Hi guys, I know it's been years since you saw me last, but I figured I share a little piece of artwork I just finished after about a week of work:


I'm sure most, if not all of you are familiar with this ship's history, so I won't go into details:


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Well done, mate, I did something similar with a Ticonderoga class cruiser years ago.

A very famous ship and, for a ship that was effectively destroyed, pleasing that some parts of her have been recovered from Montevideo harbour.

Great film too - The Battle of the River Plate.

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BIG RED!! Good to see you back! beer:

Just last week I sat glued to the TV watching a doco on the River Plate battle. Man, that pocket battleship had those 3 cruisers on the ropes! Bigger than anything faster and faster than anything bigger. ;) Awesome artwork for an awesome ship!

Thanks for sharing. th:

Thanks for the replies guys. I first drew this about a year ago, but put it aside (other things came up) and never came back to it. About a week ago, I was deleting some pictures that I no longer wanted and stumbled across my drawing of the Graf. I decided to finsh it off, and this was the result.

I also heard that the Town of Ajax, Ontario (Named for one of Commodore Harwood's ships) recently named a road "Hans Langsdorff Drive". Quite an honor. th:

Here's another one I did:

One of the most famous ships of all time.

Am impressed with the town of Ajax!

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Getting out of the naval aspects for a moment, here's a P-38J flown by Major Richard Bong, "America's Ace of Aces" in WWII.




And a scene from "Raiders of the Lost Ark":

That's pretty impressive in Paint, mate.

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Very Nice!!!! w:

Time to start doing Dirk Pitt scenes!

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Start with the bathtub? ;)

That's great, lol cop:

:lol: The bathtub is priceless.

Here's the Albatros D.III featured in "The Mediterranean Caper".