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Just finished the sprite of Iowa class battleship to replace the US BB. I don't really like the sprite :( . It felt sandwiched and flat, but that's exactly how the BB would like from a distance, as the IOWA is massively long and have to be resized alot just to fit. Careful observers might even notice that I've cut down the Hull length a lot, and it still felt flat. The fact is the Iowa doesn't have really tall poles either, which added to the 2-D feel. Anyway here it is:

NOTE: ALL U.S NAVY SPRITES WILL BE LISTED HERE:

Iowa Class BB (OLD VERSION)

Iowa Class BB (UPDATED)
Preview

Northampton Class CA
Preview

Argonaut Class SS
Preview

Yorktown Class CV
Preview

Fletcher Class DD
Preview

Be Sure to check my U.S Land unit set done earlier too!

Sekinoss
 
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Looks nice, although I understand your feeling. Maybe you should make it a tad bit longer then. Or invent some poles to make it look less 2D... Of course, if you find realism more important, you should stick to this
 
How about tilting it a bit? It feels like being straight over it rather than viewing it from an angle.
 
probably redo it. The sprite looks like a Missouri run over by a car, which is not good.:) As for tilting it, well it's already tilted the correct way (the same as my other BB) but since it's so long the depth kinda sinks. The remix one, though not necessarily historical, looks much better!

Sekinoss
 
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I will never get tired of saying GOOD Work Sekinoss :)
 
A L1 US battleship would look like a WW1 type hull... ie, short fat and round...

WW1 battleships all looked very similar, so probably a single generic L1 battleship sprite would suffice.

The Arizona perhaps best represents L1 US battleships;
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short, fat and round...
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They became sleek later in the war.

The Royal Navy started with similar approach to France for L1, which was to base turrets at fore of ship.

RN Neslson & Rodney
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France RICHELIEU & JEAN BART
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Just for infor, the Italian ANDREA DORIA is a WW1 hull comleted in 1913
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I was suggesting that for the Italians, their VITTORIO VENETO calss hulls might be better as these were laid down between 1937 and 1940
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For reference I suggest checking this site as it includes side view, and plan view for nearly all major battleships.

http://www.voodoo.cz/battleships/

This was what I was refering to about the Italian Navy, the Curiser and BB are currently WW1 hulls, and the Italian Navy made great efforts to modernise. Their later ships had the red stripes on the fore-deck, like the current destroyer sprite.

And my two cents on the new Iowa BB - much better, after all it's only a game, so making the bits stick up more to help identify it was a good move.

Excellent work once again Sekinoss... hope these ship designs help you.

Basically I think a pre-war WW1 style hull, then the WW2 sleek hull style would do for most navies?
 
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Axis & Allies...

If anyone has Axis and Allies Europe & Pacific...

If you look at the little models for the BB hulls, the British and Russian have classic pre-war WW1 hulls, whilst the US, Japanese and German counters have the sleek WW2 era hulls.

BTW - I love that game, it's simple and unhistoic, but it's a perfect simple game to trash my younger brother at!
 
To KonigMaximilian:
yes I've got your panther and I'll look on to it soon.

To N!ghtY:
Are you sure you want to use my first Iowa at all? I use the 3D model to make the second one (with some mods) so basically the same ship. And the first one looks like a sandwiched battleship.

Sekinoss
 
djdemo can you post the link of the site were you got the schematics from, also are this schematics of the Bismarck class, and other classes thier? if so id be intrested to see and know, might help me out for later projects!
 
Recomended Reading (not just for Sprites)

Originally posted by KonigMaximilian
Actuly never mind, ive got the wev site that you got them schematics from, i jsut right clicked on your images and got the address from its html origin :rolleyes: silly me lol :p
Click to expand...

It was at the bottom of my post... it was a bit graphic intensive!

Also recommend the following books;

From the Cassell illustrated History of warfare;

War at Sea 1914-45
Bernard Ireland
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War in the Air 1914-45
Williamson Murray
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Also useful for general info...

The Second World War in the West
Charles Messenger
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The Second World War in the East
H.P. Willmott
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I'll also plug the Civil war and wars of the industrial revolution book as this was written by one of my professors!

The American Civil War and the Wars of the Industrial Revolution
Brian Holden Reid
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Also, of all the books I have read on WW2, the best by far remains the Total War book, now renamed;
The Penguin History of the Second World War
By Peter Calvocoressi, Guy Wint & John Pritchard
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At well over 900 pages it is a monster read. However, no other book gives such an excellent account of the pre-war years, and the build up to the war. Once the war begins it goes into good detail about each major campaign from the strategic perspective. The chapter about the British dilema of 3 wars all at once with Japan in the East, Italy in the Med and Germany in Europe is fantasitc. This book every time has me rushing to dig out Advanced Third Reich, Axis or Allies or even HOI...

I wish I could go back and do my War Studies degree all over again!
 
Seki, Romanian Marines could be effectively done by taking the Mountain Infantry and coulouring it a light blue.
 
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