War of the Worlds - Men Hunting by czarnyrobert
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Seen nearer, the Thing was incredibly strange. Machine it was, with a ringing metallic pace, and long, flexible, glittering tentacles swinging and rattling about its strange body [...] and the brazen hood that surmounted it moved to and fro with the inevitable suggestion of a head looking about. Behind the main body was a huge mass of white metal like a gigantic fisherman's basket.
Heaven knows how long he had been there. It must have given some of them a nasty turn. He came down the road towards them, and picked up nearly a hundred too drunk or frightened to run away.
Strange as it may seem to a human being, all the complex apparatus of digestion, which makes up the bulk of our bodies, did not exist in the Martians. They were heads - merely heads. Entrails they had none.
They did not eat, much less digest. Instead, they took the fresh, living blood of other creatures, and injected it into their own veins. I have myself seen this being done. [...] Let it suffice to say, blood obtained from a still living animal, in most cases from a human being, was run directly by means of a little pipette into the recipient canal...
The bare idea of this is no doubt horribly repulsive to us, but at the same time I think that we should remember how repulsive our carnivorous habits would seem to an intelligent rabbit.
A Martian has only to go a few miles to get a crowd on the run. And I saw one, one day, out by Wandsworth, picking houses to pieces and routing among the wreckage. But they won't keep on doing that. So soon as they've settled all our guns and ships, and smashed our railways, and done all the things they are doing over there, they will begin catching us systematic, picking the
best and storing us in cages and things. That's what they will start doing in a bit.
Lord! They haven't begun on us yet.
H.G. Wells 1898 "War of the Worlds"
If you want to learn how I made this scene, visit "SCENES" section of my website (I am still working on the "Making of the Men Hunting" - so some elements are missing yet, and it may happen that page don't open due to transfer limits - if it occurs, just try later.
To build the 1900 London I used mainly Alain Gracia's buildings (available at Cornucopia 3D), Poser 4 Low Polygon man & horse, narwik's bridge, Bernard Dumas Renault G, and some other stuff from the net (more credits & links on my website)
If there is something you would like to know about this scene that is not mentioned on my website's article, just let me know - as I said I am still working on it, so I can add some further explanations.
I hope you will like this picture.
Take care :-)
Robert
Comments (264)
furqansf
hi there, I don't have any words to express my feeling.... in one word wow.........
Lucterios
Great work and excellent idea to picture this master piece ! Do you know the Space Machine by Christopher Priest ? It's very good too !
sazzyazzca
Sublime!
ThrommArcadia
Breathtaking! Lots of detail and every shadow, every character, every pose is perfect. Wow.
farkwar
Excellent image. I noticed the clocks have different times. /smile
efron_241
That is so very very much London.. The whole atmosphere .. the people, the traffic wonderful.. absolutely wonderful esp. the light FarkWar's remark about the clock's made me notice that too.. :) a minor thing in the whole image
slinky
Absolutely STUNNING! I'm totally blown away by this piece!
DarekKocurek
rewelka!
phobos70
Astonishing work! Wonderful artwork!!!
Worm
MoppelundWilli
Unbelivable work Robert, what a talent you have got!
Ja-Seek
Would be cool if Spielberg hooked up with you for the movie. I recently read the book and this is a cool interpratation.
AnteriorLobe
Simply superb!
lhn6856
czarnyrobert, Great image, This is one of the strongest tripod concepts I have ever seen. Good choice on going back to the era of the original franchize. Spielburgs version was good but it felt a bit out of place. My only crit is that the two tripods are competing with each other. A greater depth of field will pull the secound tripod more into the back ground. Great stuff.
Scott2753
Absolutely Awesome render...the detail is incredible!!! Bravo!!!
MaydaMason
speackless!
Naoo
Rona
I only just discovered this - can simply add to everyone else's comments that this is the standard by which all future sci-fi renders shall be judged.
Moeykaner
i loved reading the book and i also love this amazing image ....
FUNJOKER
wow wow wow super excellent ;)
JAYBEEH
I'm not a "Vue" user but I've admired your work since I first saw your "Striders" a few years ago....this image is absolutely Stunning!!...An Awesome piece of work!!...My hat's off to you Robert!!
CTA
Absolutely awesome piece of work. Everything looks awesome. I love the lighting and the detail. Well done. :D
delbeke
Totally incredible and stunning! What a wonderful work of art. Your whole series of work on the War of The Worlds are stunning!
sireneidae
Brilliant, outstanding, no words for your work - only spreachless astonishment. You must have spend weeks or month for composing and an endless time for rendering the pic in this size and quality. 5 stars are not enough
cyberpapy
On reste sans voix devant cette fabuleuse illustration de Wells. Admiration !
summerlake
Masterpiece indeed... stunning!
derms
mate i dont know what to say, other than that is one of the most impressive renders i have ever seen. good work :)
ggzagor
One of the beautifulst works of the Renderosity site. Bravo 5*
Alex_NIKO
Great work! Very well done!
mdilorenzo
G.R.E.A.T.