The Red Castle Trembles by steelrazer
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The Imperial Japanese Navy carrier Akagi (Red Castle)met her fate at the hands of three SBD Dauntless dive bombers and one hit from one of their 1000 pound bombs. With a load of armed and loaded fighter aircraft on her deck to add fuel to the deadly explosion, she was fatally damaged and consequently scuttled as a complete loss.
It is a constant source of amazement at the amount of human and material resources that are expended on these "mighty" warships, and how quickly they can be dispatched in the right circumstances.
SBD "Dauntless": Thunderr, textures adjusted.
IJN Akagai: Mighty model by RPublishing
Fearless Zero: Free on sharecg.com from Neiwil
Hapless IJN destroyer: nameless bit part actor
Poser, Vue 6 Inf, Photoshop CS3
Comments (23)
texboy
a great day for Naval Air, bud.... fine work!
warder348
Great action render and terrfic FX, great job!!
eekdog
primo vue art, vuetastic image!!!
wotan
Fantastic scene and effects!
ArtistKimberly
Wonderful work,
neiwil
Re-arming and re-fuelling...always a nervous time, and this shows why! Brilliant image, great FX but a real feather in your flightcap for the figures running around on deck, the cherry on this epic slice of history.....
Briney Online Now!
Heaps of good stuff there, models, the wake, the explosions, the sea, all round a fantastic image! Scratch one flat-top!
Magik1
This is just fantastic, The figures , small though they are, make a huge difference I think. Superb!
saphira1998
great action render
Maxidyne
Talk about timing! Just goes to show what one lucky hit can do. All the stunning postwork only adds the the devastation. 5++ on this one Bill!
T.Rex
Excellent work! The water looks real. The clouds, explosions and smke, too. Amazing that only the British armoured their carrier decks to avoid this. We lost the Yorktown at Midway, much due to the same. And, we have still not learned our lesson, considering all the carrier groups - all that's needed is a cruise missile getting through and, bye-bye carrier and 5,000 men. A battleship stands a much better chance due to its armor citadel, and they're all gone. Sigh. Keep up the good work! :-) Now, why do the ratings only go to 5 when I want to give a 6?
VERITY29
Wonderful image, you just get better and better.
debbielove
I will say the same as I put in the Fave box, 'ONE OF THE BEST RENDERS I'VE SEEN ON THIS SITE..' Well done mate, truly awesome! Rob
thecytron
Great battle scene! I sure can tell which side won this one!
mark06gt
very nice action scene. lots going on. lots to look at.
London224
Great image Bill....I'm just about finished with the hanger version for EXPOSE entry and this fine scene wil get my juices ready to do the Yorktown from above. The textures you sent me for the EPIC low poly figures are great, have really worked well in the hanger, and will add a lot to seeing them running across the deck when I get there. Additionally, I'm going to rework the texture maps to an all white uniform to use for the crew of the Shamrock III Americas Cup scene. 5+
fallen21
Awesome scene!
rdboles
Scratch one flattop! Excellent work!
dbrv6
Wonderful work! Kudos
jory
Very Nice!
Tafkah
Great render! I like those bomb-splashes and flakbursts! 5+
lookoo
This an amazingly well done battle scene that really stands out of the crowd! Phantastic job!
AliceFromLake
Wow, that's great. I had the same idea to make such a picture. :-)