The Resupply Mission by NefariousDrO

Bryce • Science Fiction • posted on Jan 31, 2011

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Description

Any long-term human presence in space quickly runs into a very important (and surprisingly often overlooked) need for basic volatiles: water, air, and the like. Closed-loop recycling systems can only do so much, as there's always some loss in any system no matter how good. Add to that, as soon as you insert commerce, travel and the like your system is no longer closed. Now you have people and goods bringing things in and taking them out. Not to mention the volatiles needed as propellant for space craft. All of this means that comets, Kuiper-belt objects, and Oort Cloud bodies all become valuable sources of what just might be the most important resources for sustaining humans in space. Prospectors and miners of course cover the asteroid belt and such finding a surprising array of resources, but the more daring prospectors go for the comets. Here they brave objects that are shooting random hazards at your ship as you approach, prone to unpredictable changes, and can even break apart unexpectedly. Naturally, this leads to getting to a comet early enough that it's still far from the sun and less prone to these hazards. Then it's simply a matter of setting up to get what you need where you'll need it. Here we see a miniature convoy slipping around a super-massive comet preparing to rendezvous the operation that plans a bold undertaking, one that may either result in a fabulous success, or total disaster. But in either case, it will make for quite a story! ----------- These are all ship models I've used several times before, but I like them so much I just can't let them languish for too long. The models are my own creations, done entirely within Bryce 6.5, textures are a mix of presents, modified presents, and a few of my own for good measure. Post work was all done in Photoshop, including some of the "wear" on the surfaces of the ships, the starscape and comet in the background, compositing, border, and resizing. Thanks for taking a look everyone, and as usual comments/suggestions/critiques are definitely welcome. Have a great week!

Comments (24)

KnightWolverine

9:56AM | Mon, 31 January 2011

Kick.n Sci-Fi/Space Scene/Art!

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preeder

9:57AM | Mon, 31 January 2011

As always an excellent image made all the more interesting by the dialogue you havecreated for it.

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MagikUnicorn

10:01AM | Mon, 31 January 2011

LOVE IT ...SUPER COOOOOOOOL

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VEDES

10:06AM | Mon, 31 January 2011

WHAT TO SAY? SUPERB?AMAZING? GLORIOUS?WONDERFUL? ONE I KNOW .IT IS U N I Q U E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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peedy

10:11AM | Mon, 31 January 2011

Fantasic scene! Great modeling and lighting. Corrie

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ia-du-lin

12:38PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

fantastic spaceship creation, great presentation

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SIGMAWORLD

12:40PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

EXCELLENT

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Foink

2:02PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

This is an amazing image...fantastic work!!!

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claude19

2:03PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

SPLENDID space ships !!! Wonderful 3D mood and great SciFi scene !!!

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Ancel_Alexandre

4:19PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

Good explanation, and great pic! I really like the heading part of the conveyor.

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annie5

5:26PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

Magnificent space ships..great modeling! SUPER :)

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fredster66

7:14PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

Love this theme and the results!

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Jay-el-Jay

7:14PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

Amazing use of your modelled ships.

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RodS Online Now!

8:08PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

Fantastic work on both the ships and the comet and space-scape! Incredible work, my friend!

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geirla

9:01PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

Great scene! I like the bluish look. Yep, a lot easier to mine something that isn't exploding and falling apart...

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grafikeer

9:23PM | Mon, 31 January 2011

Oldies but goodies...really like these ship designs,and the overall scene is really well composed...excellent work!

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duo

8:33AM | Tue, 01 February 2011

This is a VERY cool design, and also the render in marvelous! BRAVO! Just added to my preferred images!

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Cosme..D..Churruca

1:52PM | Tue, 01 February 2011

magnifique!

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neighborsgoat

3:30PM | Tue, 01 February 2011

love the detail extent of this work of art!

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gmvgmvgmv

4:24AM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Wow, this has quite the dizzying POV. Fine texture work as well.

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Chipka

8:48PM | Thu, 03 February 2011

Okay, that comet-body is largely spherical, which means ONE thing. It's a frakkin' whopper! Anybody bold enough to do stuff with that is pretty effin' cool in my book. The ambition (propelled by necessity) is worthy of admiration. And this scene itself is really stunning. As always, your attention to detail is amazing, and your ships are completely believable--though not as boring as "real" starships are likely to look. Oh, the designs are sound, and feasible, but lets face it..."real" ships simply lack pizazz. Give me a fleet of these any day, especially the central vessel, pulling those cargo/equipment pods behind it, like some exotic insect exuding an egg-case that hasn't fully exuded yet. I love that! This scene, and the backing narrative completely rock!

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