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  • Nannan
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  • Nov 17, 2008
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  • LEGO,
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  • 14 Comments

    • Fabrice Pathier (Four H) from Vimeo made an ultra snazzy fashion show clip featuring designs by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac displayed on LEGO minifigs. I have not seen smoother LEGO animation than this; it’s truely top notch work.

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    14 Responses to “Got style”

    1. LegoShark Says:
      November 17th, 2008 at 8:30 pm

      You’ve not seen smoother animation… because this is CGI.

      Neat clip, though. interesting shiny effect.

    2. yokomode01 Says:
      November 17th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

      umm, it’s not actually a “LEGO animation” (except, perhaps in a ‘literal’ sense),
      guess that is why it is so ‘smooth’ and does not display the characteristics found in a ‘stop motion’ techniques that are used to animate Lego minifigs traditionally.

    3. teikjoon Says:
      November 17th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

      So that’s how minifigs clap their hands…always wondered about that :)

    4. Bundalings Says:
      November 17th, 2008 at 9:03 pm

      Shiny!

      But she description made me think it was stop motion…

    5. Starwars4J Says:
      November 17th, 2008 at 9:11 pm

      Eh, animation is not defined to be stop-motion, and this is some of the nicest 3-D animation of LEGO I have seen as well.

    6. Ramone Says:
      November 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm

      Agree w5th Starwars4, CGI IS a form of animation. There’s no such thing as “LEGO animation” except that it’s animation featuring LEGO products. The form it takes is totally up to the animator.

      That said, this was great fun!

    7. Maron Says:
      November 17th, 2008 at 10:06 pm

      As everyone sai,d it’s so smooth because it’s CGI, but tat wont detract fomr the fact that it was awesome! I loved all the clothes, and thye way they were adapeted to fig size. If it were a bit more LEGOee, i’d like it (ie, studs on the floor, etc).

    8. Dr. X Says:
      November 18th, 2008 at 8:04 am

      I agree, this is VERY smooth. I liked that one with the bubble helmet. And they all have a tatoo over their right eye… did anyone notice that?

    9. SavaTheAggie Says:
      November 18th, 2008 at 11:22 am

      I kept hoping there was going to be some James Bond/Zoolander moment with the camera zooming in on those particular minifigs in the audience, with someone’s devious plot spoiled by a secret agent.

      But aside form that it’s an excellent video with a flawless execution.

    10. Xiazeran Says:
      November 18th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

      Very smooth! If only the LEGO games could look this good! ha ha. Vimeo really captured the pretentious air of fasion models well! And I thought such was impossible with minifigs, but this is CGI!

    11. Imperialscouts Says:
      November 18th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

      It’s nice and cute.

      Though the camera angles get repetitive.

    12. Eggy Says:
      November 18th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

      This is a great animation, although terrible reprentation of lego in general. If you’re going to distort the Lego concept so much, why even bother IMHO.

    13. Peter Says:
      November 20th, 2008 at 6:38 am

      I want Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s minigif hair!!!!!!!!!

    14. Andrew Says:
      November 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

      I just wish Project Runway would have a LEGO-themed show…