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Published: 2004-08-25 02:22:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 7447; Favourites: 190; Downloads: 1262
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Catching up on some long overdue practice.Photoshop 5.5
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very smooth and at the same time very sharp 
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woohoo!! XM8! yeah, looks cool. did a great job representing.... well everything.
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totally kick as rifle. looks like a small railgun!
very cool, as always.
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at first, i thought that this was made to look like one of those WWII looking posters with the ocloring style and all...but this was looking at simply the thumbnail. after taking a look at the preview (and now the full view) i am ladly mistaken in this. i really like your general use of colors as well as showing some of the hardware that the US army uses....however, there are some glaring mistakes that i see. first off is the extension thats above the guntube on the M1 series tanks (i cant tell just which one they are cause i cant see the parts that make a difference, no biggie). it IS there, its to mount various devices for MILES equipment (baisly army laser-tag) when we do manuvers in places like NTC, its jut not so large and prominant. the other glaring mistake i see is the American Flag....its on the wrong shoulder. it IS facint the right direction though with the blue facing towards the front. but it is the Unit Patch that goes on the Left Shoulder while the American Flag and Combat Patch (if there is one) goes on the Right. dont worry about me piking on you about this. the ONLY reason why i feel that i would have noticed this is because i used to be an Armor Crewman and i wear that uniform every single day
aside from those things, i think its a great piece of work. and i think its great that youve shown the XM8 rather than the M16 or the seemingly popular M4. though if this guy is Armor, he would have a 9mm rather than a rifle of any sort (i didnt mention that above cause im assuming that hes not an Armor soldier). anyway, i really like the colors and the tone that you set with this. i really do like it, all critiques aside
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Amazing work, and not just as a for practice piece.
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my thoughts are ... that its shit ...
HOT!
damn right (h) you da man
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The pic's killer LOL
But is the jacket really old, or is the pic on a muted color palette (...for lack of better words 
...>_<;
Answered my own question XD Never mind... *steals soldier*
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that's a great one!
i love the look of the soldier!
the goggle is way to cool ... that's a great contrast to the rest of the image. nice colors too!
great colors you've used for the pic. they look really sandy. that adds a cool realism-effect.
nice outcome of the xm8! looks really cool.
nice background!
and all with ps 5.5? wow!
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looks pretty effing amazing to me *_*. you sure know your guns.. and i heart the goggle shine
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As always, your colours are impeccable and the shadowing is just superb. The angles on his face are simply great!
-Vlad D.
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I think it s GREAT. especially his expression.
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awesome work, heh you keep up on your weapons- cant wait to get my hand on a xm8
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really cool. i like how his goggles contrast the drabness of the rest of the pic. a cool background too. looks really good.
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everything is good but i think the top of the gun has a weird shape. everything is amazing though!
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Excellent work, Lhs.
I like the expression of the soldier and the constrast of light and shadow.
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ack? why did my text not show up??
anyways, I love the atmospheric theory, the dust making the background more blended and the subject up front seem so much more focused
take my beer and gimme some of THIS!!
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ok thats what it is, that atmospheric theory... love it, the depth is so great because the subject in the front is clear and the background elements have the dust between them... GAWD damn... well, lemme get off the beer and try some of THAT!!
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Damned XM8 looks like a ray gun lol but really really nice pic . I'm verry impressed with how you made that XM8 look so nice for this pic (I still think it looks like a ray gun though).
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you know, i Just HAVE to
i love that XM8 (that's the name of it, right? if i remember correctly)
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wow! you were able to manipulate the image so well!
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I dig it, but the weapon in perfect profile like that... looks a little too referenced. Gimme some dynamic perspective!
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What are my thoughts? Well...it's kinda like this...it totally RULES!!!
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I wish I knew enough about art in general to know how great this is, but I do know enough about Photoshop to know you're extremely skilled. Is the flag patch supposed to be two-tonal?
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wow, that's good practice if I don't say so myself 
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US Special Forces soldier armed with an XM8 in full OD uniform...could this be a vision of the near future to come?
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Great work man. The coloring on the character is fantastic and I like the way you did the background.............
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Nice work. The drapery in the clothing is top notch. I also like your shadow work overall. Keep up the good work!
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i love that gun, amazing work. thats a fave for sure.
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You just totally own my soul, you know that? :3 The mood/pose/colouring ... s'all absolutely perfect. ^^
If I were a kabillionaire, I would beg you to be my personal art trainer :d
With your aid, I could CONQUER ze world!! *puffs chest*
... or at least a teeny bit o' Guatamala. *nod*
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Mmmmm... I love that washed out green background. It's very awesome.
Great job with the gun.. and making his jacket and goggles look KICKASS.
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Looks great. The bottom of the sleeve is kind of strange, though, and the flag goes on the right sleeve.
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It looks a little futuristic with that gun, but I like the expression. Maybe you could do a little more with the camoflauge though.
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actually, that futuristic looking gun is soon to be a standard issue assault rifle in the army. Ive seen it before
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Justin
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what kind is it? i've never seen it before.
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its the XM8 Assault Rifle. right now its still in the experimental/testing stages because they are trying to find lighter and less bulky materials to use for it. this is because not only is it supposedly going to be able to fire 5.56 mm rounds with a bullpup style (that is the magazine behind the pistol grip/trigger rather than in front of it) magazine, but you can supposedly take it apart rather easily and make it a 7.62 rifle, a caliber .50 sniper rifle and attach a 25 mm (i believe) grenade launcher that fires with a pump-action system.
ive read some artils about this in the Stars and Stripes awhile back so i dont recall all the details, but this is supposed to be far and above the M16 and the AK-47 in weaponry
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Designed 2002
Manufacturer Heckler & Koch
Produced 2003–2004 (Prototypes only)
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Ahh...
Yeah, I remember seeing some prototypes at one of the Armor Confrences they hold at Fort KNox.
Last time I checked, they are still going ahead with the weapon itself...but that was back in 2005. No idea if anything changed since then or not...
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sounds really awesome, alot like the AUG. and its such a cool gun too.
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AUG? ive never heard of those. what are they?
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Steyr Aug. an Austrian gun thats very well made, but expensive. [link]
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ahhh.....ive seen some of those around before. they look pretty high speed. thanks for the linkage
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XM8 huh? here yah go! [link]
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woah....kick ass man. thanks for the info
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