War of the Worlds - Thunder Child by czarnyrobert
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War of the Worlds - Thunder Child
"The little steamer was already flapping her way eastward of the big crescent of shipping, and the low Essex coast was growing blue and hazy, when a Martian appeared, advancing along the muddy coast from the direction of Foulness.
Then, far away beyond the Crouch, came another, striding over some stunted trees, and then yet another, still farther off, wading deeply through a shiny mudflat that seemed to hang halfway up between sea and sky. They were all stalking seaward, as if to intercept the escape of the multitudinous vessels that were crowded between Foulness and the Naze. In spite of the throbbing exertions of the engines of the little paddle-boat, and the pouring foam that her wheels flung behind her, she receded with terrifying slowness from this ominous advance.
A vast iron bulk like the blade of a plough tore through the water, tossing it on either side in huge
waves of foam leaped towards the steamer. Big iron upperworks rose out of this headlong structure, and from that twin funnels projected and spat a smoking blast shot with fire. It was the torpedo ram, "Thunder Child", steaming headlong, coming to the rescue of the threatened shipping. The "Thunder Child" fired no gun, but simply drove full speed towards them. It was probably her not firing that enabled her to get so near the enemy as she did. Martians did not know what to make of her. One shell, and they would have sent her to the bottom forthwith with the Heat-Ray.
Suddenly the foremost Martian lowered his tube and discharged a canister of the black gas at the ironclad. It hit her larboard side and glanced off in an inky jet that rolled away to seaward, an unfolding torrent of Black Smoke, from which the ironclad drove clear.
Another Martian raised the camera-like generator of the Heat-Ray. He held it pointing obliquely downward, and a bank of steam sprang from the water at its touch. It must have driven through the iron of the ship's side like a white-hot iron rod through paper.
A flicker of flame went up through the rising steam, and then the Martian reeled and staggered. In another moment he was cut down, and a great body of water and steam shot high in the air. The guns of the "Thunder Child" sounded through the reek, going off one after the other...."
H.G Wells (1898)
About the scene :
I modeled Martians and Thunder Child in Cinema 4D. Scene was assembled in Vue 5 Infinite. Sky is a bitmap made from several photos, water is a procedural terrain with "open ocean" function applied, smoke was made using numerous spheres with fuzzy material. Distant paddle boat is from 500 3D Objets Encyclopedia by De Espona/Taschen. Radiosity lighting was used in this scene.
My apologies to all my supporters for not posting scenes since march! Modeling of Martian War Machines and ship took quite a long time. But now I can use my own Martian Walkers for new War of the Worlds scenes - if you like this series!
Take care & be prepared! They are coming!
With compliments to British Royal Navy!
Comments (190)
Vali
impressive...
kenwas
Excellent models Robert! The sky alphas work great and the camera tilt creates a fine sense of ocean motion. Excellent work as always!
Rokol
Wondered where you were lately. It's my birthday today, this is a fantastic present, a new desktop!
wabe
Impressive? No - just a "wow"! Fantastic!
superior
Wonderful scene !!! V
KeremGogus
Perfect as usual ! I love the technic you used to create ocean...
kromekat
Very cool image, and the modeling and texturing is great! :)
Fredy
speechless Incredible fantastic wonderful best-of-the-best masterpiece! W-O-W!!! =:O
ascrazy
fantastic scene; super praca jak zwykle z rozmachem:-) v
kiddd7
Unbelievable!!!!!!!VOTE*!
Rockatansky
Nice image...but the paddle steamer looks like it should be on the Mississippi rather than leaving England (I may be wrong...it just looks like that kind of boat). Very impressive though.
Dann-O
Interestign take on the walkers at least you remembered the book they had 3 legs and it takes place in the 1890's. Wish the movie studios would know this.
jorgEnzo
Great!
jtt
Very classy and a wonderfully presented scene,Very much looking forward to your next masterpiece. Must admit the current movie has got me motivated for another War of the Worlds scene.
czarnyrobert
Rockatansky, You are right about paddle boat - I did not want to spent another month modelling an item for background, so I used one that was available. However it looks OK - In Waro of the Worlds it is mentioned that it was a river paddle boat - so it could look like one you saw on Mississippi! :-))
eres
C'est...GEANT...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Merci Monsieur!!!!!V
1010
I love getting an e-bot from you. I know something spectacular awaits me. This is just awesome. ~V~
sittingblue
I love it. The sense of action is remarkable.
Collateral_Damage
Fantastic scene and an excellent render of course! The water and smoke effects look very realistic. Very nice models too. Vote!
mike_phi
Absolutely stunning. Could almost be a photograph.
Jay7347
This is one of those wonderful instances where 100 votes would not be enough. Outstanding work! vote -jay
TheWingedOne
As usual I'm speechless while looking at your most recent image...it's BRILLIANT!!!
Drakath
Amazing piece! Your picture is perfect, from the technical position. The composition works great and you've captured the drama of that scene very well. I think the drama would increase a bit more if the machines were bigger... but that just my own little opinion. However... you've got my vote. :)
Trudy
Awesome work, amazing!!!!!!!! Vote!
Digimon
Superb!
Cosme..D..Churruca
E X T R A O R D I N A R Y ! ! !
zorares
All I can say is DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mikeall
Great picture. Your imagination and modelling are superb.
Gog
Brilliant representation of a great story.
Arsenic
I've made some attempts using fuzzy material on my own scenes, and I had to give up when looking at render time. I'm just curious about the rendering time and the machine who did that. Anyway, I agree with all that was said and I will be really pleased to see more pictures.