Studies in Age by NefariousDrO
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
the station commonly referred to as "the Wagon Wheel" station was one of the earliest human stations meant for long-term use. As usual for human space developments, the builders used as many "prefabrication" techniques as possible in order to gain the benefits of a large-scale production, while still allowing some level of customization. These early rings were often found in unexpected uses as a result. In this case, the station has lingered in orbit around an old desert world, and it also began to show the effects of many years circling about in a shooting gallery of micrometeorites and the unfriendly radiations of a star. It's ironic that each body shows the scars of time on a vastly different scale.
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I liked the ring-structure I'd put together for another ship so much I just had to make use of it somewhere else, so here I'm taking it out for, well, a spin! It's all modeled in Bryce 6, using mostly my own textures (created in Photoshop and Adobe illustrator) and a couple of presets as well. The planet, stars, and all other post work was in Photoshop. Nebula is a pair of photographs of clouds.
Comments (20)
Great looking station! I think lots of your models could be reassembled int new vehicles and stations.
I agree with geirla,all you need are various components and sections and you could build any number of models...excellent work on the planet and overall scene!
Love the details,and the texture of the planet.Another fine piece,Mike.
You have really set yourself apart from any of the other model builders here. Your ideas and concepts are really coming into their own. You have a great imagination and your presentation always give the viewer something to enjoy. Keep up the excellent work my friend and have a wonderful Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! All the best, David
very wonderful work and it keeep on going too
splendid work ! awesome storyline. Excellent SciFi realization !
Fantastic scene and model! Corrie
Great station!
Great model and details..bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx
Nice work. I really like the look of this station, the "wagon wheel" is a great idea! ;) Using only grey and brown colors for the main objects exhances the desertic and lonely feeling, bravo!
Great texture on the planet and a wonderful station! :)
Wonderful!!!
great orbital image
I have to go along with Bambam131 - your spacecraft models are superb, as are your spacescapes! I have GOT to try that cloud technique! Another masterpiece, my friend!
I agree with geirla and grafikeer, your model components could be made into a vast number of variations. This one is quite nice.
Fascinating piece of Art
Cool sf-scene ;) I like it :)
What I really like about your structures, whether they're ships or stations, is that they're very distinct and there is a sense of reality to them as well. You've got spin stations and ships with rotating crew sections: always a wonderful thing, especially when so much of science fiction involves the conceit of some super-advanced gravity generation that has little more to do with anything than keeping ill-crafted characters stuck to the floor. You go in the total opposite direction and craft things that adhere to the laws of reality as we recognize them, and then give all sorts of backstories and histories that are rich in implication. Even better, your stuff looks so cool. I love those window/dome things...they give you a real sense of the internal structure of the stations and the ships, and they clearly mark crew spaces and engine spaces (something a lot of so called science fiction architecture scarcely does...I'm always annoyed by starships with too many windows and no indication that there is even a drive core and exhaust portals, and if there ARE exhaust portals...cabin windows go nearly to the edges of the thrusters or whatever, which makes me think the "rear" rooms in those ships must get pretty darn uncomfortable.) Anyway, I'm rambling, as I do, but all of that is just to say that I love this piece! Great work.
I'm a fan of recycling components, for one thing, why do the same thing twice if you don't have to? The shape and color of this thing makes it look really bloody heavy! Groovy!
Nice!!! David