okay here it is.





First 2 apologies. This is not my best work. I had to rush to get this out the door. I had to finish it tonight and release it OR wait a few more weeks or more. Which leads into the second apology to Higgins; I was going to send it to you for a final review but ran outta time. I created normal maps and the VMT files for the normal maps but was not able to test them out in-game. If you guys run into a problem with them just let me know so I can edit the VMT files in the release. Not great plan when releasing something but hey if Valve can do it, so can I !!! JUST KIDDING :D (not) There shouldn't be any problems though all I did was use the axis VMT and replace "german" with "american"



"BLAH BLAH BLAH"... Wile yeah keep droning on where's the friggin download? Glad you asked! right here:

http://files.filefront.com/Private_Josephzip/;4409293;;/fileinfo.html

I'll put up mirrors later when submission processes go through.

mirror http://www.fpsbanana.com/?section=viewitem.skins.skins.main.7239

Here's some beautiful README stuff

The Sleeve skin actually belongs to Captain Higgins and was slightly
modified by me to match my skins.

KNOWN ISSUES
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* skin inaccuracies
Not all colors are going to be perfect. The US uniform, by design,
is pretty drab and boring. Some liberties were taken with the skin
to give better contrast to details in-game.

Yes I know the BAR mag pouches held 2 mags apeice. Only 1 would fit in and look good on the model so 1 it is.

* model issues that cannot be corrected with the skin
Euipment suspenders at the top of the shoulder are incorrect. I did
the best I could to fake it.

* other items of note
The buttons on the jackets cuffs - apparetnly there was more than one
way they were sewn on. I choose the style I was able to find 40+
pictures of, not the style shown on the jackets in Saving Private Ryan.

This was unfortunately was rushed out the door at the last minute due to
emergencies in real-life. It is the reason I choose to use Higgin's sleeve
skin instead of my own (well, that and I really couldn't do better myself).
about 3 peices of equipment were left to skin when I had to rush it along.
Try and gues which three peices of equipment :D

Acknowledgements
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Captain Higgins - made original sleeve skin and provided references and
knowledge about US uniforms.

BTW all Cpt Higgins has offered to dirty it up
(*cough* *cough* *where's the dirtied up axis ones* *COUGH*)
So If ya want dirty versions BUG HIM and make sure the bribes are in low denomination unmarked bills.

OOOO Purdy.

Nice job.:)

Omg hell ya Wile.E. this is what i have been dying to install and its here :D That looks just fantastic and its what i needed to cheer me up after being disappointed by the saving private ryan pack. The pics you have put up are making me drool but the icing on the cake is the level of detail i'm going to enjoy looking at ingame where your reskinning work really shines!!! Thank You Wile E. Coyote and to Captain Higgins for helping you with this release.

I love you.

great work!
can i use this skin for my spr pack? :D

tested normal maps and they work

I love them, one problem is the clone army thing going on. Dont knowtice it with the past release but now I do. Anytime your gonna change that?
Keep them clean though, its not like they where just in WW 1 with 100 arty peices bearing down on them.

Originally posted by Hawk
.... one problem is the clone army thing going on.... Anytime your gonna change that?
Well, I thought about it when I was making it. 2 things stopping me:

Time. It takes an incredible amount of time to make these. It's not as easy as some might think. Believe it or not as much time can go into making a skin like this as actually modelling the character in the first place. (that's why the jobs are usually split). Making photo-realistic faces from scratch is the hardest part of these skins. I firmly believe that's why sooo many choose to skin weapons instead. Doing 5 more makes me shudder and cry. (and also think of the divorce papers my wife will serve me).

Development Team. Like Trp Jed has pointed out, I don't want to sink a ton of time into something that's A) going to be rendered useless by an update or B) be done by the Dev team anyway. I made these skins as a simple replacement until the Dev team gets their game more finalized.

As with my Axis skins, anyone can use these or parts of these as long as credit is bestowed, just as I made sure to give credit to Higgin's sleeve skin in this release.

I got ya, Valve should have skined or made the faces seprete from the main body and equipment, im assuming it would be easier for skiners to redo it. and itd make installing them easier, more control of what you replace.

Wow, really damn nice work! D/L 4 sure!

Joy! My Wile E DoD army is complete! Unless Higgins releases his dirtied up axis skins...I'll keep switching between the two hah.

Thanks for the great skins Wile ^_^.

I have plans within early next month to release a dual pack of "combat worn" German and American soldiers, based on Wile's amazingly well done high resolution German and American skins.

No worries, Wile. I understand how things get. I was actually about to shoot you a PM and find out how things were going, maybe get one last check on accuracy before the release. They look fantastic! Nicely done!

PS. I prefer the bribes to come in short stacks of 10 dollar bills.

Edit: My guesses are that you didn't reskin the t-handle shovel and the colt .45 holster?

*Flings 10 dollar bills at Higgins*

Looks great. I cant tell which part you rushed so thats a good thing.

Originally posted by NotAgOat
Looks great. I cant tell which part you rushed so thats a good thing.
[HINT] The canteen looks like crap..... ;)

And higgins is correct about the holster, all I did was pretty it up and highlight it.

Wile E, I think you might be my nextdoor neighbor. What subdivision you live in?

*cough*

DAMN!!!

nj on that

O :donrluvs::donrluvs::donrluvs::donrluvs:ING KICK ASS MAN THAT"S :donrluvs::donrluvs::donrluvs::donrluvs:ING SWEET! I BOW TOO YOU!

IM so pissed off right now, ive got these perfictly nice fitting US skins, then a cdg skinner comes and makes the seprate face, skins for each weapon... not gonna post the link cause it dosnt seem nice on someone else's thread. Still love these though...

best yet:)

If you could make 5 new faces (1 for each class), this would be the best skin set out there.

Any plans on doing this?

Originally posted by Richard
If you could make 5 new faces (1 for each class), this would be the best skin set out there.

Any plans on doing this? LOL
being I'm working 12 hours a day at a "not great" job to pay bills, and there is no money in this for me but a LOT of time, probably not soon. Face is the hardest, most time consuming part to get to look right.

Hehe, I'm aware of that. :D Just see my post as a big hug if you ever decided that you do have the time.

:dog:

well I like it :D but maybe this is a dumb question...wil this skin work when you got all settings on low ? I mean ,can you still see the quality of the skin when u got evrything on low? Cause my PC aint that good :P

Bout time a good hi-res allied skin was made available, me likes alot I'll be using these.

Originally posted by Drowned Fish
well I like it :D but maybe this is a dumb question...wil this skin work when you got all settings on low ? I mean ,can you still see the quality of the skin when u got evrything on low? Cause my PC aint that good :P
No that is not a dumb question. Yes it will work even if the settings are on low. The real question is your video card too old to handle it. Chances are if it is less than 3 years old it can. However the easiet way to find out is to try them. If they don't work out for you, you just delete them :D

yeah ur right :P, my graphicscard is older then 3 years, but i will try if the skins will work :)