Archonix Art (take 3)

[Reply #280 on:]

   

Originally posted by Xanfor:
It's nice to know that he hasn't completely forsaken this forum with his blue sketches.

No he posted that one on another thread. I just moved it here for convenience. I guess I'm his proxy now or something.

   

Originally posted by Xanfor:
Which I must say, is my favorite fanart style ever.

Fry: "You and me both brother."

TOTPD

[Reply #281 on:]

Awesome art. Yo Arch more art please.

[Reply #282 on:]

 

Originally posted by Tornadoboy:
Yes, my friend. You are on THAT LEVEL.   

I'll certainly go along with that 
There's not many who can sketch out a picture and it be instant WIN! 

[Reply #283 on:]

 

Originally posted by Zed 85:
 I'll certainly go along with that   
There's not many who can sketch out a picture and it be instant WIN!   

I've liked your stuff too, Zed, ever since I saw your Spitfire picture on another recent thread.  Whatever happened to TheVoices, anyway?  That was one talented dude.

[Reply #284 on:]

He moved on to bigger and better things. I tried to email him a bit ago, just 'cause I wanted to pick his brain about some shit. Haven't heard anything back yet.

Somebody needs to bump that old thread of his pronto.

[Reply #285 on:]

 

Originally posted by JustNibblin':
 I've liked your stuff too, Zed, ever since I saw your Spitfire picture on another recent thread.

Thank you 
Though I have to ask, which thread, out of interest? I remember doing two spitfire pics, but a looooong time ago 

[Reply #286 on:]

Yeah you do really good work Zed. My personal favorite is the Russian one with the PzKpfw IV in the background.

[Reply #287 on:]

I don't remember what sort of plane was requested, but I am pretty a marine corps uniform was involved.

So I did this.

Sorry about the horrible ragged mess I made of the plane...

[Reply #288 on:]

It's an all right F-16 but if it's the Marines then it should be a Jump Jet or a Hornet.

 http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/marinefacts/blfaircraft.htm

[Reply #289 on:]

Yeah, well... I'm British so what do I know about the US marines? :P

I'd better go find a model of the hornet...

[Reply #290 on:]

Arch, you remind me of a young Coldangel.  When he started here, his work was already good.  Marcus sent him some software and hints and now his work and style is some of the best around.

You're following his lead - you're consistantly improving.  Take it as a compliment - it's meant as such.

I like Coldy's style because it's different from the Groening style and it makes the characters more 'human'.  I like your style because you accent Leela's main atributes (Her eye and hair, you perverted jackasses!)

As much as nostalgia tells me that The Voices and FemJesse were two of the best on the site, I also have to realize that the 'new' artists like Coldangel and you are just as good as when they started and will be spoke of in such hushed, reverent tones as them in a few years.

As for our own Zed 85, aka Douglas Hillard, I'd like to see an occasional submission from him also.

Ralph 'patting the contribitors on the back' Snart

[Reply #291 on:]

Just crackin' the whip.

Here's a bunch:

 http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Contests/001-100/001-010/006/Contest006.htm

[Reply #292 on:]

Ralph, thanks for the comparisons. It does an ego good. 

I really should have known this f18 thing. I'm kicking myself now.

[Reply #293 on:]

The F-22 pwns the F-16.

I should know. I saw one yesterday. 

Just FYI... 

[Reply #294 on:]

Next time, I'm drawing freakin MiG...

[Reply #295 on:]

Or something truly tooney. 

[Reply #296 on:]

I like your February 24th pic, Archonix!!  Very nice

[Reply #297 on:]

@Frisco - is that the one when Leela's effectively carrying Fry off the battlefield? Eitherway, cheers very much 
Likewise Ralph

@Archo: The others beat me too it about the correct plane thingy, but yeysus - horrible ragged mess???
Sweet, very, very sweet 
Love to see it coloured. Also would ADORE to see a MiG version! 
</biased>

[Reply #298 on:]

That new drawing is simply awesome.

[Reply #299 on:]

great job Arch

[Reply #300 on:]

   

Originally posted by Archonix:
Next time, I'm drawing freakin MiG...

Go with the MiG-29 Fulcrum, seems to fit her for some reason. The F-16 seems more....Fryish, not sure why. Anyway whenever you decide what plane to use you have to collor it. Frisco demands it!!

   

Originally posted by Xanfor:
The F-22 pwns the F-16.

I should know. I saw one yesterday.     

Just FYI...     

Of course it does, it's supposed to. Impressive machine though isn't it.

[Reply #301 on:]

Mig-29? No, it isn't. May be the only military plane that has killed more people at airshows than in combat.

[Reply #302 on:]

The Aircraft in that picture is an Su-27 Flanker.

Su-27


This is a MiG-29


And before anybody says anything, this is on-topic because we're discussing what should be in Archonix's picture.

[Reply #303 on:]

Shipper discussions always degenerate into military aircraft discussions.

This shall henceforth be known as Archonix's Law.

[Reply #304 on:]

Different circus, same clowns.

Law or axiom?

[Reply #305 on:]

Nah, it's like Godwin's law, or the law of thermodynamics. Inevitable. And the law.

Frisco, it's generally hard to tell what model of plane you're looking at when it's buried up to the intakes in spectators. 

[Reply #306 on:]

• Different shape air intake
• Completely different tail section (engines, vertical stabilisers, location of tail wing and the fact that there are fins underneath)
• Different camo pattern - blues much more common on a Sukhoi than a MiG
• Sukhois in general are considerably larger than the MiG-29 (compare size to the crowd)
• Could point out some more but won't.

Sorry - former aircraft recognition champion and MiG-29 fancier speaking there 

Plus that's probably the most horrific image of the Lvov disaster that exists (really enjoyed seeing it again BTW, thanks muchly..). I'm surprised you found it without seeing the words "Su-27" mentioned again and again, futz.


...

I'm in a really pinickety/vitriolic mood this morning, sorry everyone 

[Reply #307 on:]

I knew the stabiliser shapes were different, I was just... *runs away*

Anyone played LOMAC at all?

[Reply #308 on:]

Yes. 

[Reply #309 on:]

Google thought it was close enough to a Mig. I should have read more of the page it was on, though.

 http://www.airliners.net/discussions/military/read.main/45253/

[Reply #310 on:]

What, like the post immediately above the image? 

Ironic, that's exactly where I saw that pic before.

Serves you right for trying to bad-mouth the mighty Fulcrum! 

[Reply #311 on:]

Despite the crashes, I still consider a Su-27 or variant a better match for Leela. Graceful, powerful, and she wouldn't hesitate to kick your ass.

I posted some links to a few pix of the Su-30MK and MKI variants here if you're interested.

[Reply #312 on:]

Yeah, the SU-27 just plain looks better... 

[Reply #313 on:]

Hmm, dare I say it, I'd have to agree. Perhaps I should draw Fry with the Fulcrum...

NOW HOP TO IT, ARCHONIX!!! 

[Reply #314 on:]

 

Originally posted by Zed 85:
Serves you right for trying to bad-mouth the mighty Fulcrum!   

Indeed.

 

Originally posted by Zed 85:
Perhaps I should draw Fry with the Fulcrum.

I still see Fry as more of a Falcon guy. Not to mention the fact that he probably would never go near a Russian plane  considering his upbringing.

"All the way back to minuteman Yancy Fry, who blasted commies in the American Revolution!"

[Reply #315 on:]

Leela would claim this conversation to be petty and beside the point and then she would correct everyone on some obscure point of 21st century military aviation.  I picture her standing in her form fitting flight suit, rolling her eye in a pronounced affectation of superiority and disgust while a gaggle of air show nerds argue all about her.

Also, the F-22 would kick all their asses before any of them knew it was there. Actually, we're so close to pilotless drones taking the air combat role now that I have difficulty with Leela showing interest in something so primitive as a jet. ok, throw me in with the other air show nerds...

[Reply #316 on:]

It was just that "Semper Fi" is more appropriate with some aircraft types than others. Using a Mig with it is sort of like putting "Rule Britainia" under a pic of a U-Boat.

[Reply #317 on:]

 

Originally posted by Frisco17:
 I still see Fry as more of a Falcon guy. Not to mention the fact that he probably would never go near a Russian plane  considering his upbringing.

Well I meant that in the context of matching characters to Russian aircraft in particular  (...which I do a lot...). I actually view Fry as a Tomcat person for some reason.

@HipNoJoe: The F-22 is fugly and it cheats its way to success! Bah! Besides, enemy air forces can negate that advantage if they just use better tactics. Several years ago in a war game the RAF mopped the floor with their USAF counterparts simply because they approached the sitation knowing they were at an disadvantage and thought their way around it. A pair of Jaguars - anything but stealthy - managed to slip by the enemy fighter screen and eliminate the US AWAC (theoretically) simply through clever flying.

...Archonix we're hijacking your thread. So sorry! 
If needs be I'll draw Leela with the Flanker...

[Reply #318 on:]

 

I actually view Fry as a Tomcat person for some reason.

FRY: I'm Tom Cruise?

 

If needs be I'll draw Leela with the Flanker...

Do so! 

[Reply #319 on:]

 

Originally posted by Archonix:
FRY: I'm Tom Cruise?

'don't know, I've always seen Fry as sort of stuck in the 80s. Top Gun's not the only reason I'd see him with a Tomcat, but I guess it is fitting.

 

Do so!   

You're on! 
Okay, Leela with a Flanker, Fry with a Tomcat and then a pic of Fulcrum because I bloody feel like it!