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Panzerfire — Have Gun... Will Travel

Published: 2009-04-20 16:19:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 7175; Favourites: 189; Downloads: 0
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Description Surprise! HA! You didn't expect me to come with a new deviation anytime soon huh?

Well... this vector art is not among those I've mentioned in my journals previously but this was overdue since long time ago.

Before I actually started vectoring heavily my YSF screenshots, I was requested by to make a vector art of an A-6 Intruder with the colors and marks of the US Navy VFA-34 "Blue Blasters" and their moto is “Have gun….Will travel.”.
His father used to belong to this squadron and he operated A-6 Intruders.

The VFA-34 was the last USN squadron to operate the Naval bomber by excellency being replaced by F/A-18C Hornets and F/A-18E Superhornets.

These two A-6 Intruder were painted in an paint scheme I think was later replaced during the 80s or 90s. I tried to find that info but jeez... we're talking about the US Navy. It's got like... many squadrons. Can't expect me to find accurate info about each unit.

Most of the details and numbers were obtained thanks to a photo uploaded by Razgrizflight which I used as reference. Just look for "VFA-34" or "Blue Blasters" on DevArt and you'll find the pic.

I regret not having done this before because Ragrizflight was banned a few weeks ago. Why exactly was he banned I don't know. Nor I care.
And if you read this mate... Get yourself a new account!
No complains. just do it!

As usual I used clouds, Distressed and Sand brushes from

I hope you like this. Will try to work on the requies I've mentioned before but I'm still kinda in a time of transition. So Patience please.

See'ya in the Battlefield!
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Comments: 162

Panzerfire In reply to ??? [2013-05-08 15:13:26 +0000 UTC]

I believe the motto of the squadron is mostly a reference to a film or a TV show rather than on the A-6 alone.

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TheElevatedDeviant In reply to Panzerfire [2013-05-09 01:00:57 +0000 UTC]

Most probably. I still find it ironic.

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shooter2170 [2012-12-30 12:20:30 +0000 UTC]

The irony is... The A-6 was built with no gun in it...

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Panzerfire In reply to shooter2170 [2012-12-31 20:43:33 +0000 UTC]

Noted.

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yankee30 [2012-04-15 16:26:18 +0000 UTC]

Nit Picky Comment

A6 Intruders never had guns

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Panzerfire In reply to yankee30 [2012-04-15 23:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Noted.

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TheElevatedDeviant [2012-01-01 21:46:48 +0000 UTC]

Funny...
because the A-6 has no gun. LOL!

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Panzerfire In reply to TheElevatedDeviant [2012-01-01 23:58:18 +0000 UTC]

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TheElevatedDeviant In reply to Panzerfire [2012-01-03 01:35:46 +0000 UTC]

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USOtaku013666 [2011-08-15 02:57:26 +0000 UTC]

My Uncle worked on the engineering team that made the A-6 and the F-14

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Panzerfire In reply to USOtaku013666 [2011-08-15 03:34:18 +0000 UTC]

Awesome.

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USOtaku013666 In reply to Panzerfire [2011-08-15 03:56:09 +0000 UTC]

I know right

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NightRaven1 [2011-05-04 12:43:37 +0000 UTC]

bombbombbomb bomb them to hell

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Panzerfire In reply to NightRaven1 [2011-05-06 15:40:39 +0000 UTC]

Hohoho.

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JRL5 [2011-03-11 21:24:24 +0000 UTC]

With respect...

The Intruder does not carry a gun But I love this pic

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Panzerfire In reply to JRL5 [2011-03-12 22:09:19 +0000 UTC]

Well thanks. That gun there was present because the model I vectored had it. Future vector work will be made more carefully.

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Wolfman-053 [2011-03-11 20:02:29 +0000 UTC]

FYI: The Blue Blasters were VA-34 while flying the Intruder, . Otherwise, good summary. The deviation itself is excellent.

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Panzerfire In reply to Wolfman-053 [2011-03-12 22:09:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for th info. I'm glad you liked this.

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Wolfman-053 In reply to Panzerfire [2011-03-14 14:33:55 +0000 UTC]

No problem.

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timberfox15 [2011-03-11 19:52:03 +0000 UTC]

woohoo the prowler i love that plain

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Panzerfire In reply to timberfox15 [2011-03-12 22:10:24 +0000 UTC]

Good to hear.

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BOBSZY [2011-03-08 01:36:39 +0000 UTC]

EA-6b's that is.

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BOBSZY [2011-03-08 01:36:10 +0000 UTC]

To be replaced by EA-18G "Growler"

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Panzerfire In reply to BOBSZY [2011-03-08 13:53:33 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, too bad. All the awesome birds are being / have been retired. The A-6s, the F-14s among other. =/

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BOBSZY In reply to Panzerfire [2011-03-08 14:51:50 +0000 UTC]

A-6 I can see, F-14 was 10 years too early.

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Panzerfire In reply to BOBSZY [2011-03-09 21:13:01 +0000 UTC]

Yeah.
BTW, I've got an F-14D Tomcat work coming soon. I'm waiting for a friend's message to get details and I'll be on it. Hopefully, I'll have it in less than a week.

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Rick-Raldwell [2010-12-15 02:48:11 +0000 UTC]

This is my favorite jet of all time!

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Panzerfire In reply to Rick-Raldwell [2010-12-17 13:23:23 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, Cold War era wirds are pretty sexy.

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NavJAG [2010-01-15 21:51:40 +0000 UTC]

Terrific work - really like the D-Day stripes on your bird!

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Panzerfire In reply to NavJAG [2010-01-18 12:57:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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NavJAG In reply to Panzerfire [2010-01-19 10:16:30 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome!

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snowy-huskywolf [2010-01-15 12:02:38 +0000 UTC]

This looks amazing, I really love the sense of speed and motion that you have created in this 8D

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Panzerfire In reply to snowy-huskywolf [2010-01-15 14:46:19 +0000 UTC]

Well thank you very much.
After learning more about the blur options in PhotoShop it gets quite easy to generate a more realistic look at ones pictures.

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snowy-huskywolf In reply to Panzerfire [2010-01-15 17:42:19 +0000 UTC]

No problem ^^

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JP-Security [2009-09-25 15:38:19 +0000 UTC]

Dude awesome A-6's. My dad was BN for the Fighting Tigers and this has to be one of the coolest drawing of the coolest plane out there

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Panzerfire In reply to JP-Security [2009-09-26 13:19:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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Egek [2009-06-15 23:57:06 +0000 UTC]

Oh, beautiful A-6s. The blured one at the back gives very nice view. A-6's lines are soft, I think this makes the aircraft look nostalgic. I remember these aircraft's wings can be fold. Looks funny

It is sad that the guy who requested this pic is banned..

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Panzerfire In reply to Egek [2009-06-20 13:31:14 +0000 UTC]

Yeah... too bad. I wish I had done this before

Oh well... with the staff has it is currently anyone can get banned for whatever reason now

Thanks.

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Goughan86 [2009-05-25 18:59:45 +0000 UTC]

Nice painting man! As far as the markings go, VA-34 painted up their A-6's with Normandy Invasion stripes for one of the anniversaries of D-Day.

Here's a photo of them

[link]

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Panzerfire In reply to Goughan86 [2009-05-26 12:36:37 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhhh... so it wasn't a regular painting huh?

Ahw sh*t.

PS: I used a very similar photo as reference.

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nmhekn [2009-05-07 04:16:42 +0000 UTC]

Wow!! It's so Cool Man!! X-D
It's 3D cartoon render? Or 2D?

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Panzerfire In reply to nmhekn [2009-05-07 14:05:26 +0000 UTC]

It's a vector art I've made from a 3D model present in a flight simulator. Although the model is pretty basic so I had to do some details totally on my own without them being in the model.

Thanks for comment and fave

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Jetfreak-7 [2009-04-28 14:07:55 +0000 UTC]

Cool, very nice rendition of the ol' drumstick

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Panzerfire In reply to Jetfreak-7 [2009-04-30 13:11:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Santander02 [2009-04-24 19:53:48 +0000 UTC]

Te quedo muy bien, aunque parece que el primer avión como que no se "mezcla" con el fondo, solo dando un poco de ayuda critica

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Panzerfire In reply to Santander02 [2009-04-26 13:39:47 +0000 UTC]

Creo que tendria que haberle dado un poco de efecto de movimiento ys desenfoque como con el otro avion. Lo tendr en cuenta en el promixo projecto

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magicswordz [2009-04-24 02:58:25 +0000 UTC]

did you tell raz?
he got banned if you didn't know

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Panzerfire In reply to magicswordz [2009-04-24 13:12:11 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I did know that. And don't worry, he's seen it already .

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magicswordz In reply to Panzerfire [2009-04-24 14:48:05 +0000 UTC]

ok, just making sure

(I know him in RL btw)


Back to the topic of picture
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Panzerfire In reply to magicswordz [2009-04-26 14:13:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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