In November 2004, over on the Citizens
of the Imperium board, Angus "Falkayn" McDonald drew up
deckplans for his Speculative Trader starship, the
Lanthium Petal. A few of us produced sketches or renders of what the
ship would look like. Once the models were built, the obvious next step was
to animate them. I started with a short clip showing the
ship going into jump, and then another showing it on a starport landing
pad having cargo loaded. These seemed to go down well, so I started adding more
and more scenes, and so the first Traveller Mini-Movie was born.
The models and animation were created using Cinema 4D, with help from Paint Shop Pro, VideoWave, and VirtualDub.
IMPORTANT: All the animations are in AVI format, compressed using the DivX codec. You MUST have this installed in order to view them.
NEW - Added YouTube links.
1. A Quick Getaway
Chased by a g-carrier, the crew of the Iridium Rose, a Lanthium Petal-class Speculative Trader, hurry back to the starport in their air/raft. Once their cargo is loaded, they take off and head for the jump point, pursued by a Scout/Courier...
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29/01/2005, 1m 22s, 10.6Mb - DOWNLOAD
2. Striker
A pair of Broadsword-class Mercenary Cruisers arrive in-system, fight their way past a trio of Dragon-class SDBs, and try to capture a military base on the planet.
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26/05/2006, 640x480, 2m 48s, 13.5Mb - DOWNLOAD
3. Solomani Navy Recruiting Film
Another result of a throwaway comment on COTI...
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Music: Beethoven's Ode To Joy (the Solomani anthem IMTU).
26/05/2006, 640x480, 0m 26s, 5.88Mb - DOWNLOAD
4. Spica Preview
11/03/2008, 0m 26s
5a. Traveller - The Trailer (version 1)
11/03/2008, 0m 39s
5b. Traveller - The Trailer (version 2)
11/03/2008, 1m 17s
6. The Battle
An Azhanti High Lightning vs a Solomani Hawkmore...
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Music:
30/05/2009, 800x450, 1m 54s, 29.7Mb - DOWNLOAD
More clips on YouTube.
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