WW2 Unit Graphics

[techumseh]

Nice! This makes me want to get back to the Burma scenario I was working on. I lost the files in a hard-drive crash, but I think I backed them up somewhere. Will look.

 

[Fairline]

er what do you mean makes you wanna go back to the Burma scenario I thought we were making these planes for a reason......

Anyway, nearly done with my quota. The Ki-48 and 51 are painted with special low-visibility camo at the moment

 

[techumseh]

Um, I just wanted to help you to fill a gap in your body of work... Yes, I did have an ulterior motive, but I need to find my backup files. I left that stick somewhere...

 

[Tanelorn]

Great units Gareth! The Hayate and the Ki-100 are particulary amazing.

Btw, here are some minor tweaks of your ships into IJN surface vessel classes.

 

[techumseh]

I was able to recover my files from my old hard drive. So, I'll get to work on finishing Burma Campaign. I've incorporated Tanelorn's great Ki-21 and Gareth's Ki-49, both of which served in Burma. Thanks to you both.

I hesitate to ask, but would you be willing to update the paint job on the Ki-27? Attached is the scheme used in Burma in 42. Thanks.

 

[gapetit]

Congratulations! Very nice units! I hope to use in many scenarios...
Saludos

 

[gapetit]

And I'm very happy that Techumseh is going to do another one of his incredible scenarios...

 

[Fairline]

I was able to recover my files from my old hard drive. So, I'll get to work on finishing Burma Campaign. I've incorporated Tanelorn's great Ki-21 and Gareth's Ki-49, both of which served in Burma. Thanks to you both.

I hesitate to ask, but would you be willing to update the paint job on the Ki-27? Attached is the scheme used in Burma in 42. Thanks.

Yup no problem.

 

[Fairline]

Apologies to Tanelorn as he's already drawn an N1K2 George, but I wanted to draw its twin bro the N1K1 floatplane fighter, and the N1K2 was directly derived from it so I ended up making one of them as well....

 

[Tanelorn]

No worries. Yours is a masterpiece, in fact I'd urge you to do even more.
The floatplane Zero A6M2-N comes to mind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_A6M2-N
or the Arado
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_196
Besides, its worth just to watch how you do it. For example I also noticed and did the curvature line on the side afterwards, but yours better thought out. Do you just brush it down or do you lighten/ darken the curve and push pixels from there?

 

[Fairline]

Thanks Tim

Do you mean the fill between the trailing edge of the wing root and the fuselage? I guess I drew it like the rest of the plane, so I make a general shape in blocks of colour with the brush on 100% opacity then blocks of high and lowlights in appropriate places. Next I'd blending and painting, so I set the brush to 25% opacity and paint in blends between hi and lo lights and the base colour. Bit laborious but it works.

Maybe we need a guide thread so we can illustrate with pics....

 

[Fairline]

Japanese infantry, Imperial Guard and SNLF Marines

 

[Tanelorn]

Great job!
25%.
That figures, it takes more time (lots of repeat passes I guess) but it gives more control.
I never go that low, that's why I get more flat surfaces.

 

[Tanelorn]

RAF's last biplane fighter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0f5Qxp_3tI

 

[Tanelorn]

More early war biplanes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3RLQeqKjE

 

[Fairline]

very good T

 

[Tanelorn]

Thank you G!
I am a bit out of steam and time for now, I have something in mind though...

 

[Fairline]

Red Front?

here's a few tweaks and changes to the Japanese planes (still no Ki 48 or Ki-51 rofl)

 

[Fairline]

... and new Tye 97 Chi-Ha and Shinhoto Chi-Ha medium tanks

 

[gapetit]

Very nice Fairline