Halfway this morning I noticed strangely patterned numbers had appeared on
the sidewalk next to my house. Also, a few arrows were hastily scribbled around it, one of them right next to my car. I'm assuming they are some kind of aerial recognition symbol or perhaps artillery adjusting scales, left behind by a recce patrol
.
Sadly any trace of them was long lost and what evidence remained was slowly obliterated by playing children. I managed to find an image that depicts
the odd pattern.
The investigation into its meaning is ongoing.
So, BNC, your agents seem to have finally located me. Took them longer than I expected.
BiteNibbleChomp wrote:Currently more focused on changing the Mk I tank icon (at the moment I have a black and white one that looks quite strange), so that I can replace the MkIVs in Arras 17 with decent Mk Is. Try and find an image that looks a bit more "head-on" like the mk IV (screens in earlier posts) that I could use?
Assuming you want a colour photograph of
the real thing,
the Bovington tank museum has
the last semi-original Mark I (male), but it has been made part of a scenic display and those photos are unusable. I found one on
the museum site however while
it is being transported.
Note that
the barrels are fake (but
the correct length). It also has no steering tail in this picture, they were quickly abandoned, but I'm not sure if you can 'shop one on. To be honest, I don't think most of
the other differences between
the Mark I and
the Mark IV will be that noticable in
the small icons. I checked my two (Osprey) books on
the Mark I to Mark 4 and with
the side-on viewing angle only
the steering tail, roof rails, different sponson shape and barrel length will be visible. And
the female tanks are even more similar. A question, if you don't mind: besides
the units already in
the beta, are you planning on adding more stuff that needs icons/photos? I might save you some time if I try to help finding them if you are looking for something in particular.
BTW, as a personal anecdote, I had a look around
the insides of one of these,
this one, to be exact, and I got
the impression these are about as dangerous to
the crews as
the Germans would have been. You had to be really brave to get inside one, it looks worse than a submarine. I told a fellow visitor how many people crewed it and pointed to some of their positions, his reaction was: "No way".
Oh, and next to
the tank was
this little gem, and when I stuck my head inside I thought: Mmmh, that looks very tight for
the occupant. Just looking at
the picture on wikipedia won't give
the proper effect, but try this:
the doors were 135cm (little over 53in) tall, and
the whole thing had about
the same diameter, and in total is about as tall as a man. It is basically a small tank turret on a mini railroad track. Than I read
the plaque and it said it was crewed by two...
Very nice museum BTW, they also had an interesting collection of strange WW1 military gear.
In Jutland, You have a 2:3 ratio of ships (Germany:UK)
