I am a game artist by trade, and I would like to offer my help in those few spare minutes that I have daily by making some models for PR from time to time.
I live in Serbia and, since there is no Serbian army in the game, I would like help getting included at least some of our domestic equipment there, if you happen to find a place for them. I know only of a few notable Serbian military vehicles but most are various modernized modifications of old Russian equipment (APCs, tanks, airplanes). Someone would probably know more than I do, as I'm not much informed about our military equipment. One modern Serbian vehicle that I know of is Lazar BVT APC.
However, I have decided not to model Lazar, but instead make something more unexpected
Zastava 900 AK!
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It is a small Yugoslavian van produced in Serbia during '70s and '80s. It carried an engine from Zastava 750
Idea is that it could be used as an insurgent vehicle, in two variants: passenger carrier and ammo carrier.
As a passenger carrier, it would have six positions:
- driver
- co-driver seat
- two open windows on the sides, on which you sit and fire across the roof
- sitting inside, on supply boxes
- sitting behind the back window (which is broken), ready for shooting 6 o'clock
Something like this:
As an ammo carrier, it would have driver and co-driver positions, and ability to drop ammo crates. Could also have painted windows.
Just wanted to give heads up that I'm starting this, and to check what is the feedback on the idea. I'm currently making the model (mesh is one third complete). I'm expecting the polycount along with interior to be around 5-6k triangles. I have a few questions that I didn't find answered in the guidelines thread: should interior share the same texture as exterior? What is the technique of making glass, do I model it with thickness? Is glass part supposed to have an alpha map included and again, does it use the same texture as the whole vehicle? Lastly, is there anyone who would be willing to import this vehicle to the game if you like it?
If in the end you guys don't use it as a vehicle, I think it can serve as a scenery object. I have noticed many players from Balkan in the game, and I'm sure many would be very thrilled to see this vehicle in the game
But of course, it's up to you.I will post progress as I go in the following days.
Keep up the excellent work.
