These five brief Babylon 5 animations are from my first year or two using Lightwave 3D, somewhere around 2002/2003.
“GROPOS”
Based on a shot from the Babylon 5 episode “GROPOS” with a Nova Dreadnought alongside the station.
Babylon 5: Ed Giddings
Nova: Matt Tarling
Epsilon 3: Matt Tarling and Jeff Richards
Nebula: Jeff Richards
Music: “Without Help” by Jerry Goldsmith
“Shadow Threat Test”
Once upon a time, I decided to redo, shot for shot, the “Shadow Threat” teaser released for the now-long-canceled Babylon 5 computer game. I used these two shots to make sure my timing was right so far and that it meshed with the trailer’s soundtrack.
Shadow Battlecrab: Nadab Göksu
Omega: Matt Tarling
Nebula: Jeff Richards
Music: “Z’ha’dum Suite” by Christopher Franke
“Convoy”
This one actually started life as a still, which I decided to render as an animation on a lark.
Hyperion: Craig A. Clark
Starfury and Shuttle: Mark Kane
Olympus: Leo Dunin
Nova: Matt Tarling
Music: “Big Trouble” by James Newton Howard
Hyperion Jumpout
Another shot-for-shot, this time of the Hyperion’s entrance in “A Voice In The Wilderness Pt. II.”
Hyperion: Craig A. Clark
Jumpgate: Yuri A. Parovin
Jumppoint: Matt Tarling
Nebula: Jeff Richards
Epsilon 3: Matt Tarling and Jeff Richards
Babylon 5: Ed Giddings
White Star Jumpout
A render based on a shot from the episode “Matters of Honor” with the White Star exiting a Jumppoint.
White Star: Kier Darby
Nebula: Matt Tarling and Jeff Richards