By brother is in Iraq and I was thinking about him yesterday and put this together.... Please give me some constructive criticisms... I am not good enough at making my own models yet so the ones I have used here have come from various places on the internet inclucing Renderosity free stuff. To those of you whose models I have used, I thank you very much for the fine work you have done on them, and for making them available to use. _-* Swade *-_

comming from a canadian i say cool pic go U.S.A

All politics aside... wishes for you that may he come through safely.

Yes, politics aside (better to keep them out of this forum), I hope your brother will come soon back home.

Very nice image i just love the smoke and fire in the background. And yes i hope your brother does Ok All my best from the UK

great sky

maybe a little lightening around the fire on the horizon, it's putting out light, might be reflected from the clouds a little (but a minor point).

Excellent work!

I'm having trouble identifying the objects behind the rocks... Damaged buildings? I like the sense of distance too, well done. Hope your brother (and all the others over there) stays safe. Lin

Your image expresses the dread very well. My heartfelt best wishes to you and your family and a safe return to your brother.

Thanks to all of you for the warm wishes of safe return home for our soldiers. pakled - good point on the lighting around the fire. I seemed to have overlooked that. heh heh. lsstrout - Yes those are damaged buildings. Not sure if I should add an explosion to them from missle fire that is coming from one of the helicopters, or add some smoke to the debris as the buildings stand in ruin that might portray earlier attack. What do ya think? I also have an oil derrick I have been thinking of adding in the distance to accompany the burning oil well to show that all is not lost. Needless to say there is some work to do to this yet. I will post an updated version in the next couple of days. And once again thanks to all of you for the warm condolences. Wasn't expecting them. But I sure do appreciate them.

Very good image.....says it all really. DCAT As for your brother....I hope that he and all our service men and women come home safe. I feel very strongly about this conflict (I'm one of the few it seems who support it)My brother is a medic in the RAMC and thankfully he was not sent to the Gulf. I've been waiting for someone to post a pic for the challenge about the war...I was going to do one myself but I haven't the time right now....anyway enough chatter... Hoping for a swift and successful end to the conflict and safe passage to all concerned. The Bryster A Brit (and proud of it)

Hope your brother comes home soon and safe - I have friends out there, and my brother is waiting to find out if he'll be going. The three tents have the exact same camo pattern, so they look like a 'copy and paste' job; it wouldn't happen in reality. You might need to apply your material to each one separately. Also, that's jungle camo, rather than desert.

Swade, I like the idea of smoke on the damaged buildings. If you use the oil derrick, do they usually stand alone or in groups? Lin

Swade, I like the idea of smoke on the damaged buildings. If you use the oil derrick, do they usually stand alone or in groups? Lin

If there is a major pocket there can be several derricks in an area.... they are however spread out a bit. In this image there could be several seen in the distance if this were the case. ;o) I think I am gonna be adding the smoke to the building. cambert... You are correct in that the tents need desert camo.... I will be changing this also. Thanks for the response. 8-)