Gates of Hell by cschell

DAZ|Studio • Aviation • posted on Sep 24, 2015

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My latest in the series of Vietnam War Era renders I'd been posting... I give you the "Gates of Hell"... North Vietnam, specially the area around Hanoi and Haiphong, fielded some of the heaviest air defenses ever seen in aerial warfare. This region saw some of the most intense air/ground battles waged during the Cold War period; indeed, it was the most difficult such campaign fought by the U.S. Air Force since the aerial bombardment of Germany during WW2. Supported by communist allies, North Vietnam fielded a potent mixture of sophisticated air-to-air and ground-to-air weapons that created one of the most effective air defenses ever faced by American military aviators. In this image I've depicted a pair of F-105F "Thud's" making a run-in along "Thud Ridge" towards the Hanoi area as part of a low-level strike against the POL facilities there... Flak Effects, F-105 Thunderchief, Crew Dummies, and Weapons by me, with additional scene props from a variety of sources. Rendered in DS 2.5

Comments (6)

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Cyve

4:32PM | Thu, 24 September 2015

Fantastically well done !

cschell

10:26PM | Thu, 24 September 2015

Thanks!

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radioham

4:53PM | Thu, 24 September 2015

Great image It was an bad war...

cschell

10:27PM | Thu, 24 September 2015

Thank-you and yes it was a very bad war... then again no war is ever really good, specially for those caught in the middle...

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Kratoonz

8:05PM | Thu, 24 September 2015

Great image

cschell

10:27PM | Thu, 24 September 2015

Thank-you!

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Mondwin

5:08AM | Fri, 25 September 2015

Gorgeous render my friend!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma

cschell

5:14PM | Fri, 25 September 2015

Thank-you!

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steelrazer

10:58AM | Fri, 25 September 2015

Excellent render!! Very nice sense of speed, and the mass of the aircraft and weight of the armament is palpable and very successfully done in my opinion. You've done a terrific job with a great action scene.

cschell

5:16PM | Fri, 25 September 2015

Thanks Steelrazor! That's the trick in modeling and renderingisn't it? Not only to capture the look of the subject but the "feel" of it as well...

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