Grandpa Comfort's Favorite Car: for Rusty by kjer_99
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Grandpa Comfort's favorite car was a black 1910--perhaps 1912--Ford Model T Touring car. He prized it so much tht he named his youngest son, Ford, after it. (Yes, Ford the Chevy man!) It was still rusting away beside the equipment garage, when our family, consisting of my Grandma Comfort, my mother, and twin brother returned to the Kansas homestead in 1947. Ford, who was a bachelor at the time, joined us. It was the same rust bucket portrayed in an earlier work, "Chariot of Dreams."
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In this scene, Grandpa is probably a lot younger than as portrayed. He was likely in his early forties, but he probably wore overhauls and a plaid shirt many a time. There was usually a farm dog on the property, but what kind I have no idea. Probably a mutt with a lot of German Shepherd in it; although I remember seeing a photo of a smaller black and white terrier mix. That mutt was of a later time, when my mother, the second youngest of seven, was five or six years old. When we were living on the farm (1947-49) Uncle Ford had a wonderful Irish Setter. Many a time, we would head for town in Ford's Chevy with Rusty running after us. Sometimes, he would run well beyond a half mile, charging through the dust we kicked up, dropping to a lope, then a trot, then a slow walk until inevitably we would see him sitting, exhausted and panting, at the top of the previous rise, staring forlonely after us. Saw many another farm dog like that, too. They just hated being left behind. (So did my brother Steve and I; more often than not, Ford would head off to town on his own; and like ol' Rusty, we wanted to go too.) So, Rusty, ol' boy, although long gone, this one is for you.
This is the first render in Bryce in several years that actually has turned out the way I wanted and without any crashes! YeeeHaaaawwww!!! Also some of the more realistic looking dust that I've created in a long time.
Thanks for stopping by and having a look. Your visits and comments on past renders are very much appreciated.
Jeremy
CREDITS:
Bryce 6.1, Poser 6.0, PhotoShopPro 5.0.
Vehicle: Sorry, can't recall where I got it.
Dog: DAZ's Mil Dog.
Figure: DAZ's Michael 3 with "Russell" morphs and skinmat by Nouschka-Design, "Smart Hair" by Ali (both Renderosity), and "Legends" hat from (RDNA). He is wearing PoserWorld's "Dungarees and Shirt."
Grasses: Grass in center of ruts is by Jean-Pierre Lapointe. Modualz--the team of Traveler and Judith Ward at RDNA made the rest, including the flowers.
Sumac: Also by Modualz.
Rutted Terrain and Tree: By Bob Meski.
Comments (22)
geirla
Great job on the road and dust. The spinning wheels work well too. And thanks for sharing the story.
shadownet
Excellent work!
DAM3D
Very well done! Reminds me of some old pictures of my grandparents. :)
NanetteTredoux
Marvellous work, stirs up lots of memories for me.
waldodessa
Jeromy this is a beautiful picture!
Django
Hmmm the dust is ok.... but overdone around the tires, far to symetric otherwise a very fine pic
FrenchKiss
I can just picture that poor forlorn dog sitting on the rise and looking very sad. What an excellnt story and a lovely image!
debbielove
Ah! The trusty Model T! Forerunner of today's mass production. A great picture and a fine tale. Well done. Rob.
deevee
Very well done, excellent story to compliment it!
Gisela
Great render!
Ravyns
What a wonderful image & story Jeremy..
Eldeago
Hey that is what my folks came out to Cal in lmao. Most excellent job my friend.
louly
Lovely scene :)
Li-An
Nice texturing. I think you have done a great job here
Spacer_01
Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it with an equally lovely render! You've certainly got a knack for those roads and paths, and the subtle details like the clouds of dust and the spinning tires.
Burpee
Love the dust and the car!!!! Wonderful story...thank you! My dog used to chase us on the snowmobiles. I'd let her catch up then drive her back to the house :)
jrcejaspulido
Excellent work, very realistic and nice scene.
tcombs
Excellent image of bygone times.
FCLittle
A very nice scene....it's too bad Vue is being so difficult for you, but I see already that your Bryce images have improved from your use of it....
emmecielle
Very beautiful scene! :)
NefariousDrO
I have to agree, that cloud of dust is fantastic. The entire scene is extremely good, nice light (feels like a hot summer day just looking at it) and the plants are excellent.
eportscreations
Good work! You did a fine job of putting motion into the image.