Introducing the USS Shenandoah by Bambam131
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Introducing the USS Shenandoah
This is the first image of the completed spaceship Mars Explorer USS Shenandoah with the Mars Lander USS Chesapeake attached. This is the final of the wire-frame (The Art of Boolean) that I posted earlier this week. I have also posted 10 new images of this series on my website showing various sections of the completed ship. I will be posting new pictures showing all the phases of the mission to Mars from insertion into orbit to the release of the Mars Lander to touchdown. I guess that you can tell by now that I have this thing about Mars. I want us to go NOW!!!! We have the technologies, now if we only have the support. If you
Comments (31)
Malstorm
holly shit!!! this thing is awesome work!!!
ScarlettWoman
You did an outstanding job on this! I can only imagine the amount of hard hours you put into this. Great work!
BenBischop
........WoW..........!!! Amazing....
ShawnDriscoll
And in Bryce even. Voted.
Race2Win1
WOW!!! I think you just set the bar for modeling in Bryce. Each component by itself would make for a stunning piece of work, but to have all this in one picture is absolutely awesome!
roobol
Your work never ceases to amaze me, I'm impressed...
redhorse
Ye gods! I'm still dreaming about doing something many levels beneath this in any modelling program - let alone in Bryce. You obviously have alot of patience, determination and attention to detail. Outstanding work!
Bungalo
Wow. Is't it a bit too chaotic this time? :) Looks great!
kenwas
An astounding piece of work! Congratulations on a superb modeling creation.
zapper1977
WOW what a ship.
orbital
I've said it many times before Dave, but your modelling is just phenomenal! Merry Christmas!
TheBryster
OMG! This is disgusting! We have all this genius and we're still not on Mars? My jaw is still stuck firmly on the ground. Congratulations on your epic work! Vote.
Gog
Wow, this nearly snuck past me in the gallery. It's great to see the culmination of all the work you've done on this, and after seeing the wireframes, I am stunned at how you've created this ship (I hate to think how much time you've spent on this). Fantastic image and I can't wait to see more.
Turin_Returns
A very fine model, with only the slightest nod to the 'Discovery'. It certainly seems more believable than that hollywood monolith in 'Mission to Mars', or what ever that awful movie was called (you'll pardon the pun though). Although I agree with a yearning to visit Mars, I fear that the benefits you claim would not assist the 70% of starving and war-torn people on this planet. What type of propulsion do you see this vessel using?
FitArtistSF
I like this version of the Ol' Shenandoah. When I was in the US Navy, I served on the USS Shenandoah AD44, one of the largest auxiliary vessels at that time ('83-'96). But I like to think that a design like this could actually fly someday. Bam, another fine model you have created, well done.
Bambam131
Turin Return, I appreciate your philosophy about the starving but, I have to disagree. There will always be starving people and people without but, that said, we should not stop from striving to move forward in the quest for knowledge. I feel if I were to take your approach to space exploration than Spain should have never backed Columbus or England the Virginia Company. We as a species are by nature curious and (Explorers) and always want to know how and why things are the way they are. I feel IMHO that science will benefit everyone even though we may not see the direct effect for sometime. We have the means to help the starving but, when you have organizations that are corrupted i.e. the UN, thats supposed to be in charge, what do you expect. The United States gives more than any other country on the planet but, it still not good enough. Only time will tell if western civilization will survive the self serving interest of a few for their own distorted view of what they think the world should be. Lets just hope that we wake up in time to see that there is only a very short window of opportunity here for advancement. For any society to advance and move forward it must be willing to view the future with optimism and take the chance of what the future could bring. We have been too long in returning to the stars and I feel we need to do everything that we can to promote space exploration. Remember for what we are truly doing is returning to where we originally came from, for are we not all made out of stardust? Warm regards, David Robinson
Beemer
Well Said!... Thank You David!...
dcmstarships
another wonderfully detailed spaceship model that could be the great grandaddy of the Human Earthforce ships of Babylon 5; your work as always is spectacular; thanks for the impassioned comments on the need to continue manned space exploration; we need big dreams to strive for in addition to full stomachs and political stability . . .
Venishi
Wow! How long did this entire thing take?
Bambam131
Venishi, thanks for the question, the entire model took a little over 2 months to complete. Since I am typically working on a couple of projects at the same time I guess that the actual project was about a month all together. I will be posting more views of this ship soon. If you would like to see more of this model you can visit my website and click on UPDATE! Cheers, David
RobertJ
A great model as ever. And as for spending the money on feed the starving of the world or whatever you may call it, in 60ties America went to the moon, the cost where huge but the benefits where great, yet the whole Apollo-program costed just as much as the US-army would spend in 1.5 year time, today they spend even more. The space shuttle program costs about 14 billion dollars a year, the US-army spends that same amount in just 2 weeks. Not to stir things up, but give it a thought before you speak.
8ven
Incredible modeling.How many years did it take to render?
max-
Quite a spectacular sight!:) As for the philosophy or justification of space exploration, this is my view and it's very simple: If we remain here on Earth we will all die, or at best be knocked back to the stone age, having to repeat millenia of suffering to get back to where we are now... it's only a matter of time. It could happen later than sooner, or sooner than later, but it will happen. You can quote me on that. Remember the saying about 'having all eggs in one basket...'?
xceiverx
Wow, thats one cool model, This is no doubt excellent model work and textures! I love it :)
rj001
excellent m0delling
Incarnadine
As always - AWESOME modelling!
drawbridgep
It's official. Look up INSANE in the OED and it says "See Bambam131's Bryce renders". Doesn't mean you're not a genious and not one of the greatest artist of this type of work, but you are completely barking. :-)
Bambam131
!!!"ARF"!!!
pauljs75
Used to be that people could go somewhere else on this rock when the ol' country started getting run down. Sure you could head somewhere "nicer" now, but at the expense of the environment, etc. then after more people follow the same thinking you're back at square one (if not worse off.) Seriously there's nowhere to really go but up. Right now too many people are worrying about what finite resources are here, when there's infinite material to work with if we'd just be able to get beyond this one planet.
i-popba
AMAZING..!! OUTSTANDING WORK...!!! SO COOL...LOVE IT.!!! VOTE