The Sky Cities by Darklorddc

Carrara/RDS • Science Fiction • posted on Aug 18, 2010

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Description

The Sky Cities of the Terran Protectorate are one of the engineering marvels of known space. A mile across, not including the massive solar arrays or the docking ports, they hold a population of about one million citizens on average. Sky Cities are usually populated by the wealthy, and in many cases, multiplanetary megacorporations own an entire Sky City as their corporate headquarters, where they house their top people and where their corporate security forces are the law. Most of the population lives below the surface in apartments and suites in the massive hull, with only the ultrarich, the highly influential and businesses owning the buildings that actually get to partake in the spectacular view afforded by the armored dome. The domes are a transparent form of nanotube carbon, as tough as the armor elsewhere, and one of the reasons sky cities are insanely expensive. With the war escalating, these floating metropolises are prime targets of the Imperial Consortium. Fortunately, many have several wings of defense fighters, a massive escape pod deck and just their sheer size makes taking one down an endeavor worthy of a well-armed task force. In addition, the majority are around the "core worlds" of the Protectorate, and if the Imperial Consortium is able to strike at them with impunity, then the war is already likely lost. Enjoy, and let me know what you think. Rendered in Carrara. Models created in Carrara and Doga-L3. Background digital painting created in GIMP 2.6. Dystopia City Blocks available at Daz3d. -- Please View at Full Size --

Comments (20)

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Faemike55

9:36AM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Very impressive image and information! Very detailed work

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wliebtposer

9:41AM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Interesting work,well done

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JCD

9:45AM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Very cool! This structure looks like it would be equally at home sunk into a terrain on the planet surface.

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scifire

10:14AM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Very imaginative. Kudos!

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CrownPrince

10:56AM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Actually JCD is right.. That creation looks multi-funtional, and could be used in various scenarios and scenes. Very good story image and modeling!

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2121

11:15AM | Wed, 18 August 2010

nice one again, like the pov over the planet

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shayhurs

11:33AM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Nicely done!

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flavia49

12:27PM | Wed, 18 August 2010

wonderful scene!

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Winterclaw

12:44PM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Wow, nice modeling.

KnightWolverine

1:51PM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Incredible spacescape..Truly Amazing Work!.. -Will-

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MarkBremmer

1:52PM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Really nice.

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restif

5:32PM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Outstanding!

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MOSKETON

5:34PM | Wed, 18 August 2010

FANTASTICA.

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Tholian

7:20PM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Excellent model creation and realization. Nicely done.

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CyroXero

8:18PM | Wed, 18 August 2010

I think something a mile across is a little too small to house 1 million people. 5 miles could probably do it. Awesome picture.

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geirla

9:04PM | Wed, 18 August 2010

Very cool! Add some propulsion and they could be flying cities like James Blish. And they could escape if the war got bad. And while CryoXero is right that a million people is pretty tight by today's standards, if we think of it in terms of volume - with the lower decks a couple of thousand feet high, then it's probably about right.

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