Forge Glazdon - 4/22 A ship and a ship

@everyone: Good lord, thank you so much for all of the kind words! I was really quite proud of how that skull mask came out and it's so nice to see that it was so well received and reviewed! It means a lot! ;w; <333 As for the bones, lol, by the time I finished them, I figured out things I wanted to add and change a bit, but I'm glad you guys enjoyed them~

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Moving on! So I'm working with my university's (UBalt) gamelab to develop a historical simulation of the Chesapeake Bay here in MD. My job there is to create a few of the ships that players will get to sail/drive around. So far, I've finished 2 of the 3 that I have planned and put them into the game engine so players can even walk around on them. The third is currently having the hull sculpted. 

The first of the two is a round-stern bugeye sailboat. This particular one was actually modeled after one of Baltimore's first police boats. I had a lot of fun with it mainly because I really love sailing to the point where I have my own life-vest in the trunk of my car in the event I find myself with an opportunity.

For those who might be slightly confused on one of the ship details, the helm is indeed facing the right way. You steer the ship standing next to it. XD

Roundstern Bugeye


The second ship that I finished thus far is the WWII commission of the USS Baltimore, the lead ship of the Baltimore-class of heavy cruiser which was built in Quincy, Massachusetts. The Baltimore served in the Pacific fleet until 1946, providing cover and fire support in numerous battles in that theater earning her 9 battle stars, and was the ship that transported President Roosevelt to Pearl Harbor and back when he visited to tour and pay his respects. Post 1946, she was decommissioned and put in reserve at the Bremerton, WA dock. Eventually the Baltimore was recommissioned in 1951, serving in the Atlantic 6th fleet in the Mediterranean. Then redeployed in 1955 back to the Pacific in the 7th fleet where she began pre-inactivation. She was put back in reserve at Bremerton in 1956, struck from the naval roster in 1971, and finally scrapped in 1972.

She was armed with 3 triple-barrel 8 inch main guns, 6 dual-barrel 5 inch anti-air guns, 12 quad-barrel 40 mm anti-air guns, 24 single 20mm anti-air cannons, and carried four planes that could be launched from the two catapults on her stern.

I don't have a gif made up, but the radar equipment on the top of the masts rotates and the flag waves in the 'wind'.

USS Baltimore CA-68

dam son
those renders are lookin goooooooood