Juju Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) Wouldn't want to keep you waiting, now would I... Busy bee, am I. Here are a few previews of my upcoming Final Blitzkrieg UI (Blitz UI for short). Most of it is done, though obviously I need the final game to finish it all up. What's new (in my series of UI's, that is): - Lots of new portraits with winter variants that only show up in scenarios that have snow/cold/winter conditions. - Many new weapon slot and special equipment icons. - Some design changes. - I've reintroduced nine optional camouflage backgrounds. Mind you, these are still work in progress. Enjoy! Edit: I have a bit of an issue with my provider and the pictures, for some reason. Right click/view image should show the full sized picture (if your browser supports it). Edited April 1, 2016 by Juju 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Damn, you weren't kidding when you said gimme a minute, lol. Looking amazing,...as always. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempestzzzz Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Enjoyed the demo but really miss your artwork. I always use your UI mod. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Smiley Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Amazing. Will get when ready. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 WOW! Looks really good but thats what we've come to expect Thanks for doing this Juju! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Instant download when ready - a must mod in my book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGarner Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Wow cant wait! Great job JuJu! You are the UI Master! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerMike Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Impressive, as always :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Excellent Juju✌️ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landser Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Fantastic. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunt_GI Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 DANG......that is impressive...looking forward to this... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macisle Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you sooooo much for your work on this, Juju. Veins Effects and your UI mod are my two must-haves. It's amazing how much just having those two mods enhances the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarly Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Wowsers! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkhorn1x Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Amazing! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuderian Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Wow, so much! Thanks Juju! Great to have the camo skins back and a pacman loading bar will be the icing of the cake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damagepoint Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Great Job...but no Ducks^^ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wodin Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) Superb as usual..do you make the soldier portraits? Thay are excellent. I missed camo options in RT and no JUJU for CMBS!! the horror! Edited April 2, 2016 by Wodin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Thanks guys! And you know what, I genuinely enjoy doing this. And the extra month of waiting was definitely beneficial. I got a lot of stuff done I otherwise wouldn't have. 7 hours ago, Wodin said: do you make the soldier portraits? Thay are excellent. Ooh, a little behind-the-scenes mod talk? What goes on in a crazed modder's mind? Sounds like fun, I'm in! Okay, so, do I make the portraits. Well, yes and no. Meaning I don't actually draw them, obviously. They are based on photos or -infinitely better- painted models, because these have nice sharp exaggerated lines that are nicely preserved when you have to work on them in these tiny sizes. Most of the 'work' is actually finding suitable material, which is a total b#tch. After finding what I think is usable I do the following: resize the picture and judge if it's even worth working on. If no, dump it and try a new one. If yes, very precisely -and manually- cut out the background. Resize it again, de-saturate it, and then do a manual colorization to match it to the UI. Next, cut out the face, colorize that into skin tone. Add shading, trim edges, adjust sharpness, contrast, lightness and saturation. Then I go on a pixel-hunt to squeeze out as much detail as possible. After that there's the in-game test run (which, luckily, means simply sticking it onto a picture of the UI. Yay for 2D modding). Then finally there are often some final pixel-hunting tweaks. Maybe repeat that last step. And for every portrait that ends up in a mod I might have made two or three that just didn't cut it in the end. I must have made close to a hundred of these things in total since I introduced them. What's more, in this mod each portrait even has unique matching backgrounds for every single camouflage option. What with the season tags I've introduced and the camouflage backgrounds there are slightly over 400 portrait files in the mod! For comparison, there are really only 14 in the stock game (or so I'm really, really hoping!). What can I say, modding is an addiction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 A healthy and productive passion for moving closer to mod perfection... or an addiction.... Thanks for describing the process Juju. You can see by the responses your 'passion' is appreciated. Buzz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Yay, teasers! With the new camouflage backgrounds you essentially get ten UI's in one. Here's the first in a series of previews in action. First up: splinter (a): 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txema Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) Great work, Juju !!!!! Edited April 3, 2016 by Txema 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Great work as usual, now we just need the game! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Color me Splinter Yay, teasers! Buzz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Awesome !!! Thanks Juju...You are a master. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I see Ambush in the previews. Yummy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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