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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Guppy35 on December 18, 2006, 02:39:31 PM
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Finally moved AH1 from the old comp to the new. Got myself wandering through the films and found one of my son and I out in 38s. As some of you know I lost my son in August 2005 in a car wreck.
He was the first 38 fan in the family as he flew it in AW when you couldn't get me out of a Spit :)
Anyway, I kinda liked the look of this from November 2003. Following my boy out on the prowl in a couple of P38Ls. Kinda gloomy under those clouds.
He was too good though. He never could auger like the old man :)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1166474080_drewzil.jpg)
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Very nice Guppy.
Regards,
hap
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Looked like it was about to rain. :D
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Very powerfull image, thanks for sharing.
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that was AH1??
y dont we have clouds like that in AH2?
Oh and BTW very nice Dan :aok
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Back in AH1 u could literally hide in the clouds! Some were very thick and took up some alt!
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Originally posted by SkyRock
Back in AH1 u could literally hide in the clouds! Some were very thick and took up some alt!
and wut happened?
I'm assuming a sequel to somthing is supposed to include all things and more...no?
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Dan,
Thanks for sharing brother. I know things like that have to evoke very strong emotions.
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Wow - we had beaches back then instead of the saw-tooth coastlines of AHII? I never realized it until I saw this pic.
I do remember flying in IFR type conditions and using the radar to drop down out of the clouds on the unsuspecting red dots - that was kinda cool.
I remember one day when HT or someone was fooling around with cloud settings and the whole MA was socked in for awhile - you could hear other vehicles but couldn't see them.
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That is a cool pic. :aok
Just noticed I have the AH114 installer on this box. Now if only I could get my AH1 box to boot up, where all my stuff now lies. :confused:
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nice shot dan :) sorry to hear about your son, never knew...
must be nice to see the father and son in action again:)
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Aye, respects ... Hopefully he's in a place with a bluer sky and greener grass.
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Nice picture guppy thanks for sharing. I remember those clouds in ah1 I had so much fun chasing planes into them and getting roped in them I was such a noob.
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:)
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Sorry to hear about your son Guppy. Nice pic. Brings back memories for me. I can only imagine for you.
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Which one was your son Guppy? :)
Beautiful shot :)
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Awesome pic Guppy, feels ominous to me.They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
Very sorry to hear about your son. I mean that.
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My condolences on the loss of your son.
You know sir, as other have pointed out, the shot does capture a lot of emotion.
I'm willing to bet there is a competent aviation artist that could put that shot in oil on a good-sized canvas for you and smooth things up a bit. Could add lighting highlites on the planes, make the coastline, jungle and clouds a bit more natural, and perhaps add a sunbeam or two through the clouds, perhaps one lighting your son's plane.
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Originally posted by LEADPIG
Which one was your son Guppy? :)
Beautiful shot :)
He said he was following his son.
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Originally posted by Old Sport
My condolences on the loss of your son.
You know sir, as other have pointed out, the shot does capture a lot of emotion.
I'm willing to bet there is a competent aviation artist that could put that shot in oil on a good-sized canvas for you and smooth things up a bit. Could add lighting highlites on the planes, make the coastline, jungle and clouds a bit more natural, and perhaps add a sunbeam or two through the clouds, perhaps one lighting your son's plane.
Actually having a painting done of Corky Smith's CorkyJr P38 and his wingman by Aviation Artist Wade Meyers.
http://wademeyersart.tripod.com/id65.html
It's the Pacific 80th Headhunters listed.
Was kinda a gift from my son & daughter to me after the accident.
In some ways they're both flying wing for me now.
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Originally posted by Guppy35
Actually having a painting done of Corky Smith's CorkyJr P38 and his wingman by Aviation Artist Wade Meyers.
Should be nice. He's one of the artists I was thinking of.
Best regards
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Guppy,
I would get in touch with this guy:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?threadid=437759
His email is homepage@skyraider3d.com
He'd do it in CG and with the backstory, would probally do a fantastic job.
Wolf
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If you're planning on using that screenshot for the painting, I recommend going back in the track and using maximum zoom (minimum field of vision) to take a new screenshot. In other words, zoom in all the way, then move the camera out so that the aircraft are the same apparent distance.
Here are two pictures to demonstrate. Both were taken from the same angle at the same time, but the upper picture is at normal zoom and camera distance. The lower picture is at maximum zoom and the camera is farther away. The lower picture, of course, is the way the human eye would see it.
(http://users.adelphia.net/~j.r.engdahl/josh/Zoom.gif)
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he's not using that screen shot, he is getting one done of 80th FS P38, the one in that photo is 475th skin from AH