The War of The Worlds - Hopelessness by czarnyrobert
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Description
The vegetable kingdom in Mars, instead of having green
for a dominant colour, is of a vivid blood-red tint. At any rate, the
seeds which the Martians (intentionally or accidentally) brought with
them gave rise in all cases to red-coloured growths. Only that known
popularly as the red weed, however, gained any footing in competition
with terrestrial forms. The red creeper was quite a transitory
growth, and few people have seen it growing. For a time, however, the
red weed grew with astonishing vigour and luxuriance.
[...]
- "They've built a flying-machine, and are learning to fly!
- "Fly?"
- "Yes," he said, "fly."
I went on into a little bower, and sat down.
- "It is all over with humanity," I said. "If they can do that they
will simply go round the world."
He nodded.
- "They will.
for a dominant colour, is of a vivid blood-red tint. At any rate, the
seeds which the Martians (intentionally or accidentally) brought with
them gave rise in all cases to red-coloured growths. Only that known
popularly as the red weed, however, gained any footing in competition
with terrestrial forms. The red creeper was quite a transitory
growth, and few people have seen it growing. For a time, however, the
red weed grew with astonishing vigour and luxuriance.
[...]
- "They've built a flying-machine, and are learning to fly!
- "Fly?"
- "Yes," he said, "fly."
I went on into a little bower, and sat down.
- "It is all over with humanity," I said. "If they can do that they
will simply go round the world."
He nodded.
- "They will.
H.G. Wells
In 1898 when H.G. Wells wrote "The War of the Worlds", flying a machine heavier than air seems to be a fancy - just a couple years later humans discovered the secret of flight, and half century later possessed weapons much more powerful than Martian Heat-Ray. Once again reality overtook the fiction
Set and rendered with Vue 5 using radiosity, Martian vegetation created with Vue 4.5 Pro, Vue procedural clouds and spherical fuzzy clouds.
Stairs modelled in Cinema 4D
Lighthouse model by Alian Garcia, textured by me.
Man - Don from Poser
Martian flying machines based on Martian War Machines from DAZ.
Comments (124)
As with all your works, a superb image. The light house textures are particularly fine. Well done!
Drop dead gorgeous... ~V~
Fantastic artwork again. Quality and crispness of your renders are just incredible :)
Wspaniale:))
Only word that comes to mind is, WOW!
du superbe travail !!quelle maitrise !!tres belle scene fantastique ..
Fantastic work. I always look forward to your work. :) VOTE
Awesome render yet again! I see incredible work like this and wonder why I bother to try - but do anyway ;-) V
WOW!! Really all I can say is...Wow!! Well done and VOTE!!
Wonderful render !!! "Top Quality" V
Excellent
Marvellous scene and exceptional texture work - Bravo!!
magnifique
Outstanding work! A worthy addition to your fine gallery!
Fantastic! Outstanding work as always!Exellent++++++++Vote
Your vegetation is awesome my friend. I especially like that around the lighthouse. The texture work is excellent as usual and the Martian ship effects are super! Vote of course.
Outstanding sci-fi composition. Excellent vegetation !
thats just bloody excellent!!! most damn immpressive!!
This is definately one of those times where one vote is not enough. One incredible piece of work!!! VOTE!!!! -jay
Utterly marvellous. I almost feel that I could touch the stones and the plants. As for the jellyfish-like ships - brilliant.
as always top-notch stuff :)
You are a MARSTER :-) Outstanding work. As always.
Excelient work as always.. love your modeling of the stars and the textures on the Lighthouse is great. Anyway this high quality images deserves a *** vote ***
Most excellent! Very impressive stuff! The lighting is fantastic!
Excellent scene, awesome models, beautiful composition and colors. Phantastic work overall.
wooooooooow excellent
excellent work,wonderful texturing and lightning
WOW !!! Excellent work, very well done!
Allways so fantastic...V
Fantastique image ! Du grand art !!!!! Bravo!