Salvo is Away by NefariousDrO

Bryce • Science Fiction • posted on Oct 09, 2008

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Description

During the war that has come to be called "Humanity's First Interstellar War" no-one had yet produced a starship built exclusively as a warship. Thus, the belligerants were forced to improvise. One of the most effective in the first half was the improvised missile-carrier. Missiles were smart enough to be able to operate semi-autonomously, allowing the ships to stay back out of harm's way. Here a commonly-used cargo transport has let loose a volley of missiles. ----------- This is really my first try to portray the early stages of these missiles departing their carrier. It's partly successull, I think, but needs some work, I'm afraid. Ship and missiles were done in Bryce 6, planet and background are all Photoshop CS3. Thanks for taking a look.

Comments (21)

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ArtLizard

9:34PM | Thu, 09 October 2008

Awesome picture and cool backstory!

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Chipka

9:35PM | Thu, 09 October 2008

Well realized! I love the trails that the missiles leave as they make their way from the mothership. Great sense of realism and drama in equal balance!

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geirla

10:24PM | Thu, 09 October 2008

I like the missile design: unstreamlined and utilitarian for use in space.

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photostar

10:28PM | Thu, 09 October 2008

Perhaps a bit of work on the missile trails, but what you have attempted to portray with your overall design is fantastic. There's a real sense of movement with the missiles and that background planet surfacing is super.

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faroutsider

12:18AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Excellent!

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prionbrain

4:01AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Very cool! I love the smoke thing! I've always wondered what would smoke look like in space! :D

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carlx

4:10AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Very cool!!!

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Biffowitz

5:28AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Very cool render and the POV rocks. Like you say a little more work on the trails is needed, perhaps 1 or 2 small explosions on the planet would help too.

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thecytron

8:44AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Awesome rendering work!

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grafikeer

8:51AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Very nicely done...I would say maybe the trails need to taper closer to the launch point,and should be a little more transparent the further away they are from the missiles,but you've got great movement to them,and the concept is really good!

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dbrv6

9:51AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

I like what you are working on here allot. Agree with the comments about the missle trails which would help a good deal. Hope to see some more on this.

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Stoner

11:36AM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Fine modellingwork

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Darklorddc

12:43PM | Fri, 10 October 2008

Looks very good to me. You're just about there with the contrails, though I'm not sure what effect a zero-G vacuum environment would have on contrails... Love the missile modeling.

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