Predators and Prey

[DRGN Juno]

@DRGN Juno we are at 1938

Aww yiss.

This year in aviation history, a partially converted Heinkel He-118 becomes the first jet powered aircraft to take flight. It uses a conventional piston engine and propeller for takeoff, but cruises using a newly developed turbojet engine.

It should be pointed out that the He-118 was an absolutely, appalingly useless failure of an aircraft. It was demonstrated to both the Luftwaffe and the Imperial Japanese Navy as a prospective bomber, where it ended up disintegrating during the flight test both times. Given which side they were on, it's mildly reassuring, but at least it ended up making some useful contribution to aviation as a whole.

 

[TR273]

Btw, how can you do crossed out text here? ^^

Just highlight the text and go to this option in the post window.

 

[Thrashy]

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Oh Thanks!

*Shares illegally distilled Bätziwasser*

 

[Tallow_Phoenix]

Anatomy is hard

 

[Thrashy]

Anatomy is hard

Drawing is hard xD

 

[TR273]

Anatomy is hard

Drawing is hard xD

Consistency is hard!

 

[Tallow_Phoenix]

Ironically, I had an easier time with the hand than anything else (which is supposed to be an artist's bane)

 

[Pygmepatl]

Drawing is hard xD

Not if you practice.

 

[Tallow_Phoenix]

the hands were easy but how the hell do I draw legs???

 

[Thrashy]

Not if you practice.

I know ^^

Still, my attempts are like this:

(Thrashy after a festival. Didn't sleep for a week) xD

 

[Pygmepatl]

I know ^^

Still, my attempts are like this:

(Thrashy after a festival. Didn't sleep for a week) xD

I'm sure you'll get better if you keep practising.

Yeah, I can see.

 

[Thrashy]

I'm sure you'll get better if you keep practising.

The problem is: I don't. xD
I'm too lazy ._.

 

[Pygmepatl]

The problem is: I don't. xD
I'm too lazy ._.

Don't worry, I stopped drawing since a few years ago. I will start drawing again when I make my fursona.

 

[Tallow_Phoenix]

The problem is: I don't. xD
I'm too lazy ._.

I feel that ^^ I think I could be a really good artist if I actually cared enough

 

[DRGN Juno]

The problem is: I don't. xD
I'm too lazy ._.

Doodling helps. Informal, and great for when you're idling.

 

[TR273]

the hands were easy but how the hell do I draw legs???

Its not the leg that gives me problems (well apart from an occasional tendency to stumpyness) it's figuring out how to attach the foot.

 

[Pygmepatl]

I used to doodle a lot in my notebooks when I was in school.

 

[DRGN Juno]

Its not the leg that gives me problems (well apart from an occasional tendency to stumpyness) it's figuring out how to attach the foot.

I'm constantly stumped by muzzles and eye placement. Drawing are hard.

 

[Thrashy]

I should just try again sometime

 

[Pygmepatl]

I should just try again sometime

Good! ^^

 

[DRGN Juno]

1939! This year in aviation history, Ernst Heinkel, undeterred by the steaming dumpster fire that was the He-118, presses on and produces the He-178 and He-176 - the first practical pure jet aircraft, and the first rocket plane, respectively. Despite creating a practical, functioning fighter prototype, ze Germans would remain unimpressed by his efforts. A jet powered fighter wouldn't enter service until the trailing end of the war in 1944, in the form of the Messerschmitt Me 262, followed shortly by the Gloster Meteor. The He-176 also wouldn't see production, being cast aside in favour of the Messerschmitt (man, I hate typing that out) Me 163 Komet in 1944.

 

[Thrashy]

Oh, we've reached page 1939.
Well, the SS fakes a Polish attack, Hitler then made the well known radio announcement:
"Seit 5:45 wird jetzt zurückgeschossen!"
(Since 5:45 we're firing back!)

Outbreak of WW2

 

[Thrashy]

Messerschmitt Me 262

Do you know this song? ^^

 

[DRGN Juno]

Do you know this song? ^^

I do now.

 

[Thrashy]

I do now.

Blue Öyster Cult is one of my favourite bands