Steel In Love 

Who left this bowl of onions here? :.( Seriously, as a Kong fan, this was an incredibly emotional short film. Good job Tom, O'Brian and Harryhausen would be proud. Surprised the Academy doesn't consider giving this a Best Animated Short Nomination.

It's a sad love story, he still had a soft spot in his heart for the girl he meet 80 years ago. Now her love only remains on instant monochromed pollaroids of the past, and he himself is just a shadow of his former glory as the 8th marvel of the world. He is the only one left since the original adventurers of the Skull Island perished long time ago, and the only thing he had to remember his beloved girlfriend and his own past as THE beast is that small and forgotten spot of the film history. But he's not alone, every passion, every love ends in the same situation, being remembered by the lonely remains of what did it special and unique. :/

Back stop motion effects in Hollywood!!!! Its a magic!!!!!

Why was this not nominated best short for an Oscar? It's that good!! Thanks for making magic live again Tom!

Absolutely lovely, the affection for Kong and his creators shows in every frame. A very fitting tribute to the greatest movie monster of them all. Thanks, Tom, this is a wonderful Halloween gift.

Thank you for bringing Kong back to life. Beautifully done.

never get enough of this work. one of the main influences on why I prefer to use main made props.

Wonderful to see the old boy moving again. Great tribute to Ray and Willis !!!

That was beautiful and worthy of an Oscar! Great work Tom! Very touching.

you are a legend Tom....may your armature never sag!

Wonderful job Tom! A lovely tribute to the greatest film ever made! O'Brien and Ray will be looking down with big smiles!

Simply a work of art, amazing!!!

Happy belated birthday Tom!!! 😆

I have to comment a second time, I absolutly LOVE this, Tom you made me cry and its only been 19hrs since I got back from the Ray Harryhausen Art exhibit at the Tate Britain! I'll be using this during my armature lessons to teach students the importance and history of a good stop-motion armature, once again thankyou so much for posting this.

Very moving, thanks for sharing more from ADI.

That was really great. I see stuff like this and it gives me that feeling inside my chest, that swelling that is like the emotions inside are getting too big for your rib cage to contain. You know the one. It's just what it's all about, isn't it?

I loved this great short. Sweet, nostalgic and yet strangely inspiring, a way to show that stop motion animation is still a thing. And the commentary at the beginning was also great. Thank you for sharing this work.

Lloré y lloré! Qué hermoso trabajo... De una sensibilidad extrema... Muchas gracias

Lovely and heartbreaking. Very well done Tom! Thank you

You never cease to amaze us, Tom. This is great work and I can only imagine the hours upon hours it took you to do this.

That was beautiful. My Rondo pick!

It is really beautiful work, and a touching story Mr. Woodruff. Every bit of love and passion comes through this fantastic short. Thank you for sharing it with us.

That was beautiful Tom, thanks for sharing.

Thank You ...Don't stop the stop-motion.

Well done Tom.

Wonderful. Well done and thank you.

That was so touching! I got a little misty-eyed, well-done.

strangely attaching... Very well done, a loving tribute

Tom, I watch this all the time, great work!

Wow, nicely done Tom. Wonderful concept.

That was awesome Tom, very touching

What a wonderful & sad short film.

That was truly heart warming, well done.

Really well done! Would love to see more personal work from both of you. Keep it coming!!!

Tom, this is an awesome piece of work

this was great. thanks for doing it. beautiful work.

Truely amazing animation Tom.

What is this salt water doing in my eyes...

This was beautifully awesome. Great job. Man I love this channel, and your Instagram.

Fantastic stuff Mr Woodruff. So when will you and Alec decide that ADI should produce an in-house stop motion animation film? How about it? Killer miniatures, cracking effects and your own blend of stop motion characters befitting your sensibilities....

This was AMAZING!

COOL!!!! Very nice piece of animation and narration right here! :)

this was beautiful!

Beautiful!

RIP Fay Wray (1907-2004)

Absolutely immense!!! :) :) brilliant!!! :)

I wonder if Peter Jackson has seen this as I believe he has the other original armature. Awesome short, must have been a nightmare to get the photo to fall face up.

Done with love

That was GREAT!

Key moments in the video 0:02 1:52 2:20 2:49 3:49 8:12

HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS! Thankyou for posting :-D

This was beautiful and touching. I loved it! You can feel the love in every frame. Where can we see "Inside Kong"?

Just beautifull!

fenominal

That's really affectionate.

Very touching, you can see it's a project close to your heart! Also it got me thinking.. Is this historic?? It's the second only time the model has ever been used and features in a film?

3:27 let’s get into the video

Damn Tom. That was beautiful. Makes me long for the days of making stop motion dinosaurs fight in my basement.

Que bello! muy bueno dejo mi like

cool

THIS IS COOL

Guys, this is up for a Rondo Award for Best Short Film. - rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/?p=741 This one definitely has my vote. Common guys, let's all do the same!

Especially good finger articulation. As it was meant to be about the puppet, itself, though, I think it would have worked better without the roaring and growling sounds.

Hi there Tom, Massive fan since the days of Alien 3. I'm studying animation at UWE (bristol,uk) and just handed in a video essay Kong vs skull island in which I look at the original 1933 Kong and compare it to the recent Skull island. Whilst doing research I came across your videos on Kong of which I referenced in the essay. I'ld love to send you a link. It isn't live on youtube - its just for the uni and it's shorter than I would like - but that was the box my tutors put me in. Whats the best way of getting it to you? should I just drop a link here? anyway. Keep the fires burning.

I wonder if the original stop motion AT-ATs from Empire still exist.

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Why was this short called King Kong: steel in love?

I wish we’ve got to know what happen to kong after he left........or whatever happen to him 😭😢

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