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)
lycanthropeX
i want to go break my crayons.....excellent work, absolutely awesome
UCDesigns
Very nice.
Horstmeister
Grandioso! perfekt 3D Work!
RayMartin
An absolutely stunning image. It's now my desktop wallpaper. I noticed the clock times, too, but it's just nitpicking. Extraordinary work.
DukeNukem2005
It is very beautiful! It is an excellent artwork!
DarkFlame
The chances of anythings being this good, is a million to one, I'll say! But still it is.
Art_Ramos
This is an excellent rendering inspired by one of the greatest novels of science fiction!
Zenjunkie
Seriously, that is just freaking awesome.
steelbug
Very, very, very good job. Congratulations
jrpuff
Absolutely amazing. I really need to get Vue....Its like a where is waldo puzzle. So much to look at....I love it!!! Awesome
M2A
I think that all have been already said about your artwork. I was watching the disparaged "top rating charts" ;D and i saw this totaly amazing image. I am impressed by the attentive and deeply serious sense of detail and by the colorization. You diserve all the commments posted here, your work is an expert done, congratulations.
reaver80808
Even if i had as much talent, i don't think my laptop could handle all that detail. Fantastic image. nice to see war of the worlds in it's correct time frame too.
EdAB
Excellent render!
Seaview123
This is nothing less than spectacular!
jclP
fantastic scene,very good scifi and render
berlinspandau
incredible!!! It seems so real.... Perfect Work.
vintorix
First class professional work.
Eresther
I can't stp watching your artwork! You are the most of my favorite artists here. Serge
278
" War of the Worlds - Men Hunting " 2006 by czarnyrobert is a masterpiece in my book !! Great composition, great colors, great concept (what else can anyone ask for from such a fine artist ?). CONGRATULATIONS !! __ Signed: Robert Singletary( singletary@zazzle.com )Friday Sept. 17, 2010__3:02 A.M. (eastern standard time) USA
DarwinsMishap
This is absolutely ... awe inspiring. I loved this story; written, tv and movies. I think you did some incredible props to the theme, story and idea.
DamirCizmok
Fantastic!
OSSRules
My name is Michael Anderson. I would like to buy the rights to use this piece for cover art for an upcoming issue of Ares Magazine. Please email me at oss_rules@yahoo.com to discuss terms. Michael Anderson Editor-in-Chief Ares Magazine www.aresmagazine.com | www.facebooks.com/aresmagazine
jmb007
beau travail
operaghost1881
Oddly enough, I just watched the film "The great Martian war" last night and then I saw this. Brilliant work