These are a rare special request per Wyrmshadow. So these previews are pretty much for his scrutiny. I typically don't like to do requests unless they're something I was going to do anyway but this is of course a special exception for our forum's most prolific unit creator. God knows I owe him plenty for all the models he's given me.

This is the first guy. A confederate soldier of some sort. I'm not familiar with Turtledove and am just going off of models supplied by Wyrmshadow. So please let me know what you think. I couldn't get the grenades supplied by Wyrmshadow to covert in color for some reason so I left them off. I'll maybe give them another try at exporting them. Maybe it was just a messed up export. :(

EDIT: Okay, let's see if these images uploaded. These are just rough drafts for feedback.

http://www.geocities.com/garychildress47/angle_0001.bmp

http://www.geocities.com/garychildress47/Front_0001_0001.bmp

http://www.geocities.com/garychildress47/Rear_0001.bmp

Doh! It must have been something screwy with the first time I exported the grenades. Now they're working like they're supposed to. :blush:

http://www.geocities.com/garychildress47/Front.bmp

http://www.geocities.com/garychildress47/angle.bmp

http://www.geocities.com/garychildress47/Rear.bmp

Go for it! I can see them fighting the Kriegs-Moloch in a Steam Punk scenario.

And with confederate insignia on each side of the helmet.

http://www.geocities.com/garychildress47/insignia_0001.bmp

Very nice job so far.:goodjob:

And with civ color incorporated...

http://www.geocities.com/garychildress47/civcolor_0001.bmp

They look really good so far - can you render one at unit size so we can see how the colors/contrast works?

Hey, thats not a bird! j/k

Looks very nice, mate. Is that the M3 setup by zulu? Mike looks a bit different than his usual Biafra self..

Looks very nice, mate. Is that the M3 setup by zulu? Mike looks a bit different than his usual Biafra self..

No, just a baggier clothing set. I have a few clothing sets which add bulk to M3. I try to use them as much as possible.

Here are a couple of preliminary samples.

I like it alot!

Very cool! I'd be surprised if Wyrm doesn't like this guy...

I'm smiling.
This particular unit you are doing is the confederate version of a Waffen SS trooper. He's got all the newest toys and kit, just a more american design like the helmet. The gun I gave you is just a modified Enfield, animate it like an assault rifle because that's what it is.
I think you're the first person to ever grant me a unit request.

I'd like to keep these to myself so that I can release all my turtledove units at once in a pack.
Also, can you make the boots darker? seem very grey.

I just took a 2nd look and the flag colors need to be inverted.
http://www.allstates-flag.com/fotw/images/f/fic_free.gif
Think of it as a southern swastika.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TL-191
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/Whif/TurtleDove.png

@Wyrmshadow: When I get done with them I'll just PM the files directly to you and you can release them however you want.

You know what? Make him grey or green, give him the helmet depicted on the large picture, 2nd from right, and bang! Generic WW1 soldier. Maybe an useful addition after the main unit has been completed?

And a version like your preview, but with the color a little bronzed, might work very well for this tech in the SteamPunk Mod:

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4476/armouredinfantrywu4.png

If you have anymore model needs, I'll see what I can dig up.