Intriguing story.  And when you say cgi, what software are you using?  Also, do you have a script written and has it been reviewed by any of your peers (here and locally)?

If you're using 2.49a, then let me bring up this.  If making them realistic isn't an issue (particularly if they're going to be in the blurry background), then disregard my tips.  But do note the advantage of duplicate inheritance that comes with combining Ldraw and Blender 2.49a.

Viewing your animation, if camera movements are involved with expansive CGI sets, you may need to practice with camera match moving.

I'd be willing to assist in your digital effects.  GIMP can only do so much.

The title sounds a little KKK-ish. Just sayin'.
The plotline sounds fairly solid, though I can't really figure out whether the "Palefaces" will be portrayed in a sympathetic or unsympathetic way based off of your synopsis. May just be because I live in Australia, and the country's stance on asylum seekers is a little sickening, but the idea of portraying an entire nation as people that "lie and deceve" based off of the possibility of immigrants "disrupting the peace" seems a little off. Or perhaps I'm getting a little too political about it... Maybe instead of placing characters into either "good" or "evil" categories, it would be interesting if you explored the choices that the characters are forced to make, their conflicting views and prejudices, etc. and not just heroes and villains. Plus, I don't see how a "battle" could be considered a win for a planet that is founded on the concept of peace, regardless of the outcome. Plus, they wouldn't be very well prepared for fight, would they?
These are all just suggestions, so yeah, don't want to force anything onto you, and reading over this post I think I got a little too involved with some of the themes present in the story, but still, I think considering how much time you're going to commit to this you should make sure that you don't just end up with a big pretty space-war between groups of good and bad people.

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WELL. Indeed, one thing I realized early on is that this could be taken in a racist way, but I promise that only in the explanation does it come off as racist as it does. And indeed, as mcoov says,

The Palefaces are seen as a possible enemy at the beginning, based on what the natives say, but are just as much thought of as a possible ally; they are only thought of as "evil" after an "incident" with the main characters (sorry, don't want to publicly give away a big part of the story). And believe me, the battle is actually not a very large part of the story; the sequel will get a load more into the politics of the Dolorums (Palefaces), and will have a lot more space-battling, but it's really important to me that the first one establishes the characters and whatnot. I think that a lot of your questions are answered by the film itself; it's a really hard story to condense into a few paragraphs without sounding racist, unfortunately.
As for the fact that it's a battle and the society is founded on peace, well... maybe I should explain one of the big influences for this film. Stargate SG1. They explore new worlds, but for the purpose of gaining knowledge and new technologies. It's really the same thing, in a way. Just more extreme in their view of peace; but there are many hostile peoples on other planets, and absolute peace no matter the situation is not an effective basis for a society. They have a military, a strong military, in case of situations where peace isn't possible, but they will always choose peace over war.
I don't really feel like I can fully explain everything without giving away everything in the film and practically posting the script here; if you're interested (and it seems like you are), PM me and I will gladly send you a link to the script. Actually, I would love to have a few more people review the script and tell me their thoughts on the pacing, the story, and the like. Both you, Danimation, and mcoov, if you're interested, send me a PM and I will give you a link to the script. Hope I've made things a little bit clearer in this (excessively long) post!

Bump/Update
Okay I've been working on a lot of general stuff lately for Palefaces, I'll just post a few pics and explain them as I go along....

Okay here's one of my favorite pictures, really just random camera angles. This is actually from a few months ago, from a basic Forest Faction Base design that was unfortunately destroyed; it was way too simple tho, so no real loss, I just thought I'd post this pic because, well, it looks cool

Alright here we go, now we're really getting somewhere. Probably one of the coolest props so far, except maybe the ships which will be shown in just a few seconds, the DOLORUM BAD@$$ GUN TURRET LASER BLASTER THING. Okay so maybe I don't have an official name for this thing yet, but still. Looks awesome, no?

Okay this is a boring one, I'll admit, but I'd like to get some feedback on it, if possible. I'm trying to go for a path that the natives of the planet use, but because they don't really travel between villages much it's not an advanced path or anything... Might just go with a simple dirt path, but I'd love to hear anyone else's thoughts on the matter.

Woot, the good guys! Transport speeder in the right colors, you'll recognize the design from my Palefaces test animation; I originally made it in Paleface colors, white and transparent orange, but the script didn't really write that into the film (oops ) so I just remade it in Pacis colors and there ya go!

Here it is, the ship that really started it all, the... Well okay I never thought of a name for this ship, but no matter. This is the ship that Colonel Blake and his team take to Nemus, the planet where pretty much the whole film takes place. It really helped determine the general style of Pacis ships, so it's kinda a big deal. Made this thing probably like a year ago, but I just thought I'd post a pic of it.

So that's really it, been working on figuring out Paleface weapon designs mostly, hence the gun, and their ship design and whatnot. Also been experimenting with making planets in GIMP, might edit this post with some pics of those planets in a little while if you guys are interested. Get excited, the Palefaces are coming!!
-kcirbfilms

P.S. Anyone who wants to read the script and offer critique on it, tell me here or PM me, I'd be happy to get more thoughts and whatnot so I can finally finalize the script and get my voice actors to record their lines without worrying that they'll have to rerecord some. Also, picture of General Fortibus is up in the casting call, and I still need voice actors for him, Colonel Blake, and Richard Bellator, as well as people to play the Dolorum (Paleface) soldiers. Any and all voice actors would be greatly appreciated!!

Whoops I knew I forgot something! I have an amazing duster that gets between the studs, so in the final film there won't be any dust, I just forgot to dust this thing off before taking pictures of it...

Looks great!

I think the path should be more like the kind AnnoyingNoisesProductions uses.  It's a bunch of tiles of the same color offset on the sides of the path.  Watch some of his films (Pirates Rule! and Mailbox of Doom) to see what I'm talking about.

Cool! I like the depth of field your using on the first picture.

This film looks like it's going to be, excuse my language, f ing epic. I'm really glad to be a part of it, kcirbfilms!

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