The first was a Finnish Curtiss Hawk 75 for this book: https://www.europeanairlines.no/product ... rivatives/
It shows Finnish ace Paul Salminen of LeLv 32 shooting down a 524 IAP Polikarpov I-16, while flying Hawk 75 A-6 CU-558, on 5 September 1942.
The second cover shows a Fairey Fox VI for this book: https://www.europeanairlines.no/product/fairey-fox/
I've titled the artwork "Courage Alone". It shows 24-year old Sous-Lieutenant Aviateur Albert Brel of 5/III/2 in Fairey Fox VI "O-111" engaging the Luftwaffe's 3./JG 21 on the morning of 10 May 1940. Oblt. Georg Schneider, flying "Yellow 1", has just fired his 20 mm cannon against Brel's antiquated biplane, while Fw. Erwin Leykauf in "Yellow 3" maneuvers to line up for the next shot. With his wingmen having disappeared, Brel fought a valiant but hopeless 3-versus-1 battle against a far superior enemy. Soon enough Brel would be forced to bail out of his burning fighter. Unfortunately his parachute caught fire and Brel fell to his death in the small town of Montenaken, leaving behind his wife and 1-month old son.
The 3D models for both covers were made by Fabricio Sousa, although the Fox was incomplete at the time I needed it, and I spent a good amount of time changing and finishing it. Textures were done using Substance Painter, which is now my go-to app for UDIM texturing. The Bf 109 model was adapted from Anders Lejczak's old '109, with revised mesh and all new UVs and textures.
