The Ace by Guillermo
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Dedicated to the Memory of Erich Hartmann. The best Ace ever with more than 300 kills
Done for the the Rosity June LW Forum contest Conflict!
Hope you like it. Enjoy! ;-)
Comments (9)
petes
looks good! a little motion blur wouldn't hurt ; )
dickbill
Kolossal mistake : the 109 fires its MK108 through the nose and the guns are on top, not in the wing. But great picture, did you model the aircraft yourself ?
Moebius87
Make sure you post this image up in the challenge page for it to qualify as an entry (we've updated the challenge process since last you were around). :o)
pakled
hmm..yeah, read his autobiography..he did shoot most of his kills in Russia, though..his favorite tactic was just to come barrelling in nose-to-nose..great modeling..
Guillermo
Thanks for the coments guys!! -Petes: I thought on adding more blur but I preferd to make something like a poster, more static... I think too much blur kills detail ;-) -Dickbill: you are partialy right ;-) This is a 109 G10, the Mk108 were in the nose and in the wings near the cockpit like in this case. I did it to fire only the cannons on the wings ;-)
arata
I like your style, Guillermo. Just curious, how many lights did you set-up for this render?
tallpindo
The P-38 had a one to one exchange ratio in Europe. In that way it was like the final accounting of the F-4 "Phantom-II" in Viet Nam. I read Adolph Gallant's book. Your image is very dramatic in presenting something in a closed space and is like many other aviation pix. Without an actual photograph or at least Hartmann's gun camera film to set up the geometry I would estimate he will collide with the wreck unless it explodes before he pentrates it. Herbst is gone now and I cannot argue with him any more about MIG 29's and "cobra manuevers". More women was my conclusion. Whiffle...the glass darkens again and I am gone.
Guillermo
arata: Thanks ;-) I just used one light, I played with Ambient light better than use radiosity. - Tallpindo: Maybe another pilot would collide with the other plane at this distance, that happened too many times. Hartmann used to say: "I like to wait until the plane ocupies my front glass, shoot a quick burst with cannons and go up inmedialtly" ;-)
Metonicus
I don't know anything about the pilot you're illustrating. But I like P-38s too much to like this picture. ;P