Lucky Shot

[9thSimplex]

Hello gentlemen,

[Sytse]

Wow!! I'm glad you're still able to find the time to produce some fine art now and then mate!

This is a real stunner and I'm sure it'll end up in the gallery. Bj

[Double_Farvel]

I have one question for you...how?  :-/

[Ravang]

What are those things hanging down under the wings, they look like strings :-?, but its a jaw-dropping edit

[9thSimplex]

Thank you!!

Gallery or not, I'm happy that I was able to get pretty close to what I had in mind after a couple of no-go's I had recently. That'S the best thing, the feeling when you finished one and put it on as wallpaper Must say the new LCD screen helps a lot too. Again NEC but this time the colors are WAY better, I eventually have smooth color transitions back instead of odd banding with the TN-panel display before.

How.. well.. the background consists of a few IL2/PF background images pasted together, the planes are all seperate shots too.. I think from the applied techniques this one isn'T even that though.

The "bands" under the wings are pitot tubes and antennas.

[yaarpanjabi]

I like this one, very artistic!

[Isak922]

Wow  :o

I'm speechless (Other than this, of course).

One hell of an amazing edit!

*Has a new background*

[ATI_7500]

The "bands" under the wings are pitot tubes and antennas.

Actually, on the 109 at least, they're aileron counterweights.


And it's getting boring always seeing just one-sided edits.

[9thSimplex]

The "bands" under the wings are pitot tubes and antennas.

Actually, on the 109 at least, they're aileron counterweights.


And it's getting boring always seeing just one-sided edits.

Oh I thought he meant the Spit. Indeed, you're right there! Didn'T think of the 109s.
Well you are free to show them the other way around. I tried but I'm having a hard time with german fighters. Did it with the "Uhu" edit time ago though. For some reason the single engine german fighters don'T attract me as main subject, no idea why. For example the 190 which looks pretty neat i think, as of now I did not find a way to show her in an angle that satisfies me. I think she looks very nice from her 4 or 5 low looking slightly up to her though. Gonna try that I think

[ATI_7500]

If you need a good background:

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o183 ... ghters.jpg

and (a bit harder):

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o183 ... patrol.jpg

[9thSimplex]

good choice. See, this is what is my inspiration, classical aviation art. I'm always trying to get results along their lines.

Well I'm far form recreating the master's backgrounds though and cleaning it from the planes to be recycled for me is no option.

[voodoo1]

Excellent work mate..  Love the paints on them Spits.  Haven't seen any of your fine work for quite a while now, great to see one of the masters shots.

[9thSimplex]

wow brettr... thanks!

well I think we missed each other at SSA. Must not post there for over a year now. Posting quite regulary on SSP though. Not many of these "bigger" edits, that's true. Last one was "Early Bullet" more down here.

You are invited to visit SSP any day. If we can get over this annoying host problem we currently have..

[voodoo1]

Yeah I came along for the first time yesterday mate..  waiting for email verification at the moment.   Great site btw!  Hope you get it sorted soon.

[9thSimplex]

Oh than it was you who broke it  ;D Jsut kidding. Gallows Humor is the only thing left for me as it still refuses to work  :-[ Reset the DNS stuff etc. Hope that works but needs time until that got updated.

It's the 2nd time the last 10 days we run into that kind of crap.