Meh, I hate the way the default looks, so I did this one. I also made a destroyed (which I like) and a snow version (which I hate and probably won't release :( ) which I hope to release as a pack, maybe with my new Tiger tank reskins and I might just do a vehicle/weapon (aka 88 and Pak stuff) reskin pack and release it.

Well, here's the Sherman, which I hope you guys like. Custom phong by moi and if there's anything that bugs you, just tell me and I'll see what I can do. Comments appreciated.

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9130/sherman1xh0.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/25/sherman2gz8.jpg
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3996/sherman3ye8.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5039/sherman4le4.jpg

Phong looks better ingame than in the MV shots, as with most stuff.

good start :)
a little to clean/uniform for my taste. maybe add some dirty or rusty parts?

not sure about the color. i think it looks a tad to blue...
how does the color look besides the halftrack and the jeep?

good start :)
a little to clean/uniform for my taste. maybe add some dirty or rusty parts?

not sure about the color. i think it looks a tad to blue...
how does the color look besides the halftrack and the jeep?

Dirt and rust I could do. Also, I think any blue would simply be the highlights from the phong, cause I desatted all the way before coloring with only green. I haven't tested right next to a track or jeep, but I could do that later.

Edit: Here's an ingame shot from Nightingale, maybe that can show you a bit more of the texture, although the lighting on this map isn't that awesome for simply skin tests, but the map is amazing.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3593/dodnachtigalltest40000tm7.jpg

I also agree that a little war torn would be nice, but it does look better than the default. What's the res on it anyway?

I also agree that a little war torn would be nice, but it does look better than the default. What's the res on it anyway?

4096x2048 (because of the texture i used and to get that little text to look good) but I could release as both default (2048) and this. I'll see what I can do about wartorn looks later, could you take the pics from the first post and circle areas that should look dirty?

Awww man, why'd you have to go ask me. I'm do as I say, not as I do person. :p

I'll try to point out some stuff. But the first thing that I can think of, would be the tracks, the wheels, and maybe the parts of the tank near the track. Start with that.

Oh, and maybe make the exhaust hole (on the back right side?) have some more black around the hole leading up maybe?

Another thing, open up pedro's skin in PS (if that's what you are using) and maybe use his color off of his truck, because I can verify that in game they look great.

I'll see what I can do. I can't guarantee anything tonight, though, cause I hate opening PS now cause it slows down my comp, but I'll take into account places that might get dirtied.

Oh, now that you have me on a roll, the tracks look like they are plastic, like something off of today's modern excavators. Maybe try to get them to look more metallic? Not sure how difficult that is. I have some pretty decent experience with PS, but not with skinning, more or less rendering.

Oh, now that you have me on a roll, the tracks look like they are plastic, like something off of today's modern excavators. Maybe try to get them to look more metallic? Not sure how difficult that is. I have some pretty decent experience with PS, but not with skinning, more or less rendering.

Meh, that actually motivates me to go back over the tracks completely. I, too, hate how they look, because I simply went over them with a dark gray brush and lowered the opacity to get them off the normal look. I can go over them again to get them to look like they have dirt in the crevices like this:

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5213/pict0231lm8.jpg

I simply didn't wanna put much effort into them anyway.

Also, this was kinda pointless anyway (even though I'll keep going with it) because I usually don't stop to look at tanks in the game, and the Tiger is used so much more than the the Sherman, so meh.

Anyway, keep conversing 'bout mah tank.

I would personally love it if you would keep going with this. In one map that I have been working on I have 4 or 5 Shermans coming over a hill.

Just keep going forward with it. If you are interested in any help, let me know. I could use some practice with skinning. Any chance you could send me your .psd file so I can look at it and maybe make suggestions?

I would just make sure that it looks good before releasing a version. We all know what happens when people preemptively release stuff and how receptive people are to that.

man this looks much better than default, will be looking forward to release!!

so glad to see this tank with the proper colors instead of the lime green neon lollipop default

Oops, almost forgot about this. :(

Sorry guys, just been too bored to actually even open up Photoshop, let alone add some more details to the skin. I've also been playing a lot of Tourist Trophy on PS2 to win some more bikes.

How dare you?!

*cracks whip*

:D

How dare you?!

*cracks whip*

:D

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/7147/philsbikeeb4.jpg

Doesn't that look like an amazing thing to win, though?

Anyway, I'll definitely work on this sometime today.

I would be satisfied if you released it today, still better than the default.

Watevaman, not to put a damper on your plans (because this looks great) but servers have to allow this for it to be viewed in game.

As of right now, Sunlit has Wile's tiger tank reskin blocked:
http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?t=73299&page=3

Watevaman, not to put a damper on your plans (because this looks great) but servers have to allow this for it to be viewed in game.

As of right now, Sunlit has Wile's tiger tank reskin blocked:
http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?t=73299&page=3


o yea that new pure crap, if a server has pure 2 on does it block all skins?

Watevaman, not to put a damper on your plans (because this looks great) but servers have to allow this for it to be viewed in game.

As of right now, Sunlit has Wile's tiger tank reskin blocked:
http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?t=73299&page=3


Yeah, I know, but I'm gonna continue because most servers I've been on still allow custom stuff and don't really take advantage of the new stuff.

If you want to continue using your custom stuff, there's nothing else I can suggest but find a new server. :(

Yeah, I know, but I'm gonna continue because most servers I've been on still allow custom stuff and don't really take advantage of the new stuff.

If you want to continue using your custom stuff, there's nothing else I can suggest but find a new server. :(

I'm glad you're going to finish it...because I'll download when it's done.:)

As of right now, Sunlit has Wile's tiger tank reskin blocked:
http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/sh...t=73299&page=3
Ya know Guyver, Ive been busting my tail working on a whitelist that will allow benign custom content. SunLits is not the the devil.
If I may again suggest that modelers put together relevant whitelist
sections pertaining to their models/skins and include them in a readme in the download files and/or supply them to server admin running sv_pure 1.
If the modelers arent willing to do this, then they will have to be patient out of necessity until the latest Source update can be figured out. Its not even been a week man.
o yea that new pure crap, if a server has pure 2 on does it block all skins?
sv_pure 2 blocks ALL custom content, sound, crosshairs, etc and renders the equivalent default Source file. If there is no equivalent file, the players sees purple checkerboard. sv_pure 2's main purpose is for match play.

Ya know Guyver, Ive been busting my tail working on a whitelist that will allow benign custom content. SunLits is not the the devil.
If I may again suggest that modelers put together relevant whitelist
sections pertaining to their models/skins and include them in a readme in the download files and/or supply them to server admin running sv_pure 1.
If the modelers arent willing to do this, then they will have to be patient out of necessity until the latest Source update can be figured out. Its not even been a week man.

sv_pure 2 blocks ALL custom content, sound, crosshairs, etc and renders the equivalent default Source file. If there is no equivalent file, the players sees purple checkerboard. sv_pure 2's main purpose is for match play.

Alright, I'll read up on whitelisting later on and see if there's anything I can do to allow this, but I'm not sure I'll get it right since stuff with servers is no-man's land for me. :(

I'm not sure I'll get it right since stuff with servers is no-man's land for me
server ops feel the same about custom skins and models ;)
The last update has some pros and cons and getting it to work to everyone's satisfaction is going to take some effort.

It may just wind up that sv_pure 0 will be the pub server norm and sv_pure2 for matches. If you see f64, be sure to thank him for going through ALL the folders and figuring out how to allow custom content.

Well, while your busy doing other stuff, upload that .psd file to me and I will work on it for you. :D

www.yousendit.com

That works rather nicely.

@ Rosie:

No, Sunlit is a good server...it isn't the devil.
Read my latest post here:
http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?t=73299&page=5

I realize you're trying to provide the best of both worlds i.e. allowing most custom contest while keeping the bad stuff out. The reason I meantioned Sunlit above is because it's a popular server and other servers might use your list (they'll block what you block).

I was merely informing him that some servers will block it, so he can decide to keep going or not.

My previous post in this topic was not meant as a jab towards Sunlit (or any server for that matter) at all.

Awesome. Is it dead?

Any updates?

Please tell me you're still working on this.

I know, I would like to see a reskin too still.

Nah, just been busy with other stuff. If I can find wherever the .psd is, I'll get back to work with it. I'm taking Driver's Ed right now on the road portion, so I'm kinda tired as of late.

Watevaman,

i like what u have done 2 the sherman, infact i would download it like that!

could u maybe put a link so i can download it?

Thanks

if it hasn't been said already.. the star was fazed out early due to it being a wonderful target to aim at. amercs learned this really fast.

if it hasn't been said already.. the star was fazed out early due to it being a wonderful target to aim at. amercs learned this really fast.

Nope, didn't know that, but I'll keep it on there since there's no tank to tank combat in DoD:S. :P

:O I don't know how I missed this.

Finish making this skin and release. I could use it.

srsly.

i so want this sherman :P as it now!

looks really good. I never liked the default one, why is it lime green of all colours?

Good job with the skin, cant wait to blow it up on jagd!

Is this dead?

Not anymore. :P


Which basically means I'll try my best to open it up this weekend.

Cool :D

I think it'd be wise to release this skin sometime soon >.>

;) yeah? ;) yeah!?

Alright, alright. So I lied about the weekend. However, I did open it up and try out a new rust technique, but I personally don't like it so I'll have to work on it some more.

I'm also attempting to get the Tiger tank to have an authentic look and color scheme, so I may wait and release them all together.

My holiday break is next week, and I'm getting a tablet, which should help with the camo pattern. So, look for it next week?

Wooooo!

You should make one with the 76mm cannon on it.

You should make one with the 76mm cannon on it.

I don't model, but I could look into it.

I don't model, but I could look into it.

Ah, I didn't know if you could just skin it with one, or have to remodel the whole thing. I do neither, so I just sit by idly :).

Alright, alright. So I lied about the weekend. However, I did open it up and try out a new rust technique, but I personally don't like it so I'll have to work on it some more.

I'm also attempting to get the Tiger tank to have an authentic look and color scheme, so I may wait and release them all together.

My holiday break is next week, and I'm getting a tablet, which should help with the camo pattern. So, look for it next week?Any updates?:D

Not at the moment, still getting used to the tablet. I'll try to get some done tomorrow. :P


Oh, and I just bought the original DoD. A little late, eh?

I've been visiting this thread for months. Any updates?