Bullgod Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Hi, I'm posting for the first time today, but I was lurking around since first CM surfaced and I was enchanted by it. From this moment mods became very important addition to the game experience (I'm quite sure that my copy of CMBB was modded in about 99%), and it was then when I first tried to mod by myself (it was really easy with CMx1 engine). Now I' modding in this or the other way almost every game I'm playing, as it's huge part of fun with it for me. Because I was enjoying work of others for a long time and with great pleasure too, I've decided to share some of my work with everybody else -because for the first time I think it's worth it, and to say thanks to all those who work to improve games I'm playing by adding my brick to the pile. As for now I've done retexture of PSW 234/1 (it can be downloaded from the repository), and I'm finishig texturing SdKfz 250/10-only gun textures are left for me to make. Here's a screenshot of them: I felt that orginal textures were too clean, and lacked contrast so I've made mine almost from scratch in more weathered and dirty way. In fact they are weathered to the point when vehicle looks almost like a wreck but i like them that way. I would be grateful for any comment on those textures from you guys. (Forgive me if i make grammatical errors- english is not my first language) Regards, BullGod. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franko Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Well done! Keep up the good work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Nice job, man...we need more modders. Your English is fine, btw. I don't know if I can give you any tips on what to improve but my personal taste in mods is I like subdued colors and lean towards photo realistic looking textures. And lots of weathering. I guess the thing you'd want to keep in mind when modding the game would be to try and keep everything so it blends well overall. Your stuff looks good for your first efforts. There's one area that hasn't been tackled when it comes to vehicles and that would be camoing...we haven't had a lot of mods with many new camo schemes so that could be an area you could concentrate on that would really make your work stand out. Welcome aboard, look forward to seeing more of your work. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thanks for your mod. Looks good 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurra Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Nice, I like the scraping of paint along the edges. It serves the double purpose of weathering and accentuating the lines. Did you do the front wheels on the 250 as well? Looks really good. On another thought: Bullfrog, since you like the vehicles heavily weathered, would you consider doing some of them with a lot of dunkelgelb paint scraped off, so that the dunkelgrau or the primer shows in larger areas? Thanks for sharing your work, it looks really good! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuser Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Very nice work BullGod! That paint chipping effect is very well done. I won´t give any piece of advice on modding, as I see you have your own style and technique. Different styles of mods always have been good for the comunnity, so keep them coming, and thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 It's a really great effect, but as you can see the colors stand out from the terrain, so am wondering if these are more appropriate to a dry dusty location, North Africa, Italy? I especially like the dark outlines around the panels etc. It makes the models' features "pop". Fuser: That what was what I was trying to say in my post to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimmer Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 The panel line accentuation reminds me a lot of what you see in plastic scale modeling. Not a bad thing at all, but a different look. Takes me back to my miniature tabletop gaming days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullgod Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Many thanks for your comments, gentelmen As for the base colour (I'm talking about the previous pictures and colours being more appropriate to a dusty location) I was aiming at dunkelgelb, that is the base colour applied at factory, before being painted with two additional camo colours by the crew. I think it was more or less accurate, although I'm not 100% sure, to be frank. I've finished SdKfz 250/10 with three colour camo, and uploaded it to the repository (should be available soon). This is how it looks like: and from the rear... I hope you'll try it in your battles and maybe you'll like it. Marry Christmas by the way edit: @Gurra I love how you called me Bullfrog. It reminded me of old times with Powermonger on Amiga 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Very cool...the camo tone is a nice hue...not too bright...subdued. Looks good, man. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stirling Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I'm not easily impressed, but...Wow! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Lovely camo work. How about a set of vehicles for Panzer Lehr - now that we have a campaign for that unit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Lovely camo work. How about a set of vehicles for Panzer Lehr - now that we have a campaign for that unit. http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=314&func=fileinfo&id=1208 Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Yeah thanks... I have that old mod, but it wasn't in the same quality league as what Aris and now Bullgod is doing and was immediately replaced when Aris came out with his wonderful work. So, I hope we can now see camos for specific formations like PL... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 The panel line accentuation reminds me a lot of what you see in plastic scale modeling. Not a bad thing at all, but a different look. Takes me back to my miniature tabletop gaming days. Me too, black-lining, looks good IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crender Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I have to say I think these mods are absolutely stunning. In game they possess a depth and solidity that the originals don't have. They look like real armour in a real setting. It would be great to have (lots!!) more of these. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullgod Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Thank you, I'm glad you like them. Knowing that someone enjoys my work surely adds enthusiasm. I'm working on PzKpfw IV ausf H right now and it should be ready soon (I'll try to add Panzer Lehr decals on this one). I don't know how many of those vehicles I'll manage to make, because it takes me quite a while to produce one (I make most of the texture from scratch, trying to find the best way to simulate various surfaces and effects in Photoshop - I'm still learning how to do that and that process is fun on its own - and I need to be very precise if I want to emphasize the curvature of the model and not make it worse) and I try to have fun with it by modding those vehicles I'm currently using in a scenario, so I had the idea recently, to add some of the weathering effects on those Panzers IV as I play, so some scratches and dents might be effects of my poor driving and/or tactical skills. In any case, I'll certainly make sure to share effects of my work with you. Thanks again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z1812 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Hi Bullgod, Just wanted to chime in that your artwork is very, very good. Thank you for taking the time to make these for us. Exceptional!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Nice work mate. Just curious (although I know it has nothing to do with your mod) that is a historically inaccurate position for the gunlayer, right? It looks more like he's manning a MG than an ordnance weapon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullgod Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Nice work mate. Just curious (although I know it has nothing to do with your mod) that is a historically inaccurate position for the gunlayer, right? It looks more like he's manning a MG than an ordnance weapon. As far as I can tell, this weapon was operated like any other AT gun, the only difference being that it was mounted on top of an halftrack (and that is relatively high, so the crew didn't have to crouch behind it) So it might not be perfectly represented in-game, but as long as he's standing behind the barrel, and not in front of it, I'm ok with that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wodin Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Bulldog, I think concentrating on camo mods would be superb...also get one step ahead of the game and start doing some snow camo for the Bulge game. That way when it arrives we alread have our mods reading and waiting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullgod Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 Here is three colour camo version of Panzer IV ausf.H (late) i'm working on. Not much left to do, just finishing touches here and there, so it should be ready soon. Colours are historically acurate as far as I can tell, and it blends in nicely with game environment, i think. Orginals are little too bright for my taste. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuser Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Great job Bullgod!! Might be the screenshot, but that left skirt looks distorted, doesn´t it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wodin Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Excellent work my friend..keep it up but don't burn out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Great job Bullgod!! Might be the screenshot, but that left skirt looks distorted, doesn´t it? Shadow rendering issues, nothing to do with the texture (which is very nice!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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