The Etaii Gateway by Burpee
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Description
The Troll clan faithful are nearing the end of their long journey. They have arrived at the Etaii gateway, the portal into the tunnel maze that Isa entered the day before. Deep below ground, in that maze, is the hole that drains the Earth; the hole that shall be closed.
Ark, the herbalist's firstborn offspring, has been trained to read the signs. Before entering the tunnels, he stops to see if the Earth energies will permit safe passage and completion of their task.
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I'd like to thank everyone here at Renderosity for your interest and generosity on my previous images. Truly touched me, Thank You.
Credits:
Purchased at DAZ - trolls, troll items and weapons, Ollock's wall and throne, LisaB's gnarly tree.
Chain by Frogdot
Old metal mats on troll stuff by HSIgraphics
Drew Costigan plants
Comments (34)
This opened & my reaction was "WHOOOAH"! Terrific! IF ReRo had a 5 star rating system-I'd give ya '10' ;-D Seriously, my CA writer frtiend says you should do this whole thing for an 'older' children's book! Kreep going-this is awesome stuff! BIGV
This is such a great story. I am thoroughly enjoying it.
Hi Nancy,I agree wit Sazz,would be a wonderful book,and your composition here looks fantastic,all the fine details,light and textures,it is most excellent executed art workV
Very well done. the composition is well designed. The light seems like its broken, but man this looks very owesome.
This does look great, the fire looks a bit strange? Extremely well done, excellent poses and no polygon artifacts that I can see. Excellent!
great details ! well done !
terrific image, excellent lighting and stuff...excellent
Great details and wonderful mood in your work.Excellent!!
Thank you for the comments, much appreciated :) I wasn't sure what cornelp meant about a broken light, thought maybe my lighting directions were wrong but then shinyary2 said the fire looks a bit weird so that must be it. Here's why it looks a bit different (this is my story and I'm sticking to it :))...the fire torch was made by me in Cinema and is my version of a Trollian "pipeeste". A pipeeste works by capillary action where a fine stream of "lumonox" is drawn up and out through a fine tip on it's end, as the flame burns. Little droplets of lumonox spray off to the sides, unburnt, and drain down the sides of the pipeeste. It's quite messy, but long burning and tossed when spent. Hope that dispells some of the mystery surrounding the fire :D
What a great composition..excellent lighting! Superb image v :)
Awesome trolls! I'd like to see some of the solid-colored textures (bones, shield-spikes) dirtier, and the fire seems a bit off, but it's a great scene!
Wow!! Fantastic characters/render/textures. Love the composition and the imaginative scene. v
Wonderful image and writing! Amazing scene! Incredible story! V
Really excellent render!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. Wonderful fantasy work. An excellent render. The textures are superb
wow! keep on going..this is great! *V
Brilliant scene will those trolls! The background and the lightning in all is fabulous! Excellent atmosphere! I love this one! V
super looking V(
Very beautiful scene and i like the pose and idea,texturing...excellent!!!:o)v
great story,beautiful and fantastic fantasy picture!!!Excellent!!!!v
This is truly breath taking in detail and design. You have created a master piece friend...May the journey ahead be of magick and dreams or nightmares...Excellent!!!...:)
Wonderful image and kool story line, what more could we want. Excellent.
The pose is very real. and good composition.
Beautiful atmosphere! like the trolls accesories, very nice done :) ***
hope their journey doesnt end too soon im enjoying this series :)
I have nothing to say but your masterpiece truely amazed me!! and nice story too! :)
what an intriguing tale and image! you did a wonderful job with your choices in lighting, poses and overall composition!
Wow this must have taken you ages, Fantastic
Wow fantastic work!! Great characters, lighting and textures. Great job!! Vote
Hey, great, excellent, fantastic, fabolous idea !!!