On Their Way In

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-06-11 09:04pm

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.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2006-06-12 12:26am

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?

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2006-06-12 12:48am

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.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-06-12 05:55pm

Used the AlphaSim B-36H in FS2004; and then added the contrails and painting effect later in Paint Shop Pro.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-06-12 06:04pm

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!

Post by **K. A. Pital** » 2006-06-18 08:20am

Great. I like it. I save it. I print it out and put on me wall.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-06-18 08:26am

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.

Post by **K. A. Pital** » 2006-06-18 08:54am

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...