....Our bad

Hey guys! Do you like my sexy Chinork wreckage?

I can't believe we haven't updated since March, we're really sorry about that.
So the last post said about a new website and frankly it never happened, it was supposed to be done ages ago but communication between ourselves and the web-designer came to a grinding halt.

So I think we'll be going back to this for updates for the time being.
Don and I have been really busy with life recently, Don has started College in the States, majoring in whatever the fuck people do to become directors. Whilst I have gone to University here in the UK to do Computer Animation.

Space Hulk 2 is no further along in development and Kommandos is still plodding along. I'm very dissapointed that it's still not done, but it will be...one day!
I might start calling it Kommandos: Forever.

Part of the reason for this is my abilities as an artist have dramatically improved since the last time I've posted, meaning new scenes look miles ahead of old scene, meaning I have to re-do old scenes or apply a fresh lick of paint. Even the screenshot up to top is somewhat out of date.

The other reason is a new series Don and I are working together on, which is going at a very rapid pace and shouldn't be too much longer! (lol, ignore that statement we all know it's not true)

Also, Don came over to the UK in the summer and we had a wicked time, we went to Sonisphere Festival and got a chance to headbang to the big 4!! Which was fucking sweet and did some travel around Europe, which really just resulted in me binging on Rockstar

And ended with a trip to Warhammer World in Nottingham!! :D
(pictured: Myself and my Brother-In-Law, with Don behind the camera)

We did however complete a commission for the new tabletop game SDE. Which was pretty fun and hectic.
Right, that wraps it up for another 9 months! Just kidding!
Tee Hee, I'm so cheeky!

Lots of love folks,
and enjoy your Christmas!

We're moving.

Hey everyone, sorry for the inactivity, we're currently setting up a new website (yes a proper one!) for all of our blogging and such!
So whilst we get that all set up and running, there won't be too many posts on this blog, once it's done (another week or 2) we'll post here to re-direct you, it's looking pretty good I must say though ;)







And there is some concept art for Kommandos I did to tide you over :)

This is 'Sarge' the boss of our particular Red Skull Kommandos.
take it easy!

Don's March Random-Cool-Shit:

Hey guys, this is just really fucking cool:



who are they? what was this for? why does it look like they're on a movie set? what the hell is this??

on the minuscule, off chance any of you have any idea, please let us know!

RSK Update 2: Screenplay

So, yesterday I finished the screenplay for Red Skull Kommandos.
I have to say I'm really pleased with how it's turned out, I put a lot of creative effort into writing the script and it's full of what I hope will be good fights, funny jokes and the first ever Flash animation dedicated to Orks.

After finishing the script last night I sent it over to Don, who loved it. So we're going to fine-tune the screenplay and make some edits to get it as sharp as it can be.
In the mean time I can begin story-boarding!

Things are actually moving a lot faster than I anticipated, which is great, I've got some voice actors on-board (all of which are native English, (I might do one of the Orks myself) for authentic Orky accents) and potentially a composer to make a good track for the animation.

Story-boarding time! Peace out folks.

RSK logo update

Did a bit more work on the RSK Logo after speaking with a good friend of mine who thought it could be improved.
Click it to enlarge the size!

Red Skull Kommandos

So, I've restarted work on Kommando and by that, I mean I've thrown out all the old stuff and am starting again with a different premise.
This time it's about the Red Skull Kommandos famous on Armageddon for their sneakiness and smearing the hot blood of their scalped foes on their own head :).

I'm taking a new approach to animation than I havn't in previous years. I'm starting to take this whole thing a lot more seriously as projects before would be incomplete, unsatisfactory or just not good enough and everytime I did it, I looked at the months of work and just felt bad about it.
And so this time I'm doing things properally, I'm writing a screenplay that will detail everything in a good cohesive manner.
Shortly after finishing the screenplay I'll move onto story-boarding, detailing things down in a rough but consisive way, to get an idea of how I want the scenes to look.

Following this I will gather voice-actors and give them the lines to record and find a composer to make a decent war-like soundtrack.
I will than move onto an animatic, which is kind of rough drawings moving in a very basic motion just to show what is happening, so I can see how it all will look composed together, I will add the recorded dialouge to it as well.

I expect all of that to take me 2 months give or take and only after all that is done will I even attempt to animate anything! Because (and we've all been there) I'm sick and tired of half completed projects badly thought out animations. Especially when I've got Space Hulk to compare myself to eh ;p

I wasn't going to do this, but I felt the urge to let some artistic creativity flow after several days of writing.
And so, I present to you...Red Skull Kommandos title!

Thanks for reading this guys, Don and myself do very much appriecate your time.

SH2 progress (yes, finally)

I'd say we've been neglecting you but it doesn't seem like anyone reads these anymore.. so those of you of our measly 27 followers whom haven't given up on us; whom still care, here's a few long over due screenies:

Lex 3/4 view :0



*slightly* more elaborate animation :0



new shiny special effects :0




More senseless violence :0 !!!





as for a general progress report, i am PLANNING on doing the bulk of the animation in January and uploading by the end of February. I do not, however, make any promises, as I have college apps to write, a beat up car to fix up and a girlfriend to worry about :P

Yo! =D

Man it's been a while, sorry for such a long posting hiatus, Don and myself have been very busy...what with Halo: Reach out and all.

Well to be honest neither of us has been working a Warhammer 40k Animation for a good while, and so we havn't felt it right to post! However I think I should break this huge gap just so you guys know we're not dead and all that jazz. Plus...we <3 you... YAYAH.

In any case, whilst I'm posting I wanna show you something! (or it'd be a bit of a shitty post) remember me going on about getting to America to meet Don? WELL THAT SHIT HAPPENED, it was magical.

Here's two videos if you're interested about my visit there, one is a skit we did for lulz and the other is just something we wanted to do for memory sake.

      

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Much love to all our twenty five followers.
AND YES Space Hulk 2 is still in the pipeline, we ain't giving up on THAT badboy! (Kommando is on hold whilst I work on another animation that I actually have 75% done)

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