Anyone want a fight ?

pbacot · 12 Sept 2013, 16:16

A beaut. WHY are you so GOOD, John?

tadema · 12 Sept 2013, 18:03

Thanks again everyone.
Mike, you'll be correct about her height in the water, I know zilch about boats.
I've been asked to make a walk-through by Bryan and a couple of others, so after the weekend I'm going to start The Bismark so will keep images as I progress. She seems much more complex than the Hood.

An reenactment of that famous battle sounds good! maybe I'll change history or cause another war
John

ken28875 · 12 Sept 2013, 19:37

Hey John,

I actually forgot to reply to your question "Anyone want a fight?" in my earlier post.

So how about I send in my alien spaceships? But to be fair, I will have my other military submarines and planes to help out your HMS Hood fight the alien invasion?

How does it sound? Ready for war?

Have a great day!

_KN

marked001 · 12 Sept 2013, 20:09

@daniel said:

I didn't think it possible, but you've outdone yourself, John.

AGREED! this really takes it up a notch...

david_h · 12 Sept 2013, 20:13

@mike amos said:

Sorry mate but Hood took between three and five shells depending on which report you take most relevence from, the germans think three shells the Royal navy think five. The shot that killed Hood just happened to benefit from the lack of depth to the armoured deck and exploded inside the aft 15" magazine which rather bent the ship out of shape. There is a similarity to the loss of the USS Arizona where what was considered to be one explosion in the aft magazine was in fact a number of conflagrations involving the stern AND the bow magazines, some say due to improper safety installations.

I stand corrected. Thank you.

Bryan K · 12 Sept 2013, 23:24

Just the polygons on the hull alone would have destroyed my PC.

Wow.

Mike Amos · 13 Sept 2013, 06:34

@unknownuser said:

@mike amos said:

Sorry mate but Hood took between three and five shells depending on which report you take most relevence from, the germans think three shells the Royal navy think five. The shot that killed Hood just happened to benefit from the lack of depth to the armoured deck and exploded inside the aft 15" magazine which rather bent the ship out of shape. There is a similarity to the loss of the USS Arizona where what was considered to be one explosion in the aft magazine was in fact a number of conflagrations involving the stern AND the bow magazines, some say due to improper safety installations.

I stand corrected. Thank you.

No worries mate, fair exchange is no robbery and thanks for your help with rendering, much easier when someone like yourself does the hard work first.

CoreMaster110 · 14 Sept 2013, 17:32

This is really cool. Nicely done!

dale · 15 Sept 2013, 14:39

Grew up on stories of the Hood / Bismark battle John, so it's really great to see this incredible piece. I knew you weren't just another pretty face!
Cheers

alvis · 15 Sept 2013, 18:48

in a word I do not have words...

tadema · 15 Sept 2013, 19:57

Thank you everyone, glad you all like her.
Ken, sounds good! a mother of all battles.
Dale, fantastic story, I've spent most of the weekend researching. There's quite a lot on youtube. The Bismarck looks formidable although they are similar in size, the names Battleship and Battle-cruiser just about sum it up.

thank you
John

chedda · 16 Sept 2013, 06:13

Wow John you've excelled yourself this time. I'm interested in the sea texture and the wake in particular can you explain the process or link to the texture ?

Now "Sink The Bismarck !" (watched it last week)

tadema · 16 Sept 2013, 17:47

Thanks Simon, the texture is all done in PS, just layered (PM sent),.
"Sink The Bismarck !" I watched it Sat night
John

urgen · 17 Sept 2013, 18:04

Wow!

david_h · 17 Sept 2013, 23:01

@tadema said:

Thanks Simon, the texture is all done in PS, just layered (PM sent),.
"Sink The Bismarck !" I watched it Sat night
John

Great movie. Kenneth More, Dana Winter. One of my faves.

benie · 19 Sept 2013, 02:49

jaw dropping brilliant mate.

Bryan K · 19 Sept 2013, 07:58

@unknownuser said:

@tadema said:

Thanks Simon, the texture is all done in PS, just layered (PM sent),.
"Sink The Bismarck !" I watched it Sat night
John

Great movie. Kenneth More, Dana Winter. One of my faves.

An absolute classic.

tadema · 24 Sept 2013, 18:10

I'll keep these two together.

The Bismarck... I can smell trouble brewing between these two .

Been working on these two models for almost two weeks now and Sketchup has never once crashed or shown the slightest sign of slowing down, even with both models combined. It seems SU has come on leaps and bounds lately!

John

tadema · 25 Sept 2013, 19:50

Bryan, If I e-mailed you the file i would bet it would work just fine on your computer. I'm still using SU8, see no point in upgrading yet.
David, think I'll take a break from the ships for a while.

Gotcha!

I know it was the other way around
John

Bryan K · 26 Sept 2013, 06:44

Wow.

And how does your computer handle this load? Are you using the latest version of SU?