[Soldiers] NZDF Soldiers [WIP]

[HangMan_]

Here are the soldiers for the NZDF, they still need a little update for the new NZ Army kit. This is low priority though seeing as the kit will take a while to get out to our troops. Enjoy

[j45h89]

cool, so will you just be re-skinning current PR models or making your own somewhere down the line?

[HangMan_]

cool, so will you just be re-skinning current PR models or making your own somewhere down the line?

At the moment the plan is to stick with the US soldier model then do our own kit geoms

[Chuc]

I advise you also look into other BF2 models to reskin, as that's what happening within development for 0.9 for most of the in-house factions.

You can also do wonders with trying to place one face from one model onto another

[HangMan_]

I advise you also look into other BF2 models to reskin, as that's what happening within development for 0.9 for most of the in-house factions.

You can also do wonders with trying to place one face from one model onto another

I took the vest off the Brit soldier haha and placed it on the US heavy one. Works a dream i think.

Why should i change model? Is the vbf2 US Soldier being made redundant? Recession aye....

[ReadMenace]

I took the vest off the Brit soldier haha and placed it on the US heavy one. Works a dream i think.

Why should i change model? Is the vbf2 US Soldier being made redundant? Recession aye....

From a Kit Geometry standpoint -- it's nice to have all the player models with similar dimensions. If you reskin some of the BF2:SF player models, you can have a wide variety of heads using the same/similar body.

Any plans to skin a Maori soldier?

-REad

[HangMan_]

From a Kit Geometry standpoint -- it's nice to have all the player models with similar dimensions. If you reskin some of the BF2:SF player models, you can have a wide variety of heads using the same/similar body.

Any plans to skin a Maori soldier?

-REad

Yes there will be a maori soldier. I may look at reskinning the US Navy Seal soldier. At the moment it will be the African American US soldier that gets converted to Maori.

[Chuc]

Also one more thing, try to skin the full body armour from the heavy soldiers onto the light US soldier so it looks like he's wearing body armour rather than a thin cloth vest.

[HangMan_]

Also one more thing, try to skin the full body armour from the heavy soldiers onto the light US soldier so it looks like he's wearing body armour rather than a thin cloth vest.

He's not wearing body armour though It is just a thin vest for the webbing.

[Chuc]

I know, however in game terms all conventional faction player models have body armour regardless of the visual. The closest you can get is to make the apparently unarmoured soldiers look like their wearing armour by texture. (I'll show you what I mean as I did the same thing with the US soldiers for 0.9)

[HangMan_]

I know, however in game terms all conventional faction player models have body armour regardless of the visual. The closest you can get is to make the apparently unarmoured soldiers look like their wearing armour by texture. (I'll show you what I mean as I did the same thing with the US soldiers for 0.9)

I will add a layer of Khaki Flak or Kevlar armour underneath the vest. Then it will look like he is wearing his webbing over a light armour vest.

[Gunner_downer]

Yes there will be a maori soldier. I may look at reskinning the US Navy Seal soldier. At the moment it will be the African American US soldier that gets converted to Maori.

US Navy seal will look interesting. Looks good so far, great work.

[Chuc]

This is what I mean, hangman

[HangMan_]

Chuc;1169250']This is what I mean, hangman

Alright cool. I will find some references for the kiwi equivelant of that. Then i'll incorporate it into the already done skin, and the one i am doing for the SEAL soldier

[ReadMenace]

A bit OT but... We could do away with the USMC-Light model altogether... make use of more models that actually have armor modeled...

Looks good Chuc!

-REad

[HangMan_]

A bit OT but... We could do away with the USMC-Light model altogether... make use of more models that actually have armor modeled...

Looks good Chuc!

-REad

Thats what i am going to look into. At the moment i am going to do some reskins later tonight for the US Navy SEAL soldiers, and possibly the SAS depending on time i have

[HangMan_]

Ok so here is a little Update on the player skins. I am still doing the US Soldier model. I have started the SEAL but the Model just doesn't work. So for now unfortunately we are sticking with the US Soldier..

The skin needs more work on the body armour.. I want to do a bump map so it doesn't look so flat. But i don't know how to bump map yet

Anyway here it is with added armour.

[Gunner_downer]

Looking good. Nice work so far.

[Fockzhound]

Yeah, good work aye. Also maybe try to model a brit-style belt webbing too, as most NZ infantry are only issued with this.

[Fat Man Jim]

A bit OT but... We could do away with the USMC-Light model altogether... make use of more models that actually have armor modeled...

Looks good Chuc!

-REad

need to find a way to get the light head on the heavy model