Newton, 4:15 AM by lwperkins
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Description
(Bug Comic)
Two hours south (by train) from where Bryan is snoozing, and six hours south of where Rain is re-reading P.G. Wodehouse, the Newton Wyr Insect Patrol is finishing up an all-too-productive night of rounding up giant mutant insects from the abandoned Azali base. The general opinion is that the bugs are the result of some botched Azali experiment. Frank,
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(the harassed man here with the bug spatters), thinks that the Azali used the bugs for the same thing that humans do now--as raw material for making vehicles--the shells are strong and lightweight, like fiberglass, but tough enough to deflect low caliber bullets. The patrol's preferred way of bagging them involves swords and pitchforks, which keeps the shells intact. You'll see why plasma weapons aren't such a great idea, later. Bugs have paid for Newton's small hydroelectric dam, and it's water filtration system, which is why the mayor has resisted Frank's pleas to get the state to come level the base completely, and remove the breeding grounds for the bugs.
Here Frank is making sure that each bug has it's bounty tag,(those red tags you can see here and there) so everyone on that night's patrol gets their share of the bounty money. Dawn
in regulation armor, instead of undies, here
is telling him that they need to put a request in to the state to hire more contract workers to help out, because six people aren't enough if they are going to bag 30 bugs every night. The other three people, Wally (Larry's brother), and a couple of guys from Wellington are busy throwing bug carcasses into the Multi Use Vehicle. (There wasn't room to show everyone here.) Dawn has already yanked off most of her armor--it's already hot and muggy out. Frank is following the rules about keeping armored up until they get off the base, but he's the only one.
Frank doesn't want to discuss staffing, he just wants to finish up, run the Geiger counter over everyone's shoes, and go home and wash (possibly with a heavy disinfectant)and crawl into his hammock on the back porch, and sleep until the sun goes down.
Larry is thinking he's going to have to go start his mail route in just two hours.
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Parts of the bugs are from The Ant Farm on Daz.
Comments (55)
Seaview123
Ditto to everything Madbat said! Cool looking picture, Lynn. I love these pictures of your 'Bug Comic' gang.
alessimarco
Bugs...finally! I have been waiting to see a few! These folks look rather like me on my way home from work each day...lol! No bug splatters, but it often feels like it. Love your usual, but wonderful, attention to detail and your great storytelling!
Raddar
Another amazing image full of perfect details. The story is moving along wonderfully, I still don't think I want to live anywhere near bug town, but then again, I wouldn't mind going hunting with Dawn. :)
JSGraphics
Awesome! Love it!
scifibabe
Outstanding details here. Fabulous trio. Great characters and outfits. Really creative work. I like the different poses. Really adds to the story. Great job!!!
louly
That looks fantastic :) And the patrol people all look good.
Forevernyt
Very cool scene and story.
anitalee
Excellent
arwenone
Excellent scene!
giareg
Terrific composition ,,,very creative
TheWingedOne
Great storyline Lynn! I had to laugh so much about the ruined shirt. Sometimes it's better to leave those bugs alone. You might get bitten or even worse - as one can see so clearly in this image. And Madbat is so right - bug guts are so gross! :) I'm pretty curious how the story moves on.
Richardphotos
very exciting scenario and outstanding characters
Zazou
Excellent !
featherwitch
Looks like it was a rough battle... hope they get paid well!! Love all the bug parts... that's how I prefer to see them...:o)
Richabri
Excellent storyline and scene. I always love your character interaction Lynn :)
Annco
Beautiful posing and lighting!
tryky5carla
E X C E L L E N T !!!!!!!!!!!!
colynn
Incredible scene & detail - awesome!! ^^
kobaltkween
yay! finally done working on code, and free to write my lengthy comment. first of all: eeeeeeek! these bugs keep getting creepier and creepier. i love it. second, i like the composition. it's very full, and even though it's not action filled, the way each actor seems to be doing their own thing gives you a lot to look at. i like the way you show bug-killing is messy, tiring work. the only critique i have is that the shading seems a little too consistent. like, the bug doesn't seem to have any different shading than the people, even though it's behind them. there's a bright blue bug part that doesn't look shadowed, even though it seems to be underneath the other big bug parts. it's kind of confusing visually, but a lot of this is due it being a giant mutant bug. the details on Frank's clothing and his stuff is just great. Larry's hair is especially well done, imho.
0rest4wicked
Love the expressions! Makes it look like they earned their keep this day.
kasalin
Wonderful story and an excellent image, dear Lynn !!!!!!!!!!
ANGELFIRE999
Excellent scene and narration!
mikeerson
I like your avatar, have seen it around and thought I'd check ya out. I saw the thumb to this and the girls pose, emotion grabbed my attention. Ya got some cool thumbnails that I'd normally want to look at a few, but I'm going to bed soon... your art, rendering style is much to my liking - very cool work.
morganahope
AWESOME IMAGE !!
prae
excellent render, love the poses and expressions.