Soldiers, Attention!

[Scouty]

So, these pictures weren't do for fun, I actually did them for an ongoing "contest" over at bricksinmotion.com (url is link to thread). The contests works like this: It's called "The Cinematography Challenge" and a judge selects a theme for all the members to follow. The members adapt the theme into brick and a cinematic view. The winner is chosen by the judge and the winner (who is now the judge) chooses a theme, and it goes on. Anyway, I had fun making these pictures and wanted to share them with you . I actually won the challenge with my fifth picture, following the theme of the AfterLife. I'll add any new pictures I make for the contest to share :) .

Without further ado, here they are! (In order that they were made)

Journey

Ambush

Fear

Mechanical

Afterlife

Betrayal

Insanity

Realization

[The thread is named the way it is because I've used only soldiers thus far ]

[Mister Phes]

Oh yes. very lovely ImperialScouts! Where did you get the backgrounds from the first couple of images?

[Scouty]

Oh yes. very lovely ImperialScouts! Where did you get the backgrounds from the first couple of images?

Google, pretty much.

[Bonaparte]

The first one looks VERY realistic. It's amazing how real it looks.

Looks like a picture from one of those pioneer war photographers (like Bradley).

[Captain Zuloo]

The first one looks VERY realistic. It's amazing how real it looks.

Looks like a picture from one of those pioneer war photographers (like Bradley).

The first one looks great yes, but wht about the afterlife! That is awesome! Keep up the great work.

[Gen. Knowledge]

These pics are great! I really like the Mechanical one.

Tony

[WhiteFang]

They are very lovely pictures. I love the first picture very much. It looks so vivid and natural with that scenery at the back of it. Great job!

[Guss]

nice pics ^^ I like the "afterlife" and the journey ones!

[Captain Zuloo]

Yeah they are nice pictures. I just wish I had time to do that sort of thing. Although I suppose I could just take screenshots from my films?

[Captain Green Hair]

Excellent work IS!

The afterlife effect is my favourite, but as said, the first picture looks just like a real wartime photograph!

[Captain Zuloo]

Excellent work IS!

The afterlife effect is my favourite, but as said, the first picture looks just like a real wartime photograph!

True. The first one looks real - exept for the Lego aspect.

[Dreamweb]

I was never really convinced by mixing Lego with "real world" scenery. For me it should either be "all Lego" or "no Lego"... However in this case the effects are OK, the whole thing looks very natural. "Mechanical" is my favourite though, I like how - despite it focuses on the soldier with the musket - you've added those soldiers sitting by the campfire in the background, that gives more life to the whole picture.

[Captain Zuloo]

I actually like the Lego/real imagery. Call me weird and throw me over the side, but I like it.

[Scouty]

Thanks for all the comments !

I was never really convinced by mixing Lego with "real world" scenery. For me it should either be "all Lego" or "no Lego"... However in this case the effects are OK, the whole thing looks very natural. "Mechanical" is my favourite though, I like how - despite it focuses on the soldier with the musket - you've added those soldiers sitting by the campfire in the background, that gives more life to the whole picture.

Thanks :) . I kind of agree with your statement about LEGO and real world scenery. It barely fits. But it's also good, sometimes. One reason that I did this was because to get a proper background with LEGO for this kind of things is quite hard, especially if you want the right angle.

I liked doing "mechanical." That was a fun one to do. It also contained what I thought would be "stacked arms"-- if you can see them, they're really out of focus.

The first one looks VERY realistic. It's amazing how real it looks.

Looks like a picture from one of those pioneer war photographers (like Bradley).

Excellent work IS!

The afterlife effect is my favourite, but as said, the first picture looks just like a real wartime photograph!

Thanks! I'm glad to hear that, because that what I was aiming it to be like

[Scouty]

Sorry for the double post.

I completely forgot that I had done another entry! So check up for Fear.

[Captain Zuloo]

Sorry for the double post.

I completely forgot that I had done another entry! So check up for Fear.

You really are hopeless. We should throw you over the side!

[Justin2224]

That's nice. I really like the afterlife scene. That whole thing reminds me oof the movie "The Patriot." What a great movie that was.

[Captain Zuloo]

That's nice. I really like the afterlife scene. That whole thing reminds me oof the movie "The Patriot." What a great movie that was.

Ah yes. That was a good movie. It does actually remind me of that film. Good Point Justin.

[Scouty]

Updated with a new pic. Please take a look at the first post for Betrayal!

[Scouty]

Updated with a new entry: Insanity!

[Commander Laquiet]

Wow, this is great! Wonderful pictures!

[Captain Blackmoor]

Love the pictures and the "summary of a soldier's life" in it. Especially the first photo looks great with it's amazing background. You're quite an expert in photo editing!

[Eased]

Those are some very interesting photos! Nice work!

[Scouty]

I've updated with a new entry: Realization.

The rules have changed a little, requiring a sequence of shots.

[Zorro]

It really looks amazing, like a real life battle, as real as it gets with LEGO at least. And the simple words explain the images entire world.

You get a big fat from me for this!