Albatros D.III - WW.I Aviation Art

dacattack · 27 October 2008, 02:59 PM

Here's a WWI project i wish to share here and get some great feedback towards. It's an Albatros D.III. Eventually, she'll be usd in a multitude if high relsolution print projects.

I'm also looking for any references anyone might have. I've got the Windsock Data file but am always looking for better more details references.

Anyways,. . . here's some progress shots.

Take a look and see what you guys think. . . .

Russell Smith · 29 October 2008, 03:28 AM

David - nice to see this one coming along. As you know I've been keeping an eye on it over at Ehangar. Looking good so far.

Russ

dacattack · 29 October 2008, 03:32 AM

Hey Russ! Glad to hear from you as well!

Just basically trying to get as many eyes on my work as possible.
thanks for chiming in,. . . i'll hopefully have some more progress today!

Thanks

David

Russell Smith · 29 October 2008, 03:36 AM

Hey, I see you avatar shaved!

josef scott · 29 October 2008, 05:52 AM

David,

It looks really good so far. Great detail on the lMG o8/15s. Hope you keep us updated. Looking forward to more.

Mark_Miller · 29 October 2008, 08:30 AM

Hi David
nice to see you here.
D3 is looking good as far as i can see.
only thing that stands out as a little odd is that sharp corner on the end of the prop.
props CAN be a bit of a pain

the MG looks particularly accurate.

as for refs...
make sure you look at everything Koloman Mayrhofer has posted
http://http://www.theaerodrome.com/f...-iii-news.html
great stuff

looking forward to seeing some textures

dacattack · 29 October 2008, 08:45 PM

Thanks everyone for chiming in, . . .

Russ, . . . hehehe yeah, shaved it off. Just need to update the avatar at ehangar.

Mark. thanks for the eyes on this, as with the rest of her, it's a WIP and i'll tweak those to be a little more accurate, thanks a lot for the help and link - i'll be sure to read up on those posts.

Well, everyone. Here's a post with the progress i made today. Got a lot of stuff done but oviously a lot more to do. Here's a pic:

tcrean7828 · 29 October 2008, 11:34 PM

Mate,
looks good. If you a mind how about painting one with Jasta 10 colors and for personnel recognition color's of lime green.
If it turns out real good, perhaps I could use it in my Upcoming

Werner Voss book.

thanks in advance - no pressure.

ttfn

tcrean7828

tom

dacattack · 30 October 2008, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcrean7828

Mate,
looks good. If you a mind how about painting one with Jasta 10 colors and for personnel recognition color's of lime green.
If it turns out real good, perhaps I could use it in my Upcoming

Werner Voss book.

Sure,. . . i'd be happy to!

Mostly looking forward to all the wonderful paint schemes that the Germans had, epspecially the Albatros's. The lent themselves to be great moving pieces of flying art!

Shoot me an email sometime with what you would need.

Thanks!

sijko · 30 October 2008, 06:58 AM

The images look really impressive. It seems as though it takes you no effort at all but Im sure that is not the case...
Will you be able to move the control surfaces (Ailerions, elevators, rudder)? Because even in a beautiful flying setting with moving prop and sky and battleground, the plane will still look static with all surfaces set to neutral. that is especially true for rotary-engined birds, such as the Nieuport.

On that note, will your backgrounds also include Trenched and shelled surfaces, bombed railways and so on? All those battle sequences with idyllic country pastures in the background look a bit phony to me.

Please keep us updated on your progress!
have a good day,
Sijko