The Sad Story of Henry (CraftyFoxe)

## The Sad Story of Henry

**The Sad Story of Henry** is a *Minecraft* style computer animated *Thomas & Friends* fan production by CraftyFoxe. It is a Mine-imator remake of the official first season episode of the same name, itself an adaptation of the third story in Wilbert Awdry's *The Three Railway Engines*. The models and sets were built within *Minecraft* by CraftyFoxe, ElderWizard and Hans before being adapted and exported into Mine-imator. It uses the UK audio from the original episode with Ringo Starr's narration, followed by an end message from CraftyFoxe himself. The remake was uploaded to YouTube on August 4, 2017.

## Models used

* Edward (CraftyFoxe)
* Henry (CraftyFoxe)
* Gordon (CraftyFoxe) (V1)
* Thomas (CraftyFoxe) (V1)
* James (CraftyFoxe) (V1)
* Troublesome Trucks (CraftyFoxe)
* Annie and Clarabel (CraftyFoxe) (as Branch Line Coaches)
* Express Coaches (ElderWizard)
* Brake Van (CraftyFoxe)
* Tanker (CraftyFoxe)

## Trivia

* According to the video tour of Sodor on the Foxshot Realistic Creative Server, two schematics of Edward were made for the project (one with the tanker in his train and the other without).
* Because the Henry's Tunnel set was actually too long, Henry and his train had to be dragged back and forth to make the tunnels seem shorter.
* In keeping with the original static figures, the human characters are still not shown to move on screen. The stop motion for the wall building scene was recreated as well.
* During the aforementioned scene, the supports, ladder and materials are left out and the workmen and Sir Topham Hatt hover to simulate flying in Creative mode. However, Sir Topham Hatt initially still stands on a support until the wall gets higher.
* Sir Topham Hatt is the only human character to have a rigged face. All the others' faces are part of their player skins.
* Only two shots from the original episode were left out:

* The close up right before the passengers begin to pull Henry.
* The aerial shot when Sir Topham Hatt tells the passengers to push.

## Goofs

* Due to use of the original narration, Henry is still stated to have red stripes (which are absent on his Mine-imator rig).
* Henry's model has the rectangular firebox of his new shape.
* None of the engines emit any smoke or steam, with the exception of Henry blowing steam at the guard and Sir Topham Hatt.
* The engines' and rolling stock's wheels do not turn at all, but the coupling rods move.
* None of the engines and rolling stock have visible couplings (normally represented by Levers for the hooks).
* Edward's tender and both of his whole trains are missing their buffers (though his front ones are there).
* The buffers on Gordon and James' tenders and coaches are not extruded, as well as Thomas' rear buffers and the ones on the buffer stop in the siding.
* The rails in front of Henry are not actually taken up during and after the wall's construction. This is because all sections of track were built into the set and could not be manipulated.
* The buffer stop only appears after the wall is finished. The schematic for it also has Spruce sleepers that show through the Stone Brick ones due to Z-fighting.
* Sir Topham Hatt is still referred to as the Fat Controller despite being as thin as all the other humans.
* Some of the engines' crews are not seen in the cabs.
* The workmen clip through the tunnel mouth during the wall building scene.
* Henry's facial features Z-fight during both panning shots along with some shadows.
* The rear buffers on the Express Coach are not lowered for Thomas.
* James' coupling rods do not reach his rear driving wheels.
* The sections of the wall are noticeably out of alignment.

## References

1. ↑ Retitled "Come Out, Henry!" in the US