Harpies with Hellfires (for HaveCancer) by Seaview123
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Hello and thanks for viewing...
A little while back, our friend Rick (HaveCancer) invited me to 'play' in his ongoing 'Render War' with Steff7, Shadownet, Altec7, Faemike55, and a bunch of other folks.
The Sinking of Seaview123
I looked back through some of the old posts in this series, but I couldn't make heads or tails of this long and very... imaginative... storyline.
I decided to post a little comic strip to respond to Rick's challenge. I'm no good at adding 'word balloons' to my pictures, so the dialog is below:
1. Two winged harpies are flying over the ocean, when they spot a futuristic submarine in the shallows. They decided to try to sink her!
2. An unexpected explosion rocks the sea as the submarine is tossed violently about. Although powerful, the missile launched by the winged vixens is not enough to damage the mighty vessel.
3&4. "Man Battlestations! Take us to periscope depth!" shouts the Captain. The sleek vessel rises from the depths to skim just beneath the waves.
5&6. "It seems we've been attacked by Harpies with Hellfire missiles! A pair of flying vampire women are trying to sink us!"
7. "I seem to recall that vampires don't like bright light very much. Fire the laser!"
8. It seems the Captain is right and the laser toasts the flying supernatural creatures, causing them to fall from the sky!
9. "Sir, I've gotten a radio message from COMSUBLANT (Commander, Submarines, Atlantic Fleet). We're in position to close that mysterious black hole with our experimental missile!"
10 - 14. The missile streaks skyward into space, and detonates, destroying the spacial anomaly! (yeah, I know you can't blow up a black hole, but somebody had to do something about it. If you think this is too farfetched, read the rest of this series! -- Tom)
15 - 16. The sub slides silently back into the depths. "That's another world threatening crisis averted. Now I'm starved... what's for chow?" "It's the crew's favorite," replies the XO (Executive Officer), "Crab Leg Surprise!"
Thanks for asking me to play, Rick. Hope you liked it. As for the rest of you, let us know what you think!
Tom
Seaview123
PS -- I modeled the periscope out of primatives in Poser, and I created the submarine in Vue 7 Esprit. I uploaded the sub model to my freebies section, if anyone's interested.

Comments (31)
LOL! Great artwork and story!
lol...really so good! :D nicely done!
Fantastic work and story!!
Nice work. I'm still confused but the images are great. LOL
Yep, so am I! And thanks!
Amazing work! Great!
This is just too great Tom, really had me rolling and I can't believe all the work you put into this
Wonderful collage my friend, excellent work and very sweet dedication!
Really cool renders! Nice story and dedi. Very well done!
This is cool
LOL, I love it. of course you forgot that both Kora and Pemmess have the Impenetrable Untouchable Device" or IUD as it was known for short. She can walk in daylight wihout sunscreen and drink holywater to keep cool. All this has no effect on her. Wooden stakes merely tickle, then tick her off. She knows that the laws of the Rendo god will forever ban the wretched Steff_7 from taking the unholy IUD from her. She knows it is something he could not fathom or even picture. She knows the the Rendo god will smite him and remove his render if he trys. Of couse you can not stop the end of the Rendoverse with a mere missile. So make sure you get all your freebies early.
That has to be the cutest thumbnail ever, too! I like the plain frames with the guy looking through the periscope--they are elegantly lit! And LOL at Havecancer--what a wit!
Great images Tom!
really cool idea!
fntastic story!!! excellent work!!
Great work, Tom!
tom this is truly terrific work, love the multiple images. A+++
Wow Tom this is awesome. Love your effects. REally nice job with the story too.
Very cool sequential art and modeling! Nice work!
LOL Oh well I thought you may have smited the crab for once but the wicked one seems to return very fast!....... A most excellent story and image work!
awesome composition.
excellent collage and work tom..
Excellent presentation. Words balloons probably would have obscured too much of each picture. I always like a well done collage and story line.
Great comic work. love the storyline too. :)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!! This is so cool, I really enjoyed viewing, thanks:)
Well played, Sir!
Looks like You had fun with this.. Great theme..
Gorgeous!!!!
that is quite an imagination.. lol nice work.
Nice presentation!