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The fighting machine (also known as a "Martian Tripod") is one of the fictional machines used by the Martians in H. G. Wells' 1898 classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds.
The fighting machine, also known as a tripod and very rarely as a thing, is the main war machine used by the Martians in their attempt to conquer Earth. The fighting-machines are assembled in the Martian pits by handling-machines before activation and each tripod possesses an unspecified number...
The Über Tripods, also known as the Uberpods, are a type of large fighting-machines that only appears in the 2005 film adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. In terms of design, the Uberpods bear a striking resemblance to the standard Tripods.
Feb 28, 2016 · The tripods walked on three legs, had metallic tentacles underneath, an appendage housing the heat-ray, and a hood-like head. H.G. Wells first describes the tripods in detail: Seen nearer, the Thing was incredibly strange, for it was no mere insensate machine driving on its way.
Tripod by H.G. Wells from The War of the Worlds. An enormous metallic robot. A terrifying realization of the horror of mechanized warfare, from the generation before WWI. Also, this is an interesting use of a natural reference, that the robot used appendages like tentacles, as opposed to clumsy mechanical actuators.
New and improved tripod design from H.G.Wells sketch. Discussion - General. I took a few weeks to match my original drawing significantly closer to H.G.Wells sketch and the tripod descriptions from the book. In my most humble opinion I think this may be the closest representation to what he imagined. Anyway, enjoy.
HMS Thunder Child is a fictional ironclad torpedo ram of the Royal Navy, destroyed by Martian fighting-machines in H. G. Wells ' 1898 novel The War of the Worlds whilst protecting a refugee rescue fleet of civilian vessels.
