MWIP - *Preview* British Airborne for 1.0


Trp. Jed
06-17-2003, 02:27 PM
'ello.

No, I hadn't given up. I've just been a bit sick since I got back from England and I've
been testing a few things to make sure stuff works.

Well tonight I did the first test compile of my British (and Canadian) airborne models
to give them a quick test in game.

I havent compiled in the different face textures yet and webbing configurations
but here's a quick picture to prove they work in game.

The textures for the webbing pieces aren't final yet and there will be a version with
helmets too. This pic just shows the beret version with and without berets (blown off).

*edit* Forgot to mention they have moving mouths.

- Jed

EGETRae
06-17-2003, 02:29 PM
I think the models and skins are great...
But when i first saw the faces i thought it was frenchies... (NOT THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FRENCHIES!!!)...

Cheeseburger
06-17-2003, 02:41 PM
Yah, they look good. I never understood why us British wore berrets though, not very practical :D
GJ and I'm waiting for the release

Ska Wars
06-17-2003, 02:47 PM
Looks good mate, great work as always.

Ska

Russ. Conscript
06-17-2003, 03:23 PM
yay :D

d3fmaybe
06-17-2003, 04:52 PM
The old ones looked better. X:

Dances w Wolves
06-17-2003, 05:05 PM
great job :D

Russ. Conscript
06-17-2003, 05:31 PM
these are so awesome, i need them! O_O

keep up the great work, cannot wait to play with them

06-17-2003, 05:50 PM
NICE MAN!!

Those will rule, cant wait to play with em.

06-17-2003, 05:52 PM
I like, but they do look hella French.

Trp. Jed
06-17-2003, 06:12 PM
My god, some people are so ignorant...

- Jed

06-17-2003, 06:16 PM
I LOVE THOS SKINS, but i have a major question. I noticed the Hair on those skins you made, and i like em. Why doesnt the DoD team make their Models with the G.I hair cut, or am i being stupid and forgetting they didnt have that hair dew back then?

Toejam Football
06-17-2003, 06:17 PM
lol they "look french" ??

Cant wait for these even though I have been waiting a long time ;)

Trp. Jed
06-17-2003, 06:24 PM
Originally posted by Gomer Pile
I LOVE THOS SKINS, but i have a major question. I noticed the Hair on those skins you made, and i like em. Why doesnt the DoD team make their Models with the G.I hair cut, or am i being stupid and forgetting they didnt have that hair dew back then?

The hairs not finished yet, he's supposed to just have short cropped hair on that model but the others will have more traditional haircuts.

- Jed

06-17-2003, 06:36 PM
Cool models, though when i first saw that guy lying down, he really looked like a Hitler, man preetty freaky:eek:
And if it's possible, can someone put out a link about the British Airborne units? I would really like to learn about them, because every thing i heard about them like one Spitfire shooting down 54 nazi airplanes or whatever really intrigued me!
Oh and great models again, they look like they have been through hell, and i like it:D


And please, no more bad mouthing french off. It's just so....damn primitive

Trp. Jed
06-17-2003, 06:54 PM
Someone asked about the detail in the Dennison Smock. Well I know you lot,
your all theiving gypsies :D so I've watermarked it so you cant go ripping it
off until I've released it proper! :P

- Jed

Smallpox
06-17-2003, 07:20 PM
awesome job except.....


the faces... need more of em.

and they dont look like frenchmen.. they look like hitlers. many hitlers.

12aVeN
06-18-2003, 01:42 AM
Looking good Jed!!!:D

Trp. Jed
06-18-2003, 06:50 AM
*sigh* I swear to God if one more person comments they look French just because
they have a beret on I'm going give you all the finger and not release these at all. :mad:

Oh, and just because he has a neatly trimmed moustache he obviously looks like
Adolf Hitler *sheesh*

Tell you what, after these models, I'll make a bunch of "American" looking player
models. They'll all be over 300lb in weight, sport mullet hair cuts and refuse to cap
a flag unless they can drive to it in an SUV.

- Jed

Spork
06-18-2003, 07:30 AM
lol nice one but they kinda do look french, but only a bit.

Trp. Jed
06-18-2003, 07:35 AM
Congratulations Spork, you've just killed the release.

- Jed

EGETRae
06-18-2003, 07:38 AM
Originally posted by Trp. Jed
Congratulations Spork, you've just killed the release.

- Jed

Jee'z take it easy dude...people are only sayng their opinons...

Ska Wars
06-18-2003, 08:40 AM
Originally posted by Trp. Jed
Congratulations Spork, you've just killed the release.

Bloody hell, i admire your work but relax your kinda being a child right now lol

You gotta to just laugh off criticism, god knows most of my work gets a bloody fair ammount of pissing on. Jus laugh it off and then secretly flood their e-mail addys with spam and viruses lol

Ska

Spork
06-18-2003, 08:43 AM
rolf i was only messing anyway to see if you would do it, they jus tlike normal army guys to me, dont know how somebody with a moustashe and army hair cut can look french ?

the berets very english to be french it needs to be black with a little stick thingy on :p

12aVeN
06-18-2003, 09:36 AM
Originally posted by Trp. Jed
Congratulations Spork, you've just killed the release.

- Jed

......... :eek: :( :( :(

The Casualty
06-18-2003, 09:40 AM
I can just see it now... "French" replaces the word "stupid"

"Man, check out these models! I replaced the german paras with seal team 6!!!1"

"Man, you are so French."

btw all the people who said they look French...well you're all freakin French.

FIGUUR
06-18-2003, 09:44 AM
Originally posted by Trp. Jed

They'll all be over 300lb in weight, sport mullet hair cuts and refuse to cap
a flag unless they can drive to it in an SUV.

- Jed

ROFLMAO :p :D

But anyway, it would be a shame if these werent released, they look way to good for that :(

EGETRae
06-18-2003, 10:07 AM
Originally posted by The Casualty
I can just see it now... "French" replaces the word "stupid"

"Man, check out these models! I replaced the german paras with seal team 6!!!1"

"Man, you are so French."

btw all the people who said they look French...well you're all freakin French.

So? i dont have a problem with frenchies...
i think this thread is turning out in racism against the frenchies around here...

Another thing...i'm danish not french... ;)

Ska Wars
06-18-2003, 10:19 AM
Originally posted by The Casualty
I can just see it now... "French" replaces the word "stupid"

"Man, check out these models! I replaced the german paras with seal team 6!!!1"

"Man, you are so French."

btw all the people who said they look French...well you're all freakin French.

Can someone please explain to me WTF that guy just said? Was it even english? lol

Ska

Smallpox
06-18-2003, 10:21 AM
Originally posted by The Casualty
I can just see it now... "French" replaces the word "stupid"

"Man, check out these models! I replaced the german paras with seal team 6!!!1"

"Man, you are so French."

btw all the people who said they look French...well you're all freakin French.


what the gay?

Russ. Conscript
06-18-2003, 10:51 AM
they dont look french. they dont look like hitler. i dont know where you guys are pulling that from.

anyone who says they are french,merely because of the beret... i dunno what to say.. your undereducated in WW2 militarty uniforms...british uniforms anyway..

Jed, dont pay attention to what everyone else is saying.. just continue your work weather you think anyone likes it or not. you cant please them all. but at least youll have the few people who enjoy it, so plz, finish.

oh ya, and i dont appreciate the American stereo type, but im guessing you were just angry so its ok.. i might have done the same :(

MaRzY
06-18-2003, 11:35 AM
It really pees me off, when a member of the community makes something from scratch, and puts alot of time and effort into it, how ever good it may or not be. Then puts a thread out showing us all what they have done, then others in the community, normally takers, that contribute nothing, go turn that thread into POO!.

I say if you have nothing good to say then don't say it.

People like Jed who put alot of time into there work and effort, are only intreasted in constructive criticism.

06-18-2003, 11:36 AM
Nice to see you got the beret colour correct, rather than the bright red "red devils" from previous models.

I noticed the models right arm has the wings, but the left one doesn't. I was of the understanding that the arms sleeves just mirrored themsleves. Have you changed this ?

Will the "Airborne" and "pegasus" regiment insignia be added to the upper arms ?

And can you change the ranks of the models , dependant on the weapons they use ( like the faces change ) ?? (randomly) ??

Trp. Jed
06-18-2003, 11:43 AM
Originally posted by Bad-Co
Nice to see you got the beret colour correct, rather than the bright red "red devils" from previous models.

Its still a bit too red. My monitor calibration is a bit out.


I noticed the models right arm has the wings, but the left one doesn't. I was of the understanding that the arms sleeves just mirrored themsleves. Have you changed this ?

Wings and rank were only worn on the right arm. Some idividuals wore the rank
on both, it was personal choice and oddly mostly done by Sargeants.

Canadians wore their wings over their left chest pocket.


Will the "Airborne" and "pegasus" regiment insignia be added to the upper arms ?

No because they were worn on the battledress, not on the Dennison smock
which was worn over it.


And can you change the ranks of the models , dependant on the weapons they use ( like the faces change ) ?? (randomly) ??

Yes, rank and the camoflauge pattern on the smock changes with each class.

- Jed

Dances w Wolves
06-18-2003, 12:23 PM
trp Jed. PLEASE do a lard ass yank set lol that would RULE id certainly use it, that would be fantastic to see fat morons wobbling about shooting aimlessly (usualy at team mates) ;) oooh this is gonna get me torched :D

Ska Wars
06-18-2003, 12:25 PM
*puts on asbestos suit*

Ska

06-18-2003, 01:00 PM
nice Jed i like.

hehehe DwW

Oh and btw, i kicked ur ass on DoD the other day Jed :P

06-18-2003, 01:02 PM
Ok....i know at first i thought they looked french....but the more i look at them now, THEY DO LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF HITLERS!!. Lol...i dont care cause then i will just join axis and kill em, fine wit me =P

Ska Wars
06-18-2003, 01:05 PM
Gomer, I cant figure out whether you were hit too much as a child, or not enough lol

Ska

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