End of Empire by Briney
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
At dawn on February 28th 1942, with the Netherlands East Indies about to fall, the two QANTAS Short C-class ("Empire") flying boats remaining in Java, Circe and Corinthian, took off bound for Broome in Western Australia.
The Circe never arrived...
http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/japadvance/qantas.html
Since it's likely the Circe was intercepted and shot down, this attempted reconstruction of its fate uses a Short C-Class (modelled in Shade 7) and Zeke (Beyond VR, with retouched textures, and a bump texture created from scratch). Flames and smoke trail first modelled in Shade 8 and rendered with transparency maps etc along with the aircraft in Poser but then retouched (blurred) using Photoshop. The cloud background was rendered in Bryce 6.1.
Comments (5)
very great historycal image^^*excellent work^^
Splendid and col render...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
Brilliant
Nice modeling!
The unknown is a rich source for art.No one knows and so it can't be wrong.Also stands as a strong scene on it's own. Your working method description is an interesting and useful touch,