[R4 - Lur - CE] The lure of Lur and the horror within...

[n1majneb]

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After Ziost, we’d uncovered rumours of an abandoned research facility on Lur with a varied history dating back to the Clone Wars and earlier, geneticists by all accounts. Already in the sector I adjusted course and made my way there. 

From space, it was like looking at a ball of ice. The closer I got to the planet, buffeted by wind and ice in equal measure, my initial thoughts hadn’t changed

The terrain was snow and ice capped rocks, whilst the screams and howls of the wind was at war with the report of Thunder above and around me - my whole ship shook with the effort of remaining aloft but eventually I made landfall and took some time to recover from the landing, watching the land ahead of me as if alive in this storm. 

Bucket on and teeth of rock biting into the sky ahead of me, I wrapped a cloak around me, hoping for some bastion of warmth and set out on foot toward the facility ahead. I made for one of the high points to see if I could gain visibility over the facility ahead and chart a way in.

 

From my vantage point stood the facility, a great chasm stood between me and the facility opposite. The facility. A scar dug into the very rockface with a landing pad reaching across and above the ice flow between me and the building. There was clearly activity within, a stream of smoke escaped for the sky only to be lost to the storm out here.

At the bottom of the rock face lay a glacier of crystal clear ice, staring into the depths of that felt as though i’d lost myself to the abyss…The screams of the storm made it feel as if was walking through the graves of those who had come before. I needed shelter from this icy storm...

Stealing myself from below, I referred to my holomap for access, to my surprise it looked as though a cave system across from me would grant me access without having to walk through the front doors. With the storm being of benefit to hide me, I flew across the chasm to the ledge in front of the cave system. White behind me, blackness ahead of me I surrendered to the darkness and let it envelope me as I made my way out of the storm. 

 

The deeper I went, the colder it somehow seemed though it was with relief that the ice and snow continued even down here, adding some lightness to my descent deeper. After sometime, I reached an opening, the final resting place of someone unknown. 

I didn’t recognise their clothing but he was now blue, frozen much like the stone around us. 

I uttered a prayer for the poor man's soul and continued deeper...

 

Spoiler

I wanted to explore, rather than visible horror, the horror that the mind can create when presented with certain situations and often being alone can do that.

After building the forced perspective build of the facility and the viewpoint before it, I realised I had an open area behind the rock which I thought could be used to my advantage to further this story in an entirely new scene and i'mpleased with both outcomes.

Side profile of the build - Can you see the hidden cave?

As its a horror related build, I thought it would be fun to add a little 'horror' to the build. There were indeed perhaps screams of those that once lived in the howling wind...

 

Spoiler

Additional images of the build

Facility building:

The build (Front):

The build (Rear):

 

Aerial view, including footprints in the snow!

 

 

 

Edited November 3, 2020 by goatman461

[marvelBoy123]

Nice, some good rock work and the micro facility is good too!

[Darth Bjorn]

Nice work on the forced perspective, and cool to see another ice world 

[n1majneb]

On 10/30/2020 at 6:33 PM, marvelBoy123 said:

Nice, some good rock work and the micro facility is good too!

Thanks, i'm enjoying micro scale at the moment, having to be creative to get the right idea across. Really works for scenes like this to add depth from a limited size build.

On 10/30/2020 at 6:59 PM, Darth Bjorn said:

Nice work on the forced perspective, and cool to see another ice world 

Thanks - I'm pleased CE have managed to get to an Ice Planet as it's something i'd thought about building for a while. The LTC came at the right time!

[Ross Fisher]

There are some really great details, here. Fitting a forced perspective into this build was hard, but it looks really good.

[n1majneb]

9 hours ago, Ross Fisher said:

There are some really great details, here. Fitting a forced perspective into this build was hard, but it looks really good.

Thanks @Ross Fisher I think i've found something I enjoy throwing in to builds. I like more than a plain background and it aids context to stories often.

All in all, i think this has been one of my favourite builds that i've done