Greetings, fellow players!
Some of you may know me as the happy 40 mm autocannon who has been making historical ship camouflages (or attempting to at least) for a little over a year now, which can be seen here: WT Live // Admiral_Bofors
See spoiler for my full discourse on this:
Spoiler
One thing I’ve been wanting to do for a long time is to engage in a historical discussion with other players concerning naval camouflage. You may have seen paragraphs of my rambling over specific details and observations about the paint on a ship. That is because I’m very interested in details that will be helpful towards figuring out how a camo should be implemented.
For many naval camouflages, finding the most accurate colour and pattern can be very challenging and subjective to interpretation. I had attempted to correct some details that other fellow players have pointed out. However, I found it quite awkward to discuss historical details with others back and forth in the comment section on WT Live, so I created this thread as a better place to talk about the implementation of naval camouflages in general.
Admittedly, I am not a very skilled artist to begin with, so I put a lot of effort into researching and cross-referencing pictures to determine the most historically accurate implementation of the camouflage. However, I am human and I do make mistakes. If a pattern or colour on a camo is inaccurate and you have a reference that demonstrates it, please discuss it with me in this thread so that I can implement the changes to ensure greater historical accuracy.
If, for some reason, we reach a point where we have to agree to disagree over a specific detail (after all, sometimes the evidence may be too subjective to interpretation), I am willing to make an alternate version of the camouflage with your suggestions implemented just for you if you can provide the necessary references.
This is the guarantee that I provide with constructive discussions about my camos.
While I initially started this as a better way to communicate with other players over the historical implementation of my naval camouflages, I would appreciate a discussion of naval camouflage in general, seeing that there isn’t an active thread that covers this topic.