Colony Ship – Corpsicles by gmvgmvgmv
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Description
The origin of the term “corpsicle” rests with usage dating from 1969 in Fred Pohl's book The Age of the Pussyfoot, in which a corpsicle is referred to as "a zombie frozen in Alaska." However, in perhaps his greatest work, The World at the End of Time, Pohl, one of my favorite sci-fi authors, uses the term to refer to bodies placed in cryogenic sleep. Tragically, some thawed bodies suffer “freezer burn” and either die after the warming process has been completed or have injuries of one kind or another resulting in diminished physical or cognitive function.
Perhaps, one day, colony ships will carry thousands of passengers in cryogenic sleep to distant worlds. Not likely at the rate we’re going, but we can always hope, can’t we?
All models are either Bryce5 or Wings3d originals. Post work in PSP8. Thanks for lookin’!
Comments (30)
Ancel_Alexandre
Thanks for the explanation, and really great pic!
Quest
Great scene, wonderful texturing, love the spaciousness and feeling of volume and atmosphere the image exudes.
tigertim
An amazing view... excellent impression of scale.. great work!
sandra46
EXCELLENT WORK
grafikeer
Great modelling and textures...excellent lighting and sense of grand scale...very well conceived!!
amapitodd
Great scene and sense of scale.
flavia49
fantastic
rashadcarter
Amazing!
adorety
Excellent work. Convincing looking cryo-hall.
mgtcs
Spectacular depth my friend, amazing creation, congratulations!
peedy
Fantastic image and lighting. Great depth. Corrie
lhumungus
cool lighting and atmo. composition is good too. my favorite pohl is the heechee saga.
KarmaSong
Superb scene , excellent Bryce work !
Eugenius
Awesome scene and excellent lighting! The last time I checked, Cryogenetics studies were focusing on certain frogs and their ability to survive extreme cold temperatures. Unfortunately, scientists are still baflled :-/
nefertiabet
Wow, so wonderful image and lighting!!!
johnyf
Superb!
Hubert
Great scene and atmosphere/lighting!!
saphira1998 Online Now!
very great
prae
Wow! Stunning work.
ia-du-lin
fantastic sci-fi image, great atmo and modelling!
Euxeb007
you have done a excellent work with lights, textures and modeling. the POV is great too
Simone83
Excellent work; I'm impressed by this many lights!
Darkwish
Remarkable work, very well done!
SIGMAWORLD
Sehr schön.
mrothello
This was done in Bryce??? That's amazing!
MihT
Awesome scene and excellent lighting!
P-LACALMONTIE
Magnifique! un travail remarquable avec Bryce
jif3d
Yeah, it's nice to dream we could all be “corpsicles” heading off happily into the sunset, but we'll just probably just nuke the whole Earth one day soon...bugger, cause I think I would be lemonade flavoured one ! LOL Reminded of the Discovery crafts interior from 2001, albeit a bit smaller than your interstellar craft and man talk about a huge electricity bill with all those lights on and every bodys still asleep ! Kool Bryce sci-fi ! ~Cheers~
kftate
Really fantastic image! Gorgeous work!
waldodessa
Outstanding!