McTasty Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Hey guys, Is anyone working on dirtying up vehicle textures? They look much too clean to my liking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellmann Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Yes, I know what you mean I'm right there with you. I've started some weathering work in photoshop; loads of sand, scratches and dirt going on. So far only for the vehicles in my desert "Unser Rommel" Deutsches Afrikakorps DAK mod I'm working on though, not Normandy theatre. So I'm also wondering if anyone's thinking of weathering up those Normandy tanks, especially on the German side! I thought the Shermans looked OK though. Actually here's an idea I've been thinking of... if there's no way we can physically pile a load of heavy foliage and bushes on top of our panzers in the form of 3d objects, then maybe just drawing some tree branches and bushes on the textures might go half way to fixing that? Just an idea... though in practice I'm thinking it'd look awful A pity we can't add some proper foliage to those German tanks to make them look right for Normandy... or can we? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTasty Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 I think i remember people saying that adding foliage to vehicles was very hard or impossible to do in CMBO back in the day. Even though i'm no modder, this might mean it became even harder with the more complex models of CMN. You're right btw. It's mostly the German vehicles that need some mud splashed onto them. The Tiger looks ok, but the Panther and Stugs look like they had a paintjob minutes before battle . Mind you, a freshly painted panzer is still something to behold... edit: what we need is some of the people who are into 1:35 WW2 diorama's. The weathering those guys can produce is beyond brilliant and just screams to be translated to CMN. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Oh if you only knew how long it takes to properly weather even one CMBN vehicle... But please, go ahead and do a proper weathering job on the German stuff - would be nice to see what others are capable of... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCat Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 From what I can tell so far the US side vehicles are a good dirty level, but the Germans could use a bit of dirt and dust... but I know it's a lot of work, so worries. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyseman76 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 These are some of my Flames of War models I've painted and I would love to be able to get the CMBN tanks dressed up like these. Mind you these are waaaay smaller than 1/35. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Bear in mind most of what passes for 'hobbyist' weathering bears no relation at all to reality. You would've been hard pressed to locate a vehicle in june/July/August that was Rusting out of every joint like they show in Fine Scale Modeler magazine. October/November/Decembe timeframer? That's another matter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Mikey, good point. Theyd be dusty as hell alright (which they more or lss already are - you just don't see it very well because of the light base color!), but not very rusty. Oh, and German tanks would NEVER EVER have a blackened muzzle brake when not in combat - those were cleaned after each engagement because leaving the all the soot and stain there would degrade the muzzle brake's efficiency and damage the barrel in the long run. Another one of these "Urban Panzer myths" so to speak... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTasty Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 @ MikeyD: Very good point, but then there's doing it and overdoing it @Wyseman: Nice work mate! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 just as an aside, can you take photographs of an actual tank in all elevations and plan views and use those as the "skin" mod ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 That is theoretically possible, but you'd have to take pictures at a more or less perfect 90° angle, else you'll end up redoing most of the picture by hand. But is possible. Whats on your mind - got an idea? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTasty Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 I don't know about you guys, but to me the word "bump" jumps to mind. ...just saying... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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