2D Art Welt's Tank Skins

[Welt]

Looks good, Welt. But would it be possible for you to post some pictures showing them us on the model?

And what finnish map? Did I miss something?

Oh, and the Tiger also looks beautiful. I really hope we will see those skins in some maps ASAP.

It's not worth it to show them in game, they are just the same Soviet tanks and the stug camo I posted with finnish markings. Simple as that.

 

[Welt]

Panzer IV H madness.

 

[Richard_B.]

What should I say - as good as everytime, Welt. Except the barrel. It is much darker than the turret, chassis, skirts or the muzzle brake. Should be a bit lighter, like the rest.
Then it would be perfect - again...

 

[Shurek]

Actually, having mismatched shades of dark and light is not such a bad idea in general. Historically, the white-wash was applied rather hastily before battle by its crew and certainly not with a great deal of attention to uniformity. What he's done just makes it look more realistic IMHO.

On the otherhand, if Welt decides to add some dirt or mud on the sides/rear, exhaust smoke stains near the manifolds, powder burns on the muzzle-brake, and perhaps some minor battle damage (like panzerfaust or PTRD hit decals on the skirts), it will look a little more "lived in" rather than off the showroom floor.

Great work Welt!

 

[Welt]

Added some "battle damage" , the muzzle break powder marks are quite hard to do because the texture it uses is on the turret side.

 

[Mike_Nomad]

Simply put;

Impressive!
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[Welt]

Whitewash Stug rolling in.

 

[Shurek]

OMG!!!!!

There's even snow and mud between the tracks!

 

[sander]

Your skins keeping better and better. First your snow skins were just black-white tanks but now they are really awesome with the dirt and damage.

 

[GS_Schimpf]

Could you do a skin like the second from above in this list? http://www.alanhamby.com/paint.html
But with Turretnumber 217? Otto Carius tank at Narwa Battle.
ViViD, mapper of Narva map could use it.

 

[Welt]

Used the stock skin as base this time. Feels like i shouldnt have done that.

 

[Britney Federline]

Welt, I think you are doing a great service by churning these out. It seems pretty fun to make these, and relatively easy in the whole scheme of game creation.

I do wonder if it's even possible in the UT04 engine to make the paint/armor look like it has more depth. The paint on the tanks always looks paper thin, but creating a feeling of 50mm of armor may require bit/mip/HDR/HDTV mapping that isn't supported in UT04, or it may require remodelling polygons for dents, scratches, and shell marks. Can you draw those on in a way that looks realistic, or will those also kind of look paper-thin too?

 

[Welt]

Well, if you can find a way to do it, tell it. Because i haven't found any way to do it yet.

Texture with depth in it looks kinda wierd when looked at from different angles. But if anyone knows a way to do it nicely, be welcome to prove me wrong.

 

[DeV]

That's why we need bump mapping

 

[Shurek]

Welt,

Quick Question:

What program(s) do you use to create your skins?

Thanks!

 

[Capt.Marion]

might I reccomend using filefront.com for uploads?

 

[Welt]

Welt,

Quick Question:

What program(s) do you use to create your skins?

Thanks!

Photoshop ofcourse, haven't found a better program.



Recommendation taken into consideration

 

[Welt]

Hear yee! Hear yee!

I decided to release the "whitewashed" skins for StuG, Tiger and PzIVH. Everyone can now enjoy them

http://files.filefront.com/Small_Winter_Skinpackrar/;6249854;;/fileinfo.html

E: Got it working after all. Check them out

 

[BrausePaul]

I think >whitewashed< should look like this...

 

[Steiner3277]

nice job any plans to release?