[WIP] Lighthouses mod

Originally Posted by gap

I am afraid the yellow/black cardinal mark system has been introduced after WWII. In any case, the historical picture you have posted here a few days ago seems to discard it. Pity, because it looked very cool
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No problem for textures, but remember that not always modern paint schemes are indicative of the historical ones

I think, our method should be this one : we create lighthouses with colors and light signal of nowadays, unless we have precise informations about how it was during WWII.

Originally Posted by gap

More than looking for an average shape, I would rather choose a lighthouse for each category which fits better the caracteristics of the group. I would then model it as accurately as possible

In general, I think we should not waste too much of our time in customizing the generic models.

If I had to focus on making a generic model to resamble more closely to a specific lighthouse, I would rather model that lighthouse, maybe using the generic model as template.

I have put a green color on groups that we should focus on first. In these groups, a lighthouse's name is sometimes also green, meaning that this lighthouse should be modeled first, and used as generic lighthouse for all the lighthouses of the group.

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Originally Posted by Kendras

I think, our method should be this one : we create lighthouses with colors and light signal of nowadays, unless we have precise informations about how it was during WWII.

If I have to choose, I would rather paint La Plate red with a black band, and Le Chat plain red, even though we miss definitive clues that those were their paint schemes

Originally Posted by Kendras

I have put a green color on groups that we should focus on first. In these groups, a lighthouse's name is sometimes also green, meaning that this lighthouse should be modeled first, and used as generic lighthouse for all the lighthouses of the group.

I hope you have also taken into account the availability of models in 3DWarehouse, as they somehow ease my work...

Originally Posted by gap

I hope you have also taken into account the availability of models in 3DWarehouse, as they somehow ease my work...

My choice is indicative, do as you wish.

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Originally Posted by Kendras

My choice is indicative, do as you wish.

Okay

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Originally Posted by Kendras

I think, our method should be this one : we create lighthouses with colors and light signal of nowadays, unless we have precise informations about how it was during WWII.

Maybe we could get in touch with Jean-Christophe Fichou on this subject. He is the author of the article Les phares français pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale that I pointed you to a while ago, co-author of the book Phares: histoire du balisage et de l'éclairage des côtes de France and owner of the website http://phares-de-france.pagesperso-orange.fr, which is the best source of historical information on French lighthouses I have found so far.
I think no one better than him can provide us with the information we are looking for, or point us to the appropriate sources, and being an enthusiat himself, he could take an interest in our little project. What do you think?

His email address is: JCF@phares-de-france.com. My written French sucks, could you drop him a line explaining to him what we are doing and the information we are looking for?

Originally Posted by gap

Maybe we could get in touch with Jean-Christophe Fichou on this subject. He is the author of the article Les phares français pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale that I pointed you to a while ago, co-author of the book Phares: histoire du balisage et de l'éclairage des côtes de France and owner of the website http://phares-de-france.pagesperso-orange.fr, which is the best source of historical information on French lighthouses I have found so far.
I think no one better than him can provide us with the information we are looking for, or point us to the appropriate sources, and being an enthusiat himself, he could take an interest in our little project. What do you think?

His email address is: JCF@phares-de-france.com. My written French sucks, could you drop him a line explaining to him what we are doing and the information we are looking for?

Mmh, you gave me all the informations. I guess I have no choice ?

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Originally Posted by Kendras

Mmh, you gave me all the informations. I guess I have no choice ?

We have no choice. The very same future of SH games modding, is in your and Jean-Christophe Fichou's hands