[StarSlayer]

Speaking of planes, Flamu posted a vid pointing out that by using Spotter Planes instead of Cat Fighters you can leverage the top down view to reliably smack stationary boats in smoke.  I may need to take out Nagato with the E13A "Jake" and nuke some Belfasts.

[The E]

Feels kinda weird playing ranked in a Colorado. All those Scharnhorsts and Gneisenaus are far too tasty targets.

[StarSlayer]

So I decided to start poking around with creating custom skins and picked my old favorite to start, here is a preview:



First I updated the paint to IJN Kure Grey, lightened the wood decking and adjusted the weathering.  I've always been irked with the bridge windows on the WG version being much too large so I scaled down the size(this included fixing the normal maps).  Out of all the changes I personally think it improves to overall look of the ship the most.  Blast bags were changed to the brown canvas that was used in wartime and the lower port holes have been covered over to match her late war refit.  The IJN sometimes painted the main fire control director white on their heavy units as a recognition feature and I felt it adds a little character to the otherwise grey ship.  Finally I recolored the Chrysanthemum to look a little more like gold and adjusted the anchors to be grey instead of black.

I'm waiting on the okay from Tanz to use some of his shared components and then I will look into releasing it to the community.  I also have an Amagi, König Albert and Mikasa(1905) in the pipe.

[ssmit132]

Nagato is looking nice and fresh.

I'm waiting on the okay from Tanz to use some of his shared components and then I will look into releasing it to the community.  I also have an Amagi, König Albert and Mikasa(1905) in the pipe.

As someone who has all three of those ships and Nagato up there, I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[StarSlayer]

Thanks, as soon as I hear back from Tanz I will be compiling some packages to release them.

Also I've been busy:



Not enough of a rivet counter to do exact Measure 30s schemes but I think I can mock up some pretty good stand ins.

[Col. Fishguts]

Oh yes! Finally a reason to re-buy Bogue Looking good!

[StarSlayer]

Got the green light from Tanz so I will be putting together a set for initial release.  Does anyone have any suggestions for file hosting?

[Col. Fishguts]

Google drive + direct link generator?

[StarSlayer]

Can someone please test the below package for the Nagato?

Nagato

The unzipped file should include a content folder and camoflages.xml file that are placed into the latest resmods folder (0.6.1.1).  Note camoflage.xml stops camouflages from being displayed the game so that custom skins are displayed. 

Let me know that the link and files work, Thanks.

[Scourge of Ages]

Can someone please test the below package for the Nagato?
Let me know that the link and files work, Thanks.

The link works, and I downloaded it successfully. All the files are present, but I can't really test them at the moment. But the download works.

Anyway, to answer a previous question, I use mediafire for hosting this sort of thing, personally.

[Spoon]

Oh yes! Finally a reason to re-buy Bogue Looking good!

But why though? You never look at your carrier during gameplay 

[StarSlayer]

Okay, I started a thread with the initial run of skins on the NA WoWs Forum

So far I have Nagato, Amagi, Mikasa, König Albert and Bogue.   hopefully everything works 

[Enioch]

Oh yes! Finally a reason to re-buy Bogue Looking good!

But why though? You never look at your carrier during gameplay 

How do you know?

Things have changed since you left the game Spoon.  Now everybody plays carriers and the UI has changed radically. All has been fixed. It's really a pity that you've left. 

[Spoon]

How do you know?

Things have changed since you left the game Spoon.  Now everybody plays carriers and the UI has changed radically. All has been fixed. It's really a pity that you've left. 

[Enioch]

(I think he knows I'm messing with him) 

[StarSlayer]

I've added the USS Saipan to my skin thread.

[Col. Fishguts]

Okay, I started a thread with the initial run of skins on the NA WoWs Forum
So far I have Nagato, Amagi, Mikasa, König Albert and Bogue.   hopefully everything works 

Took her out for a spin in ranked. She looks great, keep it up

[StarSlayer]

Thanks, with the amount of feedback on the WoWS forums I was getting nervous something was wrong

Anybody have an Arkansas Beta?



Based on an experimental scheme seen on the USS Nevada:



The turret deflection markers were also something used on interwar BBs, though typically on just the super firing turrets.  Since this skin shares components with the Wyoming I will include a basic stock hull to match.  Once complete I'll put together a download.

[Col. Fishguts]

Speaking of planes, Flamu posted a vid pointing out that by using Spotter Planes instead of Cat Fighters you can leverage the top down view to reliably smack stationary boats in smoke.  I may need to take out Nagato with the E13A "Jake" and nuke some Belfasts.

Btw, I watched that video and tried it out. It works surprisingly well (I never thought of using the spotting craft in that way) and it's so satisfying to obliterate Belfasts/Fijis hiding in the smoke.

[Enioch]

Oh Darling, my Darling, I've missed you so...



Dem 19 fires, topkek.