Anyone want a fight ?

tadema · 12 Sept 2013, 01:04

Thank you everyone, I have an update and more images I will post in the morning (2am here)
Thanks John

d12dozr · 12 Sept 2013, 08:40

Way cool! Brings to mind silvershadow's mind-boggling awesome eye candy ship.

tadema · 12 Sept 2013, 09:15

Thank you everyone.

Jacob, it took 6 days altogether after a couple of false starts on the Hull.
DavidH, she certainly had a great story, you can only imagine so much bravery!
Bryan, I'ts all really basic sketchup, the only plugins used are Extrude Edges by Rails, part of TIG's brilliant extrusion tools, BZ conversion tools (polyline segmenter) and my favourite plugin, Pipe along Path.
Pete, hope you can see these ok.

John

olishea · 12 Sept 2013, 13:00

this is ridiculous detail!!! just WOW!!

Daniel · 12 Sept 2013, 13:31

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

andybot · 12 Sept 2013, 15:18

amazing model! :jaw agape:

Mike Amos · 12 Sept 2013, 15:26

Fantastic stuff John, as ever. Have you noticed the similarity to the tribal class destroyers of the same timeframe? The superstructure, especially at the rear, is uncannily close perhaps the work of the same designers. You do have Hood riding very high in the water, these vessels shipped huge amounts of water in heavy swells due to the low freeboard.

david_h · 12 Sept 2013, 15:30

@unknownuser said:

DavidH, she certainly had a great story, you can only imagine so much bravery!

Absolutely. She took one shell and went down in a matter of minutes.

I'd be fine if you didn't model the Bismark. Although I wouldn't blame if you did. Britain got some payback on her a few days later.

Mike Amos · 12 Sept 2013, 15:59

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.

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