This is something I've been working on for the last little bit that I wanted to show off to any fellow canucks here at the 'Borg. A few months back I picked up the apparently-now-defunct Canadian Armed Forces mod. However it was pretty broken, the config files were a mess, and I haven't seen a single person in the ARMA community do CADPAT justice yet, so I set about working on my own offshoot of the mod. Trevnor's been witness to some various updates, and he recommended I show off a bit of it here. So, I decided I'd share a couple of minor screenshots of some of the reskins so far. Currently I've got about 15-20+ pieces of gear reskinned; load-bearing vests, plate carriers, and a large variety of backpacks and uniform types. I've also got a ton of work done reconfigging some of the weapons and vehicles to solve errors and problems with them. As soon as CADPAT Arid Regions is finished I intend on making an "official" ARMA community release of the skins, and then moving on to new weapons and vehicles (hopefully. We'll see how that one goes.) Onto some preview pictures. Enjoy. This guy has been my reference\ muse for the last month or so: http://tinyurl.com/nl3rv32 CADPAT TW Riflemen http://i.imgur.com/xlRd1Q2.jpg CADPAT TW Rifleman with Boonie http://i.imgur.com/b0joQVW.jpg CADPAT TW Backpack http://i.imgur.com/HDwZSjO.jpg CADPAT Grenadier LBV http://i.imgur.com/GauIW8u.jpg CADPAT Arid Grenadier - Work In Progress, version 1.2 http://i.imgur.com/LQCdmsX.jpg
This is good stuff. Most impressed with the color/shading despite Arsenal's tendency to over-illuminate everything. One question: does the boonie acommmodate flappy heads? I keed. Looking forward to fighting in the proper uniform of those who serve under the Sword of Nine Blades.
If you need specific reference photos let me know. The CADPAT looks good. There is a lot of variance within the pallet because of different years of manufacture and fading from wear and tear. I dont think I have a pair of pants and combat shirt that match exactly
Man, no kidding. And when they get dirty or they fade all semblance of colour matching in Photoshop just goes right out the window. However, on that note I was actually thinking of making some dirty \ worn variants with slightly faded colours as variants. Can never have too many skins! My main problems with my skins right now for CADPAT TW is the lack of brown. Having to mess around with the channels and colours to get the greens to come out properly pushed the brown way down. I think I've got enough pictures of various things from the internet, but if you've got any critiques lay em' on me. I've made some updates to Arid. Still fighting with it. You can't hide as many abnormalities in the skin when its so bright -- I get to cheat a lot with TW. http://i.imgur.com/Y6B1OqU.jpg http://i.imgur.com/62PYuiG.jpg
Hey all, Been a little quiet on the ARMA forum so I decided to spice it up a bit; if anybody is interested in an update on this: I've been working, and reworking CADPAT Arid Regions over quite a lot; redesigning, and scrapping, and then designing again. Here's a little dump of whats on the plate currently -- still Work in Progress, of course. No real guarantee I won't scrap this one and start again for the 3rd time. Still entirely unhappy with it, but working towards something. My quest for CADPAT continues. Enjoey: http://i.imgur.com/FwDZVQX.png http://i.imgur.com/uWhuHK5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UgjVHCc.jpg http://i.imgur.com/hDHy4bk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qzpO3gG.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YKB6YS2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/lQqNqRu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZlbISPk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/S4g21fF.jpg http://i.imgur.com/3ziaus5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NEpcC6D.jpg
I'm still workin' on this, if anyone is curious! About a month ago I wiped a lot of the work I'd done and started fresh, with a more ambitious goal of bringing a larger number of uniform and uniform types into play. I was really unhappy with the AR colours, and the browns weren't really coming through properly in TW. Right now, my plans are to include two variants of each uniform; A "Crisp \ Fresh" version with strong colours that should hopefully look like its fresh from the manufacturer (or CFLRS), and a "Faded \ Worn" version that should hopefully emulate a more well-worn, slightly-faded, dirty, combat-used variant. When finished this should mean 38 new uniforms spread across both NATO and AAF uniform types, as well as some "specialty" uniforms. There's a possibility I may remove one or two of those types if they don't fit right into the aesthetic. Since I'm no 3d modeler I can't actually replicate the proper ICU. Here's some galleries -- some images a little older, some a little newer. As always, these are WIP -- especially the "faded" versions in the last gallery. http://imgur.com/a/TXfN9 http://imgur.com/a/U0a7f http://imgur.com/a/M5oRN
