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Purpelia
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Postby Purpelia » Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:54 am

Mefpan wrote:
Purpelia wrote:Use one way mirrors.

You know, I've gone huge lengths to make my soldiers look somewhat sane and practical - see through visors were a part of these changes. Granted, they're still pretty far on the side of tacticool.

So knowing that, using the kind of tinted glass used on cars these days that lets you see out just fine but does not let people see in does not sound too far fetched. Especially since it doubles as sun glasses.
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Purpelia does not reflect my actual world views. In fact, the vast majority of Purpelian cannon is meant to shock and thus deliberately insane. I just like playing with the idea of a country of madmen utterly convinced that everyone else are the barbarians. So play along or not but don't ever think it's for real.



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Postby Mefpan » Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:59 am

Purpelia wrote:
Mefpan wrote:You know, I've gone huge lengths to make my soldiers look somewhat sane and practical - see through visors were a part of these changes. Granted, they're still pretty far on the side of tacticool.

So knowing that, using the kind of tinted glass used on cars these days that lets you see out just fine but does not let people see in does not sound too far fetched. Especially since it doubles as sun glasses.

You're just trying to give me reasons to return to my even more stereotypical doom troops that regularly are sued by Waffen-SS representatives from hell, aren't you?
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Purpelia
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Postby Purpelia » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:01 am

Mefpan wrote:
Purpelia wrote:So knowing that, using the kind of tinted glass used on cars these days that lets you see out just fine but does not let people see in does not sound too far fetched. Especially since it doubles as sun glasses.

You're just trying to give me reasons to return to my even more stereotypical doom troops that regularly are sued by Waffen-SS representatives from hell, aren't you?

Not really. I am saying that if you want to have a somewhat darker but still see through variant you can do so without it being too unrealistic. There is a sliding scale of here so you don't have to grab either extreme.
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Purpelia does not reflect my actual world views. In fact, the vast majority of Purpelian cannon is meant to shock and thus deliberately insane. I just like playing with the idea of a country of madmen utterly convinced that everyone else are the barbarians. So play along or not but don't ever think it's for real.



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Postby Mefpan » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:04 am

Purpelia wrote:
Mefpan wrote:You're just trying to give me reasons to return to my even more stereotypical doom troops that regularly are sued by Waffen-SS representatives from hell, aren't you?

Not really. I am saying that if you want to have a somewhat darker but still see through variant you can do so without it being too unrealistic. There is a sliding scale of here so you don't have to grab either extreme.

The point is I no longer really want that, but thanks regardless.
I support thermonuclear warfare. Do you want to play a game of chess?
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Postby Purpelia » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:06 am

Mefpan wrote:
Purpelia wrote:Not really. I am saying that if you want to have a somewhat darker but still see through variant you can do so without it being too unrealistic. There is a sliding scale of here so you don't have to grab either extreme.

The point is I no longer really want that, but thanks regardless.

As long as you are happy with what you use that's what counts. I just wanted to make sure you don't feel pressured by "realism" if that was not the case.
Purpelia does not reflect my actual world views. In fact, the vast majority of Purpelian cannon is meant to shock and thus deliberately insane. I just like playing with the idea of a country of madmen utterly convinced that everyone else are the barbarians. So play along or not but don't ever think it's for real.



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Postby EsToVnIa » Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:19 am

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For my first trick, I bring you the Mk. XV ''Bishop'' IFV.


not even the same scale smh


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Postby Bratislavskaya » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:19 am

Elektrograd wrote:Hoozah for the first page :D!

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Postby Elektrograd » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:28 am

Bratislavskaya wrote:
Elektrograd wrote:Hoozah for the first page :D!

BMP-2 upgrade kit, BVP-M2 SKCZ.
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Can I use this? I was going to do one myself, but clearly I was beaten to it.


Keep the change.

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Postby Padnak » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:33 am

It is time to into the art!
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Postby San-Silvacian » Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:47 am

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all this dumb infantry stuff needs to be countered by what really wins wars: artillery

muh AUF2

muh 42 rounds stored

muh 10rpm
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Postby San-Silvacian » Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:57 am

Korva wrote:yeah but fat artillerymen take more pixels to draw :O


badkanone

15 rounds in 45 seconds

45 seconds of my infantry laughing at your infantry

then load 15 rounds of WP

45 seconds of literal nightmares.
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Mefpan
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Postby Mefpan » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:03 am

San-Silvacian wrote:(Image)

all this dumb infantry stuff needs to be countered by what really wins wars: artillery

muh AUF2

muh 42 rounds stored

muh 10rpm

But-but infantry is the queen of the battlefield!

...yeah, I know that artillery's the king of the battlefield...and that it's no big secret about what the king does to the queen.
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Postby Korva » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:06 am

Mefpan wrote:
San-Silvacian wrote:(Image)

all this dumb infantry stuff needs to be countered by what really wins wars: artillery

muh AUF2

muh 42 rounds stored

muh 10rpm

But-but infantry is the queen of the battlefield!

...yeah, I know that artillery's the king of the battlefield...and that it's no big secret about what the king does to the queen.

but then your lancers flank their line and stab the cannon crews and its glorious

napoopansheddingatear.gif

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Postby San-Silvacian » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:11 am

Mefpan wrote:
San-Silvacian wrote:(Image)

all this dumb infantry stuff needs to be countered by what really wins wars: artillery

muh AUF2

muh 42 rounds stored

muh 10rpm

But-but infantry is the queen of the battlefield!

...yeah, I know that artillery's the king of the battlefield...and that it's no big secret about what the king does to the queen.


the kings has the penis

literally the queen of the battlefield is made to get fucked.

Korva wrote:
Mefpan wrote:But-but infantry is the queen of the battlefield!

...yeah, I know that artillery's the king of the battlefield...and that it's no big secret about what the king does to the queen.

but then your lancers flank their line and stab the cannon crews and its glorious

napoopansheddingatear.gif


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Postby Sevvania » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:31 am

Singaporean Transhumans wrote:
Sevvania wrote:(Image)
Char B1
Type: Heavy Tank
Origin: France
Wars: WWII
Length: 10 blocks
Width: 5 blocks
Height: 4 blocks
Crew: 3 (Driver + 2 Gunners)
Main Armament: Turret-mounted dispenser, semi-automatic
Secondary Armament: Hull-mounted dispenser, semi-automatic
Engine: Triple furnace
Fuel Capacity: 192 coal blocks

A specialized breakthrough tank designed in the 1930s, the realworld Char B1 was originally conceived as a self-propelled gun, and later fitted with a turret for engaging enemy armor. Although it was one of the most heavily armed and armored tanks of the era, its low speed and fuel-guzzling engine were ill-suited to the high-mobility conflict it was fielded in. In Minecraft, the Char B1 is solid, spacious design that could be considered a midpoint between the M3 Lee and Rhomboid tank.

Front: http://oi61.tinypic.com/fjmc05.jpg
Side: http://oi61.tinypic.com/no6io5.jpg
Fighting Compartment: http://oi59.tinypic.com/2rp43sg.jpg
Engine: http://oi62.tinypic.com/zlc83s.jpg

I also wanted to have my tanks designed in Minecraft, considering my nation's more Minecraft context. :p

Have you made any? o:
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Type: Heavy Assault Gun
Origin: Germany
Wars: WWII
Length: 8 blocks
Width: 5 blocks
Height: 3.5 blocks
Crew: 2 (Driver + Gunner)
Main Armament: Hull-mounted dispenser, semi-automatic
Engine: Twin furnace
Fuel Capacity: 128 coal blocks

A monstrous assault gun built around a Tiger chassis, the realworld Sturmtiger was fitted with a hull-mounted 380mm rocket launcher intended to demolish fortified buildings in urban combat. While Hitler believed the new vehicles would be of great importance to the German war effort, only nineteen vehicles were completed before the end of the war. In Minecraft, the Sturmtiger offers a larger fighting compartment than conventional tank designs.

Front: http://oi58.tinypic.com/zirvvn.jpg
Left Side: http://oi61.tinypic.com/jr4col.jpg
Rear Angle: http://oi62.tinypic.com/waond2.jpg
Fighting Compartment: http://oi59.tinypic.com/mvgozn.jpg
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Postby Auroya » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:13 pm

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artilleryyyyy

royalist artillery blasts republicans
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Postby Franco-Albion » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:21 pm

Dammit, I swear you've all been hording stuff for the CYOE V launch . .

I best get back on Photoshop/Paint.net then. :P
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Postby Bjornoerne » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:26 pm

EDIT: May or may not have emptied out my Imgur by accident and deleted all the pictures.
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Democratic Socialists

Postby Torrocca » Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:11 pm

I am here! But, at the moment, art is a no-go.
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Left-wing Utopia

Postby Paragania » Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:12 pm

FAVs anyone? :D

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Postby Franco-Albion » Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:27 pm

Torrocca wrote:I am here! But, at the moment, art is a no-go.

HA! The communist love machine is falling apart!
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Torsiedelle
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Postby Torsiedelle » Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:33 pm

Damn, so many awesome creations...

I need to make a kickass not!humvee or a scout vehicle...
Rostavykhan is my Second Nation.
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San-Silvacian
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Postby San-Silvacian » Fri Jan 23, 2015 2:23 pm

Bjornoerne wrote:(Image) | (Image)

Just some Propaganda for an RP

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Bjornoese Special Forces

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Bjornoese Regular Infantry

More will be forthcoming.


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