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Title: Corsairs at Dawn
Post by: Major Biggles on January 27, 2007, 02:47:35 PM: amazing how good they look against a more realistic background :)

hope you like, took me a few hours, it's the first one i've ever really done properly, it's not great but it's a start :)

(http://www.thesproge.com/uploads/CorsairsatDawn.jpg)
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Post by: Rollins on January 27, 2007, 03:42:09 PM: Very cool.
:aok
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Post by: SkyRock on January 27, 2007, 06:02:20 PM: :aok x 2!
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Post by: RTR on January 27, 2007, 06:03:24 PM: wow Pooface, that's awesome!

thanks for the new desktop wallpaper!

RTR
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Post by: Patches1 on January 27, 2007, 06:05:21 PM: Looks fantastic, Biggles! Well Done, Sir!

~~Patches~~
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 27, 2007, 06:49:34 PM: that's ALL computer generated btw, none of that is a real photo. i made the background using terragen, first try. it didn't come out totally as i wanted, but i still thought it looked purty :)
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Post by: SKJohn on January 27, 2007, 08:36:43 PM: Makes a beautiful desktop!
Title: WTG Biggles
Post by: StewyS on January 27, 2007, 09:20:53 PM: Thanks Biggles, I look forward to seeing more of your work!!!!!!
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Post by: Flame 2 the boy on January 27, 2007, 09:36:54 PM: WOW!! that looks awesome, nice work i give it 4 outta 5 stars lol j/k

Flameboy
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Post by: SkyRock on January 27, 2007, 09:42:11 PM: Yeah I set it as desktop! Very cool! :aok
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Post by: B@tfinkV on January 27, 2007, 09:50:03 PM: you see that HTC?

that is what a sunset looks like when you dont cut the sun in half.... :p
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 28, 2007, 05:44:09 AM: cool, gald you all like it. it was really a spur of the moment thing, but i had fun with it :) might do some more ;)
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Post by: rogerdee on January 28, 2007, 06:09:53 AM: biggles is terragen hard to use? or can a idiot like me figure it out?

the pictures look good quite inspiring,i been playing with a lot of different things skining map building 3 d modeling while i am wating for Combat tour,might try Terragen.
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Post by: airspro on January 28, 2007, 06:18:07 AM: Nice work there
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 28, 2007, 06:24:55 AM: Quote
Originally posted by rogerdee
biggles is terragen hard to use? or can a idiot like me figure it out?

the pictures look good quite inspiring,i been playing with a lot of different things skining map building 3 d modeling while i am wating for Combat tour,might try Terragen.

well an idiot like me figured it out in ten mins ;)

go to planetside.co.uk terragen is a free download. that there is nothing compared to what you CAN do, i just don't know how yet :)

that sunrise took about 20 minutes to make from installation, so it isn't bad, fairly simple to pick up and go :)
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Post by: betty on January 28, 2007, 06:32:11 AM: thats a cool pic...it does look real
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Post by: Flame 2 the boy on January 28, 2007, 11:05:31 AM: i dont want to be one to judge something that i cant make...but is the corsair on the right missing its left wing? or is that just me not being able to tell from the way it looks cuase of the angle?

anyways...its still awesome
Flameboy
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Post by: 1Boner on January 28, 2007, 11:08:43 AM: nice!!!!!

new desktop!!!

more, more!!!!!!

thanks,

Boner
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Post by: TequilaChaser on January 28, 2007, 11:14:48 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Flame 2 the boy
i dont want to be one to judge something that i cant make...but is the corsair on the right missing its left wing? or is that just me not being able to tell from the way it looks cuase of the angle?

anyways...its still awesome
Flameboy

it's the angle ( and the contrast/brightness of pic), I can make out the left horizontal stabilizer/elevator overlaying the left wing............

nice pic Biggles........
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 28, 2007, 11:24:03 AM: thanks for the comments all :) glad you like it :)

i'm a total noob at this, but i just signed up at screenshotart.com and some of the guys there have already kindly given me some tips. have started on a pony diving through the clouds now :)

this is quite addictive getting it right actually lol, i can see this being a lot of fun :)

next i'll have to figure out how to put some real formations in the pic :)

if anyone ever feels like starring in a picture, i could always use a few decent formation fliers :)
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Post by: rogerdee on January 28, 2007, 12:03:15 PM: Biggles if you want a flyer ill give you hand any night apart from fridays satadays sundays.
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Post by: lagger86 on January 28, 2007, 12:47:30 PM: forgive my dumbness, but did you start with a screenshot and fix it up, or did you just insert planes into a background you created?
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 28, 2007, 01:41:16 PM: stuck the planes on a backgorund lagger :)

i've been given a lot of tips by some guys at screenshotart.com which is awesome. i'm working on a pony vs 109K4 fight up in the clouds atm, trying to make it look good :)
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Post by: lagger86 on January 28, 2007, 01:53:50 PM: Thanks, I have the corsair pic as my desktop background, and it's pretty sweet:aok
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Post by: SirLoin on January 28, 2007, 02:26:51 PM: It would be a perfect desktop if the Corsairs were positioned off to the right...(So u wouldn't have to re-position your Windows clickables)

:aok
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 28, 2007, 02:28:05 PM: this is by no means the final version btw ;)

just testing things and learning how to do it :)
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Post by: lagger86 on January 28, 2007, 03:04:09 PM: I downloaded that program, and it is really really cool!!!
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 28, 2007, 03:14:31 PM: this is one i'm working on now:

nowhere near finished of course ;)

(http://www.thesproge.com/uploads/PonyVs109K.jpg)
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Post by: EagleEyes on January 29, 2007, 12:33:42 AM: *cough* need an F6F Hellcat one *cough*

:D
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Post by: Kweassa on January 29, 2007, 01:52:41 AM: Nice pictures.

That reminds me of the fact that if there's one thing in AH that is technically, visually, and absolutely sub-par when compared to a variety of other games, its how they handle the water.

Frankly, the "animated water" option is a complete flop. I can't understand how such an aesthethically ugly display can take up so much system resource.

If there's room for improvement, its definately how the water is portrayed.
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 29, 2007, 02:08:07 AM: yup, water is definitely ancient technology in this game :D
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Post by: 4deck on January 29, 2007, 10:59:23 AM: BEAUTIFUL[/SIZE]:aok :aok :aok

ps can you make a formation of 26's with the 3'rd Raptor skin flying in formation about 5k up over a hill.

Thanx man, great job. Really
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Post by: Flame 2 the boy on January 29, 2007, 01:22:37 PM: Quote
Originally posted by TequilaChaser
it's the angle ( and the contrast/brightness of pic), I can make out the left horizontal stabilizer/elevator overlaying the left wing............

nice pic Biggles........

ah now i see it...my mistake :rolleyes:

Nice work on the other picture too Biggles :aok

Flameboy
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Post by: 1cemanVS on January 29, 2007, 01:32:02 PM: can we have the 51 winning please? else it wont make it to my desktop :aok

really do look good biggles, and i am a digital art student ;)
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Post by: Treize69 on January 29, 2007, 01:41:11 PM: Pony can lose, as long as its not one with a red nose.

Then it would have to win :)
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Post by: 1cemanVS on January 29, 2007, 01:50:56 PM: its got a bit of red in it, its got to win!

all the 51 images i see the 51 is being gunned, even the HTC depiction :furious

unless these are the only images you can get, then it will have to do, looks so beautiful id still use it :huh
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 29, 2007, 02:40:44 PM: ok, latest work:

i've been fiddling with dodge and burn, which i think i got done quite well with this pic. one problem i did have was getting the prop right. i had nothing to compare it to, so i don't feel like i've got it right, but it's been good practise ofr me, and hopefully i'll get better fairly quickly :)

anyway, here it is, it's not prize winning, and i'm unhappy with the prop, but i still think it's a nice shot :)

(http://www.thesproge.com/uploads/Mustang.jpg)
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 29, 2007, 04:55:13 PM: and another test :)

i'm still not totally happy with them, but it think i'm getting better at it :)

enjoy:

(http://www.thesproge.com/uploads/HomeForTea.jpg)
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 29, 2007, 06:19:02 PM: has anyone in AH ever done anything like these before?

i'd really appreciate any advice with techniques and things, perhaps the skinners might know a thing or two? i'm having quite a lot of fun with this, definitely going to do more :)
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Post by: ClevMan on January 29, 2007, 09:14:18 PM: Serious talent there!

Very nice, thanks for the new wallpaper... The one of Skuzzy tangled up in cords wearing a dress holding a squeeze bottle of maple syrup was getting a little old.

:D
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Post by: Dichotomy on January 29, 2007, 09:39:44 PM: very nice Biggles

~~She Devil loves photoediting stuff so I pointed her at terragen and she's suitably excited. Thanks~~
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Post by: Major Biggles on January 30, 2007, 06:14:53 AM: thanks, very glad they've gone down so well ;)

hope to do some more soon :)

edit: it turns out there is a competition running on this website, http://www.screenshotart.com , prizes include trackIR4 pro lol. i think i might give it a shot :) 2 months till closing date.

if any of you guys like my pics (which suck in comparison) you should check out that site, they have some amazing galleries :eek:
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Post by: Mugzeee on February 01, 2007, 01:03:41 PM: Biggles.

Very cool stuff :aok

A few questions for ya.

Are all of the pics posted here via the registered version?

If not...do you have any pics saved from the non-registered version?

The problem i am seeing is that i am getting large pixiled finished work.

thanks..Keep up the work..you might well win that comatition :aok
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Post by: Major Biggles on February 01, 2007, 01:19:28 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Mugzeee
Biggles.

Very cool stuff :aok

A few questions for ya.

Are all of the pics posted here via the registered version?

If not...do you have any pics saved from the non-registered version?

The problem i am seeing is that i am getting large pixiled finished work.

thanks..Keep up the work..you might well win that comatition :aok

registered version?

i don't really understand what you're talking about mugz :(
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Post by: Mugzeee on February 01, 2007, 01:22:21 PM: Somewhere in the program i noticed a Pix setting that was available in the registered version.

I will have to look and find it.
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Post by: Major Biggles on February 01, 2007, 01:30:36 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Mugzeee
Somewhere in the program i noticed a Pix setting that was available in the registered version.

I will have to look and find it.

i have the registered version of photoshop yes.

but i have no idea what the pix thing is all about, sorry :(
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Post by: Mugzeee on February 01, 2007, 01:36:10 PM: This is someting i slammed together for the sake of what i am refering.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d191/donmugz/lrgpix.jpg)

This is the "Render Image" selection result.

Is this normal?

Is the 3D version the only one that produces the finished product?
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Post by: Major Biggles on February 01, 2007, 01:39:42 PM: AHHHH, terragen!

thought you were talking about photoshop.

there is a detail slider just underneath the preview picture in terragen. slide it to the right, THEN render. yuo can use the preview button to view your terrain before rendering it in high quality
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Post by: Mugzeee on February 01, 2007, 02:05:12 PM: lol... missed it by that much. ty
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Post by: SkyChimp03 on February 01, 2007, 03:01:20 PM: Yes that is normal but..... Look down before you render and see render quality the higher the quality less pixelish it looks (more realistic). I'm been fooling with terragen since 04:D
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Post by: Mustaine on February 01, 2007, 03:18:49 PM: I'd love to see something like this re-done

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/180_1170364648_fw190d911jg26.jpeg)

I just started messing with terragen now, and it is way beyond my comprehension... gotta read a LOT more lol
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Post by: Hap on February 01, 2007, 03:38:34 PM: Wow.

~~hap :aok~~
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Post by: Major Biggles on February 01, 2007, 03:44:38 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Mustaine
I'd love to see something like this re-done

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/180_1170364648_fw190d911jg26.jpeg)

I just started messing with terragen now, and it is way beyond my comprehension... gotta read a LOT more lol

that IS nice, although i wonder if it's from a game screenshot, or if it's all actually CGI models and lighting...
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Post by: Mugzeee on February 01, 2007, 04:02:38 PM: I asume you are taking Screens from AH2 Film for the AC? Cutting them out and pasting them on the background created in Terragen?
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Post by: Major Biggles on February 01, 2007, 04:14:40 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Mugzeee
I asume you are taking Screens from AH2 Film for the AC? Cutting them out and pasting them on the background created in Terragen?

just for the first pic. all the others have been pasted onto backgrounds from off the net ;)
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Post by: Mugzeee on February 01, 2007, 04:15:48 PM: cc
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Post by: mandingo on February 01, 2007, 04:17:14 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Mustaine
I'd love to see something like this re-done

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/180_1170364648_fw190d911jg26.jpeg)

I just started messing with terragen now, and it is way beyond my comprehension... gotta read a LOT more lol

Jesus, if that doesn't look pure evil I don't know what does.
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Post by: Mustaine on February 01, 2007, 04:22:51 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Major Biggles
that IS nice, although i wonder if it's from a game screenshot, or if it's all actually CGI models and lighting...
If I am not mistaken, the name in the lower right is a "famous" model box art guy, and this is his work

I did blend the edges to make a desktop out of it 1024x768 if anyone is interested.
Title: Very cool!
Post by: Dadano on February 01, 2007, 04:32:24 PM: Those look great Biggles
Title: Are these from sims....
Post by: humble on February 01, 2007, 05:35:55 PM: This is awful detailed for any sim art????

(http://www.screenshotart.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=55589)
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Post by: nickf620 on February 02, 2007, 05:52:53 AM: been messing around with it for a minute and i cant find out how to get the ground out of the shot