Clear Flight Deck For Combat Launching Sequence (January 28, 2007)

ChrisReid · 01-27-2007, 16:00

Klavs81 has returned with a breathtaking shot of the TCS Tarawa flight deck. His familiar Rapier, Ferret and Sabre fighters are back, and this scene shows them in the middle of action-packed flight ops aboard a cramped Light Escort Carrier. The individual craft and flight deck have been newly rendered, and the detailed effects were carefully added to the image in Photoshop.

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Original update published on January 28, 2007

hurleybird · 01-28-2007, 19:54

Wow, simply breathtaking! Any chance of larger or widescreen versions for wallpapers?

Houkiboshi · 01-28-2007, 20:59

Really nice... one of the best Wing commander wall papers... great work!

01-28-2007, 21:03

There's a slightly larger version here:

http://www.scifi-meshes.com/gallery/...oto/2010/cat/2

or at least there will be when the image gets approved!

Glad everybody enjoys!

-Klavs

ChrisReid · 01-28-2007, 21:08

There's a Gold Star for whomever knows where the headline comes from...

Gaal Dornick · 01-28-2007, 21:10

Hot! Absolutely hot! I love the color scheme.

Iceman16 · 01-28-2007, 21:35

sounds like something that wouldve been said in wc1.

excellent image, hope to see more

NinjaLA · 01-28-2007, 22:13

sounds like the launch sequence for Top Gun the Nintendo game if I remember right :P

jaeger · 01-28-2007, 22:48

Thats what I say everytime I take my barracuda out for a drive =X So I have to ask if I can be the first to propose to that rendering! Its beautiful! Outstanding work!

gevatter Lars · 01-29-2007, 05:27

Realy greate image. It captures the feeling of the Tarawas small fighterbay very well...again greate job.

PopsiclePete · 01-29-2007, 05:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisReid

There's a Gold Star for whomever knows where the headline comes from...

End Run ? I'm at job, so I don't have it handy, but it does ring a bell in my memory

Vinman · 01-29-2007, 07:45

Thats so cool! It's so dynamic, I really like the smoke or whatever coming up from the forward gear

ChrisReid · 01-29-2007, 10:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by PopsiclePete

End Run ? I'm at job, so I don't have it handy, but it does ring a bell in my memory

Pete wins! It's a quote from Lyford Beverage, the Tarawa's flight deck officer.

01-29-2007, 12:44

I knew that!

Beverage appears again in Fleet Action, albeit in a slightly different capacity.

Mmmm... Lyford Beverage...

Death · 01-29-2007, 18:48

Forstchen just had to be pulling someone's leg with that particular name...

McGruff · 01-29-2007, 19:54

That is probably the best single piece of Wing Commander art I have ever seen.

The only recommendation I would have is to put the human figures in action, laboring with missiles or fuel lines, or simply running to give it all a sense of urgency.

Quarto · 01-30-2007, 00:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death

Forstchen just had to be pulling someone's leg with that particular name...

When LeHah interviewed Forstchen a few years back, he explained that Lyford Beverage was actually the name of a friend of his, unbelieveably enough.

Bandit LOAF · 01-30-2007, 06:41

Yup, and a quick Google search confirms that Mr. Beverage is a real person -- here's his blog, LyfLines: http://lyflines.blogspot.com/

There's another name that gets shared between two characters in End Run and Fleet Action -- Noragami is both a rookie pilot on the Tarawa and the Admiral in charge of the Navy and the JCS.

(The Lyford Beverage in Fleet Action was commander of the First Cruiser Squadron.)

Houkiboshi · 01-30-2007, 17:46

Hey, I've heard a lot of end run and fleet action... I haven’t seen them, does anybody know is they are available on line?

McGruff · 01-30-2007, 18:34

Of course.

http://www.amazon.com/END-WING-COMMA...e=UTF8&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/FLEET-ACTION-W...e=UTF8&s=books

Maj.Striker · 01-31-2007, 06:36

Awesome image! I love it! Looks fantastic, shouts wing commander but reminds me a little of the new BSG show.

LeHah · 01-31-2007, 06:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quarto

When LeHah interviewed Forstchen a few years back, he explained that Lyford Beverage was actually the name of a friend of his, unbelieveably enough.

Actually, that interview was 90% LOAF. I just happened to have the good fortune of Dr Forstchen replying to my email.

Houkiboshi · 02-02-2007, 17:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by McGruff

Of course.

http://www.amazon.com/END-WING-COMMA...e=UTF8&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/FLEET-ACTION-W...e=UTF8&s=books

Thanks...

01-27-2007, 16:00	#1
ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector Administrator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Posts: 9,947	Clear Flight Deck For Combat Launching Sequence (January 28, 2007) Klavs81 has returned with a breathtaking shot of the TCS Tarawa flight deck. His familiar Rapier, Ferret and Sabre fighters are back, and this scene shows them in the middle of action-packed flight ops aboard a cramped Light Escort Carrier. The individual craft and flight deck have been newly rendered, and the detailed effects were carefully added to the image in Photoshop. -- Original update published on January 28, 2007

01-28-2007, 20:59	#3
Houkiboshi Captain Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Caracas, Venezuela Posts: 326	Really nice... one of the best Wing commander wall papers... great work! __________________ "Humans say Hell is paved with good intentions. Why? Do they think there's a shortage of bad ones?" Karm'Luk P'an Ku

01-28-2007, 21:35	#7
Iceman16 Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 949	sounds like something that wouldve been said in wc1. excellent image, hope to see more __________________ "I don't trust anything that bleeds for 5 days and doesn't die."-Mr. Garrison, South Park

01-28-2007, 22:13	#8
NinjaLA Drowned Kilrathi Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Seward, AK Posts: 738	sounds like the launch sequence for Top Gun the Nintendo game if I remember right :P __________________ WC webcomic and art galleries

01-29-2007, 05:27	#10
gevatter Lars Colonel Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Hamburg Germany Posts: 1,146	Realy greate image. It captures the feeling of the Tarawas small fighterbay very well...again greate job. __________________ I give suggar in my coffee, and the coffee just gets totaly depressed, because I can't accept him, as he is.

01-28-2007, 19:54	#2
hurleybird Swabbie Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 308	Wow, simply breathtaking! Any chance of larger or widescreen versions for wallpapers?

01-28-2007, 21:03	#4
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	There's a slightly larger version here: http://www.scifi-meshes.com/gallery/...oto/2010/cat/2 or at least there will be when the image gets approved! Glad everybody enjoys! -Klavs

01-28-2007, 21:08	#5
ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector Administrator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Posts: 9,947	There's a Gold Star for whomever knows where the headline comes from...

01-28-2007, 21:10	#6
Gaal Dornick Cadet Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 25	Hot! Absolutely hot! I love the color scheme.

01-28-2007, 22:48	#9
jaeger 1st Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: California Posts: 195	Thats what I say everytime I take my barracuda out for a drive =X So I have to ask if I can be the first to propose to that rendering! Its beautiful! Outstanding work!

01-29-2007, 07:45	#12
Vinman Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 929	Thats so cool! It's so dynamic, I really like the smoke or whatever coming up from the forward gear

01-29-2007, 12:44	#14
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	I knew that! Beverage appears again in Fleet Action, albeit in a slightly different capacity. Mmmm... Lyford Beverage...

01-29-2007, 18:48	#15
Death gh0d Administrator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Taylors, SC, USA Posts: 2,091	Forstchen just had to be pulling someone's leg with that particular name... __________________ SubCrid Death Official Net.Nazi, LOAF's Merry Guild A Meeting of Minds - a (mostly) cliche-free "first contact" story; updated periodically If you don't fear ^Death_ then there's a socket loose in your fear factory, buddy. - The Book of LOAF

01-29-2007, 19:54	#16
McGruff Forever Cadet Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: CIC brig Posts: 2,599	That is probably the best single piece of Wing Commander art I have ever seen. The only recommendation I would have is to put the human figures in action, laboring with missiles or fuel lines, or simply running to give it all a sense of urgency.

01-30-2007, 06:41	#18
Bandit LOAF It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly. Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Ashton, MD, USA Posts: 23,952	Yup, and a quick Google search confirms that Mr. Beverage is a real person -- here's his blog, LyfLines: http://lyflines.blogspot.com/ There's another name that gets shared between two characters in End Run and Fleet Action -- Noragami is both a rookie pilot on the Tarawa and the Admiral in charge of the Navy and the JCS. (The Lyford Beverage in Fleet Action was commander of the First Cruiser Squadron.) __________________ Long live the Confederation, Ben "Bandit" Lesnick, LMG. "You go, Loaf! Get some!" -JPG

01-30-2007, 17:46	#19
Houkiboshi Captain Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Caracas, Venezuela Posts: 326	Hey, I've heard a lot of end run and fleet action... I haven’t seen them, does anybody know is they are available on line? __________________ "Humans say Hell is paved with good intentions. Why? Do they think there's a shortage of bad ones?" Karm'Luk P'an Ku

01-30-2007, 18:34	#20
McGruff Forever Cadet Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: CIC brig Posts: 2,599	Of course. http://www.amazon.com/END-WING-COMMA...e=UTF8&s=books http://www.amazon.com/FLEET-ACTION-W...e=UTF8&s=books

01-31-2007, 06:36	#21
Maj.Striker Swabbie Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Des Moines Posts: 2,067	Awesome image! I love it! Looks fantastic, shouts wing commander but reminds me a little of the new BSG show.

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