Please ZOOM to see this in large view. The small version isn't nearly as nice!!! If you wish the first part, see my picture before this one Mars vs. Venus. ***** The ruthless Emperor and his troops descended upon the planet of Venus2 with all their furor, their mechanized bots and gunships making quick work of the defenses. Venus2 was a place dedicated to beauty and culture and though they were not completely defenseless and those who chose military life were well trained, their defenses were paltry compared to the massive show of force brought by Mars3 and the Luddite race. Most devastating of all, their dragon troopers who swooped through the skin, impervious to all but the most lethal of weapons searching for the guard and indeed for the royal personage, Queen Millicent. Xurg had shown his legendary temper when he discovered that the queen had escaped his clutches and had the entire troop assigned to secure the palace banished to mining duty in the Calari Astroid belt. It was not so strange that once the major defenses of the planet were overcome, the Dragons were released onto the planet with specially trained troops who could link with the beasts mentally. They searched for the queen and also for pockets of resistance, of which there were many. The dragon troopers were given orders to bring in the members of the resistance alive. The grinning Luddite soldiers considered this a bonus, for the males of Venus were well generally well groomed and very handsome and the women were renown for their beauty and grace. Since the Luddites were short both prettily handsome males and many more male Luddites were born than female, this planet was worth far more than the resources of precious metals and jewels. Venus2 was now at the mercy of the invaders. Only a miracle could turn this tide of woe. *** So, the female is one of the troopers that is being rounded up.. the guy on the dragon is one of the Luddite warriors. I used Michael 3 him. Millenium2 dragon, though I really need to figure out how to put the add ons on the dragon. I waned the fins on the face and tail.. but couldn't get them to resize. Beautiful Jess for V4 is the skin and character. Summer Hair on her with postwork. Some playing in the materials room with the DirtyPretty textures to give the outfit some purples and grays that is on the girl. Now.. the magnificent background and the gun and the pose that the girl has is by Pixieluna and ChuckNepo and will be in their upcoming Venus 2813 set. Just amazing stuff folks! And very, very inspiring to me! I built up similar textures of my own around the main background, though their textures are much better than mine. I wanted to continue the montage effect that my previous piece had and experiment with breaking out of the boundaries of the main section. Um.. also, I think I learned a bit about doing laser effects :) Thank you again Jenny and Chuck.. I'm having a blast with this set.. an absolute blast! To everyone.. I love your comments, critiques, suggestions and humor! Please let me know what you think. :) Thank you so much for your comments and suggestions and favs on the one before this. Previous

Venus 2813AD (Mars vs. Venus)"