Houston, You're Not Going to Believe This.... by RodS

Mixed Medium • Fantasy • posted on Jul 19, 2011

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I'm sure the response would be something like "Get some sleep, crewmembers, you've been awake too long..." With the Space Shuttle Program ending, I wanted to post a salute to the men and women of the Shuttle program, and a dedication to the fourteen crewmembers who lost thier lives on the Challenger and Columbia: Challenger: Francis R. Scobee - Mission Commander Michael J. Smith - Pilot Gregory B. Jarvis - Payload Specialist 1 Christa McAuliffe - Payload Specialist 2 Judith A. Resnik - Mission Specialist 1 Ellison S. Onizuka - Mission Specialist 2 Ronald E. McNair - Mission Specialist 3 Columbia: Rick D. Husband - Commander William C. McCool - Pilot David M. Brown - Mission Specialist 1 Kalpana Chawla - Mission Specialist 2 Michael P. Anderson - Payload Commander Laurel B. Clark - Mission Specialist 4 Ilan Ramon - Payload Specialist 1 The lovely lady is Billy for G4 from Illusions Designs. He has some gorgeous characters at very reasonable prices. Stop by and check it out! Billy is wearing the Morlock Vamp outfit by Ravenous - apparently no longer available in the RMP. The Space Shuttle model is an .3DS file courtesy of NASA. You can find a bunch of space / NASA related .3DS files by clicking here. Space background created in Photoshop by me. My first tutorial on blending 3D figures with photo backgrounds is now available in the Tutorials area. It's big - 11.7MB in PDF format. Check it out, and let me know what you think - hope it helps! I have 3 more tutorials in the works, along with several more renders, and of course the latest page in the Girls From TNA. Thanks so much for all your views, comments, faves and support! It means a lot!

Comments (26)

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MineFujiko

6:49PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

LOL! Funny and Beautiful image and title, RodS-san! love her wing.

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mrestey

6:57PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

AWESOME Rod!!!!!!!!!!! I was hoping you'd get to upload tonight! This Billy is VERY CUTE! Cool salute to the people of NASA and the shuttle program Rod, and very comical too. Great job with the background as well. I got Billy as my free gift last night after we spoke. Thanks for the reminder about the rewards program.

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eekdog

7:01PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

great dedi for the crews who flew all missions my friend, very sad to see the shuttle end, do you know what they have in store next? love the use of fairy moon Rod and great space setting with the shuttle..

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boobunny

7:01PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

Very nice tribute. Yeah, they would probably tell them to get some sleep. She is very lovely. Nice outfit, too bad its gone. I find rendo gets rid of too much too fast. That is why I like Daz you get plenty of time to purchase their products.

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Erestorfan

7:28PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

This is a wonderful piece of work and tribute, Rod! As residents of New Hampshire, Christa McAuliffe is special to us. I don't think there is anyone here in the state that can forget the news channel recording her putting her luggage into her car and her little girl grabbing onto her, pleading for her not to go...it still brings a lump to my throat...and I still remember being at work and someone coming in and saying that the Challenger just blew up and all were dead...the whole office went silent and we were glued to the TV for the rest of the day. Brings back a lot of memories... But so many brave men and women went to space and returned...and then there are those who went on the mission, excitement in their hearts...only to lose their lives...hopefully they shall not be forgotten....

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mikeerson

7:31PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

I'm very interested in your tutorial - cool you put something like that together... the economy sucks, and with the space shuttle program coming to an end, it feels like we just ran out of gas.

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mgtcs

7:43PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

I think I pulled a muscle laughing at this one... Lol. I'm sure the crew would love that one. Great humor and fine technical details.

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adorety

7:46PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

Great image and wonderful dedi. Who said it has to be a man in the moon.

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mickeyrony

7:58PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

Work supperpositions successful my friend. Congratulations and many thanks. ((5 + +)) Un travail de supperpositions bien réussit mon ami . Bravo et mille mercis . ((5++))

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Faemike55

8:41PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

Great scene Rod! a Great salute to all the brave people, plus the support crews that have made this series of missions successful.

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magnus073

8:50PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

Really hilarious pic Rod, thanks a million for all the smiles tonight :)

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npauling

9:11PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

Ooh I love this it has really made me laugh. I can just imagine the comments on board. A superb tribute to all the crews. Excellent work and I will go and take a look at your tut. Thank you.

Zathyn

9:26PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

Great image!

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papasmrfe

9:35PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

Yep. I actually laughed out loud... Beautiful render, and a classic title.

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bazza

11:34PM | Tue, 19 July 2011

Great work on this one Rod made me chuckle.. I can just imagine NASA's response to them.. Fabulous lady too.. Yes Illusion Designs Have some lovely ladies at a steal of a price.. Have a heap of them myself, their buy one get one free is great too.. Lovely shuttle model and moon. Love her outfit too and your super BG mate.. All said and done another winner.. I wonder what NASA will do now that the shuttle missions are over.. Will go check out your tutorial now.. Have a great day mate Barry

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auntietk

12:06AM | Wed, 20 July 2011

What a fun pic! Very nicely put together, and a wonderful tribute piece!

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bmac62

12:14AM | Wed, 20 July 2011

Now how'd she get up there? Quite a fun render Rod. Hats off to all those who have made the shuttle program such a roaring success. From what I hear the Chinese aim to make all the headlines in space in the future... A bit sad.

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pixeluna

1:13AM | Wed, 20 July 2011

A great tribute to the Space Shuttle Program, Big Bro. I also saw the tutorial you made, I think you should think about selling them, you are definitely a great source of post work information. :-) Btw, where did you get that cool-looking faery wings?

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UteBigSmile

4:21AM | Wed, 20 July 2011

Lol - For sure they will not believe this - Funny sci-fi render Rod!

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crender Online Now!

4:37AM | Wed, 20 July 2011

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vitachick

4:43AM | Wed, 20 July 2011

Dang you know your stuff. Also checked the tut adding clothes to The Girl. Now to put it into practice w/o pulling my hair out. Only time I use PSP etc is to add siggy. So much available but you have to know what to do with everything. Congrats on excellance and taking the time to share your knowledge with us..

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renecyberdoc

5:30AM | Wed, 20 July 2011

a very fine tribute,and well done giving the information. i see this stuff everyday even if i have enough sleep,i see even worse but then my shrink gave up and said as long as i dont bite to leave me alone muahahaha.

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Froggy

5:42AM | Wed, 20 July 2011

HotRod, this sums up my mood perfectly this AM - 2.5 hours sleep after another night shift - great - I see strange things at the moment - but if i saw this, then that would be really "Spaced Out" man ;)

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Ladydragus

9:34AM | Wed, 20 July 2011

Rod you out did yourself on this render ... Great tribute to a deadly ending. I can remember when i was in 5th grade when they sent the first lady (a teacher) into space and the shuttle blew that time too.. breaks my heart In love and light LadyDragus

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