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Chrisofedf β The Watchtower.
Published: 2012-07-12 13:13:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 11023; Favourites: 199; Downloads: 485
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Thunderbird 5 sits high above the earth ready to respond to a call for help at a moments notice...As i'm going through the classic Thunderbirds, I inevitably came to Thunderbird 5. Not an easy one especially to find a good angle and to give it a sense of realism.
I was originally going to shoot it rescuing villagers from a volcanic eruption or trying to free a stricken cruise ship... then i remembered it can do none of those things...
It kind of just sits there while etherial Barry Gray music swirls around it.
Then it occurred to me, using the law of infinite probability, somewhere out there, there is someone who thinks Thunderbird 5 is their favourite Thunderbird.
Then I thought how they must have been bullied at school, let down by the fact it never got any screen time, how they must have despaired of it never having a decent toy... and when it did it got recalled after the September the 11th attacks for having non PC sound phrases...
So I figured, dude/woman, this ones for you... so here is Thunderbird 5, in its natural habitat orbiting high above the earth doing exactly what it always did... minus the Barry Gray music, but you can put that on yourself...
Made In:
Vue 10
Photoshop.
Google Skechup
And lots of Bon Jovi/Two steps from hell.
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how did they get this massive thing in space while keeping there whole organization and such hush hush in the mean time ive always pondered
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I like the title of this piece; it is a watchtower of sorts
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Having just modelled TB5 myself, I imagined this would be easy. It wasn't.
You've made a nice job, but I see a common mistake and a number of nitpicky flaws:
The "coil" torus running around the station should have it's detail radially, not laterally.
(ie, wrapped like a tesla coil)
Minor flubs like the rubber 'handles' on the torus seem oddly shaped and should be black.
The "tanks" behind the "5" are too rounded.
I can't say I like the clear glass dome, it's needs to be more blurry and plastic.
Lovely Earth background and lighting.
Could do with a bit more contrast overall to give it some black "crunch" and colour.
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>Then it occurred to me, using the law of infinite probability, somewhere out there, there is someone who thinks Thunderbird 5 is their favourite Thunderbird.Β
Then I thought how they must have been bullied at school, let down by the fact it never got any screen time, how they must have despaired of it never having a decent toy... and when it did it got recalled after the September the 11th attacks for having non PC sound phrases...Β
>So I figured, dude/woman, this ones for you... so here is Thunderbird 5, in its natural habitat orbiting high above the earth doing exactly what it always did... minus the Barry Gray music, but you can put that on yourself...
You just described me to a T. John was always my favorite brother, we even have a birthday just a few days apart. TB5 was a freaking SPACE STATION, how could it NOT be the coolest TB out there? You're totally right I had so many TB1-4 toys, even FAB1, and the Mole, but only ever one TB5... I even introduced my 2 year old to the plastic voice set this past month, and he loved TB5, memorizing all of it's phrases (his favorite being "Father, 10 people are trapped", and my wifeΒ accidentallyΒ stepped on it, breaking off one of it's dishes... 
I just found this art, and your page. I love it, and if there were a way to purchase it, I would be throwing money at you. Right. Now.
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that's someone somewhere would be me. Thunderbirds 4 and 5 where always my favourites. I always wonderd what John did to have been sentenced to space exile as a kid and when the truth came out he was the least liked marronettes out of the bunch I felt rather sorry for him. I still do and while I don't mind the newer (and more logical) desgin of this thunderbird, it always has a space in my heart for the poor son sentensed to a life in space all on his lonesome untill his brother's came and got him.
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I do like Thunderbirds 5 and in the 2015 series it gets more screen time and a space lift (I'm British so deal with me not using the word elevator) and E.O.S
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Every so often I go look at your art again and I cant even, good gosh, these are the most incredible things, congrats on your unbelievable levels of talent. Five is, ridiculously enough, my favorite and this is actually perfect <33 x
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Very nice rendering. I had the toy Thunderbird 5 in the sixties. My fav was of course TB2 
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True but at least you can go buy a jeep and pretend your garage is Thunderbird 2 now.
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I love the way the sunlight hit Thunderbird 5, nice work.
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Beautiful work. I never liked 5 much personally (being a space geek I never understood how they god the damn thing up there in one piece, I mean it makes TB3 look small), but it certainly looks awesome here.
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It wasn't my favourite Thunderbird by any means, but as my name is John I was always disappointed that my namesake got left up there on his own taking phone calls. But I guess out there somewhere was a kid called Virgil (who was constantly bullied for being called Virgil) who must've been really chuffed that there was a cool Tracy brother with his name.
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Beautiful. Just beautiful. Gerry would approve. R.I.P, Mr. Anderson.
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Cheers, he'd seen some of my artwork before, luckily he approved
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really nice work. lighting is superb
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Has taken me quite a while to reply to these.
Still, you caught a good look at TB5 here. It does look dramatic so long as you get it from the right angle.
(But then you rarely ever see it at any other angle so...)
I had no idea the toys got recalled.
At least the Japanese made those really ncie Thunderbird5 figurines.
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Cheers, Its got a few good angles, especially in conjunction with Thunderbird 3 
I think one of the catch phrases was about "a Missile attack on New york" which understandably didn't help in the latter half of 2001.
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I actually have one! It's one of the nicer toys.
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Awesome! I'm Glad you did the Classic Thunderbird 5! the TB5 from the Movie Just Didn't Feel right to Me!
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It felt ok to me, it was on of the better things they came up with
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Yeah. but was Kinda closer to Concept than the Original!
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Like said above, it is nicely rendered, and I think you captured it in the best way possible, as t it is... well... orbiting around and that's all that is visually doing xD Nice job!
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That is gorgeous. I really like the angle you've chosen and the lighting effects. Highlighting the docking bay is a fine idea.
The only problem I see is that, if you look at the show, Thunderbird Five is farther away from Earth than your picture suggests. But artistic license comes into play here.
Fine work. Going in my favorites (even though TB5 isn't my favorite Thunderbird).
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Very true actually, though I don't know if you could sustain a safe orbit from that distance.
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It was an extremely useful ship.
It saved Anderson from having to include John in any of the stories unless he 'really' wanted to
Very cool piece of art though, good job
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