A Request For a Steamboat

For just over a year now, I've been trying to find a steam-powered riverboat, like The African Queen, that could be added to the game. The problem I've constantly run into is that the photos are almost invariably shot at the wrong angle for use in Arcanum, cropped half-way up the hull, are line drawings, or else are too small to be of use.

If, in your web-browsing, you happen to spot a steam-boat picture in the 3/4 top-down style the game uses * and it's 550 pixels wide or larger, would you please post a link for it here?

*It doesn't have to be perfect. I can do a lot with close.

If I can use it - Fantastic!
If not, I thank you for caring enough to try.

 

When the real world fails you miserably, try another :
http://www.model-steam-boats.co.uk/Vigilant_intro.htm
http://www.westbourne-model.co.uk/marte ... baylis.htm
http://www.yesteryeartoys.com/cgi-local ... cfm?list=4

Yahoo user group with pictures ( you can join and pester for someone to MAKE you a picture of a specific model )...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/steamboats/messages/591

More model companies
http://www.modelshipmaster.com/products ... _Cairo.htm
http://www.modelshipbuilding.com/200cssatlanta.htm
http://shipmodelco-op.com/talla.htm
http://shipmodelco-op.com/kite.htm
http://shipmodelco-op.com/cairo.htm

Naval and Maritime Museum list by states, with links
http://www.bb62museum.org/usnavmus.html

Another link to historic ship model builders
http://www.historicships.com/default.htm

Like I said, there is more than one world out there. Any of these have related forums, and related forum nuts who would be happy to help you in selecting the boat(s) you want pictures of, but who has that model built and can take a picture of it.

 

This is about a hundred times more than I expected.

I think I found one that'll mate up to Arcanum's docks:
http://www.historicships.com/TALLSHIPS/Latina/Mare_Nostrum_AL20100/Mare Nostrum al20100.htm

THANK YOU, TEKKUS!

 

We need some sort of sailing song for a captain to sing...but only if he captains that boat. And his crew needs to join in.

"I'm the greatest captain of the Queen's Navy...!"
"And your records will stand as proof!"
"Be it galleon or a freighter, I'm an expert navigator-"
"But you're also a world-class poof!"
"My manner (quite defeat), is mistaken on the street, for a sailor who can pirouette on cue; though despite your point of view, I can thrill a girl or two...but I'd rather get it on with you!"
"Ha ha ha!"

 

The boat's going to need a lot more work than what I'd first imagined but check out what else I found:

New for 1885, the Bates Industries Autocarriage (patent pending)-

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/rroyo/Arcanum/Auto01.jpg

This is a first try and, as you can see, it's still too bright for the game.
Also, thanks to the way Tarant is laid out, there's really no room in the city for such a machine. It's just too big for the streets and as such, I probably won't use it.