The finishing of the planned All-In-One skinpack unfortunately stalls, so I decided to release my latets work of infantry skins per faction...
so that you can at least use some of them already.
I`ll be starting with the US Forces.
The overall aim of the skinpack(s) is to achieve a highly realistic and historically correct outfit for the CoH Soldiers,
but within the limits of CoH models and online compability.
Almost all uniform parts and most equipment is taken from photos of originals or high quality reproductions.
Sometimes I kept original models instead of mixing new ones, to achieve more randomized varieties.
All credits for the random model technique go to Tankdestroyer and Slayerknecht, I only use them. Great work, guys.
Part 1:The US ARMY
US Combat Engineers
-Engineers
Not much to say here...standard model, with more detailed skin.
US Infantry Riflemen
- Riflemen:
the standard soldier features a broad variety of colour shades, ranks and helmets. By default, all wear the M41 field jacket. A M43 variation will be added in the final version. The skins are HD. Thanks to Slayerknecht for the role variation model. They are ( again ) members of the 1st US Infantry Division.
The variations work for all related soldiers, like Mortar & MG Crews.
US Ranger and Sniper
- The Ranger skin is without variations yet. The ranger model received standard issued, baggyless trousers, as well as the sniper. The sniper additionally wears HBT camo jacket and helmet cover. As always, detail enhancement, especially for the ammo pouches.
US Medic & Vehicle Crew
- Medic
Detail work, better helmet and a used, bloody look for the medics clothes.
- US Vehicle Crews:
They wear tankers jacket and tanker helmet. I will add some more varieties, like service overalls, or combat helmets here later on.
US Airborne Infantry
- Paratroopers:
Enhanced helmet camo and netting, more details in the skin,
also varieties in ranks and shading. The MP Paras are 101st Airborne Division,
but the 82nd is represented in the "La Fiere" scenarios for ToV.
US Captain and Sergeant
Additional skins, which are not used in MP by default and were made for Mods:
- US Sergeant.
Made as squad leader for the riflemen squad. Wears tankers jacket with staff sergeant insignia, and NCO bar at the helmet.
-US Officer.
Based on the Mc Kay Model, with HighRes Helmet skin and standard issue trousers and shoes, but leather jacket for better recognition.
-->Download the US Army Skins here<--
Just unzip them into your desired folder ( Mod or CoH/WW2 ) and you should be ready.
NOTE: There are some skins included, which I didnt showcase here, like 82nd paras or Mortar & MG Crews.. cause they closely are related to standard models.
The US Army of course needs an enemy, and these guys are lurking on my HD for too long to be unpublished:
Part 2: Ze Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht cannon fodder: Volksgrenadiere
The Volksgrenadier Squad now partly received helmets and the ( by 1944) much more common M42 jacket and ankle boots.
Random varieties in colour, hedgear and rank. Also included for mods is a NCO wit splinter smock. ( volksgrendier_leader.abp )
The Volks Model is now the standard crew for heavy weapons, like Pak38, Nebelwerfer and so on.
Wehrmacht Pioneers and Medic
Pioneers in M44 jacket and Tan&Water Camo Trousers, Medic and a Mechanic for Mods ( pioneer_repair.abp )
Smells like: Grenadiere
Grenadiers now come with full equipment,( but still no sohoesoles) random color and rank varieties.
Mortars & MG teams also vary randomly. On the right the new KCHs, an NCO with service cap, Splintercamo smock & trousers.
Also included is a Grenadier NCO with splinter trousers and helmet cover. ( Wehrmacht_leader.abp)
Wehrmacht Panzer Crews
The tank crews:
I included Waffen-SS tank commander and crew for the Villiers Bocage missions.
Standard ( Vehicle_crew.abp ) is the one in the middle. He wears the summer drillich uniform and a black garrison cap.
A variant with black field cap is also included ( tank_crew.abp) but not showcased here.
Next to him the standard black Panzer uniform, (tank_commander.abp) also with service cap.
Assault Guns like StuGs originally were designated to artillery, so the crews wore a fieldrey panzerjacket with artillery colours ( red. )
The abp is named StuGCrew.abp
Do What I Say!: Wehrmacht Officers
For technical reasons I already included Generalmajor Voss , or better Brigadefuehrer Voss, and Hauptsturmfuehrer Berger.
Like the Leutnant ( Artillery ) the skins all are in HD Resolution.
Wehrmacht Stormtroopers
Stormtroopers now received Tan& Water Smocks and the chicken wire on the helmet enables them to attach foilage camo.
The sniper prefers full body camo, and the M42 field cap. A little black colour in the face cant hurt.
Again, an NCO is included in the pack, and again, for modding only.(Panzergrenadier_leader.abp)
Cant you drive any faster, Klaus?
Wehrmacht Motorcyclists were issued the specially isolated Motorcycle Coat, and so I decided to put it in.
I didnt want them to drive Trucks or Halftracks, therefore they are only included for modding yet. The BMW skin is also part of the pack.
-->Download the Wehrmacht Skins here<--
Just unzip them into your mod or standard folder ( Mod or CoH/WW2 ).
Part 3: The Elite without many Panzers
Only in it for the start: Panzergrenadiere
Lets start with my least favourite model of the whole game, where Relic spoiled everything they could. Bad model, ugly skin, wrong normal maps.
I will replace them later with a MUCH better model, but that will need some time. As long, well, maybe you want to give these guys a chance.
They make random use out of 4 different skins, basically mixes between mouse grey standard uniform and peadot patttern jacket and trousers.
The helmet covers feature platany summer and autumn patterns and oakleaf B autumn.
I really had a hard time trying to repair that skins and make them look a bit better. But the randomization looks quite nice ingame.
The Panzer Killing Elite: Tankbusters
Another random skin,the Tankbusters show us this years summer collection, green is definetly THE colour of this season.
Starting from the left, Herrmann wears a quite vintage Platany Summer outfit, while Wilhelm next to him prefers his look to be international.
He combines his Blurred Edge (or Smoke ) pattern smock with fancy handcrafted italian camo trousers.
Walter loves the more conventional look, but his Oakleaf B Summer smock is always a good choice and goes well with the platany helmet cover.
Karl-Heinz has chosen trendy peadot trousers to complete his Blurred Edge smock and helmet cover.
Together, all of them will leave a smashing impression on the next battlefield. Especially to allied tanks.
What are we doing here : Luftwaffe ground troops
Maybe they wanted to become pilots. But instead of flying loopings and wear cool shades, they were put in several variants of the
Luftwaffen Camo smock, commanded to a Luftwaffen field division and sent to the frontline.On foot.
Life can be an asshole somtimes. If it lasts much longer. 2 different versions of "Splinter B" and Marsh-Pattern maybe help to hide from bullets.
Also included ( for modding ) is a Luftwaffen Unteroffizier who wears a full blue-grey uniform. ( Luftwaffe_leader.abp )
From Out Of Nowhere : Fallschirmjagers
If those guys arent my absolute favourites, then I dont have any. Tankdestroyer did some nice magic here. The Falls do not
only choose one of the 4 jumpsmocks,( in Splinter pattern B, Marsh pattern or plain green ) but also the 2 helmets randomly.
So 8 possible variants altogether. And a squadleader, who wears a Splinter B helmet cover. Additionally, all Skins have HD resolution.
But they are not done yet. The final version will feature a FG42 ammo pouch shoulder belt.
Snow in September? : The Campaign Characters
Some of the skins are already included in the Wehrmacht pack, but they also work standalone. Brigadefuhrer (Generlmajor)Voss for example.
Its still a miraculous carreer, from former Tiger-Commander to Generlmajor in less than 2 months. Yesterday in Villiers Bocage, today sending
the Berger Brothers from Oosterbeek to Valkenswaard and back. Feldwebel Deinhard is like the unknown guy in the
Enterprise beaming team, only in it to die. Skins are HD because they are quite big in the cinematics.
For modders eyes only : Test the rest
Some skins which I use to give a little more variation to the Panzerelite in game. They need an entry in the animator_ext of the ebps
or even a little more mod work. Or you use them for whatever you like.
A Luftwaffen Soldier in plain blue uniform, who I use for the Flak Crew ( Weapon_Flak_Crew.abp )
A Waffen-SS Trooper with peadot jacket and plain steel helmet, I use them for the weaponcrew ebps ,
but I am sure he will make a quite good Panzergrenadier as well. Or greenkeeper. Or whatever.( Weapon_Crew.abp)
Finally, my skin for the Assault Grenadiers, in Oakleaf Autumn smock, so they look different to the tankbuster squad.(Sturmgrenadier.abp)
Finally, although there are not many and most of them suck balls, the tanks of the Panzerlite need proper crews. Three different variations of tank crews,
with Blurred Edge autumn jacket, comlete panzer-black and the already featured tank crew in peadot jacket and trousers. A little bit refined, though.
The grey guy is from the Panzer artillery regiment and may either crew SPHs like the Hummel or Assault Guns like Sturmgeschuetze or Sturmpanzer.
(tankcrew_1,2,3.abp and StugCrew.abp)... more to come, if requested.
-->Download the Panzerelite Skins here<--
Just unzip them into your mod or standard folder ( Mod or CoH/WW2 ).
If you already installed other parts of my skins, you might be prompted to overwrite some folders and content. Do so, when asked.
Its tea time: A bit of Commonwealth
Well, well, well.Lots of plans, none of them realized.No random uniforms, or even helmets. No variants for tank commanders.
No Marine commandos, no Airborne Officers. No Campaign Characters. I am sorry, I didnt make it. Yet. And maybe never will.
But at least the basic units are ready for combat.
Tommie Skins in HighRes, with enhanced fabric structure.It uses Slayerknechts random rgo file, which randomly calls all 3 variations.
The "commandos" are actually regular airborne troops. Always wanted to make Marine Commandos too, but..oh well.
The captain wears a Peaked Cap for better recognition. Not much else done,colour changes, correct badges etc...
The Lieutenant should not got to war with his new tie, it might get dirty. So he needed a Pullover to pull over.The Sappers were mainly recoloured and details enhanced.
For Modders, I included a Sergeant and Canadian soldiers, who can choose between Mk II and Mk III "Turtle" helmet. The ebps needs sapper rolevariotion "demolition" for MkIII.
-->Download the Commonwealth Skins here<--
Just unzip them into your mod or standard folder ( Mod or CoH/WW2 ).
If you already installed other parts of my skins, you might be prompted to overwrite some folders and content.
Frequent additional Skins: [B]NEW -Panzergrenadiers of Panzer Lehr Divsion[/B]
I will post other infantry skins which are not essential for the factions , used for modding or maybe as replacement here.
I have started a ton of skins, and maybe I will finish and release some of them. The first ones are two Panzergrenadiers
of the Heers 130st Panzerdivision, called Panzer-Lehr-Division. They dressed quite unique, in a fieldgrey version of the tankers jacket.
I also included to abp files, which may assist you to use them as Wehrmacht Grenadiers or PE Panzergrenadiers, if you like.
-->Download the Panzerlehr Grenadier Skins here<--
readme for proper use included.
NOTE: The Skinpacks make use of quite a lot of modelmixing, and some of them share parts.. like caps or trousers...
so it may be quite hard to seperate them and use only single units..
I am sorry for that, but I work at most of the skins at the same time..jumping from one to another.
If you got any issues, I ll try and help to solve them.
The Skins are WiP, some still have some minor flaws, and I threw them into a package without much time..
so if you find anything stupid, I ll be happy to take care of it.
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Keep it up!
