By the end of July, most of the voice recordings were completed for the following characters:
Roger, the Ninja Master, the Queen, Robin and the four characters that I voice.

Cool! Can't wait until it's finished!

I haven't had time yet to watch your previous installments but the images look great. I love the storyboard in particular - those are really underappreciated in the production process.

I'm noticing a lot of minifig heads in front of your laptop in that last picture - are you planning to do anything with lip syncing or different facial expressions in your film?

I've blitzed the first month of animating and have completed frame capture for 1/3rd of all scenes. I've also done most of the VFX for these scenes in After Effects.

Having gone home for a week I've changed out the sets and am ready to start the next stage of animation. From now until the Christmas break I'll be working on the climax of the film.

So far I'm very happy with the way animation is going. My technique has improved so much over the last few years and it's so rewarding to see everything come together in this one. The major issues I used to have with green screens have been resolved, I'm pretty happy with my mouth animation and my lighting is a little less bland and flat than it used to be!

I'm looking forward to hopefully sharing a trailer at Christmas

I use a Canon EOS 550D with an 18-55mm lens. I also have some macro lens filters which I used for some shots in Heir to the Kingdom (for example when Roger and the Princess first start talking to each other).

Well it's been a crazy (academic) year so far. My goal now is to finish this film by the end of 2021, which should be very relaxed and allow me to focus on my studies plus some wiggle room for when the aliens invade and further disrupt things.

So far I reckon I’ve animated about 40% of the film including VFX and by Easter should have completed most of the action scenes. Maybe I’ll make a trailer then. In the meantime here's another set photo I took before the holidays. This was shooting the climactic joust which makes up the first part of the end of the film.

Awesome!

I'm on the home stretch now! There are just a couple of scenes left to animate in the middle section of the film. Then editing, sound design and music.

On the one hand, it could take a while because I'm working full time for the next two months. On the other, VFX and editing could be really fast because I have a new laptop! This enabled me to make a quick trailer in just a few hours. Either way I'm aiming for a September release.