Tripods Covers - Circa 2002

Here are a few rather old pics I did, probably 2002. They were my take on the 4 Book covers to The Tripods novels by John Christopher. I was quite pleased with these at the time, looking back now they ain't so hot. Click the Labels link for other Tripod related pics and a bit of the history about this Tripod model used in these pictures.

Tripods Animation

My first post on this blog back in Jan of 2006 was of this scene. I made the tripod in Vue 2 and Max 3 ages ago, and they weren't rigged for any sort of walking animation. I did this animation I think in Vue 4 and added the lasers in Photoshop to match up with the red glow that is cast onto the barn when the guns fire. These models were pretty much made of just Vue 2 primitives such as cylinders and spheres with the feet being the only bit made in Max 3. Anyway it's a pity they're not really walking but I thought I'd post this old clip anyway !

The Tripods

Figured I'd post this as a filler whilst I'm working on other stuff, using my old Tripod model made in Max 7 and rendered in Vue. This is based on John Christophers The Tripods not War of the Worlds

Downed Tripod

This is a very old picture using a Tripod model that I made out of primatives in Vue 2 many years ago, another newer pic I did with this model can be seen in my first post I made on this Blog http://tinyurl.com/j39sx
I sent some of these pics a few years ago to John Christopher 'aka Samuel Youd' who wrote the Tripods books, he was very complimentary about my work. At the moment I don't think this author has a single book in print in the UK. There has been talk for quite a few years that a movie version of his Tripods Trilogy might be filmed, at present IMDB has Australian Director Gregor Jordan listed to be at the helm of this long awaited project. BBC TV filmed the first two books of the trilogy in the mid 8o's.

Tripod - Work in progress

This is the Tripod model that I'm making at the moment.I've just got a bit of work to do on this before I send it off to my mate to rig and animate.

This is not mean't to be a War of the Worlds tripod, but one of the tripods featured in the John Christopher The Tripods Trilogy, which the BBC turned into a TV series in the 80's and is also in development as a Trilogy of films.

Tripod Invasion

This is a Tripod model that I'm making at the moment that a mate is going to be rigging and animating. I put this composite pic of it together in Photoshop using the pic linked below as the background image.

http://www.diduknow.info/blitz/images/0797_large.jpg

Introduction

Hi,I'll be using this Blog for posting examples of my Artwork,things that are old and also my newer work too.