British Subs
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)Lord David the Denied
Mongoose
Actually, roughing up a periscope or conning tower half-submerged would be pretty awesome...
I think our subs were dark grey or black, but I'm not sure.
I think our subs were dark grey or black, but I'm not sure.
Wulf Corbett
Mongoose
Considering subs can act without actually being detected, that's not such a bad idea...mthomason said:Don't bother. Just put a tiny little plastic pipe on a piece of water-coloured card and say it's the periscope
I was considering creating 'submerged' subs somehow myself...
Wulf
Black Omega
Mongoose
reaverman,
I would go with a fairly standard battleship grey.
Found this pic of a british minelaying sub called Lembit which is at the estonia maritime museum:-
I would go with a fairly standard battleship grey.
Found this pic of a british minelaying sub called Lembit which is at the estonia maritime museum:-
Wulf Corbett said:Considering subs can act without actually being detected, that's not such a bad idea...mthomason said:Don't bother. Just put a tiny little plastic pipe on a piece of water-coloured card and say it's the periscope
I was considering creating 'submerged' subs somehow myself...
Wulf
Just a rectangle of water with a wobbly shadow, or a small periscope and wake... or just a rectangle of water with a few straight lines of bubbles travelling in the general direction of the enemy...
Wulf Corbett
Mongoose
Actually, torpedo markers would be damn handy considering the mechanism used for them...Alexb83 said:
...he says, mysteriously... :wink:
Wulf
Black Omega said:reaverman,
I would go with a fairly standard battleship grey.
Found this pic of a british minelaying sub called Lembit which is at the estonia maritime museum:-
I've been down there....the guy who runs the Seamine place is barking
As for the subs, kind of thougth they were. Just wanted to double check
So far today, I've painted 5 U Class subs, and the only thing that is taking me so long to paint is the base on them
If you hunt long enough you can find all sorts of RN submarine schemes, including light and dark greys for home waters, deep blue for Mediterranean, brown for some Mid East ops and some rather nifty three tone green camo schemes for special forces ops in the Far East. Most of mine are either overall light or dark grey, or light grey with dark grey horizontal surfaces.
Stronghold Miniatures do nice torpedo markers in their 1/600 range.
Stronghold Miniatures do nice torpedo markers in their 1/600 range.
Wulf Corbett
Mongoose
That was the ORIGINAL idea...Alexb83 said:
Wulf
Curious, I guess you just pick an end point for your torpedos within arc and range, and the target has a chance to react to the torpedo trails he can see moving each turn? Effective if you can fire a decent spread...
I guess the arc thing would be a bit sketchy... but then unguided torpedos can only really be considered effective within a certain angle on the bow (or launching point).
I guess the arc thing would be a bit sketchy... but then unguided torpedos can only really be considered effective within a certain angle on the bow (or launching point).
But it doesn't deal with late war marks of torpedo, which apparently had sensors for terminal homing... hrm.
Damage rolls will be interesting, too - again later mark torpedos with magnetic triggers were designed to explode under the keel and break the back of the ship. Oh, the possibilities - I wonder how an ACTA based AD/damage system would deal with this? Just by giving late war torpedos the precise trait?
Damage rolls will be interesting, too - again later mark torpedos with magnetic triggers were designed to explode under the keel and break the back of the ship. Oh, the possibilities - I wonder how an ACTA based AD/damage system would deal with this? Just by giving late war torpedos the precise trait?
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