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more aliens, they're tripods with weird hand mouths

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2022-12-22

Had an idea that the tripods from war of the worlds are organic creatures manufactured by the Martians. The Martians act as the tripods brains

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2022-11-11

Well heres the thing,

I don't think this version of the Tripods is BAD. Its just that there hasn't been a film adaptation with these designs yet because i think its more alien like than what we have.

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2022-10-06


Rejected by his mother Hera because he was lame & ugly, Hephaestus was cared for by the Sintians and became a skilled craftsman. He built automatons to help him in his forge on Mt Olympus. His creations included the Golden Tripods & Talos a giant cast in bronze.

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2022-09-19

Sometimes you buy art that reminds you of childhood. I just added to my collection a great piece by Bond+Age I that reminded of a book a read in elementary school "The White Mountains" -- the first sci-fi book i read. Tripods!!!

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2022-07-27

Martian Fighting-Machine tripods are invading! Who can stop them?

Perhaps a band of intrepid Aethernauts, LIKE YOU!

(image Alvim Correa)

https://t.co/F4AJQsUqFc

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2022-07-21

This weeks theme is “War of the Worlds” so here’s two pieces I’ve done so far showing the Tripods Over Victorian England and The Red Weed. Both made with

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2022-06-11

1922 - Sam Youd AKA John Christopher, author of The Tripods trilogy, The Death of Grass and The Possessors among others and - alongside Terrance Dicks - the writer who made me fall in love with reading as a kid.

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2022-04-16

There are some amazing characters, along with vivid descriptions from Wells that feel like he was creating paintings with words. So some time ago I sat down to visualise what I thought the Martian Tripods could have looked like -

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2022-01-17

Model: Fighting-Machine ("Tripods")
Debut: War of the Worlds (1906 edition)
Year: 1906
Designers: H.G. Wells and Henrique Alvim Corrêa

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2021-12-14

We’ve got a 🔥hot deal🔥from coming up in the next hour! https://t.co/eYi2ceN2nV

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2021-11-30

For me...

Watership Down - Richard Adams
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Tripods - John Christopher

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2021-08-19

when this fucking BEHEMOTH of a watcher appears and does that sort of long unsettling WHEEEOOO sound the Tripods do in War of the Worlds you KNOW it's OVER

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2021-03-31

where we are at right now... it's like I'm watching the dvd all over again.

video coming soon

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2021-01-28

Yes, the first illustrated tripods were rather stiff and construction crane in their appearance (shown here). The illustrations that appeared in the French edition have so much more character to them, I’m certainly much more a fan of the Corrêa renditions.
Shame about the coin.

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2021-01-07

Huron continues! Njar and Sertis catch up with the tripods and hold their friends hostage!
Current Update: https://t.co/ELNNCOfV7S
The Beginning: https://t.co/JQP4rWhrZL

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2020-12-20