Request for assistance from someone good on graphics

JScones · 02-23-08, 09:59 PM

I've been meaning, for some time, to get SH3Cmdr to produce certificates to go along with the medals that you have been awarded.

For example, on the Personnel File each medal would be linked to a personalised copy of the associated award certificate.

The result would be something like the below, but with *your* name and *your* received date and newer looking, of course.

Adds no real value I guess, but I know some guys were once quite keen for this.

The problem is, I'm utterly useless on graphics.

Soooo....I wonder if anyone here would be kind enough to dummy up certificates (with blanks for where the name and date would go) for each medal type that can be awarded.

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/ contains examples as a reference.

If you want to be artistic and overlay an image of the actual medal on the corner or something, that would be great too (then I don't need to provide a separate image).

Alternatively, I believe one can buy repro templates. I'd be happy for scans of those even

emaluzer · 02-23-08, 11:47 PM

emaluzer · 02-23-08, 11:55 PM

here is a cleaner version:

HundertzehnGustav · 02-25-08, 08:42 AM

huh yea.
me want.
:hmm:

but i won' t print them out and pin them on the wall....
peeps would think i'm a lil' different...
looking good no less.

if we could have the reason on it, too?

...for sinking the Battle Cruiser HOOD on december 17, 1939
...for shadowing.....convoy....
...leading wolfpack....
...bringing home battered sub.....
...reaching 100000 BRT tonnage in one patrol...

FIREWALL · 02-25-08, 09:13 AM

That looks kool JS. It's touches like that add to the immersion and gameplay.

ReallyDedPoet · 02-25-08, 09:30 AM

SH Commander has been a great program these past few years Jaesen, I'll give this component a sticky for a week or so, give it some more exposure here

RDP

danlisa · 02-25-08, 09:37 AM

@ JS

Do you have any requests in terms of file format & size (pixels)?

How would this eventually work? Would the certificate output in HTML (ala Patrol Record)? If so, you could probably have 1x cert template and then only change/renew the medal graphics as needed.:hmm:

Otherwise, I can easily get a full set together in any format you like, doing my best to replicate the originals from scratch. They're misaligned and pixelated <shudder>.

Laufen zum Ziel · 02-25-08, 07:06 PM

ToySoldier · 02-26-08, 08:43 AM

Hello out there!

Sorry to disturp ya all!

I´ve searched a bit and found some Kriegsmarine documents!

Not to insult one of ya posting here but the one JScones posted is for Infanterie, you can see it by the signiture!

So here the one for Eisernes Kreuz:
http://www.wehrmachtlexikon.de/archi...104e01682ad564

And one for the U-Boot Kriegsabzeichen:
http://www.wehrmachtlexikon.de/archi...104e01682ad564

And normaly they where writen with a typwriter (IMHO this

would fit the best!

Just a suggestion!

And if somebody preferred a handwriting ... this will be a pain in the ars til 1942, because till then the "official" handwriting was Korrent (mostly false called Sütterlin)
and beginning with 1943 we germans us also Latin Letters.
Here is a free DL for Sütterlin ... but I didn´t check it

Edit: (Upppssss sorry forget the Link *schäm* .... also:
http://www.computerwissen.de/downloa...er-window.html
in the right corner where "Sütterlin" stands)

In diesem Sinne
Gott mit Uns
Frank B. aus K.

Boris · 02-26-08, 09:07 AM

The handwriting taught in schools during the NS-Regime was actually Sütterlin, which was a reformed form of kurrent, which is much older. Kurrent is falsely called Sütterlin, but Sütterlin is a development and standardisation of Kurrent, which was made official in 1935.
Most German today can't even read it though, and it's considered a Nazi-script by many. No way the average silent hunter player could read it, that's for sure.

Paul.Saenger · 02-26-08, 09:29 AM

Hi everyone.

I have highlighted what needs to be coded for the Ritterkreuz and above and will do so for the lower awards as well.

I hope that helps.

First, here is the Knights Cross:

Here's for the Oak Leaves

Regarding the award names (what needs to be coded into the yellow space):

Oak leaves = Das Eichenlaub - as in the example.

There is a bit of a problem regarding the upper grades (swords, Diamonds) , as I do not know how the urkunden looked. MY best guess would be like the example above, with only the Award names changed.
Like this:

With the words "DIE SCHWERTER" or "DIE BRIllIANTEN" replacing "Das Eichenlaub.

Another possibility is this:

As above with die Schwerter etc. replacing the yellow part, and the green part replaced by

"DES RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES MIT EICHENLAUB" (for the swords)
"ZUM RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN" (for the diamonds)
or
"ZUM EICHENLAUB DES RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES"

For the golden Oak leaves, swords and diamonds replace the yellow part in this image

with DAS GOlDENE EICHENLAUB MIT SCHWERTERN UND BRILLIANTEN.

I will post the lower grades next, since there is no confusion left. If no one has a real example of the Ritterkreuz mit Schwertern and above, I guess you should just pick whatever looks best.

Boris · 02-26-08, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul.Saenger

Are these real documents? What's with the spelling of Fregattenkapitän... here: Fregettenkapitän?

Paul.Saenger · 02-26-08, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

Are these real documents? What's with the spelling of Fregattenkapitän... here: Fregettenkapitän?

They were posted by someone else in this thread. I do not know anything about their origins,

Paul.Saenger · 02-26-08, 10:14 AM

I have checked my literature - according to some sources, the documents actually looked like that. As for the typo, I don't know about that, but the general design is correct.

Paul.Saenger · 02-26-08, 10:01 AM

Here is the same for the U-Boat War Badge.

The difficulty here is the name of the BDU (which I mistakenly called FDU in the edited picture, which is quite wrong as that was abolished in 1939).

Important information:
- only the surname is printed on the thing (green).

The BDU:
Name: Karl Dönitz until the 30th January 1943, after that Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
Rank: Konteradmiral (after 01 Oct 1939); Vizeadmiral (01 Sep 1940); Admiral (14 Mar 1942) for Dönitz. Friedeburg: Vizeadmiral (01 Feb 1943); Admiral (01 Apr 1943); Generaladmiral (01 May 1945)

I was unable to find a signature picture of Friedeburg, so that will be a problem.

I was unable to find a picture for the U-Boot Frontspange, but I suggest just replacing the top icon and the name of the award (replace the "das" above the part in yellow with "die" and the writing in yellow with Ubootfrontspange.

Regarding the location (highlighted in red):
there is no info on whether it was the base name, but since the commander of the U-boots signed it, I would simply write "Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine" (Navy Command).

02-23-08, 09:59 PM	#1
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Request for assistance from someone good on graphics I've been meaning, for some time, to get SH3Cmdr to produce certificates to go along with the medals that you have been awarded. For example, on the Personnel File each medal would be linked to a personalised copy of the associated award certificate. The result would be something like the below, but with your name and your received date and newer looking, of course. Adds no real value I guess, but I know some guys were once quite keen for this. The problem is, I'm utterly useless on graphics. Soooo....I wonder if anyone here would be kind enough to dummy up certificates (with blanks for where the name and date would go) for each medal type that can be awarded. http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/ contains examples as a reference. If you want to be artistic and overlay an image of the actual medal on the corner or something, that would be great too (then I don't need to provide a separate image). Alternatively, I believe one can buy repro templates. I'd be happy for scans of those even

02-23-08, 11:47 PM	#2
emaluzer Loader Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 85 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	hows this?

02-23-08, 11:55 PM	#3
emaluzer Loader Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 85 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	or this.... here is a cleaner version: Last edited by emaluzer; 02-24-08 at 01:39 AM.

02-25-08, 08:42 AM	#4
HundertzehnGustav Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lux, betw. G, B and F Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	huh yea. me want. :hmm: but i won' t print them out and pin them on the wall.... peeps would think i'm a lil' different... looking good no less. if we could have the reason on it, too? ...for sinking the Battle Cruiser HOOD on december 17, 1939 ...for shadowing.....convoy.... ...leading wolfpack.... ...bringing home battered sub..... ...reaching 100000 BRT tonnage in one patrol... __________________ In conclusion: SH3 is the shizzle, yo. -Frau Kaleun Another negative about using your deck gun is that you are definately DETECTED, which has long term effects on your relationship with aircraft. -snestorm

02-25-08, 09:13 AM	#5
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	That looks kool JS. It's touches like that add to the immersion and gameplay. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

02-25-08, 09:30 AM	#6
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,886 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	SH Commander has been a great program these past few years Jaesen, I'll give this component a sticky for a week or so, give it some more exposure here RDP __________________ Back in the Day

02-25-08, 09:37 AM	#7
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	@ JS Do you have any requests in terms of file format & size (pixels)? How would this eventually work? Would the certificate output in HTML (ala Patrol Record)? If so, you could probably have 1x cert template and then only change/renew the medal graphics as needed.:hmm: Otherwise, I can easily get a full set together in any format you like, doing my best to replicate the originals from scratch. They're misaligned and pixelated <shudder>. __________________

02-25-08, 07:06 PM	#8
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	Here is all I have.http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1203984631 http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1203984578 http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...ocuments3.jpg?http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1203984458 http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...ocuments6.jpg?http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1203984376 http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1203984329 http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...g?t=1203984100 Hope these show. I am not good at getting my images here... __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

02-26-08, 08:43 AM	#9
ToySoldier Mate Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Köln/NRW/Deutschland/Europa/Earth/Sol Posts: 58 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hello out there! Sorry to disturp ya all! I´ve searched a bit and found some Kriegsmarine documents! Not to insult one of ya posting here but the one JScones posted is for Infanterie, you can see it by the signiture! So here the one for Eisernes Kreuz: http://www.wehrmachtlexikon.de/archi...104e01682ad564 And one for the U-Boot Kriegsabzeichen: http://www.wehrmachtlexikon.de/archi...104e01682ad564 And normaly they where writen with a typwriter (IMHO this would fit the best! Just a suggestion! And if somebody preferred a handwriting ... this will be a pain in the ars til 1942, because till then the "official" handwriting was Korrent (mostly false called Sütterlin) and beginning with 1943 we germans us also Latin Letters. Here is a free DL for Sütterlin ... but I didn´t check it Edit: (Upppssss sorry forget the Link schäm* .... also:* http://www.computerwissen.de/downloa...er-window.html in the right corner where "Sütterlin" stands) In diesem Sinne Gott mit Uns Frank B. aus K. Last edited by ToySoldier; 02-26-08 at 08:55 AM.

02-26-08, 09:07 AM	#10
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	The handwriting taught in schools during the NS-Regime was actually Sütterlin, which was a reformed form of kurrent, which is much older. Kurrent is falsely called Sütterlin, but Sütterlin is a development and standardisation of Kurrent, which was made official in 1935. Most German today can't even read it though, and it's considered a Nazi-script by many. No way the average silent hunter player could read it, that's for sure.

02-26-08, 09:29 AM	#11
Paul.Saenger Gunner Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 97 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Detailed Knights Cross and above Hi everyone. I have highlighted what needs to be coded for the Ritterkreuz and above and will do so for the lower awards as well. I hope that helps. First, here is the Knights Cross: Here's for the Oak Leaves Regarding the award names (what needs to be coded into the yellow space): Oak leaves = Das Eichenlaub - as in the example. There is a bit of a problem regarding the upper grades (swords, Diamonds) , as I do not know how the urkunden looked. MY best guess would be like the example above, with only the Award names changed. Like this: With the words "DIE SCHWERTER" or "DIE BRIllIANTEN" replacing "Das Eichenlaub. Another possibility is this: As above with die Schwerter etc. replacing the yellow part, and the green part replaced by "DES RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES MIT EICHENLAUB" (for the swords) "ZUM RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN" (for the diamonds) or "ZUM EICHENLAUB DES RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES" For the golden Oak leaves, swords and diamonds replace the yellow part in this image with DAS GOlDENE EICHENLAUB MIT SCHWERTERN UND BRILLIANTEN. I will post the lower grades next, since there is no confusion left. If no one has a real example of the Ritterkreuz mit Schwertern and above, I guess you should just pick whatever looks best.

02-26-08, 10:14 AM	#14
Paul.Saenger Gunner Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 97 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I have checked my literature - according to some sources, the documents actually looked like that. As for the typo, I don't know about that, but the general design is correct.

02-26-08, 10:01 AM	#15
Paul.Saenger Gunner Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 97 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Here is the same for the U-Boat War Badge. The difficulty here is the name of the BDU (which I mistakenly called FDU in the edited picture, which is quite wrong as that was abolished in 1939). Important information: - only the surname is printed on the thing (green). The BDU: Name: Karl Dönitz until the 30th January 1943, after that Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Rank: Konteradmiral (after 01 Oct 1939); Vizeadmiral (01 Sep 1940); Admiral (14 Mar 1942) for Dönitz. Friedeburg: Vizeadmiral (01 Feb 1943); Admiral (01 Apr 1943); Generaladmiral (01 May 1945) I was unable to find a signature picture of Friedeburg, so that will be a problem. I was unable to find a picture for the U-Boot Frontspange, but I suggest just replacing the top icon and the name of the award (replace the "das" above the part in yellow with "die" and the writing in yellow with Ubootfrontspange. Regarding the location (highlighted in red): there is no info on whether it was the base name, but since the commander of the U-boots signed it, I would simply write "Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine" (Navy Command).