WinSP MBT: Das Reich

[scorpio_rocks]

Thanks Monty!

Reviewing now

Hope to have the Icons for the Weserflug done by wed evening and will drop you a PM regarding some ideas for the marine stuff

[scorpio_rocks]

Got a little free time today

Wesserflug P1003:





Some variations for ya! Let me know if you want any changes (e.g. "low vis" Balkenkreuz on different camo scheme, remove or addition of stripes,etc).

Feel free to use none, any or all. Attached zip includes jpeg and all 10 variants:

[RecruitMonty]

They look fantastic!

[scorpio_rocks]

a quick question: (please feel free to say "go away!")

What became of the other OoBs you were working on for this project? (USA, Canada, Green USA, USSR, etc)

[Wiking]

That'd be of interest to myself as well

[RecruitMonty]

A Good question.

At the time I thought that I would be able to work on the other OOBs in tandem with the German OOB. For a while I even did. I had added what would now be considered as rather rudimentary (in terms of the icon quality) American heavies and was working on a number of Imperial spin-off OOBs among the European nations. Increasing real world commitments and the realisation that I'd need to make two German OOBs and add many new icons for these alone killed what little enthusiasm I had for doing any extensive work on the others.

I may re-do those American heavies but for the moment I am content to just carry out minor alterations like sound editing. I do plan on releasing a Mujah OOB that is more up to the task of fighting the colonial troops.

[scorpio_rocks]

Hiya

In response to Landing craft / boats:

I am more than happy to create the icons for you - great source material, Thanks! Plan veiws always great .

A few thoughts - You realise all the craft you suggested are HUGE, even the ELB is twice the length of the LCM-6 on which all the USMC monitors, etc were built. Either they will be enormous, unweildy icons or will need to be at a different scale / out of scale to fit (as the various LST are already in game).

Regarding upgrading and your worry that they will be antiquated - I am not sure this is true, as I understand it the current Landing craft of the British and US militaries are not that much different from those they used in WWII. (slightly improved anti-HEAT armour and speed). If you wanted a "Modern" version just make it slightly faster, increase the HEAT armour and update the weapons.

Where there has been an improvement is in the development of air cushion craft (Hovercraft). Perhaps some form of LCAC? Budget reforms have, unfortunatley, stopped production of new Finnish, British, American and Russian designs, but without finacial restraints all would have new hovercraft - both as Landing vehicles and (at least in the Finn case) armed missile craft.

I will get some prototype icons of the MFP, ELB, AF, AL amd PiLb sorted and posted within the next couple of days.

[scorpio_rocks]

First try:

ELB


Needs some shading and 20/37mm AAMGs adding on rear deck.
this is on a 109x109 .bmp so around the largest "normal" icon.
Along the right lines?

[scorpio_rocks]

First attempt EL AL (not happy about radar/radio mast shadow)



May also need guns "Beefing-up" a little (even if this means they are not in scale with the ship), thoughts?

[scorpio_rocks]

When we get these to your satisfaction then the AF D3 and MFP should be straight forward.

Playing with PiLb now...