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Old 07-09-2016, 11:04 AM
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Wonder how that water would do in a model railroad club setting in the finished basement of the old city hall?
I'll have to try that technique at home to get firsthand experience.
Something about the tripods brings fleas to mind.
Isn't there a famous naval saying, "Damn the tripods, full speed ahead!"
I'm too lazy to google it right now, just working from memory.
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Wonder how that water would do in a model railroad club setting in the finished basement of the old city hall?
I'll have to try that technique at home to get firsthand experience.
Something about the tripods brings fleas to mind.
Isn't there a famous naval saying, "Damn the tripods, full speed ahead!"
I'm too lazy to google it right now, just working from memory.
The water would work in all scale dioramas, trust me on that. You could easily enlarge the size of the choppiness of the surface, let it dry just completely transparent for a pond or a lake or brook. When adding a little space between the upper layer (glass, for example) and the bottom, you can easily create depth. I did that when I made a diorama of a cove from where a flying boat took off. The bottom was 5 cms lower than the glass plate and I made some sea floor life to look at.

Fleas are a good example of what kind of feeling I tried to create with the tripods. I like your alteration of the original quote, by the way. (I googled it.) That might actually be a very nice title for the diorama! Hope you don't mind stealing it! (-;

Oh, and all other people here, thanks for the kind words. it's appreciated!
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This is all absolutely fabulous.
Amazing work...amazing diorama...amazing miniatures!

I love War of the Worlds.
Seen and heard every rendition.
I love the fact that there are so many ideas when it comes to bringing this story to life.

What are the tripods standing on?
I mean, that water must be fairly deep.
But they look like they're pretty close to the surface.
Do they have little feet at the ends of those legs...treading water?
LOL sorry, I had to ask.

Have you read Christopher Priest "The Space Machine" ?
I loved it.
I have a newer double novel by Priest,
but The Space Machine can be had as a single novel.
It is one of his early works. (mid 1970s)
Written just like HG Wells, it blends two stories of a Time Machine and a Martian Invasion of England.
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Hope you don't mind stealing it!
Feel free to quote unto others as others have quoted unto you.
I wasn't sure whether it would be mocking or not to make the comment on fleas: in the end I decided the resemblance was too uncanny to be random, and risked making the comment.
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Thanks for the comments, friends.

@Dave: I don't know the book, I'll check it out. I love a good SF story. Although the bulk of what I tend to read in SF literature lies in the 1950s, 1960s SF. My tip for you (although very different from Wells): Theodore Sturgeon's "More than Human". No diorama material, that's for sure.

And about "the leg-issue": There possibly might be a fairway in the estuary but with shallower areas surrounding it. Perhaps the legs are extendible. Perhaps the feet have small propulsion units inside to keep the tripod on a certain level.
I was wondering about that myself, too, actually. considering the tripods were about 30 meters high, and the ship has defined measurements, maybe the tripods I built were a tad too large. But since it is SF, who cares? it's all about the effect! (-;


@Forrest: The flea was actually a nice remark. I found most insects have a belly resembling the tripod's 'back'. So without realising it, I turned it upside down. Fleas though, do have a more pointy back, not as flat as the tripod's back is. Now I come to think of it, that would have been a nice thing, actually. It perhaps would have given the tripod an even more aggressive appearance. Oh well. (-;
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Also related is the idea that the tripods are a pest requiring extermination, and I wondered if that was an intended subconscious message in the design.
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I had a similar complaint with the movie Pacific Rim (which I really liked).
The large robots fight in the water against massive Alien invaders,
but even out in the open Ocean,
they seem to be able to walk and stand only partially submerged.
I kept saying "what are they standing on?!"
...
Thanks, I will look into Sturgeon's novel, although I'm not sure its the type of Sci-Fi I prefer to read.
I read mostly Time Travel related stuff.
Thats how I came across Priest's novel...because of its connection to HG Wells (The Time Machine).
...
And I must admit, I do enjoy older Science Fiction, like HG Wells stuff
...written before real science came along and corrected it
and made it more scientifically accurate
...and less adventurous, and less romantic!

LOL
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well, I'm off to read your "water" making tutorial now
even though I don't get much call for water themed dioramas.
You never know...one day, I might need it.
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Absolutely fantastic! I love how you created the base. I'm looking forward to the tutorial.
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Dan Thompson Plastic Version

By coincidence, the current issue of the IPMS Journal (Vol. 28, No. 3, May-June 2016) contains an article by Dan Thompson about his plastic interpretation of the same scene from the Wells novel.

It is interesting to read Dan's explanation for his approach to Thunder Child and the Martian war machines.

I attach images of reduced clarity to avoid copyright issues, but the article should be available soon at IPMS/USA Journal - Volume 28, Issue 2 - March/April 2016 | IPMS/USA Members

Incidentally, More Than Human is one of my favorite science fiction novels, and Theodore Sturgeon one of my favorite writers. I first read the novel when I was 13, 63 years ago, and have re-read it many times since with the same pleasure. It is a long way from The War of the Worlds or time travel, Dave, so you may not care for it. De gustibus . . .

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