Trojan Duck, 1893 - created by pearlie


Trojan Duck, 1893
Favs: 4SBS: 8Hi-resRank: 4/14Score: 66.2% (33)13585 views

The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War, as told in Virgil's Latin epic poem The Aeneid, also by Dionysius, Apollodorus and Quintus of Smyrna. The events in this story from the Bronze Age took place after Homer's Iliad, and before his Odyssey. It was the stratagem that allowed the Greeks finally to enter the city of Troy and end the conflict.

Quietly sneaking in to the enemy port city at dawn centuries later, this is a rare shot of the Trojan Duck - an Industrial Age version of the original Bronze Age Trojan Horse.

Source image is used, please see sbs - and you can see his beady little eye in the upper port, keeping a steady watch. (5 years and 2990 days ago)

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avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Head looks flat compared to the body. The plates should be curved accordingly.

avatar kushpatel
kushpatel says:

fantastic work author like it

avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

Great texture overlay, but the lighting doesn't match the background...

author says:

Good call, Bob, I've rounded the head a bit more. Thank you, Kushpatel. And MossyB, I've darkened the bushes and large rooftop slightly, but other than that the lighting is as I envision it - dawn with the sun barely peeking through the smog - lighting from upper right throughout.

avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

Good job correcting the lighting. It was the top of that roof on the left that was throwing a visual monkey wrench into the image. Now it's no longer fighting for dominance, and the roofline can bring the eye back down to the duck.

avatar lchappell
lchappell says:

Nice job on the Trojan Duck, love the armor plating work. Good warp tool technique. Nice mood and good choice of colors.

avatar Chuck
Chuck says:

Nice Job

avatar lolu
lolu says:

Maybe you can burn a little bit more the duck, however very good work author, good luck !

author says:

Made some adjustments in the shadows/shading and darks/lights. Have also added a low opacity dark orange layer for that warm early morning foggy glow. Thank you all for your comments!

avatar Drivenslush

Super industrial Duck.. Quacky quackers!!!

avatar aheman
aheman says:

cool.. should add "soldiers" climbing out of the ducky or a door

author says:

Thank you, aheman, I did think of that, but the duck is still traveling, and the 'soldiers' are tending all that heavy machinery inside - and staying stealth for the time being.

avatar riady
riady says:

Wow, it's interesting to ride on copper ship in the duck shape It could also be nice to ride in duck submarine - great work author

avatar mounirupa
mounirupa says:

woww Good thaught & Great Presentation

All the best

avatar CorneliaMladenova

Great idea

avatar George55
George55 says:

IMHO You did a good job....like your SBS, and the image is good. GL author.

avatar RIPSAW
RIPSAW says:

avatar JoeCacia
JoeCacia says:

Way to think outside the box author! Lovely!

avatar Drivenslush

Congrats!!! hehehe

avatar lchappell
lchappell says:

u dun gud

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