Priceless - A Stormlight Archive Fanwork using UE5

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7 ай бұрын

Contains spoilers for The Way of Kings!
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This animated short is taken from Chapter 69 of Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings", showing the confrontation between Dalinar and Sadaes after the betrayal at The Tower. This has been 6 months in the making and I'm so glad it's finally done and I get to share it with the fandom. See you all at Dragonsteel 2023!
Music composed especially for this animation curtousy of Ian Larsen! Check out his channel for more musical goodness: / @ianlarsen3920
Shardplate and Shardblade models by @mardaliza96
Thanks to @jaydeaart for their inspirational storyboard animation! Check it out over here : • The Way of Kings, Anim...
Many thanks to Brandon Sanderson for writing such an awesome and inspiring world for us to enjoy and draw inspiration from. www.brandonsanderson.com/
Tools Used
- Unreal Engine 5.3
- Metahuman Creator
- Metahuman Animator
- Cascadeur
- Marvelous Designer
- Maya 2020
- Davinci Resolve
- Substance Painter
- Photoshop

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@Omnicrola 7 ай бұрын

So, for my fellow Sanderfans jumping down here to the comments to tell me what I got wrong, let me pre-empt you : there's a lot 😅. There's a number of things that I ran out of time to do, here's the short list: - That's not actually Oathbringer - Dalinar is wearing Adolin's gauntlet, but Adolin is still wearing 2 gauntlets - Kaladin is suspiciously clean - There are no spren in the scene besides Syl

@IanKernohan 7 ай бұрын

Could not imagine nitpicking this - Dalinar looks so good! I imagined Sadeas a little differently, but really like the style you chose for him. This is amazing!

@thac0wood 7 ай бұрын

Sadeas is mispronounced, but otherwise great job

@Omnicrola 7 ай бұрын

@@thac0wood sshhhhh, I'm sure nobody noticed 😆 (even my brother called me out on that). These are the consequences of not listening to the audio book. Ah well, next video I'll know better.

@thac0wood 7 ай бұрын

@@Omnicrola Love to see this stuff

@CatalinAncuta 7 ай бұрын

You picked a complex scene. There are a lot of good things, still I think you can improve more. - dialogs are way too static like an auto reader no emotions - you have to show the emotions before and after Dalinar summons his sword. You skipped Kaladin there. Also there is no tension seen in the crowds. Sadeas had no idea why Dalinar summons it. So at first is fear(like he is taking a step back) then he should be curious but onlly after the sword is put into stone. - Dalinar - Kaladin discussion should be like father/son a little slower - the troops should be different like Sadeas clean in comparison with Dalinar ragged. you can use theirs colors green / blue

@zefciu 21 күн бұрын

I love your decision to pan out to the “justice” glyph that has been burned by Navani before.

@lonsunokrogan 7 ай бұрын

I see the core of something amazing here, thank you for creating this and I can't wait to see what you do next!

@Omnicrola 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Lots of plans for other Stormlight projects, we'll see which one wins next.

@awesomeone100 4 ай бұрын

I could nitpick details, but instead I’m just going to appreciate everything that’s great about this. I believe this shows how animation is really going to be the best way to brink the Stormlight Archive to cinema. Great work!

@Omnicrola 4 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

@its_just_kama 2 ай бұрын

I was just about to start nitpicking, then I saw this comment and changed my mind.

@oceanwater6887 2 ай бұрын

I like the detail of Dalinar wearing Adolin’s gauntlet since his own was broken.

@Omnicrola 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad you noticed!

@Gatzlocke 8 күн бұрын

I really like the faces you chose for them.

@markmiles3768 8 күн бұрын

Kinda got me teary eyed! Good work!!

@superiorgo2368 25 күн бұрын

Great work. Great choice of scene.

@anonymous38741 27 күн бұрын

this is amazing thank you for making it, subscribed and looking forward to more

@Omnicrola 27 күн бұрын

Thanks for the sub, glad you enjoyed it!

@oo_de_lally 6 ай бұрын

Ummm hi this is incredible. So much about the animation is awesome-direction, staging, camera effects. Even the "writing," in translating from book to video. Really really cool! I'll be sharing with other Brando Sando fandos and hopping in the Discord :D

@Omnicrola 6 ай бұрын

Thanks friend!

@davidwilson6577 4 ай бұрын

Sadeas just standing there, listening to Dalinar and Kaladin's conversation in stunned silence. Very authentic.

@KuraiLunae 7 ай бұрын

Incredible work to bring an incredible scene to life! Can't wait to see how the next piece come out!

@PeacePetal 2 ай бұрын

My favorite scene in the whole series.

@omarsalman1331 7 ай бұрын

Very incredible! Awesome animation! Hope to see other cool stuff from you 😊

@ragnarvolorus2925 Ай бұрын

Wow man, that was amazing!!! Thanks for doing it. If this is what a fan can do a single scene , can you imagine what say a 100 mill behind a decent director and writer could get done???

@bobbob8348 7 ай бұрын

The WIP scene allready looked super impressive, but this is just great!

@willofwaste 29 күн бұрын

Fantastic, Just really miss the delievery from the audio book, Michael Kramer portrayed Sadeas and Dalinar too well.

@jonruggles7068 7 ай бұрын

B+ for animation F- for voice acting Overall pretty cool, great job!

@Omnicrola 7 ай бұрын

Fair. Can you elaborate your thoughts on the voices? Because the "acting" is mine, but run through an AI morpher. So some of the intonation and inflection gets flattened. But also I'm not an actor.

@jonruggles7068 7 ай бұрын

@@Omnicrola yeah, I think you covered it a little bit right there. It felt flat and didn't really carry the emotion that this scene invokes. Do you read the books or listen? Because the graphic audio voice actors are pretty great most of the time and listening to this scene brought chills. Edit: I just read in another comment that you don't have the budget for voice actors. If this is a passion project I bet you could find other fans willing to collaborate for free. Just post something on the subreddit and you would get your pick of the litter.

@Omnicrola 7 ай бұрын

@jonruggles7068 it is a passion project, so not looking to monetize this beyond maybe recovering some hardware and software costs at some point. A vast majority of the time on this project was learning tools and workflows. Now that I've figured out a few critical things I'm hoping the next one goes significantly faster. Would love to get some fan voice actors involved!

@Omnicrola 7 ай бұрын

Also, if you'd like to hear a version with original audio, all the WIP are in an unlisted playlist here: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qd9mi8Kmx97Dhps.html

@liz7 5 ай бұрын

you just need pacing. Its not just the voice intonation, you need to give space, elaborate pauses, time to breath between dialogues for a more dramatic effect. For example, right after Sadeas showed surprised from Dalinar saying he will exchange the shardblade for the bridgemen you could have given him a much longer pause to take in the hesitation the surprise (no words needs to be said let your facial animation speak for that). Sometimes its just not the voice acting but the pacing.

@unfire 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I have tears running down my cheeks. Beautifully done, and especially thank you for having it done ON the glyph.

@Omnicrola 4 ай бұрын

I'm flattered, glad you enjoyed it!

@ElijahDawkins-yb1uc 7 ай бұрын

Wow! This is amazing! I was about to nitpick, but you already pointed it all out!

@Sirtoshii 7 ай бұрын

Well done! I love seeing this scene play out on screen! It's very close to how I imagined it.

@KamenRiderKyle 7 ай бұрын

Hey this is super cool! You did a fantastic job! Pretty new to Stormlight/Cosmere/Sanderson stuff, but this is one of my favorite parts of the book.

@liz7 5 ай бұрын

You just need pacing. Its not just the voice intonation, you need to give space, elaborate pauses, time to breath between dialogues for a more dramatic effect. For example, right after Sadeas showed surprised from Dalinar saying he will exchange the shardblade for the bridgemen you could have given him a much longer pause to take in the hesitation the surprise (no words needs to be said let your facial animation speak for that). Sometimes its just not the voice acting but the pacing.

@Omnicrola 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the detailed feedback!

@gideonebeling 5 ай бұрын

the facial expressions are phenomenal!!! nothing like this is seen in any 3D animation i’ve ever seen

@Omnicrola 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! It's in large part thanks to the tools, which make it really easy to do face mocap. You can try it yourself if you have an iPhone: www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/new-metahuman-animator-feature-set-to-bring-easy-high-fidelity-performance-capture-to-metahumans

@kgs4189 7 ай бұрын

Brilliant!!

@KRUSER 4 ай бұрын

This was dope, thanks for making it!

@Valosken 18 күн бұрын

Amazing!

@Rhedak Ай бұрын

That was amazing, thank you!

@Omnicrola Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@dooderscoot2900 4 ай бұрын

Dalinars a pretty cool dood...

@rudyh721 23 күн бұрын

This is awesome I can’t get over though how sadeas sounds like will ferrel

@t1touch9x 6 ай бұрын

Amazing work 😮, keep it up 👏

@thespartan9304 5 ай бұрын

This made me smile so much, I love it!!

@johnelliotschmit5621 5 ай бұрын

This was amazing! Well done.

@commanderdreg 7 ай бұрын

Amazing this is significantly better than your draft just a few days ago! It’s stunning!

@seringale 7 ай бұрын

Wow that is actually so impressive 👏

@coltontippets9484 4 ай бұрын

this is really well done

@great-wall-of-nowhere9377 7 ай бұрын

AWESOME!!!

@Falu_makes_things 7 ай бұрын

Amaaaziiiiing!! ❤

@thehammer4607 7 ай бұрын

Outstanding

@gabitogabo6920 7 ай бұрын

espectacular!!

@milledreyerjrgensen9782 3 ай бұрын

this is amazing!

@DeVedkutterenAvIdiotes 2 ай бұрын

Oh I absolutely love this, it is just how I imagined! I wish the when Dalinar summoned his Shardblade, Sadeas would be more surprised and Adolin and his army actually draw their swords but it is great!

@Omnicrola 2 ай бұрын

Me too! I really wanted to have Adolin and the army draw swords, but ran out of time

@flesruoYkcuFoGuoY 7 ай бұрын

Fucking amazing. Can't wait for the day SLA gets the on-screen treatment it deserves. This moment alone would absolutely break the internet!

@Scp4521 7 ай бұрын

Love it!

@lucas-qc2fj 7 ай бұрын

I have no words for what i just see. Holy fuck this is amazing

@palmerbiddle2033 13 күн бұрын

Would love to do some voice acting for you in future videos!

@Omnicrola 13 күн бұрын

Always fun to collab with other Sanderson fans, swing by the Discord and say hi!

@samuelleask1132 7 ай бұрын

Whoa this is awesome

@Zeyga 5 ай бұрын

Well storming done friend. Well storming done.

@Omnicrola 5 ай бұрын

Thanks friend!

@sYd6point7 7 ай бұрын

@grc3rb 5 ай бұрын

Fucking helll!!! This is amazing!

@Omnicrola 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@pensyour4823 7 ай бұрын

amazing

@Igorex2930 7 ай бұрын

nice

@nards835 7 ай бұрын

very cery coool

@StormBlessedxo 2 ай бұрын

you sanderson fans gotta relax this is great, plus it's fan made doesn't mean it's professional work. Amazing job and keep going, you'll only get better!

@hawkfu 6 ай бұрын

Woah nice job! This is such a wonderful scene, though i cant share it with anyone who hasnt read the book since its literally the best moment in maybe the entire series, but for sure book 1. That, or the "im banging your mom" talk he has with Elohkar just after this.

@tukohates 7 ай бұрын

a dead spreen for an army of radiants, better trade ever made

@timothymcgoldrick57 3 ай бұрын

Voices are awkward but damn this is quality

@poolshark121 7 ай бұрын

Id love to see side carry with this model

@stardino9475 21 күн бұрын

If you could. You try the graphic audio, audio over the ai

@Omnicrola 21 күн бұрын

For the next one I definitely won't use the AI again. It was a fun experiment, but even though this one is pretty good for an AI, it's still immediately obvious it's AI.

@agassparkle 5 ай бұрын

this is a nice piece of work. How long did it take you to finish this of ?

@Omnicrola 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! It took about 6 months or so of evenings and weekends.

@passdoutcouchpotatos 4 ай бұрын

Awesome animation, the voicework could definately use some other takes, but otherwise really cool

@eddieford9373 15 күн бұрын

Why would you have him summon the blade palm down? It's described as falling into their hands.

@Omnicrola 15 күн бұрын

Simple answer: that's the way I thought it looked best, based on how well the mocap data turned out, and my preferred camera angle

@Saikodan99 7 ай бұрын

what's amazing here is that he bought an army of windrunners without knowing it, a great scene!

@CampingEwok2 7 ай бұрын

This is really good! In fact, just created this channel to ask you about the shardblade summoning animation. I have always imagined it as a puff of mist manifesting in/around hands and extending to form the vague shape of the shardblade (same shape and look&feel when a shardblade goes through living matter). Once the "invisible mold" of the shardblade is filled with this mist, it instantly condenses, revealing the shardblade. Almost like a lightsaber ignition animation than mist rushing from all directions to form the blade. Maybe I'm cherry picking to form this opinion :) but in WoR page 1015, there is a detailed description of a shardblade getting formed (most detailed in the first 3 books! haven't read the 4th one yet) that seems to support this view. There is another one in WoK page 1068, where a puff of mist appears in hand to form the blade. Would love to see this kind of summoning in action! But regardless, amazing work keep it up!

@Omnicrola 7 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! The Blade summoning is one of the most difficult effects of this piece, and it only takes up 0.5seconds. 😂 I've gone through dozens of variations using different settings for opacity ramps, condensation speed, shape, post process compositing, etc trying to get the effect "just right". If you go back in my channel history you can see some other earlier attempts. I'm still not 100% on it, so I appreciate the feedback and references!

@CampingEwok2 7 ай бұрын

@@Omnicrola You are definitely on point with the timing and trying to cram a swirling pattern of mist travelling along the contours of the blade in just 0.5 seconds might make the animation even more difficult to realize. But there is a really good reference of this done in Marvel: Hera and her blade summoning animation. It is lightning fast and has a practical summoning motion. Here is a link (at 1min40s): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gqqHosSf1rbVeXk.html I re-reading the books in prep for the book 4 right now and have an e-reader so it is easy to find references ;)

@Omnicrola 7 ай бұрын

I did really enjoy the summoning fx in that movie. There's a good sense of motion and graceful death from Hera.

@nathangladden4518 5 ай бұрын

I really like your final summoning animation, I'd be happy to see this style of summon in a full-scale professional make. Well done/

@dooderscoot2900 4 ай бұрын

Now do Dumais Wells...

@Omnicrola 4 ай бұрын

Oh is that all 😂 that would be an epic scene to do, but is a little beyond me at the moment

@wezleey25 7 ай бұрын

Great job. That scene hits so hard. Critical opinion (feel free to ignore): I honestly think working on the verbal cadence, most notably the pauses between lines, would add the most value for me. Some may want the vocal inflection, but I think the cadence is more important. Not sure if that is something that's viable to work on in the short term, but I thought I'd mention it. Do you have an end goal with this project, or are you just letting creativity guide you?

@Omnicrola 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate the specific feedback. All the voices are technically me, but run through altered.ai to morph it to sound like someone else. So some (a lot?) of the emotion got flattened out. Would like to hire some voice actors but that's out of my current budget. No specific end goal, other than to have fun and recreate specific scenes from Stormlight. Might try pulling in more fandom collaborators for the next project though.

@coobbyo 7 ай бұрын

@@OmnicrolaOh heck yeah!

@silversungaming9451 Ай бұрын

The motions feel robotic, and the voices lack emotion. Sadeas (Sad-ee-ess) and Kholin (stress "lin") are mispronounced. Aside from these, I think this animation is phenomenal!

@Omnicrola Ай бұрын

Be sure to check out the Christmas version for the correct Sadeas pronunciation! 😁

@silversungaming9451 Ай бұрын

@@Omnicrola I'll do that!