AoD in Colour

[bestmajor]

thanks!

 

[bestmajor]

preview (some germans requested by Adolphin - historical Australian Chiefs of Staff now hopefully completed)

 

[Titan79]

Apart from stressing your truly astonishing work, bestmajor, I'd like to add that, in case you'd need some help for reading info about unsure generals' IDs (namely in Italian and Polish), you know where to find me.

 

[bestmajor]

i know .
its just that i need greek and farsi ATM, lol

 

[fabfeingold]

RE: Greek

Bestmajor,

so you are still working on improving your fantastic leader pack? If you are in need of Greek leaders and ministers, feel free to help yourself to this file if you like. Made it some time ago. I am happy to pool resources by the way. Still have lots more material that I have not uploaded.

fabfeingoldView attachment Greek Ministers and Leaders File.rar

 

[Titan79]

i know .
its just that i need greek and farsi ATM, lol

Well, I can actually read Greek but, when it comes to understanding it, there might be some problems :laugh: (I've got a better grasp at ancient than at modern one...)

As for Farsi, I'm afraid I'd have to work on it...

 

[bestmajor]

yes thanks fabfeingold, i was after gazis and it seems you came to a similar result i had http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=204476
so i'll take this one as confirmed. - Titan, mabe you can read this? http://efedros.blogspot.de/2012/08/e.html

 

[Titan79]

Titan, mabe you can read this? http://efedros.blogspot.de/2012/08/e.html

Well, yes... I've read it (not all, but still).

One of the issues, though, is that I'd first need to look up the equivalent of Greek ranks, if that's what you're after about that officer...

 

[bestmajor]

i think its all cool. i used a translation programme to translate it and what i can see in fabfeingolds file he came to the same conclusion. Gazis (Gazes in HoI) was the head of the air force in 1936, and that was what i was searching for, basically (i'm trying to get the cabinets better, at least a little bit). he was only a colonel when being head of the air force, which also allows ideas about the hellenic air forces size, i think. otherwise no interest . for now i'm happy to have the ministers for those minors done - at least a bit.

Inner Mongolia/Mengjiang or whatever, the government



many thanks to Admiral Fischer for providing links & info. so Vizeadmiral Heinrich Hanke is no more chief of the mongolian navy http://balsi.de/Homepage-Generale/Marine/Hanke-Heinrich.htm

 

[fabfeingold]

Definitely Gazis.

http://www.haf.gr/en/structure/previous_agea.asp

Where did you get the information on Mengukuo? Completely gave up on that one.

 

[bestmajor]

Admiral Fischer is to blame: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...r-pictures&p=16548791&viewfull=1#post16548791

 

[fabfeingold]

Great Thanks.

 

[bestmajor]

I am happy to pool resources by the way. Still have lots more material that I have not uploaded.

if this is true then send it to Steen Ammentorp (generals.dk). i did this last year in march and again some days ago (via PM at the AHF forum http://forum.axishistory.com/index.php).
from the contribution of last year, at least a few made it to the site: https://www.google.de/search?q=site...7bsga874HYDg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=732
there should be way more from me and benden, not all pics tagged "Anonymous" are from me, i just used this tag as i dont want to see my real name online (and the bots need a bit of time to find all new images).
so again: if you have corrections to make or contributions which are really safe, then send it to Steen, or post here: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=77015&start=75

(so if HoI 8 is released, and the two of us are already grandpas, the modders in the future will have an easier time )

 

[bestmajor]

the 38th is up (see first post this thread)

American, German, Italian, French, Japanese, Australian, South African, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Iranian, Yugoslav and generals from Belgium added
+ 2 for the portuguese navy of course

vichy event updated

TTs for PHI, IDC, GRE, CHI, JAP, POR and the RSI

ills less than a handful, a ROM HQ, a HUN HQ, a SOV plane and a BUL GAR

australian chiefs of staff should be complete, their interior ministers as well


some Japanese officers you've never seen before - and i still have "dry powder"

 

[Epaminondas]

(so if HoI 8 is released, and the two of us are already grandpas, the modders in the future will have an easier time )

38!!! You must already have clocked up more releases than years lived, so by the time you get to be a grandpa I reckon there won't be a face left unpainted.
Continuing thanks, major.

 

[bestmajor]

thanks Epa, well lets see where it leads me to.

 

[bestmajor]

just in case somebody is interested in evaluation: what did happen in the past 2 years? (very roughly)

here are the numbers for a few selected countries:

end of january, 2014 - number of items

GER - 1831
SOV - 948
USA - 771
ENG - 647
FRA - 430
ITA - 391
JAP - 304
CHI - 72
AST - 136
HUN - 115
ROM - 115
POL - 131
IND - 89


end of november, 2011 - number of items

majors:

GER - 1717
SOV - 376
ENG - 343
FRA - 326
JAP - 210
USA - 174
ITA - 167
CHI - 34


minors:

AUS - 77
ROM - 74
HUN - 69
POL - 56
IND - 42
AST - 32

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...-in-Colour&p=13133290&viewfull=1#post13133290




EDIT: advert

some Japanese officers (+ one for BEL and one for SPA/GER, a well known one?)

 

[bestmajor]

some ills


finally a US halftrack - if someobdy finds good images of US halftracks please link them here (preferably with people in the image and/or moving)






some Tech images:

 

[Epaminondas]

I've put up a few photos here major. Knowing your painting abilities I haven't concentrated on colour images but I have focussed on the Personel Carrier variant. If you'd like more, or different variants, let me know.

http://www74.zippyshare.com/v/52105200/file.html

 

[bestmajor]

oh thanks Epa. i'm looking for sth like the image you named M3 3. if the coloured images are reenactors or movies i wont take them (it looks a lot like reenactment, actually). the m113 is probably too late, but such vehicles would do as well to represent US mechanized inf? you will know the models better for the allies, so if you have some in mind for the CW (SAF, ENG, CAN, AST, NZL) or USA and related states (PHI) please post it (or i can have a look a Titans project - or better ask, since i wont be able to ID the vehicles myself anyway...).


EDIT: looks like Titan also uses the M3 only, at least in the base package



EDIT2: something like this image is perfect: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/M8-Greyhound-Haugh-3.jpg

i just painted it and then i can make a tech image for armored cars as well (size etc all matches)




EDIT3: ok i'm almost done, the last one is missing




this is basically the "story" the images are intended to tell, i need an idea for a 1951 image, the last one is not in the game, just in the db/units/divisions/mechanized

1- 1941 - Basic mechanized (british helmets = early)

2- 1942 - improved mech

3- 1944 - advanced mech (somewhere in italy, iirc)

4- 1945 - ardennes / battle of the bulge

5- 1947 - semi modern (M8 greyhound - maye western europe or germany)

6- 1951 - ??? - maybe the M75 armored personnel carrier

7- lacks technology - not ingame

unfortunately it seems to be always the M2 or M3