Vacillator Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 4 hours ago, JM Stuff said: reaady to Poland 39 This may be the hook that keeps @kohlenklau in our midst. What do you think Phil? More Skodas perhaps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 52 minutes ago, Vacillator said: More Skodas perhaps? If that is the name of a Polish vodka, then yes. I will have another Skoda and ice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 Fakety fakety fakety fake lobster juicy good with fake butter roadwheel stabilizer added. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suchy Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 @Kohlenklau Given these wonders you are creating, making excellent 3D models of the Pz 35t and Pz 38t is a matter of the next few days The donors of the mechanics can be older and newer versions of the Stuart. The Pz 38t chassis also exists in CM in the form of the Hetzer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 12 hours ago, kohlenklau said: Fakety fakety fakety fake lobster juicy good with fake butter roadwheel stabilizer added. Spicy! Phased out by 1942 though. You are a legend 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEB14 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 7 hours ago, Suchy said: @Kohlenklau Given these wonders you are creating, making excellent 3D models of the Pz 35t and Pz 38t is a matter of the next few days The donors of the mechanics can be older and newer versions of the Stuart. The Pz 38t chassis also exists in CM in the form of the Hetzer. and of Marder III. But no 35(t) chassis around. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 14 hours ago, Suchy said: Pz 35t and Pz 38t Making the shell is one thing. Finding where to host it can be really tricky. There are only so many slots. Worse then as a scenario is designed. It gets even trickier to have conflicts between axis and allies for who is allowed on the stage at the same time. ~~~~~~~~~~~ I am headed out in a few hours on a 1 week trip to Europe to see a few tank museums and drink alcohol with forum buddies. BFC has (not) funded my trip to do research for their new early war title... QUESTION FOR ANYBODY/EVERYBODY. In CMFI, the Italian tank crews have their leather helmet, they also have in the files, the leather helmet with feathers for Bersaglieri vehicle crews. HAS ANYBODY SEEN THAT WORN AND WHAT FORMATION AND WHAT VEHICLE? Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEB14 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 1 hour ago, kohlenklau said: I am headed out in a few hours on a 1 week trip to Europe to see a few tank museums and drink alcohol with forum buddies. BFC has (not) funded my trip to do research for their new early war title... Have a nice trip. And not too much Calvados! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 5 hours ago, PEB14 said: Calvados A buddy of mine from the navy scored a job at the Omaha Beach cemetery. His gifts to me included a bottle of Calvados and an expended .50 cal casing stamped 1943 that he had found on the beach. Old and rusted away. But now in my collection of stuff. Bottle of Calvados long since drained dry. Powerful stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, kohlenklau said: A buddy of mine from the navy scored a job at the Omaha Beach cemetery. His gifts to me included a bottle of Calvados and an expended .50 cal casing stamped 1943 that he had found on the beach. Old and rusted away. But now in my collection of stuff. Bottle of Calvados long since drained dry. Powerful stuff. Have nice trip Phill, ...so you revealed us a little your retired time soon, tasting Calvados with some Navy friends... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent 22 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 For Phill's mod France 1940 with the battle of Stonne: I reworked the camouflage from the textures of BF.c and Aris, I didn't redo everything. The camouflage of the "Indochine" tank roughly represents his historical model. The tags of the "Eure" tank reproduce those of the meager documentation I had, but its camouflage is not faithfully reproduced, sorry... In the probably distant future, I will completely repaint the tank with Blender (which I have done in part), but I am not yet familiar with this application (you can make a class action for visual aggression and obtain consequential damages, I will plead guilty...). View BF.c (Indochine): https://www.mediafire.com/view/siyggo0dmw184k2/B1_1940_aris.jpg/file View (Eure): https://www.mediafire.com/view/fg4tnk9f0b0i8fp/B1_Eure.jpg/file Zip Indochine: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ri8lep2xexj93p2/B1_1940_Aris.zip/file Zip Eure: https://www.mediafire.com/file/m5gxw9ispdg07yd/B1_1940.zip/file 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 Merci Laurent. I like them. I am boarding the ferry soon and will be in France later this afternoon. I saw the Bovington Char B1 bis and in a few days I will examine the one at Saumur. Maybe at Saumur I can get better documentation for Eure. Talk to you soon! ~Phil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 (edited) We went yesterday a lovely road trip by "Dacia" to Saumur. @Falaise avec his 2 sons. For privacy I will not give their names but they were wonderful young chaps age 14 and 16 with excellent knowledge of history and tanks. We laughed and got along very well. A memory worth a lot to me. But I saw only one book on Stonne. It was in French only so I did not purchase. A different tank than Eure. It had a light blue upper surface on the turret. The rest was 2 shades of green I think. I should have been cheeky and photographed the page! https://www.chars-francais.net/2015/index.php/14-classement-individuel/char-b/224-337-eure http://panzerserra.blogspot.com/2014/02/char-b1-bis-part-01.html?m=1 Edited May 22, 2023 by kohlenklau 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 Back home safe and sound in Texas. WHAT A GREAT TRIP! My thanks to the following forum buddies who took a chance and changed the usual virtual online only friendship to an actual face to face friendship. @Vacillator @Falaise @Simicro 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Glad you got back okay Phil. I can only say that from my perspective it was an absolute pleasure . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simicro Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 3 hours ago, kohlenklau said: Back home safe and sound in Texas. Texas. America is Texas Good! Thanks for informing us of your safe return. It was a pleasure to meet you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 FRANCE 1940! Where am I with this? I have gone off on vacation for quite a while. In the background, I am working with @JM Stuff on a Belgian sub-mod with the famed Chasseurs Ardennais. A pack of maybe 5 small scenarios during the first days of the campaign 10 May 1940 near Bodange. JM loses his cherry on his first ever map and first ever scenario. We must cheer him on! This will not be ready until later this fall I predict. I have a few tasks to fix things on the Char B1 bis and the Panzer I and Panzer II. The Gold Pack needs a fair bit of work. None of the scenarios are ready. Anybody want to write a France 1940 scenario? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, kohlenklau said: FRANCE 1940! Where am I with this? I have gone off on vacation for quite a while. In the background, I am working with @JM Stuff on a Belgian sub-mod with the famed Chasseurs Ardennais. A pack of maybe 5 small scenarios during the first days of the campaign 10 May 1940 near Bodange. JM loses his cherry on his first ever map and first ever scenario. We must cheer him on! This will not be ready until later this fall I predict. I have a few tasks to fix things on the Char B1 bis and the Panzer I and Panzer II. The Gold Pack needs a fair bit of work. None of the scenarios are ready. Anybody want to write a France 1940 scenario? Just recieve some help she is beautiful but hmm !! wait a minut, !!! when we meet her she was in civilian clothes, this picure is from the english intelligence services, no doubt she is from the other side, probably a spy !...2 maps will be to you, available soon, working nice so far with beautifuls trees... Edited June 1, 2023 by JM Stuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 (edited) This is super hilarious to admit but I am going to paraphrase BFC to describe my current headache! I am stuck between using my limited time and effort to either produce new content (scenarios maybe a campaign I hope) or develop the features (Blender mods and textures for new vehicles or troops). If I make the mods but nobody makes a scenario then we have a problem. I take a long time in Blender because I am an amateur. Maybe a mix is best? Yes, I think a mix is the best choice. So, I guess I will focus 80-20 for content-features. 80% for scenario work. 20% for Blender. And yesterday after a long pause I have gone back into my dining room project. It did feel really good. I rigged and installed 4 electrical boxes. It was a "no PC day"...! I am not retired, not semi-retired - but just dialed back significantly from CM hobby creative efforts. All deadlines and estimated delivery dates are hereby rescinded and cancelled. I will just release it when it is ready. That sounds oddly familiar! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am in progress making a map for the below scenario. An ASL scenario written by Lionel Colin. I played it in VASL against @Heinrich505 and I think it can translate over nicely to the CMFI France 1940 Mod. A Real Barn Burner Bois-Du-Seuil Farm near Amagne, France 1940-05-31 Overview: In contrast to their comrades to the west, the French Aisne River front held firm against the German attacks in May. The 14éme division d’infanterie, one of the best French units, manned the front near Rethel. On 30 May, a reconnaissance in force was launched by its 35th Regiment toward the village of Amagne held by the Germans. This attack was successful in pushing back the Germans, and afterwards the French retired to their starting positions south of the Aisne River except for a platoon commanded by Lieutenant Gehin, which remained concealed in an isolated farm. The goal was to lure the Germans into thinking the area was empty of French troops and catch them off-guard in an ambush. The plan worked well initially but the German were soon launching an attack on the farm with two infantry companies, supported by a light AT gun. The barn caught fire, and the fight lasted all night. The morning of 31 May found the encircled platoon still stubbornly repulsing German attacks. At noon, the French launched an attack by 3éme Compagnie to try to rescue the last elements of Gehin’s platoon. Attacker: French (35ème Regiment d'Infanterie, 14ème Division d'Infanterie) Defender: German (Infanterie-Regiment 184, Infanterie-Division 86) Edited June 6, 2023 by kohlenklau 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 I have Windows 7 still so I can't harness CMAutoEditor according to Herr OberCodenFuhrer @Butschi so I do maps old school. Luckily this is not so complex. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 coming soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 11 hours ago, kohlenklau said: coming soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 the goal...we'll see 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 On 6/6/2023 at 3:18 PM, kohlenklau said: I am not retired, not semi-retired - but just dialed back That's good news Phil. Now hurry up and finish that dining room . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, kohlenklau said: the goal...we'll see Reduce the size of the Crusader iii or the Cromwell from cmbn and you have already a good silhouette ! Just adjust the correct size gun from a Humber or Daimler or whatever medium size and you are ready Exemple was a joke Edited June 21, 2023 by JM Stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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