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Post by RustiSwordz on May 20, 2005 21:31:28 GMT
This is a simple sketch for a bigger project.  enjoy ;D opinions all welcome.  i wanted something simple yet elegant with a squiddy martian sort of look. mobile ans swift as opposed to bulky and over designed. the legs are multi jointed for mobillity and flexibillity and the heat ray is mounted on an arm on the top of the hood, slaved to the martians line of sight. The martian looks at you and yer fried. The basket is the cylinder on its back. |
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Post by Poyks on May 21, 2005 2:21:22 GMT
Agile and pragmatic approach. I like it Rusti! Maybe a more forward general stance to add a more aggressive feel? Just an idea. A slightly pitted polished aluminium general surface finish would juxtapose nicely with the animal feel of the design as well.
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Post by RustiSwordz on May 22, 2005 11:02:09 GMT
Im hopefully going to do a coloured version too. Im going to use lots of different coloured natural metal looks to it like copper silver bronze brass etc. You can also see my picture here: www.deviantart.com/deviation/18571408/ |
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Post by ArmoredTrackLayer on May 23, 2005 16:28:07 GMT
A simple sketch? Holy lord I wish my simple sketches looked at good as that. That machine design is fantastic
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Post by Leatherhead on May 23, 2005 19:04:34 GMT
FINALLY! FIANLLY some one included the "fisherman's basket" thingy on the machine!
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Post by Marcus on May 25, 2005 0:11:18 GMT
This is very cool. Nice Heat Ray style, and the feet aswell are very cool.
Like the Martian look to it. And the basket aswell, original interpretation.
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Post by HTT on May 25, 2005 12:24:39 GMT
[glow=purple,2,300]Excellent work![/glow]
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Post by paco417 on May 25, 2005 22:34:02 GMT
8-)to me this if was animated it would appear fast and... deadly. keep it up!
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Post by RustiSwordz on May 26, 2005 7:54:13 GMT
I based my version on the book description while taking a few liberties of my own. Wells describes the martian tripods to be as 'swift as birds' and 'wheeling about on its feet. This gave me the impression the Wells martians are fast and flexible machines. The Heat ray is a seperate 'arm' its attatched to. The 'fishermans basket' etc He never described where these componets were mounted on the machine so i mounted the heat ray arm on the head of the hood. To give it a clear field of fire and allow the tentacles room to pick stuff up.
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