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)
TwistedMentat
Stunning attention to detail.
voske
A feast for the eyes!!!!Superb work!!!!
bbratche
WOW!!!V WOW!
louly
Wow! C'est incroyable! Superbe! J'en suis bouche b. J'ai beaucoup aimvisiter ton site web et de voir comment tu as construit la sce.
efer
Fantastic image! Absolutely amazing!
Renderonesio
Great work, Fantastic composition, modelling and lightning. Congratulations
j-art
OMG, this is extremely awesome!!!!!!!! Wow, wow, and wow!!!! You are the KING!
Shari123
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent!! That's all I can say. My goodness, I don't know where to look first. Fabulously detailed scene!!
kimariehere
incredible creativity ... this is masterfully done ..standing up applauding .. congrads !! V!
runningcollector
That's of course your masterwork! Absolutely fantastic!
hstewarth
A co-worker stated "Is this a photo".. Very nicely done from the master. Vote
thartwick1
Amazing work!!
erka
What can I say? Your ability to work the finest detail, is truly extraordinary. This type of images is usually done by a whole team of CG artists. I have no idea how you manage all of this on your own. Phenomenal work, perfect lighting and drama. Bravo!
Beausabre
Very nice! I like the take on the Warmachines...different from most of them.
dburdick
Wonderful technical artistry as usual. What did you use to create the smoke? I assume they were alpha maps of some sort correct?
madasatadpole
tasty work robert..nice to see a top artist at work...bloody awesome too..:)love it..bravo
rainlondon
Wow. WOW!
Spacefan
The best of the best - so on top of all.
Elminster_ZK
Love the building detail, and of course the walkers... but there's something off about the smoke in the background, I can't quite place it. Is is a photo? Something about it doesn't mesh right with the rest of the scene, that yellowish portion and the whiter portion in contrast with the yellowness of the foreground.... shrug Besides that a stellar job! :D
L33tace
i only saw the TCruise movie the other week. brillant image. love your Strider images. :)
Einzie1
This is incredible!!!!!! I aspire to such detail and realism!! Everything is just beautiful!! Some of the BEST work on site!!
Irish
O U T S T A N D I N G ! ! ! ! !
Belladzines
geez this is absolutely fantastic!!!!
grouch
Absolutely the best Vue scene I've ever seen.
Absinthe
Wow!!!!! This is truely awsome!! Excellent ++++
Lyne
Oh my gosh! I have seen the movie now and this is just fantastic! I love the detail and can almost hear the sounds from the scene! I can imagine the work that went into creating this.
greenbd
Fanatastic! Love the environment.
sittingblue
WOW... i'm left speechless. I'm looking forward to reading your how-to. :)
hennik
I'M SPEACHLESS
jesterhawk
This is the kind of 3D I wish I could do. What is your secret?