Fan-favorite Walking Dead character Daryl Dixon goes solo in this stop-motion animated LEGO short by Marc-Andre Caron (aka “MonsieurCaron").

The wordless and surprisingly bloody (well, for LEGO) video follows Daryl as he takes a detour into the forest to investigate smoke, only to discover a man besieged by walkers. "It’s not really a Walking Dead story," Caron explains, "more of an homage to Norman Reedus character and the zombie genre."

Using a collection of about 250,000 bricks, Caron spent more than a month building the set and shooting and editing more than 3,000 photos.