Connah's Quay Docks in the early 20th century

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  • čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
  • Animated flythrough of the docks of Connah's Quay as they may have appeared in the early 20th century.
    The short film was commissioned by the Quay Watermen's association.
    For a higher quality version, watch it on vimeo. vimeo.com/4321...
    The animation was made with Blender, 3dCoat and captured with Unity.
    Music by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
    Music "Pan O'wn y Gwanwyn" from ALAW's album Dead Man's Dance (Dawns y Gŵr Marw) .

Komentáře • 45

  • @stephensmith799
    @stephensmith799 Před rokem +1

    Amazing. This was my Great Great Grandfather’s home port. He worked deep sea and costal passages, reaching Dublin during the Famine, Jordan and we believe Japan. Mam said he liked the Irish and took what food he could during the Famine, including chickens.

  • @malcolmsargeant7818
    @malcolmsargeant7818 Před 3 lety +1

    The moment when you fade from the old photograph to the visualization makes me smile every time.

  • @WhyM0013Y
    @WhyM0013Y Před 2 lety +1

    I take a jog down the docks every morning it's so nice and relaxing and the seagull noises played in this video are very accurate

  • @johnnydiamondsmusic1673

    This is amazing. Seeing an are I’m so familiar with and what it looked like all those years ago. And the old Quay House pub building (I’ve drank in there) still there albeit turned into living accommodation a few years ago.

  • @pyrodoll2422
    @pyrodoll2422 Před 3 lety +5

    I smell a rat as I'm pretty sure drones weren't around in those days 😁 Fantastic work to be fair, loved it. I'm from Connah's Quay and know the area well. I'd love to see something like this from Shotton steelworks heyday. Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @janetwilcock2120
    @janetwilcock2120 Před rokem

    Brilliant video. It gives a real feeling of what the old Quay docks were like when my Nan and her brother and sister were growing up. My Nan told us that when a new ship was being launched the children had the afternoon off from school to go and watch. In the 1980’s my Dad did a lot of drawings taken from photographs of the area including the Old Quay House where we used to stop outside for a drink when we went for a walk along around “the Rock” when I was little. He did a great drawing of the “Lizzie May”, later renamed “Kathleen and May” which was built in the Quay and which we visited in Liverpool docks but I’m not sure if she is still there now. Dad would have loved this.

  • @kollusion1
    @kollusion1 Před 3 lety +1

    It looks like the docks would have been the very centre of life, & the Quay back then. Nice work.

  • @nigelmorris1286
    @nigelmorris1286 Před 2 lety

    Wow just as I knew it as a youngster was brought up here and lived on the High St next to Danny Roscoe's the butchers.

  • @ACU5TIC
    @ACU5TIC Před 2 lety

    Always great to watch, We walk down there daily coming through the tunnel from Buckley, now the cycle path. Still the same lay out. Cheers.

  • @primus7776
    @primus7776 Před 2 lety

    Superb. Thank You so much !

  • @IronedEye
    @IronedEye Před 3 lety +1

    Hi man we saw your project in school today as I am by connahs quay so yeah thanks man

  • @howardpearson6281
    @howardpearson6281 Před 2 lety

    What a great model fab

  • @steves5172
    @steves5172 Před 3 lety +1

    A very intuitive construction! Connah Quay has changed dramatically over the years.
    P.S. love smoke from the locomotive in the background!

  • @primus7776
    @primus7776 Před 2 lety +1

    A recreation of the building and launching of the "Royal Charter" at Sandycroft before it was wrecked near Moelfre on Anglesey when returning from the Australian goldfields in 1859 would be magnificent to see ! (Big Ask?)

  • @ianstewartbrown5308
    @ianstewartbrown5308 Před 3 lety +3

    Would love to see a recreation of the ship building yard and wharf in Saltney just down the river from Connah's Quay

  • @mediumaevum
    @mediumaevum Před 3 lety +2

    Those are really nice animations/reconstructions. Very inspiring for my own work. Also - a big thank you for subscribing to my channel!

    • @DextraVisual
      @DextraVisual  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you. Your animation for The Greyfriar's Abbey, Viborg, was in my recommended. I really enjoy your work and your presentation style is very high standard. I noticed you do your own music too!

    • @mediumaevum
      @mediumaevum Před 3 lety +1

      @@DextraVisual Thanks. If you need music for your future projects, you just ask. I'm sure we can figure something out.

  • @markprice6331
    @markprice6331 Před 3 lety +2

    What a great animation, the last time I was down there, it was very different to back then, Would be interestimng for the animation to contininue under the main railway line and up and away from the dock, just an idea!

  • @whiskymacable
    @whiskymacable Před 3 lety

    Brilliant!..Great to see how it was.

  • @zaqpak9391
    @zaqpak9391 Před 3 lety +2

    Great work!!

    • @DextraVisual
      @DextraVisual  Před 3 lety +3

      Cheers Zaqpak. I recommend watching on vimeo. CZcams smashes the quality to bits. vimeo.com/432101242

    • @zaqpak9391
      @zaqpak9391 Před 3 lety +2

      @@DextraVisual Will check it out there as well! Really impressed with your work.

    • @RoughCutsLtd
      @RoughCutsLtd Před 3 lety

      Outstanding work again Martin. Amazing use of technology and your talent. Well done.

  • @FindingTime
    @FindingTime Před 2 lety

    Such great attention to detail. Lovely stuff :)

  • @jrcs1347
    @jrcs1347 Před 5 měsíci

    Chimneys from the 2 brickworks in the background

  • @waynemalcolm234
    @waynemalcolm234 Před 3 lety

    Nice work

  • @robm509
    @robm509 Před 3 lety

    Outstanding work!

  • @BigTez40
    @BigTez40 Před rokem

    Would love to see a photo of the hundreds of men who used to sit on the river bank of the Dee on thier breaks at the steel works.

  • @davidpryce5079
    @davidpryce5079 Před 3 lety

    Super stuff . . . as usual

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz Před 3 lety +6

    Have you ever thought of doing a basic tutorial of how you make one of these and I was just wondering how long does it take you?

  • @donnaoldfield-sterry1583

    This is brilliant! I’m from Shotton, do you have any videos from there 🥰

  • @AllMy78s
    @AllMy78s Před 3 lety

    Very impressed mate...

  • @lenstobrush7266
    @lenstobrush7266 Před 3 lety +1

    Brilliant, I really got a feel for life back then. Just wondered where and how do you get your people? Are they modelled separately or do you have a specific program?

    • @DextraVisual
      @DextraVisual  Před 3 lety

      Cheers. The base mesh for the people is from Fuse. The clothing detail and animations are done in Blender and 3dCoat.

  • @peterbrown1012
    @peterbrown1012 Před 3 lety

    Your video's are fantastic, like stepping back in time, better than just a photograph. Can't wait for more. Is there anymore in the pipeline?

    • @DextraVisual
      @DextraVisual  Před 3 lety +1

      Cheers Peter. Yes there are several more in the pipeline. My vimeo page has few more on. vimeo.com/432101242

  • @SolentSkyServices
    @SolentSkyServices Před 3 lety

    Superb work! Would love to have a chat sometime

  • @richardfife8192
    @richardfife8192 Před rokem

    They built the Royal Charter there?

  • @digitalartworm
    @digitalartworm Před 3 lety

    Very Nice - are you using blender or unity? Its very sharp are you rendering at 60fps?

    • @DextraVisual
      @DextraVisual  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Colm. All models are made in Blender, including the people. Textured in 3dcoat and the scene is setup, animated and captured in Unity. The output is 60fps and at 4k. There is some quality loss on youtube. I use a decent PC build these days so I am going to start rendering out full projects in Blender. Your own renderings are very good. I especially like your Rock of Cashel reconstruction, as I was fairly recently reading about Brian Boru and the history of the Rock.

    • @digitalartworm
      @digitalartworm Před 3 lety

      @@DextraVisual I'm doing mostly viewport rendering so that impacts the quality as you probably know too well..I'm slowly mastering blender though..I'm using mostly materialise and gimp as well as blender....anyhoo great work..congrats.