WW2 Unit Graphics

[McMonkey]

Thanks Tanelorn. Great to finally see the He112

 

[Tanelorn]

Thanks, though I am looking forward to Gareth's take on it as well, he will do a much better job.
I am gravitating towards making a Do11/23 and a Heyford,
especially if TOTPP enables us to push the unit file back to 1936 (remilitarization of the Rhineland).

 

[techumseh]

A Heyford is a graphic I've wanted for years.

 

[Fairline]

The Nationalist He 112, in early war colours:

ha we posted at the same time and i missed this - nice!

 

[Tanelorn]

And again, synchronicity.
The Dornier Do 11/13/23 was the German medium bomber series of the early 1930s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_23

 

[Fairline]

Very nice Tim

Here's my take on the He-112: early open-canopy and later full canopy models with Spanish Civil War, German pre-WW2 and Romanian WW2 paint jobs. Hungarian colour scheme in the works.

 

[Tanelorn]

That's what I call top quality!
Also, as the Japanese got the He112 too, you have some Jap plane parts there, if you look closely...

Anyway, as promised:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Heyford

 

[McMonkey]

Mmm I love He112s! Great to see all these camouflage schemes. I like the Hungarian and Romanian versions too. I'm about three quartets of the way through the Royal Hungarian Army campaign of Open General. No He112s but loads of Zrinyis, Turans and Nimrods to play with. I have always had a fascination for the minor nations equipment in WWII.

EDIT: Just taken a closer look and can see the one I thought was Hungarian is actually a Luftwaffe one. Come to think of it I don't think Hungary even operated the He112. Silly me!

 

[civ2units]

OK c2u - why dont we start a new thread if you want to pursue this and I can talk you through each stage of scenario creation. Dont worry about unit icons - it may come as a huge shock but I already made a set of Napoleonics years ago for PeG which I can put in the OG dat file

One thing you should appreciate - Panzer General 2 was played as a 'campaign' which was a series of connected battles (scenarios). Your result in each battle effected the next, and your core units were persistent and moved from battle to battle gaining experience and abilities, almost like an rpg I guess. You could make a single scenario representing the whole Napoleonic war but it would be more fun as a series of battles (which has already been done for PeG btw). The 31 nations limit applies to an individual rule set (e-file) and could be used to the fullest extent in a campaign. However for a single scenario / battle you are restricted to two sides, one playable and the other AI. Each side may have units from 5 different nations.

Hm, I understand. The game completely reminds me on Panzer General, a game which I liked and played often. I think I will stay on Civ2 at the moment as I know how it works and I´m still working on some scenario ideas. So I will start playing some scenarios on Open General.

You wrote that you made an own scenario file for Open General. Could you send it to me please?

 

[McMonkey]

Open General is, for all intents and purposes, a souped up version of Panzer General.

 

[Fairline]

As McM said it is Panzer General 2 but reverse-engineered from scratch by a very clever coder. He has also incorporated lots of additional ideas from the community

 

[Fairline]

He-70 and He-112 variants, Spanish Civil War and WW2

 

[Fairline]

You wrote that you made an own scenario file for Open General. Could you send it to me please?

No, I made unit icons (and therefore a replacement OpenIcons.dat and efiles)

You are welcome to have that though

 

[Fairline]

More spin-offs from Open General: Curtiss Hawk III and Grumman Delfin

 

[techumseh]

That's what I call top quality!
Also, as the Japanese got the He112 too, you have some Jap plane parts there, if you look closely...

Anyway, as promised:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Heyford

Very nice. It was quite the exotic bird, and yours renders it splendidly!

 

[Tanelorn]

Thanks T, glad you like it chief.
Great stuff Gareth-
"I think you're turning Japanese, I think you're turning Japanese I really think so"
the clip is so much creepier than I remembered

Anyway, minor tweak of the Gloster Gladiator into the earlier Gloster Gauntlet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Gauntlet

Couldn't resist:Claude, direct ancestor to the Zero.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M

 

[McMonkey]

Thanks Gareth. Finally a He-70, and just like buses you wait ages for one then four turn up at the same time including the Hungarian version with the WM-K-14 radial engine.

Also good to see the Hungarian He-112. I checked and they obviously did operate them, but Wikipedia says only three were procured. I have always taken an interest of the obscure equipment of the minor combatants of WWII. The Czechs produced some really great kit which was either licensed produced or taken over by some of the major armies during the war. The Swedish also produced some excellent designs that ended up in wide-scale use. I have recently been looking some of the machines Hungary produced or had in prototype form, such as the 44M Tas Medium/Heavy tank and the assault gun variant. Impressive design. The Nimrod SPAA has always been a favourite of mine too.

 

[techumseh]

I would like to use a Romanian IAR-80 WWII fighter in my Stalingrad Campaign scenario. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAR_80 Would anyone like to take a crack at it?

 

[Tanelorn]

I would like to use a Romanian IAR-80

Gareth's latest OG WW2 zip, others WW2 2014.bmp, lower right corner, three IAR 80s.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=381911&d=1409851185

And just in case anyone plans to make a Yugoslavian/ Balkan campaign, here is the Hurricane's older cousin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Fury
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hart

 

[Fairline]

Okay, this is getting beyond coincindence lmao - I drew a Hawker Fury today as well

Very nice Hart / Demon etc. The Fury had short straight wings by contrast to it's siblings. I was about to draw a Hart from my Fury - glad I saw yours first

Right Tim, what are you planning to do next so I don't draw the same thing?