Aircraft roster additions

kapuhy · 05-05-19, 11:28 AM

Looking at (modded) SH5 roster, one area that could still use some additional units is air forces. Out of 53 countries in game, only 8 have any kind of aircraft, and out of those 3 are simply reusing British planes - I hope to add some more variation to available aircraft.

I began with simplest thing to do, ie retexturing models we already have in game that were also used by countries currently lacking air units. SH5 gr2 models can use multiple textures (thanks Gap and Vecko for showing me how), so this doesn't require any importing / modelling, just some GIMP work.

Here's what I have been able to repaint so far:

1. Bulgaria - Arado 196:

2. Brasil - PBY5 Catalina (camouflage based on "Arara" Catalina that sunk U199 in 1943):

3. Belgium: Hawker Hurricane (Belgian Air Force bought some of those in 1939 from Britain)

4. Free French - Avro Anson (camouflage based on unit based in Kongo, conducting ASW patrols over south Atlantic):

5. Finland - Me 109:

6. Greece - Avro Anson. Hellenic Air Force used a squadron of Ansons for maritime patrolling and escorting convoys:

7. Irish Avro Anson. Again, Ireland used small numbers of Ansons for patrolling its territorial waters. Neutral throughout the war, so mostly harmless unless it catches you shelling neutral ships:

8. Brasil - P 47: Besides a bug with number, this one is a bit ahistorical. While Brasil used P 47's, they were based in Italy in late WW2 and I'm not sure we could add Brasilian patrol from Italian base:

9. Spitfire - Portugal: these neutral fighters were based in Azores, supplied by Allies in exchange for permission to use bases there for Allied maritime patrols:

10. Turkish Spitfire: couldn't find any details on when and how they were used, sadly. Another harmless plane - unless one could create a fake "Free Turkey" nation for guarding passage into Black Sea

11. Yugoslavian Me 109 - Before it ended up in war with Germany, Yugoslavia purchased 73 Me 109 fighters in 1939. They were later fighting Luftwaffe over Belgrade:

12. Spain: Me 109 model repainted to act as HA 1109 fighter (which itself was Me 109 clone produced in Spain):

Captain_AJ · 05-05-19, 08:15 PM

Awesome effort indeed !!

vdr1981 · 05-11-19, 04:51 AM

Looking good Kapuhy !

Alfatester · 05-13-19, 08:52 AM

With What you are doing with SH5 after all these years i cant imagine what you do with Uboat once its finished what with Actual Campaign impact like your actions changing ammount of supplies in Britain Etcetera

Sailor Steve · 05-13-19, 09:31 AM

Outstanding!

XenonSurf · 05-13-19, 01:23 PM

Hi Kapuhi,
very nice aircraft textures

Alas, to contemplate these pictures in the game I would be dead soon because plane must be close and overflying my sub...

Strange thing: I never saw any bombs dropped from planes, I wonder if this is rendered in the SH5 grafics ?

05-05-19, 11:28 AM	#1
kapuhy Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Poland Posts: 874 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 3	Aircraft roster additions Looking at (modded) SH5 roster, one area that could still use some additional units is air forces. Out of 53 countries in game, only 8 have any kind of aircraft, and out of those 3 are simply reusing British planes - I hope to add some more variation to available aircraft. I began with simplest thing to do, ie retexturing models we already have in game that were also used by countries currently lacking air units. SH5 gr2 models can use multiple textures (thanks Gap and Vecko for showing me how), so this doesn't require any importing / modelling, just some GIMP work. Here's what I have been able to repaint so far: 1. Bulgaria - Arado 196: 2. Brasil - PBY5 Catalina (camouflage based on "Arara" Catalina that sunk U199 in 1943): 3. Belgium: Hawker Hurricane (Belgian Air Force bought some of those in 1939 from Britain) 4. Free French - Avro Anson (camouflage based on unit based in Kongo, conducting ASW patrols over south Atlantic): 5. Finland - Me 109: 6. Greece - Avro Anson. Hellenic Air Force used a squadron of Ansons for maritime patrolling and escorting convoys: 7. Irish Avro Anson. Again, Ireland used small numbers of Ansons for patrolling its territorial waters. Neutral throughout the war, so mostly harmless unless it catches you shelling neutral ships: 8. Brasil - P 47: Besides a bug with number, this one is a bit ahistorical. While Brasil used P 47's, they were based in Italy in late WW2 and I'm not sure we could add Brasilian patrol from Italian base: 9. Spitfire - Portugal: these neutral fighters were based in Azores, supplied by Allies in exchange for permission to use bases there for Allied maritime patrols: 10. Turkish Spitfire: couldn't find any details on when and how they were used, sadly. Another harmless plane - unless one could create a fake "Free Turkey" nation for guarding passage into Black Sea 11. Yugoslavian Me 109 - Before it ended up in war with Germany, Yugoslavia purchased 73 Me 109 fighters in 1939. They were later fighting Luftwaffe over Belgrade: 12. Spain: Me 109 model repainted to act as HA 1109 fighter (which itself was Me 109 clone produced in Spain): Last edited by kapuhy; 05-09-19 at 03:48 PM.

05-05-19, 08:15 PM	#2
Captain_AJ Crusty Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA Posts: 649 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Awesome effort indeed !! __________________ Captain AJ

05-11-19, 04:51 AM	#3
vdr1981 Navy Seal Join Date: May 2010 Location: Србија Posts: 6,078 Downloads: 581 Uploads: 13	Looking good Kapuhy ! __________________ Best regards... Vecko The Wolves of Steel v2.2.25_SH5 Expansion Pack_Full The Wolves of Steel v2.2.xx to v2.2.25 - Update PDF Install Instructions How to report an issue If You wish to support my work...

05-13-19, 09:31 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Outstanding! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-13-19, 08:52 AM	#4
Alfatester Bilge Rat Join Date: May 2019 Posts: 1 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	With What you are doing with SH5 after all these years i cant imagine what you do with Uboat once its finished what with Actual Campaign impact like your actions changing ammount of supplies in Britain Etcetera

05-13-19, 01:23 PM	#6
XenonSurf Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany, Italy Posts: 1,721 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 4	Hi Kapuhi, very nice aircraft textures Alas, to contemplate these pictures in the game I would be dead soon because plane must be close and overflying my sub... Strange thing: I never saw any bombs dropped from planes, I wonder if this is rendered in the SH5 grafics ?