Gary's Never Was Workshop and Doodle Pad

[GaryChildress]

And the game files...

And now my weekend is effectively over. Time to go to work.

[JSBoomer]

Nice work Gary, your stuff has really improved!

[oldman45]

Thanks for the stats!

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: J Boomer

Nice work Gary, your stuff has really improved!

Thanks J Boomer, when all is said and done it's really not my stuff, though. I add my own flourishes here and there but most of it is existing WITP:AE art which I've doctored up or cut and paste. So really it's probably Big B, JWE, or Tomlabel who did the hard work on these.

I used to make my own ship sides from scratch. That's the way I did pretty much every ship up until now but I gave up on that. Too much work. I just don't have that kind of time these days. It's a lot easier to cut & paste, chop and mince detail a little here and there.

[JSBoomer]

Ah, I made a G3 that way once.

[GaryChildress]

Here's an almost entirely scratch-built Bismarck and Scharnhorst (save for the hull). Maybe someone will do a European theater mod. I think Dali is.

[GaryChildress]

And the files....

[traskott]

Thank you!!!:

Can you do the same with the Deustchland and Prinz Eugen classes ?

[Shark7]

OK, this is the 2nd Option of the CF Cruiser (the flying deck cruiser) that I attempted to make myself. With having only a description and no blueprints, I had to use artistic (I use that term loosely) license and came up with what I'll post at the bottom. I would like to see your take on it.

Stats 3x3 6in/50, 6x1 5in/25, 'portable' .5in MGs

While this sides are not, I believe the turrets should have been super-firing.

Credit: Basically I just modified the in standard AE-Brooklyn art to make this..not intended for release, just a place-holder until something better came along. [:D]

[traskott]

Well, it has a very good locking [:)]

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Shark7

OK, this is the 2nd Option of the CF Cruiser (the flying deck cruiser) that I attempted to make myself. With having only a description and no blueprints, I had to use artistic (I use that term loosely) license and came up with what I'll post at the bottom. I would like to see your take on it.

Stats 3x3 6in/50, 6x1 5in/25, 'portable' .5in MGs

While this sides are not, I believe the turrets should have been super-firing.

Credit: Basically I just modified the in standard AE-Brooklyn art to make this..not intended for release, just a place-holder until something better came along. [:D]

Very well done for your first ships. You should see the first one I ever did. Big B got a real laugh out of that one. [:D]

[GaryChildress]

Here's Lutzow/Duetschland and Graf Spee next to Bizmarck and Scharnhorst.

[GaryChildress]

And der game files...

[Shark7]

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: Shark7

OK, this is the 2nd Option of the CF Cruiser (the flying deck cruiser) that I attempted to make myself. With having only a description and no blueprints, I had to use artistic (I use that term loosely) license and came up with what I'll post at the bottom. I would like to see your take on it.

Stats 3x3 6in/50, 6x1 5in/25, 'portable' .5in MGs

While this sides are not, I believe the turrets should have been super-firing.

Credit: Basically I just modified the in standard AE-Brooklyn art to make this..not intended for release, just a place-holder until something better came along. [:D]

Very well done for your first ships. You should see the first one I ever did. Big B got a real laugh out of that one. [:D]

Thank you. Though as you could probably tell, I wasn't particularly satisfied with it myself (I do tend to be a perfectionist). I did find it extremely difficult to work at such a small scale, which is the opposite of what you'd expect. Would still like to see what you come up with, sometimes a different perspective is all that is needed. [:)]

[traskott]

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

And der game files...

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Thank you very much !!!

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Shark7

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: Shark7

OK, this is the 2nd Option of the CF Cruiser (the flying deck cruiser) that I attempted to make myself. With having only a description and no blueprints, I had to use artistic (I use that term loosely) license and came up with what I'll post at the bottom. I would like to see your take on it.

Stats 3x3 6in/50, 6x1 5in/25, 'portable' .5in MGs

While this sides are not, I believe the turrets should have been super-firing.

Credit: Basically I just modified the in standard AE-Brooklyn art to make this..not intended for release, just a place-holder until something better came along. [:D]

Very well done for your first ships. You should see the first one I ever did. Big B got a real laugh out of that one. [:D]

Thank you. Though as you could probably tell, I wasn't particularly satisfied with it myself (I do tend to be a perfectionist). I did find it extremely difficult to work at such a small scale, which is the opposite of what you'd expect. Would still like to see what you come up with, sometimes a different perspective is all that is needed. [:)]

Here's what I came up with.

[GaryChildress]

And the file.

[Shark7]

Much nicer, thank you.

[Shark7]

If you are interested/willing, here is a start to the list of ships I'm looking to add:

-Thai Taksin/Naresuan CL: For this one you will need to reference the Italian CLAA Etna as these ships were not completed or delivered and were taken over by the Italian Navy.

IJN
Pre-dreadnaughts
-Asahi: Former BB...fake turrets in place of the real ones so it still looks like an old Pre-dreadnaught but with large cranes admidships...it is technically a repair ship/sub tender.
-Fuji
-Shikishima
-Mikasa
-Kashima
-Satsuma

Dreadnaughts:
-Settsu

Protected Cruisers:
-Akitsushima
-Suma
-Tsushima
-Chikuma

Armored Cruisers:
-Ibuki
-Tsukuba
-Kasuga
-Yakumo
-Asama
-Azuma

Destroyers:
-Asakaze
-Umikaze
-Sakura
-Kaba
-Urakaze
-Isokaze

Most of these made it to the 1930s, and the cruisers and capital ships were actually still in existence during the war as training ships/hulks (some of them sunk in ports by USN Bombers).

So if you are interested, here is a project or two. I'm going to keep trying my hand at it, but any pointers you can give me for making the graphics would be appreciated.

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Shark7

If you are interested/willing, here is a start to the list of ships I'm looking to add:

-Thai Taksin/Naresuan CL: For this one you will need to reference the Italian CLAA Etna as these ships were not completed or delivered and were taken over by the Italian Navy.

IJN
Pre-dreadnaughts
-Asahi: Former BB...fake turrets in place of the real ones so it still looks like an old Pre-dreadnaught but with large cranes admidships...it is technically a repair ship/sub tender.
-Fuji
-Shikishima
-Mikasa
-Kashima
-Satsuma

Dreadnaughts:
-Settsu

Protected Cruisers:
-Akitsushima
-Suma
-Tsushima
-Chikuma

Armored Cruisers:
-Ibuki
-Tsukuba
-Kasuga
-Yakumo
-Asama
-Azuma

Destroyers:
-Asakaze
-Umikaze
-Sakura
-Kaba
-Urakaze
-Isokaze

Most of these made it to the 1930s, and the cruisers and capital ships were actually still in existence during the war as training ships/hulks (some of them sunk in ports by USN Bombers).

So if you are interested, here is a project or two. I'm going to keep trying my hand at it, but any pointers you can give me for making the graphics would be appreciated.

Big B has an awesome version of Settsu, modernized for a shore bombardment role. You can find it on RogueUSMC's site.

What are you planning for the protected cruisers, armored cruisers and early pre-dreadnaughts? Do you plan on making auxiliaries out of them or are they going to retain their designations?