Japan - Aoba Class Heavy Cruiser

[BB1987]

I have seen a pic and a drawing of Aoba in 1941 showing nothing similar to depth charges tough...

Anyway, completed 1945 and 1944 versions of Aoba

[Colosseum]

Really great work!

[emperor_andreas]

Great work! But shouldn't Aoba's funnels have the black top in the 1945 version?

-Matt

[BB1987]

I initally tought so, but after i saw a pic of the sunken Aboa and models showing the ship at the time of her sinking i began to doubt it.



Maybe the paint just weathered away, and i'm thinking about darkening the top of the funnels to show that feature; after all i'm not drawn the ventilation slits on top of the turrets an all versions yet.

[Colombamike]

Aoba, 1945 in color

[BB1987]

The Funnels are not shown unfortunately.

Here is Aoba in 1943.


After suffering heavy damage during the battle of Cape Esperance in October 1942 the destroyed turret 3 of Aoba was plated over and replaced with a triple 25mm machine gun mount, the cruiser then soilered without her aft heavy guns untill august 1943, when a new turret was finally put back in place.

[emperor_andreas]

Very nice! I'll try and confirm Aoba's funnel coloring on one of the IJN forums.

-Matt

[BB1987]

Thanks for the help emperor


Also,here they are Aoba in 1941 and Kinugasa in 1942:





(also fixed an error on 1943 version, i was missing some railings)

[WhyMe]

Awesome stuff, man. Simply awesome.

A minor nitpick though: could you try and fix that black blob where the boat meets the mooring post under the catapult?

[BB1987]

I Tried something by using a lighter shade for the boat keel in order to get some more contrast near the mooring post, you can see the modified version in Kinugasa's drawing, while i temporarily left Aoba unaltered for comparision; you think i'ts better? if not i will try with other solutions..