Four of the planets I have been working on

**wizard509** · 03 June 2013, 05:52 PM

These done completely in XDPX.

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**Rik** · 03 June 2013, 06:08 PM

They look most excellent.

**wizard509** · 03 June 2013, 09:49 PM

Thank you Rik.

**iagman** · 04 June 2013, 10:05 AM

Very nice work. You have Xara firmly under control.
Question; do rings always orbit a planet at a symmetrical distance?

**jvila** · 04 June 2013, 01:28 PM

Larry,
They're just amazing, I love them !!!!!

**A Wrigley** · 04 June 2013, 03:30 PM

Brilliant.The first one reminds me of the xbox game 'halo'. I hope that not Earth crashing into Jupiter in the last one, sure looks like it.

**wizard509** · 04 June 2013, 04:05 PM

Thanks iagman and jvila.
@ iagman I don't know, good question. I asked a question "are gas giants the only planets that can have rings?" The answer was "I don't know" Further research on the web I ran across a post that said no any planet could have rings. So it seems possible that a terrestrial type planet could have rings although they might not be as magnificent as the rings of Saturn, so if I were to depict that I would probably do a single thin ring. Maybe something like this.

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**Ron Duke** · 06 June 2013, 12:45 AM

Nice work Larry. The first on the left is my favorite.

**wizard509** · 06 June 2013, 04:14 AM

Originally Posted by A Wrigley

Brilliant.The first one reminds me of the xbox game 'halo'. I hope that not Earth crashing into Jupiter in the last one, sure looks like it.

Sorry I have never seen nor played "halo". Rest easy because it's not earth. I sort of forgot what I titled it but it was something like "The Defender or Protector". The Gas Giants sort of protect the smaller inner planets or so I heard. The symbolism is there with the big brother protecting little brother which is hiding behind big brother.

Ron, thank you very much. As for me I like the one just to it's right best. As for the first one I had a bug up my...to do something like that for awhile. What I would really like to do is depict a planet that is so far away yet so big that it dominates the sky. Not quite sure how to show that though.

**Tabian** · 06 June 2013, 09:45 PM

Any chance of going out there on Virgin Galaxy. I have had a look on TrainLine.com but still can’t find any tickets.
Nice one Larry, they look great...