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)
zelger
Fabulous piece of art! Wow! WoW! :-D !
Tore13
un vero capolavoro
safila
It looks to me you spent an enourmous amount of work to complete this schip & Martian machines models! Everything together makes a wonderful image. I especially like the heat ray devices! Stunning piece of art! Bravo!
DinoPen
Simply fabulous picture! Jaw-dropping models! Good job bob!
dierde345
Splendid battle scene! Excellent machines!
morin3000
Fantastique picture with the excellent one detail the extraordinary colors sounds! Well done!*V
sanluc1982
This scene perfectly captures the original drama of naval battle scene, it does that perfectly! Excellent work!
DJ_Kleta
I love it! perfect! Ship looks cool!
fifs
Modele pierwsza klasa ! Super!
Lupin3
Excellent War Machines - they seem to echo the Ohnmu from Miyazaki's "Nausicaa," a very cool reference. Nice work!
TROC
Who is Miyazaki? What hell is Nausicaa? Does anyone know this?
Polax
Amazing scene Robert really... The level of details on the ship is insane :) (Hayao Miyasaki : Princess Mononok Chihiro... a reference in animation. ;) )
siegfried1914
Nausuicaa is a japanese scrap manga series - nothing special - a cartoon for kids. This ship look great ! Perfect composition ! Splendid work!
z-firella
Perfect scene! Beautifuly done! Excellent models !
sam69
I've been looking for Martian War Machines models for some time. Are those models available somewhere? They look very precise - the whole design is also fabulous! You should sell them on Renderosity Store!
janjam
Oh ! this one is really special! Cool models! One of the best reporesentation of Martian Tripods I ever saw! Perfect!
murka
HOLY COW. as close to perfection this image is!
dreamlight
Impressive and original!!!!
MistyRain69
Stunning dynamics!
WhiteRabi
This could be a perfect illustration for the book - it looks so natural! I love it!
Mahmet_Hattai
Great composition, but I also appreciate nicely modelled ship! You did a great job with this scene!
grendan
What a pity that Timothy Hines who made his version of War of the Worlds did not hired you to make FX scenes for his movie! Your Thunder Child scene is light years far ahead of what he did. His adaptation of WotW could be a great movie, but it is spoiled by poor CG animation. Your scene is amazing ! Bravo!
Samaell
Santa Maria! This machines are just another devil's trick!
RajDArge
just cheking out the series. As far as spielberg goes GMTA. but Unfortunately when he makes films, sometimes he does not use his mind.
Itisor-Ednerkaf
Fabulous picture and models!
pregiato
Absolutely Very good !!! BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO
aussie-3d
Wonderful image of the iron clad vessel, it is exactly the same as HMS Victoria, that sank of the Labanese coast in a collision in around 1893, with 145 lives lost, wreck is in a vertical position (bow in the sand)in 104 meters of water, beautiful modelling of the boat, am doing one as well. congrats. vote
avex
Wow, it's absolutely amazing.
agent148
An excellent piece,Czarnyrobert, a very colourful and exciting moment: I have always loved the story of the Thunderchild in War of the Worlds. Interesting enough, your Martian warmachines remind me of the Gorgons from the Toxic Jungle (Naasica: Valley of the Wind, Japanese Anime story).
Naoo
I realy love it!!!!!!!!!!! **