Watercolor illustration, poetic book cover style, soft pastel textured background

watercolor illustration, poetic book cover style, soft pastel textured background, blurry crowd silhouettes in background, 8 toy soldiers (tin soldiers) in red uniforms with black shakos, white cross belts, blue trousers, all facing right in consistent side view, perfectly aligned perspective, domino effect chain reaction, 7 soldiers lying on the ground in a clean row, 1 soldier on the far left above them losing balance and about to fall, dynamic motion but minimal composition, soft brush textures, paper grain, desaturated elegant colors, storytelling composition, negative space, editorial illustration, high-end book cover design, cinematic soft lighting, no perspective distortion, no extra soldiers, exactly 8 soldiers --ar 3:4 --style raw --v 7