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Published: 2012-10-13 16:44:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 4930; Favourites: 82; Downloads: 223
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Two Fokker VIII's battle a lone Sopwith Camel, somewhere over France during WW I.Credits: The aircraft models from "Rise of Flight" and the BG is from mayyang.com sky photo.
Thanks for Loking. Cheers, Mike
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Well those are some fine looking plains flying up in the horizon by the look of things.
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Thank You, I use very little tools for editing. Most people use Photoshop, but all my work is done with GIMP and Paint.Net.
I use the smudge tool and color curve a lot.
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Thank you, appreciate the comments. This is one of my favorites. Sometimes thetechnical aspect is never noticed by our members. Cheers.
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The guys who flew the first fighters like these were totally crazy but you have to respect them for it.
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I agree, thanks for the feedback.
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Bit of a tight spot! So are these 3d models then worked over in p/shop?
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The aircraft is from the "Rise of Flight" flight simulator game. I select and stage a dogfight, including time of day, weather, and "fly" the Sopwith and record as a movie. I then edit the movie when I get the perfect screenshot. I then cut and paste the aircrafts to a background that I paint. The aircrafts are painted using my own designed brushes. I use GIMP and Paint.Net for all editing and painting.
Setting up a dogfight and editing the movie may take 2-6 hours before I find the right scene.
I am an ex-pilot that still enjoys flight simulation games and I have a commercial art background.
Thanks for the feedback.
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Ah, that's interesting, never occurred to me as a resource to provide a source image, but something I should look into.
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Just how many of these Fokker D. VIIIs actually saw action in combat?
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During its short time in service, it had little time to prove its worth. It was agile, easy to fly and proved to be an excellent fighter. Some considered it a worthy rival to the bigger and more powerful D.VII.
Jasta 5 was issued a D.VIII. The famed ace Erich Lowenhardt used the aircraft for a short time and scored a few victories in it, but he continued to favour the Fokker D.VII.
A total of 381 aircraft were produced, but only some 85 aircraft reached front-line service before the Armistice. Some reached Holland, Italy, Japan, the United States, and England as trophies, but most were scrapped in accordance with the terms of the Armistice.
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