'The Lost World: Alex Cervantes: The Abduction'

Well Im the new guy here and Im also extremely late on posting things...the thing is that I have two computers which I have to transfer info from one another to be able to post things..but I already have some parts done for this challenge..ill be posting the parts I have done and how i did it..then I hope to be able to finish on time..Ill be posting my concept in a couple of hours..

The records show that in 1947 in Roswell ,New Mexico a spacecraft had crashed and that the government had seized everything for studies in the facilities known as Area 51....Now the year is 2007 ,60 years later. The US has made an outstanding breakthrough..they have been able to repair and reproduce at massive quantities the spacecraft once found in the middle of nowhere..By the end of the year ,the U.S. will send a fleet which will go off into a voyage trying to find any worlds with live beings..The galaxy is now in our hands ,and we will no longer be the ones being observed but rather we will be the observers..This means we need specimens for studies ,however we were never specified how many specimens to take..so well take as many as needed..our mission is now called 'The Abduction'

Theres my concept sketch..We found a world with our climate and atmosphere and now we are taking over a civilization which used to be very similar to a human one at an early stage of evolution..it seems like we are going overboard and we are taking everyone here..eventually this will become a lost civilization in their planet...

Well there you guys have it..the story..If you guys are wondering why I have so many updates is because I have been working on this contest for the past week I just never got the chance to transfer the data to the computer that has internet at my house..sorry but here are all the updates I have available..and if youre wondering why did I enter so late is because I was in another contest...however it just ended...so I have to hurry up to finish this..
Im going to be using Vue due to its great environment lighting for outdoor scenes and itsgreat scattering of objets..everything Im modeling will be in 3ds max 7 and then it will be composited with photoshop for color correction and a bit compositing itself..

Im posting everything I have right now because I would like it if I had some constructive critiques..Also its because Im probably not posting anything else for about 4 days.....then Ill send the final..the rendering will probably take an approximate of 48 hours...I finished a render with the trees only and t took 36 hours..and its only 1600x1200 ...I have a slow computer...

oohh by the way if you guys think the ship is very cliche I know it is however I really liked it..because it seems primitive in comparison to anything futuristic and the point of this is that we are barely getting the hang of spacecrafting...again critiques are very much welcome..please.

Let me explain a bit more about these creatures...they walk just like we do ,due to the planet's geometry and formation however they had to develop wings over millions of years due to the dangerous creatures dwelling on the ground and due to the very high amount of toxic gas thats at the ground level..however they have no faces..they are spiritual creatues that communicate telepathically...but they wear masks to make their predators scared and to have better aerodynamics in the air...Ill post the helmet however Im not don with the creatures...Im thinking about not adding any creatures at all and to make it seem all lonley due to the very short amount of time I have but even if I dont add it Ill post a wip of what I had done..regardless..but Ill show you guys the mask/beak..

[THE GHOST]

nice....... :buttrock:

the rst of the updates

at that stage I had decided to change it a bit because of the time ..I didnt have much..last updates

final images...
No frame and frame..
panoramic w/o frame 1800x1200 http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...dpanoramic.jpg
panoramic w frame 1800x1500 http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ishedframe.jpg
1600x1200 no frame http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...s/finished.jpg

I really dont know how to post links..if these are incorrect please instruct me of how to do it...sorry and thanks

Wow ....almost real lost world
good work and good luck bro ;)

thanks for the comment...I was actually wondering why everyone gets comments but me...I would really like to know what people think..

hey bro
just make sure that ur work is one of the best works in this challenge
"I don't wanna say the best because ppl will hate me here.....lol"
good luck again

[meraj]

very very nice thinking , modeling , texuring all the things. i love ur art work.
best of luck. i am waiting for vote. ur environment is so nice. which software u used? :)