Outstanding! I can’t imagine the many tedious hours that went into filming those scenes. Explosions, gunfire, hand to hand combat; it was all so very well done. The stand at Rorke’s Drift HAS to follow!
Fantastic done. I recognize the 1/32 Call To Arms figures used in this video. I myself got loads of zulu figures from same company but lost interest in doing anything further after trying to glue their shields. They kept falling off. Tried super glue and stuff. Stayed on til i mixed the figures. Wonder why they couldn´t mold the figures with shields like the 1/72 figures from Italiera of which I also have a number as well as British troops along with buildings.
I recommend British Muzzel Loaders, Rob McKay has done a great job of analysing the drill and fire procedures of British and Imperial soldiers from 1800 to 1940. I was surprised to learn that the command 'Fire!' Was never used... it was 'Present' when the rifle would be brought to the shoulder , followed by a count 2.3 then the volley would fire without a specific command. Volleys were typically shot by platoon, so a rolling effect happened. The dressing of the infantry by this time was much wider and more open than is shown in the film or public imagination with a good 6 ft between each soldier. The superior fire rate, accuracy and power of the Martini Henry rifle meant concentration wasn't as important as more bullets hit their mark. In the latter stages of the battle they closed ranks,
I am so impressed. Not only to the film work. But the explained context in the content. About the Officers and positions. I learn more here than watching a few documentaries and reading literature.
Hello mate, WOW, this is awesome, it must have taken you centuries to collect, paint, build and film, I love anything to do with the Zulu War so I found this very entertaining, excellent, Well done, Lee.
Absolutely amazing! So much effort has gone into this, I've never seen anything like this before. Love the bit at 9 mins with the dramatic retro music.
Well I wasn’t expecting this to be as fantastic as it is, also the best birds eye map showing the advance of the Zulu’s and where the British where I’ve seen and also the direction of the fugitives retreat, thank you very much for your hard work, I imagine it was great fun to make as well 👍
Thank you for this video. Obviously took a lot of work. I never would have imagined something like this. Informative and interesting to watch. Better than just hearing about the battle. Appreciate very much your work.
Second time I have watched your video. Great stop motion animation and each soldier painstakingly painted. There is one or two things? One was that there was so much gunfire from the British, that they couldn't see what they were shooting at through the smoke from the cordite! They probably just fired and hoped for the best! There was also a problem with opening the ammo boxes of which were screwed down! Now, how many times have you been stuck with the wrong size screwdriver when doing a job! The rest is history, but I love your work!!
Thanks very much. Yes I agree about the smoke, however the ammunition being screwed down as portrayed in the film 'Zulu Dawn' has been disputed by quite a few historians. The theory behind why the gunfire got less effective the longer the battle went on was down to the guns overheating and malfunctioning because they were fired for an excessive period of time and a quick pace. I'm thinking it might be a bit of both.
Wow! The meticulous work and time that went into this stop motion film, let alone financial investment. I salute you sir for this project and it’s ingenuity. Huzzah!!!
Excellent job. Was just watching the final battle in Zulu Dawn when your video popped up. Your narration really explains in great detail how the battle unfolded, I can see how the director of the movie really tried to stay historically accurate to the actual events now.
Absolute Quality must have took ages, expensive no doubt!. Bad result on the day but all the zulu wars etc makes you proud to be British 🇬🇧. Great job here 👏
This is some of the best stop motion I’ve ever seen! And also who made these beautiful miniatures! And your painting is bloody brilliant! I love how the horses position change from shot to shot it brings a large amount of realism to the film! The whole film is damn beautiful! Also your miniature collection is making me jealous hahah! Keep up the beautiful work man! I have subscribed and hit the bell button!
Thanks, it took a lot of work painting the figures, creating the backdrops and filming the stop motion. Future projects will be WWII based with a probable recreation of the battle Rorkes Drift which followed this battle.
Those are plastic figures that were painted. Better than metal, they don't fall and break and much less expensive! If you like painting them you can get them easily. I have all of them but I don't paint them. They are 1/32 scale (or 54 mm as they are also called). They are made by Conte Collectibles and Armies In Plastic and Call To Arms plastic figures. Quite extensive, they have infantry, mounted sets, cannons and crews and Boer commandos also. And very well sculpted Zulu figures.
Very well done not just on the painting of the zulu's and imperial troops it'd a great 23 mins to watch I'm gonna watch this again tomorrow keep up the good work I'm subscribing... 👌👌👌👌
brilliantly filmed loved the soundtrack too👏 did you buy all those models ? Lol need to work on your pronunciation of iSandlwana , apart from that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done that man 👍
Absolutely great. I am sure that captain Younghusband and C coy 24th fought up to the crag of the hill. I had to do a lesson on him. But truly great work. Keep it up
There's a lot of conflicting stories about many aspects of the battle, in some accounts it does state this however I picked this one. Thanks for your comment, much appreciated.
Beautiful work, though I don't think there were any "Lootenants" in the British Army. I had a guided tour of Isandlwana (and Rorke's Drift) when I stayed at Fugitive's Lodge. I agree with just about everything you've shown, yet seem to remember that the Rocket Battery's emplacement wasn't all that near to Durnford's gully.. but who really knows? It was assumed that one or two volleys of rockets, using shrapnel air bursts, would have been enough to deter the Zulu warriors... but it turned out that they were all a bit high on some concoction that gave them courage. Had those rocket batteries not been put so far forward, and remained in the camp behind the forward line, their air bursts might well have inflicted intolerable tolls on the attackers. Ah well, better luck next time was the eventual outcome
Hi, yes the rank of lieutenant was used then in the British army. You are right, if they hadn't underestimated the zulu and had brought their army together at the base of the mountain they would have most likely fended the zulu off.
I too stayed at fugitives drift lodge with the Ratrays and took the tour . Yes there where lieutenants in the British army but we call them leftenants , such is the English language 😂
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Not sure if viewers can truly appreciate the amount of time, effort and energy that must have gone into creating this. Thank you, it's fantastic!
Thanks very much.
@@battlemotion8862we're did u get these
@@battlemotion8862we're did u get all the British and zulus
this Is one of very few of my favorite videos
I subscribed by the way!
@@bromhead Thanks
Outstanding! I can’t imagine the many tedious hours that went into filming those scenes. Explosions, gunfire, hand to hand combat; it was all so very well done. The stand at Rorke’s Drift HAS to follow!
Thanks. Yes it did take some time. I will get to Rorkes Drift after my next project.
This is very, very good.
One basic error however is that it is Lieutenant Coghill, not Goghill.
Totally nuts!.........loved every second.....ta!
Great video I really enjoyed it
You are the best 😃it must have taken a long time to do it
Fantastic done. I recognize the 1/32 Call To Arms figures used in this video. I myself got loads of zulu figures from same company but lost interest in doing anything further after trying to glue their shields. They kept falling off. Tried super glue and stuff. Stayed on til i mixed the figures. Wonder why they couldn´t mold the figures with shields like the 1/72 figures from Italiera of which I also have a number as well as British troops along with buildings.
Simply beyond amazing...I can't even imagine how long this took to produce.
Thanks very much, I'm currently on with a shorter WW2 project. I hope to have something released in the next month or 2.
This is the best video i have ever seen on youtube
this is what my toy soldiers used to do while i was asleep.
Proof!
Love the painstaking detail and historical accuracy. Subscribed.
Thanks, much appreciated.
This is one of the coolest things I've seen!!
Shawn: You produced an Epic battle which made it so clear to understand, I felt as though I were watching it in real time... Excellent Video!
Thanks very much.
I recommend British Muzzel Loaders, Rob McKay has done a great job of analysing the drill and fire procedures of British and Imperial soldiers from 1800 to 1940.
I was surprised to learn that the command 'Fire!' Was never used... it was 'Present' when the rifle would be brought to the shoulder , followed by a count 2.3 then the volley would fire without a specific command. Volleys were typically shot by platoon, so a rolling effect happened. The dressing of the infantry by this time was much wider and more open than is shown in the film or public imagination with a good 6 ft between each soldier. The superior fire rate, accuracy and power of the Martini Henry rifle meant concentration wasn't as important as more bullets hit their mark.
In the latter stages of the battle they closed ranks,
I'm going to add my praise to the amount of effort and talent that it took to make this fantastic film, I doff my cap accordingly sir.
I am so impressed. Not only to the film work. But the explained context in the content. About the Officers and positions. I learn more here than watching a few documentaries and reading literature.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed and learned at the same time.
Marvelous. It reminds me of childrens stuff in the 1960s and that is not an insult. Great video.
THAT was SOMTHING that deserves MORE! MORE LIKES MORE SHARES, More Followers! The facys were all there and you can't ask for MORE! GOOD Job!
Hello mate, WOW, this is awesome, it must have taken you centuries to collect, paint, build and film, I love anything to do with the Zulu War so I found this very entertaining, excellent, Well done, Lee.
Thanks, yes it took a few years lol
Absolutely amazing!
So much effort has gone into this, I've never seen anything like this before.
Love the bit at 9 mins with the dramatic retro music.
Thanks very much.
Even better than the film Zulu dawn.....and more historicaly. accurate as well!....amazing job, well done sir!!!
Thanks, my goal was to be as historically accurate as possible.
Awesome my dad has a hugh battle of Waterloo diorama. I think you would get on with him lol!
At first glance it looks silly, but as you watch it , it's fairly well done and accurate . Not bad at all .
A lot of work, but yet so simple, basic animation! Brilliant!
Thanks
WOW this is good can you do a rorkes drift
Wow cool im gonna make that to clay
I hope you've entered some stop motion competitions. This is a winner!
Just brilliant.great work and so well told...bravo.🤗
Extremely accurate. This important battle is not covered enough.
Excellent. Thank you.
Well done sir! Bravo!
Thank you very much for this wonderful work, it was just fantastic. I loved it!
Thanks very much.
Great and amazing job!
Thanks gor sharing!!!!
Well I wasn’t expecting this to be as fantastic as it is, also the best birds eye map showing the advance of the Zulu’s and where the British where I’ve seen and also the direction of the fugitives retreat, thank you very much for your hard work, I imagine it was great fun to make as well 👍
Well done!
Thanks
I really enjoyed watching that, well done. So much effort and time must have gone into making that.
Thanks very much.
What can I say? This is brilliant! Well done.
Thanks.
Thank you for this video. Obviously took a lot of work. I never would have imagined something like this. Informative and interesting to watch. Better than just hearing about the battle. Appreciate very much your work.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed.
I am your 99th subscriber, keep up the good films!
Thanks very much. New movie coming soon.
I can't comment enough, you need an award for this animation!
Lol thanks again.
well done !
With a bit of imagination this is the best Zulu war battle I’ve ever seen made with toys 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️
Thanks very much.
Battle Motion that’s ok my pleasure it is the best Zulu battle ever 👍🏻👍🏻
Do you have a World War One trench battle and will subscribe to you if you make a little battle for me
Is that too much or not 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@dannydixon16 I will see what I can do in the near future.
Ray Harryhausen history - it would be interesting to know how many hours this required. What a project!
Harryhausen was a genius. On and off this took a couple of years.
Wow - amazing work
Take a bow sir...
That's iincredibl
FANTASTIC !!
As has been said below, brilliant. Merely painting the figures must have taken months. Well done.
Yes it took a while lol. Thanks.
Second time I have watched your video.
Great stop motion animation and each soldier painstakingly painted.
There is one or two things?
One was that there was so much gunfire from the British, that they couldn't see what they were shooting at through the smoke from the cordite!
They probably just fired and hoped for the best!
There was also a problem with opening the ammo boxes of which were screwed down!
Now, how many times have you been stuck with the wrong size screwdriver when doing a job!
The rest is history, but I love your work!!
Thanks very much. Yes I agree about the smoke, however the ammunition being screwed down as portrayed in the film 'Zulu Dawn' has been disputed by quite a few historians. The theory behind why the gunfire got less effective the longer the battle went on was down to the guns overheating and malfunctioning because they were fired for an excessive period of time and a quick pace. I'm thinking it might be a bit of both.
@@battlemotion8862 Thanks for putting me right on that, you make more sense of it.
Brilliant job. That's me subscribed.
This is amazing
Thanks very much.
u even got the death wounds right, & trampled soldiers movement of bodies ..nice job this was fun!
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed.
Im impressed cuz its hard to film SO MANY stuff at one time
Wow! The meticulous work and time that went into this stop motion film, let alone financial investment. I salute you sir for this project and it’s ingenuity. Huzzah!!!
Thanks very much.
Brilliant, loved it… I do stop motion animation myself, so appreciate the time and patience spent on your work. Weldone.
Thanks very much.
Excellent job. Was just watching the final battle in Zulu Dawn when your video popped up. Your narration really explains in great detail how the battle unfolded, I can see how the director of the movie really tried to stay historically accurate to the actual events now.
Very well done. thoroughly;y enjoyed this.
Really,really enjoy this.You have done a magnificent moving diorama,Well done,love it,love it,love it....!!!!!!
Thanks very much.
Fabulous job! That would have been amazing for me to have been a part of the creation of this battle. So goo
Thanks
Felt like I was watching Zulu Dawn. Good job!
Absolute Quality must have took ages, expensive no doubt!. Bad result on the day but all the zulu wars etc makes you proud to be British 🇬🇧.
Great job here 👏
Thanks very much.
This is some of the best stop motion I’ve ever seen! And also who made these beautiful miniatures! And your painting is bloody brilliant! I love how the horses position change from shot to shot it brings a large amount of realism to the film! The whole film is damn beautiful! Also your miniature collection is making me jealous hahah! Keep up the beautiful work man! I have subscribed and hit the bell button!
Thanks, it took a lot of work painting the figures, creating the backdrops and filming the stop motion. Future projects will be WWII based with a probable recreation of the battle Rorkes Drift which followed this battle.
Those are plastic figures that were painted. Better than metal, they don't fall and break and much less expensive! If you like painting them you can get them easily. I have all of them but I don't paint them. They are 1/32 scale (or 54 mm as they are also called). They are made by Conte Collectibles and Armies In Plastic and Call To Arms plastic figures. Quite extensive, they have infantry, mounted sets, cannons and crews and Boer commandos also. And very well sculpted Zulu figures.
Interesting, thanks for creating this masterpiece
Thanks very much.
This is amazing well done
Thanks very much.
This is incredible! Better than any recreation Ive seen
You’re that one guy from the movies that had beautiful sets of cowboys and soldiers
Incredible production!
Yep, watched it again, great animation, love it!
Could you do a Gettisburg one?
Amazing 😮😊 wonderful nostalgia of those toy battles when I was a kid.
Awesome job.
Impressive! Thank you, this is very impressive! :)
Thanks very much.
Really fantastic work! A really good watch too! Thanks!
....Truly an awesome presentation, thank you.
Even though I'm late this is a work of art.
hilariously well done...
Very well done not just on the painting of the zulu's and imperial troops it'd a great 23 mins to watch
I'm gonna watch this again tomorrow keep up the good work I'm subscribing... 👌👌👌👌
Thanks very much.
Very well done! Amazing, done superbly!
Thanks very much.
thank you for telling me where to get them
Is it possible for you to do the battle of ulundi (after rorkes drift obviously)
I'm pretty sure I'll get round to that lol
Incredible job ! GG
love it well done jolly good show old chap
Super fun vid!
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed.
Wow...amazing! Fantastic video!
Absolutely epic. 👍
This is impressive
Thank you for your efforts in making this entertaining and educational video. Very well done. 👍🏻
Very well done!
Well done! Great work.
16:29 POW: Getting a face lifting surgery by a Zulu.
Brilliant well done 👏
Thanks very much.
brilliantly filmed loved the soundtrack too👏 did you buy all those models ? Lol need to work on your pronunciation of iSandlwana , apart from that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done that man 👍
Thanks very much. Yeah, my voiceover guy couldn’t quite pronounce it 😂
Yes, I bought all models or made them.
Great, really enjoyed that. More!👍
Thanks, have you seen this one yet? ruclips.net/video/_KJfFtBCHag/видео.html
Absolutely great.
I am sure that captain Younghusband and C coy 24th fought up to the crag of the hill. I had to do a lesson on him.
But truly great work. Keep it up
There's a lot of conflicting stories about many aspects of the battle, in some accounts it does state this however I picked this one. Thanks for your comment, much appreciated.
Amazing!
Thank-you.
Cool stop motion
Thanks.
@@battlemotion8862 i know this comment was made 10 motions ago but I don't just like it I love the stop motion
Brilliant! May I ask where these figures are from? 👍🏻😃
O for awesome.....🤗
well done
Beautiful work, though I don't think there were any "Lootenants" in the British Army. I had a guided tour of Isandlwana (and Rorke's Drift) when I stayed at Fugitive's Lodge. I agree with just about everything you've shown, yet seem to remember that the Rocket Battery's emplacement wasn't all that near to Durnford's gully.. but who really knows? It was assumed that one or two volleys of rockets, using shrapnel air bursts, would have been enough to deter the Zulu warriors... but it turned out that they were all a bit high on some concoction that gave them courage. Had those rocket batteries not been put so far forward, and remained in the camp behind the forward line, their air bursts might well have inflicted intolerable tolls on the attackers. Ah well, better luck next time was the eventual outcome
Hi, yes the rank of lieutenant was used then in the British army. You are right, if they hadn't underestimated the zulu and had brought their army together at the base of the mountain they would have most likely fended the zulu off.
I too stayed at fugitives drift lodge with the Ratrays and took the tour . Yes there where lieutenants in the British army but we call them leftenants , such is the English language 😂
Well done.
However, the British went looking for a fight and they got one.
Darn brits