pjmoyer's artwork thread - Shipgirls, Serendipity, and other things

[pjmoyer]

Hey there!

I'm Philip Moyer, and I've been doing artwork as a hobby since 1994 (because I wanted to know what a character that I was writing looked like). Thanks to the positive reception to my artwork contributions to Belated Battleships, Changing Destiny, Harry and the Shipgirls, and the like, I've decided to start up an illustration thread so that those artworks (and others that people may like) can be found in a central location. I will be keeping this thread PG as best as I'm able, and do not expect my update schedule to be anything close to regular. ^_-; Threadmarks will be added as we go along to facilitate finding particular pictures among any discussion that might happen.

For other sources of artwork, you can check out my original website at Philip-M (revel in the early 90's web design!) or my queued tumblr at Magnetic Terrapin Studios .

Any further announcements will also be made in this post, which will be threadmarked.

Thank you again!
--- Philip

 

[pjmoyer]

Meet Midway!



Fun Facts!

• Served for 47 years, from 1945 (commissioned eight days after the Surrender of Japan) to 1992, whereupon she became a museum ship in San Diego, California.
• Deployed with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean for 9 years and then joined the 7th Fleet in the Pacific for the majority of her service life, before deplying for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-1991.
  
• Was home-ported in Yokosuka, Japan for 18 years, from 1973 to 1991. Because of this, she is fluent in Japanese (speaking with a strong Western Kantō - Kanagawa dialect) and is pretty well-versed in Japanese customs and holidays without being a Weeaboo.
  • Has been known to participate in Karaoke jam sessions with Naka.
• Deploys her planes from her hangar shoulder map bag as folded origami sheets, summoned by the music played on her ukulele. (think Kubo and the Two Strings). The planes unfold and flatten when coming back in to land.
  • Much to her chagrin, while she can play "Danger Zone" quite skillfully on her instrument, it doesn't actually DO anything because the song in question is so entrenched in the collective subconscious thanks to Top Gun that the only thing it would be good for is summoning F-14 Tomcats, and she never carried that plane in her service life (too heavy).
  • She can, however, play "The Top Gun Theme" to improve the performance of her flight deck crews, and will usually play it when the planes return to land.
• Carries a sword on her back as a nod to her nickname "Tip of the Sword", and is reasonably proficient in its use. Her main mast's antennas are attached to it.
• Visual design is cadged from that of the fan-made Female America from Hetalia. Her aviator's jacket is emblazoned on the back with her ship's emblem, nicknames/mottos, and the squadron patches of her various air wings over her long career.

 

[Glitchrr36]

Glad to see this here too

 

[Té Rowan]

Maybe it's just me, but these tunes might do well for her:

"Albatross" – Fleetwood Mac
"Hocus Pocus" – Focus
"Peter Gunn" – The Art Of Noise

 

[pjmoyer]

Maybe it's just me, but these tunes might do well for her:

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Well, she's most familiar with anything from the late 1940's to very early 1990's, so that leaves a lot of ground to cover. She's also capable of whipping off most anime theme songs from the 1980's.

 

[Burning Baron]

I like this. Another! *smash* That was stupid. I liked that coffee cup.

I got the chance to visit Midway on my thirteenth birthday, and a different naval asset, I never found out which ship it was, was leaving San Diego Harbor the same day. It was amazing, and this drawing makes me happy.

 

[pjmoyer]

I like this. Another! *smash* That was stupid. I liked that coffee cup.

I got the chance to visit Midway on my thirteenth birthday, and a different naval asset, I never found out which ship it was, was leaving San Diego Harbor the same day. It was amazing, and this drawing makes me happy.

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If I ever get out to the west coast again, visiting Midway is on my short list. Until then, I just have to content myself with photo albums online and the deck plans from Booklet of General Plans .

 

[Warhawk]

God, I went and saw the midway right before I saw the Iowa for the first time, and as a result, my first thought when I saw the Iowa was "huh. this things isn't really that big is it?"
Also, there is a fish place right next to the midway by the statue of the nurse and the sailor kissing, and i kid you not, I think it serves the best food in the world. period. I HATE vegetables, and that place's vegetables made me want to eat more vegetables

 

[Burning Baron]

Yeah it does. But the restaurant on-board was delicious. And I still treasure the copy of the Japan's Surrender Edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer I bought on-board.

 

[pjmoyer]

She's just a Girl from Brooklyn...



Fun Facts!

• One of eight Farragut-class destroyers, launched and commissioned in 1935 and decommissioned in 1945. She earned 12 battle stars in 10 years of service, including the entirety of WWII.
• Dale was built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, so she's a classic Dodgers fan. She will deny LA's existence vehemently when pressed.
• She and her sisters were moored in Pearl Harbor the day of the raid, and once they saw USS Utah being attacked, they sprung into action, getting underway and avoiding several close calls from bombs and torpedoes while trying to shoot down and drive off the attacking Japanese planes. Dale shot down at least one confirmed plane and claimed two others during the initial rush.
• She later screened Lexington and Yorktown, served as backup for (but didn't participate in) the Battle of Midway, and escorted convoys, performed patrols, and screened various battleships along their journeys across the Pacific.
  
• Dale views herself as "the sane one" among the trio of herself, USS Aylwin, and USS Dewey. How true this actually is is a matter of some debate, though she can be trusted to carry out independent operations more often than her sisters.
• Don't mess with the hat. Just don't.

The Farragut class 'looks' a little older than the more numerous Fletchers (young/middle teens vs. early/pre-teens) because they were built pre-WWII (all 8 laid down and launched in the early 30's) back when the treaties were still in effect, and they were all present at Pearl Harbor, so they have veteran status for the start of the Pacific war. They may be 'leaner', but they still look more mature, even though the 5 who survived the war got scrapped soon after WWII ended. Sure, the majority of the Fletchers managed to survive until the 70's before being scrapped, but a goodly number were also sunk as targets, and another batch were traded off to other nations. I think those factors, plus the sheer number of Fletchers built, seems to have made the collective marginally 'younger' from a Shipgirl perspective.

Do not under any circumstances allow two Farraguts and two Fletchers to be in the same proximity without supervision. The slap fights that break out tend to beggar description. ^_^;;

 

[Burning Baron]

It's a good look. Ich mag. Also, I'd imagine she'd be rather put out by missing the 1947 World Series by two years, since it was both exciting, and historic.

 

[Private Lee O'Malley]

Do ye take commissions?

 

[pjmoyer]

Do ye take commissions?

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Not really. My inspiration comes and goes, and is often prioritized by real life concerns (and incessant Destiny playing). Nevermind I'm hideously backlogged in things of mine that I have yet to color... ^_^;;;

Thank you for your interest, though!

 

[pjmoyer]

It's a good look. Ich mag. Also, I'd imagine she'd be rather put out by missing the 1947 World Series by two years, since it was both exciting, and historic.

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Dale: Hah! If you think I was put out, think about poor Hull. She's a hardcore Yankees fan, and she got sunk due to a typhoon in '44! She was still riding high after their win in '43, and wasn't she pissed to have missed their subsequent wins?

 

[Warhawk]

Dale: Hah! If you think I was put out, think about poor Hull. She's a hardcore Yankees fan, and she got sunk due to a typhoon in '44! She was still riding high after their win in '43, and wasn't she pissed to have missed their subsequent wins?

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Hull: well at least i'm not Chicago....

 

[pjmoyer]

USS Arizona is tired of your Shenanigans.



Fun Facts!

• Built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and launched in 1915.
• Although commissioned in 1916, USS Arizona remained stateside on the East Coast through WWI, and only traveled to Europe after the war ended.
  
• Afterwords, she was mostly used for diplomatic and training missions and was transferred to the Pacific Fleet where even more training and rehearsal took place before and after her modernization.
  
• She briefly hosted President Herbert Hoover for a vacation in the Caribbean.
  
• Details of the Attack on Pearl Harbor are more than well enough known to the readers and will not be covered in this summary.
  • Suffice it to say she's got a lot of issues built up from her lack of actual combat experience and subsequent martyrdom used as a rallying cry for the United States during WWII that have contributed to her scars.
    
  • She also can't get a good night's sleep without being watched over by a set of plushies representing Pearl Harbor's Battleship Row.
  • You separate her from her plushie of USS Missouri at your own peril.
• She has a starring role in @theJMPer and @Old Iron 's Belated Battleships and a guest starring role in @Skywalker_T-65 's Changing Destiny.
  
• Jane Richardson has not yet managed to convince Arizona to cosplay as Jasper from Steven Universe, but she figures it's only a matter of time. (Mostly it's an issue of convincing her to wear body paint and a big floofy wig.)
• Character design is based heavily on Morgane of the Mist 's KanColle Pacific, just aged upwards and given sufficient scarring, as per @Old Iron 's specifications.

 

[Burning Baron]

When my grandparents visited Pear Harbor when I was very young, Mo wasn't stationed alongside yet. Then, after the Gulf War, and Mo was decommissioned for the (so-far) last time, I'd like to think that someone thought Ari may need someone close, to keep her close and safe while she rests.

 

[pjmoyer]

A silent sentinel who hopes to never have to launch her missiles in anger ...



Fun Facts!

• USS Growler (SSG-577) and USS Greyback (SSG-574) were unique for their time, as they were nuclear guided missile submarines that were diesel-powered, not nuclear-powered. As such, they needed to surface to launch their Regulus I missiles once deployed from their forward storage hangars.
  
• They were laid down in the mid 1950's, commissioned in 1958, and decommissioned in 1964.
  • Greyback got a temporary lease on life to serve as an amphibious transport submarine, but she was once again decommissioned in 1984 and sunk as a target in 1986.
  • Growler, meanwhile, became a museum ship at the The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum , alongside USS Intrepid (CV-11) and various and sundry planes (and Space Shuttle Enterprise!)
• Growler performed 9 deterrent missions, patrolling for up to two months, submerged for hours or even days, along the Pacific Coast of the Soviet Union.
• Growler is patient and quiet, as befits her nature as an American Subgirl. As a Cold War submarine, she has less kleptomaniac tendencies than her WWII ancestors.
• Her impressive "forward displacement" represents the rather pronounced bow of her ship form, containing her missile hangars.
  • Her Regulus I missiles are stored in shoulder holsters and can be launched from a pistol-grip launch rail.
    
  • She also possesses four forward torpedo tubes and two aft tubes, though she didn't carry that many torpedoes as that wasn't her primary mission.

 

[pjmoyer]

Aylwin in Action!



Fun facts!

• Aylwin was one of eight Farragut-class destroyers built and launched in the mid 1930's. In her first year of service she visited various European nations before transiting the Panama Canal and spending the rest of her life in the Pacific.
• Built in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, she is a longtime Philadelphia Phillies fan. She even has a set of Phillies Phanatic onesie pyjamas, which she bought with her salary once returning as a shipgirl (as the Phanatic didn't become their mascot until the mid 1970's).
  
• Before WWII, Alwyn took part in multiple Fleet Problems and exercises in the Pacific, oftentimes serving as escort for USS Enterprise. During one of those nighttime exercises, Aylwin nearly got her bow severed in a collision with USS Farragut, a fact that still leads to some perturbed-ness between the two in the present day.
• On the day of Pearl Harbor, Aylwin got underway so fast after USS Utah was attacked that not only did she leave her stern wire and anchor chain behind at the pier, she also left her Captain and other higher officers behind, who raced to catch up with her and didn't actually board until she returned to Pearl Harbor with Enterprise the next day. Once the smoke had cleared over Ohau, she and her crew was praised by her captain for their performance under fire and eagerness to get into the fight.
• During WWII proper, Aylwin served as an escort for the carriers, and supported landings among the various Pacific islands, including the Battle of Iwo Jima. She was nearly lost due to Typhoon Cobra in 1944 but narrowly avoided sinking, unlike her sisters USS Hull and USS Monaghan, and one of the Fletchers, USS Spence.
• She received 13 Battle Stars for her World War II service.

 

[pjmoyer]

Don't bother hiding your pants, she'll just find them anyway...



Fun Facts!

• USS Albacore was one of 77 Gato-class diesel-electric submarines produced during WWII. She earned nine battle stars and four Presidential Unit Citations during her years of service.
  
• Built in 1941 and commissioned in 1942, Albacore joined her sisters in an aggressive program against Japanese shipping and warships. Although a good number of torpedo hits were not confirmed kills, she is notable for having sunk Japanese Cruiser Tenryuu, as well as Destroyer Sazanami. She was instrumental in the sinking of the Aircraft Carrier Taiho - though she didn't learn of her success until months later.
• Despite her successful war record, Albacore did tend to attract the attention of depth charges and was even bombed on by American planes mistaking her for an enemy submarine.
• Albacore was lost at sea on Nov 7, 1944, the victim of a naval mine off the coast of Hokkaido.
• Albacore has a guest-starring role in @theJMPer and @Old Iron 's Belated Battleships and has had a walk-on in @Skywalker_T-65 's Changing Destiny.
  • Albacore takes her payments in glitter pens and her Admiral's BDU's pants. She's a simple girl with simple pleasures.
• Her diving goggles have her sail's periscopes so that she doesn't have to fully lift her head to see out of the water. Sadly her fauxhawk tends to give away her location when she does so.

 

[Ash19256]

.... You know, there's something that I'm curious about. Why are subthieves and lewdmarines never seen with their deck guns? Pretty much every sub built until the Cold War had deck guns, so why do we never see any of the submarines having anything resembling a deck gun as part of their rigging or outfit?

 

[pjmoyer]

.... You know, there's something that I'm curious about. Why are subthieves and lewdmarines never seen with their deck guns? Pretty much every sub built until the Cold War had deck guns, so why do we never see any of the submarines having anything resembling a deck gun as part of their rigging or outfit?

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Albacore has her deck gun, it's strapped to her lower right calf. I'm guessing for canon KC subs they're either left off in interests of streamlining or just very well hidden.

Update:

Looking at the canon art,

• Hachi doesn't appear to have any guns.
• Iku does have a gun on her thigh.
• Nimu has a prominent deck gun on the back of her rigging. She later holds it by hand if she's damaged.
  
• Goya is sitting on on her ship form's sail but doesn't appear to have a gun.
  
• Shioi has her deck guns on the top of her Seiran hangar/sail that she carries on a shoulder strap. She has her larger gun on the other side.
  
• Imuya doesn't appear to have a gun.
• U-511 has a deck gun as a pistol. RO-500 seems to have lost it.
• Maruyu holds a deck gun as a pistol.

So it looks like the majority DO have guns, they're just really tiny. Which makes sense, because they're submarines and their primary jobs are to throw torpedoes at people.

 

[pjmoyer]

The Ageless Warrior takes to the seas!



Fun Facts!

• The youngest of the three Midway-class carriers, USS Coral Sea was laid down in 1944 but launched and commissioned in 1946-47, after WWII had ended.
• Like her sisters USS Midway and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, Coral Sea was originally built with a straight flight deck, and only got an angled flight deck after a major conversion in 1957.
• Coral Sea served primarily in the Mediterranean before her upgrade (missing out on the Korean War), but after her conversion she headed for the West Pacific to serve in the Vietnam War.
• Coral Sea's home port was Alameda for the majority of her service in the Pacific, and she was also known as "San Francisco's Own", even with the city's anti-war leanings causing some friction between the two groups.
• In 1983, Coral Sea was reassigned back to the Atlantic Fleet, embarking on a world tour on the way back, and in 1985 hosted the first deployment of F/A-18 Hornets to the Mediterranean.
  
• In 1989, Coral Sea responded to the call for assistance from USS Iowa, due to the explosion in her number two gun turret, and she provided ordinance disposal and medical teams to help the battleship.
• She was decommissioned in 1990, but it took a decade for the scrapping process to complete, due to financial, legal, and environmental issues. She was the largest vessel ever scrapped up until that date.
• In my interpretation of the character, Coral Sea is a dedicated momboat. She may not be flashy, but she gets the job done, and she always supports other ships in their endeavors while using a restraining hand to keep rambunctious destroyers from getting out of control.
• Character design is based heavily on Morgane of the Mists 's KanColle Pacific Battleship Iowa, but while the woman's design is certainly nice, I just don't feel it works for a rough-and-tumble American Battleship (tm). (That, and I quite like KC's Iowa design as well. ^_^ ) However, give her a longbow instead of a parasol, and a longer skirt and pilot's jacket, and you get an aircraft carrier!
  • Her aviator's jacket is emblazoned on the back with her ship's emblem, nickname, and motto, and the squadron patches of her various air wings over her long career.
  • Her skirt can shorten to above knee-length (revealing her stockings) when in combat if she feels the need to use her anti-aircraft armament.
  • I also made her left handed, because why not?
• Depicted above her are the various jet fighters that she (and Midway) launched over her long career : the F-9F Panther, F-2H Banshee, F-3H Demon, F-4 Phantom II, and F/A-18 Hornet

 

[pjmoyer]

Coming up the center, it's USS Dewey!



Fun Facts!

• USS Dewey was built in the early 1930's at the Bath Iron Works and was launched and commissioned in 1934.
• She was named after Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917), the only person to receive the rank "Admiral of the Navy".
• Dewey was moored in Pearl Harbor the day of the attack and opened fire on the attacking Japanese planes, though she wasn't as much a standout as Aylwin and Dale.
• Once the Pacific War was officially underway, she served as a screen for many of the carriers, and participated in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway.
• She also performed screening and bombardment on various Pacific islands (Eastern Solomons, Attu, Kiska, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Palau, Hollandia, Tinian, Saipan, the Marianas, Guam, the Philippines, and Iwo Jima, among others).
• She was present when her sister, USS Worden, ran aground in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and tried to tow her free but her tow cable parted and Worden broke up against the rocky shore. She barely survived Typhoon Cobra (which sank her sisters Hull and Monaghan and damaged Aylwin), having lost steering control, RADAR, the forward stack, and all power during the storm.
• Once WWII ended, Dewey was decommissioned in October of 1945. She received 13 battle stars for her WWII service.
• Unlike the majority of her sisters, Dewey's home shipyard in Maine doesn't have a major sports team associated with it. As such, she has latched onto the Boston Bruins as her team of choice (as she still has a modicum of pride at being a New England girl). However, she wears the "home uniform" of the team, unlike Monaghan (who was built in Boston Navy Yard) who laid claim to the "away game" uniform that actually has the name of the team on it. She's still salty about that.
  • She also owns a hockey stick made out of STS steel that she'll use against especially intractable enemies.

(The Farraguts all wear the uniforms of teams of their builder's hometowns, since women were playing ice hockey before WWII, and the women's baseball leagues were made during WWII.)

 

[Burning Baron]

She also owns a hockey stick made out of STS steel that she'll use against especially intractable enemies.

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So, we've got Casey Jones now. The old show's one, not the one from the Mikkel Bay remake.

Also, since she was built in Bath, here's where she was born/built.
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