USS Cumberland the Decent (Part I) by Bambam131
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USS Cumberland the Decent (Part I)
The Mars Lander USS Cumberland on the first phase of decent through the Martian atmosphere as the heatshield begins to glow. The model was created in Bryce5 from scratch, all concepts and designs by me. The picture of Mars by way of JPL/NASA from the Mars Global Surveyor in orbit around Mars NOW! This is the second in my series showing all phases of the decent to Mars, the first showing the Cumberland moving away from the USS Independence orbiting Mars (Leaving Home). Thanks again for viewing and commenting on my work.
David ;-)
Comments (7)
sackrat
Are you going to take this all the way to the surface ? I certainly hope so. You can't leave us hanging. As to the image,.....my only complaints are thus,.....work on the fire/combustion a little more. Try and work it up to the level of realism of the spacecraft itself,....maybe a volumetric material, I dunno. The other observation is the planet itself. You mapped it beautifully,.....maybe red shift the color a scrint and add a little more detail to the surface. You know, a little artistic licence. Time for the old clone brush maybe. Anyway,...I like your work because it reminds me of the images done by Robert McCall for NASA in the 1960's and 70's. Great work, keep it up.
carib98
The lander is excellent (You know I'm impressed by Your spacecrafts), but the flames are looking to straight. Have You tried to make it with some transparent metaballs? Just an idea. Maybe it could give the fire a more organic shape. Best wishes to You and the Cumberland crew for a happy landing ;) I'm curious to see the first pictures from the surface.
gerry_g
Don't know if all the volumetric effects were done in Bryce or post, but one of the reasons I moved over to Lightwave was because of the severely limiting nature of this program (I could never get a convincing rocket trail) , The render looks great and must have taken some considerable effort, but the volumetric trail needs softening a tad. ;-)
pakled
Great shot, just as others have stated, the re-entry looks a bit different. I think that you'd have a sort of flame over all the leading surfaces, but the gap puzzles me (well, such a good lookin' ship, I'd want it to stand out as well..;) I think the flames in back would be around the whole ship, a little transparency and you could see the ship through the flames, would make it more realistic. Having said that, this is light years (no pun intended) beyond anything I could do with Bryce..waiting for the next one..;)
keeba17
wow, amazing space scene, very nice modelling on the ship :)
bclaytonphoto
Hi David, In general I agree with the above comments...The fire could be better, but I still admire your patience and skill on modeling in Bryce. of course the planet would look better rendered in Mojo World!! :-)...Ah..but alas, you can't export Bryce models...I'm looking forward to seeing the actual landing sequence...Great stuff as usual
Doublecrash
I second the comments about the fire, but the render is top-notch as usual.