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Ahhh I'm so impressed with this commission! Drawing was done by :iconbinoched: ~Binoched, and is pretty much the 'cover' idea I have for the first book of my story series I am writing.

Summary of the scene: the Imperial Central Authority (primary villains of my story) are launching an attack near the industrial port of Davenport, following a surprise attack that has grounded most of the Republic fleet that was in the air to defend the city. With the battle close at hand and enemy ground and aerial forces approaching, the Elysium (the country the battle is taking place in, and who are strong allies of the Republic) air force takes to the skies to project the remnants of the grounded airfleet, which use their burning hulks as stationary fortresses against the enemy.

Allied Republic fighters (the F4U Corsairs) assist the Elysium Airforce (the P-38 Lightnings) in maintaining aerial supremacy. The Imperial's primary fighter planes are modeled after the BF-109 fighter, which are escorting the Imperial Fleet (depicted in the distance)

The F4U Corsair in the foreground is flown by Alexia Lancaster, the primary heroine of the story, while the one in the background is flown by Lionel Blackwing, the squadron commander.
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~angussky Jan 6, 2013
Woot, Corsair!
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Mood: Overwhelmed ~predator345 Aug 23, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
NICE!!!!!!!!!! INSTANT FAV JUST ADD F4U CORSAIR!!! XD
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~ARI4PHANTINEXX Feb 6, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
amazing fight.
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~thefailmaster Dec 14, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
everything was pretty badass to start with, then the aircraft carriers in the sky just made this many, many times cooler.

Also, the corsair is one of my favourite planes- god I love that wing shape
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~Lionel23 Dec 14, 2011
Yeah the gull wings always put the F4U Corsair in a special place my heart ^^

Check out the rest of my gallery illustration pieces for the more refined drawings of said airships.
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Mood: Love ~Blazcowitz Sep 29, 2011
Absolutely stunning!I am currently working on a ww2 based alternate history novel in which the aeroplane and airship are dominant (a bit like the game Crimson skies) in my spare time. One of the main characters is a German woman named Vanessa Eberthardt (which means 'strong as a boar') who defects to the allies after her parents are killed by the Nazis.
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~Lionel23 Sep 30, 2011
Oohh really? Note me more details on it, have you written anything else prior to that? How far along are you on that?
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~Blazcowitz Nov 5, 2011
Still in the early stages. I've spent a long time shifting through lots of different late-war or experimental planes, deciding which ones I will use (like the Hughes flying boat or "Spruce Goose" and the Grumman F8F bearcat). In my reality, a great theme in it is distrust within your own ranks. My hero discovers that a US government agency is secretly trying to provoke hostilities between the US and USSR. That organisation I have called the United States Office of Internal Security (USOIS)
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~Soter-1 Aug 31, 2011
What are the bars right behind the engine supposed to be? Looks like this will be a cake walk, since both the P-38 and F4U routinely trounced planes greater than the Bf-109. More please!
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~Lionel23 Aug 31, 2011
Hmmm that's a good question, may be a reference line... I'm going to contact the artist and see if I can get that fixed, thanks for pointing that out, totally missed it!
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