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Published: 2011-12-09 23:33:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 6946; Favourites: 167; Downloads: 0
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Roughly based on the Wing Commander universe.I loved the games (played them all) and the movie was awesome in my books as well. So this was kind of overdue.
There is not really a story to this; just a Banshee fighter wing on patrol and approaching a gravity well (or maybe a jump point into the unknown...).
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Background: Textured environment (starfield), plus digital painting. My work. Thank you Google Earth for the planet/moon textures.
Meshes: Banshee fighter by Alan Hart.
Composition: Scene and lighting setup in LW, final composition in PS, including all FX.
Wing Commander Β© Origin Systems Inc., All Rights Reserved.
Original size: 4750x2250, cropped, including frame with a record breaking (for me) 157 layers and a 1.9GB PSD file!
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Comments and critique welcome.
Thank you as well to ~TreeClimber for her usual helpful WIP input.
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Comments: 72
You're welcome my-friend!
Excellent stuff!
Later
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Thank you once again for taking your time to write the critique and your words.
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Oh, wow! Β This has incredible depth to it. Β Just... epic. Β
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Thank you very much.
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Was directed to this from the WC CIC . Impressive use of lighting effects. If I have a criticism, it's that the two most prominent Banshees look to be rather close together, almost in danger of clashing wings. It could just be the perspective, I know. Still very nice, all the same.
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Wow, thanks for the comment and for pointing me to WC CIC's article. And yes, the closeness is the perspective. If I look at the scene setup from top view, there is sufficient distance between the fighters to not collide. Thanks again!
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Not saying that they were actually colliding, but that it's rather close even for a patrol formation. But no worries, good to know it's just the perspective.
Feel free to join the community, if you're interested in coming back to the Wing Commander universe.
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I will definitely consider it. I haven't really ever left it, and I am definitely planning on replaying all the games once again eventually, especially now that GOG.com has them, too. I fondly remember the day when I got my SoundBlaster 16 so I could listen to the voice into of Wing Commander II! Now I just need to find the time!
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You would be most certainly welcome if you choose to drop by. It's a worldwide community, albeit predominantly American - there have been community replays in the past, but there's bound to be some still willing to join you in the fight for the Confederation. No pressure, of course.
Yeah, I remember my dad getting a SB16 for his 386 PC - in fact, my first WC game was included in the pack: Wing Commander II.
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I would love to see an actual show of this.
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Well, there is a movie called 'Wing Commander'. Got some well known cast in there, too. Might wanna check it out!
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Yea I saw that.. Love it too. But I would love to see more of it..
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I just have to add another Wing Commander themed image to my list then?
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Does a butterfly have wings ? hahaha
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very nicely done.
btw have you come across [link]
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Thanks. And; do now. Will check it out.
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Gorgeous layout, I love what's going on!
That asteroid belt looks awesome!
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Thank you very much. The asteroids are one of the things that took a lot of post work to make it look 'realistic' enough.
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You're very welcome, I can bet they were difficult!
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I love Wing Commander! At first glance I thought it was something from Wing Commander III. Awesome work! Very cool!
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Thank you, I'm glad I managed to get the atmosphere right.
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HA-Mazing work my friend ! Wing Commander was epic and this re-creates that scale and general epic-ness excellently! 1.9GB PSD file, nice
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Thank you and yes, eats RAM like candy...
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ha! An entire RAMscoop full...
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OldSkool nodes are like jolly ranchers...can never have enough ^_^
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ha! IDEfinitely agree...
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I SATA-on this one for a while...
ok...so that was baaad.
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Sounds more like you had a chip on your shoulder...
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you had a lot on your platters...
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My discs were spinning, but my head couldn't read the data...
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Apparently my head was spinning, too...
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That's what happens with good things! I even remember buying a proper SoundBlaster card finally just so I could hear the spoken intro of Wing Commander II! Once a geek....
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Oh SoundBlaster, our beautiful geek memories are filled with your presence of awesome sound quality since day one ^_^
Once you go SBPro...
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...your earache never does grow...
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THX for your comment.
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I'll surround you with sounds of glee ^_____^
5.1 times!
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Bass-ically I wouldn't expect any less. I call and raise by 7.1.
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Guess I better amp the ante, else we're alto blow a speaker!
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It's noted that I hear you crystal clear...
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That's a mega-bit difference!
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Couldn't byte your tongue, could you?
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