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ORIGINAL: J Boomer

Nice work Gary, your stuff has really improved!

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]

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]

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

And der game files...

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. [:)]

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.