Kaiserliche Marine Officer's uniform - again being tested in SH3. Note the crown emblem on his cap, instead of the Third Reich eagle, along with the crowns on his cuffs and the gold stripe indicating rank. I found that using Photoshop I could create the illusion that he was wearing a long overcoat, instead of the work shirts that stock SH3 crewmen wear.

The coat is a modded version of the leather officer's jacket in GWX. The face comes from fubar's bearded reskin of the default SH3 officer heads.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...e/Officer2.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...e/Officer1.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...e/Officer3.jpg

The officer on the bridge. It took some work to modify the channels so that the default SH3 crewmember's features didn't show through, and to keep the uniform from looking featureless when exposed to different levels of light. At the moment things seem to be going well. I will create several different jackets for officers of different rank, as well as maybe some sweaters for casual clothing.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...e/Officer4.jpg

wonderful !

if you care to tell me sometimes in the future how to do that and not get funny characters or alien looking crew in SH4 I'd appreciate it, I still need to do the IJN crew's shirts etc.. but it kindo crashes when I alter a 3D model and re import it in the .dat

thanks

keltos

That long coat is what I have been trying to create for a long time :damn:

Would you please share the textures for SH3 use? I want to give the watch crew nice grey leather coats :wah:

Sure. I will PM you a link.

It's that time of year again - Exam time! :DL

My apologies to Hitman & everyone else - I will try to take care of my obligations within 1.5-2 weeks, when things settle down again.

Thank you for the amazing work ...good luck on exams. :) happy holidays too.

U-Boot blueprints in japanese digital archives
 

U161 U135 U139 blueprint (war reparation) :

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6...9blueprint.jpg

UB 103-117

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3932/ub103uc97.jpg

U 152 UC 22 UC 97

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5903/u152uc22uc97.jpg

As Japan was offered german Uboots after WWI as reparations they studied them and then built their own long range boats.

keltos

New blueprint found !!!
still don't know when it's from, but that's a submarine alright !

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/220...0201005001.jpg

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/5396/submarinem.jpg


http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/1812/kcopyx.jpg

unknown :

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/158...inebluepri.jpg

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/208...eminelayer.jpg


http://translate.google.be/translate...2F&sl=ja&tl=en


YATAA !!!!!


keltos

Nice looking uniforms! Great work!

Thanks a lot for the plans.

I am away from home right now but I will resume work on the mod right after New Year's. Spent a lot of time researching British and French pre-dreadnoughts & old battleships; everyone knows about the "Invincible" & "Lion" but I want some really unique targets. :)
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Sergbuto just mentioned a possible fix for the problem of wings3d models crashing in S3ditor. If it works then I expect to have some in-game shots of the "Moltke", U-9, "HMS Defence", and others.

Hey all... just dropped in to check up on progress... looks like some really good work is going on... nice job on the unifroms and such.... also wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to one and all!:DL

Thanks (belatedly) Chris.

After not having computer access I started modding ships again with Wings3d; I am not having as many problems getting the models imported.

I just managed to create a "stripped down" version of the "Biyo Maru" from SH4. Although this doesn't sound like much it is a pretty big breakthrough; now I can use it as a "parent unit" for more realistic looking ships - just like how I used the SH3 Liberty Ship to create the 40-50+ ships in the Merchant Fleet Mod beta.

Research on U-Boats & more important units is also ongoing, of course. I hope to find more shots showing the submarines at an angle, b/c profile drawings don't always give a good idea of how a sub was shaped.

hey all... just a quick note for those who are interested... i've held off on modelling my ww1 series of ships as i continue to try and reduce the poly counts and still keep the details... for anyone that downloaded my models from sharecg i'll be putting out a "fixed" version of my USS Wilkes 4-piper destroyer that fixes some issues wit the mapping shortly... i'll continue my large surface unit models once i accomplish a lower poly model i'm happy with... in the mean time i've ben doing WW2 Armour... which has kept me busy.... lol

I'm glad to hear things are progressing smoothly again here... keep up the great work! i'm realy looking forward to the end results:D

Unique targets...Agincourt is going to be in, right?

The Agincourt would be GREAT to have! what a ship that was, a one vessel fleet lol.

She's my personal favorite, because I love midships turrets (even though they weren't very practical). I will try to get multiple ship classes done first, however - then, if there's time, important "one-shots" like "Dreadnought", "Agincourt", & others.

This was about to drop off the main page :down:

Hope all is going well when you get the time for it. Still lookin forward to this one.

I think he said something about him haveing exams up the page...

Oh wow, if you are doing the Britannic and Olympic that would totally make SHIV totally awesome! Maybe you should think about doing Maurentania or Lusitania.

Yes; I have studied plans of the "Britannic" closely. Generic liners are a priority right now, but if there is time I will work on famous ships. A couple WIP shots from this week's work (also posted on the WWI: Total War modding thread at www.twcenter.net). I am not sure about the maximum rotational arcs for the BCs' midship turrets - if you know, feel free to contribute.




http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...life/invy1.jpg


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