Human civilization had receded to living 300 feet below the surface of the planet... at the 300 foot point was a 20 foot thick metal shell that was a seamless sphere enveloping the inner earth.. In this sphere humankind in time developed back into a advanced nano-technological superhuman civilization.... and when the time was right the metal sphere that protected superhumankind from the threat that resides on the surface was pierced by a mountain size iron horn that rose up and up from the ground revealing what was to be the first instrument of war against the surface overlords. Mankind's first attempt to escape the earth failed and ended in a giga death. The Overlords admired humankind's attempt to surface and regarded them as beautiful beings from which they descended. They did not enter their domain.---
This image took many hours to finish and many Maya crashes..I need a new computer .. Zbrush helped, but im looking forward to Zbrush 3. iv seen some really great mechanical work done with the Zbrush 3 beta. ... since this is a scene there is a small animation of this also you can see at quantumcathedral.com
"I love all who are like heavy drops falling one by one out of the dark cloud that lowers over man: they herald the coming of the lightning, and perish as heralds.
Lo, I am a herald of the lightning, and a heavy drop out of the cloud: the lightning, however, is the Overman!" - Friedrich Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra