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vince
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Posted: Friday, October 14, 2005 - 05:21 AM UTC
Hi guys,

I am working on an illustration of a WWII Imperial Japanese sub I-19 but has a difficult time finding a picture of a Japanese submarine torpedo. Thanks in advance if someone here can help me out.

cheers,

vince
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Posted: Friday, October 14, 2005 - 05:31 AM UTC
Hi Vince

Do you need a picture of it, drawing or scheme?
I can scan and send it to you - just state which (I assume you are talking about a long lance torpedo!)

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Posted: Friday, October 14, 2005 - 06:28 AM UTC
Vince,

Try to obtain the book "Suicide Squads" through your Interlibrary loan system (if you have this in Canada), page 211 has a pictures and there are also some line drawings.

John-B
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Posted: Friday, October 14, 2005 - 07:55 AM UTC
Hi Skipper,

A picture or drawing will both help. I am working on a illustration of the sub shooting one of these torpedoes. Many thanks if you can send me the info to my e-mail address: [email protected].

cheers,
vince
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Posted: Friday, October 14, 2005 - 07:57 AM UTC

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Vince,

Try to obtain the book "Suicide Squads" through your Interlibrary loan system (if you have this in Canada), page 211 has a pictures and there are also some line drawings.

John-B


John,

Thanks, will try to see if there is a copy available in the library.

vince
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Posted: Friday, October 14, 2005 - 10:52 AM UTC
Vince...

I have searched my books and the best I could find were small diagrams, which would be of no real help...
Some of the pics of real torpedoes carried by Ko-Hyoteki midget subs, show the torpedo from the back, but I think I have found what you need in here:
http://www.johnjgobbell.com/fp_code_pics_6.htm

Hope this helps - if not I must go and get a book I have borrowed (IJN details drawings from Tamyia and this I know it has good drawings of the Type 93 Torpedo)

Let me know please,

Skipper

PS: Could you show us your illustration when it's finished?
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Posted: Friday, October 14, 2005 - 11:26 AM UTC
Hi Skipper,

That's tremendous help and the picture in the link is more than good enough.

Sure, I will post the illustration in the next few days.

Thanks a million again!

vince
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Posted: Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 09:37 AM UTC

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Vince...



PS: Could you show us your illustration when it's finished?



Hi Skipper,

Attached is the illustration.

vince


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Posted: Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 12:18 PM UTC
Hi Vince!

Top quality Illustration!!!
Congratulations on a very convincing rendition of the I-19
I like the perspective - it's full of action
What did you use? Oils, acrilics?

Thank you so much

Skipper
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Posted: Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 12:37 PM UTC

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Hi Vince!

Top quality Illustration!!!
Congratulations on a very convincing rendition of the I-19
I like the perspective - it's full of action
What did you use? Oils, acrilics?

Thank you so much

Skipper



Hi Skipper,

Thanks for the kind words:-)

Arh........ it's not oil, acrylics or anything conventional.........it's digital:-))))

vince
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Posted: Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 04:28 PM UTC
Vince - really nice work! Looks liek the future will be "oils? acrylics? electrons?"
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Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 01:20 AM UTC

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Vince - really nice work! Looks liek the future will be "oils? acrylics? electrons?"


Hi Rokket2001,

Thanks. I think oil, acrylic and other conventional method will still be use by artists according to their personal preference. I used to be an airbrush artist back in the 80's but had changed to using computer for painting since 1989. It's a great tool and gives me lots of freedom.

vince
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Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 02:39 AM UTC
What software/techniques do you use? (and I'm not suggesting that the tools are the secret, you obviously have great talent, just curious about the tools). Do you do still get a chance to do airbrucsh/paint?
Can we see other stuff you've done?

Again, beautiful stuff.
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Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 03:16 AM UTC

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What software/techniques do you use? (and I'm not suggesting that the tools are the secret, you obviously have great talent, just curious about the tools). Do you do still get a chance to do airbrucsh/paint?
Can we see other stuff you've done?

Again, beautiful stuff.


It's not anything secret, I use Photoshop. Nowadays, I still use brush but that's for sculpting and painting my model figures:-)

My main interest is uniform and historical figures, here's a painting of Takeda Shingen who is a Japanese warlord.



Also, had been working on a number of AFV boxarts projects:









Next is one of my sculpted and hand-painted model - Polish Winged Hussar:




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Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 03:47 AM UTC
Fantastic art work Vince, I like the polish Hussar the detail is excellent.
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Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 04:06 AM UTC

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Fantastic art work Vince, I like the polish Hussar the detail is excellent.


Hi John,

Thanks. The Polish Winged Hussar was sculpted with epoxy putty and hand-painted with acrylic and scale is 120mm. It won a gold medal at the Chicago Show 2000

vince
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Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 10:34 AM UTC
Evening Vince...

I am about to make a stupid question - but I can't resist :-)
Is the I-19 submarine a model box cover?

Skipper

PS: Excellent workmanship, by the way, on your illustrations and models too - Congratulations once again!
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Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 11:53 AM UTC

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Evening Vince...

I am about to make a stupid question - but I can't resist :-)
Is the I-19 submarine a model box cover?




Hi Skipper,

Sorry, that's not a model boxart ...... :-) but it's an illustration that I had done for a magazine a while back. I was not quite happy about the 'original' torpedo that I'd painted ( due to the tight deadline at that time ) and want to rework on it.

vince
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