Coming within the next day or two will be a number of skins sets released, they will be:

German:
Heer Pea Dot Set (currently v1.2)
SS Spring Oak Leaf Set (currently v1.0)
SS Autmn Oak Leaf Set (currently v0.9)

British:
No. 2 Commando Set (currently v1.1)

American:
82nd Airborne Set (currently v2.0)
2nd Ranger Set (currently v6.0)

All of them will have new helmets and the SS sets do have the Swastika on them (not that I care much, I just go for accuracy).

That is all.

your skins kick ass! your pea dot camo skin is just awesome!
but i would also like some fallschirmjaeger reskins but well, i can live without it. i'm looking forward to the release!

next day or two? Sweet i cant wait!

Can't wait Vandori.
You do some of the best skins ever.

Cheers.

Vandori, can you please make us a 1st Infantry Division skin set...

I'd need a couple pictures, but yeah, I guess I could make a 1st infantry set.

Great to hear. I can't wait. I love the pea-dot set that's out!

lol 2 days.. you must be very bored behind your computer :)

Good to hear, Vandori. Keep up the great work!

82nd! :D :D
yea, cant wait for that!

Nice. :)

Wish more would do other divs. for variety...

Yes a 1st Infantry division pack would be great =)

OMG I SAW SOME PICS OF YOUR PEA DOT SKINS AND THEY ARE SOO GOOD, i cant wait for this, i couldnt find them anywhere but now i'll just wait for the pack :D

i thought they took the swastika off the helmets in 1943

its funny, how come we never say you around during the 3.0 days vandori? the only skin i saw you do was the 3RD ID skins.... you would have made alot of nice packs im sure.

btw you have aim? :D

Originally posted by Slaytanic
i thought they took the swastika off the helmets in 1943

thats right. the bright red signs were a very good target for snipers!:)

but most soldiers still had them on their helmets.

btw: we need a new fallschirmjaeger reskin pack!:D

Slaytanic: Yeah, they stopped producing the helmets with the decals, and the order was to remove any decals you had. However, most soldiers never bothered with it.

Conscript: I focused almost all of my time on doing the 3rd ID set, after that I had planned to release the Rangers, but things fell apart and I kind of abandoned releasing anything else.

I do have AIM, though I prefer ICq. I'm old school that way. :cool:

Kraut: Already got something in the works. Not going to be with the main release, not as far as I know at least.

Pics...

http://www.nwha.org/news_2Q2002/resources/a2.jpg

http://home.attbi.com/%7Egicollector/f2.jpg

http://home.attbi.com/%7Egicollector/f7.jpg

Cool, can't wait Vandori. Your pea-dot ones are awesome!

What we need are british replacments. The axis and allies are pretty good for the time being, but the brits are a little basic looking.

YEAH..i been waitin for ur ranger set since 2.0

Glad to hear it!

Any chance I can talk you into converting these? It's a combination of trenchcoats and others.. Pleaseeee...

Great news, can't wait for them :)

Originally posted by Slaytanic
i thought they took the swastika off the helmets in 1943

as far as i know.. in the production of producing helmets they took off the markings in 1943... but there still were helmets out there with the markings on in it in 1944

Update:

I think I'm gonna delay release of these until the weekend, that will give me some more time to test them.

Given the extra few days though, I might be able to squeeze out a 1st ID set or something to pad the release.

Any chance that when you do release you could also release a zip with just the textures? Since there are no actual model changes yet (due to the lack of a 1.0 compiler) it would make for a much smaller download for those that are familiar with HLMV. It migh even cut down on bandwidth useage by your hosts.

Also please consider doing sleeve textures to match whatever camo you make for the uniforms. Your peadot set is excellent and I'd like to see some arm textures to match.

Originally posted by Scimitar
Any chance that when you do release you could also release a zip with just the textures? Since there are no actual model changes yet (due to the lack of a 1.0 compiler) it would make for a much smaller download for those that are familiar with HLMV. It migh even cut down on bandwidth useage by your hosts.

Also please consider doing sleeve textures to match whatever camo you make for the uniforms. Your peadot set is excellent and I'd like to see some arm textures to match.

What this sweet mother****er said. :D

I'm probably not going to cut out the models and just release the textures, while a good number of you guys here know how to apply them in HLMV, majority probably don't.

Besides, easiest way to reach the widest audience is through ease of installation. Hehe

As for view model textures? That is a big possability. I've been thinking about it just to do for myself. Maybe I'll use the extra days to do that.

Thankyou for considering us idiots in the modeling forum.

can't wait, the default para us is getting old

All of them will have new helmets and the SS sets do have the Swastika on them (not that I care much, I just go for accuracy).


depends on what you mean, mostly what period of war your in :)


this is an exert from i sight i usually get symbols and insignia and other whatnot from :)

Use both decals if you are doing a pre-war or early-war helmet. After experience in Poland and France, an order in 1940 called for the removal and omission of future tri-color shields (red-white-black striped shield for Heer & Luftwaffe, shield with swastika for the SS). The bright colors were just too visible. Of course, as with any military, this was apparently adhered to only when necessary... there is plenty of photographic evidence showing double-decal helmets all the way to the end of the war.
An order dated 1943 called for the removal and omission of ANY decals on helmets. This would mean that ideally-speaking, the 1942 run of M42 shells would have had the National Eagle (or "SS" runes) decal applied in the factories, but after 1943 no decals should be seen on new helmets. In addition, many M35 & M40 shells were reconditioned and reissued all the way to the end, so these rules would apply to them too. To add further confusion, decals were available for private purchase, so it is conceivable that a sneaky Soldat might have applied his own double-decal job to his spanky-new M42 for whatever reason! The best late-war look is probably no decals at all, but of course, we'd like to sell you some decals...
Recommended reading for anyone wanting a diverse look at German helmet craziness is the 2-volume series by Branislav Radovic, "German Helmets of the Second World War".

now this is just what they say...but like i said, depends on what period you want yours to reflect :)

Van who's hosting these?

Hope not that C. Boniface guy, he's a jerk.

Awaiting zip files. The Allied skins are pretty nice, also the Pea Dot.

I dunno, I heard that Boniface guy was alright. Haven't talked to him much. He might host some.

I've also got the fine folks at www.kar*****.co.uk lined up to host the files.

Oh yeah, as for the helmets, I've got the double decals on just for the hell of it. I know that late war they weren't produced with them on, but Germans could still buy decals themselves and a lot still had their originals with the decals... so I figure they can stay.

Besides, it does look kinda cool. Hehe.

Originally posted by Vandori
Oh yeah, as for the helmets, I've got the double decals on just for the hell of it. I know that late war they weren't produced with them on, but Germans could still buy decals themselves and a lot still had their originals with the decals... so I figure they can stay.

Besides, it does look kinda cool. Hehe.

Agreed....

Better you do use both, I hear that Bonifacey guy puts random JPEGs in the zip files he hosts. (PM Van)

I also heard that this Boniface guy is like obsessed with DoD and reads the forums all the time, even when eating dinner. But that's just a rumour.

At any rate, I've got my work cut out for me. Everyone here is so very picky! Hehe. Not that this is a bad thing.



On a side note, Tekk, your mailbox is full, and you cannot receive new PMs... so yeah.

/me drools

At some point tonight or tomorrow I'll try to post some screens of the skins in action.

Before then though, Tekk's got a great combat photography post going in General that has some of the skins in it. Namely the Paras and Autumn Oak leaf set.

And then there was a link:

http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3194&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

Very nice work...


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Originally posted by Vandori
I'm probably not going to cut out the models and just release the textures, while a good number of you guys here know how to apply them in HLMV, majority probably don't.

Besides, easiest way to reach the widest audience is through ease of installation. Hehe

As for view model textures? That is a big possability. I've been thinking about it just to do for myself. Maybe I'll use the extra days to do that.

I didn't mean to suggest that you forgo the full model releases. I meant to suggest that you also release a zip with just the textures in addition to the zips with the regular model releases. BTW I'm glad to hear that you are considering doing the v_model sleeve textures as well.

bump

Vandori, when r u going to release these? BTW the downloads section at kar***** is down and it looks like it'll be awhile b4 they get back online., anyone else want to host these files?

I'm really looking forward to the release.

Kinda off topic but who is this "Boniface guy" ?

Looking forward to these Vandori, some good stuff to try there :)

Ill have to get on IRC in a mo to check with Blas about the Kar***** downloads section, still problems with it I think...

Hmmm, they've censored 'wh-o-re'. So much for the link in my sig and posting anything from kw.co.uk here :/

That cracks me up.
Censorship rocks!

Anyway, I haven't hit any real snags yet and I should be on target for a Sunday release. Hell of a mother's day gift, eh?

Anyway, 82nd set may be held back for a little bit cause I'm talking to Russ. about his 82nd models with the new heads.

So if something terrible happens and I end up not releasing certain sets, the only ones you wouldn't see are the rangers and/or the 82nd.

The axis camo sets are done, 100% and they will be released.

Originally posted by Cole
Kinda off topic but who is this "Boniface guy" ?

Me, poking fun at myself through 3rd person.

Van, if release is today I'll work fast, if release is tomorrow I'll work tonight. For the MP3 ya knaw?

This sounds interesting... :)

**Bump

Working on getting the files up now.

HURRAH!!! can u release them in a new thread?

OMG FINALLY... WHERE ARE THEY IT DOESNT TAKE 2 HOURS!!!!

/sends vandori a 40 and some stogies

6pm pacific and where are the files?
Resting on my hard drive.

Why?
Well, it is mother's day and I've got a mother. So yeah, after a dinner and some time with the family, I'm back and ready to get the files uploaded.

It will be in a new thread, by the way. Just cause it's easiest like that.

Hold tight ladies and gents, I'll get everything going shortly.

will it be quite soon?

only reason i ask is cos its 02.02 in scotland..and i dunno wether to go to bed, and get em in the morning..or wait..depends on the timescale:)

looking forward to it either way..pea dot set is immense:)

Shooting for a 30-45 minute wait for release. Still working with one of my mirrors to get something a little extra with the release out there for you guys.

If you have anything important to do tomorrow, might be best to get some sleep. But hey, if you are a real gamer, you won't need sleep. :D

lol:)

sleep is for the weak.....

/me sleeps:P

ok..i'll check em in the morning(decorating tomorrow:(..)

...waits....

/me continues to wait ;)

Hurray for sidetracking!

I got pulled away from the computer (again) for a good while yesterday (2:30 am pacific now) and didn't get the stuff released.

This is okay though, cause I'm gonna release the skins as soon as I get up tomorrow. You know, right after I brush my teeth and get my computer turned on.

Hang tight.

Can't wait :)

I'm skipping school for these. :D

Okay, I'm up, I'm ready to go!

My hosting guys are all offline though, so anyone out there with some primo website stuff that wants to give me a mirror, PM or email me and we can work something out.

editor will surly help u out..

I think we've got one :D

Hey..thank god i didnt stay up waiting for these then..id hve been one very tired boy:)

at least knowing these will be out when i come back in from decorating my m8's flat will keep me going(not even my flat:(..)

i have inside sources telling me there being uploaded somewhere as we speak.. but i dont trust the guy.. as he is well.. always wrong! :p :o

Vandori is watching us sweat!
Look, he's laughing!!
:) :)

How big is the pack? I have a good amount of space on 2 differnent webservers.

Laughing, and pointing!

:D

i wouldnt doubt that at all vandori :P

ahh man im dyin

*bumpeh*

Soon.

Very soon.

http://thrik.dodnetwork.com/vandori/teaser.jpg

o_O oooOoOOOOooOOoOooOoo nice nice nice! :D

releasage soon? i like ur SS alot :D

u ar3 73h Ba57ard!

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/me explodes

long words equal:

Antidisistablishmentarianism

and

Hydroxypropiltrimonium

thats it for todays lesson children, tomorrows lesson: "how to eat a live grenade and not get killed"




























sorry, the boredom has set in while i await ur pack :o

you can pass that bordem of awating for his pack, by getting back to work on your pack.


i mean, how rude of me. :p

*CoughcompilercoughCOUGHHACKCOMPILERCOUGHHACK*

:D

http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4277

Done and done.