Mega Man X MAVERICKS Ep. 2 - Storm Eagle (3D fan-film) - a Blender short
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2021
- It's finally here! After roughly four months, the second episode of my Mavericks series is finally complete.
"Mavericks" is my own fictional series about the events after Mega Man X.
It basically asks the question: What if all the Maverick Bosses survived? Showing their side of the events.
My plan is to create one short 2-3 minute episode for each of the eight mavericks and let all of those come together in 2 final episodes. Those will take months each, so please be patient :)
It was such a great time but also waaaaaay more work than I anticipated :D But I also learned a lot! After 1.5 years of using blender, so far this is my proudest work.
Things I learned during this process and did for the first time:
- rigging
- animating a character
- using 2D video elements
- smoke simulations (thank you embergen)
- sound composition
- optimizing scenes for low render times
- engineering mechanical wings (never again!!!)
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Thank you to the following people that helped me indirectly with this project:
- Ian Hubert: / mrdodobird for all the great tutorials and many assets, which I used in this video!
- Jan van den Hemel: / blendersecrets for the awesome Blender Secrets e-book. A must have for every blender user!
- Ponte Ryuurui: / ponteryuurui for the awesome decals
- Sady Fofana: www.artstation.com/vertexpoly... also for many cool decals
- Rachel Frick: / artfromrachel for the awesome modelling tutorials
Music: Epidemic Sound - Defend and Resist by Dream Cave
Sound Effects: Epidemic Sound & Sonnis
This is a work of fan fiction using characters from the Mega Man world, which is trademarked by Capcom.
This is a fan project which is 100% created by me and is used in a non-commercial way.
Both Mega Man and Storm Eagle are characters created and owned by Capcom, and I do not claim any ownership over them. No copyright infringement is intended. - Фільми й анімація
Capcom doesn't deserve fans this devoted.
Dude.....and entire movie like this in X's universe would be PERFECT. Most criminally underused series EVER.
Agree!!!
It is the style of the Transformers saga in the history of Maverick Hunter X or X, it would be unfortunate if some film production company in the United States did not do well with the effects that currently exist.
@@DemNikoArt please yes
@@DemNikoArt WE NEED MORE You need to make the resurrection from the Storm Eagle Remix Animated The Red one
@@jerrad123able We'll see where the whole story of mavericks goes 😉
Paaaaaatience 🫥
I love the realistic style, that still retains the anime look with the eyes and designs. Wouldn't mind at all if an X movie/series took this route.
Thank you very much! 😊
It was indeed tricky to come up with a design, that keeps the original tone and shapes but also looks kinda realistic. But with a lot of trial and error, I'm actually happy with it 😁
I would also like a movie like that. This was basically the origin of this 😊 If nobody will do that, then you have to do it yourself 🤓 But a full movie would be too much for one person.
But this will be a 10 part series, so maybe you'll be happy with what you get here 😉
Maybe it's just Storm Eagle, but I find this short incredibly badass. He goes from damaged and accepting defeat to realizing he's still got power; which means he can still fight. Then rising up with wings spread, taking flight as if he's heading back for round 2 against X.
So badass.
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it gets even better when you realize that Storm Eagle was canonically just a deep cover agent working against sigma to the point he died with his cover intact, X didn't know until after.
a series like this would explore those awesome plot points, such as his returning from being presumed KIA for repairs back at maverick HQ.
1:25 I love how up to this moment Storm is effectively waiting for death, but then it seems a system check completes and storm realizes his basic systems are stable and he initiates self preservation protocols. very nice touches without saying a word or showing a status screen. Nicely done.
Thanks a lot!
You figured it out! 😉 That's exactly what I was aiming for. To tell as much as possible without explaining too much. Glad that I could convey the story beats successfully ☺️
It is the style of the Transformers saga in the history of Maverick Hunter X or X, it would be unfortunate if some film production company in the United States did not do well with the effects that currently exist. But hey, the directors and their visions tend to alter the final product and that is where a project can fall. Let's hope they respect the original material as in these short films
This is the canon story where Storm Eagle didn't explode into orbs when being defeated by X, like in the game.
Damaged but not out, Storm can still fight.
Man the realism and the story portrayed without a word being said is just breathtaking.
That was my main goal. To use my limited resources to my advantage and tell a story just with the visuals and in a short amount of time :)
Okay this one was absolutely terrifying, storm eagle looks like he's ready to not take prisoners
This is gotta be after being defeated by x,he look like zero reaped havoc on him.
absolutely amazing... I can only imagine the countless hours this took but they all paid off... Capcom should take notice and budget a whole film with your vision.
Thank you very much!!! I just counted. It was about 240 hours of work! :D
Plus many things in there I have never done before. So there was a lot of trying out and failing and troubleshooting. But in the end I learned so much! Maybe now, the next ones will be easier :D
@@DemNikoArt So that's about 6 weeks of work if done as a full-time gig. Since you probably have a day job, I would guess you spent maybe 14-20 hours a week working on this, which would push it to anywhere from 3-5 months and change. Am I right?
@@justmike3018 That's exactly right!!! 😄 I started in April so 4 months is pretty accurate. And I worked on it roughly about 2h a day. And yes I have a job. I'm a freelance graphic designer and work from home. So that gave me some flexibility to sometimes put more hours in a day into it 🙂
I will soon put up some timelapse videos up, since I recorded the whole process. Then you will see first hand what kind of endeavour this was 😁
@@DemNikoArt That's great! I've always wanted to do something creative like this, so now I have an idea how long it might take. Looking forward to seeing more.
Why did storm eagle betrayed the reploids and became a maverick 😔
Impressive, the X series soul is represented here.
Congrats.
The insane mechanical style and detail is just beautiful!
Thank you! Yeah, especially the wings were a huge challenge! I'm not an engineer but I didn't want to cheat. They should work properly. It was a huge pain and I hope I never have to do that again 😅
If they made a Megaman X movie it would be like the transformer movie saga.
This is beautiful I can’t even fathom the talent and time that went into making this film. It’s like a glimpse of everything I ever wanted of a Megaman X film to be. You are amazing!
Thank you so much!!!
That's so cool to hear! Yes, the amount of work was more than I expected 😅
And I'm doing this also because many like myself want a new interpretation of our favourite characters. And since capcom won't, someone's gotta do it 😁
Outstanding. The favorite of many fans, Storm Eagle, is back to hunt the maverick hunters. Really good job!!!
He is indeed a favourite. After launch octopus I made a poll in a mega man Facebook group, who I should do next. And he won by a landslide 😁
The pressure was accordingly high 😅
@@DemNikoArt As far as landslides are concerned, you'd think that would have been Armored Armadillo. ; P
Too bad. In many adaptations of the character, he's either the unwilling servant of Sigma, or even the Maverick Hunters' inside man.
@@reddits2177 I think it had been confirmed that Storm Eagle is the only Boss in X1 who was forced to serve sigma against his will, not only in the Remake is this mentioned but in other medias too. And to be fair this makes Storm Eagle an even deeper character because unlike all the others he didn't have a choice it was either join or die.
@@inactivehorse9753
Armored Armadillo is also unwittingly serving Sigma.
Coming from your later videos in this series, I love how much of Storm Eagle is plainly recognizable despite your stylization, it helps sell how much more broken apart the others are after their defeats, that they've fallen further than they already had when they defected
Thank you.
That's very cool to hear other's interpretation 😃
But to be honest, it's mostly because with episodes 1 & 2 I wasn't able to get that far with the design. I was still learning. That's why I kept it more simple and intact 😉
With 3 & 4 I tried a more realistic and mechanically correct approach.
But I realized that the original design needs to stay in focus. That's why I want to find a good middle ground between the design philosophy of episodes 2 and 4.
Robotic and damaged but still true to the original character.
Storm Eagle: So It Begins
Someone HIRE THIS ARTIST NOW HOw am I just seeing this?!?! The pacing, the style, the environment down to the last detail is insane!! I CANT
Hahaha... yes!!! But also no, just gimme money and a team. Leave the rest up to me 😄
Storm eagle is the few Mavericks that has honor only followed sigma because he knew he couldn’t win and so to spare the lives of his unit ! Unlike Mammoth who wasn’t even infected and just wanted to spread chaos or Mandrill who was a mindless brute who followed orders most Mavericks weren’t infected they followed sigma for personal reasons
Knowing that gives Storm Eagle's return to the fray here the vibe of _"I have fought against you, X. Now, I fight for you."_
An interesting thing is that Storm Eagle technically didn't have the virus in the game. He was a very logical kind of reploid, so when he saw how powerful Sigma had become it was less a question of justice and more of survival..
Yep 👍
I'm utterly speechless...
I played the first Mega Man X game when I was 5 and I always wished the franchise got a high-production value film.
All I can say is thank you for doing this, you've made one of my childhood dreams come true.
Thank you!!! I think you're the kind of viewer I was making it for 😁
Holy... this legit is some Hollywood level of detail here... Like WOW all those moving parts look amazing.
Thank you!!! 😊
Yeah, those were especially hard. They brought me to my knees. But I'm super happy with the result and happy I never have to do mechanical wings ever again 😅
I love how this feels like a meme template
this is super, not only is the 3d on point but the sound design is ace too
Thanks a lot. this was my first time doing sound design. It was very weird and I would probably do some things differently today, but i still like it. And hey, if you like it then I'm happy too.
I absolutely love how you designed and made Storm Eagle's wings function! It boggles my mind how you don't have more subscribers!
Thank you very much!
The redesign is always a gamble. Some like the new aspects but some don't want any changes. I try to find a good middle ground ☺️
And yeah, the wings were a pain 😅
They work but it's very complicated to control. For his next appearance I definitely need to put in better controls.
And yeah, I'd like to have more subscribers.
I post as often as possible and everywhere but it just doesn't really happen 🤷
Gravity control is canon in the Megaman universe; so that’s how a heavy robot can fly.
Just 6 thousand of views?!?! THIS IS FRICKING BEAUTIFUL!! You deserve more for work like this!!!
Thank you very much!!! ☺️
I would love for more people to see it. But it's a tough UA-cam world here. You can share it. That's always a good way to support people 🙂
this looks like if storm eagle hag a realistic filter and had the same death as the terminalmontage counterpart
simply amazing, looking forward to the next ones.
Thanks! Me too :D
Storm Eagle always struck me as the noble, dutybound and honorable soldier type. The kind who holds themselves to a loftier ideal (pardon the pun) than simply following orders. The kind that, struggling to resist the sigma virus, would command X to destroy him before he loses control completely. A lot of folks forget that these Mavericks were once Hunters and X's friends.
That's true!
He actually only joined sigma reluctantly and doesn't see the war as necessary. It was more of a survival move. But he's one of the more redeemable characters for sure. I'm trying to keep that in mind when going forward with him.
Beautiful and awesome work! I can't wait to see the other mavericks! Also, the wings on Storm eagle are stunning!
Thanks!!! Yeah those wings almost crushed me :D That was a pain to basically engineer them, so they work properly without cheating. And I'm no engineer :D
I've never done something like that before. But now, I feel like no machine can be to complex for me :D I'm just glad that the other mavericks are kinda "easier" built. But we'll see...
Storm Eagle looks like a transformer!🤩
Oh my goodness this is absolutely incredible!!! I love the super mechanical look while being faithful to the design
Thank you! 🙂
Yeah that was also important to me. Wasn't easy though 😁
These look really amazing! Is it wrong that I'm more excited about seeing the airport stage than Storm Eagle? 1:01 looks beautiful!
Not wrong at all! 😉 I put a lot of effort into making it similar to the stage, so I was kinda hoping someone would notice it 😁 I used the original stage as a reference so there are even more elements from it in there. Maybe you'll find them 😉 But I'll probably make an Easter egg video or something 😁
This video deserve way more views, great work
You are a fallen warrior, hunted down by former allies, defeated by a former comrade and believed deactivated. From your ashes you will rise again.
Simply gorgeous
Beautiful. Thank you for every second you spent making this.
My pleasure! 💙
I came here from your Sting Chameleon post on Reddit.
Dude, you got so much talent!!! Can't wait to see the rest of the series! 🤘
That's super nice, thank you! 💙
I am also looking forward to releasing this one. Edit and rendering is done. Just the sound design is missing. But probably won't take long 😉
This is incredible work, Niko! So much respect for your persistence and skill.
Thank you very much!!! 😍
Storm Eagle left so he wouldn’t have to pay for the property damage.
😄
my God What a show!!! this is an amazing adaptation work has to become a series of netflix !!!!!
Haha that would be awesome! Maybe one day when the whole series is done and maybe has a lot of fans, I can sell it to Netflix as a mini series.
Like Love, Death & Robots :D
Mine has also death and robots. Maybe I put some love in the later episodes. Then it's a must for Netflix :D
Awesome and beyond epic! Congrats, brother!
this is the most badass thing I've ever seen.
Storm Eagle always had my favorite theme song and level,
but now he's my favorite in general thanks to this concept of a highly detailed 3D model, well done!
Thank you!!! Wow so I did something right I guess 😁
And yeah, his stage theme is really really good!!!
I would love to see a whole movie animated like this. You made an awesome video clip. You really elevated a great game character.
I would also like to see and do a movie like this. But it take so much time just for one person. Plus I'm still a beginner in the 3d animation sector 😄
That's why I'm starting small with short episodes which will come together in one or two final episodes. So in the end, you will kinda have a short movie 😁
Oh wow, this looks f*cking AMAZING!! I love the realistic take on the cartoony model you gave him
And yes, Storm Eagle is great
Amazing work my dude, is so nice to see my favorite maverick boss emerging alive from the ashes. Really can't wait to see how the others will turn out but no doubt do far my favorite is Storm Eagle's
THIS PERFECTION
It's seems incredible!
i love your attention to detail. most everything shown is recognizable from the game. truly great work!
That's so cool that you recognize those things. I indeed tried to make it as true to the original stage as possible ☺️
Just... Wow...
How have I never heard of this before??? As a megaman fan, this is amazing!
Hahaha I don't know. I try my best to get it out there 😁
This animation is so damn underrated.
This deserve more views
This is INCREDIBLE! I totally fan-girled, Storm Eagle looks so amazing! Would totally see this if it were in movies and you were behind the wheel.
Hahaha... Thanks!
I would definitely do something like that. But not alone 😅 This is so much work. Jeeeez...
This is awesome brother, everything looks very realistic and detailed, thanks for taking me back to my childhood, you'd make an awesome limited series with this
Oh wow! Amazing work!
The amount of detail and animation on all the mechanics of a very beaten up Storm Eagle is jaw-dropping. Seriously, the attention to detail is amazing! I don't know if you need a little bit of extra motivation, but you've made my day better!
Hahaha. I can always need a bit of motivation. It always helps, so thanks! 😉
Keep going in this, man. Maybe this don't will have the popularity of a regular video of a big youtuber or animator, but it have the quality to deserve every and all view that its get.
Thanks man! I really appreciate it!
I definitely will keep making these 😉
And as you said, I don't really care if I have a huge following. If the people that watch it already have fun with it, it's more than enough for me.
Wow, so many memories!. Great animation!.
Thank you!!! 🙃
This is absolutely incredible work you've done. Considering the stage bosses have more history to them beyond what the games show us (especially as far as both official Japanese info and the manga are concerned), this is very much a welcome thing. Superb work.
Thanks a lot!!! 😊
Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with the history outside the games. But the core concept has so much potential that I wanted to explore things from different sides and enhance the story and ideas. There will be more cool ideas in the upcoming ones. At least in my head so far 😅 E.g. I want to explore various genres with each one. But we'll see, in the next few months... 😉
@@DemNikoArt You're very welcome. The supplemental material is always a great way to learn more about the characters beyond what the game shows. In the case of the manga, a few of the bosses are largely different in personality compared to the original SNES and PSP remake titles showed us.
Yeah, maybe I should give it a read.
This project seems like I'm an expert on mega man and know all the lore... *whispers* but I don't 😁
@@DemNikoArt Totally. I hope you enjoy it when you get around to reading it. Iwamoto changed a few things with his storytelling, but in essence, it's still a pretty good adaptation of the game. : )
>>Insert Storm Eagle theme noises here
I am so in love with these animations! I'm so excited for more!
Hello! Una latina desde el grupo de Facebook de megaman reportandose!!!
Eres increíble!!
I’d pay to see more of this, great design and world looks true too
Thanks a lot!!! Don't worry, you don't have to. Will be all for free here 😉
💎 Joya!
This is so sick! I love your Mega Man X animations
OMG! IT'S AMAZING!
Brutalisimo! uff 🤩
Absolutely fantastic job. This is amazing!
awesome, deserve an animated movie, the concept of megaman x enemy, come back is cool (because normally they exploded unfortunately)
Man that was epic, love to see more continuation from this video 10/10
You will 😉
It'll take some time, but the story is already written.
Ok this looks really BADASS
Good job making 4 mavericks so far, I wish there was a full movie this looks amazing, also please make launch octopus one longer
Thanks! Yeah a full movie would be amazing. But it's just me in my spare time 😊
Making Octopus' episode longer would be a big endeavour. It was my first project so it's not much. But the story beats work in that short amount of time.
But don't worry, we will see him again 😉
You've done a really good job with this!
Thank you! 🦅
Bro this is amazing work you did.
Thanks a lot!!! 💙
Damn man, that looks awesome. Can't imagine how much work it must be to model and animate all that detail. Also, I'm usually a bit apprehensive of these dark and gritty and realistic renditions of anime-ish / cartoon-ish properties, but it's nice that you kept the charm of the original. Nice job!
Wow, thanks for that!!!
That's great to hear, that it keeps the original charme. This is one of those things, I was mostly afraid of. I'm also not a fan of "dark is always better" mentalities. But here, there was just so much potential 😁
And yes, it was a lot of work!!! Especially for me as a recent blender user. Roughly 240 hours.
I'm currently uploading a Making Of Series called "making mavericks" so you can see exactly how much work went into it 😉
Yo this is heavenly animation
But man he looks like he bouta transform starscream style
You need to be more famous man, the megaman universe are huge and we rhe fans have been wishing a lot this kind of content
Agree on the famous part 😁
MEGAMAN X DESERVES A MOVIE
100% 👊
Bruh. INSANE !!!!!!!!!!
Whooooooa, I was WAITING on ya bro!! Very badass!!!
Thank you very much! Now the wait for the next one begins 😁
Absolutely amazing! This should have more views!
Agree 😁
The best animation i ever see. Excelent!!!
Looks awesome, it's so beautiful, what a great job man lmllml
Yo that was badass man! Great job! I recently started learning blender and this was incredible, I hope to one day create something as impressive as this!
Thank you. I'm pretty sure you will. It's just a matter of time 😉
I also started 2,5 years ago. With the right tutorials and some time you will get there too 💪
Great stuff man, fun concept, and cool seeing these awesome characters in a different way. Looking forward to the rest! and maybe even X2 in the future! not to be greedy haha.
Hahaha... This series alone will take me at least two years to finish 😅 After that I wanted to create original content with my own Stories. But we'll see. When it's super successful, then maybe I'm forced to do mega man videos forever 😬
And thanks! That was the core idea, to see them in a different way. More enhanced and realized with current tech.
Amazing
"Forgive me, X. I...I must defeat you."
Holy shit dude…. Like I have no words man, god damn breath taking. And this is FAN MADE, like damn dude. Amazing work 👌🏾
Hahaha... that's Soooo cool to hear! Thanks a lot! Yep all by myself. And I'm still learning. So we'll see what will come next 😉
Good luck , awesome footage 👏👏
I dont know who you are, but we need you, the world needs you to make this movie real.
I'm doing my best to fullfil this prestigious duty 🦸♂️
A whole film won't be possible for me alone, but hopefully all short episodes, when finished, will at least make up one short film 🙂
This is exactly how I feel every time I go to play Super Smash Brothers online.
DUDE THIS IS SICK I LOVE IT
Thanks a lot! That's great to hear! I was so insecure, if mega man fans would accept a different interpretation of their favourite characters. I'm super relieved now 😄
I really wish a new megaman game like that. well done.
They was pretty cool
Thanks! 😊
Is there actually extended material that reveals Storm Eagle survives? If so I need more of it.
Reading he was a Maverick because he felt shame of his failures is one of the more interesting motivations out of the bosses.
As far as I know not.
That's just my own fanfic basically 😁
I like those characters and wanted to see more of them. So I came up with this idea that they all somehow survived.
I also like his story! That was my motivation to show their side of the story and not just to categorise them into good and bad.
well he did fight x twice in the first game, once on the air ship and again in sigma's palace. maybe he flew to sigmas palace to get repaired for round 2
@@DemNikoArt i mean x fought them all again in sigma's palace
@@user-ix6vv8lo5jYep true. I also thought of that later :D
But I also found out that there is an explanation for that: apparently these are just empty duplicate husks of them, filled with just the basic motor functions. So not the "real" ones.
@@DemNikoArt in maverick hunter x they are not empty duplicates, they are repaired by sigma and then have their personalities wiped so i dont know where you heard that
Awesome!
this is awwsome dude.....keep going ! ✌
I will! 😉
Brooo, this trailer is amazing! I dont know how you do that but... Damn! Its incredible!
Well... I know it's short, but it's not a trailer. It's the full thing :D
But thanks! I don't know how I did that either :D
@@DemNikoArt what do you mean with "the full thing"? Arent you making a full movie?
Hahaha... Nope 😄
I am doing this all by myself in my spare time. Those two minutes alone took me about 4 months. A full 3d movie takes even for a team of 100 people at least 2-3 years. Sorry to disappoint.
This will be a series of short episodes each about 2-3 minutes long. Those combined will create a miniseries with final 2 episodes to close the story arc.
10 episodes in total. Hope you can still enjoy it 😉
this franchise is my favorite, I started to like the first Megaman x when I was 12 years old (it was 3 years ago), and I love the psp remake, I like to observe to create something (I'm saying this because even though I don't intend to be an animator, as someone who wants to be able to write but doesn't feel prepared enough, this animation inspires me a lot); this video was not just a mere animation, it's like a love letter to the Megaman x community
Thank you very much for your words 💙
I'm super happy that I could bring you joy with this 🙂
Keep creating! Even if it's just small stuff. You always have to start somewhere 🤓
Absolutely beautiful!
Meu Deus, que obra de arte! ❤
If he really wants to fight, he's going to have to do something about that busted storm cannon first...
True!
Also he needs to get his weapon back from X 😉
This is super cool