Hornblower by FrenchKiss
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Description
"It was a clear note, golden as the Horn was golden. The trees around them seemed to resonate with it, and the ground under their feet, the sky overhead. That one long sound encompassed everything... And out of nowhere, a fog began to rise. First thin wisps hanging in the air, then thicker billows, and thicker, until it blanketed the land like clouds...
Mat lowered the Horn, eyes wide with awe, but the sound of it still rang... The fog hid everything in rolling waves as white as the finest bleached wool, yet Rand could see. He could see but it was mad...
Down the billowing fog, as if it were the side of the mountain, rode shapes on horses. At first the dense mists hid more than that, but slowly they came closer, and it was Rand's turn to gasp. He knew them. Men, not all in armor, and women. Their clothes and weapons came from every age, but he knew them all."
Text from -The Great Hunt- by Robert Jordan
I admit I had to cheat on this one because Vue would never have accepted so many hefty files in one image. Just the Photoshop and Poser files alone for this one add up to 483 MB! It was basically an exercise of rendering each person described in the story separately in Poser and then cutting an pasting onto a Vue image in Photoshop with much postwork. This is one I've been wanting to do for a very long time and it took me forever to create it.
Credits: Obviously a great many credits for this one. Most of the people, horses, props, clothes, hair, etc. come from DAZ, with th exception of:
Poser World: Mat's pants and boots, 3D Commune: Arrows and bow, Renderosity: Charger horse armor, Amazing Grace and Oxana characters, Classic Hair. The foggy atmosphere is from the Renderosity free atmospheres pack in Free Stuff. Oh, and I never would have had the patience to finish this without the Fyrwerks Defender Poses also from Renderosity. The horn was modelled by yours truly in Truespace 6.5. It took me forever to get right AND drove me nuts because I'm inexperienced and HATE MODELING!!!
Thanks for taking a peek!
Comments (28)
a masterpictures
This is an absolutely perfect image! I like everything into this! The story matches excellently the picture! Very good work! In any case the time expenditure has been worth-while!
Wonderful Imagery.
Outstanding image! Excellent poses, details and atmosphere!
very good work ! I like this pic !
Brilliant, FrenchKiss; wonderful detail. Well worth all the time and work you put into it!
What a Fantastic Scene, well worth the hard work, Congratulations!!
First class work, you really have done well with this image. Dave
awesome!!!
Nice one FrenchKiss. I love what you've done with the fog!
Not much to say...Excellent!
I agree with the first comment - A Masterpiece!
Looks great. Nice work.
a very refined composition... I'm flabbergasted. :)
Wow!!! This is a masterpiece frenchkiss , you get my vote:-)
Frenchkiss your long work hours were not wasted. This is a fantastic image and worthy of a vote from anyone. This image shows what patience and hard work can do, I'm amazed!! truely awesome!
I can almost hear the echo of the horn. Well done!
This is absolutely perfect ! you have my vote !!!
Certes, je suis une fois de plus en retard ;-))
Mais que c'est beau !
Que dire de plus ? Rien, j'admire le travail!
Another extraordinary visualization of the scene from the story. Such great action and depth. Obviously a true labor of love. Superb work. CC
ok ok - just a masterpiece - think i dont have to say more. my congratulations
Excellent Picture! There are so few with such crowds - amazing composition and posing.
UNE DES PLUS JOLIES SCENE MIEVAL, TOUTE UNE OUVRAGE, SUIS CURIEUX DE SAVOIR COMBIEM DE TEMPS POUR LE RENDER... BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CIAOOO
What a lot of work - that paid off. Another hit Linda!
Fantastic work! I'm glade you worked so hard on it, it paid off!
This image is great and it really adds to the story. It's exciting. Great work!
Very cool work! EXT pic!