The Golden Great Bridge by frogdot
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Description
History says little about my great-grandfather, Frogdip. In 1850, long with his partner, Remington T. Toad, they built a railway empire that ran between San Francisco and the goldrush country in the Sierra Nevada. The pinnacle of their achievement was The Golden Great Bridge. Spanning the entrance to San Francisco Bay, the bridge allowed trainloads of gold to be shipped directly into the city. Even though the bridge was an engineering marvel and easily repaired when damaged, the government decided it was too dangerous and closed it down after 23 of the 24 trains that crossed, crashed into the ocean before reaching the other end.
The bridge was dismantled and forgotten. Toad and Frogdip lost everything in the lawsuits. Happily, they rebuilt their fortune tenfold when they pioneered the field of underwater salvage and retreived all the gold that had been laying at the bottom of the bay.
*** Road/tracks made with RG's Roadbuilder beta for Bryce. Track texture and greyscales for lattices, painted in Photoshop. 15 lattices/terrains for bridge. 8 tiled terrains for water. Land mat by Monsoon. Train from 3DCafe-altered by me.
*** Road/tracks made with RG's Roadbuilder beta for Bryce. Track texture and greyscales for lattices, painted in Photoshop. 15 lattices/terrains for bridge. 8 tiled terrains for water. Land mat by Monsoon. Train from 3DCafe-altered by me.
Comments (41)
Amazing picture. POV & composition are very effective !
Funny!!Splendid work!!Excellently done!!
Great invention, and masterful rickety construction.
Perfect water and cool design - I'd prefer a concrete bridge to pass the river ;)
Very cool work!
Fun and great render. That's a LOT of work. Great terrain work onthe bridge. I LIKE it!
Frogdip's gain is Okaland's loss..;) likes it..
real good . I laff a lot on this one. You did a super job too
Fantastic modeling on the wood bridge. Amazing water material and excellent rendering V
Ever heard of the game Pontifex? Its just like this, build a bridge and see if it holds when a train runs over it.
23...of the 24 hahahaha....Fantastic point of view.....I feel like a bird getting ready to watch #23 hit the water. Love the story. Hey these charactures aren't related to the ill fated brother's and the town they built...? lol (=
This style is pure coolness!
I love all the rickety structures - great story, too. Great render! V
A lot of work and sooo well done+funny. Excellent!
lol, very nice. :)
Outstanding work! The water & the train tracks are superb. Well done :0
He he he... :-) Cool pic with a great backstory.
Excellent use of the tools, wow! The water effects really help, even the fallen timbers, yiii!
Another rickety classic! Fantastic!
Absolutely fantastic picture!!! Excellent work!!!
Excellent construction, although I wouldn't ride on that! But maybe bungee jump off it.
Wondelfull! Image is simply fantastic and goes as perfect illustration for the story! Bravo! Looks simply stunning. Bridge sucks! (get the meaning, I mean it as a project of govenment) And Government sucks too!
Amazing!
LMAO This is really cool! Nice picture, how did you manage to make the bridge out of lattices looking like timber? This picture really inspiers me :D
Wowsers!...simply amazing image!
Those are some pretty wicked switchbacks on the train tracks as well. This is great! Another wonderful image from your crazy mind.
Crazy bridge but very funny idea. A lot of work to place everything in the right position. Excellent.
Wonderful and totaly cool.Excellent!!
brilliant
The scene looks cool, but the bridge is just amazing... Good stuff!