Tim Peel Heads Towards The Sunset (January 12, 2005)

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Cpl Hades

Mr. Kat
Tim Peel was playing around with the Hornet model created by Howard Day and created this scene showing a pair of Hornets flying towards the sunset. It was created as just a piece of art, but I think it would fit well as a wallpaper.
I’ve noticed there isn’t a huge amount of wing-commander fan-art out there which is a shame…So I thought I’d do my part and hopefully inspire other artists out there to do the same…

Put whatever story line to the image you’d like…It’s kinda ambiguous…I figure that the Hornets are out on a Search & Rescue mission but they could be on their way to a ski resort too…Who knows? J
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I think there's a pretty good amount of fan art around actually, but more is always welcome. You can see more of Tim's art at his site.

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Original update published on January 12, 2005
 
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I had a thought recalling that Hornets aren't supposed to be built to handle atmospheric flight. Not at high-speed turns, anyway. I'm guessing it'd have to be a ski resort - no way they'd let Hornets in an atmosphere which could potentially be a combat zone. :)
 
Halcyon's statement presumably refers only to the Rapier II squadron he was briefing -- the 'Claws Scimitars seem to fight in the atmosphere all the time.

(Though there's all sorts of caveats. The exact statement is that they shouldn't try to *fight* in an atmosphere, because missiles will be more deadly... and the implication is, of course, that there *are* Rapiers that can fight in an atmosphere -- otherwise the warning is just insutling to highly trained fighter pilots.

"Now, remember, everyone, the F-16s you've been trained to fly for years can't operate underwater.."

(Cool artwork, too :))
 
Maj.Striker said:
Nice shot...although the real nod has to go to Howie Day for such a fantastic model and textures...
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Most of the pictures in the gallery seem to use models from other people. Which is not to detract from the nice way they've been used by Tim.

Bandit LOAF said:
"Now, remember, everyone, the F-16s you've been trained to fly for years can't operate underwater.."
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There's a lot you could infer from that short statement may have just been thrown in off-hand. I'm not going to argue against any of that. :)

Speaking of underwater 'air'-craft, there's a nice shot of a pair of F/A-18s "water-skimming". My only gripe is that there doesn't seem to be any effect on the water surface, given that they're flying quite close to it.
 
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