History repeating... by Briney

Vue • Military • posted on Jun 01, 2013

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One hit! On a prop shaft of all things. That was the undoing of HMS Prince of Wales. Just before noon on December 10th 1941, the second wave of G3M bombers launched a spread of torpedoes at the zig-zagging British "Heavies." Just one torpedo struck home, and exploded amongst all that important stuff under the Prince's stern. I guess with the Bismarck fresh in their minds, some men on the "Prince of Wales" must have had an awful feeling they'd seen this happen to someone before. Rendered in Vue 11 Esprit Assets RN E-Class destroyer HMS Electra, Mitsubishi G3M "Nell," IJN Type 91 aerial torpedo and luminous tracers all modelled in Shade 10.5. Air crew - Nationale7 King George V-class battleship came from Turbosquid- certainly isnt perfect but it is a good headstart... it will do at this range till I finish tweaking it. The "magpie"-painted battlecruiser is Chris Schell's HMS Hood retextured to represent the Repulse... well it does if you stand back and squint your eyes. Thanks for viewing and comments

Comments (10)

ronmolina

7:55AM | Sat, 01 June 2013

Nice scene and interesting information.

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Brycer3d

8:00AM | Sat, 01 June 2013

very nice!

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steelrazer

8:28AM | Sat, 01 June 2013

Beautifully done, Brian. I really like the low and level point of view in this one, and it has a very nice amount of detail on that eye level view...I like it a lot! Great work.

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AliceFromLake

8:32AM | Sat, 01 June 2013

Great scene. You feel like sitting in one of the attacking aircraft. After the loss of the German Bismarck, this incident is the other milestones representing the end of the big gun ships.

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neiwil

9:17AM | Sat, 01 June 2013

Fantastic image mate, a dark time for the Royal Navy.We have a huge 16ft model of Prince of Wales in the Fort Perch Rock, so if you need close up photos for detail let me know. Given the price structure, the idea of Turbosquid selling something that "certainly isn't perfect" is quite telling..... All that aside, a great dynamic image that conveys the story very well..... 10/10+

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UVDan

9:56AM | Sat, 01 June 2013

Excellent scene and I love your models!

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Cyve

6:27PM | Sat, 01 June 2013

Wonderful creation !

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Clovis88

9:19AM | Sun, 02 June 2013

nice work

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debbielove

7:24AM | Thu, 06 June 2013

Can I just say an excellent render mate! You have done well, and if I can add just one thing? The only thing the picture needs is some flak.. There would be a serious amount coming from those ships.. though not much hit home inn this case! Rob.

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