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Post by Phil on Mar 2, 2005 16:52:54 GMT
Hope you like it. The tripod is one of Martin Bowers fine models built for the early 80s abortive photo-comic book. Hope you don't mind my use of it Martin! The vessel is HMS Majestic (1895), a pre-Dreadnought battleship. www.martinbowersmodelworld.com/ |
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Post by Thunder Child on Mar 2, 2005 21:52:20 GMT
That looks very cool.
It nicely shows the fact that the Fighting Machines look little in comparison with the Thunder Child, as stated by Wells in the novel.
Johan
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Post by McTodd on Mar 2, 2005 22:05:33 GMT
Nice one!
Bower's models are fab.
I suspect the Dean brothers used a Majestic class battleship for their Thunder Child pic.
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 2, 2005 22:11:37 GMT
Thats some good work there Phil.
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Post by Bayne on Mar 2, 2005 23:46:20 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]I particularly love the faded sepia tone!
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Post by Leatherhead on Mar 3, 2005 17:47:54 GMT
THUNDERCHILD!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!  |
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Post by Phil on Mar 3, 2005 20:28:33 GMT
Thanks all, I've converted the picture to another 'London Illustrated News' as you can see. Hope you all like it! By the way, I think the vessel on the JW album is an 1896 Canopus-class battleship as opposed to the earlier Majestic I used. The funnels have a completely different arrangement, one in front of another as opposed to side-by-side. I'm not 100% sure though.  |
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Post by David Faltskog on Mar 3, 2005 20:44:10 GMT
 Wonderful.  D.F.
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Post by Thunder Child on Mar 3, 2005 21:08:22 GMT
I shure hate to be the man who photographed that!  ;D Johan |
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Post by McTodd on Mar 3, 2005 22:08:59 GMT
By the way, I think the vessel on the JW album is an 1896 Canopus-class battleship as opposed to the earlier Majestic I used. The funnels have a completely different arrangement, one in front of another as opposed to side-by-side. I'm not 100% sure though. Almost certainly yes. But the Dean brothers' version in 'Magnetic Storm' definitely uses a Majestic class vessel as its model, probably from the same (or at least a similar) photo you've used. I'll be scanning it in at the weekend...  |
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Post by Gnorn on Mar 4, 2005 0:36:40 GMT
I shure hate to be the man who photographed that! :o ;D Johan I thought Phil was talking about you! :-O -Gnorn |
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syrtismajor
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Post by syrtismajor on Mar 4, 2005 12:01:37 GMT
Mc-Todd, That painting is AMAZING! I was aware that other pictures were comissioned for but not used by the Musical version. Is that one of the picutures? I demand that us on the board have access to those pictures! ;D |
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 4, 2005 19:56:57 GMT
That is one of a handful of paintings originally commised for use for the album, but it was said the style was incorrect at the time and the machines a little to 'technical' if they were to be built for the stage, so attention was turned to the Michael Trim design we know today.
H_C
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Post by McTodd on Mar 4, 2005 20:41:01 GMT
Well, once I've sobered up this weekend I plan to scan in the Dean pic (it'll have to be done in sections and 'stiched' together as it's way larger than my poxy A4 scanner can handle).
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Klaatu
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Post by Klaatu on Mar 17, 2005 12:30:57 GMT
That's brilliant Phil...Do another mate.
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Wonderful. 
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