Introducing TASK FORCE ADMIRAL Vol.1: American Carrier Battles

[The_Admiral]

No need to apologize in any case ;)
Well, about a demo - possibly, but don't count on it being an priority at any point. Contemporary dev workflow in a small team like ours precludes from assigning too many resources to a limited version during or right after release. There's so much more critical stuff to take care of on the way and in the aftermath of the release that this will only become a possibility when the needed expertise will not be required elsewhere.
Still, I hope to be able to provide a few YT influencers with custom beta versions that might very well pave the way for an actual demo - but we will see that in due time. To make a limited version of something one needs to make a full version of that something first ;)

Cheers

[The_Admiral]

Anybody wanna indulge in some Zero art porn today? 

By our guests  :arr:

[Gusington]

I DO I DO

[fran]

No need to apologize in any case ;)
Well, about a demo - possibly, but don't count on it being an priority at any point. Contemporary dev workflow in a small team like ours precludes from assigning too many resources to a limited version during or right after release. There's so much more critical stuff to take care of on the way and in the aftermath of the release that this will only become a possibility when the needed expertise will not be required elsewhere.
Still, I hope to be able to provide a few YT influencers with custom beta versions that might very well pave the way for an actual demo - but we will see that in due time. To make a limited version of something one needs to make a full version of that something first ;)

Cheers

Makes sense, looking forward to the YouTube posts. Good luck with the development.

[The_Admiral]

Thanks boys!

A bit of sightseeing today around the big ladies ingame - cute targets they make, aren't they 
No need to introduce them I guess. A word though - Ryujo is still on her way there, and so are Junyo and Hiyo. Besides, as some with a trained eye might notice, both Zuikaku & Zuiho are in their late 1944 fashion (a little fantasy on our part). Enjoy the sight!

[Gusington]

Sweet  :D

[Sir Slash]

Flat never looked so good!  :clap:

[MOS:96B2P]

Very cool.  Good work. 

[hellfish6]

Gorgeous.

[Millipede]

Stunning and surprising.  The surprising part is the two with the green paint scheme. Which carriers were they and does anyone know the rational behind the odd choice?

[em2nought]

Stunning and surprising.  The surprising part is the two with the green paint scheme. Which carriers were they and does anyone know the rational behind the odd choice?

Seems kind of obvious, looking at it from above seems to make your high value carrier target look like a less important cruiser or battleship hopefully.  Don't you see it?

Did the Japanese use a copper like coating under water instead of red lead?

[Toonces]

I want to put those on my shelf.

[The_Admiral]

Thank you folks! 

Stunning and surprising.  The surprising part is the two with the green paint scheme. Which carriers were they and does anyone know the rational behind the odd choice?

From the forward one to the back on this pic:



Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, Zuikaku (1944), Shoho, Zuiho (1944).

As em2nought says, these schemes were supposed to make them look like non-aviation warships from the top. I wouldn't call it obvious or very successful at any rate though   :hide:

Did the Japanese use a copper like coating under water instead of red lead?

Well, Japanese antifouling paint has a distinct brownish tan, but it is still red - so I suppose they're still using red lead like most other nations. The real difference with others is that the Japanese don't use boot-topping - there's no transition area, no "line" between the upper part of the hull and the area covered by the antifouling paint. My personal opinion is that it might have led them to make their red a bit less visible than it is in other navies.

[Staggerwing]

Admiral, your second pix link needs a slight edit.

[The_Admiral]

Ah oopsie. Thanks Staggerwing