Thermopylae 480 BC. by pjero

Vue • Historical • posted on Apr 16, 2005

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What started out as a Vue-landscape building/texturing test ended up like this !! 480 BC., when the Persian king Xerxes tried to invade Greece with a 10.000 strong army he was stopped in the narrow gorge at Thermopylae by Leonidas and his 300 Spartan hoplites. They fought like lions and held them up for days but were eventually slaughtered trough treason (the Persians were shown a track that led them to attack from the back). The way to Athens was now wide open but the Athenians had had the time by now to leave the city. Thanks for looking, Vue5 + Poser PP, mountain mat my own, no post. Pierre

Comments (22)

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JnM92

4:34AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

Verry nice!:D...always love the historical things;)

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jrcejaspulido

5:20AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

Fantastic scene, and the ground texture is great.

harisp

5:51AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

Poli kalo mono pou den exei kamia sxesi me ton topo

wannes

7:28AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

Excellent work!! Knap gedaan!!

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zaberc

8:44AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

Bravo Pierre ! Awesome work!

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coa

8:45AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

I enjoy History lessons this way..l.much more fun than books!!! Another superb render with compostion, details, textures and terrain just perfect!!

Collateral_Damage

9:29AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

Excellent terrain and texturing work. The soldiers make this a great scene.

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bebopdlx

9:58AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

Wow, great work.

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LordWexford

10:44AM | Sat, 16 April 2005

Always one of my favourite stories, how the Spartans held up an entire army. Good terrain work, and those Hoplites look menacing - but weren't their spears 18 feet long?!? :-)

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