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On Their Way In
Posted: 2006-06-11 09:04pm
by MKSheppard
Painting presented to the USAF Art Gallery on June 6, 1972, on the 25th Anniversary of The Big One. Portrays the famous B-36H-III-CF "Texan Lady" as she appeared on June 6, 1947, approaching Berlin, with the Ruhr some 52,000 feet below her.
Posted: 2006-06-12 12:26am
by Hawkwings
at first glance, it looked like a screenshot from some bomber game. I'm not sure if that's a compliment to game artists, or an insult to the painter, or mybe vice versa? Both? Neither?
Posted: 2006-06-12 12:48am
by Duckie
No it is a computer game shot, probably from a flight sim of some sort.
It's sort of obvious since we never nuked Berlin it would be hard to get a comemorative painting.
Posted: 2006-06-12 05:55pm
by MKSheppard
Used the AlphaSim B-36H in FS2004; and then added the contrails and painting effect later in Paint Shop Pro.
Posted: 2006-06-12 06:04pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
Shouldn't the atmosphere have a much darker blue above the horizon? Flying at fifty-two kilofeet tends to put a pretty large majority of the atmosphere below the plane...
Otherwise, excellent!
Posted: 2006-06-18 08:20am
by K. A. Pital
Great. I like it. I save it. I print it out and put on me wall.
Posted: 2006-06-18 08:26am
by Ace Pace
You should read The Big One, from which Shep drew inspiration for the image.
By the way Shep, get me some B-58 images from above Gaza, Crusade time.
Posted: 2006-06-18 08:54am
by K. A. Pital
You should read The Big One
Do you think I haven't, after that old discussion we had?
Heh.
On my part, I'd advise you "Variant "Bis" (or "Variant B"), but I don't know if that's out in English...