How do,

I started work on this bloody ages ago but have recently just lost all motivation to do any more custom DoD stuff for a while.

These screen shots are from quite a while back and the models look pretty different now. Anyway, what I'm asking is does anyone like the look of these or wants them? If so I'll continue doing them and hopefully finish them in about a week or so, if not I'll send 'em to the knackers yard lol

basically the Carbine will include a radio, grease gun a Flamer and Mg or BAR will have the BZ. BTW please excus the crappy flamer, it needs alot of work before I'll be done lol

Anyway, heres some pics:

Old pic (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawarz/US1.JPG)

Flamer (not skinned or finished) (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawarz/US2.JPG)

BZ (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawarz/US3.JPG)

Ska

i like, i like. but the helmet on the first pic looks weird, dont know if its the angle, but it looks weird.
otherwise, good job

Yes Bloody Please!

those are looking great ska:), i love all that armoury on there backs, that kinda stuff on models appeals to me.i.e dev's trenchcoats:)..

you gotta crack on with them m8..im sure they will be very well received if released!

keep up the great work!

Yeah the helmet on that model got ditched a while back.

Now im using a helmet with a packet of cigs tied to the side and one with a garand clip tied to it (both made by Trigger I think).

I'll see if i can do anymore on it tomorrow. I jus can't be arsed doing much at all recently so I fort I better check to see if anyone wanted this before i wasted anymore time on it lol

Ska

Whoa, nice

What film is that sig from foley? Im not too up on Hong Kong action films so I cant quite figure it out.

Ska

you must do those models, those are very very good:cool:

It's from Brother. It's more of a gangster film. :)

Can't say ive heard of it. Is it a Chinese langauge film?

The only hong kong action films I like are Hard Boiled, The Killer, A Better tomorrow and bullet in the head.

Ska

No, it's in English. :)

But the guy in my sig (Aniki) only speaks Japanese and he's paired up with two English-speaking black gangsters

You should watch it sometime, it's really good :D

That looks really good from what you've shown, love the head you've got on him, and those are nice boots. I definately would try these out if you finished them.

One thing though, bazookas were generally carried broken down and slung over the shoulder at the side. I might have a pic of one, I'll take a look if you need it, but I really would like to see that on your set there instead of the one you've got there already.

Also, I don't know if I included the textures for those helmets, or if you'd even want them, but I've at least got a pretty kicken texture for the pack of cigs that you may want to use.

Originally posted by kungfucheez
you must do those models, those are very very good:cool:

Keep up the great work, looking forward to it.

Ska, those look awesome!

can u pls do a special set for me? add trigger's 3rd Armored Tanker Helmets. i know its not realistic, but it looks awesome (not to mention it looks like the Delta helmets from Black Hawk Down).

Do it or u will end up like that sniper!

(btw is it a sick fetish for you to have sigs of people that are about to get picked off in movies?
example:
a bridge too far guy
deathwatch guy
oh and btw clear out ur PM box :D )

omfg...skaw, those are beautiful...they will go very well with SSv4 (thanks Devin :D ) keep up the great work!

Hey all,

I remember you showing me these ages ago mate. Then I said you should make em and now Im telling you again lol.

Incredible I would download this if it was released. I think the helmet's just fine. I suggest you continue working on it, good job man :)

i like these m8 (as u already no) plz do carry on. overwise im still stuck with the defult yanks :(

@ AFG. No its not a sick fetish with my sigs :D lol

@ Trigger, if you could send me the textures for the sig pack and pics of the BZ that would be fantastic mate. I skinned the helmet myself but it looks pretty fugly.

Looks like this is back on then lol I'll try and get this finished in the next two weeks, hopefully.

Cheers for the support and kind words.

Ska

finish & release ;)

might not be realistic, but these were the helmets i was talking about


http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/3rd_armored.jpg


they are from trigger's 3rd Armored pack. pls put them on :D

NO thats one ugly helmet AFG

^^^ Agreed.

I want the helmets with the cig pack ^_^

Those helmets look cool. I love the goggles.

I'll probally make multiple versions of this like I did with the 2nd Army pack.

Anyone got any requests as to what they would like to see on these?

So far what I've got is this:

Carbine - Radio op
Grease gun - Flamer
Bar/MG - Bazooka (cant decide which to put it on yet)

Ska

Ska, why don't you make it so they have BOTH the ciggy helmets and the goggles. Maybe, some classes have ciggy, some have goggles to add variety.


And I think the bazooka would look better on the BAR, since you get to see it run around and such

i think your allowed 3 different helmets. So far I've got one with the cigs, one with a garand clip and the 3rd is jus default so far. I'll have a mess around and see what it looks like. Aint gonna be able to do much work on it in the next few days cos I'm working about 19hours this weekend but I'll see what I can do.

Ska

yay ciggy helmets + goggle helmets = will look good

What about the 101st Airborne Helmets?

rangers dident wear 'airborne' helmets..

Originally posted by Ska_Wars
i think your allowed 3 different helmets. So far I've got one with the cigs, one with a garand clip and the 3rd is jus default so far. I'll have a mess around and see what it looks like. Aint gonna be able to do much work on it in the next few days cos I'm working about 19hours this weekend but I'll see what I can do.

Ska
make sure that the garand model is the ONLY model with the garand clip onthe helmet. I've seen many skins where they put hte mg clip hanging around the bar's neck or sargeants neck; so make sure not to goof that up. It looks great, except for the helmet which looks sorta odd in the 1st pic. maybe it's jsut the angle put if u could post a pic with a different angle maybe we would be able to tell for sure. other than that its' great.

I personally think the face on that model is the greatest asset. and i'd like to see the american mg with some facial hair (mustache, goatee, or rough beard preferably). you know make him look bad ass like in that pic of the mg'er in the old 3.1 manual. and i think the BAR is the one who should get the bazooka on his back, simply for the fact that he's a heavy/support infantry!!:D

Why is putting an MG chain around someone elses neck odd? Other people carried MG ammo as well.

Took the words right outta my mouth then Higgins. Giving other player models MG belts/cans would in fact make it more realistic as in real life I doubt you would find many MGers carrying all the ammo themselves lol

@ Devil Dog. The helmet on that pic got scrapped a long time ago, i dunno why but I jus really dint like it. It kinda looked like a german helmet to me.

Probally wont do much more work on it tonight cos I'm bloody shattered (only got 4hrs sleep due to 5 leaks in my ceiling and worked a 9hrs solid on a bloody till lol)

Thanks for all the support lads.

Ska

I know rangers didnt wear airborne helmets i was thinking of a 101st airborne skin......maybe?:cool:

Im afraid I wont be making an airborne version as IMO nothing can even come close the Russ' 82nd and 101st guys.

Ska

well i like Russ' skin but the face on it and all the other models look bad. I do like the new face you made and maybe you could add it to his skin? Again im not good at modding so im not sure if this is possible

the meshes are different, and that face is from.. lets just say elsewhere.. ;)

besides, the faces on my pack were default anyway.

well thats too bad cause i really like that face model infact, i think that face is from RTCW? Anyways...I use your skin Russ' and i love it but then when i look at the face.........lets just say im a bit dissapointed also i realize that those are default face models on your skins

Maybe you could spice these up with an assault vest on a class or two?

now that would be interesting:D

Originally posted by Russ. Conscript
the meshes are different, and that face is from.. lets just say elsewhere.. ;)

What you talking about? They're all my own work... ;) lol

I was hoping that no one would notice lol If you know where they are from and want these released on these boards please keep stumm about it lol (I'm looking at you kungfucheez when i say that lol)

Dint have time to do any more work on it last night. I've jus got back from work now so I might have a crack at them for a bit now.

Some pics soon with a bit of luck.

Ska

Originally posted by Ska_Wars

Did have time to do any more work on it last night. I've jus got back from work now so I might have a crack at them for a bit now.

Some pics soon with a bit of luck.

Ska

*whip whip CRACK*

Work you ape! Work! We've got deadlines to meet!




;)

You sound like my boss at work :D

Are you over weight with gray hair and a limp too? lol

Ska

Uh...Uh...O-o-of c-course not!






:eek:

Here's a pic of the BAR guy so far. Since its my fav class I'm gonna finish this one first.

So far all i've done it add some better legs, head and some BAR pouches. I've also put the BZ pack on so you can see what he look likes altogether.

I put trigs helmet on (one with cig pack and jeep cap under it) but I dint post my skin as it is a pile of wank. Anyone wanna try and skin the helmet for me?

Did you ever make any skins for this helmet trig? if so can i have them? pretty please :D lol

Anyway, like my 2nd army lads I will be adding troop badges and individual ranking models.

This model is by no means finished so please feel free to suggest stuff you wanna see on him.

Pic (http://www.@dodsupply.co.uk/skawarz/Barwip.jpg)

Ska

looks very impressive!

ps: I can try and skin the helmet...?

sure. you want me to e-mail you the mesh or the entire helmet .smd?

Ska

Nice.

However, I think you should ditch the spare bazooka round and have the bazooka itself slung diagonally across his pack.

And why is his liner sticking out of his helmet? :(


But otherwise *thumbs up*

Empty your pm box ska and I'll send you the texture I made for the helmet and cigarettes.

:D you dont need me then

Originally posted by Foley
However, I think you should ditch the spare bazooka round and have the bazooka itself slung diagonally across his pack.

tried it already, as soon as he leans forward is looks ****.

Originally posted by Foley
And why is his liner sticking out of his helmet?

read my post again, its not a liner, its a jeep cap. As in a cap worn as well as the helmet.

Ska

Sniper WIP (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawarz/SniperWIP.JPG)

Ska

very nice keep it up!

I am dying with pleasure.

Also, I think the carbine guy should have the radio, not the sniper D:

I would have given the carbine the radio but it would mean that all the sarges would have it too. There is no seperate submodel for carbine equipment so i can't give him the radio. the only equipment submodels are light, medium, heavy, Mg and Sniper.

Thats why I'm giving the Flamer to the MG, the BZ to the BAR and the radio to the sniper.

Ska

Dang!

That holster your sniper is sporting typically comes with a leather strap, but either way, it looks quite good. PM sent, by the way.

Cheers trig, and thanks for pointing out the inaccuracy for me.

I know little to **** all about US equipment and uniforms (damn colonials!) so please tell me if anything is out of place or wrong.

Ska

Originally posted by Captain Higgins
Why is putting an MG chain around someone elses neck odd? Other people carried MG ammo as well.
yeah but then again you don't see that in dod! there's usually always a 2 man mg team with one guy carryin the ammo and one carrying hte mg but that never happens in dod. so it's only appropriate to make the guy who actually uses the gun to have the ammo belt around his neck!!:rolleyes:

BAR WIP 2 (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawarz/BARWIP2.JPG)

Ska

Wow, that is hot.

Just out of curiousity, shouldn't there be some kind of netting or something holding the cigs to the helmet?

hey when do these get released it want to try them im to lazy to read three pages

hey ska mabey resize the cig pack its kinda big man, other than that it looks good brother keep it up!

@ Foley. Netting for the helmet is in the works.

@ logical. 1 - 3 weeks

@ Crispin. Will do.

Ska

Thanks for the fast reply can't wait.
also when they are released may i fix the ranger patch to my clans patch "83rd ID" and the helments just for clans use?.

yeah sure, feel free.

Like with my 2nd amry pack I'm gonna make a unit badge for them. Dunno which one to pick yet though, toejam suggested a few. I'll probally jus pick the one with the coolest insignia lol

Ska

Hey all,

It's great knowing Ska as you usually get to see loads of pics of his work.

Keep it up Ska these rule and bags BETA tester if you do it lol.

Yeah its great being my friend, i flood your HD with my WIP pics lol Sorry mate :D

I've got two BETA testers lined up already and hopefully all the lads at DoDsupply will help me test it too (Wolf/Shiffty/Spike etc)

Hopefully with quite a few BETA testers this time round I wont leave loads of bugs in like I did with the 2nd army lol

Ska

Flamer WIP (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawarz/FlamerWIP.JPG)

This is no way near finished and has only a crappy hack job skin at the mo. Please ignore the skin on the 'gun' part of it. I jus slapped any old thing on it so i could change it from a MS3D format to a .SMD lol

Ska

can i beta test? I will give j00 mansecks...

I can't for the life of me find any pics of a bazooka broken down, but if you're interested in doing it, it's taken apart about in the middle, you can see a seam in the tube where it would be seperated. Then it's tied together and a sling is attached so it can be slung over the shoulder.

As for the division, I'd like to see the 4th 'ivy' division represented, something like this:

http://members.aol.com/panzersgt2/clipart/4ID.gif

Also, in the US army, soldiers would sometimes wear the insignia of their previous division on the right arm, and if a soldier wasn't directly attached to a division, they would wear the corp, army, or theatre badge in the place of the divisional patch on the left arm. Here (http://www.angelfire.com/ar2/jule6/) is a place to find corp and army badges. There are some examples of theatre patches Here (http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent/1,12044,NU_commands_shields,00.html). Your sniper or flamer guy could be good examples of specialists from corp or higher being assigned to specific units for a mission, though I'm not sure how common that was. The people not attached to any specific division could have only been non-fighting personel, I'm not too familiar with American TO&E. It would still be cool, regardless.

Nice work with the BAR guy
who gets the flamethrower again?

@ trigger. Thanks alot mate, those are some bloody great ideas! You've helped me out so much with this pack already, thanks alot mate i owe you bigtime!

@ AFG. I'll probally end up giving the flamer to the MGer cos its the only class left I can give it to. I would like to give it to the BAr though as I can't imagine any poor bugger getting lumbered with a flamer and a .30 cal lol

@ Sclass12. Send us a PM which just a quick list of your PC specs and connection jus so i can get an idea of what your running. Most of the testers so far have PCs ranging from 2 years old to top of the line so I jus wanna try and get a broad range so I can see what these look like on different systems.

Anyone else interested in testing these please do the same.

Thanks for all the help and encouragement with this lads. To think, i was going to abandon this project only two days ago lol

Ska

if the mg (if ever he gets the flamethrower) would explode whenever someone shoots from his back, THAT WOULD BE TAD COOL.

haha j/k. GOOD JOB SKA!

cool flamethrower, would love to shoot him in the back ;)

(ska you got pm)

I think i could mabye do it so that when he gets his helmet blown off/killed via headshot he would looked burnt and bloodied up as if the tanks had blown. Only problem is if a nade took his helmet off and dint kill him it would look unrealistic having him running around lol

Anyway heres another WIP pic

Rifleman (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawarz/RifleWIP.JPG)

before anyone asks, i will add netting to the helmet, dont worry :D

Ska

yeah these are gonna be cool. cant wait :D

Oh ****! i jus realised i forgot to ask you if i could use the garand blip belt thing. ****, sorry mate. Do you mind?

Ska

the bandoleer? that was made by nomad i think, and used in the 3rdID prject for 3.1

talk to higgins about it, hes the one you should ask.

nice work again

hey ska...I've got an old skin I made sitting around for a pack of lucky strikes I'll lend ya for the model. I had the same idea back in 3.1 but then 1.0 came out and took my attention away from my para pack...but I've got stuff up my sleeve....Cheeto knows:) I'll email you the skin tomorrow for the lucky strikes.

Anderson

the Lucky Strike cig pack has allready been skinned ;)

Cheers joe, the more stuff the better.

I'll probally do some more work on it later tonight. Been paintballing today so I jus need some time to relax and take the swelling off my shot up hands lol

Ska

heres the skin for anyone to use...very basic

anderson

Cheers joe, appreciate the help mate.

Ska

How do,

No progress on the player models tonight. I have however begun work on a full set of US weapon hackjobs/convertions which will be released with this pack. I'm also gonna try and russel up some sprites and flags for what ever unit i decide to model this pack after.

This unfortunately means that these will not be released within the next two weeks. i think i'll be worth the wait though (*fingers crossed* :p )

Ska

Cheers. Shame you cant actually use it though lol it would come in very handy on Charlie for clearing out all those bunkers :D

Ska

Heres a quick pic of two of the guns i might include in this pack.

Grease gun & Colt .45 (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawarz/USguns.JPG)

Ska

uh..isnt that the default colt?

Nope, its the colt from firearms.

Ska

Can't wait for this :D Ska does sexy work.

lol cheers mate. Jus hope it turns out to be worth the wait.

Ska

would love to have the grease gun, but i dont like magazines taped together... and for the colt.. well kinda sucks to be honest ;) hey im an honest man :p

Good work ol' buddy! I can't wait to see the full set be released! Keep up the good work


L E N N O N:D :cool: :rolleyes: ;)

Hey, nice flamer guy. Could I have copy of it?

Originally posted by mumblyjoe
Hey, nice flamer guy. Could I have copy of it?

What? Of course you bloody can't, wait till its released like everyone else you cheeky get.

Ska

Since no one liked the colt here's a different one.

Ska

This is the BAR I'm going to include.

Its Ankler and Devin BAR with some very minor edits made by me.

Ska

I dunno if it's just me, but all those pics are quite dark, try taking screenshots on kalt or zalec, it's nice and bright there.

cheeky get, :p I like that.

Yeah I jus noticed that too. Even though anzio is in italy nearly all that map is in the fecking shade lol

Ska

Ska, sexy models, very nice work, excellent in fact, I will without a doubt reskin them (not becuase your skins are bad, but becuase I want to work on such hott models!) But would prefer to nix the flamer, is it possible to release a version of the pack sans the flametank? thanks.

BTW, do you change your sig daily? :P

Ska, where do you get those images for your sigs?

good work i think cause i cant see any of the pics. Any chance u can fix them up?

Originally posted by 2ltben
Ska, where do you get those images for your sigs?

I believe that sig is from A Bridge Too Far. 3 words.

Best. Movie. Ever.

none of your WIP pics are working :(

DoDsupply is just being rebuilt so all my pics dont work and neither does my sig (hence the new one lol)

I'll attach the pics so those who haven't yet seen it can get a quick look.

Ska

Heres the BAR guy so far.

Heres a quick pic of the sniper. (all these pics are quite old and numerous changes have been made)

heres the flamer so far (its on the Sniper here but it will be mounted on the MG eventually)

Heres the BZ thats gonna be on the BAR's back.

GREAT work ska, but like I said, a version without the flamer and 'zooka would make me very happy. Could ya' hook a brotha up?

Finally heres some of the guns I'm gonna include with the pack. None of these were made by me, i merely edited them or converted them from other mods.

P.S. the Colt has been scrapped and will not be appearing in the pack.

And heres the BAR

(****s thats alot of pics)

Originally posted by Skullz_Vandal
GREAT work ska, but like I said, a version without the flamer and 'zooka would make me very happy. Could ya' hook a brotha up?

yeah sure, but it'll probally be released a day or summat after the main pack cos I'm lazy and have a 56k modem so this pack is gonna be a fecking nightmare to upload lol

Ska

they look nice ska but if your going for a more relistic look then i think you should reskin that radio :P it doesnt quite look like a US radio from WWII.
also i think the bazooka should be strapped to the shoulders hanging sideways .
but if your just going for the cool look :D then their :cool:

You got any reference pics of a US radio? I know pretty much **** all about the US army lol THe only pic i've got of one is the one used in Kelly's heros lol

Ska

http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/articles/SCR300.html

That should help a bit, eh?

Gw but i have to ask y has the sniper got a radio pack on?

Cheers again trig, thats a huge help. Thanks mate.

Originally posted by R3aveR
Gw but i have to ask y has the sniper got a radio pack on?

The reason for this was explained earlier on in the thread, im too tired to retype it so jus read back.

Ska

Ska, you sexy beast. Send me the packs in an e-mail and I'll host them for you. audibleparadox@aol.com

Originally posted by Trigger
http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/articles/SCR300.html

That should help a bit, eh?
triggar to the rescue:p

Theres atleast another weeks work to be done on the models and then probally 5 days for my group of testers to spot any problems or make any suggestions.

All things going well this pack should be out in two weeks time (fingers crossed)

Ska

yay i get to test it soon!

btw looking awesome

This thread already has more views than some that have been stickied for months. That either says something for your set, or something about how often people pay attention to stickied threads.

Maybe I could help you test this set a bit Ska?

wow..... at last, a great non-para US inf. models.......!!!!

Originally posted by Trigger

Maybe I could help you test this set a bit Ska?

Please, that would be great. Any help from you is more than welcome mate.

The test version probally wont be out till around friday as I've hit a little problem with some animations.

No new picks to post just yet but I have been working on a carbine and garand to release with the weapons pack.

Thanks for all the continued support lads, i jus hope i dont let you down.

Ska

Hey welcome back hammie! Great work on those enfields, im using the Jungle Carbine at the moment.

Ska

friendly bump

friendly bump

Not much progress on this one lads, I've had food poisoning for nearly two days so I'm not really in the mood to do any tonight lol

made some progress on the flamethrower but thats about it, sorry lads.

Ska

whoa...... get well soon man..... :o
Models can wait later....... ;)

Its my own bloody fault, i had 3 bowls of cerel with milk that was about a week off lol It was early in the morning so my taste buds weren't awake yet and dint notice hehe

As soon as i stop bucketing outta both ends I'll get to work on the pack again :p

Ska

OH NO HE'S GOING TO DIE!

jk heh
lol a week old milk? did u try and sniff the stuff first before u used it?

mmmmmm old milk

Whats wrong with milk thats a week old? I drink milk thats 2 weeks old sometimes:confused:

He said a week off, not a week old, so I assume he means a week past the expiration date.

but isnt that what kunfu cheese said above trigger?

Originally posted by AFG
but isnt that what kunfu cheese said above trigger?
no, week off means a week after expiration date. Week old means that you got it last week, but it isnt past the expiration date

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm homemade cottage cheese:p

Sclass12 im making fun of your age :P now change your sig to 70:D

Originally posted by Sclass12
no, week off means a week after expiration date. Week old means that you got it last week, but it isnt past the expiration date

well i learned something new about milk :D

i have a little idea for you ska
i got this idea from frightm@re's b1.3 airborne models
you can add dogtags to these models making them even more detailed but without making them too high poly for such a little detail.
hers what you can do, make 2 rectangles which is only 4 polygons and alittle string out of a cylinder with 1 slice which is about 30 polygons.
now all you need to do is place them the way you want around the models neck add the texture to it and make it a transparent texture so it looks like dogtags:cool:

something like this

heres the 4000 poly version :D

Originally posted by gabagoo
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm homemade cottage cheese:p

Sclass12 im making fun of your age :P now change your sig to 70:D
damn you gabagoo!!!!

Originally posted by Sclass12
damn you gabagoo!!!!
:D muhahahahahahhaha *lightning*

what's lightning without thunder?

I'll give it a go gab and see what it looks like.

Well heres the bad news, the test version will NOT be done by tomorrow as I previosuly said because I didn't count on losing 2 days work (fecking food poisoning lol)

Also theres another problem. I quickly compiled a ****ty version so i could see what it looked like in game and see if anything was out of scale and **** like that. The problem is that they models look fine but the animations are kinda ****ed up. Here's the problems:

1) No matter what weapon you use the model holds it like a rifle
2) The models seem to fire all weapons from the hip like an undeployed MG
3) When firing prone the model looks as if they are crawling forward.
4) Instead of the prone deployed animation playing it just shows the model as if they are lying down.

Not too sure wtf is going on but I'll try and fix it. I've got a feeling I've somehow ****ed up the body skeleton so if the worst comes to the worst I may have to remake the bodies. That aint really a big problem though seeing as there are only two bodies anyway and the only way I changed them was by putting better legs on :D

Sorry for the delays.

Ska

Its palying the wrong animations, nothing is wrong with the skelton. Maybe you're compiling it with a qc list of the 2.x animations. That would explain why there all out of order. Try decompiling the default allies and copying the animations out of its qc and pasting them over your own.

Originally posted by Ska_Wars
1) No matter what weapon you use the model holds it like a rifle
2) The models seem to fire all weapons from the hip like an undeployed MG
3) When firing prone the model looks as if they are crawling forward.
4) Instead of the prone deployed animation playing it just shows the model as if they are lying down.

I had a problem like that - turns out I'd borked up copy and pasting the animation list in the qc and as it goes by index number in game and not name they were out of sequence.

- Jed

hope /\ that fixes it :D

Cheers for the help lads I'll go try out your suggestions now (fingers crossed it'll fix it)

Ska

have any new pics, cuz the old ones are down

heres a quick pic from a little play test i did today.

The animations are fine now (Cheers jed and Devin!) but the models are still not done yet.

These pics are pretty **** quality but I only took these between spawns cos I was bored lol

Ska

lol go sturmbots!

looking great!

btw, i see gibs... thats a first for 1.0... howd you do it? did u put on that setting where ppl explode when shot?

looking great Ska..keep up the hard work m8!

and russ, you only get those gibs when you use sturmbot unfortunatly:(...i wish it wasn't the case...but alas it is:/

yeah its strumbot. As far as I know you can't get gibs in 1.0 but i knida wish they'd bring them back as there is nothing funny that watching a group of guys being blasted into a shower of gibs by a nade lol

Ska

or a bazooka/panzershreck

Originally posted by Ska_Wars
heres a quick pic from a little play test i did today.

The animations are fine now (Cheers jed and Devin!) but the models are still not done yet.

These pics are pretty **** quality but I only took these between spawns cos I was bored lol

Ska
i noticed that that model in the pic is holding the carbien completely wrong. his right hand isn't even over the trigger or near it!

that is a poor quality pic, cant really see anything, but I am sure we will al be blown away by your quality of these models

Originally posted by Ska_Wars
yeah its strumbot. As far as I know you can't get gibs in 1.0 but i knida wish they'd bring them back as there is nothing funny that watching a group of guys being blasted into a shower of gibs by a nade lol

Ska

Makes you wonder, why gibs with Sturmbot but NOT in on-line play. Their has to be some sort of instruction sent to the engine by the sturmbot to make it explode thats isnt sent from a normal server.

- Jed

SO WHEN THE HELL CAN WE EXPECT A RELEASE DATE?!!!! DO IT NOW OR I'LL KILL ALL YOUR KITTENS!!!!!

holy crap man excellent job, bout time we got some decent US units and not some crappy reskin. I really like it a lot man.

Dunno why the carbine is being held like that, could be sumamt to do with the P_model. I'll look into it.

Anyone got any regiments they would like these troops to be modelled after? if so please post some ingisnia and troop badges.

No Release for atleast another week, sorry lads.

Weapons pack is about 40% done. Got a BAR, Colt, Knife, MG and Garand model. They are pretty much jus other people's weapons with some very small edits by myself.

Ska

Request: you've probably done this but Trigger's 3rd armored helmets

http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/3rd_armored.jpg

Wow Ska those actually look good if you look real close. I can barely see their faces but they kinda look different, did you change them?

yeah, whole new head model mate.

Sniper has a totaly unique head model, light, mg and medium have the same but with different skins and the BAR has a unique one two.

None of them were made by me though, although i wish i could model that good lol

Ska

oh boy you really got to release these soon cause i cant wait any longer:D

Please release now!!

Question: Do you have a different face texture? I'm not a huge fan of the default semi chubby cheeked Americans. I want the hard-ass chissled jaw look.

2nd time I replied to this thread but what the heck. I really like these and off-topic Ska, you are probably one of the most humble and open veteran skinners,modelers etc. I know. Keep up the good work looking forward to release. I use your 2nd army :)

Originally posted by Lt. Firmalo
you are probably one of the most humble and open veteran skinners,modelers etc. I know.

Awww shucks, your too kind lol I'm not humble, i jus think what i do is pretty **** and over hyped lol

Originally posted by Lt. Firmalo
I use your 2nd army :)

Well then you should be happy to know V2 is also in the works. basically I'll just be adding some better equipment.

heres a little quick pic of the sarges equipment so far. Aint really much to look at really though, just some nades and a hacked up pistol and holster taken from Devin's para pack in 3.1

@ Kiff, yep there are new faces and head models.

Ska

closer look at the pistol, don't worry I'll get rid of the 'us' marking.

The pistol is by devin and I think he said the holster was made by nomad but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Ska

Why does he have a Webley if its a US player?

Originally posted by Ska_Wars

Well then you should be happy to know V2 is also in the works. basically I'll just be adding some better equipment.

heres a little quick pic of the sarges equipment so far.

Its from my British 2nd army pack V2, hence the webley mate.

Sorry if i dint make that clear, its the bloody heat over here at the moment, can't even talk right let alone type stuff lol

Ska

Bloops. sorry, its early and i haven't slept in a while. :D

Well SKa, you're doing what very few have done for 1.0. You're making a rather superb looking allied pack. Up to now, it's been mostly reskins of the default, and as I've heard from someone, they dont want to use SS v4, cause the allies are so damn ugly in comparison. You're giving people what they crave, a fresh, new, higher-polygon count american model, and so far you're doing a brillaint job. Just look at how many veiws and replies this thread has, that should tell you something right there.

damm nice!

Looking forward to its release....... ( btw, i m still using the default US Allies :( )

Cheers for the kind words lads.

I didn't mind the original models but I think people have done far too many bloody reskins. Don't get me wrong, some of the reskins were top quality work but you can only look at so many reskins before you get bored lol

thanks for all the support lads, I'll try and get alot more done on these tonight as I'll be out with my girlfriend most of tomorrow and wont get any done then.

Thanks for all the support lads, I hope I don't let you all down.

Ska

Process=

Vandal downloads SSv4, re-skins for his own perverted wishes

Ska_Wars completes Allied pack, Vandal downloads IMMEDIATLY

Vandal reskins Allied pack, again for his own perverted wishes.

Ska_Wars is beaten by a whip leaving scars on his back that spell out "where's the brit pack!?!?"

hehe....jk. Great work, pal. :D

Thats the pic you guy's was talkin bout in mah sig, right?

Wha? did i just miss ten minutes of this conversation? lol

Ska

No, I'd found that gif of the old aldy kicking the little kid and it flashes OWNED! in red letter right after the kick. I put it in my sig, but i changed it cause its not my style, plus Shellshock would probably ban me or something rediculous cause its child abuse.

Whats that got to do with owt? lol Did someone request it or summat earlier in the thread?

Ain't you changed your sig like 3 times today mate? lol

Ska

Could of sworn someone was talking bout it. Maybe that was Russ's thread. Im dumb i geuss.

Originally posted by Ska_Wars
Awww shucks, your too kind lol I'm not humble, i jus think what i do is pretty **** and over hyped lol



Well then you should be happy to know V2 is also in the works. basically I'll just be adding some better equipment.

heres a little quick pic of the sarges equipment so far. Aint really much to look at really though, just some nades and a hacked up pistol and holster taken from Devin's para pack in 3.1

@ Kiff, yep there are new faces and head models.

Ska

hubba hubba..I can't wait to use those Brit babies on dod_fabrik :)

lol devin are you drunk? jk:p

so hows the progress so far?

I am really looking foward to these, keep up the good work Ska.

Very little progress has been made cos due to the sudden heat wave over here in old blighty (apparently we're hotter than India, brazil and Spain at the mo) my PC keeps over heating and making a very annoying clicking sound a few seconds before it restarts lol

i have however started making the dog tags and the unit badges.

Does anyone want a specific infantry unit they would like to see on these models?

Since I dont know **** about the US army, one regiment is just as good as another to me so I'll probally just pick the one with the coolest emblem lol However, if someones dad/grand dad/whatever served with a paticular unit and would like to see these models as part of that unit please post a pic of the units emblem and a little info on them here.

Cheers,

Ska

how bout making them 3rd Inv Div? The rock of the Marne (lucky fror them the Marines didnt fight much at all in the European Theathere) just a suggestion.

oh yeah the emblem is just a square with slashes through it. it easy to find.

3rd ID has already been done before thoug haint it? By Cpt Higgins I think.

A lad PM we earlier requesting i did it after the 79th ID so I'll probally be doing in as them. I'll probally include a 3rd ID skin though in case anyone wants to change it.

Ska

The Third ID has been done before, why not something different? Maybe the 1st ID, or the 8th ID, thye ahve a cool logo with an arrow.

I wouldn't mind the First Infantry Division.

http://www.alliedairborne.co.uk/inf_div-armies-corps/1stinfdiv.jpg

SKA I pmed you with the ID I wanted.. It was the 8th

http://www.wfrgames.com/armyhist/infdivs2.htm

Cheers toejam mate.

I've made a quick skin of the 79th ID jus to see how they look and I kinda like them.

I'll probally include skins for all the other regiments that were requested so you can just slap which everone you want on these models.

Cheers for all the suggestions lads, i know **** all about the US army so these are a great help.

BTW, wtf does the 'T' stand for under the sarge/corporal cheverons on radio men and MGers?

Heres some quick pics of the sarge model, this model has probally recieved the least amount of attention so far and I'm really nor happy with it. Anyway, here it is so far.

Sarge WIP (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawars/Sarge_US.JPG)

Ska

I believe it was for technical or something, i forgetness

I'm pretty sure its technical. Yeah the big red (1st I.D. ) would be cool also. and just a suggestion for the sarge model, how bout a map bag on the side, the sargents where usally the ones that read maps the best. Also another suggestion, make the "staff sargent" an officer, like a lintuant or something (aka the guy on the dod background) Low ranking officers did more fighting than staff sgts, just simply take off the chevrons on the arm and add the two bars on the shoulder and on the helmet. mabye you get get someone else and change the name on the class chooser. Well i hope some one might consider this job, with your permission of course. ;)

sarge = handsome. :)

are u gonna change the helmets ska? they look too plain. =b

i could help ya out with the helmet if ya need it :D

Ska? yeah the check is in the mail.

hehe you rock so hard.

hey Ska, do you think you could attach the face to a 101st Airborne skin?

Yeah I'll be changing the helmets. They were triggers but they dint fit the mesh I had so i messed around with them and made they look totally **** lol

@ Russ, if you wanna reskin the helmets that would be cool! i need some sort of mesh on them other wise the .30 clip and cig pack will jus be floating in the air lol

@ Stryker. Great idea mate about the maps. i was gonna add a satchel charge on a strap to the sarge but i might give the map[ pack a go first.

@ Skullz Vandal. RBF fan eh? lol They're ok but British ska is much better than US (except Less than Jake, they rock live lol)

@ Kungfucheez. I'm not planning on making any para models as Russ' paras are the best damn US paras you'll ever see (IMO) but if i get a chance I might have a quick go at some.

Ska

cool ska, :) ill need the meshes though, i lost all of trigs head gear when i formatted my HD.

e-mail them to me at: esteen@adelphia.net and ill gladly help you out.

and thanks for the compliment on the paras, but i consider those to be -experimental- compared to what i have planned for a later version.. ;)

SW, I'm a big Ska fan. RBF kicks my ass. So does The Impossibles and Less Than Jake. Buck O Nine is my current favorite though. Maybe you can reccomend some cool UK side bands for me? :cool:

Some great classic ska bands are:

The Specials (they basically started UK ska)
Madness

Both of them have split up now though :(

Some great ska bands who are still together though are:

4ft Fingers (Skate punk really) (http://www.4ftfingers.co.uk/)
Capdown (They wrote the song Ska Wars)
Captain Everything (http://www.captaineverything.co.uk/)
Farse (http://www.farse.co.uk/)
Jesse James (look up the song Shoes) (http://www.jessejames.co.uk/)
King Prawn (http://www.kingprawn.co.uk/)
Lightyear (http://www.lightyearuk.com/)
Shooting Goon (great welsh ska band!) (http://www.shootin-goon.co.uk/)
[Spunge] (http://www.spunge.co.uk/)
Whitmore (Punk with some ska influences) (http://www.whotmore1.co.uk/)

Any of those bands are well worth a look!

Ska

offtopic ska

Welcome to bansville

ok,i am waiting anxiously for the release of these things.

So how bout making the staff sargent an officer? Harmless , and different, also adds diversity right? Well its just a thought but i would really like to see it somewhere. Also adds reason, a lot of ties US officers carried m1 carbines, pretty please somebody do it.:D

oh yeah almost forgot, Link 80 is a good ska/punk band, also springheeled jack is tottaly awesome, too bad they both are no more.

I could make the tommy and greaser into officers but i cant make the carbine into one as he shares the same body as the rifleman.

Ska

i also got another suggstion, mabye for a later version or somehting, but for a few modles (mabye the sarge) unbutton thier shirts a few buttons and show some skin, like thure hot from all that fighing. mabye make one guys face like "the guy from brokyln" (like the pic up there of the US soldier next tpo where it says forums) Also roll up the B.A.R. man's sleves cause eveyone knows all B.A.R. guys are totally bad assed. And for the officver thing just use the same model just take off the chevrons and replacew with two bars on the shouder.

OMG Ska, this thread has 4,600+ views and 200+ relplies.....
You better release before the forum implodes! :p

Originally posted by Sgt. Stryker
Also roll up the B.A.R. man's sleves cause eveyone knows all B.A.R. guys are totally bad assed.

I really like the idea but I don't think most BAR guys were bad add at all lol From what I've seen in WW2 pics and footage the guys who often carried the support weapons, no matter what nation (BAR - US, Bren - UK, MG - Axis etc) , were often quite scrawny guys who were most likely bullied into carrying the heavy fecking thing by the rest of the squad lol

Thanks for all he idea stryker, they are very helpful and much appreciated.

Seeing as the troops are already carrying flamers and BZs I was thinking of making two versions of this pack. One regular inf version and one Comabt Engineers pack with them carrying stuff like satchel charges, bagalores, tnt etc.

BTW I forgot how bloody big this thread was, do you think I should start a new one before this gets anymore confusing lol

Ska

Heres a five minute hack job of the sleeves from the kar 43 slapped on the BAR guy. If people like it then I'll redo it but better and less rushed.

Heres a quick pic (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawars/BAR%20short%20sleeve.JPG)

Ska

cool! would be cooler for the master sargeant

That looks pretty good to me, I always liked guys with rolled up sleves, so I think you should go for it, there's nothing limiting you to having only one class with rolled up sleves. Also, is it just me, or are those BAR mag pouches really small looking?

Yeah i think i need to resize them a wee bit lol They look more like carbine pouches at the mo.

Heres a quick little update. Nowt major really, I jus added a set of brass knuckles to the sarge model to try and make him look a little tougher.

Ska

Ska, you never cease to amaze me. Like I said, two versions mayhap?

1) without flamer/radio....but with the sleeves, ect?

2) with all the bells'n'whistles

I would be a verrah happeh vandal.

As it looks at the moment there will be two versions:

1) Infantry - will include flamer, BZ, short sleeves, 'bells and whistles' and I'll include some blank skins for triggers very cool arm patches so people can slap on whatever troop/company insignia on they want.

2) Engineers - Flamer, BZ, Bangalores, TNT, Satchel chrages, other assorted bits and pieces such as ropes and other construction equipment.

The infantry version will probally be the first to be released with the Engineers being released after.

There will be no para version

I know I said this would be finished ages ago but I've ran into a number of problems along the way which have slowed things down a wee bit. I didn't get much done last night as i seem to have got another mild bout of food poisoning again and ended up throwing up for the better part of four hours between midnight and 4:00am (I've really gotta learn how to fecking cook better lol)

Thanks for all the tips/suggestions/support, its really helped motivate me to carry on with this bloody pack lol

Ska

The patch idea is a good one, since there were roughly sixty American divisions in Europe by the end of the war, and each one has their fans. Those knuckles look strangely familiar, you didn't by chance take them from the 1918 trench knife I released some time ago did you?

i took them from the para tommy gun (was that made by you?) and edited them a bit. Sorry for not asking first, do you mind me using them? if so i'll take them off.

heres a quick pic of the dog tags that gabagoo suggested (great idea mate, cheers)

Ska

Yeah, that thompson was mine, but I'm fine with it, I was just curious, that's all. I'm actually thinking about releasing a 'normal' version of that tommy without the knife, adding a stock and extending the clip to make a 30rnd. I imagine that it's difficult to fire a weapon with one of those on, but to each his own. I like the dog tags, it's a nice touch, but don't give them to everybody, it wasn't too common to wear them outside like that. About the dog tags though, only dead men have just one, something to think about.

Cheers trigger, i wasn't too sure if they had two tags or just the one.

From what I've read alot of troops carried brass knuckles, especially members of the path finders. I don't know if it would be even possible to fire a gun while wearing them but I jus got the idea from Band of Brothers (Sgt. Toye uses a set on the assault on the 88s I think)

Ska

man, your doing good, its things like this that i am willing to wait for (a long time if neccesray) I like the rolled up sleves, i wa sjust joking about the BAR guys being bad asses, its just how all movies percieve them which is funny. Hell by then end of the war there was no big guys they where all scronny little americans that wanted the damn war to end. good work i like the dog tags a lot, nice touch.

Ska what movie is that in ur sig?

The Bunker directed by Rob Green.

Its a British Horror film about a squad of German soldier who underfire from American soldiers take shelter in an old anti tank bunker. As time goes on they realise that the bunker is built upon the site of a mass grave where massacred plague victims were buried. Needly to say, spooky **** follows lol

It isn't really much of a horror in the ghouls and goblins sense of the word but it is well worth a look. be sure to look out for the insane SS wanna be Corporal Schenke who goes about blasting everything with an MP44, including his own men lol As you might of already guessed, im a bit of a film nut lol

Ska

oh yea u told me about that one b4

Vandal's new sig=win ;)

yes it is

i like the dogtags ;) exept what trigger said is true "only dead men wear one dogtag"
btw how many polys is the string ?

Originally posted by gabagoo
heres the 4000 poly version :D

can u send me that! or upload it here?

Judas@nyc.rr.com

Jesus I'm amazed this thread made it over to the new forms, I woulda thought it'd be cut down or summat.

Anyway, still WIP. Hopefully out by the end of the week.

Ska

JESUS! is the bar man superman??? the bar itself is a good 20 pounds, the bazooka is a good 25 pounds, and the extra rocket is about 5 pounds, plus a full pack is a good 25 pounds!!!! So that's like 75 pounds! Plus he's running around the whole day. (the skins look extremely nice tho:D good job!) But i'm just pointing out that the guy with the carbine should be the one carring the bazooka, since the carbines weighs little. Anyways they look really good:D :D :D :D

Carbine was gonna carry the radio but the carb uses the same body as the rifleman so if i did that all riflemen and carbines would carry the BZ. He also has the same head as the sarge so I can't get around it that way either.

As for the BAR guy, 75 pounds of equipment aint too much from what i hear. I've heard stories or some guys lugging 150 pounds of equipment around, then again they probally weren't fighting at the time lol Anyway, he's a yank, he's hard lol

Ska

ska....assign the radio to the para-carbine gear and your set.

anderson

Can't wait for these, ska! Looks amazing :D

Originally posted by Joe Anderson
ska....assign the radio to the para-carbine gear and your set.

This aint a para set, would it be possible to do that for a normal inf pack?

I'll PM you about it later, cos if i could get the carbine with the radio that would be a hell of alot better.

No work today and my girlfriend is out all day so I'll be home for most of today. Hopefully I'll get the pack pretty much done.

Ska

If you could seperate it so that the carby and the rifle had diffrent gear assignments, you should slap the zooka to the garand and the radio to the carby. :D

If i had my own way id have the Greaser with the flamer, the BAR with the BZ and the carb with the radio.

Anyway, I did a little work on the flamer today, no much though. still aint finished but i added some pipes and other **** too it.

And before anyone says owt I know the pipe is a little short but if i made it a realistic length it'll look weird when you sprint or crouch as the pipe will jus stick out about four foot behind him lol

Heres a quick pic although really I only took it as an excuse to try out jed's cool little rendering addon lol (If you haven't downloaded it yet do so now, its bloody good)

Ska

Another quick render of the sarge with dog tags and knuckle duster.

Ska

:D I LOVE THAT GREASE GUN!:D

What Grease gun? the one with the mags taped together?

Ska

what are you using to render ?

YES! the one with the mag's taped together. It's like the one they had in the one WWII movie. Anyways, it looks sexy. Make it a shoulder view one!

Well noone else seemed to like it so i gave up. If you want though i can finish it and e-mail you it after this player pack is done?

Ska

:D if it's not too much trouble.

Pvt.Malarkey@comcast.net

V model of that grease gun is done but i never made a P/W model for it. If i get some time I'll knock one together and e-mai you it.

Ska

:D :D thank you so much:D :D

ska, those helmets suck!




lol jk, but hey, im done skinning the ones you need. the only problem is the making one with a net.. for some reason it is unusally hard on this mesh/model. ill keep trying, but i dunno... ill e-mail you it tommorrow, its 4:00 AM over here, and i need some sleep. :o <-yawns

Cheers mate, if you could, please e-mail them to me dad's addy as I seem to be locked outta my own one at the mo or summat lol

Ska

UPDATE

Models will be send to all testers tonight around 8pm GMT. If no problems are found pack will be released around 11pm GMT Friday night

Sorry for the huge wait, i just hope you think they were worth it lol

Picture (http://www.dodsupply.co.uk/skawars/USInf.jpg)

Ska

Lookin good.

Ska, hop on msn. :D

Links have been sent to all testers, if i have missed you off by accident please PM or e-mail me.

Hopefully if the testers dont spot anything wrong this will be out by Friday night.

After this I'm taking a bloody holiday i think lol

Ska

Ah, a much needed vacation. This pack looks damn good Ska, they certainly are the strongest Army unit I've ever seen lol.