Project complete. Added the material to the End Title and credits. Then got cute and added an out take.  The outtake in my initial concept was a key element but in the end I felt that it would have potentially been seen as humorous and as a result distracting.

 very few people realize that European Armies did have camel borne units. In this case the British Indian Army. Camels were even tried by our Army before the Civil War in the American Southwest at the direction of the Secretary of War; Jefferson Davis.

Ironically the first group of Soldiers depicted in my film are from the Regiment he commanded in the War with Mexico (1848). Have I just combined history with art?

Remembrance Day/Veterans Day/Armistice Day

What I do with my spare time. 11 November 2015; the memorial at the Beatty Street Drill Hall in Vancouver BC. The home of the British Columbia Regiment. On the table is a World War 1 helmet surrounded by the poppies that the Regiment wore on Parade in the morning.

Finished my photos for the project this weekend. Adjusted my storyboard to reflect the time that is spent doing anything but fighting in the Armed Forces. Added artillery and mounted Soldiers to give amore balances perspective trying to reflect the proverbial combined arms approach.

This weekend was over on the coast getting rained on attending a presentation at the National Guard's Museum for the 160th anniversary of the Washington National Guard.

The map is a 3D map of the area we worked in Afghanistan. It was one of three made. When we rotated out the unit was given it by the Commanding General of our Division (82nd Airborne) or at least that's our story and we're sticking to it.

Halloween is over!

the stop motion project is underway.

My concept is to make a statement on a child's fantasy of war and make a statement quoting Plato "Only the dead have seen the end of war.

My story board is forming up as a series of toy soldiers of different nations ending with a toy soldier dying followed by a image of a cemetery and Plato's quote then ending with a picture of a cemetery. 

My statement is that war is conceived of as glory but in reality it isn't