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  1. Captain Armstrong

    Progress Screenshots

    Outstanding work! :shock Sounds like it will lead to smarter targeting by the AI as well, which will surely make them more formidable! I love that this allows for the proper calibers to be used for each gundeck.:) I reckon the current UI system could still be used, with two possible...
  2. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    Looking really spectacular! :)
  3. Captain Armstrong

    Old models

    I agree! Though perhaps the Fleuron would be the ideal model for a french ship of the line in the quest?
  4. Captain Armstrong

    Old models

    I don't think the rigging is particularly good, that's true. But unlike the Rossiya or stock corvette, Neither the 'battleship' or 'warship' variants are structured in a way that makes good sense from a shipbuilding perspective-which makes them unsalvagable In my eyes. Both have all sorts of...
  5. Captain Armstrong

    [WIP] HMS Endymion 1797

    One of my favorite frigates ever built! The French really should have built more sister-ships of the Pomone to act as frigate squadron flagships. It was an exceptionally good design, and must've been much more cost effective for mounting 24pdrs than the Forte and Egyptienne, as wonderful as...
  6. Captain Armstrong

    Old models

    Perhaps I was too diplomatic in using the word 'possibility' ;)
  7. Captain Armstrong

    Old models

    This always bugged me too! Though personally I'm just looking forward to the possibilty not to include these poor tubs in NHR.
  8. Captain Armstrong

    WIP - HMS Shannon (1806) 38 guns

    Glad to see you around again too @Alex Connor! Looks to me like the HMS Acasta of 1797 on the bottom (30x18pdrs with open rails is a dead giveaway, and the Lavinia seems less likely:napoleon) and the beginnings of another Hebe class frigate, built to the plans of the Venus of 1782.
  9. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    IIRC the french 8pdr shot weighed slightly more than The British 9pr due to differing measurements, but I agree that they were quite close. regardless of that the surprise was in fact fitted with 32pdr carronades for her main battery after capture, not 24s. (This might just be a typo, you said...
  10. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    Well that's a rather odd equivalence. 24pdr carronades generally replaced long 6pdrs, while 32pdr carronades normally replaced 9pdrs or 12pdrs. 42pdr carronades generally replaced 18pdrs or occasionally (like here) long 12pdrs. 18pdr carronades replaced 6pdrs where 24pdrs were deemed too heavy...
  11. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    I don't think most other ships have averaged gun calibers-so it'd be best to give her 24pdrs like the constitution. Love that first screenshot in a squall!
  12. Captain Armstrong

    WIP HMS Bellona (1760 version)

    Smart idea for allowing easy coloration! I'm sure there will be plenty of hues people will want to make. Perhaps I underestimated the work involved for the animation, and given that not creating beam colliders is in fact making less work, thats surely the thing to try first! And now that you...
  13. Captain Armstrong

    WIP HMS Bellona (1760 version)

    She looks amazing indeed! Very clean, and the new textures look damn near perfect. I'll certainly want to use them for the Southampton in NHR, and I daresay they could be the basis of a standard.:keith Perhaps a crouching stance will be simpler, in the long run? This problem will surely recur...
  14. Captain Armstrong

    Notice Moving threads from the HoO archives

    Just moved the thread for the HMS Southampton to this forum myself! I think I"ll start a new one for the Hebe class frigate later on, There are a number of changes I want to make to the model and of course it is physically unfinished, unlike the Southampton. Though starting on that won't be a...
  15. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    Aha, there's plenty of room to spare for the chasers! With that shot from above I can see why the foremast rat lines were such a pain:p And the later scheme looks spot on for the napoleonic wars, a bit more austere. There are certainly plenty of existing ships with multiple paint schemes in NH...
  16. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    As guns cannot be moved mid-combat ingame, the standard solution in NH (at least what I've done) has been to arm chase ports fully even if in reality they would've been filled with a broadside gun as needed. However, there still has to be space for the gun to fit and (plausibly) recoil. looking...
  17. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    Ahh I see that the captains cabin is all planked in, its just the overhanging section that of the deck that has some space! that certainly settles my biggest concern with it. I suppose even though most warships seem to have had it planked in, there is some precedent for the overhang being...
  18. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    Looking great, I might have to reinstall POTC Just to sail her! :keithI just noticed there's a gap between the poop deck and the line of the bulwarks-this should be filled in by extruding part of the bulwark up to fit the line of the deck while you still have her in a modeling program and are...
  19. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    Seems like sound reasoning to me! With the Diana being launched in the same year the Indy was razeed, she's a perfect reference. I came across a few contemporary paintings of the Indy and her razee sister Anson in action. Four frigates capturing Spanish treasure ships off Cape Santa Maria...
  20. Captain Armstrong

    HMS Indefatigable (1784) frigate

    Regardless of where the carvings came from, it looks great! there was a significant cutback on carved works(figures and motifs on the stern etc) on royal navy ships once the war started, for economy-but it wasn't yet at the level of total austerity of say 1815 and later, so some scrolly bits...
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