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Published: 2004-05-22 21:15:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 7294; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 869
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Started off as a wallpaper from NAMCO Japan's Ace Combat 4 website. While the original was nice, it wasn't very dynamic. Meditated over it with some Photoshop zoom blurring, airbrushing, lens flare, and text (it's a line from the game).Please be nice. I'm just getting started. ^_^;
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Still kinda sad how Yellow 4 had to be shot down far away from where her wingmen were fighting their final air battle. I was sad at that point when... damn... Yellow 4... out of the others... just had to be 4... The pain came back in Ace Combat 5 when Chopper got shot down... The Ace Combat series really outdid themselves in the character development and how the story wraps up in a really great way.
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I salute the honorable Yellow "Aquila" 13, but nobody, I mean nobody, can match the power and skill of legendary Mobius One aka "Grim Reaper".
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Ah, the ribbon insignia...
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Indeed, but… I hear Wardog 4, aka Razgriz 1, aka "Blaze" is tough and handsome. /rumpertumskin
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This looks absolutely wonderful, Yellow13 was my favorite pilot of all time. I love the work you did on this picture!
Thank you for this!
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You're welcome, and thanks for the comment! d ^_^
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that was a great game with a good story line (the cut scenes)
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Not to shabby! Looks like ol Dave is getting ready to duke it out with Mobius One! Nice work!
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Watch out for that blur behind it! I think it's a Ribbon...
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Ah, Yellow 13. Certainly a better opponent than Zero's Pixy, the 8492nd Squadron of the Unsung War, or Strigon Team from 6. Join me in saluting the best damn pilot anyone's ever flown against.
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...rest in peace, my friend.
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Haven't played AC6, but they were all the aces of their era.
Still, Yellow 13 seemed the most interesting to me for his story.
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Now that I think about it, it's because the story focused on Yellow 13 that he felt that much more impressive. I've never seen a game focus so much on the enemy that the hero felt like the bad guy, despite the fact that you're controlling him..
..was that a mistake, or on purpose? I mean, AC 4 wasn't one of the best when it came to story, but it still struck all the right cords..
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Until the interviews in ACZ, I think Y13 was the most humanized opponent. In AC5, there were 8492 and the unknown Gray Men: faceless enemies.
I never felt like the bad guy in AC4, but with the child's account and what he saw of the Yellows, I did feel like I'd be able to meet Y13 over drinks and try to talk him out of fighting me. However, I'm pretty sure his patriotism and commitment would ensure that he showed up anyway, like a knight of the skies.
For ACZ, those feelings come and go based on which ace they're talking to. Still, between them and Y13, you learn more about the protagonist/you -- like a key pressed into wax -- through the impression you left.
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that plane is my baby in game and in real life and u have done it justice i tinks great nice job dude
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Thanks! The Super Flanker/Terminator is a nice plane throughout the series, although I have a soft spot for Hornets, especially the G/Growler.
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I like the blurring effect you used, it makes it look like it's going really fast. *sigh* Too bad nothing seems to be going on with the SU-37...
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Thanks! That's a couple of Zoom Blurs, masked and airbrushed back in.
I read that after Russian budget cuts, the two Su-37's were stripped back to Su-35 specs for regular service. In the end, I think they wound up along the lines of the F-15MTD: a test plane to examine some experimental technologies.
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Yeah, I heard about them being stripped back to being SU-35's. The thrust vectoring they used was quite spectacular. It's the death of a great plane...
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Mmm...sleeek. ^^ Any chance you could make a wallpaper for a SU-37 Terminator? I love those.
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This *IS* a Terminator! 
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The only games I have are Ace Combat 4 & 5. I play #5 the most. Damn I gotta get zero as soon as I can! My dad took away my allowance so I cant get it at the moment T_T
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The Berkut is a great plane in AC3 and 4, but then the utility of the SAAM from 5 comes and goes. Zero, I think, restores a little more glory.
Really good pictures of it are hard to come by, and since it was experimental I haven't seen any in formation. Too bad considering what I have in mind... ^_^
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NAMCO's wallpapers are really good on their own. I don't think there's anything I could do to improve them, and it frankly disturbs me to see folks clutter them with extra stuff.
Still, I have the germ of a notion to make an AC5-related wallpaper if I can find the right photographs of aircraft. F-2A, eh? I like the Plastic Bug myself, but how about if I find some F-16s for you?
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Oh i'm not really attached to the F-2A, It was just the best plane I had at the time.
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If you don't already have AC Zero, get it. The F-2A isn't a particular favorite, but it *IS* a helluva plane on Zero...
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Yay! Yellow 13! He isn't that good I shot him down easily 
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Thanks! d ^_^
Yup, Yellow 13 wound up wearing some 20mm armor piercing incendiary over Farbanti. Got him with the F-15MTD.
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I did something impossible...I shot down Yellow on hard with the A-10A. Sure...I had 93% damage and was out of bullets...but I did it.
Now on Ace mode...yeah...not happening. XD
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I think I got him with the rocket launcher on my F-2A. MAN was that annoying! And one time I think I shot down a plane with an unguided bomb! Lol
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Thanks! AC Zero...out any minute...I hope...
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Im eagerly waiting, go Grun squadron!
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Alright, Plastic Bugs in the house! GO GRUN, GO!
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Excellent job! Glad to see some Ace Combat art worthy of the name!
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Thanks! I tried my best to do justice to such a great game. I'm looking forward to what AC Zero has in store. It shouldn't disappoint.
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I like this a lot!
whenever i try to do my own effects in photoshop it looks like ass
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Thanks for the fave! d ^_^
The more reps you put into PSD, the less your effects will look like ass. The zoom blurs were done in 2 layers on top of the original: background lightly, and the SU-37 w/a good portion of the right side strongly. On a mask of the SU-37 layer, I airbrushed out a good portion of the blurring to leave the big streaks, being careful to expose things like the forward canards, wingtips, engines, etc. Sometimes, it's not what you add, but what you take away, y'know?
Don't be afraid to fiddle with copy modes and filter settings and masks, and when in doubt, use lots of layers (and undo's)!
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ive no clue how to use masks, or anything like that, i only know the REALLY basic stuff 
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