u/Randomdays99

Trying here first before going to the less specific "find a book" reddits

I've been reading Sword and Sorcery books (among others) since the 60's, starting with Conan, Fafrd and the Grey Mouser, Elric, etc., so there's a lot of water under the bridge and a lot of books to try to remember.

There's one a can't remember and no longer have that I'd like to read again. I think I read it in the late 80's or sometime in the 90's

All I can remember is that at one point, the ship the MC is on is hiding in some marshlands for some reason among some tall reeds. They are continually attacked by invisible monsters until someone comes up with the idea of spreading flour on the deck so at least they can see the footprints as the monsters appear. At one point, small human footprints appear that belong to an invisible human girl.

Thanks is anyone knows what book this is

It took a bit longer than I thought - some of my friend's captured models needed work on both the models and the textures to fix errors on them.

I wound up doing 4 Dioramas and 24 models. 23 are for Thunderbirds and 1 leftover from Stingray

Many pics Below;

Diorama 1 - The 5 Tracy Bothers with Tracy Island in the background and Thunderbirds 1, 2 and 3 flying overhead

Diorama 2 - Thunderbird 4 on a mission undersea with Gordon at the Controls

Diorama 3 - Thunderbird 3 coming in to dock with Thunderbird 5

Diorama 4 - FAB 1 driving in the countryside with Parker and Lady Penelope

The models;

All character models by my friend. Most come with a raygun, scifi rifle and scanner/tricorder. I had been using a generic gun, but my friend aslo sent me a model of the "official" Thunderbird raygun to use.

Set 1 - Thunderbirds 1-4. Thunderbirds 1-3 by John Hoagland for Poser 4. Thunderbird 4 by Ian W from the 3D Warehouse

Set 2 - Gordon, Virgil, Alan and Gordon Tracy

Set 3 - 3 different versions of Lady Penelope and Parker

Set 4 - Thunderbird 5 by Mectreno on Sketchfab. FAB 1 model for Poser 4 by an unknown modder. The Mole for Poser 4 by an unknown modder.

Terrorfish from Stingray - 3D warehouse model from Writerly. Only the head a texture so I added them to the rest of the body. Rounded the eyes and made them transparent. Added a floor and back wall to the head area to make a small control cabin. Cut 2 holes in the head behind the eyes to see inside and put 2 Titan soldiers inside.

Set 5 - John and Jeffy Tracy, Brains, and a model of Thunderbird 5's control room by Wild Pilot on sketchfab with John Tracy in it

Set 6 - Kyrano, the Hood, and two versions of Tin-Tin.

Lots of work and fun getting these put together. I might make a mission for them one day in "Freedom Force" since most of the major characters/ vehicles are now available.

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Seven character models and the Stingray sub. The characters were all captured and processed by my friend, with tweaking and rigging by me. The sub is a download from 2009 - I can't find any info on it in the zip so I'm no longer sure of the source. I just found a model for a Terror Fish so I may add that later.

I think that these captures were well done, with Phones being the only one that might need some work. Titan's skin tone is hard to lock down - sometimes I see him as green or a light olive green. His hands sometimes appear to be black..

Thunderbirds is in process with TB1 -5 complete and one character, Lady Penelope in white, done for the previous small Diorama of the girls in Supercar.

Two versions of the Diorama - one with the Stingray on patrol by itself, another with the members of WASP in front.

Stingray on Patrol

Members of WASP

close up

Just for fun

Lady Penelope decided to "Borrow" Supercar and take the girls on a flying road trip!

Lady Penelope from the Thunderbirds set in process. Atlanta Shore and Marina from the Stingray set in process. Venus from the finished Fireball XL5 set. Supercar from the finished Supercar set.

Girls just want to have fun!

On the road again

Are we there yet?

Hi all. Sorry for the new post, but Reddit wouldn't let me edit my OP on the last topic, and I had problems trying to add multiple pics in one update. Unless I can figure that out, I'll have to start a new post for the next two shows.

These might have been better posted in the general Gerry Anderson Reddit, but I've asked to join and haven't heard back from the mods.

So, I've basically completed everything I wanted to do with the first two shows of four I'm doing. Stingray will be next and then Thunderbirds will finish up this part of my project.

Keep in mind the following; I'm not a professional in 3D modeling in any way, just a long time fan of GA and the shows all the way back to the 60's. My friend who's helping me with the models isn't really a fan at all, just a good friend helping me out.

For fan work, I don't think these came out to badly.

The game program being used, "Freedom Force vs The Third Reich" is 20 years old. The models are low poly, most of them between 1000- 2000 each, except for the vehicles that are a bit higher - those are all imports found on the web. The characters have no bones to move the mouth around for speaking, and since I suck at fingers, they're tied to the hands and won't bend - its usually not that noticeable.

First up is Supercar- a diorama, four characters from the show and Supercar itself. I decided not to do Jimmy, Mitch or anyone else at this time.

The characters from the show are rigged and game ready. The only thing I might adjust is the shape/ size of Dr Beaker's head - I think it needs to be wider and rounder.

Next up is Fireball XL5 - Two dioramas and six characters from the show rigged and game ready. Also, Fireball XL5 itself, Fireball Junior, and Steve, Venus, and Matt on their correct colored jetmobiles. I'm not too happy with Steve, but I spent a lot of time on going through three different heads my friend set me, and I think he's about as good as I can get.

I'll be starting on Stingray over the weekend - Seven characters from the show and Stingray itself. Thunderbirds will be the biggest of the four shows with over twenty vehicles and characters to do.

FAB!

Diorama Pic 1

Diorama Pic 2

Supercar Cast

Diorama 1 Pic 1

Diorama 1 Pic 2

Diorama 2 Pic 1

Diorama 2 Pic 2

Fireball XL5 cast

I have game models a friend of mine made for characters from Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, and Thunderbirds, as well as models of the vehicles imported from those I found on the web.

I'm working on rigging some 3D models of Fireball XL5 from the show at the moment with Steve, Venus and Commander Zero done so far. I've equipped all 3 with a scanner/ tricorder device they can pull out, as well as a retro looking SF pistol and rifle.

My question is do Matt and/ or Robert ever use a gun? Also I know that Steve, Venus and Matt have their own color coded jetmobile I'm going to put them on, , but how about Robert?

I would ask about Zoony but I'm assuming the answer's "No" on him.

When I'm finished working on Fireball XL5, I'll be working on Stingray, then Thunderbirds after that. Does Marina or Atlanta ever use a gun on Stingray?

For the Thunderbirds, I plan to have all five of the Tracy boys with a version of the jetmobile to ride, probably just reusing the model from Fireball.

Does Jeff, Brain, Kyrano, or Tin-Tin ever use a gun?

Thanks for any answers.

3D game model of Venus with gun

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