GnigruH's vehicle SKINS <19.01.2010 UPDATE!>

[GnigruG]

I just updated a few skins. Both tigers, both panthers and both stuarts. Soon I'm going to update the british skinpack. Firefly and tetrarch skins will be re-done completely, others - slightly improved. I also started working on some PE vehicles, so you can expect a skin or two...

[Celution]

Thanks GnigruG! They look awesome.

[pojarsma]

so you can expect a skin or two...

sounds good

[RTY1941]

I have make a mod can you make some captured Sherman tanks skin ?
Like these
http://beute.narod.ru/Beutepanzer/us...sherman-01.htm

[marthalouise]

I have to say your work is fantastic! A lot of great skinners are around, but its a matter of taste I guess, and you nailed it for my part. Coupled with Halftracks inf skins, you guys complete my gaming experience. I am itching to get a hold of the PE stuff.... My missing ingredient so far

[GnigruG]

I uploaded a new version of the british skinpack. As I said before: tetrarch and firefly skins have been re-done, others - improved slightly.

But that's not all about today's update. I also uploaded a Jagdpanther skin.

my 1st jagdpanther skin.

[SasiMuel]

wow! it's great!
but what is change british skin ver.2?

[Road-kill]

Niiiice.... to do some feedback GnigruG, I think you need to tweak your panzer 4 (and hitlerjung panther and jagdpanther) skins slightly; in the previews they look great, but due to the lighting of the maps when you actually field them they often come out as just brown blobs.

Personally I'm a bit leery about whining to you too much about it (otherwise I'd have done it ages ago about the panzer 4 and hitlerjung panther) because the idea behind camo is to break up shape and if they're looking like brown blobs of browny blobbiness instead of a tank then the camo's doing it's job... even so, I personally think you should take another look at the colour's contrasts. While good (and working) camo is great, it can also make it a pain to pick your unit out quickly in a fight. To give you an example, in muddy\brown terrain (Hill 312, or whatever it's called can be a good example) your jagdpanther is quite tricky to pick out from the terrain sometimes. While realistic, it can also make it a git to find and pull out if it's taking too much damage, problem extending to the panzer 4 and hitlerjung panther.

If it's any comfort(!?) it's not just these-the british pack's firefly and tetrach especially can be nightmares to find on some night maps. (but those games are generally not as common so it's not quite as bad)

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Hope the aboves useful feedback

[pojarsma]

totaly awesome jagdpanther you are the best vehicle skinner I have ever seen
just one thing maybe for your pe skinpack u could make the jagdpatnther whitout the front skirts it looks even cooler then
and make zimmerit on it
Edit: Could u include the T26E3 Peshing in your american skinpack?

[Sooth]

You are the best skinner for coh. Period.

[GnigruG]

just one thing maybe for your pe skinpack u could make the jagdpanther wihtout the rear skirts it looks even cooler
and make zimmerit on it

PE skinpack jagdpanther will have zimmerit and no skirts. It'll probably be this one:

the jagdpanther scheme

Could u include the T26E3 Pershing in your american skinpack?

What for? You can download it separately. It's a 'France1944' skinpack, there were no pershings in france in this time period.

Niiiice.... to do some feedback GnigruG, I think you need to tweak your panzer 4 (and hitlerjung panther and jagdpanther) skins slightly; in the previews they look great, but due to the lighting of the maps when you actually field them they often come out as just brown blobs.

Personally I'm a bit leery about whining to you too much about it (otherwise I'd have done it ages ago about the panzer 4 and hitlerjung panther) because the idea behind camo is to break up shape and if they're looking like brown blobs of browny blobbiness instead of a tank then the camo's doing it's job... even so, I personally think you should take another look at the colour's contrasts. While good (and working) camo is great, it can also make it a pain to pick your unit out quickly in a fight. To give you an example, in muddy\brown terrain (Hill 312, or whatever it's called can be a good example) your jagdpanther is quite tricky to pick out from the terrain sometimes. While realistic, it can also make it a git to find and pull out if it's taking too much damage, problem extending to the panzer 4 and hitlerjung panther.

If it's any comfort(!?) it's not just these-the british pack's firefly and tetrach especially can be nightmares to find on some night maps. (but those games are generally not as common so it's not quite as bad)

Yeah, well, I've spent some time trying to make my skins fit for the game environment...
I think that your problem with locating the vehicles comes mainly from an absence of a team colours. I used to make maps, so I can tell you that there are more than a hundred ground textures available in CoH, the skin that doesn't blend with any of them would have to be pink or blue.
There are also lots of atmosphere settings, it's impossible to predict how the skin will look in each one of them, if it looks amazing in all, that's 'luck' imo. Relic default skins kinda fit cos' they're all grey or almost grey. I tried to use more accurate colours... And don't tell me about the Hill 331 map, it has a strange atmosphere, most skins look 'different' on it.
And your graphics is important too. Most of those preview pictures were made in-game, with ultra or high graphics, under a default atmosphere. I don't know how they look on mid or low, I've never checked it, they probably look like a pile of shit.
That's all about it.

BTW
One more thing, recently I have problems with my relicnews profile, sometimes I don't see received PMs in the inbox, so I can't open them and read them. If you've send me a PM and haven't get the answer for a long time, that means yours was an unlucky one. Send it again.

[Celution]

Can't wait to see that Jagdpanther!

For the atmosphere thingy, in some maps, like Langres custom skins look strange, because they have weird atmosphere settings. I noticed this mostly on Langre types of atmospheres. Lucky for me I hate Langres.

[Sooth]

Langres works fine, for me at least...
The one map I find strange is Mcgre...whatevers war, I wouldnt know much of any map outside 1v1 - 2v2 automatch, and in that map everything looks purple, beautiful. Nah but the glossiness on all vehicles gets screwed by it's lightning settings and it turns purple/black.

[Road-kill]

There are also lots of atmosphere settings, it's impossible to predict how the skin will look in each one of them, if it looks amazing in all, that's 'luck' imo.

Fair 'nuff. (For the record, 1680x1050, max details. ;p )

[Soldier13]

Vicked Jagd GnigruG I like it a lot.
I've been meaning to ask you will you be doing any Panzer Lehr or LSAH vehicles for PE and Wehr?

[pojarsma]

can't wait to get my hands on that Jagdpanther Mohahaha

[Me-laid-aha]

would u be so kind as to include a version of that jadgpanther in the skin pack with the skirts along side the 'nude' version? i kinda like the skirts yet i luvvvvv that skin!

[GnigruG]

I'm not going to release different versions of the same skin with different 'side-skirts configurations'. I'm sorry, but you have to live with what is given to you (unless you know how to change it on your own).

[pojarsma]

whitce of the pe skins have you done?
Damn I have to get a life I watch for updates on this tread every 10th minute

Edit: Could u remove the front skirts of the panther? that would be appriciated

[Chesto38]

I have a problem with my panther model, i would appreciate it if someone could help me

I have been messing around alot with the wermacht and panzerelite panther model skins, and it seems i have "mixed" some textures so that now the bumpmaps and stuff don't quite fit with the texture anymore.

What i want is for the panther-skin from your "wermacht" vehicle skin-pack to replace all panther models in the game, including the panzerelite panther. Can someone tell me how to do this? I got a little confused with all the "shared_textures" and stuff.

[GnigruG]

I have a problem with my panther model, i would appreciate it if someone could help me

I have been messing around alot with the wermacht and panzerelite panther model skins, and it seems i have "mixed" some textures so that now the bumpmaps and stuff don't quite fit with the texture anymore.

What i want is for the panther-skin from your "wermacht" vehicle skin-pack to replace all panther models in the game, including the panzerelite panther. Can someone tell me how to do this? I got a little confused with all the "shared_textures" and stuff.

Few ppl asked, so let it be clear...

ALL PANTHER'S 'SKIN FILES'

WM panther files:
art/models/races/axis/panther/panther/model

tex_ax_panther_dif
tex_ax_panther_spc
tex_wrecked_ax_panther_dif
tex_ax_panther_tc

(the following files are unchanged, but I'll list them anyway - NOTE: they're are applied to BOTH panthers)

tex_ax_panther_gls
tex_ax_panther_nrm
tex_ax_panther_ocl

PE panther files:
art/models/races/shared_textures

tex_pe_panther_dif
tex_pe_panther_spc
tex_wrecked_pe_panther_dif
tex_pe_panther_tc

tracks for both panthers:
art/models/races/axis/vehicles/shared_textures

tex_ax_tiger_treads_dif

You have to copy all files from WM folder to PE folder and rename them, as you can see, just replace 'wm' with 'pe'.
BUT! The WM and PE panther's _tc files are not the same, you cannot just copy the WM one and rename it, cos' it won't work.

That's why you should download one of my outer panther skins, to take the PE _tc file from it... The whole files structure will be there anyway, my both individual panther skins contain textures for WM as well as PE.

I hope someone understood what I just wrote.

Could u remove the front skirts of the panther? that would be appriciated

Removing skirts from a panther is tricky, I believe there are only two possible 'configurations', both with those front skirts present.

whitce of the pe skins have you done?

I'm going to upload a marder skin today in the evening.

[Celution]

Can't wait to see that Marder III, it will be awesome for sure. Any update for the new Jagdpanther?

[marthalouise]

Snare drum! Can't wait for this one!

[GnigruG]

I've posted a marder skin.

the marder.

Any update for the new Jagdpanther?

Which jagdpanther are you talking about? I don't remember that I said I'll release another one soon.

One more thing... I have to upload all the stuff to mediafire (filefront will be dead tomorrow) so for a few days some skins could be unavailable. I'll update the links as soon as I can.

[marthalouise]

Fantastic work... Not only do the skins seem perfectly worn, detailed and realistic, they are also very visually apealling(cool!). I have to say though, I think your latest wehrmacht skinpack, as well as this marder have much cooler skins than the Jagdpanther/old panther. A matter of taste yes, but in the normandy setting is feels much more correct. I can not wait for the half tracks. Keep up the good work!

[Celution]

Fantastic Marder III skins there! The best I've ever seen.
For the Jagdpanther, I thought you were going to update the skin, but I read it again, and the new Jagdpanther will be in the Panzer Elite skinpack.

[Chesto38]

Few ppl asked, so let it be clear...

ALL PANTHER'S 'SKIN FILES'

WM panther files:
art/models/races/axis/panther/panther/model

tex_ax_panther_dif
tex_ax_panther_spc
tex_wrecked_ax_panther_dif
tex_ax_panther_tc

(the following files are unchanged, but I'll list them anyway - NOTE: they're are applied to BOTH panthers)

tex_ax_panther_gls
tex_ax_panther_nrm
tex_ax_panther_ocl

PE panther files:
art/models/races/shared_textures

tex_pe_panther_dif
tex_pe_panther_spc
tex_wrecked_pe_panther_dif
tex_pe_panther_tc

tracks for both panthers:
art/models/races/axis/vehicles/shared_textures

tex_ax_tiger_treads_dif

You have to copy all files from WM folder to PE folder and rename them, as you can see, just replace 'wm' with 'pe'.
BUT! The WM and PE panther's _tc files are not the same, you cannot just copy the WM one and rename it, cos' it won't work.

That's why you should download one of my outer panther skins, to take the PE _tc file from it... The whole files structure will be there anyway, my both individual panther skins contain textures for WM as well as PE.

I hope someone understood what I just wrote.

Thx ALOT man

[La Head]

sexy...

[Mickey C]

Really outstanding Marder skin !

Unbelievable attention to detail !

Thank you again !

On the edge of my seat in anticipation for your PE skin pack

[Alpha 6-9]

I'm new.. so first off, Awesome skins dude! love it! nice work.. all a bunch of masterpieces. it's a shame though that FileFront is going down.. still I'll download them right now..

[pojarsma]

awsome Marder III u got there downloading ASAP

[marthalouise]

Is anyone else having trouble with the Puma from the wehrmacht skinpack? Just installed all Gnigrug skinpacks with skininstaller. All works fine, with the exception of the puma, which remains vanilla for some reason?

[JKB]

I had that too, but I fixed it. I believe it was not correctly named- check its folder. I THINK the name of the puma is sdkfz234armoredcar, and grunigruhs one is sdkfz234_armoredcar. remove the _

[GnigruG]

Fixed for both pumas. I wonder why nobody mentioned it before though...

[marthalouise]

Well, for my part is because I thought I messed up somehow:P That, and the fact that Pumas rarely surface in online games

Thanks for fixing though.

Waiting in great anticipation for the PE stuff

[GnigruG]

I've added a Hetzer skin.

the Hetzer.

[Gamerisin]

beautiful Hetzer GnigruG thx,downloading...now!!!
btw I also loved the Marder III.

[marthalouise]

Awesome. These things just keep looking better for each one you release. Thanks man.

[Celution]

GnigruG, can you upload the files on filefront again? I prefer filefront.
One more thing: Are you plannning to skin the AT-guns, howitzers and AA-guns as well? the Current ones suck.

[pojarsma]

really nice hetzer man I totally adore u, ur skins is so insanely good the detalis, the colour, the rust the dirt everything all u make is perfect keep up

[marthalouise]

There is an error message from Mediafire when trying to download US skinpack.

[GnigruG]

I got another Hetzer skin.

the 2nd Hetzer.

There is an error message from Mediafire when trying to download US skinpack.

I checked and no there isn't.

GnigruG, can you upload the files on filefront again? I prefer filefront.

It's not worth the effort imo.

Are you plannning to skin the AT-guns, howitzers and AA-guns as well?

Like I said before: after every single vehicle available in coh has at least one skin of mine.

[Celution]

The Second Hetzer is awesome!

[Soldier13]

I agree with Celestial

[Matt255]

Awesome work. I especially like the Marder, first Hetzer and your US skins, the first Pershing is perfect.

Keep up the good work.

[Gamerisin]

OMG!!!the second Hetzer is awesome,beautiful work GnigruG!!!

[georider]

yes is very good it is a winder skin from feb 45.

[FullMetal]

Good work, they all look really good!

Shamefully you can't install multiple skins for the same model so they 'randomly' show up ingame (well, as far as I know it's impossible... would've been awesome though!).

[SasiMuel]

Very nice Hetzer!
You upload very quickly hahaha

[Sooth]

Found something funny, lol. Nice signature there!