Feet Wet - Digital Art Competition 7

"Feet Wet" is a US Military term that pilots use to convey to air traffic controllers that their aircraft is now flying over water.

Three United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters doing a training night mission in an undisclosed location.

Thank you to @xpilar for hosting this contest.

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Added fuselages of military helicopters.

Added tail blades.

Added main and tail rotors...and gave them motion spin.

Added M134 Miniguns.

Pre Rendered in IRAY

Added a Water/Island Environment.

Final Render

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Alternative point of view from the co-pilot seat.

Tools and assets used:

Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
3 Template Helicopters
M134 Minigun
Daz3d and HDRI Lighting
Water/Island Environment

In Summary:

• I start out with a template.
• Added parts, color and texture as needed.
• I either can embed the template into the background or wrap the environment around the template, then add lighting and camera settings, like depth of field.
• Rendering time took about an hour.

Stay frosty people.