LEGO Stop Motion Behind The Scenes: The Barracuda Heist

Never put your Lego in your washing machines kids

This was super well-made and enjoyable! It's also funny that everyone's Lego bins seem to collect other random objects over time

Behind the scene videos of brickfilms are always interesting and inspiring but this was on another level!

I was super impressed with the amount of historical detail in a lego ship animation. - The muskets can be seen visibly being rammed at one shot by the british infantrymen or marines, whatever they may be. - The ships when making sharp turns can be seen counter bracing their fore and aft sails. This was how square rigged ships turned in real life (Not entirely with the rudder as most movies represent) as it creates a difference in pressure from the fore and aft creating a torque. - When firing the cannons, theres a couple frames showing a linstock being used to light the fuse of the cannon which is very awesome as well. Minor and frankly pedantic criticisms: - The ships, with the raised gallery and high aft castle give a 17th/16th century vibe despite the setting being early 18th century. This is pretty common of most lego ships, but im glad they use a spanker instead of a lanteen sail. - The helm can be seen being tossed over by applying a force and letting it rip so to speak. This is sort of a general misconception in popular media with ships. The helm/tiller was almost always directly connected to the rudder usually with a rope and pulley system in most ships. On one of the ships the helm can be seen with two wheels on it. This was done to help the helmsman in cases where keeping the rudder in position was significantly harder, e.g. strong winds. During the battle of Trafalgar, the HMS Victory, where admiral nelson famously died, had its tiller ropes cut by a cannonball shot. Obviously, in the heat of battle, you dont have time to replace it so they attached ropes to the ends of the rudder to physically pull it from side to side. This is known as relieving tackle, and it is done during storms when, as mentioned before, its harder to control. You're quite literally pulling a big wooden flap through water directly, with manual effort. It takes a huge amount of strength and would never be able to be tossed around like that. I digress, but its a general thing with popular media about ships, so not too surprising or unorthodox. Edit: I am a fool, the pirate ship is an official lego set which is probably its reasoning for its somewhat out of place design. The imperial ship, or "caribbean cutter" (It is a snow/brig, not a cutter) definitely looks far more period accurate than the pirate ship 👌

Well, safe to say that quarantine well spent! Normally, no one in their sane mind wouldn't even consider such an enormous project but thanks to lockdown and getting rid of that PhD thesis of yours, you took the opportunity to use upcoming 'spare' time wisely. The Barracuda Heist is still one of my recent top favorite Lego stop motion films on YouTube.

Wow man! You went from working in your attic on a small short film that did extremely well to a full on studio! Great job!

Incredible. Just incredible.

That‘s the best Sea Battle of the world. I ❤️ Hamster Productions!

Not only do you show us the animation behind the scenes, but the journey as you created the film. Your trials and tribulations as well as your triumphs and ultimate victory as you created the best film to date.

The Barracuda Heist is truly a masterpiece of stop motion. You're an inspiration friend, your hard work does not go unnoticed. Incredible detail, keep up the good work.

I could not believe he got some rare pieces of legoes and this is so well made too!

As an stop motion animator you can really feel what he felt...the pain the tension or the happiness...i wish it would have got more views...its a masterpiece

It's insane how much goes into animations. The biggest regards and congratulations on your animation. Truly inspired mate.

Well done Joshua! 👏 it’s so great

This felt like a potential Aardman production and how Nick Park completed his graduation project that launched the popularity of Wallace and Gromit! Very method!

This guy is great in everything I swear

Masterpiece. Should have won an Oscar!

I stumbled across your video while waiting for the electron beam lithography to structure my superconducting single electron transistors. It makes me incredibly happy that the low temperature community is out there accomplishing wonderful things. Congratulations on your successful video and your prize. Cheers!

Thank you for showing the old studio, these are my memories of your classic movies.

As a old Lego enthusiast I am very happy you made this.