Modern German General

[avain]

Seconded ... thought of a reequip with a luger yesterday but wasn't sure for accuracy.

WARNING! Now comes an idiotic joke a'la avain style

From Wikipedia: "...the Luger is still sought after by collectors both for its sleek design, superlative accuracy, great durability..."

 

[Gaius Octavius]

Nice one. Now all we need are Patton and Montgomery to go along with the Desert Fox.

 

[Shqype]

Congrats Wolfshanze, it came out good. I know my brother in particular will love this!

 

[Ekmek]

Actually, I've been thinking/wanting to change the Revolver to a German Luger Parabellum... though I'm not sure if I can do that with reskining alone... not sure if I have to change the model if I want a luger or not... this is where my noobness on 3D models kicks-in again.

After all is said and done, I'd just be honored if my German General found his way into a mod besides the Wolfshanze Mod!

Since I'm the guy that brought it up I guess I could have a look at reshaping it via blender. For the record I was thinking a luger too.

 

[Ekmek]

Attached is my modifications. The pistol has such low polygons that it was hard to differentiate it. I add the larger muzzle. I also slimmed the pant legs a bit, raised the boots a tad and peak the officer's cap. but the unit is so small you'll probably not notice.


(warlordmodern_0.nif in the zip is your original file)

 

[Wolfshanze]

Congrats on your first unit, Wolf! I hope many more will follow!

Well, since I'm limiting myself to reskins for now, I guess I have to figure-out if there's any more national WWII uniforms that are mostly similar to the default general (or any other existing models I can reskin).

I might make another reskin if I can think of the right model and nation to combine.

 

[Ekmek]

wolfshanze did you look at the changes I made? anything worthwhile there?

 

[Wolfshanze]

wolfshanze did you look at the changes I made? anything worthwhile there?

The change you made to the gun wasn't exactly what I had in mind (looked like the revolver with a big muzzle... I was more looking for a true Luger model for the gun)... I did notice the change to the hat and pants... liked the hat change, not sure if I liked the pant change or not (Germans did have baggy pants uniforms too).

For some reason I couldn't get the gun texture in your change... maybe I did something wrong, I could see the shape, but the gun was pink (untextured).

 

[KrugerPritz]

And after the hat in progress for Mussolini could be used for an italian general too!!!

 

[Wolfshanze]

And after the hat in progress for Mussolini could be used for an italian general too!!!

Yeah... I'm probably going to look into doing some more generals... might go with the Russians next.

 

[Wolfshanze]

I have just released v2.0 of the German General.

New to v2.0 are some texture improvements (some brighter/more-distinct uniform items) and the riding crop has been replaced with a Marshall's Baton (NIF/texture assistance by Walter Hawkwood... thanks).

If anyone would like to "volunteer" themselves to properly shaping the baton into a shaft, instead of an inverted riding crop, please let me know... modelers are welcome to apply!

 

[Wolfshanze]

Oh... and in case anyone else is thinking of making WWII generals, here's a handy little page from Captain Courageous.

 

[Wolfshanze]

Don't know why I never thought of it before, or did anything about it... but the default Modern General always had a "Eurasian" look to the eyes and skin-tone... which makes sense if you only have ONE General for ALL nations on the planet... but since I'm doing nation-specific Generals...

New to v3.0, caucasian skin tones.

Note the bottom-left "Mongolian" General has the default "Eurasian" skin tone and slanted eyes... the others now show the updated look.

I have updated the Russian and German Generals to a more "Caucasian" skin-tone with rounded eyes... I have also included a "Generic" European General with the German General download to use with European/American nations (until a more proper nation-specific unit is made).

 

[Wolfshanze]

So nobody cared for the caucasian skin? How about if I get the Marshall's Baton completely redone? (Thanks to the Coyote for the help).

v4.0 now released!

 

[Wolfshanze]

Man... nobody liked the caucasian change? Nobody comments on the new baton?

Well, how about this then?

What if I change out the default revolver for a German P08 Parabellum Luger?

v5.0 now released as-of 13 May 08...

 

[avain]

I have to say that I really like what you are doing, and I think you are improving nicely!
Thank you very much for these Generals, I intend to include them in VD.

Also, the skin tones are great, and this German General really needed that Luger!

 

[KrugerPritz]

Great, very great work... Thank You for doing it

 

[Wolfshanze]

Also, the skin tones are great, and this German General really needed that Luger!

So I take-it, you didn't like the Marshall's Baton?

 

[avain]

So I take-it, you didn't like the Marshall's Baton?

Oh, man, and I intended to edit my post to include the praise of THE Baton, but hereby I proclaim:
This is one Great Baton you have here!

 

[Wolfshanze]

Hehe... just messing with you... but honestly... from the very beginning, I envisioned this guy with a marshall's baton and a luger... but I did (and still) lack the skills to do the modeling side... so I subcontract out my vision to those with more skills then me, and I just guide the project along with my vision, do whatever source research I can, and put pretty colors on things!

I'm pretty much out of ideas for my German General... v5 is probably the last for a grey-uniform Wehrmacht Army Field Marshall... (though I may revisit with some different colors and/or uniforms... maybe German Green and/or Waffen SS General)... but for now... on to other generals!