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well some of these images are horrible.. i need to know what i should do with what (tech pic, leader pic, ill). i cant make flags, though.

as for HUN, the problem are not the additions but like always the leftovers (fakes). eg Baumann is iirc Lakatos, you'll find a pic of Zaiser from AUS/GER, loads of low rankers like colonel Vastagh (sp) and so on.

as for the pic i meant this one: http://www.ww2incolor.com/soviet-union/thompsonrussianmariness.html
hope that SOV MAR is done then.

and just in case you find a pic of a Junkers Ju 388 bomber, please link it. GIP has a Ju 88 and most images i found so far are silly.


as for finding IDC pics: did you try to google with Khmer and Japanese? using local letters works wonder sometimes and you can get the right phrases with switching between the wiki versions.
 
well some of these images are horrible.. i need to know what i should do with what (tech pic, leader pic, ill). i cant make flags, though.
True, most of them are unfit for conversion, but now you have a more general view of the uniforms and equipement of the Indochina Army with them! well, I left too many pics in the pack removing only those of the generals you already used (Mordant, Sabattier, Bérenger) to make leaders, ministers and TT pics. Darkest hour has already a flag for IDC which so don't worry about it!

as for the pic i meant this one: http://www.ww2incolor.com/soviet-union/thompsonrussianmariness.html
hope that SOV MAR is done then.
Great pic of Soviet marines indeed, I had never seen them with thompson SMG before, always with Ppsh SMG...

and just in case you find a pic of a Junkers Ju 388 bomber, please link it. GIP has a Ju 88 and most images i found so far are silly.
Try this link.


as for finding IDC pics: did you try to google with Khmer and Japanese? using local letters works wonder sometimes and you can get the right phrases with switching between the wiki versions.
Good idea, with will try with Vietnamese too.

EDIT (unrelated): Vichy Army pics on this ECPAD link.
+ Japanese Army in Indochina here.
 
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the air force site is great!

as for the IDCs, i need to know what is for what and what should be the final result.

ie mods time frame, who is involved and all these things. eg i spotted a chinese aircraft and some Japs inthere, now i might have a few things just i dont know what could be useful and what not.
then i can search a bit myself as i'll know what will work for colour conversion and what not?

there is already a pic of Ho in CHC under another name, the new one is no problem as well, but again no idea if leaderpic or event pic, etc. its just like shooting in darkness if i dont have an idea what the final result of all should be.

attached some items for IDC (as i dont plan a new version yet i rip thiese things off). i assumed this brewery is a TT :blink:??


EDIT: as for JAP and CHI pics:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=148392
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=146665


+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuML8p8P4OM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZPMgccDnAg&feature=related
 
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as for the IDCs, i need to know what is for what and what should be the final result.

ie mods time frame, who is involved and all these things. eg i spotted a chinese aircraft and some Japs inthere, now i might have a few things just i dont know what could be useful and what not.
then i can search a bit myself as i'll know what will work for colour conversion and what not?
Well, I must confess that my files, both texts and images, are a mess for now...the full mod planned to simulate the 1936-1956 time frame but it's best for now to stick to 1936-1945 (leaders, ministers, TTs), the other source material was mainly collected for doing event pics; e.g. the Flying Tigers/14th Air Force used to strafe both the Japs and the French and bombed both civilian and military targets from their bases in Kunming, destroying most of the infrastructure of Indochina. Also the US Navy sank all Japanese and french ships sailing near the coasts. That's why I requested at first only a few ill pics from you for starting.

there is already a pic of Ho in CHC under another name, the new one is no problem as well, but again no idea if leaderpic or event pic, etc. its just like shooting in darkness if i dont have an idea what the final result of all should be.
Yes, old uncle Ho is already done as Nguyen the patriot (Nguyen Ai Quoc) fine for a leader/minister pic. Never mind for event pics of him for now!

attached some items for IDC (as i dont plan a new version yet i rip thiese things off). i assumed this brewery is a TT :blink:??
Brasseries et Glacières de l'Indochine (BGI) is indeed a TT which made many ersatz during the Allies blocus of Indochina! and Saigon Arsenal is Indochina's naval TT (note that Louis Khan was its director and also director of Naval Construction in Indochina in 1935-1936).

great pics, thx for sharing. By the way, why do not to add Stilwell and Wedemeyer as Chief of Staff and Tech Teams for Nationalist China?


Nice colourized films indeed! starting at 7'47" we can see a parade of the colonial army in November 1938, 11th with their uniforms in the right colors (note the red belt of the european troops), and later a Dutch parade in Batavia (I'll watch the complete doc tomorrow evening).
 
both movies use actually the same material, watching the series is enough i'd say. here some paintings (some are borderline images, some ok, still a bit modern)
 
Great great work as always!! wunderbar! finally I got my IDC's pics thanks to you, domo arigato...err cảm ơn bạn rất nhiều!!

Beware naughty Japs and Viet Minh (1941), the Marsouins and Linh Tap are coming to defeat you!:cool:

N.B.: the more modern ones are still cool for immediate post-war; the French Far East Expeditionary Corps troops, and both Nationalist and Communist Vietnamese soldiers are now available as ill pics. Thx especially for new admiral Decoux (the pic was initially intended for TT, but Decoux without cap is still very good as a minister/HoG!) and the two brigades ills to the right (75mm artillery and light AA).

Hey, now FRA has even the Surcouf in its arsenal!!
 
ok i made a little pac of IDC/Viet-something and FRA stuff. there is probably far more in the videos which i missed (ie i have no idea who the JAPs general is - gave a good HQ ill, though).

http://www.gamefront.com/files/22030336/IDC+-+Indochina.rar

as for Decoux and TT, plane pics and all that in general: thats why i need to know what the final result should be: i cant make a TT out of the painted image of Decoux now as i cutted it for a leader pic.
the plane pics do all not work, maybe post the type of the plane and i'll search that like i did with the current one (mostly there is height missing in the original - its possible to fake that but only if the background is clear sky, not some sort of complicated landscape).
 
ok i made a little pac of IDC/Viet-something and FRA stuff. there is probably far more in the videos which i missed (ie i have no idea who the JAPs general is - gave a good HQ ill, though).
Great pack with very good surprises (Haiphong ill_prov, new leader de Castries, new minister pic for Ely, and the new TT pics), thx! I'll take a look at the JAP general tonight.

EDIT: LTG Numata Takazo & RA Kaygie Chudo in Rangoon? video link.

as for Decoux and TT, plane pics and all that in general: thats why i need to know what the final result should be: i cant make a TT out of the painted image of Decoux now as i cutted it for a leader pic.
As for Decoux, never mind anymore; the current TT pic of him with cap is perfect for a naval research team and for a admiral leader too. Next time I do a request I'll do a more detailed one, promised! and thank you very much again!

the plane pics do all not work, maybe post the type of the plane and i'll search that like i did with the current one (mostly there is height missing in the original - its possible to fake that but only if the background is clear sky, not some sort of complicated landscape).
Your Loire 130's pic is great anyway; the other planes in operation in 1936-1945 were mainly Potez 25 TOE, Farman 221 & Potez 542 bombers (also use for troop transport); also 1 squadron of Morane Saulnier 406 was formed using Chinese-ordered planes seized in Haiphong harbour. In 1940, governor-general catroux sent colonel Jacomy in the USA to buy modern armament, including Curtiss P40s, without success.
- Link for French air forces in the Pacific War here.
- Another link with a interesting colour pic of a Potez 25 TOE in Vichy marking; maybe the plane Pierre Pouyade used in its escape to join Free France.
 
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good french movie which seems to confirm it. i had Numata Takazo in mind and used the Japanese letters. as nothing showed up i had my doubts. to bad the site with the Gun Shin is down where they had all promotion dates.

as for the technical stuff (planes, tanks, etc): i'm a noob to be honest. will one of these do?
http://www.ingenierosmilitares.org....o%20Berisso%20Genta/Avi%F3n%20Potez%20Gde.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Potez25.jpg/300px-Potez25.jpg
there was no TOE and i dont have any idea what it stands for, all i know these two sources will maybe turn out okay-ish.
as for Castries i hope its him, he's from the video and i found him on Wiki. (as for the video there are maybe better images of Giap, if you find one point me to the minute or second)

anyway a new preview:



EDIT: somebody should really review the models CSV. i have shitloads of top notch ships from all over the world, just nothing matches :(
 
good french movie which seems to confirm it. i had Numata Takazo in mind and used the Japanese letters. as nothing showed up i had my doubts. to bad the site with the Gun Shin is down where they had all promotion dates.
Numata is already in JAP CSV as leader #101135; so I guess Chudo will be added in next release too?
Other reliable source identifying both officers here; found no bio of admiral Chudo but one source which mentions him as a naval intelligence officer: first one, and also this one ;)
Note: Just found today an interesting link with many bios on Jap officers.

EDIT: the Japanese surrender delegation in Manila is lead by two general officers too:
1.) Lieutenant General Kawabe Takashiro (second from the left) is the same as leader #101356 Kawabe Torashiro?
Vice Chief, Imperial Staff
2.) Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokuyama (identified in another pic as the guy in the far right)
Representative, Imperial Japanese Navy Staff

there was no TOE and i dont have any idea what it stands for, all i know these two sources will maybe turn out okay-ish.
TOE means Théâtres d'opérations extérieurs and qualify as such war material or their variants used specifically in the colonies (at this time); Potez 25 TOE google search has many results!

as for Castries i hope its him, he's from the video and i found him on Wiki. (as for the video there are maybe better images of Giap, if you find one point me to the minute or second)
Yes, the captured officer is indeed BG de Castries; also general Nguyen Van Hinh at 33'10", french air force general and first chief of staff of the Army of the new Vietnamese National Army.

anyway a new preview:
Wow, quite impressive! Noticed British Raj troops and great job on the thompson-armed soviet marines; by the way the documentary movie on Indochina has good captures on the KNIL army too, hasn't it?


EDIT: somebody should really review the models CSV. i have shitloads of top notch ships from all over the world, just nothing matches :(
Well, it's nearly impossible now as there are many difference in models CSV between vanilla HOI2 and the various popular mods, so either you release your naval pic for a specific mod or you name them as the class of the ship...then anybody can use them into their favorite mod!
 
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benden said:
Numata is already in JAP CSV as leader #101135; so I guess Chudo will be added in next release too?
yes of course, i wont get them cheaper

Other reliable source identifying both officers here; found no bio of admiral Chudo but one source which mentions him as a naval intelligence officer: first one, and also this one
as for JAPs officers bios look at first post "Japan improved". that is really the best one for admirals. http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/px44.htm#r027
pacific online encyklopdia is great as well, most US admirals and marines i made are from there.

TOE means Théâtres d'opérations extérieurs and qualify as such war material or their variants used specifically in the colonies (at this time); Potez 25 TOE google search has many results!
ah, ok. the links i posted will they do - i mean is that the right plane? both images should turn out ok as there is not much background.

Yes, the captured officer is indeed BG de Castries; also general Nguyen Van Hinh at 33'10", french air force general and first chief of staff of the Army of the new Vietnamese National Army.
ok, got him. in this series of short clips there are some more people, i think one of them could be younger Giap. i upped some shots: http://www.gamefront.com/files/22039769/un-IDd.rar

Wow, quite impressive! Noticed British Raj troops and great job on the thompson-armed soviet marines; by the way the documentary movie on Indochina has good captures on the KNIL army too, hasn't it?
well GER has 169 Ills now (loads of doubles though). as for the KNIL of course, i already use the officers as dutch HQ, had no idea that it was KNIL when adding it as i found it elsewhere.

as for adding Ills not requested by the config.csv - i probably wont do that as it is already a lot of work. i just needed to complain a bit.


EDIT:
 
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benden said:
EDIT: the Japanese surrender delegation in Manila is lead by two general officers too:
1.) Lieutenant General Kawabe Takashiro (second from the left) is the same as leader #101356 Kawabe Torashiro?
Vice Chief, Imperial Staff
2.) Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokuyama (identified in another pic as the guy in the far right)
Representative, Imperial Japanese Navy Staff
sorry i missed this. i do think that Kawabe Torashiro (河辺虎四郎) is on that pic.
as for Yoko(u)yama Ichiro (横山 一郎) that might be him, but he is already in the CSV (101211). - hint: "o" and "u" or "ou" are sometimes transcribed differently from JAP to latin, so if in doubt search for things like "Ichiro" which are clear. same goes for H/Kh confusion in russian for instance - i decided to use the KH-version so its "Khorolenko" instead of "Horolenko", just because generals.dk uses the same system (otherwise complete darkness here :D ).
http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/px47.htm (the last entry of the site or the english version http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/px47.htm#r030 )

if you want to find out who that is make a screenshot and carry it to the "translation request" sticky at AHF/Japanese section http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=113460. people will surely help you there. you will maybe even find generals who i asked ID for but never brought in the game out of complete confusion :) - best thread there if you dont count the "something different" sticky.
as you see Nippon is one of the hardest bread to chew if you dont count Thailand in (that is really &%$§"!)





EDIT:
V29 is out (the "Ill" version as there are hardly leaderpics) - a lot of things can be changed in germany after your likings (especially infantry), same goes for the british commonwealth (ENG -> CAN, SAF, AST, NZL, IND) or USA -> PHI.

grab it at 1st post this thread.

NOTE: corrections are highly welcome, it is made for HoI2 with normal settings 1024/768 (so could turn out pixely with higher resolution)
 
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ah, ok. the links i posted will they do - i mean is that the right plane? both images should turn out ok as there is not much background.
Found this book on the subject; I'll look for it in a library to see if some interesting material can be used (1300 photos!); hopefully pictures of air force leaders of the period (colonel Devèze and general Tavera) inside?

ok, got him. in this series of short clips there are some more people, i think one of them could be younger Giap.
Yes, younger Giap from the late forties or early fifties indeed; general Hinh is good for VIE (Nationalist VN) both as a leader and minister!


if you want to find out who that is make a screenshot and carry it to the "translation request" sticky at AHF/Japanese section http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=113460. people will surely help you there. you will maybe even find generals who i asked ID for but never brought in the game out of complete confusion :) - best thread there if you dont count the "something different" sticky.
as you see Nippon is one of the hardest bread to chew if you dont count Thailand in (that is really &%$§"!)
Very useful link for identification, thx. Yes, hard to find datas on Thailand, especially on its leaders/ministers. The OOB needs to be revised too; with marshall Phibun Siam/Thailand's armed forces greatly increased in size and were more modern than those of Indochina.
Link on French-Thai war with many pics here.


EDIT:
V29 is out (the "Ill" version as there are hardly leaderpics)
Excellent work again! some real niceties inside (the ETH irregulars, the KNIL regulars and irregulars, etc...), and thanks for two releases in a week! and I hope many more before hibernation period, lol!

More work for you if you wish: this site has a great pic database on foreign troops in Shangai: if you type 'army' you will find many pics of soldiers, both French and Indochinese, of the Bataillon Mixte d'Infanterie Coloniale de Chine, including some of small groups of soldiers you might find interesting for colouring work.
Note: those colonial troops in China were much better equiped than those in Indochina, that's why admiral Decoux requested reinforcements from them.

NOTE: corrections are highly welcome, it is made for HoI2 with normal settings 1024/768 (so could turn out pixely with higher resolution)
I think the soldiers from Ill_div_usa_7_5 are really French Paratroopers during the Indochina War (first one with MAT-49 SMG)... I noticed that ill_prov pics have two different settings: some are 192*110 and others 255*144?
 
I think the soldiers from Ill_div_usa_7_5 are really French Paratroopers during the Indochina War (first one with MAT-49 SMG)...
here is a part of the pic which i cutted away as i thought its a para symbol


http://christapalooza.tumblr.com/page/2 (101st airborne)

I noticed that ill_prov pics have two different settings: some are 192*110 and others 255*144?
yes i use the bigger ones for the sea provinces (Marmara, Suez, Panama, Gibraltar Straits). land provinces are a bit more focused and smaller. the ability to add pics to sea provinces was just recently added to AoD, maybe try in DH?

Excellent work again! some real niceties inside (the ETH irregulars, the KNIL regulars and irregulars, etc...), and thanks for two releases in a week! and I hope many more before hibernation period, lol!
well there wont be much from me in August and September as i go on holidays and work outside cologne afterwards for some weeks. thats why i upped this one a bit early.
some ills have been mirrored to make room for the brigade pic (eg early german mountaineers). german escort fighter ills: parts of the left frame was missing this is corrected now. and at least one Neubaufahrzeug.

Very useful link for identification, thx. Yes, hard to find datas on Thailand, especially on its leaders/ministers.
well what you can do is take the letters of some from generals.dk and google with these. there are at least a few of them out there, just all translation programmes is used failed.
eg http://www.google.de/search?num=10&...าม&gs_l=img.12...2876.2876.0.3627.1.1.0.0.0.0.131.131.0j1.1.0...0.0...1ac.krqk4vGRoeU


for example this one: untranslatable by google chrome translator, babelfish, etc http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/หลวงศุภชลาศัย_(บุง_ศุภชลาศัย)
nice pic but no idea who that is
 
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here is a part of the pic which i cutted away as i thought its a para symbol


http://christapalooza.tumblr.com/page/2 (101st airborne)
Your pic is okay but I meant this one:




yes i use the bigger ones for the sea provinces (Marmara, Suez, Panama, Gibraltar Straits). land provinces are a bit more focused and smaller. the ability to add pics to sea provinces was just recently added to AoD, maybe try in DH?
Very good idea for sea provinces; well, you know, both BH and PoS don't use the same map as AoD, so provinces number need to be changed...I'll do some tests soon.

well there wont be much from me in August and September as i go on holidays and work outside cologne afterwards for some weeks. thats why i upped this one a bit early.
Good holidays then, rest well and hopefully a No30 release with many many more pics!!


for example this one: untranslatable by google chrome translator, babelfish, etc http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/หลวงศุภชลาศัย_(บุง_ศุภชลาศัย)
nice pic but no idea who that is
Some kind of minister I think but you're right: Thai language is very badly translated by most on-line translators...

EDIT: post #100! I'm now a 2nd lieutenant but still far from you oh great (well deserved) full general!
 
iirc i found this one at WAF (i linked you in PM). cant find it right now but i was searching for US marines Indochina/Korea/Vietnam - stuff like that.
here are some french IDC paras: http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-p...7341/first-indochina-war-194555-dien-bien-phu


so provinces number need to be changed...I'll do some tests soon.
i think DH's pics are way smaller than these ones, i doubt they'll look good.

Some kind of minister I think but you're right: Thai language is very badly translated by most on-line translators...
well, maybe even this could be solved at AHFF, there are some Thai members.

this guy had a link to the navy ministry:
http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/ผู้บัญชาการทหารเรือ

and here 2 possible TTS for SIA
http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย

http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/โรงเรียนนายเรือ

as for a new version i dont know, maybe October earliest.

and congrats for your promotion!
 
Indeed! first one already exists as TT 9112, and the second one could be use to replace TT9101 Marshal of the Navy (PoS Mod).

as for a new version i dont know, maybe October earliest.
For next release I have already found some source material for Indochina (scans from my collection of books), including new French air force general Georges Andrieu. And I missed again general Nyo (hardly seen on a photo, behind admiral d'Argenlieu and next to general Valluy)!

Preview:
(from left to right: admiral Graziani, generals Valluy & Nyo, admirals d'Argenlieu & Auboyneau, general Andrieu)





and congrats for your promotion!
Vielen Dank, Herr general!


Edit: found new French general tonight: Robert Petiet, cavalry, BG 1932/MG 1935, LTG 1941, retired 1942; another one in this movie: at 6'27" probably brigadier general Henri Méric de Bellefon, head of the Saumur cavalry school from 1940 to 1944.
 
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I wanted to thank bestmajor and benden for the work you've been doing here. I don't play HOI2 anymore or use colour pics but the links you've posted to photos and info have been invaluable to me in working on my leaderpacks for HOI3. Thanks a lot, keep up the good work!
 
Jeez I just updated my download with your last release and its cool! It just takes forever to rename them with that
LordEderon leader name excel file. Would it be better to just rename the leader files themselves?
 
I wanted to thank bestmajor and benden for the work you've been doing here. I don't play HOI2 anymore or use colour pics but the links you've posted to photos and info have been invaluable to me in working on my leaderpacks for HOI3. Thanks a lot, keep up the good work!

thanks, i commented a bit in your HoI3 thread (just had a quick look at UK and CZE) - maybe delete a few of the british fakes (they have usually comments in my leaders CSVs, for example Adm. Woodward).

MaxxCombat said:
Jeez I just updated my download with your last release and its cool! It just takes forever to rename them with that
LordEderon leader name excel file. Would it be better to just rename the leader files themselves?
i included the CSVs. for example if you want to have the german leaders just copy all pics in your pic folder without renaming them and copy the german leaders CSV from colour pics/ZZZZZ - CSVs/DB/leaders
into HoI2/db/leaders and go.
renaming every picture individually is a lot of work.
do this with all CSVs except ITA/BUL/FIN/CRO/HUN as these CSVs only work with AoD.
but USA, UK or Soviet union shouldnt be more than 5 minutes to install.

benden said:
Edit: found new French general tonight: Robert Petiet, cavalry, BG 1932/MG 1935, LTG 1941, retired 1942; another one in this movie: at 6'27" probably brigadier general Henri Méric de Bellefon, head of the Saumur cavalry school from 1940 to 1944.
so the one with the moustache is Petiet (movie?) - i doubt there will be a new version anytime soon as i just returned from portugal and will work in some schools in rural germany in september, only just that this is not forgotten.

btw any idea? http://forum.axishistory.com/viewto...sid=70de3fed0a1522b4afbea3f1cb6a87e3#p1721917