WIP/New Unit Screenshots (56K Warning)

[iambecomelife]

I'm going to try and post all screenshots of new ships here, instead of adding entirely new topics for each one. Here's the vessel I'm currently working on - a very large passenger/cargo ship. It's based on a ship built around the turn of the century; a few similar ships would have still been around circa WWII.








I'll use it to replace some of the cruder large ships I built earlier on, since I don't want to have too many big ships for the upcoming mod. Still, the larger vessels are definitely fun to make.

[Ducimus]

Why am i reminded of this:
http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/806.html



Not exactly the same i know, but still....

[iambecomelife]

You know, I really want to do a 'Terje Viken"- like model. I've been searching for a better photo of her for a while. :hmm: You're right though; it looks a little like a factory ship because of the split bridge/deckhouse. Here's a pic of the unit I worked off of for this ship:

[HanSolo78]

Looks really awesome!
So many new vessels are just wip... i´m very excited to have them in the game.

[Syxx_Killer]

That is a cool ship! I am definately looking forward to this one. I love the really old ships. Will you be doing more old ones from that era?

Looks real good so far.

Boy, do I feel stupid though. I was having a discussion with JScones about the ship lists in SH3 Commander. I was offended at sinking a ship called 'President Jefferson' in 1939, because I knew it to be a real C-type freighter and the Americans of course didn't enter the war until the end of 1941. I commented that no British merchant was going to be named after an American president...and now here's a reference to a real 1908 British merchant called 'President Grant'.

I quote myself: "Boy, do I feel stupid".

Can't wait to see that big combination ship in the water.

[AG124]

Iambecomelife, I must say that is your best ship yet.

I too am tempted to work on bigger (and sometimes older) ships, as they do tend to be more interesting and fun to work on. I also try to do smaller ones of course.

Are you still working on your whale factory? That is one ship I would like to see in the game, although I like the Kosmos II better than the Terje Viken. Now that I have revised the USS Pyro, I am thinking of making the old model (which I kept) into that converted factory ship you posted earlier. I don't want to see too many factory ships in the game, so I'll just release this one early as a stand-alone release in case someone wants something extra to sink. The resemblance is too strong to pass up, especially since the hardest work (lowering the superstrcture) has already been done.

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Looks real good so far.

Boy, do I feel stupid though. I was having a discussion with JScones about the ship lists in SH3 Commander. I was offended at sinking a ship called 'President Jefferson' in 1939, because I knew it to be a real C-type freighter and the Americans of course didn't enter the war until the end of 1941. I commented that no British merchant was going to be named after an American president...and now here's a reference to a real 1908 British merchant called 'President Grant'.

I quote myself: "Boy, do I feel stupid".

Can't wait to see that big combination ship in the water.

I did some poking around about this ship's history, and she was actually a GERMAN ship, originally. She was impounded by the Brits during WWI and seems to have maintained her name. I was surprised myself that the Germans named a ship after an American president. IIRC a lot of Germans fought for the Union during the Civil War, so maybe that's why...

This thing needs a little more tweaking to correct various errors, mainly with the rigging and nodes. A little warning: its damage model is a compromise between realism and detail level. In order to place many of the ventilators, etc I needed to include them as fixed, non-destructible objects. Also, masts #3 and 4 are linked together and will collapse at the same time. The boats, funnel, some ventilators, and the crane/masts are all destructible, though. I'm not including the bridge as a separate object, since it's a little weird for one 88mm shell to cause the entire bridge to collapse.

@AG124 - I only had time to work on 1 ship last weekend, and decided to do either a President Grant-esque cargo liner or a factory ship; I guess you can tell which one won out. :rotfl: Since you want to do one of the old factory ships I may make mine a late model 1930's-40's style ship. I wish we could have whalers as a distinct unit class of their own so that we could make absolutely sure they wouldn't be too common.

[GT182]

IBC, no matter what you do it still looks great. Can't wait for it's release.

[iambecomelife]

A new medium-sized cargo ship.
There are more pics on the new ships request thread.

[Detritus]

Good lord!! Must have, real soon, OK?

[Jmack]

when its donne ... can i try and skin it ?

[iambecomelife]

Feel free to. Just don't sell the skins as payware.

[Average Joe]

I like the pictures of this ship, including the quantity of cargo too. More cargo usually adds to the look of ships being hit and sinking.

[GlobalExplorer]

Your ships are getting better all the time. Actually I am holding off from playing Sh3 until the Merchant fleet Mod will be available, and I guess I am not the only one. Keep going! Merchants are the most important area of improvement in Sh3 imo, especially the 1000t - 5000t range.