The War of The Worlds - Hopelessness by czarnyrobert
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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)
C mogpowiedziec. Atmo-spoko.Wyko-HQ. Zreszta nie bede sie wysilal ;) Znasz moje zdanie na temat Twoich prac. Gdyby bylo cos nie tak, co by mi sie nie podobalo, napisalbym. Excellent again. I like it very much. Mirek+v
damn!!! crash bammmmmmmmmmmm smack wtf how do you it ? amazing thats what you are robert AMAZING
Another "jaw dropper" from the master himself. :))) Excellently done as always. Fantastic job, Robert!
Thanks nexxon for pointing out lack of pleats on clothes - I was thinking about it, but later, I forgot to correct it. It's done now - looks much better - unfortunately it's hard to get good looking clothes from Poser, usually postwork is necessary.
Whoa!!! Yet another outstanding creation! :o)
Everybody else has pretty much said it all. The lighthouse textures and bumps are prefect! EXCELLENT V
Just wanted to throw in my humble drop of compliment into this sea of well deserved enthusiasm ! astounding work !
Najwyzsza polka!!!
A masterful scene with superb texturing.
This is Amazing!! Incredible lighting and textures!! WOW!! Vote!!
They said it all! All of the above and much, much more....
Amazing as is said above. Another winner. Always loved War of the Worlds, especially the musical version, where there is a song dedicated to the red weed.
Vegetation, stones, light and textures... just amazing. Combined with an interesting setting, well, a clear V
Fantastic picture, really brilliant!!!
The martian flying machines are really wonderful ! The whole scene is superb as usual and you made me go listen to the soundtrack again !
super ill cool beans and all of that and a bag of chips.
Outstanding textures and lighting! Beautiful atmos and use of the vegetation. Great work!
Very impressive piece of SF-Art. War of the Worlds is a favorie of mine and this image of yours is a great tribute to this classic of Science-Fiction.My compliments,you did imo an outstanding job!!!
Brilliant work!
Amazing as usual.
Stunning vintage SF scene! You could make it in sepia - would look even better! Great Scene!
WOW!!!Poetry for the eyes!!!Superb artwork!!!
Yes! Thanks to almost invisible guy in the shadow!
Very good one ! Those machines look nice - especially the flames! Good work!
Encore une superbe image... Le classement "excellent" ne suffit plus, mais il n'y en a pas d'autre...
Cool scene ! The drinker looks nice too! And those ships ! Scary!
A masterpiece! As usual! Nice contrast between human and alien machines ! Excellent work!
WOW.... way cool ! The poor guy in the left can't believe his eyes... like me when I saw this image !!! Wonderful !!!!
WoW ! This rocks ROCKS ! Excellent Masterpiece !
Beautiful ! I love your plants !