Hi, OK I am going to keep adding to this as I get the time. Here's a little bit about me. I live in the UK (England) in the county of Yorkshire and have been working with Poser (Version 6) for the last few years. I still consider myself a beginner when it comes to Poser even though I have created quite a few pictures. It was never my intention to put my pictures on display at Renderosity or any other site for that matter, but folks who know me and have seen my pictures have talked me into doing it. I do hope you like what you see and any comments are most welcome.
One last thing I want to mention. For those of you who are wondering about the avatar I am using and the picture above. That is a picture of me in the Underwater Astronaut Trainer at Huntsville in Alabama in the United States. Since 2004 I have had the opportunity to train as a Mission Specalist for the Space Shuttle (no I have not been into space and its highly unlikely I will ever get to do so) firstly at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida and since then at Huntsville.
Here's my latest news as of the 10th of August 2016.
I’m back
Well for three long years I have been away but in all that time I have been very, very busy. So what have I been doing? The answer is writing a book which I have just published via Amazon’s Kindle Direct service.
So what’s the book about? Well basically it’s about me and the life I have led - a life which I like to think has been less than ordinary:-
Phil Reeder – Been there, done that, got the tee-shirts
Coal Miner, Train Driver, Freelance Photographer, Film Maker, Glider Pilot (well nearly), Scuba Diver, Martial Artist, Creative Designer, Charity Fund Riser, Horse Rider, Show Jumper,
UK Further Education Worker, Anthropomorphic Model Maker, Japanese Animation Fan, Convention Co-Organiser, Gladiator Contender (once again nearly), Marketing Director, Photo Journalist, CGI Artist, Writer, Astronaut Trainee, Blogger and finally (so far) Author– and that’s just the interesting stuff.
I went looking for all of the above, and I found them. Then there’s the list of things that I did not go looking for. Things which instead came looking for me.
Have you ever read about anyone who fell into a very deep mine shaft and survived? If you read this book you will do.
Have you ever read about anyone who had an armed police escort to an International Airport Long-stay Car Park? Yep you guessed it.
And last, but certainly not least
Have you ever read about anyone who had his brakes fail whilst trying to stop at a set of traffic lights, and was then smashed into by a brand new Mercedes Benz, with personalised number plates which just happened to belong to a local newspaper? If you read this book you will do.
And trust me there’s lots, lots more tales to tell.
Since the very first moment of my life, from the moment of my birth I have had a life which I like to think has been less than ordinary - and it’s not over yet.
Things just seem to happen, either for me or to me. Call it fate, call it Karma, call it what you like and I have to wonder, what’s just around the corner, waiting for me to go looking for it, or for it to come looking for me.
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So for all of you out there who are interested and would like to know more I would suggest a visit to an Amazon web-site and doing a search for:-
From Coal Miner to Astronaut A Life Less Ordinary
Now this has not been a short project. It’s taken three very long years to complete and has in total the following interesting statistics attached to it:-
One Front Cover
One Back Cover
One Dedication Page
One Introduction Page
Not One but Two Appendix
One Hundred and Two Chapters, covering a total of 405 A4 size pages (that’s about 800 paperback book size pages), Two Hundred and Fifty Six Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Two Words with over One Million Characters.
And there’s even more because the work became so large an undertaking that for various technical reasons a Blog had to be created to support it. A Blog which can be found at the following web-address:-
https://fromcoalminertoastronaut.wordpress.com/
I could say more but why not go and have a look at the Blog for yourself and if you like what you see why not consider going out and buying the book.
I hope to be back here one day with more of my artwork to show you. The book will tell you toward the end why I went away in the first place and of the traumatic events which led to me giving up artwork creation.
You have all been my loyal fans in the past. I hope you will continue to be in the future.
Comments (13)
neiwil
This looks BIG, great render. As to your problem....Helium Balloons...lots and lots and lots and lots....you get the idea :) I suppose you could build the ship and then vapourise the Earth, might make homecomings a bit of a drag though.
Biffowitz
Cool render and space scene. The image is missing something that would solidify the large size of the warship. I think a smaller ship flying towards it would do that. A slight curvature to the planet might add something too!
NefariousDrO
I always loved the design of those ships, this looks so cool. My personal bet on how they were built is that probably most of the materials didn't come from Earth: either mined from the moon or from asteroids, would be my suggestion. Nice piece, here.
CleonXXI
Great B5 ship! Why, they build 'em in orbit!
howlingmadcowling
Yet another great pic!
adrie
Outstanding space image my friend, excellent work as always...love it.
onefromb5
Great render....There are multiple shipyards in orbit around Earth. Each piece is lifted by multiple shuttles to the proper shipyard.
wblack
Very nicely done. Now, in regards to your question. The science fiction series Babylon Five depicted an industrialized civilization spread all across the solar system -- such large vehicles need not be constructed on earths surface, they would be fabricated in orbit. In reality long before we reach that stage we will need to alter our thinking and embrace other energy sources if we are ever to build such a vast (and economically successful) civilization. Before we tackle really large projects in space we require a commercial booster capable of lifting large masses of cargo, and engines capable of moving large masses across solar system distances. We currently posses the technology to construct a rocket booster capable of lifting Two Million Pounds of freight into orbit -- we merely lack the required will to use it. Before we accomplish this we need to re-educate (and dispel the myths) in regards to the safest, cleanest, long term sustainable, source of energy available: Nuclear Power. We designed, built, and tested more than 40 types of nuclear and nuclear thermal rockets between 1957 and 1972. Most of these out performed existing (and current) chemical rockets by a factor of 100 to 1. For exhaustive technical information I recommend: http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html This is a highly necessary site if you are to write (or create any accurate models of advanced rockets and space craft) any serious science fiction. For information regarding the two million pound capable booster I recommend: http://www.nuclearspace.com/Liberty_ship_pg10.aspx For information regarding the intended post Apollo space program canceled by Richard Nixon in 1972 I recommend: http://beyondapollo.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-july-1969-as-apollo-11-brought.html I hope you find this helpful. William
rbowen
Very good!!
Black_Knyght
Nicely done! The EA Destroyers have always been one of my favorite designs
geirla
Nice! My bet for construction would be that the materials were mined from near earth asteroids, refined in an orbital station and then assembled using some sort of fabrication technology (like the 3D printers that exist today, expect with metals or nanocarbons, not plastics)
Legion1
Another great image I tend to agree that I always thought the ships were assembled in space - perhaps in the Asteroid belt
Alex_Antonov
Very well done!