Anyone want a fight ?

dale

Grew up on stories of the Hood / Bismark battle John, so it's really great to see this incredible piece. I knew you weren't just another pretty face!
Cheers

alvis

in a word I do not have words...

tadema

Thank you everyone, glad you all like her.
Ken, sounds good! a mother of all battles.
Dale, fantastic story, I've spent most of the weekend researching. There's quite a lot on youtube. The Bismarck looks formidable although they are similar in size, the names Battleship and Battle-cruiser just about sum it up.

thank you
John

chedda

Wow John you've excelled yourself this time. I'm interested in the sea texture and the wake in particular can you explain the process or link to the texture ?

Now "Sink The Bismarck !" (watched it last week)

tadema

Thanks Simon, the texture is all done in PS, just layered (PM sent),.
"Sink The Bismarck !" I watched it Sat night
John

urgen

Wow!

david_h

@tadema said:

Thanks Simon, the texture is all done in PS, just layered (PM sent),.
"Sink The Bismarck !" I watched it Sat night
John

Great movie. Kenneth More, Dana Winter. One of my faves.

benie

jaw dropping brilliant mate.

Bryan K

@unknownuser said:

@tadema said:

Thanks Simon, the texture is all done in PS, just layered (PM sent),.
"Sink The Bismarck !" I watched it Sat night
John

Great movie. Kenneth More, Dana Winter. One of my faves.

An absolute classic.

tadema

I'll keep these two together.

The Bismarck... I can smell trouble brewing between these two .

Been working on these two models for almost two weeks now and Sketchup has never once crashed or shown the slightest sign of slowing down, even with both models combined. It seems SU has come on leaps and bounds lately!

John

tadema

Bryan, If I e-mailed you the file i would bet it would work just fine on your computer. I'm still using SU8, see no point in upgrading yet.
David, think I'll take a break from the ships for a while.

Gotcha!

I know it was the other way around
John

Bryan K

Wow.

And how does your computer handle this load? Are you using the latest version of SU?

Bryan K

Wow! Great battle scene!

Yeah, I'm beginning to think I have a bad install. I have all kinds of "glitchy" thing happen and it really slows down my modeling.

Mike Amos

Brilliant John, just brilliant.

david_h

okay. .. . .now you're just showin' off. Next you'll tell me you're working on The Prince Eugen?

I do Love the render. It really gives the sense of the North Atlantic circa 1941. You should show her with a damaged screw so she can only sail west. That way the planes from the Ark Royal can finish her off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywksfZDVqkM

leedeetee

Just seen this beauty. Wow. Just wow. Bravo, John.

rv1974

Really great work! Well done! But pay some attention to color matching on composing stage. Some times foam areas and the sky do not work well with the rest.

tadema

Thanks folks
rv1974, thank you for the advice. Thought I'd check out some of your renders for tips to help improve my work but strangely there seems to be none in the gallery

John

Elibjr

My goodness! The level of detail is just astounding! How long did this take you? Do you sleep?

ely862me

I am not amazed by his computer, I am amazed by his brain/attention to details !

Can't have enough ships !