Your favorite ship

Alex.B · 11-30-22, 05:03 PM

My favorite ship is C-3...

Mister_M · 12-01-22, 05:30 AM

1. What softwares are you using to create these beautiful models and textures ? They are amazing !

2. And how did you learn to use them so well ? Is it by self-directed learning, or did you go to a special school ?

3. I taught myself to model with Wings3D, but I have the feeling that it's far from being the best software (the process is very slow).

4. And the texturization step is still very hard for me. I have no idea how to create textures, and how to apply them to a complexe model...

Alex.B · 12-01-22, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Mister_M

...What softwares are you using to create these beautiful models and textures ?...

3Dcoat and photoshop. I study them on my own.

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Originally Posted by Mister_M

...And how did you learn to use them so well ?...

You flatter me. My skills as an painter are far from ideal.

Kpt. Lehmann · 12-01-22, 04:09 PM

Well Alex, for what it is worth, you have my admiration.

Great stuff!

iambecomelife · 12-01-22, 07:51 PM

Wow; these are some of the best ships (if not the best) ever added to Silent Hunter 3. Proportions are good, with lots of small deck features that the original models missed.

I also like that you have the cargo booms positioned correctly for a ship at sea. My pet peeve with merchant ships is that many modelers - even the modelers for professional companies - get this detail wrong....it is a mistake I used to make with my models, until I read testimony from a surviving WWII convoy veteran.

Derricks/booms were usually lashed fully up or fully down when a cargo ship sailed - not poking out in all directions. Leaving them partway down (like many people model) would damage the deckhouse/fixtures in a storm.

Wonderful work, and I look forward to more!

Alex.B · 12-02-22, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Well Alex, for what it is worth, you have my admiration.

Great stuff!

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Originally Posted by iambecomelife

...not poking out in all directions...

It pisses me off.

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Originally Posted by GrenSo

I didn't know until now. But the price for 3Dcoat is ok.

I use 3dcoatTextura (To be precise)

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Originally Posted by Fifi

My favorite ships are Sunrise & Rickmers, and Goldenfeld

Good choice.

TheGreatElector · 01-17-23, 09:15 PM

Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, USS Washington BB-56, USS Clemson, USS Northampton CA-26, USS TEXAS BB-35, and USS Enterprise CV-6

GrenSo · 12-02-22, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex.B

3Dcoat

I didn't know until now. But the price for 3Dcoat is ok.

Fifi · 12-02-22, 02:48 AM

My favorite ships are Sunrise & Rickmers, and Goldenfeld

11-30-22, 05:03 PM	#1
Alex.B Sonar Guy Join Date: Nov 2020 Posts: 377 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Your favorite ship My favorite ship is C-3...

12-01-22, 05:30 AM	#2
Mister_M Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 925 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	1. What softwares are you using to create these beautiful models and textures ? They are amazing ! 2. And how did you learn to use them so well ? Is it by self-directed learning, or did you go to a special school ? 3. I taught myself to model with Wings3D, but I have the feeling that it's far from being the best software (the process is very slow). 4. And the texturization step is still very hard for me. I have no idea how to create textures, and how to apply them to a complexe model... Last edited by Mister_M; 12-01-22 at 05:42 AM.

12-01-22, 04:09 PM	#4
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,996 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Well Alex, for what it is worth, you have my admiration. Great stuff! __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

12-01-22, 07:51 PM	#5
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,709 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Wow; these are some of the best ships (if not the best) ever added to Silent Hunter 3. Proportions are good, with lots of small deck features that the original models missed. I also like that you have the cargo booms positioned correctly for a ship at sea. My pet peeve with merchant ships is that many modelers - even the modelers for professional companies - get this detail wrong....it is a mistake I used to make with my models, until I read testimony from a surviving WWII convoy veteran. Derricks/booms were usually lashed fully up or fully down when a cargo ship sailed - not poking out in all directions. Leaving them partway down (like many people model) would damage the deckhouse/fixtures in a storm. Wonderful work, and I look forward to more! __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

01-17-23, 09:15 PM	#7
TheGreatElector Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: pennsylvania Posts: 112 Downloads: 1218 Uploads: 117	Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, USS Washington BB-56, USS Clemson, USS Northampton CA-26, USS TEXAS BB-35, and USS Enterprise CV-6 __________________ My youtube channel> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX2hANYYCS0 My SH3 mediafire>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/p2q..._HUNTER_3_MODS My SH4 mediafire>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1p7..._HUNTER_4_MODS

12-02-22, 02:48 AM	#9
Fifi Navy Seal Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Posts: 6,094 Downloads: 466 Uploads: 0	My favorite ships are Sunrise & Rickmers, and Goldenfeld __________________ https://www.mediafire.com/file/rfw2h...N_V7.8.7z/file