War of the Worlds - Men Hunting by czarnyrobert
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Description
Seen nearer, the Thing was incredibly strange. Machine it was, with a ringing metallic pace, and long, flexible, glittering tentacles swinging and rattling about its strange body [...] and the brazen hood that surmounted it moved to and fro with the inevitable suggestion of a head looking about. Behind the main body was a huge mass of white metal like a gigantic fisherman's basket.
Heaven knows how long he had been there. It must have given some of them a nasty turn. He came down the road towards them, and picked up nearly a hundred too drunk or frightened to run away.
Strange as it may seem to a human being, all the complex apparatus of digestion, which makes up the bulk of our bodies, did not exist in the Martians. They were heads - merely heads. Entrails they had none.
They did not eat, much less digest. Instead, they took the fresh, living blood of other creatures, and injected it into their own veins. I have myself seen this being done. [...] Let it suffice to say, blood obtained from a still living animal, in most cases from a human being, was run directly by means of a little pipette into the recipient canal...
The bare idea of this is no doubt horribly repulsive to us, but at the same time I think that we should remember how repulsive our carnivorous habits would seem to an intelligent rabbit.
A Martian has only to go a few miles to get a crowd on the run. And I saw one, one day, out by Wandsworth, picking houses to pieces and routing among the wreckage. But they won't keep on doing that. So soon as they've settled all our guns and ships, and smashed our railways, and done all the things they are doing over there, they will begin catching us systematic, picking the
best and storing us in cages and things. That's what they will start doing in a bit.
Lord! They haven't begun on us yet.
H.G. Wells 1898 "War of the Worlds"
If you want to learn how I made this scene, visit "SCENES" section of my website (I am still working on the "Making of the Men Hunting" - so some elements are missing yet, and it may happen that page don't open due to transfer limits - if it occurs, just try later.
To build the 1900 London I used mainly Alain Gracia's buildings (available at Cornucopia 3D), Poser 4 Low Polygon man & horse, narwik's bridge, Bernard Dumas Renault G, and some other stuff from the net (more credits & links on my website)
If there is something you would like to know about this scene that is not mentioned on my website's article, just let me know - as I said I am still working on it, so I can add some further explanations.
I hope you will like this picture.
Take care :-)
Robert
Comments (264)
Whoa.....just....whoa... picks jaw up off the floor
The amount of detail is amazing. And the smoke is fantastic. The fire at the base of the Big Ben doesn't look right somehow, can't put my finger on it though. The sunlight on the square and the buildings is wonderful. This is one major piece of work, the complexity is mindboggling, I love it!
Excellent ! Bravo ! Le vert clair sur blanc est quasiment illisible Robert !!!!!
Overwhelmed ... this is fantastic!!!
What an Imagination? You're very gifted and talented!
Ok - let's say, I like it. Honestly I'm sitting here and my face changes between green with envy and pale with a feeling of deep depression, because until now I supposed to be tolerably skilled with that program but now I must see the difference between a masterpiece and my dilettantism... where is the bottle...
I'm impressed.
Stunning clarity, detail, & story. Hats off!
Oh man that is stunning!!! - amazing detail!! BRAVO!
Amazingly detailed. Love the guy taking a photo.
fantastic...no words!
Superb work, as always.
This is insane!!!! Has got to be the most detailed image I've scene yet. Must have taken forever to make, my hats off to you!!!
WOOOOOOOOW! ....that's pretty awesome. :-) The guy with the camera on the left is wasting his time - you've captured the scene superbly.
GUA I LOVE IT, BRAVO
What can I say about this, it makes me deeply depressed to think how far I have to go before acheiving this monster of a picture, I'd leave some critique comment but taken as a whole its the most stiking picture ever. Point proven I think. I just read the other comments and obviously they feel the same way. By the way your web link is dead you've gotta fix it.
So excellent work :)
I am inspired, that's what I am when viewing your work. You're just the best, Steve:)
Holy Sh***t! Bravo! Great ol-fashioned mood; almost like King Kong.
All that can be said is Well done!
Amazing work! Superb indeed!!
Youre really on top of the best! This scene is just awesome!
Words fail. The best visual representation ever of Well's classic.
Beautiful render.
(8-O ...... Dolmais je n'ai pas de commentaires pour amiorer cette image.... je reste assis et je regarde .... admirable composition... magnifique lumie .... que de dails ... c'est grandiose Robert ....
wiesz co mysle....wymiatasz...jestes klasa sam dla siebie....stawka jest nastepujaca: czarnyrobert dlugo dlugo nic i reszta ;) amazing render...a masterpiece and HUGE VOTE !!!
Questions? a lot! the first one is how?? the lights, the deep sense, the alpha maps, the render quality ( i guess you haven't a render farm) just in awe for a long time before going to put my comment, i think that the only clear thing is that you are a true artist, a top Vue user ( pushing the software to the very limits) and a huge vote for this masterful ilustration, Congrats.
Fantastic. Wonderful amount of detail and action. Perfect!!
maybe one of your best, simply outstanding ! a 300 comments candidate !!! :)
tremendous work !