Into the Eye of the Hurricane: for debbielove by kjer_99
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Description
At the end of June 1940, following the fall of France, the majority of the RAF's 36 fighter squadrons were equipped with Hurricanes. The Battle of Britain officially lasted from 10 July until 31 October 1940, but the heaviest fighting took place between 8 August and 21 September. Both the Supermarine Spitfire and the Hurricane are renowned for their part in defending Britain against the Luftwaffe � generally the Spitfire would intercept the German fighters, leaving Hurricanes to concentrate on the bombers, but despite the undoubted abilities of the "thoroughbred" Spitfire, it was the "workhorse" Hurricane that scored the highest number of RAF victories during this period, accounting for 1,593 of the 2,739 claimed....during the month from 10 July to 11 August, for example, RAF fighters fired at 114 German bombers and shot down 80, a destruction ratio of 70%." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane)
"The He 111 was a principle instrument for the Third Reich during the crucial Battle of Britain days when, if provided with air support by Bf 109 fighters, it could strike radio centers, airbases and downtown London with a certain level impunity. The system, however, would cease to be a factor in this limited assault role, and for the rest of the Second World War for that matter, once air superiority had been gained by Britain and (later) the Allies alike."
(http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=528)
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I like this one but unfortunately, the file crashed before I could add the aircrew for the Heinkles. Ah well!
Thanks for looking!
Jeremy
CREDITS:
Bryce 6.1,Poser 6.0, PostShopPro 5.0.
Hawker Hurricane by Vadik Nesterov (gunpoint-3d).
Heinkel HE 111 H2 by torchwood (Vanishing Point & Content Paradise).
Comments (30)
Very nice! Great lighting and composition and I wouldn't even noticed the absence of the aircrew if you wouldn't have mentioned it ;) The dorsal gunner could have pointed his gun towards the fighter though, but that's a minor thing. Excellent work.
Fantastic narrative and creation. I don't think the missing aircrew matters that much as sometimes they can ruin the illusion by not looking real.
Very good light and WWII scene
Very nice! Yeah, like the others, I didn't notice the lack of air crew.
Most impressive historical imagery!!!
Most agreed! When I saw the render I was awed by how photorealistic the aircraft look. I thought at first it was a photo. I too totally missed noticing a lack of crew. Given the distance and lighting, the crew would've been very tiny details at best, something you'd really have to be trying to look for. ;) Really nice history bite to go with the render. Is a shame software likes to crash, just when we're wanting to put the finishing touch on things. I should know, I have plenty of it happening here too. The one thing that kinda works is saving the project before putting it to render.
Awesome render, and thnx for the history info.. :0)
great one Jeremy!!!!
cool scene - great texture detail!
Wonderful image and historical info!
Good One Jeremy!! I didn't notice the missing crew either..
Very good!
Very cool....debbielove will love it!
Yes, Debbielove does! It's completely WAY COOL! The He111 looks amazing..... Quality! Rob.
Nice one Jeremy! Excellent...
very good work, realistic light and colours.
Excellent work! Love the sky. :)
Oh the horrors of system crashes...been there,done that!I too hadn't noticed the missing crew at first,the scene commands your full attention.The clouds are amazing(a photo on 2D plane?),and the planes are very realistic.Great overall composition too!Have you thought of a multi-pass render?This would allow you to add to the foreground plane(the crew etc.),and keep it as a seperate file to save processing power.Of course, you would need a program such as Photoshop to combine the images in layers!Daz has a great tutorial in their Bryce section on how to do this...it may help!Great render!
Excellent army planes realization. It looks very fine.
Excellent work! :)
Very realistic looking image, photo quality work
Ahhh the Battle of Britain....fine Pic on a dirty piece of war
Jeremy, jeremy, jeremy... this is simply fabulous, I'm flabbergasted! Very impressed, speachles. And as many have allready mentionned; if you handn't pointed it out, I wouldn't have missed the AWOL crew. Fantastic composition! Well done... Bravo!
Excellent! Looks like a photo!
I know bout files crashing doing the creation of a work, but no matter this is outstnding work here Bravo and hats off to ya for this one
I love that title! You're right, while the Spitfire got the glory, the Hurricane did the yeoman's job to be sure. Nice scene to illustrate that frightening battle.
Good for you Jeremy, wonderful image! You are correct: The scrappy little Hurricanes didn't get near the press they should have since the Spitfires were decidedly more photogenic and glamorous. The Spits were lovely and better performers, but the BoB would not have been won without the workhorse 'Canes...
Nice. I like this one. Good history too. All you hear about is the Spitfire. - Bob
Impressive scene and planes, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This looks so realistic!!! I built a plastic model of that heinkel once, one of the most beautiful planes I know of (Not it's mission, though...) Afabulous piece of historical imagery!