I'm confused about what your point is Oldih, you say 'who cares' about the small details yet it's wrong for people to be interested in the big ones like the complete lack of camouflage and uniform variety? Lastly, the RO team said at some point that there would not be anymore player skins added, but the mod had more diverse uniforms including camo for both sides...so why shoot down the very aim of this thread while making your own suggestions for skins?
With 'small details' I mean something that most people don't care, like the fact we see 1940 german service uniform 'actively' in every soldier model even we are having year '44 or '45 ingame. And E.G. the shoulder straps we see on RO german player models are early\pre-war models, yet you still see them at every soldier on '42 onwards - and the list goes on. Not that they matter anything with the gameplay, but what is wrong - IS wrong. And when people begin to nitpick about something like that - they DO matter for the sake of historical accuracy\authencity.
Point is, most of people don't even notice something like that but instantly something else, like the fact we lack camouflages, is immediatly brought into attension. And with the camouflage fact people always bring WSS ideas in.
I do not know why devs dropped variety of skins we saw in the mod, but I am not the one to judge. If they don't want to have WSS ingame - then they don't. It sounds stupid by sake of historical accuracy, but is it really the end of the world? Same applies with NKVD.
Besides, that skin suggestion (or model to be more exact) would be a great hint for some modders. I have seen quite a many WSS skins around and they are quite nice - but what's up with the fact we don't see 'real' (aka something that was actually issued and used in greater amounts instead of just some special units) Heer camo at all? Sure it might be hard to animate so it doesn't look stupid (talking about Zeltbahn), but why not?
I really do not mean anything offensive, but almost half of the uniform discussion stuffs you see around here are related with camouflage. Not with the fact there are some _serious_ inaccuracies generally in the first place.
Sure, some german winter camo would be nice, but almost everything have been the same idea that add reversible parkas\anoraks. Ok, not bad idea, but talking for the sake of realism (and people often seem to be "for the sake of realism") axis models wearing a full anorak\parka should have speed and stamina nerfed about 25-33%. Ever tried wearing a full german WW2 model anorak\parka? I can say it is far from being comfortable to move in one, even though it is warm. Now add serivce belt, Y-straps, pouches, grenades, A-frame (if you are a rifleman; talking about early war idea), your breadpack, Zeltbahn, A-frame bag, the BW pack (or what it is called, can't remember), shovel, bayonet and possibly some other small unnecessary crap like that from combs to rifle cleaning sets and sweater and such. Now, with all that gear on - even if it is correctly set (and it is comfortable then) - you do have quite problem moving around with that full anorak\parka.
Now let's add the idea that we have HMG team, and we have asst. gunner carrying the tripod. Real MG42 tripod weights about 25kg. Now, let's add the fact we would carry the tripod as they instruct to. Sure it works, but you can't go prone properly with that. Even when you carry it the 'incorrect' way (which is more comfortable) you can't still go prone properly. Now, let's add full anorak and heavy snowfall to our asst. gunner. Let's run about one hundred yards. Now, wasn't that fun? Too bad we just don't have HMG teams in RO.
Greatcoat with some blankets would be simple and still realistic idea. Or just a reversible parka jacket. Or trousers.
People often wants something that looks cool and such. Sure anorak\parka is cool, especially full one, but it is quite unpractical to wear one in thick combat . Come on, imagine a greatcoat covered with some white blankets. Doesn't look cool - but it works. Besides, even the splittertarn helmet camo is reversable; the other side is white. So if you own one - just reverse it and put it to your helmet. Voilah, you have now winter helmet camo.
And if you find some blankets or have somethign to spare, just make few holes and put it above your greatcoat. Now, as simple as it is it works as some kind of winter camo - but it doesn't look cool.
And sure, WSS would be nice by the sake of historical accuracy and they had tarnjackes generally issued to almost everyone - and the fact WSS is _elite_. Ok, NKVD has pretty much the same thing with their own nice ideas. I am not against the idea, but AFAIK they are not going to be added officially. So concentrating adding something that could work with the current skins and models would be more ideal - and possibly some hint for modders.
