"Modeling History with Photoshop" Squadron 2009 Eagle Quest Presentation

Modeling History with Photoshop

Modeling History with PhotoshopModeling History with Photoshop

Eagle Quest XVIIIEagle Quest XVIII20092009


Avid modeler / enthusiastScale and 3D models

…published!

www.shortfuse3d.com

Presenter, Konley Kelley



o What is Photoshop?o Photoshop is Fun!o The Photoshop Dioramao Art Galleryo Case Studieso Other cool stuffo How to buy ito How to learn ito Q&A / Contact Info


What is Adobe Photoshop?o Software for the Mac or PC that lets you manipulate

the elements of a photograph.o Used by serious photographers and digital imaging

artists for professional work in the graphics field or in website design.


Serious….huh????? Everyone….pllleeehhhhh!

Photoshop is fun!!!!!!!

“duct tape”

It’s also a great way to combine computer graphics with scale modeling…more on that in just a bit.

My camera next to my Mac G4.


Photoshop’s interface


Everyone takes pictures of their kids….right?


Take one backyard Jedi


Google a Star Wars image


Kurt goes to the Darkside


The Saga is Complete


Statue of Liberty Project -- 3rd grade


3rd grader, Katie, poses for the camera


Katie Liberty


Me and the Missus


Take a tough Ford Truck


Make a tough toy Ford Truck … with squirrel hitchiker


Normal speed


Warp speed


Christmas

Give it a minute


Virtual landscaping - need a new tree

…exercise from my Photoshop class


House with new tree or…

…but does it have to be indigenous to Texas?


Joshua Tree


Palm Tree


Giant Sequoia


Trufulla Tree


Photoshop Diorama 101

…never get dusty and can’t be broken


First - you have to make models


By the way, my wife models, too

“Beverly Hills Tank”…from a design by my daughter


After the model is made, you need inspiration*Check out the work of famous aviation artists

Nicholas Trudgian


Stan Stokes

Stan Stokes


Roy Grinnell

Roy Grinnell


Model kit box tops

…keep the ones you like


Computer-generated art and games


The real thing

B-17G Flying Fortress at Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison Airport


Get inspired by history and its heroesFirst Corsair ace and Medal-of-Honor winner, Ken Walsh


The “Ken Walsh Story” starring Viggo Mortenson

Actor Viggo Mortenson Does anyone know his agent?


Then you need a background…keep an eye out for some of these later

White Cliffs of Dover


English countryside

English Countryside


Cloudy sky

Sky/clouds shot found on internet. Collect and file your backgrounds.


Pacific ocean

…3D generated in Bryce


…3D generated in Vista Pro


Russian Front

…3D generated in Vista Pro


German military train

…German HO-Scale Military Train (thanks Larry)


German military train on fire

Larry’s train on fire and 3D landscape generated in Vista Pro


Please take a look at some of my work


“Eddie Rickenbacker”1:48 Hawk Spad XIII, 1:48 Monogram Fokker DVII

All hero aircraft 1:48 scale

26 aerial victories


“Douglas Bader”1:48 Monogram Spitfire, MK.1, 1:32 Hasegawa BF-109E

…appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ’05

“White Cliffs of Dover” *mixed scales

23 aerial victories


“Johnny Baldwin”1:48 Monogram Hawker Typhoon, HO Scale German Military Train

Smoke and fire effects….where are the rockets?

15 aerial victories


“Heinz Bar” first composite1:48 Monogram ME-262, 3D Scratchbuilt B-17G Flying Fortress


“Heinz Bar” final1:48 Monogram ME-262, 3D Scratchbuilt B-17G Flying Fortress


*advantage of using 3D models

220 aerial victories


B-17 3D in wireframe

3D B-17G made in Strata


3D B-17 w/texture map


“George ‘Buzz’ Beurling”1:48 Tamiya Spitfire Vb (Trop), 1:48 Revell Ju87B Stuka

…that really is the coast of Malta

*focus on the Stuka…going off course again

31 aerial victories


Real or 3D?

…need a hint?


Scan scale model decals and make 3D decals - a texture map - w/Photoshop

Altogether now…..Scan decals before applying to model


3D “Snake” Stuka

1:48 Revell Ju-87B Stuka


“Gehard Barkhorn” 1:48 Tamiya FW190D, 1:32 Monogram P-47

…girlfriend’s name GOOD



“Richard Bong” 1:48 Monogram P-38J Lightning

…girlfriend’s picture BETTER

40 aerial victories


“Pappy Boyington” 1:48 Academy F4U1-A Corsair

Prop blur / muzzle flash / shell casings

Earlier work….*no Zero yet

24 aerial victories


“Bill Fiedler” 1:48 Monogram P-39 Airacobra, 1:48 Tamiya A6M2 Zero

3D landscape made in Vista Pro and “not so lucky” Zero

5 aerial victories


“Francis Gabreski” 1:48 Monogram P-47D Thunderbolt “Razorback”

“Jug”

WW228 aerial victoriesKorea6.5 aerial victories


“Don Gentile” 1:48 Tamiya P-51B Mustang, 1:32 Monogram FW-190A Focke Wulf

“Shangri La”

21.8 aerial victories


“Sam Hammer” 1:48 Mauve P-40N Kittyhawk, 3D Scratchbuilt Betty bomber

“Burma Banshee”

5 aerial victories


80th Fighter Group, Northern Burma during WW2

This

is

Cool!


“Eric Hartmann” 1:48 Academy BF-109G, 1:48 ICM Yak 9

“The Blonde Knight”



“Tetsuzo Iwamoto” 1:48 Tamiya A6M2 Zero, 1:32 Monogram F4U Corsair

“victorious” Zero



“John Landers” 1:48 Monogram P-51D Mustang, 1:32 Hasegawa ME-262

Shiny natural metal aircraft. Sun glint off canopy

14.5 aerial victories


“Hans-Joachim Marseille” 1:48 Hasegawa BF-109E, 1:48 Monogram P-40 Tomahawk

Published in a book on Marseille, July, ‘08Tate, R., (2008) Hans-Joachim Marseille An Illustrated Tribute to the Luftwaffe's "Star of Africa”



“David McCampbell” #1 1:48 Hasegawa F6F-5 Hellcat, 1:700 Tamiya USS Essex CV-9

…appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ‘05

34 aerial victories


“David McCampbell” #2 1:48 Hasegawa F6F-5 Hellcat, 1:700 Tamiya USS Essex CV-9 and 1:700 Tamiya USS Cushing DD-376

Add to the fleet…no problem. An “unfinished” diorama.


“Walter Nowotny”1/48 Tamiya Focke-Wulf Fw-190A1/48 Accurate Miniatures IL-2 Stormovik

Iain Wyllie says hi…



“Butch O’Hare” 1:48 Monogram F4F-4 Wildcat, 1:700 USS Lexington CV-2

…appeared in Chicago airport presentation

12 aerial victories


“Hans-Ulrich Rudel” 1:48 Ju87G1 Stuka “Tankbuster”, 1:35 Tamiya T-34 tank


9 aerial victories *in FW-190500 Soviet tanks and a battleship


“Saburo Sakai” 1:48 Tamiya A6M2 Zero, 1:72 Testors SBD Dauntless

64 aerial victories


“Stanford Tuck” 1:48 Hawker Hurricane, 1:72 Matchbox He111


*cloning

29 aerial victories


“Ken Walsh” 1:48 Academy F4U Corsair “birdcage”, 1:48 A6M2 Zero, Die Cast Betty

“No Zeros were hurt in this film”

21 aerial victories


“Joseph McConnell” 1:48 Academy F-86F Sabre, 1:48 Monogram Mig-15


“Mig Alley”

16 aerial victories


“Memphis Belle” 1:72 Academy B-17F Flying Fortress

Bombs away!

Case study a few slides away…


“A Bit of Lace” 1:72 Academy B-17G Flying Fortress, 1:32 Monogram FW-190A

Saw in special FSM issue…had to build it.


“Lace” decals – kit vs. Photoshop “enhanced”


“A Bit of Lace” (close-up)

What a difference…


“Hail Columbia” 1:72 Academy B-24D Liberator

…appeared in FineScale Modeler, Dec. ‘05Great Grand-daughter of Medal-of-Honor winner, John “Killer” Kane says hi

“Ploesti Raid” Five Medal-of-Honor recipients


“Enola Gay” 8:15 a.m., August 6, 19451:72 Academy B-29A Superfortress, 3D scratchbuilt A-bomb

…interesting perspective you haven’t seen before


3D A-Bomb “Little Boy”

…kinda weird making an Atom Bomb on my Mac


“Doolittle Raid”1:72 Revell B-25B Mitchell, 1:480 Revell USS Hornet, CV-8

These are my models at the Tyler Flight Museum. The curator snapped some pics and I used them for this image.

Thank you HAMM in Tyler, TX


“Faith, Prelude to Victory”1:72 Revell B-26B Marauder

FYI…the industrial background I found is an aerial shot of Chernobyl.


“Faith, Prelude to Victory”1:72 Revell B-26B Marauder (close-up)

…voted best medium bomber nose art (Zotz Decals)


“Dambusters”1:72 Revell Avro Lancaster

3D Moen Dam made in Strata


“The Dragon and His Tail”1:72 Academy Minicraft B-24J Liberator

Sorry – used Photoshop to “censor” the nose art in case kids are here


Project Case Studies and “how to”


“Bismarck Pool Trials”1:350 Tamiya Bismarck

Watch out for cannonballs!


Planes, torpedoes and 3D battleships

…original 3D art


3D Bismarck steaming to her destiny

Favorite film SINK THE BISMARCK


Bismarck under attack…from what?


Swordfish in the kitchen…needs lemon

…oops…remember to remove the masking tape


Torpedo in the kitchen


Swordfish and torpedo minus kitchen

Isolate your scale model images


“Swordfish attack the Bismarck” 1:48 Tamiya Fairey Swordfish, 3D scratchbuilt Bismarck


*Bismarck was 50,000 tons, Swordfish was 7,700 lbs.


Bismarck’s sister, DKM Tirpitz...thanks to new Photoshop camo job


Airfix 1:600 HMS Ark Royal and Tamiya 1:48 Fairey Swordfish

NEW


Cloning the Memphis Belle


“B-17 in Action” cover by Don Greer

…inspiration


B-17 flying over Carrollton (with a little help)

…no propellor blades


Delete the hand - paint in some sky

Second bomber…new nose art from Photoshop


Add nose art for cloned bomber


Nose art


Add 3D bombs


“Memphis Belle” done…not yet

…importance of accuracy


Memphis Belle archive photo…had no navigation bubble on nose


“Memphis Belle” final image


“Memphis Belle” under attack1:72 Academy B-17F Flying Fortress, 1:48 Academy BF-109G


A close-up

…Legend 1:72 crewmen


Layers, layers, layers, and more layers“Battle of Midway”



#1 Background water


#2 Akagi model


#3 Akagi’s wake


#4 Smoke

…crop out the bridge using Photoshop tools


#5 Fire


#6 Dauntless

…1:48 Accurate Miniatures “Coral Sea” Dauntless was re-decaled as a “Midway” Dauntless using Photoshop


#7 Propellor


#8 Background Dauntless


#9 Flak


#10 Rising Sun


Photoshop’s interface - LAYERS


Other cool projects…

USS San Francisco CA-38 Model and Memorial

Virtual Airbrushing a Tiger Tank

SAHARA Lulubelle in Scale and 3D


Trumpeter 1:350 USS San Francisco CA-38


USS San Francisco CA-38 MemorialLand’s End, San Francisco, CA


USS San Francisco in Photoshop

Naval Battle of GuadalcanalNovember 12-13, 1942“Like a barroom brawl after the lights had gone out”


Before Photoshop Camouflage


After Photoshop Camouflage

“Virtual airbrushing + Zimmerit (mosaic tile filter)”


“Ambush!” 1:35 Academy Tiger I, 1:35 Tamiya Cromwell


SAHARA (1943) starring Humphrey BogartNEW

So what am I working on now?

Inspiration…the main prop in the film is a M3 Lee tank “LULUBELLE”


Academy 1:35 M3 Lee “LULUBELLE” with interior

NEW

Bring honor back to this great tank after travesty of “Beverly Hills Tank”


3D U.S. M3 Lee “LULUBELLE”NEW

Used Photoshop for texture-mapping and background work…


3D “LULUBELLE” on the battlefieldNEW


3D “LULUBELLE” on the battlefieldNEW

Sgt. Joe Gunn and “LULUBELLE” reporting for duty!


Sgt. Joe Gunn taking a smoke and water break next to his M3 Lee Tank “Lulubelle.”

NEW


Your planes can fly…and your ships can sail!


Admiral Graf Spee

…Admiral Graf Spee in the waters off Rockport, TX

1:400 Heller Admiral Graf Spee


Getting Photoshop CS4?(CS “creative suite” 10th version)

o eBayo Computer storeso www.journeyed.com $199.98 (Mac or PC)o FREE 30-day trials avail on web

Photoshop books / reference booksAdobe Photoshop in a BookPhotoshop “Wow” bookPhotoshop Bible…digital photography books - check the library

Also - Photoshop Elements $64.98 (PC)

http://www.journeyed.com/


Where to get Photoshop training?

o Richland College “home of the Thunderducks”….why go anywhere else?***Come get a CE catalog because….

Just kidding…any community college and check the web for training locations – call or e-mail me!o Ed2Go

o Post your work! …I post my stuff to ARC and Modelwarships.com. It’s fun and people respond to you


Thank you for coming! Q&A?

Come get a SFP Business Card“click to find Radar’s Teddy Bear”

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