[WIP] Alsace class battleship

[MGR1]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Here`s a few pictures to whet your appetite.

Now, that looks a hell of a lot better than the Richelieu. Having the third turret at the stern helps make it look more balanced!

Mike.

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by Brewster

going to test it tonight much appreciated! will bring a full status report to you.
and were will the 1047 be sailing ? The dutch colonies or in Europe ?

The ship will have to be added to the campaign layer if you want to find it at sea. How I do that is beyond me. I also have no clues as to where she will appear.

Originally Posted by MGR1

Now, that looks a hell of a lot better than the Richelieu. Having the third turret at the stern helps make it look more balanced!

Mike.

The fourth and last Richelieu, the Gascogne was to have one quad turret fore and one quad turret aft. This would have made her a little more balanced. Also keep in mind that the Richelieus were built as a response to the Vittorio Veneto class, while the Alsace was a response to the Bismarck class.

[Brewster]

Originally Posted by Karle94

The ship will have to be added to the campaign layer if you want to find it at sea. How I do that is beyond me. I also have no clues as to where she will appear.



The fourth and last Richelieu, the Gascogne was to have one quad turret fore and one quad turret aft. This would have made her a little more balanced. Also keep in mind that the Richelieus were built as a response to the Vittorio Veneto class, while the Alsace was a response to the Bismarck class.

Alright.

[Karle94]

Here`s a little something I`ve been working on today.



Now guess witch ship it is.

[Brewster]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Here`s a little something I`ve been working on today.



Now guess witch ship it is.

HMS De Ruyter
Or i'm i wrong ?

She looks very much like HMS Vanguard.

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by Brewster

HMS De Ruyter
Or i'm i wrong ?

You`re wrong. The De Ruyter has already been made so I want remake a already made and superb made ship.

Originally Posted by JapLance

She looks very much like HMS Vanguard.

You are correct. I built her by using parts from the KGV and the Cleveland. After studying the picture I noticed that the superstructure and barbettes were a little too much to the aft, owing to the origin of the base model, the KGV. After posting this picture I moved it a little forwards.

[Brewster]

Originally Posted by Karle94

You`re wrong. The De Ruyter has already been made so I want remake a already made and superb made ship.



You are correct. I built her by using parts from the KGV and the Cleveland. After studying the picture I noticed that the superstructure and barbettes were a little too much to the aft, owing to the origin of the base model, the KGV. After posting this picture I moved it a little forwards.

Well i dont know very much about ships haha

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by Brewster

Well i dont know very much about ships haha

I know. You`re a landcrab. I live on an island, it`s natural for me to interested in the sea and boats.

[MGR1]

Originally Posted by Karle94

The fourth and last Richelieu, the Gascogne was to have one quad turret fore and one quad turret aft. This would have made her a little more balanced. Also keep in mind that the Richelieus were built as a response to the Vittorio Veneto class, while the Alsace was a response to the Bismarck class.

Hi Karle,

I have a copy of Siegfried Breyer's "Battleships and Battlecruisers 1905-1970" and it does include a plan of Gascogne, so I knew about her. It doesn't have any images of the Alsace though. It's a nice model - you've done a good job!

It also has info and plans for the Dutch battlecruisers too - great to see those being done as well!

Any plans to do the Gascogne?

Mike.

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by MGR1

Hi Karle,

I have a copy of Siegfried Breyer's "Battleships and Battlecruisers 1905-1970" and it does include a plan of Gascogne, so I knew about her. It doesn't have any images of the Alsace though. It's a nice model - you've done a good job!

It also has info and plans for the Dutch battlecruisers too - great to see those being done as well!

Any plans to do the Gascogne?

Mike.

Not at the moment. I have made playable versions of the Richelieu and the Vanguard, but something is making the game to CTD and I can`t find out what.

[Brewster]

Originally Posted by Karle94

I know. You`re a landcrab. I live on an island, it`s natural for me to interested in the sea and boats.

Haha Landcrab thats a good one.

[Karle94]

Solved the ctd issue with the Vanguard. Anyhow, here she is:

[the_frog]

Hello, seems like the model uses the SH5 15 inch turrets. Their ghostly appearance might change upon inverting the 3D mesh.

Cheers -- the Frog

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by the_frog

Hello, seems like the model uses the SH5 15 inch turrets. Their ghostly appearance might change upon inverting the 3D mesh.

Cheers -- the Frog

Actually the turrets are from a 3D model of the Vanguard I found on Google 3D workshop. Here`s the link: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...4a&prevstart=0

The reasons I didn`t use that one was because it had over 900,000 vertices and the game only accepts that one model has 50,000. That means I have to have 18 seperate models. Each model takes one day, ONE DAY to seperate one of those 18 pieces from the rest. Also the textures would look like a toy, very much like my modern ships. Therefore I decided to make one from SH4 ships that has good tectures from the beginning. The KGV and the Cleveland to be excact. The Cleveland was a natural selection as it has pretty much the same silhuett as the Vanguard. The KGV because it`s hull is very much like the hull to the KGV, except the transom stern, witch is something I can`t recreate with SH4 parts.