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by erik_t
October 7th, 2022, 3:30 pm
Forum: Beginners Only
Topic: What started as the Myrmidon from Hawx
Replies: 8
Views: 8233

Re: What started as the Myrmidon from Hawx

It's 100x better than my very first drawings. Obviously it has some realism problems, and we can help you sort those out as you'd like.
by erik_t
September 14th, 2022, 3:59 pm
Forum: Alternate Universe Designs
Topic: Fictional Inter-war to WWII USN Ships
Replies: 5
Views: 10190

Re: Fictional Inter-war to WWII USN Ships

The drawings are very nicely executed, although the Olympias (while very pretty) could probably not operate scouting aircraft very effectively without a hangar. In US doctrine, battleships didn't need to worry about aircraft hangars because they could be expected to operate in the battle line, and ...
by erik_t
September 14th, 2022, 3:54 pm
Forum: Personal Designs
Topic: maomatics Personal Designs
Replies: 20
Views: 40524

Re: maomatics Personal Designs

Treading right up to the line of too much detail, but not over it, is your specialty. I'm not sure anyone else in the community could pull off a drawing like this.
by erik_t
September 12th, 2022, 7:57 pm
Forum: Real Designs
Topic: F123 Brandenburg Class German navy
Replies: 6
Views: 11835

Re: F123 Brandenburg Class German navy

Fantastic re-draw.

I sort of agree with Rainmaker on Harpoon--I always think of Shipbucket as stemming from old-school recognition guides, and showing RAM almost as large as Harpoon somewhat misleads the reader if they don't know what's what. I'd show the big old fat Harpoon drawing.
by erik_t
August 15th, 2022, 7:54 pm
Forum: Personal Designs
Topic: FdDA - Frégate de Défense Aérienne
Replies: 7
Views: 20470

Re: FdDA - Frégate de Défense Aérienne

I don't have a ton to add to Rainmaker's comment. I think one helpful way to develop a "feel" for appropriate weapons, sensors, equipment, etc. is to try sketching a made-up second cousin of a real ship, making different top-level trade-offs and examining how it alters the ship impact. For example ...
by erik_t
August 5th, 2022, 10:14 pm
Forum: Personal Designs
Topic: FdDA - Frégate de Défense Aérienne
Replies: 7
Views: 20470

Re: FdDA - Frégate de Défense Aérienne

Without getting too deep into the weeds, I agree that the design is badly overloaded.
by erik_t
June 6th, 2022, 6:18 pm
Forum: Alternate Universe Designs
Topic: Septentrion AU Designs | Banbha et al.
Replies: 7
Views: 11554

Re: Septentrion AU Designs | Banbha et al.

Bulk-downloaded into my "inspiration" folder, as usual. Great stuff.
by erik_t
May 25th, 2022, 9:22 pm
Forum: Real Designs
Topic: Soviet/Russian passenger hydrofoils
Replies: 11
Views: 11034

Re: Soviet/Russian passenger hydrofoils

Wow, this is a treatise full of some very nicely-executed drawings. I just kept scrolling and scrolling...
by erik_t
May 10th, 2022, 3:01 pm
Forum: Alternate Universe Designs
Topic: Alternate Royal Navy #2
Replies: 190
Views: 613439

Re: Alternate Royal Navy #2

The FD missiles look absolutely fantastic.
by erik_t
March 24th, 2022, 1:07 pm
Forum: Never-Built Designs
Topic: Project A4 Hydrofoil Torpedo Boat
Replies: 6
Views: 11994

Re: Project A4 Hydrofoil Torpedo Boat

100 rounds for the 75mm, 100 knots, 100kg of cocaine to our dear Shipbuilding Engineer Alekseev.

Nicely drawn and utterly strange.