umlaut Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) I have just uploaded a set of snowy shermans to cmmods: Snow-sprinkled versions of all the 17 Sherman variants in CM Final Blitzkrieg. Each modtagged [snow]. These are what I call ”quick” mods. I have devised a way to add light snow to a vehicle that is much faster than my usual method. The downside is that I have had to compromise quite a bit on the quality. The snow layer of many of these vehicles wont stand up for closer inspection, but I have chosen to go with this method for two reasons: 1: The vast majority of players wont inspect the vehicles close enough to notice the difference anyway. At least not while playing an ordinary game. 2: If I were forced to make these mods the usualy – and much, much slower – way, it would have been way too much work. And thus, I wouldn´t have made them at all. In short: It is these or none. And in my view some are preferable to none. You might disagree, though I hope not. By the way: I really like MikeyD's work on the vehicles in FB. They are gorgeous. But I think the un-whitewashed snow free vehicles look out of place in snowy conditions. This is why I made these mods. Next set of quick mods will be the US halftracks. Edited April 14, 2016 by umlaut 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Here's a link: http://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=3627 Edited April 14, 2016 by umlaut 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonwynn Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I just installed the Shermans and they look great to me. Just enough effect to give them a realistic snowy feel. Great work as always Umlaut. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 They look good ! If the rest of your vehicles looks simular i will DL them all... Thanks ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbasid111 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 These look great! Thank you very much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarly Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Nice work! You (modders) are amazing, and fast! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Love it. Thanks Keep on going. Looking forward to having snowy panzers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 They look good. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithikial_AU Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Umlaut are you planning on doing the same for the infantry uniforms like some of the work you did for CMFI-GL? You can really notice the difference with some 'dusting' on the uniforms and gear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I agree with all you say, Umlaut. And those Shermans are looking great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) Thanks all. I'll do as many as I can/feel like. I dont want it to be a chore - and I'd like to play the game too now and then 6 hours ago, Stingray said: Looking forward to having snowy panzers. Alas, the german vehicles are probably not going to be as easy. The zimmerit and tricolour camo schemes dont go too well with my quick-snow method. 2 hours ago, Ithikial_AU said: Umlaut are you planning on doing the same for the infantry uniforms like some of the work you did for CMFI-GL? You can really notice the difference with some 'dusting' on the uniforms and gear. I am planning to look at it, yes. But I'd rather not promise anything, because I fear it might be a lot of work. Edited April 15, 2016 by umlaut 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Great work umlaut, you just get better and better at this. Thanks for sharing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Much appreciated 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempestzzzz Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) Your snow effect looks good. I can understand your trepidation Umlaut on modding. Incidentally I have your mods and in other CM games. But yeah modding and playing you got to strike a balance. Modding can be a monster on your back. Your probably like me-you like to explore the files and see what you can do-but at the same time just PLAY and ENJOY the game. I tried my own experiments with a snow effect on vehicles. It's tough-snow isn't easy. Is there a specific brush or a combination of brushes... don't know. ****************************** String from 2012 when I was exploring flavor objects into CM FI. Puzzle Palace back then. Simple now. Modding is like being a druggie. FWIW Edited April 15, 2016 by Tempestzzzz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Looks good, Umlaut! Seems I´ve got lots to download, once I purchased the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Have you got the raw sherman image files from the game or one you could send me one or two (in PSD with layers that you've done) to dabble with. I'm on a mac and IIRC the skin file extractor is PC only. Winterising Shermans seem to inspire me with Photoshop... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 US halftracks uploaded: http://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=3646 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Fantabulous! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Awesome umlaut! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 New set uploaded: A collection af various snow-sprinkled US vehicles for CM Final Blitzkrieg. Each modtagged [snow]. The vehicles are: 2,5 ton 6×6 Deuce truck Light tanks: M5A1 Stuart M25 Chaffee Armored cars: M20 M8 early M8 mid Jeeps: Jeep Jeep MMG Jeep .50 http://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=3677 image hosting over 10mb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Umlaut, Really nice work. Very immersive. Thanks for all your hard work. It is really appreciated. Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarly Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Combined with @benpark Snowy Trees Mod, it adds so much to the winter feel. Bravo!! Looking forward to your German iterations! ;D 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Again, superb umlaut, really adds to the immersion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 The latest set concludes the US vehicles. The set contains: Snowy versions of all US Tank Destroyers and Self Propelled Guns for CM Final Blitzkrieg. Each modtagged [snow].http://cmmodsiii.greenasjade.net/?p=3760 free upload The vehicles are: M10 M18 Hellcat M36 "Jackson" M36B1 "Jackson" M7B1 Priest M8 HMC M12 GMC These are what I call ”quick” mods, which means created faster than usual – and as a consequence the quality is less than usual. I'll upload some german vehicles later. But they are much harder to quick mod, so I really dont know how many I am going to make. We'll see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Thanks for the fabulous mods, Umlaut. I had a thought that if you name your mods starting with your name like "Umlauts whatever" rather than "Snowy whatever by Umlaut" then they all group together in our mod folder under "U" for Umlaut. (Just makes mod management easier.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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