Counter Offensive, Covering Fire by Tryphon
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The Falaise Pocket campaign as seen from the Canadian side, decided to go monochromatic. During the Normandy landings the appearance of the iconic Tommy began to change, the MkIII helmet made its appearance & the Canadian army introduced the 3rd division boots, which meant no more gaiters. Both the British & Canadian 3rd inf divs were issued with the new MkIII helmet, having both the MkII & MkIII helmets in the render made sense, as it was used concurrently till the end of the war. Used G2 James equipped with my Tommy gear & equipped the Sgt with Panko`s M1 Thompson SMG instead of the Sten as it was preferred by the Canadian troops. It was setup in poser & finished in Vue, replaced the German soldiers with the Canadians to keep a sense of continuity, in this before and after scene. The post work was done in P/S. Thanks for looking.
Comments (11)
Cyve
Fantastically well done !
giulband
Wonderful realization, the choose of B&N give it a great sense of history
Maxidyne
Great image Luis. As you said both helmets were side by side in the late stages of the war and you are probably the first to use the Mk III in a render. Is the background a photo as I'm looking for a model of a ruined building like that for a render too.
Tryphon
Hiya Mike! Thanks for the comment it's much appreciated, to answer your question the building is a 3D model & is available from powerage. It has that european look, it could be french, or italian etc... Very typical southern european architecture, it's not a ruin but has that look of age & negelct, perfect for a war zone. The building was set up in poser & imported into Vue, then added & placed the figures individually. This allowed me to keep the same vue & angle for the canadian troops.
T.Rex
Good job, Tryphon! Now the Krauts have reason to be called "sour krauts" - lost their position and their counter-attack. Add a little photo grain to it and this would pass as a vintage photo. Thanks for the info re helmets and other equipment. I enjoy having posts that are educational as well as artistic! Keep up the good work! :-)
kenso100 Online Now!
Great work.
AliceFromLake
Seems that the war correspondent stand on that place and had to wait up to the counter attack... :-) Great picture.
bigbraader
B/W works well here, good work :)
Krid
great dynamic battle scene
EdsArt
Thumbs up mate !!!
angreif
Awesome ! Battledress & P38 gear look very well done. Can't tell unit but but mu guess you know your stuff. However my understanding on helmets is they were issued to a battalion in its entirety. Not sure about Canadian Divisions but British Divisions landing at Normandy wearing the new turtle helmet tended to be the senior battalions in the division due to manufacturing & supply problems.
ranman38
awesome work! Are you still around?