War of the Worlds - The Black Smoke by czarnyrobert
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Description
Survivors there were none. The dull resonance of the shots the Martians fired, and the clumsy projectile whirling over the trees and houses and smashing amid the neighbouring fields.
One may picture, the sudden shifting of the attention, the swiftly spreading coils and bellyings of that blackness advancing
headlong, towering heavenward, turning the twilight to a palpable darkness, a strange and horrible antagonist of vapour striding upon its victims, men and horses near it seen dimly, running, shrieking, falling headlong, shouts of dismay, men choking and writhing on the ground, and the swift broadening-out of the opaque cone of smoke. And then night and extinction--nothing but
a silent mass of impenetrable vapour hiding its dead.
Once the tumultuous upheaval of its dispersion was over, the black smoke clung so closely to the ground, even before its precipitation, that fifty feet up in the air, on the roofs and upper stories of high houses and on great trees, there was a chance of escaping its poison. The man who escaped at the former place tells a wonderful story of the strangeness of its coiling flow, and how he looked down from the church spire and saw the houses of the village rising like ghosts out of its inky nothingness.
When black smoke had served its purpose, Martians cleared the air of it again by wading into it and directing a jet of superheated steam that hissed against the walls, smashed all the windows it touched
The composition of the Black Smoke which the Martians used with such deadly effect remains a puzzle. The terrible disasters at the Ealing and South Kensington laboratories have disinclined analysts for further investigations upon the latter. Spectrum analysis of the black powder points unmistakably to the presence of an unknown element with a brilliant group of three lines in the green, and it is possible that it combines with argon to form a compound which acts at once with
deadly effect upon some constituent in the blood.
H.G. Wells 1898
Martian War Machines modeled by me in Cinema 4D
There are some subtle Vue 5 Infinite ecosystems here - fruits (cabbages, grapes, apples), litter (leaves, papers)
Buildings Meshes by Alain Gracia - textured and upgraded by me (ex. completely remodeled roofs)
(Those buildings models are available on e-on's Cornucopia 3D)
Market - free Rolduc model - materials upgraded by me.
Horse, carriage and some small props by DAZ3D
Dead men - Poser 5 male
Other small props from 3D Cafe and DeEspona/Taschen
This time I did not made a lot of modeling, but setting of everything, texturing, lighting of the scene and characters posing took quite a long time.
I hope you'll like it :-)
This is my last one before holidays !
I will spent next two weeks in Tunisia, we will also pay a short visit to Khadafi (to check if he really stopped tinkering on his atomic bomb) :-))
Wish me luck ! I hope to return in one piece ;-))
Comments (118)
Once more a brilliant piece in your "War of the Worlds" series! Insane amount of details! Very frightening! ***** Excellent work! ;)
it's always excellent very great job ! ;-)
Excellent as always, great artwork well done :)
It's really excellent. A beautifull "war of worlds" interprestation.
very very good
Wonderful work as always! Super image.
This is really excellent i must be dreaming i hope every time one of my Pics has the same quality ;-)
Superb! Fantastic details! Should be a movie poster!
Marvellous work, as always - Bravo!
ahhh i got me a new desktop wallpaper cheers!
Incredible. I don't know how you can get this much out of Vue Esprit. For me, two figures or a large mesh and it collapses in a heap. Excellent work.
Excellent work, have a great vacation :-)
I almost swallowed my tongue when I opened this up. There are so many hot things going on in this render that my eyes are having trouble absorbing it all. Stop being this great!
Wow, this is like so over the top! amazing
Excellent as always, love the Martian War Machines:-)
I can't wait to see your uploads they're always stunning and this is no exception! Stunning work as usual, easily one of the best artists here!
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Outstanding !
Not often i come back to an image 3 times, but this is that good.
Excellent work!!!!
Incredible exzellent like all your pics. Do you have contact with pixar studios or others like them? They should appreciate you. Greez from Germany.
stary...kolejny majstersztyk..pozostawiles wszystkich daleko za soba.. wow..thats another masterpiece...exceptional piece of art...so many details...superb textures, modeling, mood..100x vote :)
A nouveau un chef-d'oeuvre ! Bravo Robert !!!
One word sais all! Incredible!!!
Damn cool! Did you work on the movie:)
fantastic scene with so many details, it's incredible. Love your machines, of course, but everything fits in the right places and the textures are excellent too. Smoke effects are the best feature here, I think. Bring those machines to Khadafi, just in case he might be still at it, but be careful; he might want to use them!
Outstanding work!
Wow this is really impressive!
Whoa. -Keanu Reeves
Outstanding work. The Martian machines are fantastic, as well as the depth and detail of the composition. Excellent.