When they flooded the Roman Colosseum from naval battles, the underground levels were not even made yet they were actually using what was once the man made lake from Emperor Nero Palace. Yeah, the Roman Colosseum was built for the people and to solidify that fact the Colosseum was built directly on top of the man made lake that Emperor Nero had made for himself to use. And they actually use the same underground plumbing that was used to fill Nero lake to fill and then quickly drain the Colosseum of water
It was only filled with water early on, I believe only a couple of times, before they even built the tunnels underneath. Once those tunnels were built, they couldn't flood it anymore.
The first Gladiator movie wasn’t too concerned about reality, so I expect nothing less from this one. 1950s-CinemaScope-Technicolor-style Swords-&-Sandals Rome-adjacent spectacle FTW 😂
It was certainly flooded even after they built the underground. All water would then go to sewers - the same to which all the waste from gladiator cells, animals cages etc was going
1:50 the underground passage ways were initialy meant for water but were converted to tunnnels and cages for animals after it got too time consuming to flood and drain the arena
I might be wrong, but this movie might be the first time a Naumachia (Roman reenactment of a naval battle in a flooded colosseum) is being depicted on film.
I think you may be right. I've seen plenty of ancient naval battles depicted on screen. But never in a flooded Colosseum setting. This is also the first time I've ever seen a Naumachia depicted in scale model form.
It was going to be, but Amazon Prime’s Those About To Die just pipped it to the post, with one episode showing the naumachia, in which they had crocodiles attack the vessels. A bit more believable than the (what looks to be) sharks in the Gladiator 2 trailer! If it turns out to be sharks, I’m walking out. 😂
i agree, i first watched it at school for a class term project about the history of Cinema and i think we got to watch that to get insight on the generations of movies before modern times but i do agree with you the movie deserves some love for it being based off a real story that did happen
Fantastic build! Love the wash on the outside walls! I used to be a huge Age of Empires player years and years ago. My wife and I sometimes will just randomly say “Choppin’.”
Fun fact: Parts of 'Remember the Titans' was filmed at the highschool I was attending. The football coach got sick of seeing camera crew equipment in the weight room so he had the team move it outside where it got rained on and was damaged. The school got nothing in return for his boneheaded decision. Thanks, coach!
I’ve been inside the colosseum and was totally amazed how they flooded the arena for mock sea battles scenes … wonderful work matey brought back memories ❤
It was very funny watching this trailer in the cinema and telling the people i went with that its historically accurate (the naval battle in collosseum, im not gonna be the one who analyses all historically accurate aspects). They were surprisingly shocked about it. Looks great Mr. Hobby Time!
The Colosseum was designed with a complex system of tunnels, aqueducts, and drainage channels underneath the main arena floor. When these structures were flooded, they could transform the Colosseum into a temporary lake or pool, allowing the staging of naval battles and the display of aquatic animal hunts. The process involved several steps: Blocking the main drainage channels to prevent water from escaping. Diverting water from nearby aqueducts into the substructure of the Colosseum. Raising the arena floor with removable wooden planks or platforms to create a watertight basin. Filling this basin with water, typically to a depth of several feet, creating a large body of water within the Colosseum. The scale of these naval re-enactments was impressive, with ships, crews, and even small islands constructed within the flooded arena. Naumachiae were grandiose spectacles that demonstrated the Romans' engineering prowess and their ability to transform the Colosseum into a vast, temporary aquatic stage
What about putting out a call to your Patron members, give them a template, and have everybody help make the people to fill your stadium? It would look so epic filled with cheering crowds!
Dang, that's timing, been in the Colosseum yesterday. Fantastic building. Awesome diorama as I showed my wife drawings of those ship battles in the arena.
Me pausing the video to Google ship battles in the colosseum😮 I never knew that the Roman's did this, mind blown! 🤯 Thank you for the history lesson, Boylei!
You should try making a train set with a bridge that has a monster in the lake below, and make it so that the train has a harpoon and other supplies to get rid of it. If you do this I would be pretty happy :)
According to IMDB, Denzel Washington will play Macrinus, who became emperor after the assassination of Caracalla. I think Macrinus is one of the most underappreciated emperors, so I hope the movie does him justice.
They used the corks from all the wine they drank back then to stop the flooding of the tunnels, they were into recycling even back then. 😂😂😂 Always such a great job. I have to admit I'm a bit surprised about two things, #1 it's not like you to forget the eyes on the tiny ship, and #2 after mentioning filling the area with the crowd I thought with your attention of detail that you would at least do 40,000 attendees maybe not a full house but at least 40,000. 😂😂😂😂 But seriously I am always amazed by what you build, keep it up, it makes my Sunday. 👍👍👍
I was not expecting a Ben Hur reference in a Boylei Hobby Time video but I'm very pleased to have it! I would imagine Ben Hur didn't much care for the reenactments of naval battles if he saw them as they'd probably remind him of some bad memories
We know that during the Colosseum’s first year it would have been technically possible to flood it with enough water for ships to sail. However, after the construction of the hypogeum-the vast network of tunnels and storage rooms under the floor, built during the reign of Domitian-holding water battles at the Colosseum would no longer have been possible. For that reason, it’s very difficult to get evidence on how the flooding would have worked.
The colosseum had just a few naval battles at the beginning before they constructed the hipogeum, after that, naval battles were made close to the Tiber.
I just completed my first diorama with for a Funko Pop Fallout Power Armour pop. It's got a crumbling concrete wall and using red LED filaments for a Nuka Cola neon sign and some white ones for a barrel on fire.
I think the ships could have used a more "dynamic" pose, perhaps one ship at angle as if trying to begin a boarding action. Also, some foaming action around where the oars dip into the water would have helped sell the action.
how can you see the dislikes cause didnt youtube remove it for the viewing audience not to see only the creators sometime around 2020-2022 and it kinda caused a problem for everyone else?
Boylei I watch all your videos on my tv and I love them all! You do great work, and this is actually the first time I've ever gone onto youtube proper to comment on one of your videos. With that said... TRIreme?! TRI?! With ONE set of oars?! You're killin me! anyway luv u bye!
Love the small scale. If you want to do smaller... I highly recommend 1/3000 once. Building alot in this scale and I think I can help you out with same interesting things.
Hey boylei! I recently downloaded the new “Jedi survivor” game and it had the exact same style of the WIW. There is a planet called Koboh which is a western theme and monsters just like yours. Was hoping you could do a diorama inspired by ramblers reach outpost. Love the vids❤
Could you imagine being part of the gladiatorial rehearsal crew?!? Born just to be the equivalent of a red shirt from Star Trek. The most expendable crew in Rome. 😧
Ahh yes, Marius and Luigius Mario, the brothers who served as Legion Engineers and who first became renowned for their work building aqueducts to carry water from the Kupa River (in modern day Slovenia); which, if memory serves, caused much strife with the local garrison commander, Bowsarius, leader of the infamous "Kupa Troopers", until the Emperor's daughter Persicia stepped in.
Hi Boylei, two questions: 1) would you ever consider doing a video on an armour model, such as a 1/35 or 1/48 scale plane or tank? 2) what's your opinion on Italieri kits? I'm pretty new to modelling outside of simpler stuff like gunpla, and other people in my hobby club say Italeri is of. questionable quality. I'm guessing this is probably just an armour issue as I don't think there are any diorama modelers like you in the club but I'd like to know your brand opinions. (also anyone else in the comments with experience please weigh in)
Thanks for your questions! 1) I’m definitely open to it, but don’t have the time or patience to do anything as good as most armor/military specific modelers. Nightshift is my recommendation for that! 2) The kit in this video was the best one I’ve worked with from Italieri. They are definitely lower quality than a brand like Tamiya.
When they flooded the Roman Colosseum from naval battles, the underground levels were not even made yet they were actually using what was once the man made lake from Emperor Nero Palace.
Yeah, the Roman Colosseum was built for the people and to solidify that fact the Colosseum was built directly on top of the man made lake that Emperor Nero had made for himself to use.
And they actually use the same underground plumbing that was used to fill Nero lake to fill and then quickly drain the Colosseum of water
That’s awesome
Yes! I remember now, it was even named for the colossus of Nero, right?
Thats awesome! I wish that I had that kind of knowledge just on hand like that.
@@volyann3109 There's always the interwebs on hand...... :)
Anyone else watch Boylei to calm you down? ❤ your vids, man
same🙂
Always
Most anticipated video each week, for me!
Always
Me for sure
It was only filled with water early on, I believe only a couple of times, before they even built the tunnels underneath. Once those tunnels were built, they couldn't flood it anymore.
The first Gladiator movie wasn’t too concerned about reality, so I expect nothing less from this one. 1950s-CinemaScope-Technicolor-style Swords-&-Sandals Rome-adjacent spectacle FTW 😂
It's not even certain the Colosseum was ever flooded. However, no one lets facts get in the way of a good story 😊
It was certainly flooded even after they built the underground. All water would then go to sewers - the same to which all the waste from gladiator cells, animals cages etc was going
1:50 the underground passage ways were initialy meant for water but were converted to tunnnels and cages for animals after it got too time consuming to flood and drain the arena
The ripple water effects made this so satisfying. I'm not sure why they feel so noteworthy here as opposed to the other times you've used it
someone probably asked what he uses for the ripple
I might be wrong, but this movie might be the first time a Naumachia (Roman reenactment of a naval battle in a flooded colosseum) is being depicted on film.
I think you may be right. I've seen plenty of ancient naval battles depicted on screen. But never in a flooded Colosseum setting.
This is also the first time I've ever seen a Naumachia depicted in scale model form.
It was going to be, but Amazon Prime’s Those About To Die just pipped it to the post, with one episode showing the naumachia, in which they had crocodiles attack the vessels. A bit more believable than the (what looks to be) sharks in the Gladiator 2 trailer! If it turns out to be sharks, I’m walking out. 😂
Love that you waited for 1 to available at your local store. Shop small.
i always find these videos so soothing, its like an escape into another world, even if its just for 8 minutes
Your humor is both subtle and genius.
I'm glad to hear somebody remembers the Titans, that was a good movie that tends to get overlooked a lot.
i agree, i first watched it at school for a class term project about the history of Cinema and i think we got to watch that to get insight on the generations of movies before modern times but i do agree with you the movie deserves some love for it being based off a real story that did happen
Just finished this kit! it was a colossal journey indeed.
Thanks Boylei for the inspiration!🙏
Fantastic build! Love the wash on the outside walls! I used to be a huge Age of Empires player years and years ago. My wife and I sometimes will just randomly say “Choppin’.”
Another beautiful work, you inspire me with your projects, I follow your steps in art! Congratulations. 👏👏👏
I see you are following the steps!! You are also talented, beautiful God of War video. ❤
Fun fact: Parts of 'Remember the Titans' was filmed at the highschool I was attending. The football coach got sick of seeing camera crew equipment in the weight room so he had the team move it outside where it got rained on and was damaged. The school got nothing in return for his boneheaded decision. Thanks, coach!
That is the most know-it-all arrogant teacher thing I’ve heard.
@@shinkicker404 It really was astounding.
all i can picture is the coach seeing this happen as was like "stupid stupid stupid* for destroying very expensive equipment
I’ve been inside the colosseum and was totally amazed how they flooded the arena for mock sea battles scenes … wonderful work matey brought back memories ❤
These videos are always so relaxing to me. I would love to see all his work in a museum someday!
Sunday hasn't started until I have my coffee while watching Boylei Hobby Time.
It was very funny watching this trailer in the cinema and telling the people i went with that its historically accurate (the naval battle in collosseum, im not gonna be the one who analyses all historically accurate aspects). They were surprisingly shocked about it. Looks great Mr. Hobby Time!
The Colosseum was designed with a complex system of tunnels, aqueducts, and drainage channels underneath the main arena floor. When these structures were flooded, they could transform the Colosseum into a temporary lake or pool, allowing the staging of naval battles and the display of aquatic animal hunts.
The process involved several steps:
Blocking the main drainage channels to prevent water from escaping.
Diverting water from nearby aqueducts into the substructure of the Colosseum.
Raising the arena floor with removable wooden planks or platforms to create a watertight basin.
Filling this basin with water, typically to a depth of several feet, creating a large body of water within the Colosseum.
The scale of these naval re-enactments was impressive, with ships, crews, and even small islands constructed within the flooded arena. Naumachiae were grandiose spectacles that demonstrated the Romans' engineering prowess and their ability to transform the Colosseum into a vast, temporary aquatic stage
As someone who has played Age of Empires II for 25 years, I approve the ships. Just don't forget your upgrades. 😂
What about putting out a call to your Patron members, give them a template, and have everybody help make the people to fill your stadium? It would look so epic filled with cheering crowds!
Man, I cannot wait for you to get 1 million subscribers!!!! So close now. Definitely one of the most chill and entertaining channels on TH-cam.
The tiny ship construction is amazing. I am in awe.
Don't you mean, in oar 😂
I'll see myself out
@@Dice_king I'm seeing myself out as well because you stole my line.
@@Dice_king 😬😬😬
😂
Three simple words 'Valley of Gwang'.... 😳🦖🙀🙀
What an amazing kit. Nice job.
Such talent and skill. Beautiful piece of work 👍👍
This is so visually cool! Love how you get a conceptual idea and present it in your own unique and wonderfully creative way!! Great job Boylei!
Dang, that's timing, been in the Colosseum yesterday. Fantastic building. Awesome diorama as I showed my wife drawings of those ship battles in the arena.
Love the symmetry
Didn't know there was a model kit for this. COOL. Great job.
Great video and great work with the diorama. The real name of these battles in the coliseum were "naumaquias"
Me pausing the video to Google ship battles in the colosseum😮 I never knew that the Roman's did this, mind blown! 🤯 Thank you for the history lesson, Boylei!
Very cool!
Also i did not know that they did ship battles in the coliseum 😮
I just got a whole bunch of models from my grandpa and your videos are inspiring me to create my own story thank you
Me seeing if Boylei was going to make 50 to 70 thousand miniature people and then Nope lol amazing build tho 😸🤘
Now I kinda want to take up that challenge lol
Your weekly videos are the best part of my week ❤
You should try making a train set with a bridge that has a monster in the lake below, and make it so that the train has a harpoon and other supplies to get rid of it. If you do this I would be pretty happy :)
Been on a kick for watching football videos...
Been a while since I was on a Boylei kick. Glad to see there's plenty of content to appreciate!
One of the best so far!!
he called it good!🥳 such a great idea to paint the walls still on the sprew
According to IMDB, Denzel Washington will play Macrinus, who became emperor after the assassination of Caracalla. I think Macrinus is one of the most underappreciated emperors, so I hope the movie does him justice.
So basically, Hollywood is playing with "history" to fit the "modern audiences"
They used the corks from all the wine they drank back then to stop the flooding of the tunnels, they were into recycling even back then. 😂😂😂
Always such a great job. I have to admit I'm a bit surprised about two things, #1 it's not like you to forget the eyes on the tiny ship, and #2 after mentioning filling the area with the crowd I thought with your attention of detail that you would at least do 40,000 attendees maybe not a full house but at least 40,000. 😂😂😂😂
But seriously I am always amazed by what you build, keep it up, it makes my Sunday. 👍👍👍
The Roman’s used flex seal 💪to stop the colosseum from flooding.
What a cool diorama. Having visited the colosseum before I can say you did a great job on it.
Ahhh... A rehearsal!
I trusted you'd either put in all the people or explain their absence.
I was not expecting a Ben Hur reference in a Boylei Hobby Time video but I'm very pleased to have it! I would imagine Ben Hur didn't much care for the reenactments of naval battles if he saw them as they'd probably remind him of some bad memories
If you water water , it grows
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Please stop being right
if you flood a flood it becomes a bigger flood
@@EchoARC6895 now if you flood the flood from halo, what does it become then
You are so entertaining! Your work is amazing. Thank you!!
I don't have a lack of creativity, I have a commitment to continuity
Exactly
We know that during the Colosseum’s first year it would have been technically possible to flood it with enough water for ships to sail. However, after the construction of the hypogeum-the vast network of tunnels and storage rooms under the floor, built during the reign of Domitian-holding water battles at the Colosseum would no longer have been possible. For that reason, it’s very difficult to get evidence on how the flooding would have worked.
Moving back to Malaysia from Taiwan tmrw and this really cheered me up alot
Had no idea I could zoom in on TH-cam videos until I watched this tonight, thanks
Stunning work. 👏👏
The fact that this happened blows my mind. Awesome execution as always, man!
... no joke but, I feel this would be a great Wild Imaginary West thing... like an in-universe board game.
The underground passageways were build after they stopped using water.
I been looking for this model for years
I didn't even know this kit was a thing, very cool
I just call em like I see em, and that is a fine diorama 👍
age of empires is a nostalgic and welcome deep cut. would love an age of empires themed diorama one day
Thank you for this video! ☺🌺
The colosseum had just a few naval battles at the beginning before they constructed the hipogeum, after that, naval battles were made close to the Tiber.
I love the way this model came out! You should make a diorama of the Bill cipher statue from the end of gravity falls
I just completed my first diorama with for a Funko Pop Fallout Power Armour pop. It's got a crumbling concrete wall and using red LED filaments for a Nuka Cola neon sign and some white ones for a barrel on fire.
I think the ships could have used a more "dynamic" pose, perhaps one ship at angle as if trying to begin a boarding action. Also, some foaming action around where the oars dip into the water would have helped sell the action.
Beautifully done!!
Love that you reference one of his best characters ever, John Q 😅
have not seen the whole video yet but i know this is a banger.
It would be awesome if you made a wild imaginary west ship in a bottle fighting a sea monster
That was neat. Thank you so much!
That was an awesome job. It turned out good. Now imagine how long it took to buy the real thing.
G'day again to you!, Well done once again,1/500 what a Great Finish you did! Perth West Aust.
“Claymores”…… bringing back some PTSD from my CoD Modern Warfare days
You know your community loves you when the video has 1k likes and 0 dislikes.
how can you see the dislikes cause didnt youtube remove it for the viewing audience not to see only the creators sometime around 2020-2022 and it kinda caused a problem for everyone else?
There are extentions online to add it back @@EchoARC6895
You did the thing with the sails again... it's some weird-ass winds in that Colosseum...
A wild imaginary west lawman facing down several mutant bandits would be cool.
Boylei I watch all your videos on my tv and I love them all! You do great work, and this is actually the first time I've ever gone onto youtube proper to comment on one of your videos.
With that said... TRIreme?! TRI?! With ONE set of oars?! You're killin me!
anyway luv u bye!
This is really cool
Well this was a funny way to learn that they're making a sequel to Gladiator.
Great. I like your work.
7:34 mmmm Gatorade
Very smart to make it a film set in stead of creating a billion people. Love the Caesar Salad Bowl joke by the way
Really love your content! Can you add folklore monsters from other countries to your little world?🙏
Can you make an horror diorama
Rowdy Imaginary Romans. Let’s GO!
Sweet lord, that primer section got me in stiches 😂
After the credits, I just imagined you ripping two beyblades in that and I couldn’t stop laughing
Love the small scale.
If you want to do smaller... I highly recommend 1/3000 once.
Building alot in this scale and I think I can help you out with same interesting things.
Serious?? 1/3000th?
@@juriaan13
I have made several boards, two of them are 1,80 x 0.80 meters... Hanging in a classroom of an army training school.
@@sylvainvanduyl6143 wow...that's impressive
Hey boylei! I recently downloaded the new “Jedi survivor” game and it had the exact same style of the WIW. There is a planet called Koboh which is a western theme and monsters just like yours. Was hoping you could do a diorama inspired by ramblers reach outpost. Love the vids❤
The John Q line got me!
Could you imagine being part of the gladiatorial rehearsal crew?!? Born just to be the equivalent of a red shirt from Star Trek. The most expendable crew in Rome. 😧
Aahhh the “Age of Empires” ships.❤
01:50 The Romans used the best Italian plumbers in the empire to keep the water in the arena.
Mario and Luigi 😂.
Ahh yes, Marius and Luigius Mario, the brothers who served as Legion Engineers and who first became renowned for their work building aqueducts to carry water from the Kupa River (in modern day Slovenia); which, if memory serves, caused much strife with the local garrison commander, Bowsarius, leader of the infamous "Kupa Troopers", until the Emperor's daughter Persicia stepped in.
@@Savyon0peachy reply 😂
Hi Boylei, two questions:
1) would you ever consider doing a video on an armour model, such as a 1/35 or 1/48 scale plane or tank?
2) what's your opinion on Italieri kits? I'm pretty new to modelling outside of simpler stuff like gunpla, and other people in my hobby club say Italeri is of. questionable quality. I'm guessing this is probably just an armour issue as I don't think there are any diorama modelers like you in the club but I'd like to know your brand opinions. (also anyone else in the comments with experience please weigh in)
Thanks for your questions!
1) I’m definitely open to it, but don’t have the time or patience to do anything as good as most armor/military specific modelers. Nightshift is my recommendation for that!
2) The kit in this video was the best one I’ve worked with from Italieri. They are definitely lower quality than a brand like Tamiya.
It's a masterpiece 💕💕
Amazing build boylei but I still want to see a giant wiw giant spider crab attack
By the GODS, man !!!!!!
very nice build man😂❤❤ can you vuild funktionalaty tiny house next pls?
Oh. Oooooh. Greek/Roman god stories!
Styrene trireme, nice.