The War of The Worlds - Hopelessness by czarnyrobert

Vue • Science Fiction • posted on Nov 30, 2004

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Description

The vegetable kingdom in Mars, instead of having green
for a dominant colour, is of a vivid blood-red tint. At any rate, the
seeds which the Martians (intentionally or accidentally) brought with
them gave rise in all cases to red-coloured growths. Only that known
popularly as the red weed, however, gained any footing in competition
with terrestrial forms. The red creeper was quite a transitory
growth, and few people have seen it growing. For a time, however, the
red weed grew with astonishing vigour and luxuriance.
[...]
- "They've built a flying-machine, and are learning to fly!
- "Fly?"
- "Yes," he said, "fly."
I went on into a little bower, and sat down.
- "It is all over with humanity," I said. "If they can do that they
will simply go round the world."
He nodded.
- "They will.

H.G. Wells

In 1898 when H.G. Wells wrote "The War of the Worlds", flying a machine heavier than air seems to be a fancy - just a couple years later humans discovered the secret of flight, and half century later possessed weapons much more powerful than Martian Heat-Ray. Once again reality overtook the fiction

Set and rendered with Vue 5 using radiosity, Martian vegetation created with Vue 4.5 Pro, Vue procedural clouds and spherical fuzzy clouds.

Stairs modelled in Cinema 4D
Lighthouse model by Alian Garcia, textured by me.
Man - Don from Poser
Martian flying machines based on Martian War Machines from DAZ.

Comments (124)

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tse60

3:50AM | Wed, 01 December 2004

C mogpowiedziec. Atmo-spoko.Wyko-HQ. Zreszta nie bede sie wysilal ;) Znasz moje zdanie na temat Twoich prac. Gdyby bylo cos nie tak, co by mi sie nie podobalo, napisalbym. Excellent again. I like it very much. Mirek+v

Malstorm

3:53AM | Wed, 01 December 2004

damn!!! crash bammmmmmmmmmmm smack wtf how do you it ? amazing thats what you are robert AMAZING

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TheWingedOne

4:23AM | Wed, 01 December 2004

Another "jaw dropper" from the master himself. :))) Excellently done as always. Fantastic job, Robert!

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czarnyrobert

4:24AM | Wed, 01 December 2004

Thanks nexxon for pointing out lack of pleats on clothes - I was thinking about it, but later, I forgot to correct it. It's done now - looks much better - unfortunately it's hard to get good looking clothes from Poser, usually postwork is necessary.

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Moebius87

6:13AM | Wed, 01 December 2004

Whoa!!! Yet another outstanding creation! :o)

REG

10:10AM | Wed, 01 December 2004

Everybody else has pretty much said it all. The lighthouse textures and bumps are prefect! EXCELLENT V

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Polax

1:45PM | Wed, 01 December 2004

Just wanted to throw in my humble drop of compliment into this sea of well deserved enthusiasm ! astounding work !

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Pirx33

2:29PM | Wed, 01 December 2004

Najwyzsza polka!!!

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WeeLaddie

4:14PM | Wed, 01 December 2004

A masterful scene with superb texturing.

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cappy3

5:32PM | Wed, 01 December 2004

This is Amazing!! Incredible lighting and textures!! WOW!! Vote!!

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ArtJosephNito

9:20PM | Wed, 01 December 2004

They said it all! All of the above and much, much more....

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ShadowWind

1:43AM | Thu, 02 December 2004

Amazing as is said above. Another winner. Always loved War of the Worlds, especially the musical version, where there is a song dedicated to the red weed.

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Alexander_Kroener

2:31AM | Thu, 02 December 2004

Vegetation, stones, light and textures... just amazing. Combined with an interesting setting, well, a clear V

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LastAngel

9:38AM | Thu, 02 December 2004

Fantastic picture, really brilliant!!!

AnneCHPostma

2:51PM | Thu, 02 December 2004

The martian flying machines are really wonderful ! The whole scene is superb as usual and you made me go listen to the soundtrack again !

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crypticghost

10:21PM | Thu, 02 December 2004

super ill cool beans and all of that and a bag of chips.

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LadyLisa

3:14AM | Fri, 03 December 2004

Outstanding textures and lighting! Beautiful atmos and use of the vegetation. Great work!

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Arvanor

4:38AM | Fri, 03 December 2004

Very impressive piece of SF-Art. War of the Worlds is a favorie of mine and this image of yours is a great tribute to this classic of Science-Fiction.My compliments,you did imo an outstanding job!!!

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