damn, that's soo good!!
This is incredible, you have serious talent, the fact you managed to make this look cinematic as well is so impressive.
a beautiful comeback
Holy moly that's amazing
Absolutely beautiful fight! The animation was buttery smooth and the fight scene was great! This is a scene from the books/comics that I've always wanted to see get brought to life and you have done so just about flawlessly! Great job!
Thank you, you are very kind. Keep up the great work with your videos as well :)
Huh. Strangely wholesome😂👍 Loved it dude! The set design and lighting was top notch and the stop motion was fluent as always.
Thanks Terron!
really awesome! I love the environment you set for them to fight! Keep up the good work!
Thank you! :)
Man I loved this! I love how much love you have for the Bohrok Va
excellent as always!
Truly amazing