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Catfish

10-12-16, 06:54 AM

Very nice painting, Eichhoernchen :up:

Don't eat those, they might kill you!

Not necessarily, back in the middle ages those mushroos were eaten deliberately as a drug, instead of alcohol. It certainly killed some.. they are called "Fliegenpilze", in german.
There are two substances in that mushroom which have to have a kind of balance. Depending on the habitat those two "antagonists" are unequally distributed:

North of the Alps this mushroom is mostly poisonous, while south of the Alps it is usually edible, and indeed being eaten.

So Italians coming to Germany, beware!

In Germany, we are looking for (all german names) Steinpilze, Hexenroehrlinge (more in France though), Champignons, Maronen, and Pfifferlinge. There are more edible ones, but they might be misjudged due to age and form, so just to make sure ..

^ Mm, this Hamburger.. looks like champignons

Eichhörnchen

10-13-16, 06:32 AM

http://i.imgur.com/Hrvebw9.jpg
The model to be used for the painting

http://i.imgur.com/NAUibC9.jpg
Going over the drawing in a dark colour with a soft brush prevents it getting lost under any overpainting.

http://i.imgur.com/DxI12oj.jpg
Beginning to plan a background, making frequent checks with the help of a small handheld mirror to throw up imbalances in the composition.

http://i.imgur.com/THZj4UU.jpg
Just beginning some 'proper' painting of the background.

http://i.imgur.com/hVALYaM.jpg
Very rough preliminary painting of the aircraft itself, background is just about finished. This now gives the answer as to whether the thing has worked, it also shows up where some contrast with the background might still be needed.

Eichhörnchen

10-15-16, 12:00 PM

http://i.imgur.com/PmB6A13.jpg

Almost finished. A painting of an airborne WW2 fighter really only comes to life with the addition of the spinning prop.

http://i.imgur.com/luNMQ2j.jpg Finished

Jimbuna

10-16-16, 08:31 AM

One of my favorites.

http://i.imgur.com/FZ57HVw.jpg

Alex

10-17-16, 11:39 AM

Mr Eichhörnchen, some feelings can't be expressed in words (http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/59220595aa.jpg).
I feel that way pretty much everytime I see another one of your artworks. :03:

Eichhörnchen

10-17-16, 12:16 PM

Thanks, buddy :haha::)

Eichhörnchen

10-23-16, 07:50 AM

Idea for something a bit more interesting than just an aircraft portrait, but not a 'jig-saw' puzzle picture:

http://i.imgur.com/hlqAaBf.jpg

A very rough sketch; a Polish spitfire IX passes a burning German aircraft in the early morning of Monday 1st January 1945, when a last-ditch blow was aimed at allied airbases in France and the Low Countries with a multi-pronged attack by the Luftwaffe.

Poor visibility, dark, snow, but with bright golden sun breaking through the clouds at upper left. These colours to be repeated in a fire beginning along the flank of the German (I'll probably have to replace the 109 with a I/JG1 ****e-Wulf, owing to research difficulties). And I must put bomb-racks on the Spitfire, as it will probably show a 308 Sqn ground-attack aircraft; they arrived (following a dawn raid) back at their base at Sint-Denijs, near Ghent, just as the German attacks came in and shot down at least 18 of the enemy. I have a book with some artwork in it purporting to show these Spitfires, yet the artist has completely omitted the bomb-racks from his profiles; you have to check as many references as possible... photographs are obviously the best.

Eichhörnchen

10-29-16, 11:50 AM

http://i.imgur.com/JvrpWkK.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qz2zMwH.jpg Models posed and photographed

http://i.imgur.com/HZZEp1D.jpg Photos arranged as per the original rough sketch

http://i.imgur.com/JxKy5MQ.jpg Drawings transferred onto 'claybord' panel

http://i.imgur.com/fOO2dzr.jpg Beginning to plan a background with some rough brush sketching

http://i.imgur.com/0fHSes6.jpg

Starting to paint the background. This will no doubt change over and over until I'm happy with it; right now I think I'm going to have to lose some of the dark forest detail though still show more than in the preceding sketch.

I decided not to show the airfield with aircraft lined up, hangars etc. as this might shift focus from the aircraft and get me bogged down in fussy detail. I decided instead to show lightly wooded Belgian countryside under snow.

http://i.imgur.com/POEZQHQ.jpg Backgound nearly done...

http://i.imgur.com/8oJmUrQ.jpg

Getting on with painting the aircraft. I've also started work on the things that will embed them properly into the picture, such as the smoke and hydraulic fluid streaming from the stricken 190.

http://i.imgur.com/CqLVmG3.jpg Moving towards completion

http://i.imgur.com/gpy7SRg.jpg Detail

Torplexed

10-29-16, 01:44 PM

Models posed and photographed

Starting to paint the background. This will no doubt change over and over until I'm happy with it; right now I think I'm going to have to lose some of the dark forest detail though still show more than in the preceding sketch.

I decided not to show the airfield with aircraft lined up, hangars etc. as this might shift focus from the aircraft and get me bogged down in fussy detail. I decided instead to show lightly wooded Belgian countryside under snow.

Nice description of your workflow there. :cool:

As for me, I've been in the mood for something tall, leenie and Halloweenie. :ping:

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Halloween-Mugging.jpg

Eichhörnchen

10-29-16, 02:20 PM

I love that! :up:

Commander Wallace

10-30-16, 08:42 AM

http://i.imgur.com/PmB6A13.jpg

Almost finished. A painting of an airborne WW2 fighter really only comes to life with the addition of the spinning prop.

http://i.imgur.com/luNMQ2j.jpg Finished

As always, your artwork / paintings are Fantastic. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Aktungbby

10-30-16, 12:13 PM

One of my favorites.

http://i.imgur.com/FZ57HVw.jpg
The intended operational altitude was originally set at 2,750 m (9,000 ft). However, repeated failures of a barometric fuel-pressure regulator led to it being changed in May 1944, halving the operational height, thereby bringing V-1s into range of the Bofors guns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors_40_mm) commonly used by Allied AA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aircraft) units... I wonder if the altitude depicted is correct? That's not 4500 feet in the painting.:hmmm: In daylight, V-1 chases were chaotic and often unsuccessful until a special defence zone was declared between London and the coast, in which only the fastest fighters were permitted. The first interception of a V-1 was by F/L J. G. Musgrave with a No. 605 Squadron RAF (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._605_Squadron_RAF) Mosquito night fighter on the night of 14/15 June 1944. Between June and 5 September 1944, a handful of 150 Wing Tempests shot down 638 flying bombs,https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/26/fe/0b/26fe0b6bdfc8a9da90cde36edd652293.jpg<the proper altitude imho) with No. 3 Squadron RAF (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAF) alone claiming 305. One Tempest pilot, Squadron Leader Joseph Berry (RAF officer) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Berry_(RAF_officer)) (501 Squadron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._501_Squadron_RAF)), shot down 59 V-1s, the Belgian ace Squadron Leader Remy Van Lierde (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_Van_Lierde) (164 Squadron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._164_Squadron_RAF)) destroyed 44 (with a further nine shared) and W/C Roland Beamont (see above) destroyed 31.
The next most successful interceptors were the Mosquito (623 victories), Spitfire XIV (303), and Mustang (232).:up: All other types combined added 158. Even though it was not fully operational, the jet-powered Gloster Meteor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor) was rushed into service with No. 616 Squadron RAF (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._616_Squadron_RAF) to fight the V-1s. It had ample speed but its cannons were prone to jamming, The 'art' of tipping: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg/220px-Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg)< (attn. Eich there's a painting( a spitfire:up:) in this methinks!) At least sixteen V-1s were destroyed this way (the first by a P-51 piloted by Major R. E. Turner of 356th Fighter Squadron on 18 June) Bottom line only 25% of V-1 made it to a target costing; 4% of the cost of a V-2, still a bad investment of Teutonic War Machine economics:hmmm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb) http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/08/article-1384740-0BF424C400000578-18_636x774.jpg<Duchess of Cambridge Kate's Grandfather and all...might even B a royal commission in it for you!:Kaleun_Salivating: After joining the reservist 605 Squadron at Manston, near Ramsgate, Kent, in August 1944, Middleton embarked on numerous dangerous missions.

Showing incredible courage, he was deployed in a de Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber to nudge the wings of unmanned German V1 flying missiles to divert them from London.
The deadly 'doodlebugs', launched from France, could each destroy at least three houses. About 8,000 were launched at Britain and more than 2,000 hit London, killing thousands.

Middleton was among a group of elite RAF 'top guns' used to push the V1s off-course. Despite risking his life on an almost nightly basis, it is not thought that he received an honour for his bravery.

Eichhörnchen

10-30-16, 01:31 PM

That's a great post, Aktung. My old mum used to live in "Doodlebug Alley", as I think they called it, and regularly watched the 'buzzbombs' pass overhead on their way to the Capital. And I know Benenden very well (got a photo of the village duckpond here somewhere).

@ Torplexed and CW... thanks for the compliments, guys.

fumo30

10-30-16, 03:30 PM

As always, your artwork / paintings are Fantastic. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:
I agree with that.:yep:

Commander Wallace

10-31-16, 07:22 AM

I wonder if the altitude depicted is correct? That's not 4500 feet in the painting.:hmmm: Bottom line only 25% of V-1 made it to a target costing; 4% of the cost of a V-2, still a bad investment of Teutonic War Machine economics:hmmm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb) http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/08/article-1384740-0BF424C400000578-18_636x774.jpg<Duchess of Cambridge Kate's Grandfather and all...might even B a royal commission in it for you!:Kaleun_Salivating:

Service people from that time never thought they did anything special even though they did. They were called the greatest generation for good reason. I'm sure Middleton was no different.

As far as never receiving any honours for his efforts, what good are awards from people like that anyhow, who did their fighting from behind a desk ? Anyone of substance knows of his efforts and what he did anyhow.

Aktungbby

10-31-16, 09:38 AM

:Kaleun_Applaud:Service people from that time never thought they did anything special even though they did. http://www.pattonhq.com/posters/poster25.gif
Some would disagree!:03:
http://www.pattonhq.com/posters/poster26.gifhttp://www.pattonhq.com/posters/poster13.gif< in fact it was used to sell war bonds!

Eichhörnchen

11-06-16, 03:45 PM

http://i.imgur.com/lHQucT1.jpg

Finished (probably)... F/O T. Szlenkier of 308 (Polish) Sqn watches a JG1 fighter go down over Sint Denijs airfield, 1 January 1945.

http://i.imgur.com/9jLybii.jpg (detail)

Difficult job because there's not much colour in a Winter scene like this; "Colour is what sells pictures", a dealer once told me. I did consider putting some tracer fire in, coming up from the airfield (some of the Germans were shot down by AA) so I still may do this.

Torplexed

11-06-16, 10:36 PM

Superb work Eichhörnchen. It's got that January aerial ambience for sure. :salute:

Eichhörnchen

11-07-16, 12:21 AM

Thanks, Torp :)

Jimbuna

11-07-16, 10:46 AM

Aye, very nice indeed :yeah:

Eichhörnchen

11-17-16, 10:41 AM

http://i.imgur.com/zxG8ulG.jpg

I dug out this old sketch of ideas I had years ago for two paintings: I'm going to start with the 1./KG51 Messerscmitt Me262 heading for the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen.

If I do it big then I might put another plane in. There'll probably be a mass of AA over the bridge, reacting to Ar-234 jet bombers which have swept over already.

Eichhörnchen

11-19-16, 09:03 AM

Now the rough sketch idea has been developed into a real drawing ready to begin painting, using my old Revell 1:72 scale model again:

http://i.imgur.com/6vnEc4l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uFYNTYf.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jzQqJeS.jpg

Of course I'll 'repaint' the Me-262s to represent 1./KG51 aircraft; the models just give me the drawing and lighting information (they are travelling from an ESE direction on the morning of March 9 or 12, 1945)

http://i.imgur.com/bdKWSCH.jpg

Starting to feel my way around the landscape and sky...

Commander Wallace

11-19-16, 11:29 AM

Now the rough sketch idea has been developed into a real drawing ready to begin painting, using my old Revell 1:72 scale model again:

http://i.imgur.com/6vnEc4l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uFYNTYf.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jzQqJeS.jpg

Of course I'll 'repaint' the Me-262s to represent 1./KG51 aircraft; the models just give me the drawing and lighting information (they are travelling from an ESE direction on the morning of March 9 or 12, 1945)

It's amazing to see the artistic process at work and see a painting go from conception to a " rough sketch " and eventually, a finished painting.:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Aktungbby

11-19-16, 11:54 AM

It's amazing to see the artistic process at work and see a painting go from conception to a " rough sketch " and eventually, a finished painting.:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: What's amazing is : you get inside the artist's head! One never see the original; that is inside the head of the artist....https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/The_Scream.jpg/800px-The_Scream.jpgHere's Munch's rendition of "'waiting" for the M-262 attack on the Remagen Bridge" :O: Sale price $119,922,600 USD! :k_confused:

Eichhörnchen

11-19-16, 12:13 PM

:har: But I think the guys there weren't too worried: the AA barrage they put up was, I read somewhere, the densest of its kind in the entire war, and their commander told them not to worry about identification but to just blast anything that came near the bridge.

Commander Wallace

11-19-16, 12:15 PM

What's amazing is : you get inside the artist's head! One never see the original; that is inside the head of the artist....https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/The_Scream.jpg/800px-The_Scream.jpgHere's Munch's rendition of "'waiting" for the M-262 attack on the Remagen Bridge" :O: Sale price $119,922,600 USD! :k_confused:

Either that or " oh no, I left the stove and tea kettle on " :O:

Eichhörnchen

11-19-16, 12:37 PM

:haha: I should've thought of that!

Eichhörnchen

12-07-16, 09:30 AM

For some unknown reason my "Edit" button has stopped appearing in this thread, so I have to display this progress update as a fresh post instead of adding it to the original (I'll alter things again if my button reappears).

http://i.imgur.com/1KuunAX.jpg

Just started on painting the aircraft (nothing's finished yet, not the background nor the bridge or aircraft). I think I might call it "Remagen Strike".

http://i.imgur.com/gq5GnCC.jpg

My Edit button has reappeared; changed a/c to "White B" as this seems a reasonable idea... further research or comment welcome. Moving on to finish the background next, along with the bridge itself and some more FX! That will wake the picture up.

http://i.imgur.com/OAPlYp3.jpg Finished

Eichhörnchen

12-07-16, 04:21 PM

Yes I toyed with the idea of putting the Arado jet bombers in the picture as well, but maybe in the future: I plan to revisit this subject in another painting.

Aktungbby

12-07-16, 05:42 PM

^Ignore my previous post! On closer inspection: those are the two-bomb fighter-bomber variant of the 262A2-2a if 'escorting' the Arados equipped with 2000 lb bombs, would they actually have also been carrying relatively ineffective 500 kg bombs in a superior Allied air cover situation especially in the all-out Remagen zone? The Me 262A-2a Sturmvogel (Stormbird) was built with bomb pylons capable of carrying either two 250 kg or 500 kg bombs or one bridgeworthy 1,000 kg bomb. Two upper Mk. 108 cannons (http://www.aviation-history.com/guns/mk108.htm) were removed to make way for the bomb site. With bombs installed, this reduced the airspeed by 120 mph (193 km/h) bringing it within the speed of Allied piston-engine fighters until the bombs were dropped. The account in wiki is unclear: In an indication of their dire military situation, Hermann Göring (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring) initially sought volunteers from among Messerschmitt 262A (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262) pilots for suicide missions to attack the bridge, but the aircraft's bomb targeting sight prevented their use in this way. To supplement the propeller-driven aircraft, Göring formed Gefechtsverband Kowalewski, which included about 40 Arado Ar 234 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_234) B-2 turbojet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbojet) bombers of III./Kampfgeschwader 76 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampfgeschwader_76) (76th Bomber Wing), normally based in Norway. The bombers were escorted by about 30 Messerschmitt 262 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_262)A-2a jet fighter-bombers-4 guns 2 hardpoints> https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/cc/9e/47/cc9e47915e1651d70e58314cffa6a125.jpg from II./Kampfgeschwader 51 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampfgeschwader_51) (51st Bomber Wing) led by Hansgeorg Bätcher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansgeorg_B%C3%A4tcher)—formerly commanding officer of III./KG 76 — on their 7 March mission. This was the first time they were used to attack a tactical target. When fully loaded with external bombs, the bombers were capable of flying at over 660 kilometers (410 mi), faster than almost all Allied aircraft except the latest Tempest Mark V (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Tempest), and so fast that the American anti-aircraft units had trouble tracking them. Over six days, III Gruppe./KG 76 flew nine sorties against the bridges. While extremely fast for their time, they were not accurate and dropped 1,000-kilogram (2,200 lb) bombs without success. The Germans lost seven jet aircraft, two to Allied aircraft.The Americans estimated that from 7 to 17 March they shot down 109 planes and probably destroyed 36 others out of a total of 367 sent to attack the bridge. 33%+ casualties??!! does not win wars. For sure the 262A-2A/U2 with bombardier prone in glazed nose to aim bombs....:timeout:was not used at Remagen,https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b9/7c/4f/b97c4fd9c05dd83dce07e1766587c512.jpg nor was this prototype dragging the bomb behind on its own wooden wing! (looks big enough for Remagen though imho) http://www.aviation-history.com/messerschmitt/me262-10a.jpg

Eichhörnchen

12-07-16, 05:51 PM

I'll have another look at the bombs (my Me-262 has the "Wikingschiff" pylons) but I've only just started work on these, so no problem changing them. Maybe you could help out with an individual aircraft i.d. for the main subject; the Edelweiss were among those attacking the bridge at this time and I'd like to represent one of their aircraft, but I may have to use that artistic licence you referred to in giving mine an aircraft letter...

Oberon

12-12-16, 04:26 PM

A picture that I did back in 2008 depicting Jock Moffats Swordfish dropping its torpedo at the KMS Bismarck, with Navigator Miller looking over the side to see if they had a runner.

http://i.imgur.com/YaGq9gC.jpg

Eichhörnchen

12-13-16, 09:30 AM

http://i.imgur.com/j4vPk0f.jpg

Main colour areas very quickly and roughly applied in order to gauge composition.

Jimbuna

12-13-16, 12:10 PM

A picture that I did back in 2008 depicting Jock Moffats Swordfish dropping its torpedo at the KMS Bismarck, with Navigator Miller looking over the side to see if they had a runner.

Most fitting considering recent events Jamie :yep:

Aktungbby

12-13-16, 12:24 PM

http://i.imgur.com/j4vPk0f.jpg

Main colour areas very quickly and roughly applied in order to gauge composition.
See if you can work "Big Yank' into the work!:D
On a March day in 1945, Babe Broyhill was the tail gunner on "Big Yank," a B-17 Flying Fortress over Berlin. He saw Luftwaffe ME-262 jet fighters swarm toward Big Yank`s tail. "I saw four jets attacking a lone B-17 from another group. The B-17 knocked down one of the enemy fighters before it flew in a crippled manner towards the Russian lines. The remaining three fighters came at our plane. Two of them came right behind each other at my position. They were about 1000 yards away when I started cutting loose with my guns. The first (Me 262) made a pass at 200 yards and my tracers were going right into its fuselage. Suddenly it went down in flames. The second came into my sights after the first had dropped. I kept shooting away because he was getting into my hair. Suddenly, it also spiraled down. Upon hitting the ground, it burst into flames. Because I had my guns spitting lead so rapidly, they jammed." The Big Yank crew set a record for the number of ME-262 jets destroyed by one crew on one mission (3) and Broyhill set two records: most German jets destroyed by a gunner in one mission (2) and most German jets destroyed by a gunner during the war (2). http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/images/BIGYANK1.jpg< Broyhill second from leaf fron row. http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/bigyank.html (http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/bigyank.html) http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/images/BIGYANK2.jpg

Eichhörnchen

12-13-16, 12:37 PM

Unfortunately that's a natural metal finish on "Big Yank", but I'll keep it in mind for later.

Aktungbby

12-13-16, 12:43 PM

What a psychological ploy though: U know your not winning when your enemy bombs in daylight and doesn't bother with camo paint schemes any more! :oops: :k_confused:

Eichhörnchen

12-16-16, 06:58 AM

The "Edit" buttons are missing from this thread again, so here is an update:

http://i.imgur.com/wcsR4d2.jpg

The sky is almost done and I've started working on the various aircraft. Still very early stages.

Jimbuna

12-16-16, 07:35 AM

Everything appears normal at this end.

http://i.imgur.com/lfr3uIW.jpg

Eichhörnchen

12-16-16, 08:32 AM

Yes, the Edit button comes up on the most recent post each time, but is absent from all my preceding ones. Only in this thread, though.

My post #544 (where I wanted to put this update) shows no Edit button, so it must disappear at some point. Strange.

Jimbuna

12-16-16, 08:41 AM

Eichhörnchen

12-16-16, 10:31 AM

Here's what I see:

http://i.imgur.com/Dqul6ww.png

... no 'Edit' button.

Dowly

12-16-16, 10:44 AM

I opened a thread about it here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2452608#post2452608

Eichhörnchen

12-16-16, 10:54 AM

fireftr18

12-16-16, 09:47 PM

What a psychological ploy though: U know your not winning when your enemy bombs in daylight and doesn't bother with camo paint schemes any more! :oops: :k_confused:

I read an article about that in Popular Mechanics. During WW2, there was a lot of research about aircraft camouflage color. Basically, they found out that the dark upper surfaces didn't help hide the aircraft while in the air. They also found out that it actually made the aircraft easier to see from the ground.
There was also the need to get aircraft over to the war as soon as possible, so the Army agreed to accept the aircraft unpainted, then paint them when they could.
It didn't take long for the Army to figure out to simply not paint the aircraft.
I don't know how well the change worked, but the polished aluminum remained for many years. Now just about everyone the world over paints their aircraft some shade of gray. Yes, I know, there are exceptions.

Eichhörnchen

12-17-16, 03:22 AM

That's interesting, the point that they were actually more visible from above while in flight... it makes perfect sense: the higher they flew, cloud, also simply density of atmosphere below, would cause them them stand out.

Also, it was known that a coat of matte paint slowed an aircraft by a considerable amount (especially a big one) owing to weight of the paint and the drag. The RAF continued to paint their bombers because they flew mainly at night but I don't know why they didn't also return to natural metal for their fighters.

The Luftwaffe began painting their fighters in more 'earthy' colours such as "braunviolette" right down their flanks and over the tailfins (often previously left light grey) in the later stages of then war because they were having to spend far more time on the ground, at which times a top camouflage would indeed be best.

Luftwaffe camouflage just by itself is a vast, fascinating and often controversial subject.

Aktungbby

12-17-16, 04:14 AM

That's interesting, the point that
The Luftwaffe began painting their fighters in more 'earthy' colours such as "braunviolette" right down their flanks and over the tailfins (often previously left light grey) in the later stages of then war because they were having to spend far more time on the ground, at which times a top camouflage would indeed be best.

Luftwaffe camouflage just by itself is a vast, fascinating and often controversial subject.
Well just fill in the colour 'braunviolette' on this and show us!:D
https://scontent-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/s960x960/1540295_341574842672735_399518501123828108_o.jpg?o h=2680cd43bd003c5e9f3f6918b97ea61d&oe=58B5D270

Jimbuna

12-17-16, 07:27 AM

Top man. I can now see an edit button on the last three, but it looks like all of my preceding posts on this thread have lost their edit buttons.

I need my edit buttons, for removing defamatory remarks etc.

I've compared your account with that of Dowly in the admin control panel and they are almost identical so some change in the user group settings must have taken place.

I'll speak with Neal about it and hopefully matters can be rectified.

Eichhörnchen

12-17-16, 08:32 AM

Must be a rodent thing.

Meanwhile, @ Aktung, they never used Braunviolett on the Me109E... it was a late-war RLM (Reichsluftfahrtministerium) colour used on G's and K's, so there :haha:

Eichhörnchen

12-17-16, 11:04 AM

http://i.imgur.com/8q4GYOe.jpg Done a bit more today

http://i.imgur.com/c8XYJNl.jpg And a bit more today

Eichhörnchen

01-05-17, 01:08 PM

http://i.imgur.com/cU5f3nV.jpg (before)

http://i.imgur.com/ERFAPcn.jpg

I've changed it quite a bit now and tried to convey more speed

Aktungbby

01-12-17, 11:13 AM

http://inktank.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tumblr_nclv2gA4lG1t2t2gmo1_1280-738x1030.jpghttp://inktank.fi/digital-artworks-jakub-rozalski/ (http://inktank.fi/digital-artworks-jakub-rozalski/) :D

Fubar2Niner

01-12-17, 02:16 PM

^
Thanks for the link mate. Nice concept, the past mixed with the future. Not new I know, but well executed.

Eichhörnchen

02-17-17, 02:47 PM

http://i.imgur.com/XZ9mINB.jpg A Barn Owl... finished today.

fumo30

03-03-17, 03:16 PM

http://i.imgur.com/XZ9mINB.jpg A Barn Owl... finished today.

Aww! Perfect!

Here's the tune:
Agincourt - Barn Owl Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4iWdmquUs

Eichhörnchen

03-04-17, 04:30 AM

Thank you, fumo30 :)

Eichhörnchen

04-05-17, 03:28 PM

http://i.imgur.com/EjStf4G.jpg

Catfish

04-06-17, 01:35 AM

Beautiful hare! Just right for the Easter days, too :)
I recently saw one on a field here, but they have become rare (all this industrialisation eating up there natural habitats).

Eichhörnchen

04-06-17, 02:14 AM

Thanks, Catfish; we still see them, some years more than others, but they're thankfully not as scarce here in the fens as elsewhere.

Catfish

04-06-17, 03:50 AM

Their population has gone back two thirds only in the last ten years in Germany, a direct result of intensive agrarian industry, and all kinds of poisons getting into the food chain :shifty: Then: Hunters, who do not care for protection but are eager to shoot. Hares and does are also hunted by crows, in open territory and all those open fields.

In Germany, hares have a lot of nicknames describing special "features" or manners of those bunnies like "Meister Lampe" or "Muemmelmann".
"Jans Mümmelmann, der alte Heidhase, lag in seinem Lager auf dem blanken Heidberg, ließ sich die Mittagssonne auf den billigen Balg scheinen und dachte nach über Leben und Tod." :haha:
(Jans Muemmelmann, the old heathland hare, lay on its lair on top of the blank Heidberg (heath mountain), let the midday sun shine on his cheap hide, and thought about life and death.) A short story by H. Löns

Jimbuna

04-06-17, 05:21 AM

Great work....would that taste as good as a rabbit does in a pie? :)

Eichhörnchen

04-06-17, 08:19 AM

Good question, really. My wife says better... hare has a richer, gamier flavour.

Jimbuna

04-06-17, 08:33 AM

I remember I once tried pheasant and found that much 'richer/gamier' than chicken.

Fubar2Niner

04-06-17, 02:32 PM

I remember I once tried pheasant and found that much 'richer/gamier' than chicken.

Hmm perhaps someone should create a gastronomic thread........... anyway that's a by the bye, Jim if pheasent was too gamey mate, you should really try guinea fowl. Beautiful eating.

@Eich

Lovely work mate, so envy your nature. London is great for crows, pidgeons, town foxes and such. Pollution and peeps seems to be driving all else out, I remember when Sparrows were everywhere. Can't remember the last time I saw one:( . Even my annual hedgehog visitors dissappeard couple years back :(

Fube

Eichhörnchen

04-07-17, 08:44 AM

Thanks, Fubes... not so many peeps up here, thank goodness, and we are getting our sparrows back (now mostly tree sparrows, not house sparrows). I put a blank-load of nesting boxes on the side of the house last winter and they seem to be doing the trick. Costing me a fortune in nuts, mind.

Eichhörnchen

04-07-17, 10:32 AM

"The Biter Bit"

Capt. William T. Whisner vanquishes an attacker on 1st January 1945

http://i.imgur.com/srRU5uj.jpg

I'm getting near to finishing the background... still need to highlight or enlarge the clouds on the left. I've also made a start on the aircraft. I do realise that he would probably have ditched his droptanks by this point, but they add interest... I'll probably have to lose them too.

fumo30

04-08-17, 01:45 PM

Good work Eich.:salute:

Hare seems to be a mountain hare considering the white tail?

Catfish

04-08-17, 02:36 PM

^ :hmmm:
Hares in Germany all have the white tail even in summer, which is called "Lampe", or lamp, in hunting circles, because it flashes up when the hare runs (hare called "Meister Lampe" here because of that). Tests have shown that the flaring white tail actually irritates hunting animals like dogs, because it indicates the hare to change the direction differently than it really does.. /wisecrack mode

fumo30

04-08-17, 02:42 PM

Yes, Brown hare has white tail underneath and black upperside, but mountain/arctic hare has all white tail. That's why I asked, correct if I'm wrong. I didn't see any black at Eich's painting.

Jimbuna

04-10-17, 07:18 AM

Very nice P-47 :salute:

Catfish

04-10-17, 07:22 AM

Yes, Brown hare has white tail underneath and black upperside, but mountain/arctic hare has all white tail. That's why I asked, correct if I'm wrong. I didn't see any black at Eich's painting.

I guess i have just be thrown off that bridge :)

Eichhörnchen

04-10-17, 08:54 AM

Brown Hare, fumo... but little of the black back-stripe, if any, would be visible from this angle. We do get the Mountain/Arctic Hare (in Scotland) but, as you know, it's smaller than the Brown and with noticeably smaller ears in proportion; our Mountain Hares only moult back to a white coat in Winter and (as you said) do not have the black back-stripe at any time. Our Brown Hares are probably the same race as Catfish's German ones.

@ Jim... thanks :up: I'm doing some more work on the Mustang today, so I'll post next when it's finished.

Jimbuna

04-10-17, 10:45 AM

@ Jim... thanks :up: I'm doing some more work on the Mustang today, so I'll post next when it's finished.

Rgr that and would love to see an example of the banana bomber.

Commander Wallace

04-11-17, 07:17 AM

As usual, your paintings are excellent Eichhörnchen. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:
I remember painting / drawing album covers in Grade and High School with an Ink quill and a bottle of ink which didn't allow for any mistakes. I don't know why I used an outdated Ink quill other than I liked how precise the drawn lines were and with care, I could make my drawings look just like the cover. I used to do that to relax sometimes.

Sailor Steve

04-11-17, 09:44 AM

Very nice P-47 :salute:
What P-47? Did I miss something?

Eichhörnchen

04-11-17, 03:41 PM

I was too kind to tell him...

Jimbuna

04-11-17, 04:07 PM

Okay okay, it grew up after the painting was comissioned into a P-51 Mustang or a was it a Spitfire.....perhaps even a Lancaster :hmmm:

:O:

:oops:

:/\\!!

Fubar2Niner

04-12-17, 12:45 PM

Okay okay, it grew up after the painting was comissioned into a P-51 Mustang or a was it a Spitfire.....perhaps even a Lancaster :hmmm:

:O:

:oops:

:/\\!!

Now that is an interesting idea Jim, @Eich how are you at morphing a Jug into a Lanc in individual changes? Dashed challenging ol' bean ;)

Fubes

Eichhörnchen

04-12-17, 01:48 PM

You want that gimmick on Facebook which changes your face into a movie star's (mine's Jason Statham... Jim's would be Worzel Gummidge)

Fubar2Niner

04-12-17, 02:00 PM

Geez mate, hate to think what mine'd be.......... Stan Ogden p'haps ;)

Eichhörnchen

04-12-17, 03:55 PM

You Stan, then.... Reece Hilda :haha:

Eichhörnchen

04-13-17, 03:38 AM

Still find I am unable to edit posts on previous pages of this thread; I got the P-51 pilot's name conflated with another I've been studying... this should read Lt. Alden P. Rigby, not Capt. William Whisner.

Jimbuna

04-13-17, 05:35 AM

You want that gimmick on Facebook which changes your face into a movie star's (mine's Jason Statham... Jim's would be Worzel Gummidge)

Hey, I resemble that remark!! http://i.imgur.com/3eiDxqd.gif

Eichhörnchen

04-20-17, 07:10 AM

I think it's finished... Lt Alden Rigby vanquishes a foe during the infamous attack of 1st January 1945 above Airfield Y-29

http://i.imgur.com/gfxnmwQ.jpg (already I can see a wonky cross on that port wing)

fumo30

04-20-17, 10:28 AM

@Eich
Looks great.:D
And I see the drop tanks are finally jettisoned. About time.:03:

BTW. Thank you(Catfish too) for the information about hares. I apperciate that.

Eichhörnchen

04-20-17, 11:35 AM

Here's the improved version; according to the pilot's own account, they were taking off without tanks for that patrol... then the attack came in.

http://i.imgur.com/Nbs9kYl.jpg

Aktungbby

04-20-17, 12:17 PM

Here's the improved version; according to the pilot's own account, they were taking off without tanks for that patrol... then the attack came in.

http://i.imgur.com/Nbs9kYl.jpg This should clarify matters:haha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uWpPuxpl2A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uWpPuxpl2A) :shucks: On January 1, 1945, Asch airfield (Y-29) was the site of a major aerial battle during the Luftwaffe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe)'s Operation Bodenplatte (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte). The FW-190's and Bf-109's of JG-11 arrived at Asch just as the 487th FS of the 352nd FG were rolling down the runway, the ensuing battle came to be known as the Legend of Y-29. The pilots of the 487th Fighter Squadron who took off did so under fire and in the face of overwhelming odds. The 487th scored 23 kills while suffering only 2 damaged aircraft in the face of 3:1 odds. For their performance the 487th received the only Distinguished Unit Citation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation) given to a fighter squadron in the European theatre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zutendaal_Air_Base (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zutendaal_Air_Base)

Eichhörnchen

04-26-17, 12:59 PM

This is, as you'll realise by now, the very roughest planning out of a new painting; an impressionistic mess at the moment... perhaps

http://i.imgur.com/oQZzClQ.jpg

Even though I've chosen to show the bombers being overhauled by the Messerscmitts from behind, by this stage of the war the Germans usually came at them head-on. I also took some photos to show this method of attack, but they'll probably get used at a later date.

http://i.imgur.com/oG2amLI.jpg

Fubar2Niner

04-26-17, 03:10 PM

Like it, even early stages look very promising mate. This did remind me of something I see recently. Possibly some ideas too? Take a peek, interesting story;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8EkmyoG83Q

All the best mate.

Fube

P.S Sorry Steve and co. for the movie link but thought this was quite a worthwhile link.

Eichhörnchen

04-26-17, 03:57 PM

Funny you should come up with the Franz Stigler encounter, Fubes... when I was setting up the models to compose this painting, I took a few additional ones to help me produce my own depiction of that story later (see below) even though it's been painted several times already, I know.

http://i.imgur.com/nnebgFi.jpg

Of course the model photography is for composition only... aircraft markings, armament etc, have to be changed. If I ever got around to painting it then I was planning to call it "The Guardian" or something like that.

GT182

04-27-17, 09:57 PM

Wow, to see them meet in the film so many years later was outstanding. I also read the book. Couldn't put it down. Then I read it the second time. Wow again.

Eichhörnchen

04-29-17, 12:17 PM

Begun getting into painting the aircraft now. The tracer fire is just a try-out... I may not use it.

http://i.imgur.com/IVFQsH0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nXVuCwh.jpg (May 1st)

http://i.imgur.com/EgNBY95.jpg (May 8th... photo a little too dark though))

Jimbuna

04-30-17, 06:01 AM

Could well be my eyesight but the nose on that Vulcan (traces of #588) looks like it is bent ever so slightly downwards :hmmm:

Eichhörnchen

04-30-17, 09:06 AM

That bit needs more attention, but the chin turret on the Fortress 'G' does give it a droopy look at the front.

Aktungbby

04-30-17, 10:05 AM

I NOTED THE 'HUMPED' UPPER FUSILAGE SLOPEAGE MYSELF AND ASSUMED IT WAS MY EYESIGHT AS WELL; 'TILL I RE-EXAMINED THE MODEL PHOTO AND REALIZED; IT LOOKS THAT WAY FROM ABOVE. I STILL HAVE AN UNCLE-IN-LAW WHO MANNED THE UPPER TURRET OF ONE OF THESE BABIES. HE WAS A RAGING PTSS ALCOHOLIC FOR YEARS AND IS NOW , AT 95, THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF FIVE SIBLINGS! FOR YEARS I HAD BEEN TOLD HE WAS THE TAIL GUNNER UNTIL I CRAWED BACK ON A B-17 MYSELF AND COULD'NT POSSIBLY FIT: NEITHER COULD MY UNCLE; HE READILY CORRECTED THE FAMILY LORE AND SAID HE WAS THE TOP TURRET GUNNER-AN UNENVIABLE POSITION AS GERMAN FIGHTERS WOULD ATTACK INVERTED HEAD-ON AGAINST A BOMBER FORMATION-HENCE THE CHIN GUN , SPLIT-'S'ING OR PRE-INVERTED TO DIVE DOWN SWIFTLY FROM ANY FIGHTER COVER AFTER THE INITIAL ATTCK AND ALSO AVOID RETRIBUTION FROM THE BELLY AND WAIST GUNNERS. While it may sound as if German fighter pilots had the advantage in their freedom to form up at a distance, then hit fast and hard from the most advantageous angle, leaving their opposition little time to react, in reality there was plenty of fear to go around-for the attackers, their intended victims, and the shepherding escort pilots. The combat box formation bristled with heavy machine guns, and in the course of the war gunners aboard the bombers shot down far more enemy fighters than their fighter escort did. As Luftwaffe pilot Hans Philipp noted, " ...curve in toward 40 Fortresses and all your past sins flash before your eyes."

The frontal attack promised the best chance of survival. The German fighters would fly alongside the bomber formation, out of range of the gunners tracking them. About three miles ahead of the formation they would turn 180 degrees and attack from out of the sun at 12 o'clock high, aiming for the big bombers' cockpits. Sometimes they flew so close to their target that they had to zoom at the last instant to avoid the towering tail of the B-17. A two-gun chin turret was added to the B-17G model specifically to counter this head-on attack.

When attacking bombers from behind, the idea was to concentrate the attack by hurling one four-plane Schwarm after another at the target aircraft, quickly firing and then flying over the formation. Whether attacking from in front or behind, the German fighters often finished their attack with a split-S, while taking fire from the bombers' dorsal, tail, and belly guns, to open up as much distance from those guns as quickly as possible.

Other Luftwaffe tricks made life difficult for the American escorts. For example, as Mike Spick notes in Luftwaffe Fighter Aces, " ...one flight of ...FW 190s was sent down through the formation as a decoy; the remainder stayed above to fall on the Americans when they dove after the sacrificial flight." In the sudden, violent and confusing world of aerial combat, it was hard to resist the urge to follow any fighter that flew through the formation.
The escape technique was utilized by the M262 jet pilots as well The appearance of the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter allowed circumvention of the defending escorts altogether. In a technique pioneered by Luftwaffe pilots of the Kommando Nowotny, a Me-262 would approach the rear of an American formation at top speed (nearly 600 mph), bypassing the fighter screen. The German jet would then dive to a position roughly a mile behind and a quarter mile below the bombers, pull up into a high-g climb to scrub off airspeed and level off when even with the enemy formation. Now inside the screen of escorts and with a relatively slow closing speed with the bombers, the interceptor pilot could select a target, trigger a short burst from his four 30 mm cannon, roll inverted and dive away.

Eichhörnchen

05-01-17, 11:26 AM

http://i.imgur.com/nXVuCwh.jpg

Two main aircraft well on way to completion now; I'll edit this into the previous one so that a comparison is easier.

Eichhörnchen

05-04-17, 01:03 PM

I saw a quite ordinary print in a fabulous rustic timber frame at a local gallery; they told me it was made by a local cabinet-maker. I really wanted to see what such a frame might do for some of my animal paintings (the hares, especially) and here they are at last. I'm really pleased with the result, so this clever guy will soon be getting some further orders...

http://i.imgur.com/B0aoQHI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/euqO0Yv.jpg

fumo30

05-05-17, 02:11 AM

@Eich

Excellent!
Those are frame choices of very good taste, they fit perfectly to your masterpiece paintings.:yeah:

Could watch them all day long.

Commander Wallace

05-05-17, 06:54 AM

The paintings are awesome and the frames just add to that. It gives the paintings a rustic feel.

Jimbuna

05-05-17, 07:36 AM

Very nice :sunny:

Eichhörnchen

05-05-17, 11:37 AM

Thanks, guys. Here's a detail from the other job... the 109 and bombers seem about finished so should be done soon

http://i.imgur.com/smkQ8Pn.jpg

Von Due

05-05-17, 11:52 AM

What's there to say.... fantastic artwork there.

NB and a bit OT: About the Brown/Stigler episode: Looks like there is a movie in developement.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3014928/

Joefour

05-05-17, 11:53 AM

Begun getting into painting the aircraft now. The tracer fire is just a try-out... I may not use it.

http://i.imgur.com/IVFQsH0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nXVuCwh.jpg (May 1st)

Hey Squirrel, I've got an alternative title for your composition.

"Too Close For Comfort" :haha:

Sorry Mate, couldn't 'elp meself.

Eichhörnchen

05-05-17, 02:22 PM

I haven't given it a title yet, Joe, and that sounds good: I originally set it up to give an impression of the B-17 'ducking' out of the way, but since I was planning to include more bombers I reckoned it might look a bit odd with this one flying at a different angle... I was worried it might not be clear that he was taking evasive action (I deliberately got the fighters as close as possible).

I compromised in the end by giving the bombers a downward angle and the 109s a slight upward sweep, figuring this might still make it look like the B-17 was 'flinching'

fumo30

05-05-17, 02:44 PM

The tracers look just fine, how about some defensive fire too?

Eichhörnchen

05-05-17, 02:48 PM

I've been considering that... didn't want it to get too overdone, if you know what I mean, but I might do something with the ventral and/or tail gunners.

fumo30

05-05-17, 02:53 PM

didn't want it to get too overdone, if you know what I mean,

Yes.

Joefour

05-05-17, 03:04 PM

I've been considering that... didn't want it to get too overdone, if you know what I mean, but I might do something with the ventral and/or tail gunners.

All in all, even unfinished as yet, I think it's outstanding work! You can can almost feel the terror felt on both sides. Were I a BF-109 pilot, just thinking about those big .50 Cals. makes my skin crawl. Same thing on the other side of the coin; that Messerschmitt packs a wallop with its nose cannon.:up:

Eichhörnchen

05-09-17, 12:24 PM

I've decided I shall probably crop the painting to look like this:

http://i.imgur.com/g9pzoM2.jpg

This is the uncropped picture; I had wondered at the start whether it wouldn't maybe look more dramatic if I cropped the B-17. Downside is that I could've drawn the whole bigger and not wasted anything:

http://i.imgur.com/AD9kUAl.jpg (I took fumo's advice about defensive fire)

http://i.imgur.com/dn7fEpe.jpg

Aktungbby

05-09-17, 03:59 PM

Well U should show defensive tracer from the upper turrets of both B-17's which would probably be toward the starboard fighter as flight-box defensive protection from the lower bomber-perhaps from the tailgunner as well. The portside waist-gun should be dealing with nearest fighter in the artwork only. Neither fighter need be shooting at just the moment depicted which will solve your overdone issue. Are those the in-wing A cannon-armed Bf 109E, showing the 20 mm MG FF (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_FF_cannon) installations in the wing. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Messerschmitt_Bf_109E.jpg/220px-Messerschmitt_Bf_109E.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Messerschmitt_Bf_109E.jpg) or the heavier (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCstsatz) VI underwing gondola cannon kits? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-487-3066-04%2C_Flugzeug_Messerschmitt_Me_109.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-487-3066-04%2C_Flugzeug_Messerschmitt_Me_109.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-487-3066-04,_Flugzeug_Messerschmitt_Me_109.jpg)Pic's enlarge The angle portrayed makes it difficult to tell.

Eichhörnchen

05-10-17, 12:44 AM

My idea was that the upper gunner has been trying to hit the smaller fighter but is missing it... unable to track it because of its speed and close proximity (I've got fire coming from the ventral ball and tail gunners directed at unseen targets). I considered waist gunner fire but it would have cut across the picture at an angle that cut it in half and maybe spoiled the momentum (anyway, this picture could easily represent a moment in between bursts).

The nearest fighter is firing at an unseen bomber 'off screen' with its nose and underwing cannon.

Eichhörnchen

05-16-17, 08:31 AM

http://i.imgur.com/FJTJUcG.jpg

I had another go at this today and beefed up the AA fire after seeing how it gave drama to the B-17 picture. I've also improved the sky, which was just "there" before and didn't seem to contribute much.

Commander Wallace

05-17-17, 07:31 AM

Eichhörnchen

05-17-17, 03:21 PM

Thanks, CW. I got this one framed up and on a gallery wall today... they look so much better like this (in real life, I mean) than as a cropped digital image.

http://i.imgur.com/eZftT0m.jpg

Dowly

05-29-17, 02:47 AM

http://i.imgur.com/tzDbjav.gif
A cinemagraph of a scene from A Night to Remember.

http://i.imgur.com/98aBD7A.gif
ALIEN 3

Eichhörnchen

05-29-17, 12:26 PM

STEED

05-29-17, 12:32 PM

Eichhörnchen

05-29-17, 12:48 PM

That's correct :)

Jimbuna

05-29-17, 01:38 PM

I'm still trying to get a decent photo of this painting (the only one I ever decided to keep for myself). It was published many years ago as a birthday card by Polytint Cards

http://i.imgur.com/fqzTmFk.jpg

The original K5054 had only a short life before it ws lost in a fatal landing accident at Farnborough on the 4th September 1939, just a day after war was declared.

A replica was created as a permanent memorial to those that had worked on the aircraft including the design team at Supermarine in Southampton.

Try contacting The Spitfire Society if you haven't already:

http://spitfiresociety.org/

Dowly

05-29-17, 02:21 PM

STEED might recognize this one. :03:
http://i.imgur.com/EmMoCsi.gif
https://fat.gfycat.com/YawningImpeccableJackrabbit.gif

Aktungbby

05-29-17, 02:22 PM

I'm still trying to get a decent photo of this painting (the only one I ever decided to keep for myself). It was published many years ago as a birthday card by Polytint Cards

http://spitfiresite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/spitfire-prototype-640x434.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c0/09/c6/c009c6d554fc4d1fdff762af0df30ee7.jpg
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/k5054.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ba/e4/ba/bae4ba8c8a3305c2c20f5879457e38b6.jpg<And on it's first flight 3/5/1936 Capt Joseph Summers Vickers chief test pilot: actual flight! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tflwAyFNWyI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tflwAyFNWyI) (Eastleigh Aerodrome Archives)> https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/80/b7/94/80b79492c392fa2a38922592f019d7f3.jpgAND by Assistant test pilot Jeffry Quill with new engine and propeller.> https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/07/fd/46/07fd46d87be2e87005b4e1b39fb56c4a.jpgJUNE 18,1936>http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/03/06/00/31E60C7B00000578-3478260-image-m-28_1457225210856.jpg

Eichhörnchen

05-29-17, 02:26 PM

Thanks Jim. When I re-read my post I can see I should have worded it differently: I should've said "take a decent photo"... the painting is one of mine. Sorry about that, but the Spitfire Society link is still going to be useful :)

http://i.imgur.com/fJOSKFw.jpg

This is the photo I took for my Subsim album; colours can vary so much sometimes!

On the subject of which... this aircraft is always painted by others in a light-blue colour. I did a lot of research for this painting (and the plastic models which preceded it) and 'K5054' at this time was painted overall in what was called "Supermarine Seaplane Grey", which far from being grey was a sort of turquoise-green. On a sunny day, such as in the summer of 1936, the highly polished finish would no doubt have picked up a lot of the 'local colour' of the blue sky, which led to contemporary descriptions of it as being a light blue aircraft. Mine is, I believe, the only correct portrayal (the second photo is more true to the painting). Some would argue, I realise, that I should have painted it blue, then, to more accurately show what colour it appeared... well maybe

Eichhörnchen

05-29-17, 03:01 PM

I forgot to say I finished this one too:

http://i.imgur.com/V0IY3ct.png "White Five", an Me262 of JV44

STEED

05-29-17, 03:08 PM

STEED might recognize this one. :03:
https://fat.gfycat.com/YawningImpeccableJackrabbit.gif

.webm version (https://gfycat.com/YawningImpeccableJackrabbit)

:haha: Split Second. :up:

Eichhörnchen

05-31-17, 07:30 AM

I've altered the canopy shape of Yellow Ten... still hadn't quite got it right

http://i.imgur.com/5X671ME.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MZaTdTc.jpg (This was the later "blown" canopy shape)

Jimbuna

05-31-17, 08:09 AM

^Very nice :up:

Dowly

05-31-17, 02:18 PM

http://i.imgur.com/0pb6KPQ.gif
BLADE RUNNER

Eichhörnchen

06-16-17, 04:53 PM

Or maybe just "D-Day"... this is my latest experiment with using the PC to help me compose a painting. It really does beat the way I used to do it: shifting bits of tracing-paper around, each with a little part of the drawing on it, until they all looked to be in the right place.

http://i.imgur.com/pdlQMMS.jpg

It started the same old way, though... with a very quick sketch to record the idea; in this case a Spitfire banking over a Normandy beachhead, viewed through a thin veil of low cloud and sea mist.

Then some model photography... remembering the direction of the morning sun... I have to get some good shadows on the models to make them "pop". Finally they can be photo-shopped onto a makeshift background with adjustments of size and attitude all done with digital manipulation. I photographed my model from different angles just in case I decided to put 'two' aircraft in, and in the end this is the way it's gone.

Problem is, I'm not going to be able to use my chosen aircraft: despite coming from an "Xtradecal" sheet entitled "Normandy Invasion Aircraft", my research has revealed that this plane was not in the war until July '44, and even then flew only over Holland and Belgium... not Normandy. I considered stretching things and suggesting this was how I fancied the pilot (Tony Cooper) might have returned to the area where he had indeed flown during the initial invasion, in his Spit MkV, but this notion was in turn squashed when I discovered that the decal instruction sheet had mistakenly directed the modeller to put 18" (full size) invasion stripes under the wings, when in fact this squadron used the narrower ones. They got the narrower stripes under the fuselage right, but not the wings. A reissue of this decal set has corrected the error, but my model was built years ago and I trusted the information; it's unwise to trust decal sheets and artists' profiles... always use contemporary photographs if you can get them.

So I've had to re-think the fuselage markings entirely... currently favouring no.485 (NZ) Squadron, who flew MkIX Spits on D-Day.

http://i.imgur.com/QnUrcSF.jpg Now all I have to do is to draw and paint it.

Eichhörnchen

06-22-17, 04:42 PM

http://i.imgur.com/sF1ptsH.jpg

Working on the background still, but I've started to rough in the Spitfires to help me get the colour-contrast & tonal values right.

I think I'll put some invasion "traffic" heading for the beach... the white wakes in the water will follow the same direction as the aircraft and help the impression of speed.

http://i.imgur.com/ivkwUjj.jpg

Some more progress; happy with the clouds now so I'll move on to the aircraft tomorrow (remember these are only rough atm).

http://i.imgur.com/DZZORkz.jpg Nearing completion I think.

http://i.imgur.com/pQa0sH0.jpg Finished

STEED

06-22-17, 06:05 PM

http://i.imgur.com/5X671ME.jpg

Butcher Birds! :o

Eichhörnchen have you ever done any paintings after WW2?

I liked our white elephant the TSR-2.

Eichhörnchen

06-23-17, 12:33 AM

I loved the TSR2 as well; I once saw a model of it made up and finished in RAF green/grey camo with full squadron markings, imagining what it would've looked like if it had gone into service. What a great aircraft that was and would have been!

To answer your question, no, I haven't got around to post-WW2 just yet. I only started painting aeroplanes this past year, so I began with my favourite period. But when I move on from these I'll be looking to paint Hunters, Swifts, Seahawks, Lightnings, V-bombers etc... all the stuff from the golden age of British-built service aircraft.

But I'd also like to do some WW1 and 1920s-30s civil aviation (my very first aeroplane panting was of the Supermarine S4 Schneider Trophy plane).

Jimbuna

06-23-17, 06:48 AM

A few different colour schemes of TSR2 models....only the white variant is mine.

http://i.imgur.com/90MMeqT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gO37bki.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Cp9r8gy.jpg

STEED

06-23-17, 07:03 AM

Eichhörnchen

06-23-17, 08:09 AM

I saw a dramatic painting of the Pfeil ("Arrow") in the Aeroplane Monthly once... by Keith Woodcock, I think.

Can you believe... I've got the great Charles Thompson giving me some personal tips on an aviation Facebook forum right now. I just sent Charles (I call him Charles, you know) a message asking for some input into that troublesome B-17 job I posted recently.

@ Jim... I thought I'd seen a plastic model but maybe it was this 'Corgi'

Jimbuna

06-23-17, 10:23 AM

@ Jim... I thought I'd seen a plastic model but maybe it was this 'Corgi'

Plenty of plastic examples to be found too but my interest is obviously diecast.

Aktungbby

06-23-17, 12:18 PM

Can you believe... I've got the great Charles Thompson giving me some personal tips on an aviation Facebook forum right now. I just sent Charles (I call him Charles, you know) a message asking for some input into that troublesome B-17 job I posted recently.

There's more than one great Charles Thompson besides 'plane junkie' : I see some of ol' 'Tallapoosa Chuck Thompson's work>https://static.wixstatic.com/media/681852_55885b5693914574933d6c7dd4698c02.jpg/v1/fill/w_418,h_488,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/681852_55885b5693914574933d6c7dd4698c02.jpg has rubbed off on you subliminally!:O: http://i.imgur.com/F3FUJje.jpgAs opposed to English Charles Thompsonhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Charles_Thomson._Woman_in_Black_Hat_With_Yellow_Mu g.jpg:har:

Eichhörnchen

06-23-17, 01:40 PM

But could he paint aeroplanes? GB Charles says I'm "learning fast"

Catfish

06-24-17, 05:22 AM

STEED

06-24-17, 10:23 AM

Catfish

06-24-17, 01:00 PM

^ :haha:
:up:

Eichhörnchen

06-25-17, 01:01 PM

http://i.imgur.com/DlXYAkj.png

Aktungbby

06-25-17, 03:07 PM

Puzzle from hell:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Puzzle%20from%20hell%20-%20Pollock_zpsow5ri68c.png (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Puzzle%20from%20hell%20-%20Pollock_zpsow5ri68c.png.html)<This is a no-brainer when I'm on Aracept! http://i.imgur.com/DlXYAkj.png
Me "I'll have a beer. Then I'll tell you" You were obviously....well-ploughed!:D:Kaleun_Cheers:

STEED

06-25-17, 04:34 PM

http://i.imgur.com/DlXYAkj.png

Great picture but the inside note was suspect..

Greetings plough my field or you will get horse dung bath. :o

Eichhörnchen

06-26-17, 12:20 AM

Nothing to do with me... somebody else writes those :)

STEED

06-26-17, 07:00 AM

Nothing to do with me... somebody else writes those :)

Really?

Bottom right of the card..painting and witty comment by Eichhörnchen. :hmmm: :03:

Jimbuna

06-26-17, 01:24 PM

MOSQUITOS AT DUSK – New Release by Gerald Coulson

https://www.aces-high.com/news/view/mosquitos-at-dusk---new-release-by-gerald-coulson

Commander Wallace

06-26-17, 02:18 PM

Awesome link and pictures. Thanks for posting them Jim. :Kaleun_Salute:

Jimbuna

06-26-17, 02:27 PM

Awesome link and pictures. Thanks for posting them Jim. :Kaleun_Salute:

You're welcome matey :salute:

Eichhörnchen

06-26-17, 02:53 PM

The pictures by Anthony Saunders in particular. Looking at his work should make me want to give up, but I'll be going at my 'D-Day' painting with renewed vigour tomorrow.

Eichhörnchen

06-27-17, 06:19 AM

Here's a little corner detail of the 'work in progress'. Still a few wonky bits to tidy up in this Mk9 Spitfire:

http://i.imgur.com/0rsdhPL.jpg

Commander Wallace

06-28-17, 07:31 AM

Looking good. :up:

Eichhörnchen

06-28-17, 11:36 AM

I probably need to add bomb-racks plus a centreline fuel tank attachment, also the large aft 'U' needs some aligning. Otherwise finished, I think...

http://i.imgur.com/PnymMrF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pQa0sH0.jpg Finished

Eichhörnchen

07-06-17, 05:54 PM

http://i.imgur.com/YT0EKog.jpg

(Further information came to light from a buddy resulting in some alterations)

Eichhörnchen

07-11-17, 12:14 PM

I've added some finishing touches to the aviation paintings before exhibition; the close-up detail is actual size.

http://i.imgur.com/mlBH7xu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OybpaS5.jpg

Aktungbby

07-16-17, 01:56 PM

Watched an Alien marathon on tv last night 'again for the firsttime': and flashed on the art director who set it all in motion. An auto-pistol nut: I had a print of this for decades>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Birth_Machine.jpg/800px-Birth_Machine.jpg but didn't make the cinematic connection til last night watching Alien Director's Cut: H.R. Giger's most distinctive stylistic innovation was that of a representation of human bodies and machines in a cold, interconnected relationship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg), he described as "biomechanical". His main influences were painters Dado (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dado_(painter)), Ernst Fuchs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Fuchs_(artist)) and Salvador Dalí (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Giger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Giger) This one painting: Necronom IV> would lead to the Special Effects Oscar for Alien:https://psmag.com/.image/t_share/MTI3NTgyMzg5MjY5NDQxMTU1/necro.jpg The painting simply did it for director Ridley Scott and reset the tone for the whole series' horrific beast. The phallic horror: but Scott insisted that he had found the creature and that it was just right.The writer and co-producer Dan O'Bannon showed me a copy of "H.R. Giger's Necronomicon" book, and I immediately saw the potential his work had to offer the project. The executive producers were a bit hesitant in initially committing to his art until they had a director locked up. In this case that wound up being me. My enthusiasm with regard to the film increased significantly as I realized we had the ability to create a monster that would be superior to most of those from the past. Initially, Giger wanted to design the creature form scratch. However, I was so impressed with his "Necronom IV" and "V" paintings form the "Necronomicon" book that I insisted he follow their form. I had never been so sure of anything in my life. They were quite specific to what I envisioned for the film, particularly in the unique manner in which they conveyed both horror and beauty. https://psmag.com/.image/t_share/MTI3NTgyMzg4NDY0MTc1MTE0/alien-film.jpg

Fubar2Niner

07-16-17, 02:24 PM

Can't get too much of an ALIEN MARATHON mate :salute:

Aktungbby

07-16-17, 06:04 PM

Can't get too much of an ALIEN MARATHON mate :salute: INDEED mate! Film analyst Lina Badley has written that the Alien's design, with strong Freudian sexual undertones, multiple phallic symbols, and overall feminine figure, provides an androgynous image conforming to archetypal mappings and imageries in horror films that often redraw gender lines. Screenplay writer O'Bannon himself later described the sexual imagery in Alien as overt and intentional: "One thing that people are all disturbed about is sex... I said 'That's how I'm going to attack the audience; I'm going to attack them sexually. And I'm not going to go after the women in the audience, I'm going to attack the men. I am going to put in every image I can think of to make the men in the audience cross their legs Copious amounts of K-Y jelly were used to simulate saliva and to give the Alien an overall slimy appearance http://imgur.com/a/3cEEM (http://imgur.com/a/3cEEM)
Oscar winner: best supporting actress Veronica Cartwright,https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/99/95/fb/9995fbc1df0ca0426c96417d48e83d41.jpg originally cast as Alien's heroine Ellen Ripley, but director Scott switched her role with Ms Weaver's role just prior to shooting the film, described Giger's sets as "so erotic...it's big vaginas and penises...the whole thing is like you're going inside of some sort of womb or whatever...it's sort of visceral".:()1:Hey Fubes! the lady is always right! http://i.imgur.com/XvthFln.jpgThe original script had a Downer Ending (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DownerEnding) where the alien kills Ripley, then imitates her voice in a call to Earth, indicating it's headed there next. Scott was persuaded that the film was horrific enough without it. More nudity was going to be in the film, with the characters often walking around naked to show how comfortable they are with each other. Ripley was supposed to be nude when she changes into the spacesuit at the end for a moment. But producers were worried that the film would be banned in other countries, and insisted Ripley be wearing underwear.:yeah:https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/df/a2/24/dfa22430c9d291a52e5777fd398d0552--ellen-ripley-alien-.jpg This was Ridley Scott's second film. http://alienanthology.wikia.com/wiki/Alien (http://alienanthology.wikia.com/wiki/Alien) Having worked on various productions, from movies to car commercials, the 'how ' is often more interesting than the product to me. In this case, thank god 'my legs are crossed in terror'...I won't spill so much popcorn!:shucks:

Eichhörnchen

07-17-17, 10:34 AM

Found in an old box at the back of the garden shed today... my one and only self-portrait. I haven't seen this for about 30 years!

http://i.imgur.com/h6h5BCo.jpg

Jimbuna

07-17-17, 03:03 PM

^ I last saw that 'photofit' on Crimewatch about thirty years ago.

Eichhörnchen

07-17-17, 03:11 PM

I never done it :haha:

Jimbuna

07-17-17, 03:20 PM

I never done it :haha:

http://i.imgur.com/LvokIHu.gif

http://i.imgur.com/9sfJeOA.gif

Aktungbby

07-27-17, 05:45 PM

Found in an old box at the back of the garden shed today... my one and only self-portrait. I haven't seen this for about 30 years!

http://i.imgur.com/h6h5BCo.jpg Do it again with one ear missing...Van Eich You'll be an 'old master...of many parts' https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/4d/81/40/4d8140624bf8faa95282e736dfcf02dc--heart-aches-art-rooms.jpg

STEED

07-27-17, 05:52 PM

Found in an old box at the back of the garden shed today... my one and only self-portrait. I haven't seen this for about 30 years!

http://i.imgur.com/h6h5BCo.jpg

Bloody heck its Roy acid bath Peter's! :o

Jimbuna

07-28-17, 06:20 AM

Bloody heck its Roy acid bath Peter's! :o

:har:

Eichhörnchen

07-28-17, 06:38 AM

Never heard of Roy "Acid Bath" Peters :06:

Anyway, here's another painting of 'K5054'

http://i.imgur.com/g45yu6e.jpg

Jimbuna

08-02-17, 07:41 AM

No place is better than home.

http://i.imgur.com/OmYxoZ9.jpg

Eichhörnchen

08-06-17, 01:02 PM

My old cat, who always used to sit curled up in my desk drawer while I worked, or lay nearby when I was in the garden

http://i.imgur.com/v2G9f3i.jpg

Aktungbby

08-06-17, 02:00 PM

No place is better than home.

Who needs color!:O:
http://patricksmithphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/071116-3709-IntoTheMist.jpg

Eichhörnchen

10-09-17, 08:03 AM

I got this framed now, hoping to sell it through one of the galleries in the run-up to Christmas

https://i.imgur.com/vVGCni2.jpg

Eichhörnchen

10-16-17, 03:10 PM

https://i.imgur.com/snd10s3.png A small detail from a corner...

Eichhörnchen

10-17-17, 12:37 PM

https://i.imgur.com/stWme4n.jpg Calling this one "Lonely Toil"

fumo30

10-17-17, 02:18 PM

Beautiful Eich, just beautiful!:yeah:

...I'll be surprised if the robin won't be ripped off your hands.

Looking at the hare reveals how you finely master the light and shadow. I can truly feel the cold, peaceful winter day.

Eichhörnchen

10-17-17, 04:25 PM

Thanks, buddy... and you probably see a lot more snow than I do, too :)

fumo30

10-18-17, 02:16 AM

Thanks, buddy... and you probably see a lot more snow than I do, too :)

Not too much snow here in southern Finland anymore because of crazy weather patterns. Constant low pressures in winterns causing "black winters" and other anomalies, like inverted rainbows in the sky at summer time without raining.:doh: Well, thats a whole other topic.

I'm glad I can enjoy your art.:salute:

Commander Wallace

10-21-17, 03:41 PM

As usual, first rate work Eichorchen. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:I like all the works you have done that I have seen and would be hard pressed to pick a favorite.

Eichhörnchen

10-21-17, 03:55 PM

Thanks, CW :)

Dowly

10-27-17, 08:40 AM

I guess this can go here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G44VFepZrFY

As the title says, my aim was to make a video intro in the style of the "Mother" computer from ALIEN.
Very fun project to make, since I decided not to look up how to make any of it instead tried to figure it out myself. I'm happy. :yep:
(Adobe After Effects/Photoshop)

Eichhörnchen

12-20-17, 02:56 PM

https://i.imgur.com/6OokidL.jpg

I gave this one to Moira for her last birthday, so it's on our wall now

Eichhörnchen

02-10-18, 01:25 PM

https://i.imgur.com/31S5wNF.jpg

Aktungbby

02-10-18, 04:27 PM

https://i.imgur.com/6OokidL.jpg

I gave this one to Moira for her last birthday, so it's on our wall now
" HARE'S LOOKIN' AT U KID"!:arrgh!::O: :()1:WITH APOLOGIES 2 OL'BOGIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNMEktJDArA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNMEktJDArA)

Eichhörnchen

02-10-18, 05:52 PM

Hare today, gone tomorrow...

Eichhörnchen

02-11-18, 10:20 AM

Details from the larger painting The Biter Bit

https://i.imgur.com/t0VV19j.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DVbn7CR.jpg

Eichhörnchen

02-11-18, 10:32 AM

https://i.imgur.com/gIOlTpB.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RBuhgGM.jpg

Commander Wallace

02-13-18, 04:58 PM

Looking fantastic E. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:All of them.

Eichhörnchen

02-13-18, 05:46 PM

Thanks, CW :up:

PS: tried to PM you earlier but your sack is full...

Eichhörnchen

02-17-18, 04:11 AM

https://i.imgur.com/H9w1lib.jpg

I've returned to this picture to try out some flak bursts using digital tools and see whether they look okay before committing to paint. German fighters were known to fly into their own flak occasionally (so I was assured yesterday) but I've pushed the flak some distance away to suggest that it's aimed at another formation far below

Eichhörnchen

02-20-18, 02:39 PM

Another painting I did of Lancaster 'LM474' (the large aerials were used to jam enemy night-fighter coms)

https://i.imgur.com/ROA9C0J.jpg

Jimbuna

02-21-18, 06:15 AM

Some crackin aviation content :cool:

Eichhörnchen

02-21-18, 06:30 AM

Thanks, Jim

STEED

02-21-18, 07:33 AM

Another painting I did of Lancaster 'LM474' (the large aerials were used to jam enemy night-fighter coms)

https://i.imgur.com/ROA9C0J.jpg

That's a real cool painting. :yeah:

I'm going grab that and put it on my desktop.:03:

Eichhörnchen

02-21-18, 08:18 AM

The image might not be clear enough (taken just with a camera, not a scan)

Yeah I just tried it... not high res. enough for your desktop I'm afraid.

STEED

02-21-18, 08:58 AM

The image might not be clear enough (taken just with a camera, not a scan)

Yeah I just tried it... not high res. enough for your desktop I'm afraid.

Looks OK to me. :)

To give you some idea here its looks gloss and on my desktop matt. But still looks all right.

Aktungbby

02-21-18, 10:14 AM

That's a real cool painting. :yeah:

I'm going grab that and put it on my desktop.:03: I HAVE ONE IN MY DESKTOP AS WELL! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9429

Eichhörnchen

02-21-18, 01:49 PM

^:up::haha:

Eichhörnchen

03-06-18, 09:41 AM

Got an email telling me this was sold today (maybe someone bought it for Mothers Day)

https://i.imgur.com/msFYwYA.jpg

Jimbuna

03-06-18, 10:09 AM

Congratulation :up:

Eichhörnchen

03-29-18, 12:00 PM

https://i.imgur.com/2uCnAts.jpg https://i.imgur.com/anjBmG4.jpg

fumo30

03-29-18, 12:58 PM

Stunning paintings Eich, lotta poetry. Love them all.:up::up::D

Dowly

03-29-18, 01:12 PM

That last one is amazing! :yeah:

Eichhörnchen

03-29-18, 02:43 PM

Thanks a lot, guys... I took a lot of shots of old cars at the local vintage show

Schroeder

03-29-18, 03:32 PM

Nicely done.:up:

Eichhörnchen

03-29-18, 05:15 PM

Thanks, my friend :)

fireftr18

03-29-18, 07:07 PM

Beautiful Eich!
:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:
But I didn't see any squirrels.
:k_confused:

Aktungbby

03-29-18, 11:27 PM

Got an email telling me this was sold today (maybe someone bought it for Mothers Day)

https://i.imgur.com/msFYwYA.jpgNONSENSE! IT WAS SKILFULLY CALCULATED MARKETING JARGON-TECHNIQUE: IE THE 'BANDWAGON APPROACH' TO SALES:yeah: THE FEROCIOUS GERMAN COUNTERATTACK - AS DEPICTED BY A WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST:D >http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9429 <

OF 'COLLECTABLE' ART!

Catfish

03-30-18, 05:15 AM

Truly beautiful!
I really like the Paris and Berlin car scenes, though you will now have to paint a London picture, of the time :D

Do you know which cars those are you painted?

OT We recently drove in a 1930ies Panhard Dynamic, and while i liked the art déco interior style i'm still not sure about the general impression.. is it ugly or beautiful? :hmmm:
Pictures of the 'Dynamic' (https://www.google.de/search?q=Panhard+Dynamic&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_2bbz55PaAhWFSsAKHcfCCo4Q_AUICigB&biw=1224&bih=868)

Eichhörnchen

03-30-18, 06:12 AM

Thanks, Catfish. No I don't know the names of the cars... just generic impressions using photos I took at car rallies. And yes, I guess I should do London but that place just doesn't appeal to me in the same way.

https://i.imgur.com/XmaD0tH.jpg

My son pointed to an old Ford Popular exactly like this one yesterday as we sat waiting in the car; I often wonder what it would be like to drive something like this... I've been told that these old cars had such narrow tyres they were prone to "crab" sideways on cornering. I'd love to try out a Ford Anglia...

Catfish

03-30-18, 06:25 AM

[...]
My son pointed to an old Ford Popular exactly like this one yesterday as we sat waiting in the car; I often wonder what it would be like to drive something like this... I've been told that these old cars had such narrow tyres they were prone to "crab" sideways on cornering. I'd love to try out a Ford Anglia...

Was a nice photo of your son at ten, in that other thread.
I never drove an 'Anglia', but narrow tyres were used in lots of cars back then, even the E-types' ones were quite small compared to modern cars.. which now mostly look like puffed-up show-offers. Lots of design boasting and not much behind it.. i really like those older ones.
Going fast in older cars is a bit more challenging, but then you do not have to.

I bought a Triumph Herald 'Saloon' in England once, well worn (including the tyres - "(almost) new and (very) used cars distributors" lol), front engine/gearbox and rear drive, all the weight in the front.
When we left the ferry there was snow on the continent, in april. The 'Herald' was almost imposible to drive under those conditions. Accelerating would make the car break out at the rear immediately, so you had to constantly counter-steer and adjust, maintaining speed was impossible, while decelerating brought the car into tracks again. So it was a constant back and forth.. but i digress.

Really beautiful paintings! :up:

Jimbuna

03-30-18, 06:42 AM

My son pointed to an old Ford Popular exactly like this one yesterday as we sat waiting in the car; I often wonder what it would be like to drive something like this... I've been told that these old cars had such narrow tyres they were prone to "crab" sideways on cornering. I'd love to try out a Ford Anglia...

Quit making me feel old, I've driven those vehicle types :o

Eichhörnchen

05-21-18, 09:08 AM

Nearing completion... it helps to look at a painting on the pc screen like this, so as to spot the things that need further attention

https://i.imgur.com/uyP9yKG.jpg

fumo30

05-21-18, 11:29 AM

Nearing completion... it helps to look at a painting on the pc screen like this, so as to spot the things that need further attention

https://i.imgur.com/uyP9yKG.jpg

Thanks, very good.:yep:

Eichhörnchen

07-01-18, 01:19 PM

https://i.imgur.com/Z240hBW.jpg 8X8 inches, acrylic on Ampersand 'Claybord'

Jimbuna

07-02-18, 11:59 AM

Very nice :cool:

Never fancied doing some fast pointy things?

Mr Quatro

07-02-18, 01:18 PM

That one will sell fast Eichhörnchen :up:

Eichhörnchen

07-02-18, 04:37 PM

^ Afraid not... I painted it as a wedding gift

@ Jim... too many WW2 subjects still to do first

Jimbuna

07-03-18, 05:47 AM

@ Jim... too many WW2 subjects still to do first

:shifty:

Eichhörnchen

12-17-18, 11:30 AM

https://i.imgur.com/1UXpc0i.jpg Just finished this

Eichhörnchen

12-17-18, 11:31 AM

https://i.imgur.com/XJE0LHR.jpg This also...

fumo30

12-17-18, 12:21 PM

Brilliant!
Love'em.:Kaleun_Applaud:

Eichhörnchen

12-17-18, 03:29 PM

fireftr18

12-17-18, 07:40 PM

Beautiful paintings Eich. No squirrel on canvas?

:Kaleun_Cheers:

Eichhörnchen

12-18-18, 01:17 AM

Not yet :)

And thanks

fumo30

12-18-18, 02:54 AM

@E

Roaring 20's. Tangible atmosphere.:yeah:

Catfish

12-19-18, 08:29 AM

Very nice! :up: :yep:

Eichhörnchen

01-03-19, 11:06 AM

https://i.imgur.com/OQsTzSo.jpg

Work in progress... I've just begun rough painting-in of the lancaster bomber (16X20" acrylic on canvas)

https://i.imgur.com/KjUy2Ih.jpg Update Jan 4

https://i.imgur.com/YjnfkbR.jpg Finished Jan 9

BarracudaUAK

01-03-19, 05:45 PM

Thanks, buddy :)

https://i.imgur.com/CK1WSXb.jpg

A Stormy Night in Berlin. The distortion in the shape of the Brandenberg Gate is caused by the camera angle (& my poor photography)... the top of the gate does not slope in the painting

I painted something similar a little while back, only much smaller... this one is 16X12" on canvas

Just saw this...

I like. Familiar, but the "blurred" look makes it just far enough off of 'reality' to make it seem like a picture out of a book or movie (or even better, a game).
Just enough to give you the setting, but not enough to stop your imagination running wild with what you see.

Very cool.

Is the man walking toward you being followed?
Is he following someone that is out of your view?
Is he on his way to meet someone?

Are the two in the car in the foreground spies on their way to a contact?
Are they being tailed by the car behind them?
Are both cars police responding to a call/crime?
Is the person in the car on the far left (which appears to be stopped) watching the car that is on the right (appears stopped and to have a door open) pick up someone in the crowd?
Is the car on the right watching the car on the far left?
Will anyone suceed in what they are planning/doing?

Is Barracuda making stuff up as he goes?
Is he putting in everything that he saw/thought of?
Is anyone believing anything he has typed here?
Is he just putting stuff in to pad the length of his post?
Will he ever stop?
Should you keep reading?
What will Eichhörnchen paint next?
Will he post it here?
What will you eat for dinner (or breakfast or lunch)?
When was the last time you read so many questions in a row?
Should you go watch a spy movie now?
Which one?
How many?
In what order?

Barracuda

Eichhörnchen

01-03-19, 06:53 PM

^ This is more creative and atmospheric than the painting! :har:

https://i.imgur.com/oWvRadG.jpg Meanwhile... in Paris

BarracudaUAK

01-06-19, 01:32 AM

...
Meanwhile... in Paris

Do I have to connect the two? :hmmm::haha:

Barracuda

Schroeder

01-06-19, 08:36 AM

https://i.imgur.com/oWvRadG.jpg Meanwhile... in Paris
Looks so unfamiliar without German Panz.........err............. I mean..........I'll see myself out...:dead:

:O::D

Eichhörnchen

01-06-19, 03:12 PM

:haha:

Eichhörnchen

01-09-19, 10:28 AM

https://i.imgur.com/YjnfkbR.jpg 106 Sqn, Coningsby 1942

https://i.imgur.com/6VSHBVe.jpg detail

Eichhörnchen

01-16-19, 08:15 AM

https://i.imgur.com/xryZCW4.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/TcIQhRn.jpg

49 Sqn Lanc. RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire 1943 (final version)

Commander Wallace

01-16-19, 08:21 AM

^ All I can say is, WOW. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Eichhörnchen

01-16-19, 09:16 AM

Thanks, mate... I've already made some minor but important changes (side window framing and nose turret area)... looking at a small image like this helps no end in spotting errors before varnishing

Jimbuna

01-16-19, 09:44 AM

A grand effort, reminds me of my visit to see VeRA.

https://i.imgur.com/EMrQIIm.jpg

Eichhörnchen

01-18-19, 11:42 AM

https://i.imgur.com/oq0knLr.jpg

I haven't been asked to do a card design for many years now; most publishers seem to design their own stuff in-house on computers these days, but there are still a few working in the traditional way. By and large, these will be the companies who favour 'traditional' styled artwork too and one of these is "Country Cards", who've published my work a number of times in the distant past

I got this little pack of 'freebies' yesterday... something the smaller publishers are also more likely to do for you than the big ones

Eichhörnchen

01-24-19, 07:14 AM

https://i.imgur.com/zbWtc4v.jpg (30X20cm canvas)

BarracudaUAK

01-25-19, 08:56 PM

https://i.imgur.com/zbWtc4v.jpg (30X20cm canvas)

Eichhörnchen's Arch Nemesis? :hmmm:

Barracuda

Aktungbby

01-29-19, 12:21 PM

^ This is more creative and atmospheric than the painting! :har:

https://i.imgur.com/oWvRadG.jpg Meanwhile... in ParisDUE TO AN AUCTION AD APPEARING IN MY W.S.J. I SEE WHERE YOUR INSPIRATION EMANATES FROM: EDOUURD CORTÉS; THE SIMILARITY OF MOTIF IS REMARKABLE: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ceexWCjdEWs/VeXbrh0EXPI/AAAAAAAE02A/qrYvwUgQqBg/s1600/%25C3%2589douard%2BLeon%2BCort%25C3%25A8s%2BTutt%2 527Art%2540%2B%252810%2529.jpg (https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ceexWCjdEWs/VeXbrh0EXPI/AAAAAAAE02A/qrYvwUgQqBg/s1600/%25C3%2589douard%2BLeon%2BCort%25C3%25A8s%2BTutt%2 527Art%2540%2B%252810%2529.jpg)
https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2015/09/Edouard-Leon-Cortes.html (https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2015/09/Edouard-Leon-Cortes.html)

Eichhörnchen

01-29-19, 03:05 PM

You were almost headed in the right direction. Although I have painted many small 'potboilers' in the style of Cortes, this impressionistic painting by Leo Lesser Ury (1861-1931) was the original inspiration for these street scenes.

https://i.imgur.com/zkp7Uby.jpg

My agent once sent me a clipping of the work from the catalogue of an auction he'd just attended. He said the painting was priced at £15000 and would I be able to do something similar? I said I'd do it for £1500 (which joke found its mark) and he eventually paid me £150 for the small (10X8") painting below:

https://i.imgur.com/GNM2b9T.jpg

But of course I just had to have a go at my own depiction of the Brandenburg Gate more recently:

https://i.imgur.com/ZqBakvJ.jpg