WhiteBoySamurai

Textures are nearly complete, mostly just need occlusion and weathering. I think I'll be able to finish sooner than I estimated.

Perhaps you didn't see it, but I already said in this thread that I'll be doing the Yamato class. Twice, in fact-- Finishing up the one that russouk2004 provided as a nice place-holder, and (much later) building my own version in far greater detail. I've already built some components for mine, but I estimate it will take about a year to finish. That ship deserves nothing but the best, and I'm going to give it to her. I'm still really looking forward to your Lupo/Soldati, Maestrale, Padilla, helicopters, etc. How about finishing all those smaller projects before starting anything new?

Mistral missile Fins are fully animated, etc. etc. If you have any helicopters capable of carrying this weapon, a quick .ini edit will make it into an air-to-air missile.

Five is just the initial order. I'd go so far as to predict that Japan will look into license-building more, as they've done with most US-designed hardware in the past.

Mesh is finished. Initial painting and testing underway.

Haters gonna hate.

Thanks for the info, KJakker. I'll get to work on the missile. Now all I really need is the train/elevation rate for the launcher itself. The ship in its entirety should be ready in just over one week.

I'm just finishing up the Sadral launcher and about to start texturing everything... ...when I suddenly realized that there is no Mistral in my weapons folder. Huh. Isn't there one available somewhere? I mean, it's one of the most prolific portable SAMs in the world. It wouldn't be difficult to build one, but I don't wanna waste my time if a model already exists.

Thanks, Suicidal! I'm in the process of unwrapping parts of the Horizon, but still need to add some details, cut the windows, and build a Sadral launcher.

That Iskander is great! We need more "high value targets" like this.

I'll consider it after the ship is at full operational capability (in 1~2 years?). By then there will probably be photos and reference material all over the place.

Got it, thanks!

Would like to help out with that, but for me the real joy of making these ship models is watching them shoot at stuff. Maybe after I finish the fifty-something modern surface combatants that I have planned. And a flattop or two. And a helicopter. And some WWII favorites. For now, I've selfishly taken over the Horizon project, so I can finish all the latest French vessels as I had originally planned. I have rather good diagrams and references for this ship. I think it'll look great next to my La Fayette and Aquitaine.

The Padilla is looking good. I hope you can make both the original version (76mm Compact, older electronics) and the 2012 refit (76mm Strales, Smart-S radar, etc). You might also be able to modify it into Malaysia's Katsuri class, which uses a very similar hull.

Yes, Horizon class is in the pipeline. Italian variants of the FREMM and Horizon will also get done eventually.

View File FREMM Aquitaine class frigate This model represents the Aquitaine class frigate of the French Navy, in service from 2012 to present. The Aquitaine is the first ship of the FREMM (Fregate europeenne multi-mission) program, designed to replace the Cold War era frigates of the French and Italian navies. At the time of this writing, only three of the class have been comissioned for the French Navy, but at least nine are planned. Two have been sold to foreign navies (Morocco and Egypt). The Italian FREMM differs significantly in loadout and mission, and is not included in this package. The Aquitaine is armed with a super-rapid 76mm gun, 20mm Narwhal remote weapons, eight MM40 Block 3 Exocet missiles, and 32 Aster 15 SAMs in Sylver VLS. (The sound effect for the Aster missiles is taken from actual test footage.) The flight deck can support one medium helicopter. See the readme for full details and credits. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or constructive criticisms regarding this model, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you! Special thanks to FRPignon for the hull number decals. Submitter WhiteBoySamurai Submitted 06/24/2015 Category Frigates

The Aquitaine is almost ready. When I made the La Fayette, I posted some side-by-side comparison shots with an SF1-era model by someone else. There is in fact an older FREMM on CombatAce as well, so I'm going to do the same thing again. The funny thing is that my model actually has fewer polygons: 8300 vs 13400. Granted, that old one is supposed to be the Italian version, so it's not a 1-to-1 comparison, but my point stands. My goal is, as always, to make good-looking models that even folks with less-powerful PCs can enjoy. I hope I am succeeding in that regard.

Just need to finish detailing and weathering, plus the low-poly and collision LODs. Decals are courtesy of FRPignon.

Started textures, as well as weapon testing. I recently found out that the close-in guns on the hangar are not the 20mm GIATs that I had already built, but a slightly different remote-control mount called the "Narwhal." So, unfortunately there will be a slight delay so I can build this new gun.

Unwrapping is complete on the Aquitaine, and I'll start texturing soon. I also finished all-new Aster-15 and Aster-30 missiles.

Sure! The film is called simply "Space Battleship Yamato" in both English and Japanese. I saw it in theaters back in 2010, but I've read that a subtitled version came to the States last year on DVD and Blueray. Good luck finding it! I also highly recommend the recent remake of the series, Space Battleship Yamato 2199. 26 episodes and a movie (so far). Even with my nostalgia goggles from having grown up with Starblazers in the early 80s, it's flat-out superior to the original. In fact, it's probably my favorite show of all time. Do we have a special effect for those? The flechette rockets I previously had installed just made a normal explosion. Thanks, looking forward to it.

Looking good! That's a lot of detail on the rotors.

Yep, that's the one-- the Type 3 "beehive" AA shell. Thousands of shards of burning shrapnel. I'm not sure how difficult it would be to simulate in SF2, but wouldn't it be awesome?