[Texture] New Canadian skins/kits [WIP]

[Amok@ndy]

That second face from left looks great!

agreed but the other face looks a lil bit strange

[Arc_Shielder]

agreed but the other face looks a lil bit strange

I suppose you're talking about the one at the extreme right. Yeah, it's different, but the thing I noticed the most is that the height doesn't seem to be the same of the others.

EDIT: Nvm, he just didn't aligned that figure properly.

[Hauteclocque]

He has most likely reskinned the black soldier.

Agreed, it looks a bit strange. We tried the same with the French soldiers trying to use a white face on a black soldier and it didn't work well.

Except that, it does look good.

[|TG-Irr|Nixon]

He has most likely reskinned the black soldier.

Agreed, it looks a bit strange. We tried the same with the French soldiers trying to use a white face on a black soldier and it didn't work well.

Except that, it does look good.

You're totally right, but he's not Caucasian, he's suppose to be Asian. One of my friends is in the CF and he is Chinese so I wanted to honor him with this edit.



As you can see I've used the Chinese skins to base my work, but I am still stuck with the African American geometry, so I've tried my best to make things fit. Anyways, I never saw the face in-game, since the model always seems to have glasses. Therefore, I stooped trying to make it look more Asian.

BTW mate, we will have to do some more edits on the kits. I've looked at a tone of reference pics so I have a pretty good idea of the CF kit layouts now:

Helmets: suppose to be french (like you told me), but I still think the USMC are the best fit.
Ammo pouches: USMC also, some are with CADPAT AR and other brownish like the USMC, so I stick to the brown ones.
Bags/hydrapacks: Will need to use the Brits ones since they are the best match
Radio: The radio/headset combo from the Brits also look like the ones used by the CF.
Gun holster: Brit version tied on the leg.
Glasses/Goggles: I would use the ones in the USMC. BTW anyone knows if the transparency function works for player models?
And finally all the rest we discussed before.

Cheers,

Nix

[Chuc]

You are best reshaping the helmet to what is the unique Canadian helmet shape by moving verticies and edges manually. It's not that hard, select the verts and move them. The NVG mounts look different as well, so it's something you can reshape from the existing set.

As for transparency, it doesn't work. You either have fully opaque or 100% transparent.

You're on the right track, and I look forward to the results

[|TG-Irr|Nixon]

Hi everyone,

I decided to press on with the CADPAT TW modification and came up with this:



I still need to do the 1st person views (arms) and the light infantry versions, but this part of the project is almost over! Next coding and kit edits.

I wanted to have the opinion of the community:

Shall I put camo on the face or not? Personally I don't like it, but I will respect the community's will.

@Chuck I only have BFmesh viewer 2.0 can I do it with that, also you you PM me some tips and tricks for that program (no readme files) so I am still trying to figure out how to see animations and to have the players models with the kit models.

Cheers,

Nix

[Chuc]

I'm afraid I can't do that since I don't know how to use BF2 Meshviewer's animation tools. If I were you I'd try to get BF2 Editor working.

[ubermensche]

Looks great mate! I think the face camo is a good idea, but that's just my 2 cents.

[Chuc]

Oh speaking of face cam paint, paint them faces. All the other factions' woodland skins have them.

[Spush]

Add some mud/dirt on them, to make it look like the players have been in the suck.

[|TG-Irr|Nixon]

Greetings all,

Well after a few weeks of hard work I am proud to present v.0.1 of my Canadian Forces. I’ve looked at hundreds of reference pictures to come up with theses new textures. Attention to detail was quite high, therefore I’ve added some zoom shoots so you can have a better look. Hopefully you will be able to enjoy them in a future version of PR. I am still torn apart by two things: first camo face or not and second making the uniforms dirty or not. I would really like to have a poll to see what you guys think and will make the proper modifications.



Here are some key features:
- New CADPAT AR and TW textures ()
- New flags, IR patches and ISAF patches
- New faces
- New gloves
- New combat boots
- New ballistic vest
- New details (zippers, pockets, seams, buttons, etc.)

Part two of this project is the kits, which is on standby at the moment until I get the help from a modeler to edit the geometries.

Finally, if someone from the R-DEV team could contact me so they could evaluate my work it would be appreciated.

Well that’s all for me,

Cheers,

Nix

[Wakain]

pretty damn nice, I'd say!
I can't help you with the face camo, I personally never liked it except for the "green faced men" in vietnam, but I don't know if it's realistic for regulars as well.

about the dirt/mud: the skins are nice, but atm very clean. a little dirt/mud would be good, just don't overdo it. a little dirt around the knees and below (perhaps around the elbows as well) would be enough.

looking forward to those kitgeoms!

[Shovel]

Pretty, pretty badass.

[dtacs]

They look impressive however the beard of the first soldier looks very unrealistic. It doesn't fade into the skin (the dropoff is too harsh)

Soldiers have more to worry about than keeping a beard that specific.

[Rhino]

Looking good, very good

[PLODDITHANLEY]

Looking nice.

Maybe officer and medic with a skin colour face? To make sure the enemy nails them first....

[Chuc]

Just with the woodland gloves though, could you paint the bottom right soldier's gloves in CADPAT camo like so?

[AnimalMother.]

looking really good, especially the work on the insignia and the beards


just one thing that's bugging me, do the CDF really have guys wearing camo boots?