r/WarofTheWorlds

I've never listened to Jeff Waynes musical, but I've heard a lot of good things about it! So I went down to my local Vinyl shop and found an 1978 original release! I'll let you all know my thoughts on it when I've listened to it!

My younger brother made these artworks and gave them some lore.

1. The legs are mounted on top of the heads to give then a more spider-like walk.

2. Three is the magic number: three legs, three arms (the death ray is the third arm), three eyes.

3. The Martians are barely a generational tech level above humanity. Hence exposed cabling, mechanical joints and two-fingered "crab" style claws.

4. The death ray is invisible. It's a pure, science-based microwave beam. Meaning victims get cooked from the inside out until their fluids boil and melt them internally, or their fluids convert to gas trying to escape their bodies and the victims organs burst. Unlike traditional Martian death rays which are sometimes depicted as instant death, the microwave beam is much slower and agonizing. Hellish...

5. These Martians are genuine sadistic monsters. They could set their death rays to be stronger and insta-kill their victims, but some of them get genuine enjoyment out of watching humans "pop" in the same way the more unstable among us enjoy stomping on insects. So they set their death ray power levels to low power to prolong the kill.

6. These Martians are weird because the tripod is based on a Martian body. These Martians are three-legged arachnids. Some are soldiers, some are scientists, some are farmers brought along to spread martian flora, some are genuine civilians that were brought along to tend to their masters or family units, some are engineers that construct martian megastructures and some are like commanders, or bare some kind of rank or authority over the others.

7. There is no "black smoke". Instead the martian chemical weapon is "Martian rain". The Martians use a specialized form of cloud seeding to release a nerve agent into the clouds above, making them rain a blood red rain that when in contact with a human, shuts their organs down, killing them slowly and painfully within hours. One drop of Martian rain can kill you within seven hours.

8. There is hope for humanity, these tripods have no shields. They can be killed with enough guns and artillery, its just really hard. The United States is coming to aod the European coalition. One Martian pod veered off course and landed in Grovers Mill New Jersey when the rest landed in Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Europe, it was killed by the state militia after a two hour rampage and the USA is on its way to aid in the war knowing the Martians will invade the U.S once Europe and the surrounding territories are is obliterated.

9. The Martians are infighting for moral, militar, and colonial reasons. Remember that civilians and other non-combatent Martians were brought along too. These Martians are slowly turning against their masters, believing this invasion was wrong. A Martian who is a mother might not gel well with the idea of killing other mothers and their children. Different species or not. A scientists wants to learn of this world and its people, not burn it all down for petty conquest. Martian servitors who were enslaved would see being brought to earth as a chance to escape or fight back. Martian soldiers who lost their comrades only to be told "every sacrifice is worth it" might start to feel betrayed, or like a pawn in their masters game. Martian elders, who bore witness to the destruction of Mars and the near extinction of the Martians, may see this invasion as a continuation of that destruction and extinction on yet another world.

10. While not confirmed, it is 100% possible a rebellious faction of Martians might side with humanity. They would find some way to break the language barrier. Humans would get a technology boost, and the Martian rebels, if mankind was victorious, would be allowed to colonize unpopulated parts of the earth, kind of like "Martian reservations".

Was shopping at a Half Price Books and saw this.

War of the Worlds isn't even a movie in this collection.

THE EXPLOSIVE LITERARY MASHUP SERIES CONTINUES—GODZILLA IS TAKING ON THE CLASSICS ONE STORY AT A TIME!
IN THIS OVERSIZE ONE-SHOT, COMIC BOOK LEGEND KYLE BAKER JOINS THE FUN TO HELP GODZILLA DEFEND THE PLANET AGAINST INVADERS FROM MARS! THE WAR OF THE WORLDS REGALED READERS WITH THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN ENGLAND WHEN FARAWAY INVADERS ARRIVED. THIS COMIC ASKS A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION…WHAT WAS GOING ON IN JAPAN? THE ANSWER: MARTIANS WERE GETTING SMASHED LEFT AND RIGHT BY THE KING OF THE MONSTERS!

I also put it on Sketchfab if you would like to use it in your projects because I just made this for fun

So I decided to make my own tripod design and the designs of a couple other Martian vehicles, so there's going to be a couple images here. First of all is obviously the tripod itself. Next are the three Martian vehicles the scout vehicles the handling machines and the buggies, next is a sequence that basically shows how the tripod unfolds cuz this tripod is also the landing vehicle instead of the Martians landing in capsules and building the tripods the tripods are also the Landers. Next is my Martian design up front. And then lastly is the different types of ends the Martian tripod arms can have.

Here's a description about each vehicle's design and it's purpose in The invasion:

The tripods AKA The Martian war machines: Okay so let's start with the legs obviously first and foremost are the claws at the end of each leg they're kind of like climbing hooks? That's not the right comparison what I mean is you know those kinds of grappling hooks the three-pronged ones you know hinged joints sharp, triangular, that's basically what the tips of these legs look like then it's a sort of Spike that leads into them and then it's these 2 sort of like cone shapes with the bottom sort of indented all the way up after that, and then those lead into the actual legs the first part has two fins and then the next part has one and both of them are connected via ball joints giving them this sort of claw like shape. The main body has sort of this v shape. While the head has this shape of like an upside down triangle that's slightly rounded with a dent in the middle and then a little spike in the middle of then making three spikes on each side are these headlight like things that swivel around they have these little hooked fins on top of them too the middle of the head has this heart-shaped window materially inspired by the ones from the musical where it's this sort of honeycomb compound eye-like looking material. And then behind that sort of faceplate for lack of a better term is this rounded structure that looks like flexible metal again sort of like a rounded cone and it goes more into a circle near the bottom with two fins jetting out. And then on the neck for lack of a speak are two holes where tendrils come out and there's also tendrils coming out the bottom and then on the lower portion of the body there's one arm with this sort of pincer crab like claw and then the other one has the all too important heat ray which sort of looks like a miniature version of the head but instead of the three I sort of look it's only got the one and instead of a more jutting out structure it's got more of an indented look to it. To be fair took me a couple tries to pin down what I wanted the legs to be like, originally I was going for something more closer to the 2005 versions where the legs split off into three smaller legs which is cool but I just couldn't really get it to work right with what I wanted from the rest of the design so I kept switching ideas until I found a design that worked with what I wanted.

The scariest part of my tripods is that they are also the Landers, they start folded up land on Earth and then unfold into the tripods. The knees of the legs are ball jointed and the calves for lack of a better word are the same flexible metal as the arms but the rest of the legs are telescopic. The left arm has a sort of pincer claw like a crab. The right one has the heat ray. And on the sides of the head of the tripod are two headlights with these shark-like fins, these headlights rotate 360° and basically act as eyes because this is a design is intentionally supposed to use the fact that the human brain loves to see faces and things to its advantage making it just close enough to where you can see a face but it's also still inhuman enough to not be fully anthropromorphized. On their back is the three pipes that I meant the black smoke and steam, these are obviously the main war machines designed to be able to traverse any sort of terrain and trample any sort of resistance.

the Martian scouts: a smaller version of a tripod instead of telescopic legs it's simple ball joints with spider like legs on a more triangular body, the crest is one rounded metal bit instead of 3, there's no tentacles, and the arms instead of having interchangeable bits are unretractable and have Spears at the end of them and the lights on these tripods aren't swiveling external parts but instead integrated lights which while it loses its maneuverability in terms of where it can move its lights it makes up because these are much smaller standing at around 25 ft, and being much faster, but they're also not as great for all-terrain movement, because of their sharp one-point legs. And their main body is essentially just 2 pyramids on top of eachother. Of course it's a bit more complicated than that they are not a perfect triangle they're more angled and the bottom half is obviously upside down but you get what I mean.

Then the Martian handling machines: only slightly taller than a human without the tail, it has five legs on each side it's head is a diamond shape with two windshields, instead of headlights the handling machine has pincer like extremities, which is it's only means of defense, it also has two clawed arms, and of course on the back of it is its tail which is similar to the tripod's foot but without the third prong, making it more of a pincer. The handler's job is repairs, construction, and capture. As noted by the hole in its body where captured humans are stored and materials for construction and repair are also stored. It's about 15 tall with the tail.

But we're not done there's one more vehicle. The Martian buggy: 6 ft tall. The smallest Martian war vehicle, it has tank like treads a particularly small body and it's the only vehicle where the Martian is actually exposed instead of a windshield it's got a sort of cage around it. Where the Martian connected to a breathing mask, controls it. A mix between a motorcycle and a tank to give clean design comparison, this thing's job is to collect scrap metal. A single big headlight on the front of its head, above the head of course is where the Martian sits, and the body has three wheels with tank like treads and the bottom of the head has a sort of claw like extrusion of metal prongs meant to trap metal into the neck of it where it goes inside the body for processing. this scrap metal is then recycled for the Martians use.

its not the best. but i tried to capture the "rolling" and erratic movements. the description of the body being "violently bowled" was what i tried the most to replicate

So I figured I should have a good copy of the novel. A First Edition costs $5000 to $10,000 (Aus), so, well...

So what would be the second best year to buy? 1953, of course. And quite a good deal cheaper. It has one illustration inside that I think is pretty cool...

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It’s been said before but Edward’s Goreys illustrations capture something few others do. His depictions aren’t overly detailed or elaborate, yet they in the hold such a strong feeling of hopelessness. The way the tripods move almost like a jellyfish walking along the ground. And how the landscapes are flat and black with ruin. The martians themselves besides the machines are always in shadow, yet give enough detail to see the horror of them. And how he quite literally takes Well’s first depiction of the black smoke rising like mountains.

To me his illustrations capture the true horror of the book. Not the war itself but the utter dread and despair that progressed as the story continued.

I was found this my fav from internet archive

Dont worry it had full both books in it

Tripod in prison for being too nice