Day of the Longnose by steelrazer
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Description
Two versions of the Focke Wulf "Longnose", high altitude interceptors fielded by Germany near the end of the war.
The Fw 190D, Dora, is the classic "long-nosed 190" version of fame. Designed as a high altitude interceptor solution to the increased allied high altitude bombing awaiting the Ta152 development, it evolved into a fighter to fighter solution as the war progressed. Luftwaffe pilots, at first wary of the "desperate measure" use of the Jumo 213 bomber engine, quickly warmed up to the aircraft and its significant refinements, notably its heavy armament, speed and power, and phenomenal roll rate. It was quickly recognized and feared as one of the best Focke Wulf designed fighters of the war, even outclassing the P-51 Mustang.
The Fw Ta-152H was also a high altitude interceptor based on the successful heritage of the 190, with the notable visual differences of a considerably lengthened wingspan and fuselage and an even longer nose to accommodate the difference in the center of gravity of the aircraft. As a dedicated high altitude interceptor, the Ta H model boasted a pressurized cockpit. The Ta was arrayed with three cannons, two 20mm and a 30mm to decisively deal with encountered enemy bombers. The version equipped with the Jumo-213 engine was one of the fastest piston-engine fighters of the war capable of an astounding 472 mph! There were only 43 production Ta-152's identified, attesting to the diminished production capacity of the Germans at the end of the war.
All in all, both very exciting warbirds and once again for Germany, too little, too late.
Fw-190D "Dora": Beautiful "longnose" model from Neiwil, generously shared for free on sharecg.
Fw Ta-152H: Free at 3dwarehouse by Farzin51, modified a bit down in the secret bunkers.
Pilots: M3 from daz3d with adh3d USAAF pilot gear
C4d6+CEXL, PoserPr02014, Vue6Infinite
Comments (6)
AliceFromLake
Very nice picture. I like the Ta-152. Better the Germans had not the possibility to build more. But to the end of the war they run out of fuel. BTW. The landscape remembers me on Honolulu. In European mountains where is green there are trees (forest) and where are no trees there is plain rock (in the Alps mostly over 2500m). Such steep mountains you find in Europe mostly in the Alps only and when they are so steep then there is plain rock because they are in regions over 2500m. In other regions the mountains are mostly flater and surrounded by forest and meadow. ;-) The many forest makes German landscapes difficult because one needs a lot of trees and this makes rendering slow. I hate that. So I try to use pictures as background when possible. :-) Do you make and render the landscapes in Vue and the plane in Poser?
steelrazer
The whole scene is done in Vue, both planes and landscapes, so it can get a bit overwhelming with textures models and lighting. My workflow is never the same, it depends on the models and what I'm trying to accomplish. The planes are put together and modified/textured in C4d, Vue, or Poser also depending on what I'm trying to do; and of course textures which are usually modified in photoshop if complicated or right in Vue if I can do it with material layers. I have gathered quite a collection of terrains from varied sources as well as those I've made from actual terrain maps. A lot of terrains are very adaptable, it's usually the texture layers in Vue that make the difference. I agree with you about the tropical look of the foreground mountains. I retrospect, I could have used a darker green forest texture for the green (the lighter, lush green looks more tropical). I also could have opposed two of the terrains and rotated them 90 degrees to make it look more like a glacial valley. I didn't think of that at the time! It's all like being a grand stage master and master illusionist all at once.
AliceFromLake
Thank you steelrazer. So you export from C4D in OBJ to import it in Vue? Convincing landscapes for some regions are IMHO very difficult and so I try for a long time to get something I am satisfied and does not explode my RAM or render time. I am always amazed to see beautiful landscapes from Vue.
Secondmoon
Texture of four individual planes. I praise your work.
giulband
Wonderful and realistic image realization !!!!!
T.Rex
Nice image. I, too, noticed the difference in the ground. Thanks for showing both types in the same image, and thanks for the historical presentation! Keep up the good work! :-)
debbielove
More of those very unpleasant 'its a good job that' aircraft that came too late in the war.. Because if! Sadly (or thank goodness) the pilots in main by this time were of under trained quality and not up to Allied standards.. As you say the 152 was built in very few numbers indeed, and good job.. Fast or what! Great render, Rob
neiwil
Well, it's a bloody good image in my opinion !... and I'm not going to quibble over the landscape...I'm just loving the aircraft. Never was 100% happy with my Dora, although I have got a few later paint jobs that are much better and improve it greatly.....however, seeing this makes me think an overhaul may be in order, I'm sure we can make some room in the hanger for a worthy cause :-) Thanks for the mention ( and the inspiration ) always appreciated.....