Careful Maneuvering Required by NefariousDrO
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Description
The asteroid-prospector was designed with large engines, and many powerful maneuvering thrusters for this very kind of situation: close-in scanning of an asteroid. The uneven surface, typically complex spin (or tumble, to be more descriptive) make this a sometimes dangerous task. If the crew determines it's worth it, the ship might actually "land" itself on the asteroid (moor itself is the more accurate phrase, as there's nowhere near enough gravity generated by this small rock to keep the ship anchored against it's surface) and take samples.
The ship model is my own creation, and the textures are mostly my own, as well. Engine flares are in Photoshop. The asteroid texture is actually the result of 3 different renders, all were composited in Photoshop, as I couldn't quite get the kind of surface effects I wanted. It took me 3 tries to create this kind of scene, I'd not expected a close-approach scene to be so difficult.
Comments (26)
Danny_G
Excellent image. Great colors textures. Really well done
grafikeer
Really great modelling and texture work....excellent scene and lighting.I find the ship gets lost a little in the business of the asteroid behind it,but the one-source lighting makes it a challenge to reduce this...nonetheless,a super image my friend!
carlx
Wonderful sci-fi composition!!! Superb view!!!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent sci fi!
annie5
One of your best..perfectly done! :)
shayhurs
Nice! I really like the asteroid work!
Ancel_Alexandre
Great pic, I love the asteroid, really beautiful!
Miska7
Very nice sci-fi scene. Excellent ship, asteroid and lighting! Great render.
jocko500
wonderful work with your backgrounds and shipes you made.
Richardphotos
excellent syfy
MagikUnicorn
EXCELLENT I LIKE THIS
geirla
Very nicely done! The combined Asteroid texture looks great.
FloydianSlip
Wow! the asteroid looks intense and I just love that ship model. :)
dedale
i agree with the other comments, your asteroid texture(s) works very well. pain is gainfull in that case. so and now you have to textured on a same way your entire fleet... joke.
WhySage
Wow! Excellent lighting.
Darkwish
You did very nice pic!
preeder
Great work. Glad to see your space based images once again.
kjer_99
I'm not saying they are close to that astroid, but does the word, Titanic, mean anything to you? Smile.
DMWVCS
Somebody should make a movie with these ships in it! They are so AWESOME!!! David
A_Joker_B
Top render!
Madbat
Really cool looking asteroid!
DarkStormCrow
Cool modeling, well done...
MRX3010
This is a great render , good work!
brawnc
nicely modelled
drgnmztr
The asteroid textures are very cool. You did a good job. Love the ship as well.
Chipka
This looks nothing like the asteroid Ida, but I think of that when I look at this. Ida's a wee bit larger than this, but it has a weak gravitational field, due to its mass, and thus it is (so far) the only asteroid known to possess a moon, though the term satellite is more accurate. I have no idea why I brought this up aside from the fact that I could see this prospector nosing up to Ida, matching its rate of spin/tumble, while the crew of the ship itself goes through just another period of business as usual, probably waiting to see if their prospecting will pay off and allow them to plant tags so that the big mass drivers can come and break this thing apart and fire the fragments into a factory-acquisition course, which--of course--will provide quite a nice paycheck for the prospectors, once the Company has skimmed its own profits from the rich metals and ores of this rock. WOW! You evoked all of that and that's a good thing! I love your art, and I have to say you do rocks rather well, whether you're balancing them or rendering them in the voids of space. Great work.