WW2-1979 Graphics Showcase

[Case]

Wow, those are really great fairline I also like how your included brigade and divisional shields

[jim panse]

M60A3

i just had a try on a M60 tank, desert camouflage.

[techumseh]

Can anyone make a decent French infantry unit from either the 1st or 2nd WW? It´s the helmet that´s so difficult.

[jim panse]

some 19th century units were posted a while ago in one of these threads. hope it helped

[jim panse]

yep, the - slightly modified - M60A3 was there again, sorry. if the units above won´t help you, try these

[fairline]

Originally posted by techumseh
Can anyone make a decent French infantry unit from either the 1st or 2nd WW? It´s the helmet that´s so difficult.

This is my effort: a WW1 soldier. For WW2 he should wear basically the same uniform but khaki coloured.

Jim: I hope you realise youv'e screwed up St Leo's excellent graphics thread classification by posting my late 19th century units - then again, so have I by posting this WW1 bloke in the WW2 section

[DarthVeda]

Here we go: a new japanese Aichi Val dive bomber...

[klesh]

Original size Multi-Infantry

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-FMK.

[St Leo]

They look very sweet, but were some of the originals also shadowless?

[jim panse]

the compilations of two or more different types are more useful i think. but i like ´em, anyway

[DarthVeda]

I really don't know why you guys like that.

[St Leo]

The novelty factor is appealing. Actually, I think this would work much better with units that are twice as small.

[klesh]

I dont know why you don't Darth?

Leo, they've been done small before. That was rthe type that the Sleague Magazine spoke about. I specifically wanted to try these without shriking them.

-FMK.

[klesh]

Here is a small look at the fair Captain's progression of unit design. At top we see an old Tiger I, from 2194v1. As you can see, the entire chassis is less well-defined, and the turret is much larger than the later 'current' one. However when juxtaposing the two, I think the actual turret size to be somewhere in between. Unfortunately, the huge forward facing turret is of no use to us really. might be nice to try and enlarge the curret Tiger's turret a tad though.

Below is the IS-2. Horrible in its first incarnation in 2194v1, and interestingly nice in RF1.1. Then we have our fammiliar 'current' build. I dont like the turret on the current build particularly, it is too bubble-like. If you take a good close look at the 2nd IS-2, I think you'll find that that turret is really nice indeed. Not particularly a turret of an IS-2, more of the T-34/76 variety. Note the angled, rounded section at the front side of the turret. I'll try to post some pics of the tank IRL to exemplify the area I'm talking about.



*beware St Leo, Socialist Machismo Decal ahead*




I think I'll see what that turret looks like on a T-34 chassis. It might be better sized for the 'current' IS-2's chassis, which is slightly better than the 2nd. However, it too isnt a proper IS-2 turret either. Hrmpf.

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-FMK.

[klesh]

Well here's what you have. The turret in question is indeed too big for the T-34. Will have to go about shaving ti down a bit but try to keep the same lines. It looks pretty good on the newer IS-2 body, and the more I look at the IS-2 the more I see the same roundness at the front as the 34/76. So if anything I guess this IS-2 here will/could be useful.

-FMK.