Samurai's Shipyard

[macelena 1,070]

SF2NA would be half his worth without your ships

[+Typhoid 231]

I'd like to see the USN fleet filled out a bit as well as some of the targets. I mean

Soviets and WWII IJN and KM.

 

Concur on not duplicating what is out there.

 

How about - Albany, Belknap (including THE Belknap with the fleet flagship mod), Midway, WWII Iowa, Washington

 

Slava, Kara, amphibs

 

Yamato

 

Tirpitz, Graff Spee, Prinz Eugen,

[+WhiteBoySamurai 1,094]

The Belknap class has a somewhat similar shaped hull and superstructure compared to the Leahy, so I might be able to do one at some point, or at least provide parts for someone else. Albany is in good hands, there's already a Slava available, and I could've sworn someone was building a new Kara. As for WWII, honestly there are only two ships I'd really like to do from that era, and you mentioned both of them. I think the Idiot Team is (was?) working on the early Iowa though. I'd love to see more active ship-builders around in any case.

 

I made more progress on the Leahy. I still need to add details to the skins-- doors, portholes, deck lines, GNDN tubes, a bit of rust, etc. etc. Then onto the rest of the variants.

 

And here's a fun toy I'm working on. It'll be installed on the Kirovs once they're done.

Edited September 30, 2012 by WhiteBoySamurai

[+JonathanRL 974]

Battle is raging for Makung. The Republic of China Marines Greyhounds are trying to repel the enemy amphibious landing.

 

The PRCs secret weapon is just outside the Island.

 

 

Poor Marines...

 

 

 

This is accurate Fire Support over a considerable distance. Cheers, WhiteboySamurai. Your ships adds a completely new dimension to my campaigns!

[colmack 662]

Albany is in good hands,

 

 

Bwwhhhaaahaaaaa haaaa hhaa

[+WhiteBoySamurai 1,094]

Thanks for the great campaign, JonathanRL! I'm happy to see my ships getting some use. I wish I had a PLAN landing ship for you to complete the invasion force. By the end of this year, my goal is to have all the ships necessary for a 1995 Taiwan Straight Crisis (Part III: the Revenge!).

[+WhiteBoySamurai 1,094]

Finishing up faster than I expected.

I'll be moving on to the refits and the Bainbridge right away. Expected release date is next weekend.

[+whiteknight06604 934]

very cool!

[+Major Bloodnok 465]

Fantastic!

[colmack 662]

OHHH I'm sooo pissed I was making great progress with Albany then Max decided to take a crap on the file!!!! even my backup is screwed?? can I say Gawd dammit!!! on the forum!!!!!

 

 

 

on a side note I do have a older copy but most of my improvements from the last 2 or 3 weeks are gone

Edited September 30, 2012 by colmack

[+WhiteBoySamurai 1,094]

Sucks big time. I once lost 40+ hours of work like that. Don't give up! If you need any parts like launchers, radars, etc, let me know.

 

I just finished a new RIM-67 model to complete the 1968 refit of the Leahy:

Edited October 1, 2012 by WhiteBoySamurai

[+PureBlue 71]

Nice work as usual mate.

[+KnightWolf45 1,147]

a small tip guys st autoback to 10 files and to save one every 5 minuts save my hide more then once!

[+WhiteBoySamurai 1,094]

Cocas has the right advice for everyone. FYI, in Max 2009, those autobackup settings are at Customize -> Preferences... -> Files tab.

 

NTU version (refits circa 1988) are coming along. They currently have working Phalanx CIWS...

...and Harpoons.

This version of the ship has RIM-67C SM-2ER, with 100nm+ range. This gives them even longer reach than the early SM-2MR armed Ticonderogas... but the Leahy's fire control radars can't actually see that far! The networking with other USN ships seems to work well in game so far.

Edited October 2, 2012 by WhiteBoySamurai

[colmack 662]

a little Albany render I think i have got almost back to were i was even some with a little Improvements

[+WhiteBoySamurai 1,094]

Looking good, colmack! Glad you were able to bounce back. Keep us updated of your progress.

 

The new Leahy is up, and the Bainbridge will follow next week. Just to give you an idea of how much I've learned in a year, this was what I released in October 2011:

 

Here it is now:

Polygon count has tripled (now around 15k for the close-in model) and I've gotten much, much more efficient with texture mapping. Granted, it's still not perfect. The grainy photos and shots of scale models I had to work with were often vague or contradictory; I still don't know what the hell is going on in the aft superstructure, or the exact variations between the radar antennas. But anyway I'd like to think it now looks about as good as the stock USN ships. Hope you enjoy it.

[+KnightWolf45 1,147]

oh i will

[colmack 662]

Thanks buddy!

[+Major Bloodnok 465]

Superb!

[+PureBlue 71]

Huge improvement mate, great work

[+Julhelm 266]

Ship looks good but needs more texture detail on the superstructure. Don't worry about referencences. The important thing is that it looks convincing, not that it's accurate!

[+WhiteBoySamurai 1,094]

Got it, I'll try taking a bit more artistic license.

 

I'm still working on the Bainbridge, but meanwhile here is an early preview of something I promised to do:

[Wrench 9,847]

hmmm....don't thank that's Ranger....short hull Essex??? !!! or long hull Tico?

[+KnightWolf45 1,147]

looks like a straith deck carrier that makes prop happy!

[Wrench 9,847]

as long as it's go the 4 5" turrets, 40mm AAA batteries, I'll be very happy!!

 

hell, I'll bow down, and kiss his feet!!