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I’m new to the hobby…. But loving these videos. Funny, with video games I’m all about the gameplay - but with board / war games…. I’m all about squeezing narrative into this thing! Immersion!

Although it's nice to have discussions about this and to hear all PoV's. I disagree with these points (this is my humble opinion) ... GW's makes some excellent products , that cant be denied and the lore is one of the richest IP's out there. But they truly are one of the most ANTI-consumer businesses out there. Using the same Apple analogy , imagine if you bought a new Iphone , only to have it not work due to an update a week after release?? (looking at you codexes , data cards or in some cases whole miniature ranges ) or selling the latest Iwatch , but only for limited qty's (FOMO tactics) for one day? The main problem isn't the pricing (which is really out of hand now) , but their shitty business practices which treat their customers with such disrespect.

There is no issue with people making profit. There is a problem with the unethical business practices at GW. It is unethical to make transactions without giving the consumer choice. Like to require a unit minimum size of 3 and then only sell 2 models in a box. When an expensive codex is released, and then invalidated in under 6 months. When entire model lines are "retired" and those models become invalidated for official play, only to reintroduce a new line later. And before anyone says anything "bUt YoU dOnT hAvE tO pLay" like Dr. House in the video brushed over with his "luxury item" crap, 'Oblivion' is not an ethical choice if you have an option. "Oblivion" is the "you don't have to do that" option (my way or the highway crap.). Because it is a non-option, thus eliminating choice in the matter. And yes, you don't have to play the game, but for the people already vested in the game, GW's tactics unethically eliminate the possibility of choices. And this is entirely on GW's shoulders. Let's take my examples: They can sell units of the appropriate minimum size. They can PLAYTEST their codexes before publishing. It costs them nothing to say that old models are valid in official events. Instead they choose to eliminate player choices, solely for their benefit, at the detriment to the players, and the game. This is unethical. Stop fellating GW for bad behavior. It's not OK, it was never OK, and thankfully with 3d printing and better online rulesets, it is rapidly becoming moot.

What's wrong with GW? It's capitalism. It's always capitalism, and yes it really is that simple. I agree with most of what you've said other than "vote with your dollar". That statement implies free market = good actually. Tell that to the Irish as they starved to death because of a bad potato crop. Or the Bengali famine that was ALSO engineered by the British? Or how about the East India company? Nothing says "free market" like burning tons of nutmeg to artificially produce scarcity. Every single company IS Enron. All of them. They're ALL Exon Mobile for precisely the reason you outlined in this video. Profit first, and especially for shareholders EVERYTHING else second. Anyway the notion that consumer choice somehow has an impact on these companies or the way they behave is simply laughable if you ask me. They all operate in the same system, and as such they must follow it's rules. They will chase ever greater profits no matter WHAT they have to do. Including rendering the entire god damned planet uninhabitable for sentient life. We need a new system cause this one can't be fixed by anything other than replacement.

Sorry, but companies have to keep their audiences in mind. Many can and have priced themselves out of the market. Adding the political stuff recently certainly didn't help.

Those were awesome! You shoul stat the band up for the game and release them as a tie in to the movie. Maybe give to patreons :).

You mentioned that Roya may have lost any eye or some kind of scaring. Maybe not a lost eye. A hell of a scar would be what I would have to say. Maybe something on one of her arms or across her stomach. Maybe some kind of tick. Looks like she already has PTSD. Just a few thoughts. The main character is going to be one hell of a bad ass as the movie progresses. Thanks again for a distraction for my Saturday morning. Believe me I needed it. By the way. I knew a woman who went to High School with my by the name of Roya. With all the characters put together. I can see some cohesion building with them as time goes on. I did love the backstories. It shows a lot of hard times between them. I can see that being the glue in mix for them. Maybe some flash backs for them in the movie to show some of the crap they went through.

Great video! The creation of the background will help round out the lore - and makes great additional content for the director’s cut!

So Clearly a small child is found deep within the ShadowDeep and Roya makes it her personal mission to make sure THIS time the child lives.

Nice! There is a lot of narrative potential in those back stories.

I so enjoy these videos. Makes my day. Thanks.

As stated last week I can not wait for this movie, and no pressure but I believe you do not need to feel the pressure, in my mind this will meet the level of the 77 star wars.😮

Anything that feeds the brain ideas and inspiration and conveys what one is thinking is a good idea, like making these article style character bios/backstories - it doesn’t even matter if these are the «final» backstories or not, they push the process forward, developes the scope and clarifies :) As a «visual thinker» myself my brain always work best if I can doodle, draw boxes and arrows and little illustrations and visualize concepts that convey something tangible. And sometimes it’s even faster to do it this way, because it immediately sets the stage and draw people into the world. The only possible drawback is locking oneself into a direction too soon in the process, so it’s important to not just make it and leave it - make multiple versions of them, write new ones and see if they trigger some new details to keep :) The most important part though is that these things, even though the info might not *be* in the movie it can influence other things, how the characters react to things based on their backstory, small detail from their backstory that can bleed into thw movie to fill it out and make thw characters more dimentional, source material for improvisation - so much good can come from world building like this, so time well spent :)

Hoo boy. That is quite a challenge. Your examples of character back stories are great. You have a very creative mind. My mind is very much black and white. The task of what colors to paint the miniatures is daunting to me. Now challenged to come up with their back stories. I tremble while facing the unknown

Man, hurry up! We need this movie now! Ha ha

I totally agree, you need backstory for your characters. It’s important that when they walk into a room, you’ll automatically know how each one will react to what they see because of their history. I really enjoyed this! Ya’ done good son. Looking forward to next week.😊 And I also liked two columns of text with the pictures. Great choice.

First thing's first, we've just had a heatwave here as well and I have no understanding for people who tell me they like the summer and warm weather. All I can say is remember to drink lots of water and avoid going out, if at all possible, between 11 AM and November 1st! Also, ''Nobody's gonna read 15 pages of dense text, just because'' As a tabletop war-gamer, I object good sir 😁 And on a slightly more serious note, I really want to hear more about Gydion. I've always liked rogue characters and the idea of a river pirate, it just has so much charm for me, and gets my imagination going.

When your friend said "do you need to do that" creating back history. It struck a cord with me and poses a question in terms of do you have a plan you are following to get the movie made ? I do worry with project like this it is easy to get caught up in the creative process doing the things you enjoy rather than doing the things that move the project along in the timescales. So often I see projects fail because they become to wrapped up in a creative process never able to move beyond it. I would love to see you explore what the plan looks like and how you map out the timescales. How long do you think it will take to make the movie, when do you plan to start the first shooting, what do you need to do to get that far. How do you plan a project like this ?

I got cursed city & dominion for 50% off. This month I got 2 combat patrols, 1 boarding action, a drop pod, and a bucket of paints for 40 to 60% off, (sadly local FLGS was closing). Warhammer can be extremely cheap. You just gotta be patient. I only play kill team and have lost count on how many free teams I've been able to build by either cutting up a combat patrol or the xmas box sets and selling all the vehicles or terminators, & heros in fb groups. (FOMO did hit me on the ashes of faith box, but glad i picked it up at release) Same with the terrain, I got 3x chalnath boxes, sold 3 sister teams, 3 sets of books, 3 token sets, 2 tau teams, and barely paid anything for 3x terrain sets and 1 tau team. Was able to build a hive city board for extremely cheap.

So much knowledge! Great video!

Stealth - A figure declares they are being Sneaky French Buggers. They follow the movement rules for that, moving slowly towards whatever. No dice roll is made until the Monster phase. If it could be targeted. THEN, they roll and require 11+ to remain hidden. Failure means they are targeted.

The voice you didn't know you needed was the audio book narrator RC Bray. He does a lot of grizzled vets in audio books. Check his work out!

I am personally affronted that this video doesn't have 500,000 views lol I have been really enjoying every step of the film making journey & I really can't wait to see more! Absolutely fantastic that you have a crew of people already in mind to help you bring your vision to life! If you go the crowd funding route I'm sure your fans and Rangers of Shadow Deep players will be happy to help!

Here are some thoughts, hopefully they contain a nugget or two of useful information. First, your instincts on the teaser are spot on. It must be a teaser for The Shadowdeep and not for your movie. No one has heard of Shadowdeep, and even fewer care about your movie. The teaser should take what inspired you to make a movie about Shadowdeep and equally inspire the viewer and their desire to hear your tales from this dark and dangerous land. Example: Sin City A Lady in Red. Two low budget films to check out are ScyFy's Dune, 4.5 hours of quality film for $20m and The Witch 1.5 hours of colonial New England horror for $4m. Get a very good idea of what can and cannot be done in post. My first notion for mist was to do it in post. Can you film under the forest canopy during the day and turn it to night in post? Your idea of smoke grenades conjured disturbing thoughts of film-making disaster. An outdoor smoke machine is $1500 and a 2kwh "solar generator" is around $1700, which would run the smoke machine continuously on max for 1.5hrs. You can make a 5kwh battery for about the same price as the commercial 2kwh, but you need know someone who is very good at making containers. The wiring is easy, but putting it in something that can be recklessly ported about and left out in the rain is not. Also, it looks like you can operate gas powered generators between 10am and 8pm on state lands.

Excellent 'commercial.'

I had my headphones on and enjoyed. Looks like you are on your way. Things are looking up. I do wish you guys great success. If you need an extra voice. I would be happy to lend it. Yes I did say lend.

Outstanding. It is thrilling to see someone following their inspiration and creating such an ambitious and fun project! Bonne chance!!

"Your skills have no power here Ranger" or "Nature is no friend to you Ranger"

This opening gave me such Karl Urban's 'Dredd' vibes. And I LOVE that!

"...and out of the dank, dark, depths came the ominous, long, low tone of the hunter's horn. It was then she knew...she was the game."

Now I'm confused. I thought you _were_ Michael Wincott's brother? That was a cool voice over. This is all looking like a very 'right up my alley' sort of movie. Is the writer's strike an issue for you? If weather is a problem now, does that impact the shooting schedule? Are you already thinking franchise? Is this a possible gateway into movies for other TTRPG content? Man, so many questions. Don't waste your precious time on a reply. I'm sure it will all come out as content. I'm just a nerding out geek not aided by also being a bearded weirdo. Please ignore my ramblings. Can't help myself tho. I would have the villain, in a sibilant whisper say - "Sister, you can't survive this..." Anyhow*, have a good one.

It was a good impression, I picked up on it right away.

First: your teaser is fantastic. Second: your magic symbols for protection reminded me of the scene in "The Mummy " were the little toady is going through his symbols of different religions, and Imhotep is about to slay him and he pulls up the Star of David, and Imhotep says "Ah, the slaves. You'll do." And Third: Maybe the line that makes her stop and turn is something easy, like "ah, two more victims."

Whispers behind the ranger as she moves forward . The whispers whilst still incoherent get a little louder , then silence for a few tense seconds followed by the snapping of a branch or twig very close by.

Better "half-baked", than "half-cocked", right?

Make it a foggy setting, with broken overcast that allows limited light in the middle areas of the deep but true dark on the edges where the sun cannot reach. Kinda like London at sunset. It seems to me like you're pulling in influences from The Blair Witch Project with your vision of the antagonist. Inspirational maybe?

Ok now I can not wait for this movie to happen. I have the same feelings I had back in 77 when I was waiting for star wars to come out. Makes me feel like a kid again thank you very much!🎉

Here’s something to consider. If you don’t want to film at night, why don’t you film it “day as night”, like the 1931 version of Dracula with Bel Lugosi, and convert it to black and white in post.

How about a simple "Ranger... welcome back."

+1 for Barker and Books of Blood :) also, movie has «shadow deep» in the title so *some* darkness must be expected ;) using dark or darkness should be fine as it can mean shadow and not necessarily «night» - but finding that perfect phrase … not easy - «There’s something in the ….» could also be something about the deep, underground, lurking beneath/behind/in the shadows/darkness or beyond the deep (one of my all time favourite games was a text adventure on the C64, Lurking Horror, great game :)

I went back and rewatched Ep 79 to get a feel for Beldeth, and what drives her. She has so much personal hatred for the people who refused to listen to her warnings. So much hatred, she turned from the light and embraced the shadow. Here's my two cents on what our Ranger hears behind her: First we hear skittering sounds, chitinous sounds, ominous sounds of night, all coalescing into Beldeth's voice, thick with hatred for the humans who spurned her, ultimately flowing into a rushing of wind, that ends with Beldeth apparating off screen behind our Ranger, who then turns and reacts. Beldeth: (her voice starts soft with each first sentence [coming from different directions], then hardens sharply with each accusation "I warned the Shadow Deep would come. You wouldn't listen. I saw your towns and villages crushed. You only laughed. I foretold the dead would wake and foul the earth. You spurned me. And now you know. The Shadow Deep finds us all." (the first three lines of dialogue could echo around our party, directionless, and the last line, the line filled with venom, would come rushing in on the wind, ending with the Ranger's turn of head and reaction.)

"The shadow extinguishes the remnants of your flame, ranger. Is your fear yet absolute? Your racing heart betrays the hopeful prayer upon your lips. Look into this Abyss, and know your last thought was to finally comprehend the totality by which your gods have forsaken you."

Draw your weapon, ranger... and your last breath.

Re the ranger turning … A voice, young girl … “don’t leave me, again” The Druid … “it’s time …” But yes, it’s a crescendo … it’s slightly operatic as well

More Nietzsche … just because you step out of the shadow, doesn’t mean you leave the shadow behind

“Even in the light, the Deep follows”

… OK… OK… I love this! Oh boy! Here are my suggestions, I hope you don’t mind. If you do mind…here they are anyway. If you don’t want to film at night, then can something be waiting for them in the “shadows” in lieu of the “dark.” There are shadows everywhere, throughout the day and night. You would have to adjust your opening dialogue, but that’s not so hard and “shadows” sure fits in with the title. You can use stencils to draw the tattoos on the woman’s face. That way, they will always be the same and hopefully in the same place. Nothing drives me crazier than having tattoos be slightly off during different scenes in the film, unless they are magical tattoos, and the specific tattoo that is protecting the character moves up to do the work.. maybe to her forehead. Then I wouldn’t mind if they moved. Ooo that is a good idea. And she may have to wait, while fighting the monster, until her tattoo moves up to the correct position from say… I don’t know… Her shoulder to her forehead…oh, the suspense, and I can hear her dialogue! You can have this idea if you give me a really small itsy-bitsy credit at the end of the movie. That would be so cool. But, even if you don’t, I will continue to be a Patreon supporter, because I like you. Your morning voice sounds good. I wouldn’t mind if you used it. I understand when you say there has to be a “rhythm “to it. There’s rhythm in everything, even my woodcarvings. It makes me believe in the string theory… We’re all just vibrating … making different harmonies. I think from the rustling of the leaves, as the voice gets louder, you either need one word of three syllables, or a sentence of three syllables to keep the rhythm of the music. So go back to work. You’re doing so great! I can’t wait for your next video.

Low deep voice: "You know you have already lost"...

For magic tattoos, check out the Ink Mage series of books. (audio version available) A nice way way of limiting power. You also don't have to shoot in the dark. Swamps and fens have bio-glow. A whitish-green non directional light. As long as you shoot on overcast days (not Sunny 16 but Cloudy 8) you can color grade in post.