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Loz
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Post subject: Artist Impressions of FM's and HM's that we love Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:36 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
Joined: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:00 pm Posts: 2870 Location: Liverpool, UK
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This is the first picture of a Fighting Machine that was other than the Jeff Wayne depictions. I fell in love with it straight away and so my quest for other interpretation began. I'll post a few here. Anyone else is welcome to do the same.
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Bah bah black sheap April diamond spheres, Rigsby, Rigsby, Eight sided Pears.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:35 am |
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Martian War Lord |
Joined: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:31 pm Posts: 3365 Location: N.Humberside.UK
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The Roger Dean design has been one of my favourites for years.
This series of painting was done for Jeff's album but was rejected for trim's design, I prefer these.
They are usually called the Dean brother's designs, but I think I am right in saying they are Roger Dean's design, the pictures were painted by Tim white & Richard Clifton-Dey, this small section from the Tunder Child scene was created by Richard Clifton-Dey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DldFBFJgWmw&feature=player_embedded
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exodus2310
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:23 pm |
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Tripod King |
Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:42 pm Posts: 294 Location: Derbyshire, England
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That Rogers design is pretty good. Quite similar to the new 2005 WotW!
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:45 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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exodus2310
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:29 pm |
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Tripod King |
Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:42 pm Posts: 294 Location: Derbyshire, England
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McTodd
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:28 pm |
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Joined: Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:11 pm Posts: 252 Location: Londoon, UK
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The model of the Dean design is scratchbuilt - as far as I know, that design has never been commercially produced. It's one of my faves, BTW.
I found those images a couple of years ago on an IPMS site and sent them to Dr Zeus a few months ago (having re-found them on a CD backup I'd fortuitously done before a disastrous HD crash last year). However, the site I found them on never credited the modelmaker.
A couple of months after the good Dr posted one of them on his site, the chap who built it happened to see the image on Dr Zeus and emailed me to say hello! His name is Ed Buckley, and he built it in the late '80s. He's going to dig out more stuff and send it to me, but he's recently moved house so everything is topsy turvey...
Here's what Ed himself has to say:
'A little background on the model:
I started working on prototype parts back in the mid 80's. I starting working on it seriously in 88 and finished it in 89. Took it to an IPMS regional in Omaha, Nebraska a couple weeks after completion and took best in its category, class, and judges grand best of show.
All of pictures of the construction (still packed) were taken with a 35mm camera, so I don't have anything that can be sent by e-mail. I will try to photograph them with my digital camera (when I find the box that it is in) and send those.
When I first started it, I made it so the legs could move. The pistons on the back of the legs actually moved in and out with the leg action. I did this so that at final assembly time, I could position the legs with the body on in a natural position and then glue them in place.
The model was made using Evergreen Plastic, Conrail Rods and Tubes, a couple of different types of body putty, brass and aluminum tubing, a short length of guitar string (at the back of the head), and 6 fender guitar picks (two each at the base of each leg).'
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Yuri2356
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:21 pm |
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I think the hydraulics make that design look far too human-built, rather than strange and alien, and the lack of tentacles automatically places it on my bad side. Those glimmering ropes of steel just complete the package for me.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:23 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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exodus2310
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:14 pm |
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Tripod King |
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Yuri2356 wrote: I think the hydraulics make that design look far too human-built, rather than strange and alien, and the lack of tentacles automatically places it on my bad side. Those glimmering ropes of steel just complete the package for me.
Actually I can see that. Seems like a design made in the steam era...but it still doesn't retract from its cool lookingness.
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McTodd
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:29 pm |
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Tripod King |
Joined: Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:11 pm Posts: 252 Location: Londoon, UK
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Lonesome Crow wrote: Ed... I hope you didn't mind me posting your work without your permission
I doubt it, I posted it without his permission to start with!
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:45 am |
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Martian War Lord |
Joined: Sun May 29, 2005 5:02 pm Posts: 3114 Location: Ridderkerk, the Netherlands
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Uh oh... what if he finds out?
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:03 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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exodus2310
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:31 pm |
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Tripod King |
Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:42 pm Posts: 294 Location: Derbyshire, England
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Lol only evil people sue.
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McTodd
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:29 pm |
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Tripod King |
Joined: Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:11 pm Posts: 252 Location: Londoon, UK
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Oh, he won't mind, because when I originally posted those images on wotwonline I told him (and that, of course, was after he saw the image I had posted on Dr Zeus anyway).
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Loz
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:23 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
Joined: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:00 pm Posts: 2870 Location: Liverpool, UK
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I'm in two minds about this design. It is a great design as a war machine, but it is very against the descripton in the book. The arm holding the heatray spoils it for me, but ten out of ten for the visable Martian drver. Believe it or not, the art book that conatained the Dean WOTW project wehich was published in the early 80's was my soul christmast present from my mum that year.
Bah bah black sheap April diamond spheres, Rigsby, Rigsby, Eight sided Pears.
Last edited by Loz on Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:26 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
Joined: Sun May 29, 2005 5:02 pm Posts: 3114 Location: Ridderkerk, the Netherlands
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It's like a machine holding that thing instead of carrying.
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Loz
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:56 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
Joined: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:00 pm Posts: 2870 Location: Liverpool, UK
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This is a fantastic depiction of the Handling Machine and driver. I only found it recently.
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Heat Ray Projector
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:38 pm |
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Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:07 pm Posts: 66 Location: Mars
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I love the Handling Machine. Very spooky and very capable.
Humans are our food.
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:03 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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It sure is.
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Yuri2356
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:27 pm |
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Indeed.
The Martian standing in front of it is a bit too simple, but I can write that off to the picture being dark and spooky.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:51 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Yuri2356
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:16 pm |
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Lonesome Crow wrote: I like it but I don't like the feet, It looks as if it's wearing comfy slippers
*Yawn*
"Ah, 'nother day in good ol' M.I.A."
"Mornin' Leroy."
"Mornin' Sam."
"Right, crack out the HM and we'll get to work..."
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:12 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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"Hey Rick! Get your ass from the Tempest and come to the Comms. Centre! We want to know what thos pesky Humans are up to now!"
"I'm on my way!"
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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