Path of Tears: for Kalebdaark by kjer_99
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Description
"Larger, more powerful clans moved into our fertile valley and set upon us. They drove us from our Green into the Western desert. Guards were posted to see that we did not return. It was a death sentence; no one willingly enters the Dry.
Only its eastern fringe had been explored and then not very much or well. No one knew what, if anything, lay beyond those barrens. If there were fertile lands, it likely was already in the possession of bigger, stronger clans than ours. The Dry would either be our abode or our grave, and the latter appeared to be the most likely. The only mercy our conquerors allowed was the use of our vehicles and to load them up with enough fuel to carry us out into the Dry a good nine-hundred miles. We were also allowed to take water, but no food. I don't think they were trying to help us survive; just to expire far beyond their sight and consciences.
In the Western Dry, most water holes will kill you if you drink from them. There's not more than a half-dozen within a three-thousand square mile area that's even fit to drink from--and then just barely tolerable. So it was a miracle when our small clan discovered Sweetwater Spring; for it insured our survival.
Emaciated and dehydrated, we were all in pretty bad shape by the time we stumbled across the spring. We had always been a small clan, but by the time we found its sweet water, we numbered a bit less than two-dozen folks, and most of them were adults. The desert had proved too hard on most of the children. There were five left and only one was an infant. We always called that first trek half way across the Dry our "Path of Tears." A hundred-seventy-one graves of our family are strung along that trail all the way back to the Green."
--from the daybook of Mazie Stewart, a Survivor of the Path of Tears.
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This picture is dedicated to kalebdaark, whose wonderful (and very reasonably priced) models are the stars of this render. Thanks, Kaleb! Check his store out at: http://market.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?vendor=15958
As always, thanks for dropping by and taking a look. Comments are always appreciated.
Jeremy
CREDITS:
Bryce 6.1, Poser 6.0, PSP 5.0, Roadbuilder 2.GID.
All vehicles: "Roaring Out of the Wasteland!" series of apocalyptic vehicles by kalebdaark (Renderosity).
The lead driver and gunner figures are A3 realistic with clothing "Rudi for Aiko 3" by MAB and Will Dupré (DAZ).
Driver of the bus and the vehicle behind it is DAZ's Michael 3.
Comments (23)
MagikUnicorn
Wonderful words...Lovely composition
Richardphotos
one of the best composed renders this year. your story line rocks.exceptional all the way
shadownet
AWESOME!!!!
2Mylent
Mad Max est de retour :)
JNH
WOW! This is fantastic! Always wanted to do a scene like this, but didn't want to take the time to modify all the vehicles. Excellent work! 5+
Mai-3D
what a very good work! this is the endsite Great
geirla
Great picture. Excellent story!
JCD
Excellent image with great, painterly qualities. Kudos!
sackrat
Nice texture work.
kenwas
Excellent piece!
adrian3Dart
Like the models! Great scene.
ragouc
Cool composition. Good job.
ontar1
Cool, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
deevee
Great image Jeremy!
Valerie-Ducom
Wowww, impressiv work and excellent and unusual scene ! Good day :)
Li-An
A great Job indeed!!!!
kalebdaark
Wow! Thanks! I'm impressed, flattered, and humbled at the same time! This is why I create my models - so that folks can do the kinds of genre pics that they've been wanting to do.
Django
Well done on detail and textures, i love apocalyptical stuff like that. Reminds me of mad max
hoskins78
Wonderful scene and story - they really do compliment each other very well! Love the amount of detail you've put into this and the dynamic setup of the vehicles and props really pull you in :) Excellent!!!
Ruud
HY There, think this one is very good, like the Mad max look and specialy the dust by the wheels on the front car.
tcombs
Great job on this one!Lots of detail.
e-brink
Great job. Well put together... took time!
kanaa
I will never get enough of stories like these..!Wonderful textures and composition!!