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I have been watching the Space 1999 series, and it has inspired me to create some images of my own that you will not see in any of the TV series episodes. This is monitor wallpaper sized at 1920x1080 pixels. It is my version of the "Ultra Probe" leaving the Earth-Moon system in 1996 (before the Moon was blasted out of orbit), and Moon Base Alpha for the newly discovered planet, Ultra.Please, download it and use it on your monitor if you are a fan of science fiction and particularly Space 1999. This is based on the episode, Demon's Domain, Season 1 Episode 23. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%2…
I also want to thank so many people who have created some of the 3D models and the maps and textures I have used here. I added my own space ship exhaust using my own constructed material.
The models and some of the maps came from space1999.org at www.space1999.org/gallery/cgi_…
The Earth maps came from shaderelief.com at www.shadedrelief.com/natural3/…
I used Bryce 7 Pro and applied some of the standard materials on the ship, which were slightly customized by me for this image.
NOTE: I also uploaded a much larger version for generating larger prints of this image, should anyone want to buy one.
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Well done, i see
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Thanx for the kind comment, Alois, once again!
I tried to make the measurements and perspective believable, with "space" lighting, as much as possible!
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Thank you so much for the kind comment. I appreciate it greatly!
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I wish to use those programs some day. Now I am stuck with an outdated Ubuntu computer, although I won't change by all the gold in the world for a windows computer.
I like to experiment with programs, what are the programs you use most frequestly?
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I use Photoshop the most (CS5 is better then CS6), and especially as a post-processing and multi-image compositing.
For 3D work, I like to use Rhino for modeling, and Bryce Pro 7 (free) for rendering, and sometimes Photoshop's 3D capabilities. Sculptris is a fun sculpting 3D program, and was still free the last I checked.
For 2D work, I use Photoshop, TwistedBrush Pro Studio, Texture Maker 3 (for texture and pattern generation), and Ultra Fractal, among a bunch of other obscure free programs.
I am sure you are using Gimp 2.
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Thanks for telling
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I like the symmetry capabilities in TwistedBrush. There is a free version as well.
Texture Maker is a very powerful pattern generator, originally developed for 3D game makers. It is not a painting program. I especially like the Multi-texture Mixer, and the Arithmetic Combiner Tools to create complex textures.
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Beautiful job. I remember 'Dragons Domain', perhaps the most frightening moments in TV history.
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Yes, it was a most frightful episode. Sometimes thee series open up the common human psyche and make us aware of the many many events that can occur to Earth and its inhabitants.
Thank you for the wonderful comment on my image!
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You are most welcome.
"Well, they do look somewhat like flies caught in a spider's web."
- Professor Victor Bergman
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Very nicely modelled. I like the retro look a lot. I never really got into space1999, but lately i checked out a handful of episodes just to satiate my sci fi thirst. (sadly, there are not many space based science fiction tv shows around these days).
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Well, the model is not mine, but I did choose the textures and light, and made the scene form scratch, too!
I am watching all the Space 1999 episodes. I am nearly through the first season. Some of it is so corny and looks so ancient, even for 1999. The "receipt paper" prinouts, the remotes and the computer are so hokey now.
I now see so much of Star Trek in the space: 1999 episode story lines, all remade of course. Barbara Bain comes across as an automaton, but not at all like Spock.
There is a remake of 1999 called "Space: 2099" in the works.
Anyway, thanx for your kind comments!
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Compositing is as much important as the 3d model!. If i dare say, sometimes even more. For me personally it usually takes longer to actually set up proper light and composition than to model the thing 
Well, i do enjoy a good dose of cheesy and corny once in a while 
Btw: Very interesting to know about that remake. I'll be keeping an eye on it.
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Glad to be of service.
I hope it is as good as the reboot of Star Trek too!
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Thanx for the kind comments!
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Fabulous model - and from a fabulous inflential series. A true gem and you did this justice sir!
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Thank you for the kind comments! :bow
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Thank you for honouring this *bows back*
Plan ever to do the Altares from "Into Infinity" ?
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That is a new one for me. I shall check it out. Thanx!
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You'll love her - promise!
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Always loved that show. Remember sending away my allowance money to get the Space: 1999 Technical Manual.
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I bought the Star Trek Technical Manual.
I do not remember all the episodes of Space: 1999, so as I re-watch them, I am looking for opportunities to make new "filler scenes".
Thanx, again!
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The first season of Space: 1999 is good. The second one ..... Not so much. Mostly because of the writing.
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I did like Maya in the second season, as a side note.
So many of the science fiction TV shows of the 1960's and 1970's introduced unbelievable "monsters" in the latter seasons. I think the writers were not very imaginative and "wrote down" to a "supposedly illiterate" audience. I became tired of the guest actors being killed off by them too!
In the remake of Space: 1999, dubbed "Space: 2099", I hope they are a great deal more technically correct that the Scifi of the latter 20th century. [link]
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Maya was cool.
Much of Space: 1999 is very believable. Airports today look like '99. The eagle is very convincing in appearance and could be a development of NASA moon technology.
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I still think it is weird they used little "paper tape" printouts, and those humongous remote controls; but then, cell phones, computer tablets and flat monitors did not exist then.
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Do you pay attention to any of the discoveries NASA has been making with the Hubble telescope? This is beautiful!
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Rose Mary, I am an avid science nerd! I follow all the space probes, and the telescopes and other scientific findings! My life would be incomplete without them.
Thanx for the kind comment on my image, too! I try to make the 3D space images look realistic.
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You accomplish that well sir! Have they ever found another water planet? I've never seen anything out there as beautiful as Earth have you?
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I don't think so. We just happen to be in the "Goldilocks zone" as it is called.
I must admit that they have found water on the Moon, mostly near the Moon's south pole in the shade. Also, a recent article told of a discovery of water at the north pole of Mars, and some a bit deeper in the flatter parts of the planet.
The recent pass of Venus across the Sun's face was a test for a couple of telescopes to see if they can detect chemical elements in the Venusian atmosphere. I don't think they have had time to complete reviewing data from those observations yet.
Since they could not point Hubble directly at the Sun, they used the Moon as a reflector surface to see if they could do the same for other planet-satellite combinations. I have not seen any of the images from that test as well. I hope they will be successful with all these tests.
And I would also like to see a probe purposefully leave for Alpha Centauri in my lifetime. I know it will take at least 80 to 150 years to get there, but I think it is a meaningful and prudent probe! We need to find a place to colonize sooner than later.
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I saw a few nights ago on some Science TV channel that Hubble will be returning to Earth soon and they've already got another off world telescope ready to go further out to capture better information than Hubble. I don't think we'll be going anywhere in our lifetime as the finances globally are going in the tanker. I live near NASA in Texas in fact one of my nurses works there in the clinic. That place is less than half what it used to be. The current President does not like NASA because it's in Texas. I am happy you like space exploration. I've always wanted to see the "Final Frontier".
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Well, I can hope, can't I?
I hope to live long enough to see the results from the New Horizons probe to Pluto. [link] It is 2/3 of the way to Pluto now. WOW! 
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We need to figure out how to create Warp speed travel! Other worlds have it or their life spans run into the thousands of years. There are drawings of Astronauts on cave walls drawn by ancient civilizations. If they can get here someone either has to live very long or travel very fast.
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I agree. Perhaps the discovery of the "Higgs Boson" [link] will allow us to finally figure out how to "travel without moving"!
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Perhaps. I want to tell you that I am intelligent and very open to learning about new scientific breakthroughs toward higher speed space travel but I am not trained. I don't want you to wonder at what might seem to be denseness in some subjects on my part. I love to learn and am excited about new discoveries as well as discoveries of ancient origin that help to explain our "real" origin which science is starting to consider may be of Extraterrestrial activity here on Earth. So bear with me when I have a lack of knowledge. I do not wish to be a disappointment to you. So the existence of the Higgs Boson particle explains the reason for the existence of mass when traditional science equations show that mass should be impossible. You never know what lies ahead.
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I am most happy to discuss these topics with you. I try to never assume that anyone knows all what I know. We all are versed on different topics, and some more than others.
The important part is that we have open minds and are willing to learn new ideas and topics.
As for what is ahead of us, or humankind in general, humans will still be learning way after I am dead and gone. Discoveries abound in so many topics; that is one of the reasons I feel we are here ... to help the Universe (or Multiverse) know about themselves. After all, we are just hungry stardust!
What would you like to chat about, Rose Mary? Perhaps we should take our chat to the notes venue so as not to clutter up the comments on any specific image.
And, lastly, it is all fun, if we so make it! 
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I am very comfortable with scientific discovery. I just wanted you to know my level of understanding. My father had an interest in space science and later on historical archaeological discoveries and how they correlated to one another. Prior to his passing in 2002 his favorite subject was the findings of the writings of Sumerian people and their translation by Zecharia Sitchin. He and I would have wonderful conversations 3 hours at a time on these types of subjects. I miss him and our conversations greatly.
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Cheers for this, I just started out with Bryce, and this is really nice
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There are lots of free 3D resources all over the Internet. Bryce is one of the easier 3D programs to use, and is very flexible and artistic. I know you will have loads of fun with it, as I do. Check out the many tutorials all over the 'net for it, and also here on 
I look forward to seeing more of your work. You have a great gallery, and seem to be doing well with 3D too!
Thanx for the very kind comment on my image!
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