Great and awesome.

Very nice! Oh he's a reservist or Army National Guard eh? Beautifully done here!

^^

There's the beacon!

ON THE BOUNCE PEOPLE!!

the environment is a pain to do lol

Very nice ^^

very well done nice job as all ways

Very nice work, the detailing is really well done, particularly on the weapons and you have the placement of his finger by the trigger is just right. I could so see a snow leopard in Afghanistan. Gods knows its cold enough.

They do exist in Afghanistan, although they are hunted there.

Good thing he's armed.

Perhaps he's hunting his cousins.

Interesting. Didn't know that. Makes sense though, its really cold in parts and has forested mountains. I am also not surprised that snow leopards are hunted there. The prior regime had no love for women, let alone animals of any sort.

They're found up around Tajikstan.

n.n

Great work!!
But he must sweat really hard over the day... Poor snow leopard

... I love it.

Man that poor snowleapoard. Of all the places to be shipped out to, Afghanistan would not be the ideal place for a creature that loves snow, unless he was to go into the Mountains.
this is a great piece

Actually snow leopards are native to Afghanistan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca2fiIPpUXk

Whoa, that's amazing.

Snowmeow in Afghanistan.
Talk about Murphy o.o
Very detailed work.. Love it

The Perversity Of The Universe Tends Toward The Maximum: The Universe Is Hostile. Finagles First Law
If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Will. Finagles Second Law
Blessed Be The Pessimists, For They Have Made Backups
There is only one Finagle, and Murphy is his prophet.
Sol Belter's Church of Finagle - Ringworld - Tales of Known Space - Larry Niven

that's about all I can say about Murphy beyond the three laws that govern the universe

First, Murphy's Law: If Anything CAN go wrong, it will

Second, Finagles Axiom: If Anything Can go wrong, It WILL go wrong, at the Worst possible moment

Third, O'Toole's Theory: Murphy and Finagle were F*CKING Optimists!!!

Wow! thats awsome. Nice job!

Just awesome :D

Reminds me of Tomb Raider III, Nevada Desert oddly enough n..n

A snow leaopard in a desert....interesting

Hehe. Snowy seems out of his element.. But still perfectly comfertable

That's excellent.

awsome

Lovely art as always. You captured the desolateness of the desert quite well. I wonder, though, about the US flag patch on his arm; are they meant to be backwards (at least on the right arm)?

I wondered that too - but he sent me photos of his uniform and thats the way it was... I would be interested to know why as well ^.^

The Internet knows everything! http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theo...../f/faqflag.htm It dates back to flag-carrying, apparently - when moving forwards with the flag flying out behind you, the flag as seen from the right appears "backwards" because the stars are always closest to the flagpole. I learned something today.

I see - that makes sense =D.. Thank you!

It's symbolic of never retreating, since the flag will fly backwards in an advance.

I love a cat in uniform 8D

i'm definitely liking!

He looks rather content for someone stuck in Afghanistan for more than he expected.

Kacey! i love ya!

4 years in the guard with 1 overseas is how my weekend warriorism is going.

Your art is just amazing....

That's superb! Great job on everything!

One nice thing about my plan to go into the navy...no friggin' deserts...
Very nicely done, and I do hope you give him a military discount for this commission.

Hooah!

Very nice work on the weapons, quite accurate
same for the camo pattern on the uniform, Very nice work

Cool! Which branch of the service is he in?

Ha, yeah, the fine lines are buried under a pile of paperwork usually. Found out that the hard way, heh.
Though, I do not envy a snow-leopard in the desert heat. XD

Another excellent job!

Can you imagine how hot he must be.

I love the attention paid to detail, as well as the separation of media textures between the background and foreground. Very, very nice.

I tell everyone who wants to join the military, "If you join, you WILL get deployed. As long as you are willing to accept that, join up!"

Great work. Reminds me of my bro

Love the character and the art... I'll save my opinion about the belicist crap

That .50 cal machine gun needs a few more bullets, lol. But aside from that this pic is flawless. =D

As a Reserver soldier who spent a year and a half in Iraq, I concur with the quote!

love the 50

A SNOW LEOPARD? poor thing should be suffering from heat stroke. Other than that, the detail in the foreground and background is just stunning.

Gorgeous. Had to show this piece to my hubby (he's done 2 tours in Iraq). He was very impressed with it as well.

Aww, I love these war-pics!!! More if that!!

He almost looks like Teddy Roosvelt with those awesome glasses
It rocks!

Nice.. this pic is actually very accurately done, from the .50 cal in the background to the desolate feeling of those desert underpasses. I like this pic alot, especially as another member of the armed forces currently deployed to Iraq. O^O

Been there done that. Arizona Nationa Guardsmen, OEF 07-08 Gardez Afganistan..

Great job on Ma Deuce :D

Browning M2HB = <3

Oh, wow! o.o This is amazing

Nice work, but he would benefit from a few extra layers of Kevlar (i.e. Body Armor and a Helmet).

But on the bright side, he would move faster and suffer from less heat exhaustion.

He looks like he may incapable of killing people, well, at least he can't with such a nice expression.. hehe

nicely done

Just: Awesome!

All the cool guys got M4 Carbines, but I feel right alongside this guy, cuz I gotta carry around a souped-up M16, too. ._.

I feel for ya, lil guy.

Hey, great work on the weapon details!! Love the M16 and M2!!

More snow leopards with gunz!

Realy nice. Great detail.

Very nice and detailed! *faves* =3

I like the background and the gun design. I like how you did the reference with the Snow Leopard and Afghanistan. I think that his clothes look great, but I'm just hoping that he doesn't get killed by a terrorist attack or hunting attack.

heey
its amaazing o_o

lol I love how his ears fit his hat perfectly.

Wonderful job on the guns, and everything else in the picture =D

Your simply amazing

But what does mean "One week a month my @$$" ? I don't understand the sense of this sentence.

From what I understand, the US Army Reserve, as well as the National Guard are supposed to serve 'part time' - one weekend a month - but when they get deployed overseas, obviously this is not the case because they would be deployed there for months, rather than just one weekend each month - so the idea of "one weekend a month" is kindof a joke, in a sense... because it usually doesn't work out that way.

I got it.
Sure, things are always shinier when you engaged on army than wheen you serve it... :-/

Ha, USAR is so lax till you're deployed.
Heh, pretty awesome job on all the details, but I didn't know that anyone still has that kind of desert camo uniform anymore. Ah well, if he had sent you pics of it then it's right based on whatever SOP he's following, eh? :3
Also: mmmmmm, M16A4 and a Mod Deuce

:nods: he sent me pics of his uniform that I used for reference...

good luck to him at cleaning off the terror in the beautiful Afghanistan.

awesome pic!

Being nitpicky. *inserthappyfaceplzhere*

1) fat-ass, standard olive drab box of a fuckton of .50cal rounds is missing on the M2. that small belt of ammo won't last long. Most of the gun emplacements are behind HESCO bastions (aka. giant bags of sand or dirt), but it's more than understandable to leave the sandbags as is unless one's gets a real good stiffy out of getting all the minor details right.

Also if this was early-war commision stuff, then he'd be wearing the old desert camo, and the M2 wouldn't be festooned with rails and optical sights, so that stands correct. But at the same time, the commisioner wouldn't have an M16A4 if he was wearing the tri-color desert camo, because the railed M4 / M16A4 weapons systems came with the new Army digi-camp (ACUPAT).

2) WHY ISN'T HE WEARING HIS VEST AND HELMET. If he's out on the wire, he needs protection.

3) ACOG sight on M16A4 is on a wrong mount.

Aside from that, I don't even comment on your art because it all deserves the same response, and it's going to be a huge timewaster to say it all the time.

YOUR ART IS AWESOME. NO AMOUNT OF FACTUAL ERRORS CAN MAR THE GENIUS.

That is just awesome. Great job with the detail.

thats me in 1 year