Kraft

Re: Tank riders
 
It's one of those things you do in the absence of other vehicles, or in a low threat environment.  It's really dangerous for the riders, and gets in the way of the tanker.
 
 
The inside of an IFV is a cramped, loud, smelly place.  None of them are comfortable, and a BTR/BMP operating at capacity is pretty much a solid block of soldier in the troop bay with equipment wedged in (Bradleys are not much better, but were designed to barely fit a larger soldier to begin with).  In low threat environments, like riding from place to place behind friendly lines, being on top of the IFV in the fresh air, with room to spread out would be pretty attractive, which is where you see most of these photos and videos coming from.  Also in places where mines are a bigger threat than direct fire, getting standoff from the mine, and having the floor and roof armor between you and a possible mine detonation is a pragmatic trade off to being more vulnerable to rare/uncommon gunfire.  

Kieme CMBS T-90AM
 
This mod starts with BTR 's research and conversion of russian vehicles into a realistic green color, so all credits shall go to him as the author of the original texture, which is in my opinion a great digital version of the original modern russian green, therefore special thanks to him and his work.
 
IMPORTANT
there are TWO versions of this mod. You must choose only ONE of them to install. They cannot work toghether. Therefore, please make your choice: plain dark green or 3 tone camo. The weathering is the same for both.
 
3-tone camo download: https://app.box.com/s/cv6qpg0lqn9c8px4w8b6xzilecahbsrc
Preview:

 
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Plain dark green download: https://app.box.com/s/ff1r784wb2sk7cgxl8l0rr9169ap3u46
Preview:

If CMBS is just the first step towards a modern-era "construction set", I don't see how you can possibly omit USMC or other NATO countries. There are so many scenario possibilities in and around the Black Sea region besides just the Ukraine that to OMIT USMC and NATO would be overlooking a huge resource for scenario builders.
 
I have never owned CMSF nor do I plan on purchasing it. It came out what, 7 or 8 years ago? So to say "they're already in CMSF" is not a valid argument for others like me who are in the same situation. 

But thanks anyways for providing our Armata Thread of the Day.

I never played Shock Force so the more NATO the better.

If we don't get NATO, then we'll never see how an M1A2 SEP v2 matches up to the Leopard 2A7  

At first i was getting pissed i couldn't get LOS with my Javs then this happened
 

Kieme CMBS T-90A
 
This mod starts with BTR 's research and conversion of russian vehicles into a realistic green color, so all credits shall go to him as the author of the original texture, which is in my opinion a great digital version of the original modern russian green, therefore special thanks to him and his work.
 
I decided to try the most famous russian 3-tone camo. Mixed feelings about it, it's quite hard to get the right sand color and this is only an attempt; besides, the game textures are not really camo friendly, you can't get exactly what you want, some compromise is necessary... Speaking of compromises, the side skirts should be Painted as well, I left them in black rubber because my techniques do not allow me to get the same sand/green colors on them, so note this as a necessary compromise.  
 
IMPORTANT
there are TWO versions of this mod. You must choose only ONE of them to install. They cannot work toghether. Therefore, please make your choice: plain dark green or 3 tone camo. The weathering is the same for both.
 
Plain dark green download: https://app.box.com/s/10ws24qpg2ocoxhf73dehcxfd66ebnl1
Preview:

 
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3-tone camo download: https://app.box.com/s/h97wmn4yhonwqzoxvteis394jy3l0436
Preview:

Stalin probably reached out from hell to guide this shot.

Work in progress for something different, a 3-tone camo on the T-90A (still missing the smaller black patches):

 
 
 
Not easy to add camo on the T-90, as for the T-64 Bulat, the ERA blocks are not one different than another, and some texture bits are used for both elements of the couple (example: shtora emitters), so, unfortunately, I can't paint only one of them.
 
I am sure to release both the standard green version and this camo one. Both with the same weathering.

Kieme CMBS T-72B3
 
This mod starts with BTR 's research and conversion of russian vehicles into a realistic green color, so all credits shall go to him as the author of the original texture, which is in my opinion a great digital version of the original modern russian green, therefore special thanks to him and his work.
the original thread is found here:
http://community.battlefront.com/topic/117857-testing/
 
I have desaturated and slightly brightened the green color and added layers of dust, dirt, rainmarks, scratches, details etc. and enhanced the normal maps a bit.
 
Download:
https://app.box.com/s/8eur26fc1lhidwa3tg7jaod86ciqcimt
 
Preview:

 
Weathering all green vehicles is never easy, I still have to narrow down the precise techniques to use, so if you have any suggestion please add them as you feel to.

All mods released recalling topic
 
A list of ALL mods released within this thread until now, organized by genre.
 
 
Terrain and environmental mods:
Ground mod (HD) pt1 https://app.box.com/s/ywtyid56b1t7dphm4fg7et7668q0egdg
Ground mod (HD) pt2 https://app.box.com/s/2arjajmarl8gd33j3j3bad939iks1n9l
Alternative crops https://app.box.com/s/7aia2idxkivf2hfm8r7w6dzrnsf11piz
Reworked foliage https://app.box.com/s/1s1yiq0fab62k5vrxf1jwjax2wix1o7x
Reworked horizon https://app.box.com/s/qcxm6o3sx6wztbtreszl3cd0qamdkrm8
Alternative overcast clouds https://app.box.com/s/uz4z8t8crw7vbaiijwju3wq9ttmjoqfi
Improved doodads https://app.box.com/s/6zw49zm80pzq860yd3q3p05qdl9ld8ws
 
 
Buildings and structures:
Alternative walls (HD) https://app.box.com/s/syqg4s9yz98y4vw8it85ik1b08fb2nh4 OR (standard) https://app.box.com/s/spaavfymtt7r10ipzbgyx6uimvvyrmdh
Modular buildings (HD) https://app.box.com/s/lriagz6nrjlo1m6y2eke1u99f5jowptc
Modular buildings add-on 1 (HD) https://app.box.com/s/3whq3ye3oxl5k1ru6qsj7b68xyp0ffxx
Modular roofs pf1 https://app.box.com/s/5yoz7chtwhu3c95nbrlaub62hs2h0fv9
Modular roofs pt2 https://app.box.com/s/2jb4hzgcv2u0tqk9kemmodn5b44qklnh
Improved roads (HD) https://app.box.com/s/9b827rv64gjyugzt0yk9jx7f6gnhra04 OR (standard) https://app.box.com/s/tunn9rkmoqlv8skme1imrd2qzjawar7s
 
 
Troops and soldiers:
Reworked russian uniforms https://app.box.com/s/yvc61fc3rucj6weyy8cz7adh3s1pz0vk
Reworked ukrainian uniforms https://app.box.com/s/f6mdliz147eky2pll7riaboi9uty98u8
Reworked USA faces https://app.box.com/s/z1h035zelnsv557fj8wxgnbj6a70cq0e
Reworked USA faces -50% glasses add on https://app.box.com/s/f2lovalj1fxrncvuryz48ujqqf2g7j7w
Reworked USA faces more faces add on https://app.box.com/s/peefn01egaevqeeg897xjl5sfb2ibdyn
 
 
Ukrainian Army vehicles:
T-64BV https://app.box.com/...c5frk9z83nuxva5
T-84Oplot (digital) https://app.box.com/...l2tisg6o07hgjw0
T-64Bulat (three-tones) https://app.box.com/...3xxf4whsf6n5zhe
BMP-2 https://app.box.com/...sl2sjfz9r70xcf7
BTR-4e (digital) https://app.box.com/...6jyr7trg674up2t
BTR-70m https://app.box.com/...4rwj8z19s3kl8qz
BRDM-2 https://app.box.com/...alv4dv8xmvydtnh
MTLB (+variants) https://app.box.com/...bh3z9lz0u0p21of
MTLBu https://app.box.com/...7z988tn5rhft6zw
BRM-PRP https://app.box.com/...4etbn1wg88cvcjm
UAZ-URAL https://app.box.com/...q0v82xrhnv8b2z1
Tunguska https://app.box.com/...8luj5zzvgsyrq8z
MT-12 https://app.box.com/...l1apiqq7hv1qhfn
 
 
US Army vehicles:
Abrams https://app.box.com/...3gmrqkblhum95ia
Abrams tank names add on https://app.box.com/...9tsjsl4yolekpaa
Bradley https://app.box.com/...0zd8pylvea4j763
Bradley desert era add on https://app.box.com/...b0vv2kahj9uo3sp
Bradley graffiti add on https://app.box.com/...hsi84qez2x45v4c
Bradley vehicle names add on https://app.box.com/...r9a1ugab6zjneki
Hummer https://app.box.com/...claiqv2b2fwr2do
Stryker https://app.box.com/...dd453pfjawtae0f
M1200 https://app.box.com/...qdhbrgcj3m7klfb
M1200 vs-17 optional https://app.box.com/...i379lmzccm7u3p2
M1200 vehicle names add on https://app.box.com/...tya89575i8s2e95
M1064A3 https://app.box.com/...14n7vw0ok91b8ti
LMTV https://app.box.com/...3exicb4w5f31h9a
 
 
Total: 1.2 GB
Top dowloader is: Kieme CMBS Modular Buildings (HD) with 306 downloads, followed by Kieme CMBS Ground Mod (HD) 275 downloads.
Top downloader vehicle is: T-64BV and BMP-2-k UA with 167 downloads, followed by T-64 Bulat with 161 downloads.

here is the totally updated redfor screens this is the final version with 332 HD images of Russian military and eastern ukraine militants. 
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/meigcpjlo603kal/Red%20Force%20Specific%20Backgrounds.zip?dl=0
 
final US/UKR side will be up shortly. Lots of abrams stryker and bradley images being added.

here is the final version for US/UA 450 HD images now. Delete previous versions.
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nvcs21qum84tpbd/Blue%20Force%20Specific%20Backgrounds.zip?dl=0 
 
I think thats enough for both sides  enjoy guys

When the US cranks out another MBT they'd better name it after General McMaster.  Can't think of a better candidate. 

I've submitted the master map from which the maps for mission 2 and 3 of the Russian campaign were cut.
 
The full size map is 5k x 2k. It has a few flavor objects, but not to many so as to avoid slowing things down.
 

 
 
 

 
 
Hopefully the file will show up over the next day or so.
 
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To go along with Blimey's new rebel mod i've added a new set of HD Pics of DNR/LNR Separatists. Simply download unzip and combine with the previous Redfor set.
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lyrx2yxe4ayur9l/force-specific%20background%20red%20SEPARATISTS.zip?dl=0

Thanks for the suggestions Panzer, as Always.
The guy has been booted out.
 
It's quite hard to find good pictures, and it's creepy too.
 
Another variation:

Police them moostaches!

VS-17 addendum
 
Now that I think about it, the tape itself is legitimate, but the tape would be applied around the sides like a picture frame.  No need to actually change it unless you really want to/are not busy effectively reskinning every object in the game and making it more awesome.  

Yes, american soldiers will be next. Trying to mod some new faces for now.
 


 
I would like to add as many new guys as possible, but it's quite a long process, even with good pictures.

A few people have asked for them so in the time honoured tradition: if you want them bung me a PM.
 
Note: they are a V1, I haven't really gone to town on them. There may be a V2. There may not.
 
Russkies

 
Ukes

 
Ukes Digital

Ported, overhauled and added to, here is my CMBN tree mod tailored for CMBS. Thins out the leaves and sharpens the bark for a more natural look. All files are non brzed, so you can keep what you like and delete what you don't. In addition to the trees and hedge being reworked, I've also included three tweaked ground textures designed to go with this mod (grass, yellow grass and grain). I didn't care for the default grass texture, so I took the one from BN and edited it to fit the aesthetic of BS. The grass texture and distant ground texture are the same lending to a more seamless appearance between map and world box. Up at cmmods for immediate download (since it's probably compatible with RT too), and I'll put it up on the repository when I get around to it: http://cmmods.greenasjade.net/mods/5473/details
 
Now for some pics:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Piney forests:

 

 
Color tones between the different trees:

 
Tweaked ground textures:

 
Enjoy.

Dropbox it is then.
 
ENJOY

Finally working on this mod. Was delayed due to holding up the CMBS release date doing textures.
 
It has turned out to be a full rebuild of the CMSF version, due to different sized tiles, and also due to my finding that I couldn't understand my own mod without the reference sheet. *FAIL*
I have all the vehicle tiles done in bglow and plain-bglow, so I'll put them up for review - hopefully to find any necessary corrections before I generate all the other versions. (In the mean time I'm working on the gun silhouettes.)
 
All values are estimates. My estimates may vary from yours ( or BFC's ).
 
Armour estimates used where data is unavailable:
Turret side = Turret front / 2.5
Hull side = Glacis / 3
Lower Hull front = Glacis / 2
1st gen ERA = +250mm CE  +100mm KE
2nd gen ERA = +400mm CE  +200mm KE
3rd gen ERA = +600mm CE  +300mm KE
Bar armour = +150mm CE
 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6032093/Armor-Basics#scribd
 
Just remember - pointy bar graphs for pointy shells ( ie KE penetration)
 

 
bglow-v01.zip
plain-bglow-v01.zip

Provided for plow tank pornography purposes:


 
Enjoy the wicked sweet early 90's VHSness.  Delete all references to CEVs, and consolidate the plow/MICLIC/lane marking roles into the ABV and it all works more or less the same.