The Big Picture Challenge Thread June 2024 = Check Out My Ride

[Agent0013]

Awesome image, jammixx!
I recognize the ship in the distance; Kibarreto's Super Stinger! I have it and the interior, plus the Super Stinger Poses for G9! It is a hard one to use, being a bit much for my PC, though I can render small images. I think part of the problem is the amount of texture images it requires. Still, it is a great looking upgrade from the original Stinger, and I'm glad I grabbed it, for when I have a much better computer.
Now the ship in the foreground is one I have not seen, and it too looks really awesome! What product pack is that one from? I'd love to get it when I can!

[Agent0013]

Flying Over Ancient Tree Stumps


All around the Earth there has been mention in the local myths of special trees that impart some kind of special thing to the person that eats the fruit of that tree. In most of these myths the tree in question is a really big tree, standing as much as ten or twenty times the height of the largest of all other trees.


In the Western US, we have the Giant Sequoias, also know as Redwood Trees. But these trees, even as big as they are, cannot compare to the trees in the myths. Also in the same area, there are stone towers that dwarf these giant Redwood Trees. I know of at least two, and there are supposedly more. These stone towers are suspiciously similar to the look of the tree stumps of cut down trees; even appearing to have what seems to be the remains of root systems.


What if these stone towers are actually the petrified remains of super giant trees that once grew on this planet? Furthermore, are there similar formations on other worlds? Here I have rendered such stumps on a distant world orbiting a red dwarf star. On this world, it is well known that once there were trees where the stumps now stand. You might imagine that the people who cut those trees down, were super giants themselves! And what would be the purpose of cutting down such super giant trees? Perhaps the wood was needed to build something really big.


Two human visitors to the planet are taking a ride over a group of four of these super giant ancient tree stumps. One is a male, and the other is a female. Both are riding Bot Motos in hover/flight mode. They are boyfriend and girlfriend, and on their date, they wanted to see those confirmed super giant tree stumps.


Credits:
(Bryce 7.1 Pro)
Sky Preset created and edited by me.
Water Plane has my Calm Water texture applied.
I made two terrain objects, shaping one to be the mountains in the distance, and the other to make the super giant tree stumps. Each has an appropriate texture applied for what they are meant to be.
Rendered in Bryce 7.1 Pro.
(PD Howler 12)
Post work was done in this app to add the stars in the sky; I created a custom star field making fictional constellations for the extrasolar planet.
(DAZ Studio 4.10 Pro)
Characters - 2 instances of Genesis, one as Male, the other as Female.
Both are wearing the Genesis Supersuit, but with different textures and morphs.
Hair on the Female is Mitsu Hair for Genesis, with the Black textures.
Hair for the Male is Wild Mane Hair for Genesis, with the Black textures.
Bot Moto x 2, with black shaders, and a special gold shader I mixed to make gold coated glass.
Lights and Camera created and edited in DAZ Studio.
Backdrop is the resulting image made using the Bryce and PD Howler apps.
Final render done in DAZ Studio's 3Delight.


This image is done to be considered for the challenge of this thread.

[jammixx]

Wow!  The sky on this one is really amazing, Agent.  You must have been really inspired to create the story and image together.  Well done.   I recommend everyone enlarge the image to see it fully. 

[jammixx]

Tia just got  a new spaceship!

The spaceship is the "XI Intergalactic Spacecraft".

[darkangel]

Many rides in here but Sofa beat you all by a margin!

[Agent0013]

Many rides in here but Sofa beat you all by a margin!

I must agree! That one is awesome and humorous!