They Were Expendable by kjer_99
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One of my favorite books that I read as a teenager was "They Were Expendable" by William L. White about the US Navy's PT boats and their crews during the Japanese invasion of the Phillipines. It was also made into a fine movie of the same name, directed by John Ford and starring Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, and Jack Holt. It is one of my top five favorite war movies. I guess this is my homage to those heroes in the "toy wooden boats"--the Patrol Boat crews of WWII.
I've been sitting on this one for several years now because I wasn't happy with the bow sprays or the lack of machine gun spray from the aircraft. However, don't think I'm likely to get either fixed so am finally going to post it as is.
Thanks for taking a peek and for any comments pro or con.
Jeremy
CREDITS:
Vue6 Pro Studio, Poser6.
Ships: RPublishing's "WWII PT Boat" (Renderosity).
Aircraft: Motokami_Ya's "ReiSen21" (Renderosity).
Ecosystem: Linda Daireaux's "Lush Palms" (Cornucopia3d).
Comments (16)
Yeah, the bow spray does sort of look like rocks. But the explosions are good and so does the rest of the scene.
This an amazing scene very realistic superb work !!
Very nice image. Looks like your boat wake may be at an angle. Those things can be hard to work with.
Excellent work on the scene. and a great tribute to those brave people
I like the overall scene, I'm not sure what to suggest about the bow sprays because that's something I can't do, either. Looks pretty cool as it is, though!
It's a great image, full of action and drama.
Very Nice!!
Great gook; Great tribute!
Quite an intense work, Jeremy. You've done another amazing work, bravo!
Brilliant Jeremy! Outstanding work.... Rob
Great image, Jeremy! Excellent composition! :)
The hell with the water effects, I can't get mine right either! The scene is stunning! The composition and lighting are awsome! I saw that movie when it came out, back in (I think) 1953? 1956? not shure of the date, been a long time... Great movie and a fine tribute! Ed.
Well done Jer! I've been thinking of doing that same scene from the movie where they re zig zagging to avoid the japanese planes, I had all the crew ready & I'd even modeled new life preservers, but you beat me to the scene. And I love this movie, a great classic WWII movie which I consider to be one John Ford's little gems along with She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.
Don't know how I missed this....oh you posted it in 'historical', well we all know how I feel about history :-) Of all the above comments I'll go with 'EdKline' to hell with the water FX, this is a great image, and hommage to Mr Ford..you've even caught his sweeping vista camera work.A real "all those trees and nowhere to hide" situation.Grand piece of work Jeremy.
Bloody good perspektive
This is a very admirable image, wonderfully posed and set up. Re the water effects: This is a case where you might have to resort to postwork and paint them in. 3d art is very sophisticated now, but still comes up short in a lot of areas...