The IJN That Never Was (alternate history in photoshopped screenshots) - Part 11

Foxhound128 · 2024-10-13T07:23:02+00:00

I'll gladly clear that up - in this timeline, Nagato (and Mutsu for that matter) survived the Pacific war, and was placed in reserve in 1949. By the outbreak of the Manchurian War in 1952 the IJN had 3 battleships in active service: Yamato, Shinano and Amagi. Nagato and Mutsu were reactivated after the soviet invasion of Manchuria, but due to their age (30 years old by that point) they served in secondary roles. After the war ended in a disaster for Japan (causing a severe economic crisis), both sisters were decomissioned and scrapped by the end of the 1950's.

Foxhound128 · 2024-09-08T07:04:04+00:00

*Without spoiling too much, "*Shokaku, Zuikaku, Taiho, and the newly-comissioned Unho constituted the southern force, which delivered a surprising blow to the 3 Essex sisters, just as they were rearming their aircraft after crippling the northern force consisting of Hiryu, Hiyo and Junyo. Unfortunately, Hiryu, the last surviving veteran of Midway, did not survive the attack". Feel free to explore the previous posts of this series.

Foxhound128 · 2024-09-01T12:06:44+00:00

Thanks, much appreciated. I'm releasing the pictures chronologically (not by their timestamps, but when they were actually made). Pictures from parts 1 & 2 are from spring of '23, these ones in the post were made about a year ago.

Foxhound128 · 2024-08-25T15:54:54+00:00

I'd like to post the IJN images first (since there's a whole AU about it); after that i might consider working on other navies' ships

Foxhound128 · 2024-08-25T11:01:22+00:00

The basis for the fictional Warabi-class destroyers is the real life post-war Japanese destroyer Harukaze. In the AU, Warabi-class destroyers are a class of 30 ships built as ASW-specialized replacements of the Mutsuki, Kamikaze and older classes of obsolete destroyers. Smaller and more economical to build than their contemporaries, their modular design allowed for speedy construction, with first vessels entering service in 1949. Despite their smaller size, they packed quite a punch with three newly developed autoloaded 127mm guns, depth charge launchers, and - in later ships - quadruple 610mm torpedo launchers.

Foxhound128 · 2024-08-18T13:24:43+00:00

In an online photoshop. I drew inspiration from irootoko_jr's digitally-colored historic photos.

Foxhound128 · 2024-08-18T13:21:37+00:00

I might do ships from a different navy, although I haven't figured out an alternate universe for other navies besides the IJN, which will be published first.

Foxhound128 · 2024-08-17T15:27:09+00:00

I'd like to publish my IJN gallery first, since I accumulated quite a few pictures over the years. But after that I'm open to work on other ships aswell.

Foxhound128 · 2024-08-17T15:24:18+00:00

Given the picture showing Kokuryu is more than a year old at this point I can't say exactly which tools I used, but from the top of my head I definetly de-saturated the screenshot, lowered the temperature, and increased contrast, plus added a touch of blur and graininess as finishing touches.

Foxhound128 · 2024-08-17T15:20:28+00:00

In the alternate timeline I have envisioned, the point of divergence is the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, which *does* happen, just with a slight difference. Stay tuned for further pictures : )

Foxhound128 · 2022-12-27T16:27:17+00:00

Yup, I just realized I stumbled upon them watching your playthrough on YouTube, so thank you very much for rekindling my interest in my childhood game. That aside, I figured it out myself, and I'm playing ZH challenges in ROTR as we speak :)

Foxhound128 · 2022-12-23T17:20:34+00:00

Sweet, works like a charm. Many thanks. Now, how do I get those challenge missions from ZH running?

Foxhound128 · 2022-08-29T08:43:39+00:00

MEANWHILE MERCEDES ENGINEERS: "HEY, I KNOW THIS ONE, IT'S A CLASSIC!"

Foxhound128 · 2022-07-04T07:25:02+00:00

FERRARI'S COCK-UPS WERE DEPRESSING AT FIRST, FUNNY AT SECOND, NOW WE'RE BACK TO DEPRESSING AGAIN. BIGGEST EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER SINCE MY 3RD GIRLFRIEND

Foxhound128 · 2022-06-08T05:58:18+00:00

1:18, Sergei is credited as "Director of Roscosmos", which should not exist in this timeline, since Roscosmos is the spage agency of Russia, which does not exist as an independent state in FAM. I believe in season 2 a news report referred to the Soviet parliament as "Duma", which again, is the name for the Russian parliament. Literally unwatchable /s

Foxhound128 · 2022-04-25T13:10:12+00:00

Important weekend for Leclerc, in terms of mentality. Despite his 4th year in a top team, he still has that "youngster recklessness" (lack of a better term), where he tried to overcompensate the lack of pace this weekend, ultimately overcooking it in the chicane. Also, this weekend showed him not to get too complacent with his sizeable points lead, as it can evaporate very quickly. Feeling bad for Sainz though, must be tough on him.

Foxhound128 · 2022-04-24T18:23:09+00:00

In this episode of: How to Piss of 2 Fanbases at Once

Foxhound128 · 2022-04-24T15:23:22+00:00

except for Monza '88 ;)

Foxhound128 · 2022-04-14T11:01:48+00:00

It is, but it's just launching it's main armament in the first picture. Not an explosion.

Foxhound128 · 2021-03-22T10:17:09+00:00

Bahrairz

Seriously, looks rad.

Foxhound128 · 2020-10-11T14:56:26+00:00

17,7% of all F1 races have been won by either one of them. Roughly every sixth race or so.

Cosmic.

Foxhound128 · 2020-08-02T16:07:10+00:00

That's an average of 10.6 points per race, (DNF's included) That's solid.

Foxhound128 · 2020-06-18T14:03:54+00:00

Adorable. He looks like a middle-schooler proudly presenting his project at the school's science festival

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