Enter No Mann's Land [Community Saxxy Awards 2021 Nominee]

"Hold the line"

This video is my humble entry to the brand new 2021 Community Saxxy Awards, on the Extended-category. It was nominated and I'm very happy about that as it was the first time ever that my entry got that! Thank you so much to all of you who voted for it!

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EDIT2: The Saxxy Awards is now over and sadly I didn't win it this time, but I am more than amazed that this got nominated! I thank you all who voted and watched this, it means so much.

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[blazermettro]

I see Pyro actually survived all the way to the 40th millennium. Impressive.

[karljensen]

The ending took me aback, as I was expecting a Survivor play the piano, until it turns out to be those who have died in battle watching one of them play a Piano Sonata.

[alialatrach]

It should have been called "No Mann's Land"
And want to say, wonderful SFM video as always, and that ending .... Can't describe it, it's sad in a beautiful way

[Tscendrik]

Respect for rendering in 4k. Loved the slow motion effects and the bullet shells ejecting and falling to the ground and bouncing of the ground and each other, looked so realistic. Camera shakes, camera angles as well as the movement of the camera was perfect. Well done.

[Wokfish]

The part of the blue Captain killing his unit is very accurate. Often during the war, soldiers would flee the battlefield. But if they were caught fleeing or found later on, the death penalty could be applied immediately, to discourage other troops from fleeing the battle. They served as exemple, just like this soldier did. Amazing short, i hope we'll see more of this work from you in the future !

[doomskull]

This feels more like a 40k sfm than a TF2 one, absolutely breathtaking. Though also, the PTRS is semi, not bolt

[curlypaty]

As someone who is really interested in topic of ww1 I am very impressed! Of course animation is just superb, great job! :D

[old_sparky]

Someone has watched their Death Korps of Krieg...

But really, dude, amazing piece of art. Fluent, with an eye to detail and good action and atmosphere. I really liked this one

[MaxHoratio]

I did not even realise but they are in purgatory, he is playing on the piano to his fallen comrades.

[Weeeex]

As a history lover of WW1 and WW2 this is great at presenting the trench battles on WW1, looks like its sniper's specialty to snipe and camp in the trenches but sadly horrible conditions but yeah this happens during WW1.

Edit: There are fictional things such as the 2 double barrel sentry, but I dont mind it.

[joelsalminen]

The violence is absolutely brutal, the sound, particularly when the artillery fires the barrage, is stunning, the animation is top notch and I loved the ending. The lack of dialogue makes the subtle body language stand out and emphasises on the deafening roar of war. The music choice is good and surprisingly enough, tf2 artstyle is suitable for even a non-comedic film like this. My only complaint is that the damn film ended.

[ComicalRealm]

I think you've literally mastered SFM and maxed it to it's full capacity. You don't usually see anyone on YT making SFM stuff of this caliber and this quality

[autisticblood]

The amount of how creatively cool this is, is highly 👏 👏

[inconspicuouspotatoes]

A truly gorgeous animation, I absolutely loved it.

Great visuals and connotative meaning, plus bonus points of it being animated in the hell that is Source Filmmaker, quality is splendid to say the least.

Hope you win, because you definitely deserve it :)

[yoshieggrolls]

Never forget. Never surrender. Millions upon millions fought and died so every man could be free. Thank a soldier when you have the time.

[silvorthegrand]

Finally, an SFM animation where there's not just a solly one man armying a team with his medic gf. If you know that the people on screen don't have plot armor it makes everything so much more tense and enjoyable. This is some really great work, and I hope you are proud of it. You definetly got my vote in the bag.

[accessdenied]

Community Saxxy 2021 looking legendary already

[Krisidb]

I'm getting some 40k Kriegsmen vibes watching this

[amideos]

I give a standing ovation. I don’t often see projects on the theme of the First World War, and this one especially impressed me because the events that take place there actually took place on the battlefields, and this long and high-quality work with animation deserves its award 👏