realistic skins : color pictures of IJN submarines and ships
 

This light help a bunch in making realistic skins ? :

I-65 submarine :

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8...b803i65ne9.jpg


I-156 submarine :


http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4046/9f200dc0jf7.jpg

I-7 submarine :

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/8382/e4dbd15dof5.jpg

I-1 submarine :

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/5139/339ab0a4js8.jpg


RO 28 :

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9914/a13b1daafz0.jpg


I-152 submarine :

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/120/3cf0b099xs0.jpg


I-153 submarine :

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4071/42e7c1a5sf1.jpg


and finally : Jyunsen B !

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/467/861b7c1fmf5.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/861...pg/1/w1024.png
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8...0b78i38va9.jpg

I-400 type submarine :

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/1...acci400ki4.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4...pg/1/w1024.png

found at :

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...%3Den%26sa%3DN

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Ships : color pictures as well
 

Sen toku

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5...400dawnox3.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/f...pg/1/w1024.png




Aircraft carrier Yoso :

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3...ieryosojz4.jpg


http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/7...erhyryuro0.jpg
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5...pg/1/w1024.png

You really should use this site, cause I can't post all the pretty pictures here ! :rotfl:

submarine tender Chogei
 

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2530/3dabb469kx5.jpg


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Battleship Nagano
 

:

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1...5naganohw8.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/a...pg/1/w1024.png

Battleship-carrier "Ise" under air attack at kurahashi-Is Kure
 

ever seen it in game ???

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2...a28fisedp5.jpg


That's a sweet ship ! half carrier, half battleship ! I've never seen anything like it, gosh this website holds treasures !

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http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2...69d5i45du5.jpg
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3...pg/1/w1024.png



so what do you think of the color pictures of IJN subs ? if you use google translate you can almost read the pages in japanese :) then you see a sign "read more" under each subs' photo, click and get access to more picture like the sunrise Sen Toku.

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yet some other pictures :

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtop...f=65&p=1241819

also :

http://www.militaryimages.net/photop...ry.php/cat/511

Good pictures, I am very impressed!

Currently I am reading "The Japanese Submarine force and World War II" by Carl Boyd & Akihiko Yoshida, and it only got a couple b/w pictures. It's rare to see color photographs from WWII, compared to tons of b/w images.

very good book indeed, about the pictures seen here I believe they were colorized using really recent techniques, but they still look better than BW ones !

Any pictures of japanese submarines you have, you can post, there are so few...

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I'm afraid I have... none. :cry:

All I could do is searching the web, let's see what I can find.

BTW am watching your progress on IJN/SH4 stuff, thing it'd be a good challenge to play the other side for a change.

good, I'm playing now, it's been a while ;)

try the 2.8.2 version then, the jap campaign will be something !

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Japanese Type D ("Koryu") Midget Submarine

Outside and interior images - only some in color

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...ss/mdg-d-2.htm

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...ss/mdg-d-5.htm

Miscellaneous IJN ships most b/w as far as I have checked

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...n/jap-name.htm

And here's something special - colour palettes or plates or whatsitcalled;

http://www.cbrnp.com/RNP/Flower/REVIEWS/SandS_chips.htm

Could be useful for paints.

thanks a bunch !!!!:up:

bump for a XMas in color !

Those are cool pictures! I think I found my new wall paper.