Panther3 7 Aug '06

Okay I just posted up the green version without side skirts so you can see the wheels and tracks better.
 
Nice looking units. Predictably well animated.
I like that there are two of 'em. The beige one looks like an updated version of the green one.... though I prefer the more industrial look of the green.

That pic of the sherman with the 105 looks just silly... looks like it would darn near flip when it fired.... that config reminds of a viking berserker... all offense, no thought to defense or even surviving any fight except by quickly killing all in front of him.
 
That's a boss unit right there... It even looks better than some of the Leopard I units around. It's very believeable unit. Definately what a post WWII Panther design would look like.
 
Stormrage said:
Wut iz dee-fence? :crazyeye: AttaK! WAAAGH!


Yeah, just the other day I was passing by this kindergarten...
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ok, someone else to add to the list as "not suitable to use as as babysitter".... of course it might be nice to come home and not wonder if the babysitter is hog-tied, ducktaped or just locked in some closet.


One thing I forgot to mention earlier was the treads and how cool they cool. They make the green tank go from good to really cool.
Did you do that with texture animation or did you really roll the treads?
 
Texture movement. I just move it in the X-axis about 200 units from frame 0 to 16. All the SOE tanks have this effect. Moving treads are something that Ripps tanks lacked.

How I accomplished this? I erased the hundreds of treads and replaced it with a low-poly single piece from BF1942.

You can't see the effect on the desert version but it's there. I animated the heavily armored one 1st, then just erased the extra armor and changed the colors for the 2nd.

The dark splotches on the hull after the explosions are......negative lighting.
 
Wyrmshadow said:
The dark splotches on the hull after the explosions are......negative lighting.
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woah, what a clever idea. Another thing to add to the rather large notebook I have of "tricks and tips from wyrmshadow".
 
Do you believe this used to be a Tiger2?
camoed.jpg
 
I ripped apart an Abrams front end. I actually only used the front right quarter of the turret. The M1 actually isnt symmetrical so I had to do some clever mirror tricks with one of my programs.

I stared by adding a bustle to the henchel turret. But I just could not make it look quite right, so I threw that away and added an Abrams front. I connected the side skirts to the main hull with spaced armor to keep with the angled Abrams look. Gave it the main gun from Leo2. Cupola from leo2 but M2 machine gun and mount from abrams. Took out the powerpack and gave it the engine grates and fans from a Leo2. Smoke dischargers from Leo2 but arrangement modified. Lots of soldier's supplies stacked on the turret and water cans onthe sides. Rear/front traffic lights from Challenger2, the same as I used for the Panther3. Driver's hatches and fuel drums from Leclerc. Fuel lines to the drums from T-80. Transmission and wheels from Leo2. Rear looking periscope/camera from T-80 commander's sight. Gunner's sight from T-80. Searchlight from T-80. The ERA setup was purely my design.
 
Wyrmshadow said:
I ripped apart an Abrams front end. I actually only used the front right quarter of the turret. The M1 actually isnt symmetrical so I had to do some clever mirror tricks with one of my programs.

I stared by adding a bustle to the henchel turret. But I just could not make it look quite right, so I threw that away and added an Abrams front. I connected the side skirts to the main hull with spaced armor to keep with the angled Abrams look. Gave it the main gun from Leo2. Cupola from leo2 but M2 machine gun and mount from abrams. Took out the powerpack and gave it the engine grates and fans from a Leo2. Smoke dischargers from Leo2 but arrangement modified. Lots of soldier's supplies stacked on the turret and water cans onthe sides. Rear/front traffic lights from Challenger2, the same as I used for the Panther3. Driver's hatches and fuel drums from Leclerc. Fuel lines to the drums from T-80. Transmission and wheels from Leo2. Rear looking periscope/camera from T-80 commander's sight. Gunner's sight from T-80. Searchlight from T-80. The ERA setup was purely my design.
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Excellent -- as I wrote in another post re: your units, you just keep getting better. Fine stuff :thumbsup:

Best,

Oz
 
Aloha,

Great unit!
The Leopard 1 is often considered to be the true successor of the Panther, so in a way the leopard is the Panther 3 - some similarities also exist.
bw_kpz_leopard_1_a5-021_2.jpg


Drushba
 
Yes but the Leopard 1 was first produced in 1963 by Krauss-Maffei for the German Ministry of Defence so this what if fills in a gap.
 
BadKharma said:
Yes but the Leopard 1 was first produced in 1963 by Krauss-Maffei for the German Ministry of Defence so this what if fills in a gap.
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Yeah, Wyrmshadow's tank seems like it is the fictional equivalent to the Soviet T-55 or American M-48 Patton, both late 40s, early 50s designs.

While The Leopard 1 is in the leage with the Soviet T-64, British Cheiftain and American M-60 Patton II, which were for the most part, 1960s designs.
 
MG-42. Anything with an FG is the paratrooper assault rifle.
300px-MG42.jpg

250px-Mitrailleuse-p1030118.jpg
 
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