I wanted to draw something War of the Worlds-based,following descriptions from the book. Then I realised I lent the book to someone at work.
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:24,
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Saying that, I have a few drawings and paintings to do.I should get on with one. Either: a) a bird for a friend who is moving and took me out on a lot of birding trips; or b) my friend's ship before he leaves for a shore posting.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:25,
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I'm just babbling, ignore me. Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:26,
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NING k3b/-\b!Where have you been all my life the last few weeks?
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Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on,
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 11:13,
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From Wiki..The Martians are described as octopus-like creatures; the "body" consists of only a head about four feet across having two eyes, a V-shaped, lipless, beak-like mouth, and two branches of 'almost-whip like' eight tentacles each around the mouth. Internally, the Martians consist of a brain, lungs, heart, and blood vessels; they have no organs for digestion, and therefore sustain themselves by mechanically transfusing blood from other animals into their arteries by a little pipette.
The ear, a single membrane located in the back of the head, is believed to be useless in Earth's atmosphere
(The ear, a single membrane located in the back of the head, is believed to be useless in Earth's atmosphere
Captain Howdy,
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:30,
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Ah yes.I wondered about doing a scene of Horsell Common with the capsule, possibly even as far as half the crowd being torched. Maybe a project for another evening.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:35,
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I'm still waiting for someone to do a film version set in Victorian London.The sense of being overwhelmed by a superior force is far more prevalent when the only thing you can throw at it is an ocean-bound ironclad.
( Captain Howdy,
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:41,
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YES!I've been saying this for years, if only for seeing Woking burnt to the ground.
In the meantime, have a pea roast:
(In the meantime, have a pea roast:
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:57,
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Woking? Yeah, man. I'm with you on that one.Woo, also.
( Captain Howdy,
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:59,
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You might like this...(
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 11:18,
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:DAlso, my favourite xkcd comic...
xkcd.com/556/
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Wed 23 Feb 2011, 11:30,
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Pendragon pictures attempted it..But the end result was complete pants :(
Cannon were pretty effective against the fighting machines in the book.
Unfortunately for humanity gas masks had not yet been invented.... So the black smoke did for them all.
Wells didn't know much about military tactics unfortunately (he was a pacifist after all). The best strategy would be large mines laid in the path of the fighting machines - kaboom!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPGrrnpzB_Y
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Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:42,
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Cannon were pretty effective against the fighting machines in the book.
Unfortunately for humanity gas masks had not yet been invented.... So the black smoke did for them all.
Wells didn't know much about military tactics unfortunately (he was a pacifist after all). The best strategy would be large mines laid in the path of the fighting machines - kaboom!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPGrrnpzB_Y