The Golden Great Bridge by frogdot

Bryce • (none) • posted on Jan 23, 2005

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Description

History says little about my great-grandfather, Frogdip. In 1850, long with his partner, Remington T. Toad, they built a railway empire that ran between San Francisco and the goldrush country in the Sierra Nevada. The pinnacle of their achievement was The Golden Great Bridge. Spanning the entrance to San Francisco Bay, the bridge allowed trainloads of gold to be shipped directly into the city. Even though the bridge was an engineering marvel and easily repaired when damaged, the government decided it was too dangerous and closed it down after 23 of the 24 trains that crossed, crashed into the ocean before reaching the other end. The bridge was dismantled and forgotten. Toad and Frogdip lost everything in the lawsuits. Happily, they rebuilt their fortune tenfold when they pioneered the field of underwater salvage and retreived all the gold that had been laying at the bottom of the bay.
*** Road/tracks made with RG's Roadbuilder beta for Bryce. Track texture and greyscales for lattices, painted in Photoshop. 15 lattices/terrains for bridge. 8 tiled terrains for water. Land mat by Monsoon. Train from 3DCafe-altered by me.

Comments (41)

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Euxeb007

11:04AM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Amazing picture. POV & composition are very effective !

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melevos

11:08AM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Funny!!Splendid work!!Excellently done!!

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WeeLaddie

11:14AM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Great invention, and masterful rickety construction.

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lordgoron

11:16AM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Perfect water and cool design - I'd prefer a concrete bridge to pass the river ;)

derjimi

11:17AM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Very cool work!

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drawbridgep

11:18AM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Fun and great render. That's a LOT of work. Great terrain work onthe bridge. I LIKE it!

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pakled

11:21AM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Frogdip's gain is Okaland's loss..;) likes it..

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jocko500

11:44AM | Sun, 23 January 2005

real good . I laff a lot on this one. You did a super job too

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adrian3Dart

12:06PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Fantastic modeling on the wood bridge. Amazing water material and excellent rendering V

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RobertJ

12:26PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Ever heard of the game Pontifex? Its just like this, build a bridge and see if it holds when a train runs over it.

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Dinhi

12:26PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

23...of the 24 hahahaha....Fantastic point of view.....I feel like a bird getting ready to watch #23 hit the water. Love the story. Hey these charactures aren't related to the ill fated brother's and the town they built...? lol (=

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MoonGoat

12:56PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

This style is pure coolness!

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BecSchm

1:44PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

I love all the rickety structures - great story, too. Great render! V

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Li-An

2:16PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

A lot of work and sooo well done+funny. Excellent!

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2:25PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

lol, very nice. :)

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dlk30341

5:52PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Outstanding work! The water & the train tracks are superb. Well done :0

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Aaron_of_Minneapolis

7:51PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

He he he... :-) Cool pic with a great backstory.

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lemonjim

8:56PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Excellent use of the tools, wow! The water effects really help, even the fallen timbers, yiii!

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jsgknight

9:52PM | Sun, 23 January 2005

Another rickety classic! Fantastic!

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brylaz

1:36AM | Mon, 24 January 2005

Absolutely fantastic picture!!! Excellent work!!!

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dougocd

3:22AM | Mon, 24 January 2005

Excellent construction, although I wouldn't ride on that! But maybe bungee jump off it.

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Bungalo

3:23AM | Mon, 24 January 2005

Wondelfull! Image is simply fantastic and goes as perfect illustration for the story! Bravo! Looks simply stunning. Bridge sucks! (get the meaning, I mean it as a project of govenment) And Government sucks too!

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