Favourite TWoTW or Tripod pics?

[thedonal]

Well- I have to plug one of my efforts again- done on Bryce 2, some years ago... (was on the WOTW online site, some time ago)- clearly JW inspired...

[David Faltskog]

Awesome

D.F.

[steann]

cool pic

[McTodd]

commandingtripod said:

This is my fav:


It inspires me.

I've always liked that illustration too - it's by David A Hardy, and here's a more complete reproduction (from the long defunct Space Voyager, issue 12, Dec 84/Jan 85):



For trivia fans wondering if David H based the Thunder Child on any particular vessel, well, it's pretty clear he based her on an old illustration of the sinking of the battleship Petropavlovsk (Admiral Makarov's flagship mined outside Port Arthur in 1904). Compare with this contemporary magazine illustration (which I've flipped horizontally so it's oriented in the same direction as the Hardy painting; the vessel does have two funnels, but they're obscured by the fold down the centre):

[Thunder Child]

WOW! I've never seen that entire picture before, only the book cover. Pretty impressive!

McTodd, perhaps you could let Dr.Zeus know the artists name. I do not think that he already has the name of the artist on his (excellent) website..

[FALLINGSTAR]

Interesting to see the painting that it was based on - never seen that before! Incidently - in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction that I have from around 1977 - I'm sure the painting is slightly different. I'll have to look and see if I can dig it out.

[FALLINGSTAR]

thedonal said:

Well- I have to plug one of my efforts again- done on Bryce 2, some years ago... (was on the WOTW online site, some time ago)- clearly JW inspired...

Nice!

[McTodd]

fallingstar said:

...in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction that I have from around 1977 - I'm sure the painting is slightly different. I'll have to look and see if I can dig it out.

I'd forgotten that I have that book too! So I checked it out this morning before leaving for work - to be honest, I couldn't see any differences, but I was very badly hungover at the time...

[McTodd]

Hey, Fallingstar, you're right! There are two versions of the painting in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction! There's a double-page spread on pp.18-19 which is identical to the one I posted earlier, and there's a small one on p.109, here:

[Wastedyuthe]

My 100th post!! YIPEEE!! Boyakasha!

[FALLINGSTAR]

mctodd said:

Hey, Fallingstar, you're right! There are two versions of the painting in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction! There's a double-page spread on pp.18-19 which is identical to the one I posted earlier, and there's a small one on p.109, here:

That's it Todd thanks for posting them! I can't find my Encyclopedia but I thought I remembered 2 versions and forgot about the falling tripod! ;D

[FALLINGSTAR]

Hey wasted - that's a new one from Troc [ last pic with the tripods in the village ]. Haven't seen that one before! Beeeeeaaauuutiful!!!!!

[Commandingtripod]

mctodd said:

Hey, Fallingstar, you're right! There are two versions of the painting in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction! There's a double-page spread on pp.18-19 which is identical to the one I posted earlier, and there's a small one on p.109, here:

Cool stuff Mc Todd.
I always thought there was just the one version.

Also Waste, thanks for the last image.
Like FS says, I've never seen it before either.

[Wastedyuthe]

No probs peeps. Yes I like that one except for the poor horsy (all together now, 'ahhh').

Here's some concept art I like from the Spielberg movie...

[darkelastic]

Those concepts from the Spielberg movie are actually better than the film!