SMALL SOLDIERS Behind-the-Scenes Puppet Battle Rehearsal 

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Lord do I love practical effects. Look at the effort that goes into making these scenes.. Nothing but respect. This movie doesn't get the love it deserves

This was so fuckin cool. I'm such a small soldiers nerd.

Small Soldiers is my favorite childhood movie, I'm really glad you shared this clip! I KNEW it used small animatronics, and to me that's way more amazing than CGI

I would like to see a remake of the movie. But not polished and no better computer animations. No. Just keep the style and make it unique. I think kids nowadays would like it as well as I liked it in 1998. my 2 cents.

"Open a can of whoop ass on you!" Haha 98' when WWF was fun to watch.

They really need to do a sequel otherwise I have to do this myself.

Persnoody, PLENTY more on the way. Our goal is to share the entire SWS archive! -Matt

just watched the movie five min ago and then got hooked watching this !!!!

So they're use a mechanism hidrolic and like puppet its better pure and no cgi ...good 👌

See the director was having fun

those are so cool! I love Archer and Major Chip. HEY! Neca should make figures of em! they would look soooo accurate!!! :D awesome vid!

amazing yall! loved it! wish there was more of these small soldiers haha great movie

It's a tad unfair, I admit. I admire both, since they take a great deal of skill to use and learn. (I use 3DS Max myself for modelling, but found being able to draw, and my experience of modelling in clay years ago, to have helped me out when learning it.) The problem is that there are far too many bad CGI animation examples vs Darn good ones, With puppetry/ stop motion animation, there is nowhere to hide if you are bad at it. People will call you out on your stuff.

My favorite movie just got better

Pliz make part 2 of this film where golgonites return.

"Civilian, declare your allegiance."

God I've been looking at prop owners and stuff a lot lately and I just keep thinking to myself why aren't movie props like this played with more or used for fan films. If I had personal access to something like Archer and chip I would definitely be doing something fun and faithful to the movie. I would also love to see the shells for every single body part of both of these figures 3D scanned and placed up online for people to access whether for free or for a small fee so that way maybe custom action figure creators can finally build life sized versions of these guys. I'm surprised after all these different companies out there like side show and whatnot that we haven't seen like a hundred or $200 replica prop of these guys floating about. I'm positive there's a market for screen accurate action figures of these guys!

Very nice

You guys obviously know your stuff. I always wanted to see both the Orgonites and the Commando Elite do their own movies. I always wondered if you could get a stunt guy to dress up as Archer and have him be in a movie in the vain of Gladiator. Is that possible? I mean just think how cool it would be to see Archer go: ''ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!'' LOL

It's not letting me type any web addresses but if you Google 'University of Hertfordshire Special Effects' you should find it. There's also a video of the 2011 exhibit on RU-vid which you can find quite easily

Nah, there were several scenes with CGI versions. I'd say roughly a 50/50 split at the least.

Are these still here? Like was this video recent? That'd be amazing if you guys kept onto these and didn't let them either get sold off to some guy who keeps em in his basement or let them go to ruins like some props

esto es arte

maybe a pro tip?:) how can I get into working in this field? where do i start? (all animatronic stuff) I know and build parts for the figures, but how can I get into this as a profession? (am currently studying graphic design)

1:44 - Now kiss.

Why is the top comment on these sort of videos always someone bashing CGI?

hey can you make a video of how to make the major chip hazard? im ok with the leg movements and with his arms at the side without the handles to move them I want to be able to pose the arms like the talking action figure chip hazard. is h that ok?

Even with the puppeteers in the background their movements still looks so real.

This was my childhood. I was obsessed and finally bought the toys I wanted as an adult! 😂 criminally underrated movie.

They should make these availiable for the public. I would love to get my hands on one of those.

Loved this movie as a kid. Haven't watched it in a while but now I want to hunt it down on DVD and watch it again. I remember I had the toys that they sold to promote the movie. I would wait till my Mom went to bed, go out into the hall, set them all up as if they were fighting each other, and then the next day when she woke up and walked into the hallway they would scare the hell out of her. Ha Ha. Ahhhhh good times.

I used to have Small Soldiers on VHS! IT was my favorite movie! Then a few days ago I found the box... and it was empty! :'( RIP

Stan:"getting as close as we can to the characters being alive" miss you man your company is in good hands your trained them well

Playing with toys and getting paid. Nice :)

These practical effects helped the movie age well. Great movie

I remember these toys sold out like hot cakes I could never get one.

A few years ago when first I watched this movie on tv in my country, I was very impressed with the puppets which were so perfectly sculpted with characteristic looks and shapes by First Class Artists / Sculptors, and also their movements in the movie, they were so life-like. Thank You to all the people involved in coming up with this superb puppet movie. Hope to see more of this kind of First Class Movie.

hahah love seeing how much fun they had!

Technology wise, this movie was ahead of its time. Not only the practical effects were great, but even the CGI looked really good.

You know what they could have done, a spin-off of the movie based on the conflict between the Gorgonites and the Commando Elite. My idea of the storyline (somewhat loosely based on the PS1 game) is this; _The World of Gorgon is a peaceful place of strange natural wonders, and great spiritual power, with the Gorgonites worshipping the Ancients. Of course, when faced with adversity, the Gorgonites will fight. Archer is a Gorgonite warrior recognized for his boundless bravery and noble leadership, and is named their Emissary by the Ancients._ _However, this peace is not to last. The human race from the planet Earth, driven by greed, sought to take over Gorgon as a colony and invaded. The Commando Elite, lead by Major Chip Hazard, is the cream of the crop within the humans' military forces, and they fight to destroy the Gorgonites. Now, Archer must gather his fellow Gorgonite warriors and fight back against the Commando Elite and reclaim their home from the human race, as the final battle between the two determined leaders draw closer. One thing, however, is certain about this war...THERE WILL BE NO MERCY._ How's this, you guys?

This type of animation looks much better than stop-motion. Stop-motion is good when it's done *perfectly*, and if done sloppily, looks very fake. (example of good stop motion would be Ray Harryhausen's work). Unfortunately it appears that stop motion would take much more time and isn't nearly as flexible as this method when it comes to animating practical effects/props.

why couldn't sell the toys like them

wow, when I was small I thought this was cgi, I see I was wrong now 😃

this is so cool i love the movie and the toy

I am so impressed, I remembered this movies and watched it in Netflix again like a year ago, I keep wondering how they did the effects, the movie looks so good, it is ahead of its time. Why they stopped using practical effects? Now this days everything is so much cgi.

I would like see a second part this movie on my chillhood seen this movie more or less 100 ever. My favourite toy is Comandante Chip Hazard 😁👍🏼Excuse me I'm learning English

This video. This video right here is just bloody incredible! It's just so brilliant. You guys are truly amazing. Practically right here is history in the making! I loved this film as a kid. Keep up the work guys!!

Me niego a llamarlos efectos anticuados, es arte cinematográfico en estado puro, si no fueran perezosos y codiciosos, las compañías podrían haber hecho películas con aniamtronics con tiempo y dedicación y tendríamos clásicos modernos.

It's a shame the movie ended up using CGI. I looked up some clips on RU-vid. They really don't hold up. Nothing beat the realism of practical.

We need a sequel or prequel! Also where can we get these models created? They could make a fortune selling these figures.

wooow... they had so much control over their articulation..... so freakin cool :)

If we can get action figure to move and run like this it would be groundbreaking and I think I have a way to do it

should have a remake also looks like avatar have reference on the characters

There should be a part 2 . Where they find there home. To find it being under attack. This could go on many different directions.

they are having way to much fun, i like it.

Mmm watching this was so erotic , seeing how they really put this masterpiece movie together , bravo fellows , love your work xxxxx

Joey ReAply, check out our website for great lessons which offer many valuable tools, training and insights into the various aspects and skills required in the special fx industry - link above in video description. Also check out the artist interviews on our RU-vid channel, many of the artists talk about how they first started in the industry. And then get busy creating characters! Good luck! -Maggie

Getting to play with these puppets must be the greatest job in the world.

Superb Puppetry in the pre complex CGI days

I wish movies were still made like this. I hate the overuse of cgi

0:30 OMG that little kick lmao

I have two of the commandos and I'm gonna get chip soon ^^

This movie was just too cool when I saw it. Make it a reality

That's how they use the models for filming

Wow this is amazing job 😁😁

No wonder the effects still hold up today. I was convinced that the majority of the effects were created using some form of CGI for the longest time. Loved this film growing up. :) I even had a film-accurate size Chip Hazard.

Childhood

Movie used to scare the shit out of me but i'd always watch it, i'm even considering getting a commando elite tattoo nowadays

This was probably a better fight between the two than they had in the movie! lol I know it was one sided for a reason, but Archer couldn't even get at least one good hit in!

A ploy to sell toys, there was a lot of that in the 90's but it didn't matter because the toys were usually fuckin badass, I had the blue one with the dreads that spins around, forgot his name.

Cobblepot27, agreed! Getting paid to stage epic toy battles is an amazing job! -Maggie

My kids loved this movie when they were little and my younger ones now also love it!! Seeing how much fun they had making this film is so nice and wholesome I really wished movies were given the same treatment nowadays

Oh my gosh, that was totally awesome.

It's funny I want to play them!

👍

That is great work. I love this movie it's one of my favourite childhood movies and of the 90s.

thanks for sharing Stan Winston School

it's pretty far, but please, do give me the link)))

There are some "big persons" behind those small soldiers 😉 One of my favorite movies as a kid.

this people re o profesional ............

So cool to see the puppeteers practice the movements

Thanks for sharing

Please show this film again on RCTI INDONESIA. In collaboration with the RCTI INDONESIA contract, this film is really cool. Every episode is tense... Salute, the director is really cool. I love this film.

Holy shit that was amazing

Woah, this is some great behind the scenes action of one of my childhood fav films. Thanks for the upload!

Remake!!!!

I love this scene archer fight chip in toy store in back room for cut scene tim shows up in back he hears gorgonite you are freak You will be pulverize he saw timmy and shoot the fore head

Daaaamn, and here I thought it was all CGI. :D

awesome, i never expected that method of controlling the limbs.

This is sooo fucking scary its almost beautiful thank God the trinity Jesus/God/holy ghost are not masters of puppets ^______^

Tony Caetano, glad we could help :) -Maggie

when will there be a new one?

We want More motion or should I say MO-motion? :D

I seen this movie since I was 5 now am 14 wow I love this movie been one my favorite ones love it commando

Wao love that man!

thats so cool

That was epic

Wow 👀

This year I am starting a SFX course at the University of Hertfordshire, England. I don't know how close that is to you, but it's how I'm getting into the business. It's close to Pinewood Studios and in the second year students spend time on movie sets, such as James Bond, Prometheus and Thor. I can send you a link if you want