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24/08/2026

Showcasing our ‘game cinematic’ short:
Gods of Rust

We produced this in-between projects over a period of 2 months but started about a year or so ago.
Our team wanted to get into and decided we had to do something sci-fi and a bit badass.
Inspired by and - we’ve had the most fun crafting a world and creating an action sequence.
We modeled our main character and did variations thereof for our soldiers. Adapted our rigs to do motion capture in our studio and brainstormed the process with a bit of an emotional pull by the end.
Our dream is to be doing more of this storytelling in 3d.

GODS OF RUST
Earth is dead. The gods that killed it are made of steel.
Following a devastating alien invasion, humanity’s last platoon of super soldiers embarks on one final mission - recover surviving reinforcements and wage a desperate assault against the colossal war machines that reduced the world to ruins. In a war already lost, their final stand is to make the gods bleed.

A short game cinematic experiment made in Unreal Engine.
VFX post in Adobe After Effects.
Editing & Sound FX in Premiere.

21/08/2026

A little Gods of Rust teaser.

Some thumbnails for our ‘Gods Of Rust’ game cinematic short.Made in Unreal Engine. Unreal Engine
19/08/2026

Some thumbnails for our ‘Gods Of Rust’ game cinematic short.
Made in Unreal Engine. Unreal Engine

Our super soldier rig for ‘Gods of Rust’ game cinematic short.
17/08/2026

Our super soldier rig for ‘Gods of Rust’ game cinematic short.

Farewell to the coolest vfx guy we all knew.Always a warm spirit in the studio, holding everyone to the highest standard...
12/08/2026

Farewell to the coolest vfx guy we all knew.
Always a warm spirit in the studio, holding everyone to the highest standard, Rocket was and will always be a true legend. There were times when we would walk down the street and strangers would great him by name. You can’t get any cooler than that.
Will miss you buddy boy.

Releasing our short game cinematic in unreal engine soon…Inspired by Love Death + Robots and Secret Level
10/08/2026

Releasing our short game cinematic in unreal engine soon…
Inspired by Love Death + Robots and Secret Level

27/07/2026

Some behind the scenes stills of a crazy weekend recreating world war 1.

A short film proof of concept has been in production for just over a week. We traveled to a farm out in Piketberg, South...
22/07/2026

A short film proof of concept has been in production for just over a week. We traveled to a farm out in Piketberg, South Africa and shot 2 actors with a skeleton crew over a weekend.
Ambitious is an understatement as we’re recreating ‘no mans land’ in WW1.

A great experience that can’t be replicated in any other way. Enthusiastic artists coming together for a shared common goal.

🎬👊🙏💙

01/07/2026

Average Joe returns with season 2 on Paramount +
VFX by a ‘not-so-average’ team 😉🎬

13/05/2026

Working on a sequence in unreal engine.

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