Now that I’ve introduced the project, here’s where production stands at the moment.

• Last Stand: Pace/Wilson/Henry - all three of these character shorts are complete.

• Last Stand: Rebuilt - filming is mostly complete and post-production is underway. More on this in a minute.

• Last Stand: Kilee - the screenplay is done and there’s some concept art for planes that will be a significant feature. No setbuilding or filming has been done yet but will commence sometime after I wrap filming on Rebuilt.

• Last Stand: Ultimatum - the screenplay is complete and sits at 102 pages, although I’m still tinkering with the dialogue. I have some concept art and LDD files for tanks and trucks and such that will help when production begins. Otherwise, set building and filming will begin after Kilee finishes production.

As I mentioned before, Rebuilt is a remake of the original Last Stand. Since I’m expanding the story, I’m taking this opportunity to establish the universe a little better. Here’s Bronzov’s outpost from the original (top) compared to the remake (bottom):

A big inspiration for the universe is the classic “green vs tan army men” toys/scenario. In the original short, however, the tan army men operated out of a gray outpost, which did not properly sell the idea. Reimagining the outpost in tan makes the inspiration much more apparent (and more visually appealing IMO).

Incidentally, this is the set I am currently filming. Interior scenes are almost finished; hopefully I can complete the last one this weekend. For exterior scenes, one long combat sequence and two shorter scenes remain. Filming will be about 90% done at that point.

Thank you! I hope it will live up to that impression.

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Quick update today: Last Stand: Wilson is out! It's the least meaty of the character shorts, but that will be made up for by the other two.

I haven't been able to get as much as I would have liked done in the past two weeks: I've been doing a lot of cleaning and organizing at home since I will be moving over the summer. This includes setting up and disassembling my entire Bionicle collection, which is...a lot of them. Fortunately I was able to get some filming done beforehand and have since edited Rebuilt here and there. My hope is to get the majority of the cleaning done by this time next week and get back to "full throttle" filming after that. We'll find out in another two weeks I guess. See you then!

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March 2023: Back in the Hull

So...it's not a real brickfilm without crazy long breaks in production right?

Very long story short: life continued to be crazy and most days I either didn't have time or lacked enough energy to make significant progress. It's been incredibly frustrating to say the least. But one thing I've noticed is that I feel like I have to have maybe 3+ consecutive hours free to work on it, and it's a waste to try if I don't.

Which is completely bologna, of course. An hour here or there is much better than nothing, and is less demanding on my energy. So here's the plan:

• Get enough sleep. I am usually Not Good at this and it's not helping. Yell at me next update if I did not sleep well!

• Try to spend just an hour a day filming or in post-production. If I do more, great. If I truly don't have time, no sweat. But I have to at least make an attempt.

• The circumstances that prevented me from taking a lighter load last summer no longer exist, so I intend to do that this year instead. Which means I will actually have more free time for the first time in a couple years. Free time equals film time.

All that in mind, I should finally have more new stuff to show in April. Here's hoping!

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December 2023: Pushing Downhill

It's been a long month. I had hoped to finish filming over Thanksgiving break, but the last few days were eaten away unexpectedly and then the final three weeks of the university semester took over. Burned me out pretty hard on classes, but that's over for now. Still got some work done on Last Stand: Rebuilt every few days. Filmed a couple more scenes tonight, and should film the last two tomorrow. That'll be a wrap. My intention is to get a trailer out in the next week or two, before the end of the year. Then the actual release date will be February 25, 2024, the original film's 13th anniversary.

Also got a little work done on Last Stand: Kilee by building the two fighter planes that will appear in the short. I'll need to Bricklink some parts to finish them soon. It would be nice to begin filming this short in January before the next semester starts, but that'll depend on how Rebuilt's post-production is going.

Hope to post that trailer here soon. I'm excited to finally show off new footage. It should be a close mirror to the original short's trailer so a comparison will be pretty easy.

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At long last, the final hurdle has been cleared.

As...always, everything else in life had a way of dominating my time, so I ended up completing the music at the last minute. Hence why it released this evening instead of this morning. But close enough. And finally, after years of on-and-off work, I finished Rebuilt.

Which means Kilee is next. Glad to be moving on to new story again. Should have an update in March on that.

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Not a full update, but today I released a direct comparison of Last Stand and Last Stand: Rebuilt. What a difference several years can make...yet I still have a long way to go as an animator.

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