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)
Superb!! Composition is excellent and the lighting is on them mark.
absolutely bloody amazing!!!!!
FABULOUS! HOLY SHIT MAN!!! u really rock This is a MAJOR piece of art... my compliments. I think that the sepia version is more "esthetic" but that one, because its size too, is more interesting, you can spend a while just trying to see all the details and Im sure I missed some. Merci 1000 x
inprove? more standing and atonished croud.
I know I'm late to this party but...WOW. Outstanding. I'm hoping to learn a lot from you!
I don't know what else i could possibly add It is brilliant vision
I'm no critic, but I find this a true rendering
Oh, that is awesome!
Outstanding and excellent scene!!!!!!!! Wish I could Vote!
Great render, although I would have added more smoke and fire in the foreground buildings. This would make it even more realistic.
Very very cool. I always loved the book, and was disappointed by the movie. Your image does the original story justice . . . Incredible!
Outstanding image. Great idea and work. Bravo!!
exellent nothing as scary as this looks real
I'm "fan" of you ! Awesome !!! Bravo robert !
EXCELLENT,WONDERFUL,Fantastic.
nicely done..
OUTSTANDING!!
WoW were noth worthy!
Holy _ _ _ _!!! This is awesome. Such detail. Most amazing work. WOW!!
Superb assemblage of excellent, detailed models.
OH MAN YEAH!! Truley a story book image! Such great detail and lots of stuff to look at! Michael
WOW... perfect is not enough to describe this scene !!! Most original in here - the early century look... a very special creation... way beyond excellent ! I love this !!!
Stunningly good!
WOW!!! This has got to be one of the most complicated scense I've ever Come across!!! Vue Must be a very cool program! Poser would have told me to go #*## my self (LOL)if I tried to render something like this... BRAVO!
Wonderfully done! Pure ART
As good as it gets...
fantastic
Absolutely great.
Just Superb!!!!
Master at work, i bow to you, we are not worthy!