Shipbucket

Indeed.

I thought it was interesting and I'm the only one really bothering to do naval/maritime stuff for this RP so the canal toll stuff is all there to support the building of these types of ships.

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"The first phase of the operation did not go as planned." - Anonymous

The Turret ship is it was known was built by Doxford, Great Britain, who had developed the type from an American whale-back type, mainly used on the Great Lakes (42 ships, boats, built between 1887 to 1898). The Turret ships were indeed built to cut on Suez Canal transit costs (which at the time were calculated on the basis of the weather deck area, hence the smaller area of the upper deck). Incidentally the turret shape had the added bonus of contributing some strength to the hull. The biggest user of Turret ships was the Clan line (IMHO), with British India also a big user. A shipping line which was trading east of Suez, but didn't use the type was Alfred Holt (Blue Funnel Line).
As for real life ships I have plans for several ships

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Which changes need to be made to the hull?

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"The first phase of the operation did not go as planned." - Anonymous

Well, as I said on the last page, shading needs to be refined to better emulate the turret ship hull shape. As it is now, I never would have guessed that that is what it is. It'll take a couple of tries. Experiment with it, come up with several ideas, and post them. We'll help you figure out what looks best.

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Salide - Denton - The Interrealms

I am not very active on the forums anymore, but work is still being done on my AUs. Visit the Salidan Altiverse Page on the SB Wiki for more information. All current work is being done on Google Docs.
If anyone wishes for their nations to interact with the countries of the Salidan Altiverse, please send me a PM, after which we can further discuss through email.

How does the bow shading look?

I will figure out stern shading if this looks nice.

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"The first phase of the operation did not go as planned." - Anonymous

not good. shading of the hull should look like that.

read this:
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... f=5&t=5460


The hull should be shaded more like this, you have to remember the light from the sun is shining on the hull from one direction. simply said: In Shipbucket it is a bit from front and above. so that area the light hit, should be in an light shade, but that area where the light doesn't hit, should have an darker shade.

(This is just an example, on an very old drawing)

What about switching the shade for a highlight?

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"The first phase of the operation did not go as planned." - Anonymous

That looks good, however, like HeuHen pointed out, it doesn't meet style standards. However, because it is an AU design, you have a little more flexibility. You just need to play with it and come up with several ideas and then post it.

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Salide - Denton - The Interrealms

I am not very active on the forums anymore, but work is still being done on my AUs. Visit the Salidan Altiverse Page on the SB Wiki for more information. All current work is being done on Google Docs.
If anyone wishes for their nations to interact with the countries of the Salidan Altiverse, please send me a PM, after which we can further discuss through email.

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"The first phase of the operation did not go as planned." - Anonymous

The entire look of the ship may have just been improved by two lines.

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"The first phase of the operation did not go as planned." - Anonymous