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Vandal's 87th Infantry Division "The Golden Acorn" --- Day of Defeat Source US Army playerskin

Release Notes:

-This file is hosted at fragspersecond.net, should any day of defeat custom content website desire to use this file on their website, they have fragspersecond.net expressed permission, however the file must be RE-HOSTED by that institution. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE THIS FILE BY SIMPLY POSTING THE FRAGSPERSECOND.NET LINK. Leeching off of bandwidth is lame.

-Images of the Skin can be used without consent on webpages, ect. Please, however notify Vandal via e-mail, vandal@fragspersecond.net

-Other versions of the 87th will be available per request in the dayofdefeat.com release thread. (Specifically: Versions without dirt/mud, versions with the original playermodel face, ect.)

Installation notes:

Extract the .zip to day of defeat source/dod/materials/models/player/american


Like it says in the readme, I will tweak it into different versions if there are requests for the original face, or one without the mud/dirt on the uniform.

DOWNLOAD HERE:
http://www.fragspersecond.net/skins/87thinf.zip

excellent I will definitley be using these, I love the colors thanks for these

Sweet! Always been a big fan of your 87th 1.3 models. Nice to see them making a comeback for Source.

great job vandal. They look clean and smooth, great textures

These look nice! will give 'em a try in game.

Thx!

The soldier in the pic looks like this guy. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0650702/)

God Vandal, you sucked back in the beta days and you suck now. Stop trying to make stuff! :p

You know I luvs you mate, looking good, but start working on those modelling skills, you know thats where its at ;)

Originally posted by Maxey
The soldier in the pic looks like this guy. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0650702/)
Distressed pilot in SPR. lol.
Very nice Vandal. I love the colour.
I would've suggested to darken the equipment and leggings aswell. They look too bright for the dark green uniform.

nice Ill be using these.

Originally posted by Ska Wars
start working on those modelling skills, you know thats where its at ;)

Maybe you ought to start teaching me, you lame old git! :) Speaking of lame, when are you gonna release some of that nonsense YOU call customs? I can't wait to see what you do with DOD:S! :cool:

Oh My Fvcking Gawd!

Yes, very nice indeed. Great colors.

You have pictures of the real 87th? I've never seen uniforms of that color until I saw your models.

I like! :D Too bad none of my source games will open (preparing game.. nothing..) :angry: I'd try these babies out

Keep it up!

Originally posted by Disciple
You have pictures of the real 87th? I've never seen uniforms of that color until I saw your models.

Actually, alot of units during that time wore green. In fact just twoards the end of WW2 the Army Olive Drab color was introduced, before that many uniforms were a sort of deep green. Khaki-esque colors were present, but more prominant on paratroopers than on infantry.

Running a quick google for "ww2 american tunic" you'll see several results come up green: http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=ww2+american+tunic&btnG=Search

The same can be said for checking out living history (reenactment) group's webpages, You'll see authentic uniforms in color. Here's a few pics: (the winter ones were from another divisions Adrennes campaign, which the 87th was a major part in. There aren't any 87th living history groups, that I know of though.)

http://www.fragspersecond.net/uniforms/green.jpg


http://www.fragspersecond.net/uniforms/green2.jpg


http://www.fragspersecond.net/uniforms/green3.jpg


http://www.fragspersecond.net/uniforms/green4.jpg


http://www.fragspersecond.net/uniforms/green5.jpg

Also, my grandfather was in the 87th, and noted that he'd seen guys in greens, beiges, ect.

Where do you think "little green army men" come from? :)

The short and sweet answer for that question is that he has turned their early war M41 jackets into mid/later war M43 jackets.

M41:

http://www.militarytour.com/Reproductions/ImagesReproduct/M41.ht19.jpg
Note the lack of chest pockets and the shortness of the jacket. The slit pockets are hidden udner the sleeves in this picture,

M43:

http://www.antiquefirearms.com/images/miscus/us43jacket1.jpg
Note the longer length of the jacket, and the 4 pockets.

He has made a hybrid between the two. The color and 2 of the pockets of an M43, and the size and shape of an M41.

Originally posted by Captain Higgins
The short and sweet answer for that question is that he has turned their early war M41 jackets into mid/later war M43 jackets.

M41:

http://www.militarytour.com/Reproductions/ImagesReproduct/M41.ht19.jpg
Note the lack of chest pockets and the shortness of the jacket. The slit pockets are hidden udner the sleeves in this picture,

M43:

http://www.antiquefirearms.com/images/miscus/us43jacket1.jpg
Note the longer length of the jacket, and the 4 pockets.

He has made a hybrid between the two. The color and 2 of the pockets of an M43, and the size and shape of an M41.

^^ What he said.

1) I couldn't change the shape of the jacket. When I attempted to, it simply looked ridiculous. Without modeling you can't shape something the way you want it. For this reason, I didn't bother with the second set of pockets.

2) I chose the green because DOD is set in 44-45, Late war. As you said, green was the late-war uniform, beige was the early war uniform, plus the 87th was activated in like 44 or 45.

Very nice job, Vandal!

Hey vandal, i used your 87th all throughout old dod, bout 2 years....this makes my day....i don't think i'll replace these ever, unless you update them....and the fact that they have matching sleeves...yay...thanks!

This past week, there's been more quality reskins than there's been in the past year. Great job Vandal.

Originally posted by Pvt.Crowe
Hey vandal, i used your 87th all throughout old dod, bout 2 years....this makes my day....i don't think i'll replace these ever, unless you update them....and the fact that they have matching sleeves...yay...thanks!

I'm thrilled to hear you like them, and have been using them since dod:gold!

Yeah, as soon as Valve lets us get a bit more control (multiple faces/bodies?) I'll be sure to release an update. :)

And ez: I agree. This week has been great. And theres more on the way...at least from me. You can expect:

Several gun skins
More splash screens
Axis models
Another allied model (perhaps).