Booster Separation by DaiKepler

3D Studio Max • Space • posted on Nov 01, 2008

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3rd in a series. 2 minutes, 33 seconds after liftoff Gus Grissom’s “Liberty Bell” Mercury capsule was released from the Redstone booster rocket. The small posigrade rockets were fired to achieve a safe separation. Modeled and rendered in 3DS Max. Textures created in Corel. The opacity cloud map was downloaded from http://celestia.h-schmidt.net Thanks for viewing.

Comments (9)

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Roger60

10:27AM | Sat, 01 November 2008

Clear and precise style. Great.

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Mondwin

11:59AM | Sat, 01 November 2008

Amazing and splendid realisation...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx

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darkness_02

1:33PM | Sat, 01 November 2008

cool pic... almost looks real

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DAVER2112

1:51PM | Sat, 01 November 2008

Nice modeling work!

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Savage_dragon

10:40PM | Sat, 01 November 2008

I didn't realize this was a render. Excellent work! ***** ")

vkoontz

1:24AM | Sun, 02 November 2008

Great render. People think retros for reentry went off at the same time. They were fired in a sequence to reduce G forces. The space craft has been recovered. Why it failed is still a controversy.

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qbase7pa

3:20PM | Mon, 03 November 2008

great modeling wish i could

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shayhurs

7:50PM | Mon, 03 November 2008

Nice indeed. I was wondering if the shadowing should be more extreme, based on what we see from the ISS and shuttle shots?

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e-brink

6:42PM | Tue, 02 December 2008

There's something about the Mercury capsule that is such a classic icon for space pioneering. It's beautiful shape and details, which you have reproduced wonderfully, are so memorable. Excellent work!