Speedy:
Further research on the Sherman theme, I learned the following facts:
- In fact, the turret in my previous icons were a bit oversized, so I remade the base icon and masks, with a smaller turret, and also with some detail improvements. I uploaded the modified icons in the previous threads.
- The British variants of this tank, used the same cast hull (so there should be no difference between the hulls of US Army M4A1 tanks and their British counterparts) and also the same turret, but the British added an external metallic box on the back plate of the turret, so British tank turrets were longer than the American ones. Besides, British Shermans usually had sand shields over the upper run of their tracks, which the American ones lacked.
- Some comments about your icons: the shadows should pose no problem, you can copy and paste them from another similar icon (in this case there are several M4 vanilla game icons to copy their shadows from). You have to look at some details that are not symmetrical between the two left and right looking images of the icon. Typically, AA machine guns and turret roof cupolas, hatches, etc... are not centrally placed, so they will not look right when you horizontally flip the image. I know it is not a very noticeable detail when the icon is rendered in the game map, but, well, may be you want to pay attention to this detail.
- Of course, don't feel obliged to use or accept my suggestions (after all, they are only that, suggestions), you are making a very nice work with all those new Sherman variants. The important thing here is to have fun!
- The images you are uploading are truncated.
