WW2 Unit Graphics

[Pablostuka]

It's been ages since I don't draw anything, but seeing those marvelous ships I couldn't resist to try to tweak that Scharnhorst by fairline into a Deutschland pocket battleship class, exactly the Admiral Scheer ship. Looks crappy, though

[Eivind IV]

Ah, the Deutschland, renamed Blücher, sunk by Norwegian coastal artillery

Nice ship, Pablo!

[Pablostuka]

Thank you Eivind! I'm back

The pocket battleship Deutschland was renamed Lützow in November 1939 (Hitler thought that the possible sinking of a ship named after the motherland would be a serious hit to the German morale) and scuttled by its own crew at the end of the war

It was the original Blücher (an Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser) the one which sunk in the Oslo fjord after hit by Norwegian coastal batteries

[Sarsstock]

Always glad to see an elder statesman of Civ II return to the forum Pablo! And to post a new unit too is all the better my friend .

[cousarmy0001]

so if Germany is the Fatherland, and Russia is the Motherland, what does that make Poland?

[curtsibling]

Good to see you back, Pablostuka!

Please hang around...



@cousarmy0001:

Poland is the Herresonland!

[Eivind IV]

Originally posted by Pablostuka
The pocket battleship Deutschland was renamed Lützow [...]

Whops, my bad! Don't know why I confused them, as I knew this. Nontheless, it was sunk, by über mensch Norwegian coastal artillery men! Happy 8th of May, everyone!

Keep 'em coming, Pablo!

[Arthedain]

Welcome back to the community Pablostuka!

[N35t0r]

Originally posted by fairline
@ baroca: I don't think civ will actually use the spare colour slots up to 256 will it?

I *think* that if the pallete of units.gif was updated, they would be used. IIRC, Civ uses that pallete for all other gifs as well...

[Pablostuka]

Playing with skipper's Ju-52, I finally learnt how to draw decent looking camouflages

Credits go to Skipper & Fairline. I modified the engines (to make them much shorter) and repainted it in the standard Nationalist Spanish/Legión Cóndor grey-brown-green camo

[Pablostuka]

something is wrong with attachments...

[fairline]

Very cool Pablo, and it's really nice to see you back

[fairline]

Originally posted by N35t0r


I *think* that if the pallete of units.gif was updated, they would be used. IIRC, Civ uses that pallete for all other gifs as well...

That's interesting. Has anyone tried to do this?

[Pablostuka]

Thank you Gareth It will be temporary though, on Monday I go back to work and will have little time again :/

btw, did you draw any other Spanish Civil War unit than the excellent Polikarpovs 15/16 and Fiat CR.32? just curious

[Pablostuka]

My personal tribute to the most beautiful heavy cruiser ever designed and built, the Canarias cruiser, along with her sistership the Baleares



Left -> Canarias in 1936-1939, with the black stripe in the funnel

Middle -> Canarias during WW2, wearing neutrality marks (the natonal flag)

Right -> Canarias in 1952-1975, after its modernization.