Bud Backer Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) Just as I finished my Comic for the CMFB Beta, I felt quite exhausted. It was a lot of work. But I really wanted to finish Apache, which I had all the screenshots for but had interrupted to do the Beta CAAR. When Apache was finished, I felt rather different than I expected. Instead of being glad it's all done, it felt a bit of a let-down, as I was actually really enjoying working on it. It was a different graphical style and narrative focus and style as well, and when it was over I kept looking for something I wanted to do. @kohlenklau suggested an Afrika Korps comic, using his mod for CMFI. As he can attest, I find mods (beyond a file or two) fiddly and limiting in that one has to have multiple installs in order to play normally, or to do QB's which by now anyone who knows me here will be aware is how I play 99% of the time. That said, the visuals he showed us all here with his mod were just inspiring. Like many others here I think I was enamoured with the North African war long before Normandy was catching my attention. And so I fell into his trap. Ok, not really. But we both had some ideas and in a moment of fantastic synergy, they meshed perfectly, and a scenario was born, as well as some graphics work beyond what his mod included. I hope you enjoy. PS: I've said this with every Comic I've done here, but it bears repeating: click on the images to see them full screen. You're missing stuff if you don't. Edited March 8, 2016 by Bud Backer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Emrys Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Yay! (But shouldn't this be in the Normandy Forum?) Anyway, yay!Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) Hang in there Michael. You'll see. Remember in Forrest Gump when the movie starts with him sitting on that bench with the box of chocolates? Then he tells the story and it goes elsewhere? Edited March 7, 2016 by kohlenklau 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Cool, a new one. Looking forward to it. They keep getting better with each iteration.So Kohl, this will be a "war is like a box of chocolates.." thing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Bud, Yep, looking good. We are back in the CAAR business. Always a welcome sight.Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankster65 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Great stuff! Love AARs! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'm hooked Bud, can't wait for more! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc844 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Yes, here we go again. Woohoo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Hang in there Michael. You'll see. Remember in Forrest Gump when the movie starts with him sitting on that bench with the box of chocolates? Then he tells the story and it goes elsewhere?I carefully avoided watching Forrest Gump (even the name was a turnoff), but I know what you mean: flashback. Okay, except for the movie reference, that sounds good.Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 I carefully avoided watching Forrest Gump (even the name was a turnoff), but I know what you mean: flashback. Okay, except for the movie reference, that sounds good.MichaelMichael, I'm right there with you re: Forrest Gump. The sneak previews etc were a total turn off. *phooey* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarly Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Excellent! Yay! (But shouldn't this be in the Normandy Forum?) Anyway, yay!MichaelThe hint was in the into... @kohlenklau suggested an Afrika Korps comic, using his mod for CMFI....... ..... the visuals he showed us all here with his mod were just inspiring. Like many others here I think I was enamoured with the North African war long before Normandy was catching my attention. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gnarly Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Beautiful transition there Bud! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Heirloom_Tomato Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Yeah!!! Something fun to read again when I get home from work. Thanks for taking this on again Bud. I look forward to see what happens next. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Did you guys see the wheels and tracks on the Panther in the last panel, and the exhaust smoke? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedorf81 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 This is brilliant. Again.Yeah, saw the white smoke. Couldn't see anything on the wheels and tracks, but after scrutinizing it seems you blurred them a little to make a "moving" motion in a still picture?Or do I need new glasses? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Bud, Yes, very nice blur effect to them both. Good effect. Hauptmann Warner needs to get Annaliese OUT of Konigsberg now...oh wait, this is September 1944. Well, it is probably too late... The horror has already hit at the end of August. Most of the city and much of the population has been incinerated by now from a bombing raid. No wonder he hasn't heard anything from Annaliese. If she has survived, under no circumstances should she go to Gotenhafen and board the MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the coming months. Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Beautiful transition there Bud!Thank you. I'm going to try to jog some nostalgia from Michael with the way this will look. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Yeah!!! Something fun to read again when I get home from work. Thanks for taking this on again Bud. I look forward to see what happens next.What happens next?? You mean this isn't enough? You can't leave these poor people in peace in that inhospitable place??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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