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    That is just beautiful.
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  21. AndyHall
    Beautiful!
  22. AndyHall
    Yes, they were certainly obsolete by La Salle's day. Similar (breech block, but not banded) guns were found in the 1554 Wrecks on Padre Island, but those are the only others I know of found in Texas. This (La Belle's) gun was found attached to its mounting post. It has a relatively large bore (3.42 inches, 9.3 cm, close to that of a four-pounder carriage gun. Although obsolete, it may have been seen as still useful against local Native Americans, who would have been relatively few in number and lacking firearms at all.
  23. AndyHall
    Quick-and-dirty digital model of the swivel gun recovered from the wreck of La Belle (1684), excavated in Matagorda Bay, Texas, 1995-97. Based on a drawing by Donny L. Hamilton, found in "Modeling La Belle: A Reconstruction of a Seventeenth Century Light Frigate," Master's Thesis by Glenn P. Grieco, Texas A&M University, 2003.
  24. AndyHall
    I do use Poser, but not in this case. For projects like this, I usually use a set of (very-low-res) ship's crew meshes bought from Turbosquid. I use them mainly to give an idea of scale.
  25. AndyHall
    Reconstruction of an 18-pounder pivot gun employed aboard a small warship, 1820-40. Pivot and slide based on drawings by Howard Chapelle.
  26. AndyHall
    Those are done with a bump map. I'm going to be redoing that, as well.
  27. AndyHall
    Rhinoceros for modeling, Flamingo for rendering.
  28. AndyHall
    Starting with a new hull.
  29. AndyHall
    Keith, there are also internal views by Michael in the endpapers to Tom Chaffin's book on the submersible, which is a really good read anyways. Those other drawings were the basis for my cutaway views above,
  30. AndyHall
    Keith, I think you'll find what you need at Michael Crisafulli's website, The Vernian Era. Michael has done a good job of keeping up with the project and has a lot of his own analysis posted there. He even has a 1:24 scale drawing that you can download and print as a PDF. I believe Michael knows more about Hunley's design and construction than anyone not actually part of the team in the lab.
  31. AndyHall
    These look very useful -- Dougie Martindale's guides to Type VIIC flood vent holes and colors: http://www.rokket.biz/modelsweb/rokket/u557/images/flood_patterns_dm.pdf http://www.rokket.biz/modelsweb/rokket/u557/images/uboat_colours.pdf From here: http://www.rokket.biz/modelsweb/rokket/u557/ubrass.shtml This is the boat with the two main colors replaced with two from Martindale's guide, Dunkelgrau 51 and Schiffsbodenfarb III Grau. I don't like it as much. Back to this:
  32. AndyHall
    View of the interior of the Confederate submersible H. L. Hunley, as she appeared on her final mission in February 1864 near Charleston, South Carolina. Modeled in Rhino, based on plans by Michael Crisafulli and illustration concept by Dan Dowdey.
  33. AndyHall
    The camo scheme is speculative, but it's similar to documented examples. The linked B&W photos of the actual boat suggest something like this. Still looking for a more complete reference that matches the images. Still have to add the weathering.
  34. AndyHall
    A physical model? Probably not.

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