Toy Soldiers

[gracetoddmcdaniel]

Love it

[akshay681186]

omg this was so epic! great job!!

[FrieLegos]

lol hmm... interesting.

[Rumpelteazerpink]

This was amazing.

Gorgeous video.

[javawithcream]

that was beautiful. i bow to your creative genius. *bows*

[amiamalteaser]

I decided to watch this again and it gets better each time!

Great work!

=]

[Nagakama]

Not even Mel Gibson could make a short this epic.

[acheronwalthers]

Funny you should say that because that's Mel at 1:22

[Nagakama]

I lol'd.

[laziedazie09]

very nice. did anyone walk by and look at you like you were crazy while you filmed this?

[acheronwalthers]

ha, a lot of people drove by through the parking lot and they gave me strange looks

[shockwave76]

Great effects, I love how civil war dude has a machine gun, lol.

[acheronwalthers]

yeeah, see the above comments for explanation. i'm not historically inept ;]

[lustLIST]

hahah

loved the music

[dubster2k]

I like how at 00:18 and 00:24 it looks like you could be a giant.

[lustLIST]

how do you make it a link?

when i type it in its only numbers...

like 00:18 wont go to anything haha

[lustLIST]

ha nvm

[dancingonthinice]

Eh. It's okay. Not your best.

NO. I'M LYING. IT'S SOO FUCKING COOL! I like soldier men.

[Looisonfire]

Cool video Adam! :D

[amiamalteaser]

that was awesome!! ha

well done sir! =D

[Mikisthatchick]

wow, this was very well done!

the effects were great. i dont even know how you got them all to fall like that, but amazing :D

[acheronwalthers]

movie magic

[sarahlittlebit]

brilliant

[KennilworthyWhisp]

wow Adam! that is saweeeet! your effects are BRILLIANT!! so epic! great choice of music too!

[colormekristen]

that was really cool! I've been wanting to do some sort of video with little soldier men for awhile but you beat me to it! Great job.

[acheronwalthers]

haha, sorry. you should still make one!

[luckyandsasha]

In some kind of way this is awkward =P

[Joshparnell]

Cool awesome video!!

[ihastired]

Yep. Awesome. I really enjoyed the muted thuds the bullets made.

[acheronwalthers]

you would. you crazy, sexy drummer you.

[Nokorola]

Don't know if you've hidden a message in this video, but either way it keeps blowing my mind.

[acheronwalthers]

i've hidden a lot of messages in this video...

[laaalivia]

I love it..impressive..i favorited this 5/5

[seaairuhh15]

Probably the most epic battle that parking lot has ever seen.

Scratch that, it's DEFINITELY the most epic battle that parking lot has ever seen.

[WorldofWit]

woah that is so cool!

[Halster310]

I heard the Wilhelm scream! Nice!

-Hallie

[mongoos150]

omg I want that jacket.

I really wanted to make lil' model bowls of cereal for all of them... They look as if they could use it =[

[acheronwalthers]

i got it at a thrift store in NY. it pwns.

that would be an awesome video by the way

-adam

[UncleGlassesHead]

They respect, because you represent! But they haven't seen this...yet. Soon. I'll get there review online then.

When I took an animation class in Jr. High I saw a similar film about a toy-store window display of GI Joe's going to war. It was, as you kids say, awesome.

[SciFiGirl1023]

wow this is so impressive. Great job!

-mary kate

[MimsieSky]

oh dear!

[acheronwalthers]

that's my general reaction to war

[Cadwaladr]

Ok, after reading the comments, I had to re-watch the video, and then I noticed the Wilhelm and the bits of rock salt. Very well done, sir!

[acheronwalthers]

why thank you!

[Blado]

That was intense! lol

[UncleGlassesHead]

Well done--funny and tragic. Good job. Let's see more!

[acheronwalthers]

have simon and ira finally found a video of mine they can respect?

[Stanwoody]

Great effort. I wish you had avoided the cars in the back round. How much time did this take. Also, the Civil War would have been over in months if they had had automatic weapons. The high death rate was already due advances in weapon that was not matched with advances in tactics. Still, you managed to get drama and narrative into a very simple format. Congrats.

[acheronwalthers]

i kept the cars cause i liked the reminder that they're just toys in a parking lot and it's not really war despite the graphic dramaticness.

and yeah the only reason i used machine guns was cause i wanted the effects that go with them but i could only find civil war toys. let's just say that the Plastic Civil War was far more advanced than ours....

thanks!

[acheronwalthers]

oh, and it took about an hour to shoot and like three or so to edit

[caseadillas]

Oh Adam. This was so awesome and violent. :)

[megzy04]

THAT WAS AWESOME!

[agreatperhaps]

Amazing!! Well done! What kind of editing software do you use man??

PS: Your coat looks very official. I'd follow you into battle any day sir.

-Chris

[acheronwalthers]

final cut express. i really want studio but it's well above my price range. or after effects. oh well.

[agreatperhaps]

I'm going to be getting a MacBook Pro soon (AKA spending all of my money on it) and I'm hoping to swindle my parents into getting me Final Cut Studio.....but I'll settle for Express if I can't con them into it.

[acheronwalthers]

the only reason i even got express was because it was part of a deal that was like (add final cut for 100 dollars and it discounts you 150) or something.

[GrandpaJim777]

How did you get them to fall over by themselves?

That was a great video.

[acheronwalthers]

i put bits of rock salt under them so they'd be off balance and blew them over. and the faraway shot where like 8 fall over is a gust of wind

[S3FLionheart]

lmao epic ending!

simultaneous kill, Game Set !!!

[blackinise]

and babies..

[acheronwalthers]

you want some of my babies?

[blackinise]

why yes i do cuz i be all ova dat fro yo

[blackinise]

i want some o that a fro

[Toibaobao]

That was really awesome :)

[mushacles]

Rated and favourited. That was class :)

[jerryhcooke]

hehe - Action Effects pack for AE?

[acheronwalthers]

yeah. but i used FC express. i wish i had AE....

[amyjb]

nice use of wilhelm scream!

[acheronwalthers]

+10 adampoints for being the first to notice that!!

[AwesomeMattMachine]

that was really good :D

i love happy endings...

[paisleypower30]

Awesome effects!!!

and this is why war is bad, everyone dies :(

[acheronwalthers]

indeed! though i'd like to think the horses lived...

[ISnoggedHarry]

LOL really, Adam?

And somehow you make this so dramatic and MEANINGFUL.

[acheronwalthers]

somehow? it's obviously because i'm so awesome.

:]

[loki4469]

Brilliant

[StevenExists]

haha! I loved it! It must have taken you a long time to edit it!

[acheronwalthers]

i mean only if you consider three and a half hours to be a long time......

[canadaaustin]

beautiful.... i really loved how the music went with it.

[acheronwalthers]

how could a song called "tragic overture" not work? :P

[reginaldoramjet]

Oh wow! Dude, that was sick. Even though I don't think like civil war kinda guys had machine guns. Btw, sexy coat!

[acheronwalthers]

yeah well the only toy soldiers i could find were civil war but i really wanted to use machine gun effects. congrats on being the first to notice.

[reginaldoramjet]

don't get me wrong, the movie is still awesome, I just thought I'd point that out

[victoriaarene]

bahahahaha niiiiice (:

[sisinead]

wow, go effort. i love the moment with the wind blowing and the tumbling leaf just before the last two kill each other.

and that is one fecking epic jacket

[acheronwalthers]

that was totally lucky cause i just happened to be shooting right when a leaf tumbled by. glad it worked.

and thanks :]

[b2outwit]

OMG!  I loved it!! Excellent job!

[lizzann09]

i really liked this

[JSBulldog89]

The special effects surprised me. Very well done.

[enialis02]

Great video.

[MistyMikoK]

It was really dramatic ^_^

[wizart49]

outstanding great sound effects and special effects. great music to go with it.

[acheronwalthers]

thanks!

[mysterialite]

Wow, this is great!

[lunaticaution]

I particularly like the music, it brings out the red in the blood

[acheronwalthers]

Really? I think the red in the blood brings out the music...

-Adam

[onebre]

haha, excellent

[UndeclaredNation]

Without a doubt your best video.

[acheronwalthers]

Without a doubt your best comment.

-Adam :]

[miceylulu]

This is so cool! I only WISH I could do some neat video tricks like that! :O

[fantabulous123]

Cool effects! The music near the start/middle brings me back to my Age of Empires days for some reason.

[acheronwalthers]

don't get me started on age of empires...

...no seriously, please don't. i'll waste my whole weekend away playing.

i wonder if i still have my copy....

curse you!

-Adam

[AccioTrio]

*tries to think of meaningful comment*

A haunting portrayal of the futility of toy war....

(and also just really fucking cool. hehe)

[acheronwalthers]

this comment was a haunting portrayal of the futility of trying to think of meaningful comments.

lawl jaykay

-Adam

[AccioTrio]

HA. Story of my life.

[lumosdawlish]

We lost a lot of good men out there.

And I already told you this, but YOU ARE SO MUCH COOLER THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD.

[acheronwalthers]

it's been hard on all of us...

twss

KTHANKS

-Adam

[ProfessorSpork]

I know you've been all "ARGH, I HAVE NO IDEAS!" but this was well, well worth the wait.

[acheronwalthers]

yay thanks!

i'm glad it was worth it cause it was a looong wait.

-Adam