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Get ORFF my Asteroid!!!
 
"Get orff my planet!!!"

Air
The Idea :
I love creating mechanoid insects and always wanted to create a mechanoid based on an ANT. Thus came about the All Terrain Negotiator.
Further details on the ATN is given in the inventions section.

Fire
Inspiration:
Tintin and Destination Moon. In some ways at that point of time the forth coming Invasion to Iraq also served the purpose of helping shape the story.

Water
The story:
David v/s Goliath. The under dog taking on the big guys. The setting of this story is Planetoid Quari.
Spotted by the Galactic Federations (now isn't that a nice name for United Space-stations of Andromeda?), the preliminary scouts and probes, the ATNs, are sent to prospect for the rich mineral deposits.
But our Planetoid Quari has its own resident lil Green Man, Mad Sam, who happens to live here all by himself along with his pet Ant, who is both his man Friday as also his steed.
And Mad Sam definitely doesn't appreciate the intrusion into his space.

Earth
Execution:
Modeled and rendered in Bryce. The ATN (All Terrain Negotiator) is created via booleans with a smattering of multi-replication and terrain objects thrown in. All resemblance to ANTS is completely intentional.
The Alien ant is an assembly of spheres and the alien ling is made of metaballs. Some color correction, touch up and cape in Photoshop.
NB As this was posted in the forums just pre the second Iraq war, it generated a lot of thought processes in all directions. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on it.
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