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Hi All.
Yesterday was a sad, 71 anniversary of the tragedy of the USS Arizona.
Present to the latest magazine cover ships, and some renders of prepared for print, my newest book.

Greeting,

Viktor

Oh wow! That first picture is absolutely breathtaking!

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De quoi s'agit-il?

What he said times 100! Magnificent job sir

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1/700 Whiff USS Leyte and escorts 1984
1/700 Whiff USN Modernized CAs 1984
1/700 Whiff ASW Showdown - FFs vs SSGN 1984

Slipway:
1/700 Whiff USN ASW Hunter Killer Group Dio 1984

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Awesome work Viktor!

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Tracy White -Researcher@Large

"Let the evidence guide the research. Do not have a preconceived agenda which will only distort the result."
-Barbara Tuchman

Fantastic renders of a beautiful model! Also, congrats on the magazine.

-Dean

Yeah, what he said. Holy Crap.

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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Viktor,

What software do you use?

Phil

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Viktor

Astounding renders! Especially the first one. I gather by the gulls that Cookie must be dumping the leftovers down the garbage scuttle.

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Best Regards

Fritz K.

That is just stunning.

Ditto on what soft, specifically, which renderer are you using? How much is rendered and how much is post-pro?

Awesome work.

Owen

When I first saw this I thought someone did a hell of a job with a Trumpeter 1/200 Arizona. But of course its just CGI. Now...Should we talk about what 'may' be wrong about these fantastic images? I'm not trying to be a spoiler, just don't want to have this used as The Perfect Guide for building a December 1941 Arizona. I don't want to come off as a bad guy, just trying to help those looking for good info. Thanks. (Tracy?)

I'm already talking with him

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Tracy White -Researcher@Large

"Let the evidence guide the research. Do not have a preconceived agenda which will only distort the result."
-Barbara Tuchman

As for the amount of postwork, check Peter Forkasiewicz's blog: http://petersdesign.blox.pl/html, especially this link: http://www.fotorealistyczne3d.pl/Animac ... okret.html

Leftie Too, please, tell us what is wrong with that picture.

There are many details incorrect on the first set of images. I have sent Viktor some corrections, but there is not enough time with his deadline to talk about small details, so I have focused on the large ones. Some of the things we have discussed
* on the second image, the top level should not have a wood deck; it was metal.
* "soft patches" on the aft deck were planked over and were not metal.
* The windows on the stack were open, not glass
* Missing searchlight just aft of the armored conning tower.

There are some details that I have questions about but do not have answers to correct him on, if that makes sense. No model will ever be 100% accurate. But we work withing time limits to make sure there are no gross errors.

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Tracy White -Researcher@Large

"Let the evidence guide the research. Do not have a preconceived agenda which will only distort the result."
-Barbara Tuchman

Again, I don't want this to be an attack on these great CGI images, just a correction.

Everything Tracy said and...

1) I believe the blast should be blueish or dark gray...depending which camp you're in.

2) There are two (four) vertical support poles missing under the search lights.

3) Life boat tie down lines? Not sure.

4) Fuel Line on the right side? Don't think so.

I could be wrong on all of this, but I don't think so...

If you're referring to the ones on the lower level of the superstructure, those have been added as well as the shape of the platform underneath and the number of bars in the railings has been fixed.

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Tracy White -Researcher@Large

"Let the evidence guide the research. Do not have a preconceived agenda which will only distort the result."
-Barbara Tuchman

agree !!! I want to be there for real !

A beautiful ship and a beautiful model, render and composite.

Amazing!