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Well, it's not a secret, though it's easily missed and buried in the older comments somewhere, but this is a certainty! Though it won't be for a while. When you see that we're getting into London, know that Thunderchild will be on the horizon ;) I talk about it at the end of the Live broadcast from New Year near the end in the Q&A if you want to know a few more details, but there isn't too much to go on. Thanks for watching :D

Thank you Rendle :) Doing the best I can!

You're doing fine, keep up the great work, really is incredible stuff. ​@waroftheworlds1934

Cheers. I've not seen The Great Martian War, only a few clips of it. A bit like the BBC version, I've kind of avoided any new influences since starting this, as I don't want to subconsciously mimic them. Though, I imagine all versions cross over at some point. And yes, I've grown to love working in the black n whites, glad you like it too :)

Cheers HDawg! I put a lot of time into trying to get them right. Not book perfect, but certainly inspired by it. I'll be sharing an early vid from last year with my first test of him later in the week, and the sketch it was based upon, so look out for that ;)

Well, even approaching favourite is an honour, you've no idea. So thank you. I just looked up Resistance, and I've never played that, which is weird because that looks right up my alley. I may have to see if I can find it on Steam. Look's good fun, and from the clips I was just watching, I can see what you mean. Cheers for the share!

Love it! Thank you! I'm so glad my intentions and inner feelings(?) of the Martian have come through. He was a tricky beast to animate! I absolutely love hearing reactions, it's my favourite bit, and makes all the work totally worthwhile. I always want to be in the room with the viewer to see the reactions. I'm rather hoping someone does a reaction video at some point, because that would be really fun to watch. Yes, regarding the other versions, I'm trying to honour them (because I'm a massive fan of all of them) but also make it my own. War of the Worlds fans all seem very astute at noticing the references which is also great! Clearly you're one of them! :D I keep retelling old stories, but this whole series began as backdrop videos to a small stage play of the Orson Welles radio version (adapted to be set in the Midlands, UK though). So, it's beginning is very much seeded in that version. But as the channel grew, and it seemed to find an audience (I never expected), I started to dig much deeper into the ideas from the book, and also the 53 film (as that is a favourite of mine). I think it'd be impossible for them not to influence me, though it's certainly becoming it's own thing. It kind of writes itself, and I just have to find ways of capturing it. It's a really fun project, a dream project really, and it's great to share with everyone. Until I started the series, I had no idea that there was such a strong and lovely community around it. Anyway, I type a lot! So I'll leave this here, but thank you so much for watching, twice(!) and the great comment, very appreciated. Have a fantastic evening!

Thank you Baron! I'm a big fan of all versions of The War of the Worlds, and I'd be remiss if I didn't nod to them here and there. I grew up with the 1953 film and the musical, so it's always been a part of me I suppose. It's so great to work on my own version, work load aside, I'm having a lot of fun making it, so I love hearing from everyone who's watched it and enjoying it. All the best, and see you at the next one! :)

Ello :) The mouth tentacley things are kind of like a tongue of sort, like a regurgitation from it's throat/belly. Yes, I can see the wasp connection too. After get stung by one a few years back, I seriously dislike the little buggers! As for the sad look, well, yes, they're miserable planet invaders hehe : D

Almost. Kinda. :) Maybe... ish. :P

Yeah lol

BBY :) I love seeing the peeps who've been with me the whole way, hope all is well with you! Very glad to deliver (finally!!!) but thanks for watching too. Hope you enjoyed!

No Problem!

Thanks based spectre! I'm trying to put the horror back in global cataclysm haha :D

And I very much appreciate your patience. You have no idea how much that means. Thank you :)

Shabazzy :D Great to see you! And thank you of course, too kind! I'm still struggling with being too close to something for too long, and finding it hard to stand back and assess it. I would say that it's been a difficult birth! But I am most pleased to hear this from you, as I know you understand the difficulties in creating these things. Regarding vehicle setup pro, I didn't this time. I reached a point where the hold up in trying to get it all working was frustrating my eagerness to press on, so I hand keyed the whole thing. Without doubt, in future videos I'll probably use it, but this time I just had to do it manually. I kind of knew that it'd be almost impossible to spot the nuance of a properly rigged vehicle anyway, given the nature of the scene, so I was much happier that I could invest my time elsewhere. What really took up way too much time was creating those damn streets. They're more or less reasonably historically accurate and all modelled from scratch. The street they turn down after the handling machine flips the other truck no longer exists, and I recreated it from many old (and poor) photos. Typically, not much of it is seen and whizzes past the camera in a blur. But the modelling work will be useful in the future, so I hold on to that to keep my spirits up :) It's been a funny one to produce, and nothing like I originally intended. Certainly very costly in time. But still, I'm just glad it's out now, and the reception has been very good which is a relief... making up for my own inability to properly enjoy the result. I'm very sure you know the feeling. In time I'll see it with fresh eyes though. I'm rather hoping that I can finally make proper use of LW2023 moving forward, as the rendering glitch on clip maps really just broke my scenes and I ended up having to go back to 2019. Render times on so many frames has been a real hold back, and the quality isn't what I wanted it to be. I think that is what's bothering me the most to be honest. If i can get my head around Octane, then I'm hoping that will speed up future videos a lot. Fingers crossed! Anyway, great as always to see you, and I very much appreciate your comment. Wishing you the very best :)

@@waroftheworlds1934 Brilliant work. Truly great👍 I think the LWD guys said the clip map bug is fixed in the forthcoming LW2024. Along with some speed ups on having multiple characters rigged and animated in the one scene.

@@RichardFeeney Yes I saw that on the sneak peaks :) Good news! I think the team are doing great, and makes me very happy to see so much effort to get it back in the game. The independent nature of the team is also a big plus too. A bit back to the roots :) And thank you for the kind words too of course. :) 👍

You'll have to wait and see on that one :)

Thanks Pyro and it's great to have you here! There's much more to come and the work never ceases, so I look forward to seeing you again :) Best wishes!

I do the voice acting myself. :)

It's possible, but more likely an element of the ATAT, partially as a nod, but really, I was just messing around at this point in the series and had like 100 subs at most. So I didn't take it too seriously. I never expected it to grow as it has. Hope you enjoyed!

Thanks Rhysy. I've still not watched the BBC version. I didn't want it to influence my choices in any way. Maybe when this is all done I'll take a look. But right or wrong, I'll believe you, hehe. Really pleased you're enjoying it, thanks for watching and commenting. Great to have you here!

Indeed. Existential threat on steroids! And really, we've only just gotten going. I think there is always solace in that everyone who is watching knows the eventual end, but the journey there is a rough one! Thanks for watching :)

@@waroftheworlds1934 I think the suspense will be worth it

Thank you Dell :) I think it struck me early on how grim the reality of it all would be. There is a certain sugar coating most versions have (which is fine of course) but I wanted to explore a bit of a rougher approach. Glad to hear it's working! Well kind of haha. See you for the next one!

@@waroftheworlds1934 also I forgot to say, I absolutely loved the fact that you used the scrapped design from the 50s war of the worlds movie. My jaw dropped when I saw that and it really fits with the designs of your tripods

@@DeliriousD-class Do you mean the Martian? Well, believe it or not, I only saw Ray Harryhausen's version just a few weeks ago. You think your jaw dropped! When I saw how similar we'd approached it (because I based mine on the description in the book, and assume that Ray had too) I couldn't believe it! In a way, I'm kind of glad I didn't see it earlier, because I might have been tempted to change it altogether. Though, that said, I am happy to see it as a huge nod to Ray's work, because as a kid, he was a massive influence on me becoming an animator. I can think of no better dedication to him than offering a spiritual successor to his work. And I really wish he'd got to make it having seen it now. That would have been a fantastic version. A little later in the week, I'm going to post up my very first test animation I did of the Martian way back in January of 2023, and you'll see how far it's come since. So look out for that. It's only short, but fun to see. Funnily, I made it a little like a 1950's monster movie too. All super strange. But I wouldn't change a thing :) Really glad you liked it! Makes me very happy!

@@waroftheworlds1934 I'm definitely going to watch that too! I loved all of the episodes of the series so far and I can't wait to see more, this is definitely top three versions war of the worlds in my opinion and I can't wait to see more.

@@DeliriousD-class To even come close is a real honour and makes it worthwhile, so thank you :)

Me too :D

@@waroftheworlds1934 oh, considering these are all 3d animations, you got any glitches to share? 3d animations are ripe with ‘em during the making

Thanks David :) Work is already underway, and hopefully there will be a few extra feature vids about various things over the next few weeks :)

The review I wanted to hear :D Thanks Kuki!

TGM! :D Always, always great to hear from you, and I hope you are well my friend! I always love your impassioned insight into the story, and it pleases me greatly that I'm hitting the right notes. You've been with me since near the beginning, and I've greatly enjoyed our chats. I'm glad you picked up on the Martian and the camera. Spot on. What isn't so clear, but can be observed if you look closely, is that Captain Harrington/Raven pulls a loose blanket over himself to hide right before the truck is pulled over. But the camera, left out to capture the scene does catch it's eye, and it would have picked it up and studied it if he/it hadn't been called away. RE: The red weed. There were certain things I had to get in to this episode before we kind of move away from Birmingham, though it will come up again in some ways I am sure. But the main thing was the process of the red weed, and how it starts. I'm rather looking forward to where I go with that, and after a bit of a look in other places, we'll come back to it, and it's transformative nature. I can't wait to get there! Honestly, making this is a bit like a kid in a toy shop. So many things I want to look at, and it's almost frustrating I have to do one at a time! I'm glad you liked that bit. I'd have liked to have spent a little more time on it, but I so needed to get this out and just draw a line under it so I can move forward. When you work on something for too long, it can become negative, and I don't want that to happen! I need to do something different now, and I think I know where I'm taking us next. Also, the autopsy. I hadn't even thought about that! But now I am! So when that comes up, because I've got to do it now lol... it'll be for you my friend! Thank you for all your support along the way, and again, great to see you and appreciate your detailed feedback and thoughts, always a pleasure. Keep good!

@@waroftheworlds1934 Great to talk to you again too. 👍 And wow it’s funny and cool to think I may now have unintentionally caused an autopsy episode down the line. I look forward to seeing how the Martians’ occupation progresses, because I have a feeling it is going to be in stages and eventually perhaps they even build large cannons in England to launch Earthly-built tripods and other machines across the globe in waves.

@@TGM_Productions Well, an autopsy video sounds too good not to do :) Makes me think back to that fake Alien autopsy footage that came out many years ago now. Certainly waves i think, but I won't spoil it :D Are you working on any new vids, or have you been diverted into other interests?

Yeah. Well, I had to do some paid work in the middle of production, and that sucked up 2 or 3 months, otherwise I'd be homeless and very thin lol. But still, there was a huge amount of work that went into this vid, more from a historical point of view. Those streets (as frustratingly little that you really see of them in the end) are actual recreations of a place that no longer exists (called Jamaica Row). You can look up photos of it, and it'll all look quite familiar. I kind of got bogged down in detail. And when it started to take too long, it kind of dragged me down a bit, and that affected my pace a fair bit too. You've no idea how glad I was to get this episode finished, I can tell you! The Martian sequence wasn't even in the original plan, as the driving part was going to be much longer. But the time it was taking me to construct the city was killing me and the passion, so I thought ok, let's draw a line under it. It all kind of happened organically. The Martian sequence was quite a lot of work too. My mind has kind of blocked out a lot of the laborious steps of it all. But trying to make a rig for a practical tentacled creature was quite the challenge. I went through several versions before I found the best way to do it. Character rigging isn't my strongest point, as I'm more of an animator than a technical kind of person. You have to be a bit of both, but this was tough! That said, I've learned a lot of stuff along the way, and that's also a big part of my drive doing all of this. I'm getting to play with things that a lot of my past work hasn't given me a chance to play with. Anyway, I'm sure you didn't expect an essay for a reply, so I'll stop now. But thank you for your support, and I certainly appreciate the understanding if you know animation and all the jazz that goes with it. Kindest regards!

Thank you Fellnus! Yes, I like to keep it mixed up! When I showed the missus, her review was that she was just starting to get slightly bored by the radio segment, until it started to ramp up and then we get going. A bit of a balancing act. Really glad you enjoyed, and thank you for the kind comment. Be well!

Well, that I wouldn't know. I find the emoji thing very awkward to use, so I just stick with my old skool :) :D ;) ¦D Maybe someone will be able to tell you!

@@waroftheworlds1934 oh ok thanks

Thank you Herbert... sincerely. I don't know if it's deserved, and I'm humbled. I really, truly appreciate that. Bless you good sir.

Really glad you enjoyed it :) One thing I'll say, is although you're kind of right regarding elements we haven't seen, and those will be coming up in time, I have much larger plans for this story and it will begin to deviate away from what has already been done many times. I was never keen on the short sighted insta-death of the Martians. They're very intelligent. So expect to see them take a much grander foothold on Earth. The thing to remember is that the year is 1934, so it's not quite the same as 1898, and so the story will reflect that too. But we'll for sure see plenty that is familiar along side that which is not. It'll be a fun ride! I'm sure you'll enjoy it, because it's only going to get more intense! Thanks for the lovely comment!

@@waroftheworlds1934 Interesting sure I'm not expecting the plague to whip out the martians instently just slowly other time. The book also has a longer time frame than movies or TV shows do when it comes to the plague and I look forward to what you'll add to fill in the exstended gap. If the probe and thunder child scenes are just small pieces I can't wait to see what unique spin you'll add like the red weed terraform cages.

@@njfox3305 What I want to do more than anything else is do what the films can't and that's explore the world during the invasion more. Films truncate the story so much that you don't get to see much. Part of the idea behind utilising the "Directorate of military operations and intelligence" is that they are gathering as much intel as possible, because they have no idea what they are up against. So it's like delving into the top secret archives, as well as public footage taken. Film camera's were actually quite common back then, and who wouldn't film it! :)

@@waroftheworlds1934 that's a good idea cause it shows the invasion from multiple perspectives and what's going on in veries locations.

Well, it's hard to say. They kind of got lucky to a degree, possibly didn't even realise how close they were... and they were under orders. One thing to bare in mind, is that although the Martians are mighty, they're limited on resources and manpower right now (...). They certainly aren't everywhere. Their presence has cleared the streets, and they rounded up as many as they could. It was very risky, and look what happened. Interestingly, I did actually map it all out, and the roads you are seeing are real roads from the time. The Trucks pick up Raven on New Street, then veer off on to Jamaica Row (which was bombed in WW2 incidentally) and head towards Cheap side, which is where they are thrown down. I think the bottom line is, any activity in Birmingham at that point was hugely risky. They were a brave bunch of lads (and a few lasses). Thanks for watching, and making an astute observation. :)

Thanks direwolf :) Really glad you enjoyed it!

Yeeeeeeeah baby! I'm back! :D Good to see ya!

Thank you very very much for that. It's certainly a labour of love, and I feel that if I'm going to dedicate a good chunk of my life to it, then I have to try and live up to Wells, Welles and Pal too, as well as all of the fans of the story. I'm trying to make something that I can sit back and watch and enjoy (which is actually very tricky when I spend so long looking at it). I really appreciate the comment grinning pinhead (great name lol). Thank you for watching and commenting. Every comment means a lot to me, which is why I will try and reply to everyone, as they keep me going and fired up to do the next one. So thank you. May good things come your way! All the best!

@@waroftheworlds1934 your very welcome. Ive watched them all a few times so far. Keep em coming because this is brilliant. All the best and may good things come your way too.

@@grinningpinhead3961 Thank you :)

*Puts on chef's hat* Oui oui monsieur. I will be in the kitchen, cooking up a delight for your senses! Fresh Martian on a fine Salade de poulpe. A meal deserving of such a fine comment. Bon appetite! :D

Thanks Marco. I'm really glad you're getting my take on it, and I want the same things as you when I'm making it. I want them to make sense, even though quite alien, there are ways to do things. I'm trying to have a logic to their actions, and even though it's alien and weird, it's hopefully still kind of recognisable. I'm trying to weave the ideas Wells put out there into some kind of realistic situation. Wells, in his time must have had a fantastic imagination. Really glad you agree on the body aspect of the Martians. I added that, because I wanted to give them more physicality. Somewhat recognisable as similar to man, despite the differences. I want them to have a presence. It's really pleased me that I've had such good feedback on them. It can be quite nerve racking doing something beloved. I guess the film interpretations have been a little disappointing from my point of view, so there was no way I was going to take the easy route out given this opportunity. And yes, the Martians are callous, and if ever there was an embodiment of pure ego and self grandeur, I'd like the Martians to be it. They do not care about man, do not fear us in any way, and why should they? But of course, on a grand scale, there is always a bigger fish, or a microscopic one :) Thanks for the great comment, I love that you get where I'm going with it. It helps to remind me too. Long months animating can disconnect me from the story and direction a bit. You kind of forget where you were headed. All the best! :)

@@waroftheworlds1934 all the best to you, I hope your vision gets more noticed. In the mean time: "we'll be watching your career with great interests"

@@marcobagnardi4739 Cheers Marco :)

Ello again Davpea! Good to see you. Thank you again for another lovely comment. I keep trying! Glad I'm still on track. It's all done in Lightwave 3D. Lightwave is pretty much a self contained studio, and I don't really need to go too far away from it. The only exception would be texturing, for which I do most of it in photoshop (though I'm looking to move away from Adobe, maybe over to Affinity). I cancelled my Adobe sub back in 2020 when things were very tight. I still have the final CS version on disk, and Adobe are so poor at updating their software, given the amount they charge, there is barely a difference. But yes, I'd always recommend Lightwave. It went through a bit of a bumpy patch as it was sold to a company who didn't care for it. Thankfully, they sold it on to a group of people who actually use it and love it like I do, and they're making massive strides right now and getting it back on track. Amazingly, they seem to be adding all the tools I really need for future videos, so I'm over the moon :) It costs a bit to get on board, where as Blender is free, but there is a certain organisation of the software that just makes it much easier to use. Blender is a little bit messy, like a swiss army knife. Also, I'm too old to learn so many new tricks haha. Thanks as always for watching and good to see you again, take care :)

@@waroftheworlds1934 thanks for remembering me lol. Big fan of your work. I’ve never used light wave but I believe that’s what was used to create the battlestar galactica remake. Great work brother. Can’t wait to see more.

@@davpea1 Yeah, Battlestar was one of the big ones it was used in. It's quite a small community really, so when I chat in the Lightwave discord, I often bump into people who worked on it, and things like Jimmy Neutron and such. Theres a guy on youtube called David Ridlen, and he uses it for films like the conjuring and lots of quite big current films. He's a very talented artist.

Thanks Postergirl. Yes, too long! This video has been a bit of a lesson in what not to do for me. I'm just thankful I managed to reach the end and get it out. It's been a bit of a mountain climb! Hope you enjoyed! :D

Thanks Bailey. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, and so glad it's been well received. I did an early test for the Martian way back in January of 2023, which I might put up as a little bonus vid, and it's interesting to look back and see how far it's come since then. It originally had a much more 1950s film kind of feel. But I knew it had to feel as real as I could make it to have the impact I wanted. It's a big relief that I think I've managed it somehow. So thank you. And yes, the red weed. I have some rather expansive ideas for that, and I'm looking forward to sharing that too. Cheers for the comment and support, have a brilliant week!

@@waroftheworlds1934 no problem

Nazi Germany was established in January 1933 this is 1934

Oh absolutely. Quite how I'm going to tackle it, I'm unsure, but I'm not going to revise history up to that point. In fact, if you can find my twitter/X account, there is a newspaper front page I created, and one of the articles is about Churchill warning of military build up in Germany. Originally, this series was going to be kind of cross platform, and unfold in real time (with an 88 year time difference). So the very first tweets have a couple of articles of the events captured through telescopes on Mars. The twitter didn't get any traction though, but the youtube audience started to grow quite quickly, so I placed my attention here and decided to go with an episodic approach instead. But that stuff is still up, and available to read for anyone interested. Though the series is rather dark and brooding, I think the positive aspect will be the unification of man against the outside threat... and even if they can't beat the Martians, it'd be nice to see humanity undivided, especially in light of the world that is outside the window. Cheers for the question trainenthusiast, it's a good one. All the very best!

@@waroftheworlds1934 ur welcome. tbh, I thought it would be something like Asami's "Hakkō Ichiu," where there isn't a 3rd Reich, and the world diverted (the Great Depression still exists) from what we've been used to before the Martian invasion.

@@trainenthusiast5199 Well, for certain, history will be changed, and 1934 was the year Hitler came to power. So, I've got to work with the reality of what is there. It's a potential mine field, so what ever I do, I will be treading lightly. I don't want to get too heavily into politics, but some will be hard to avoid. If anything, I think the Martians will act like a disruptive force, and all plans will be diverted and crumble to dust in the wake of the overall attack.