WiP: Australian SAS Player

[G-Banger]

hey all

around a hour ago i started skinning the Urban (ct) player model and i wanted 2 make a Australian themed player skin. it is a Australian SAS, ive put skinned Camo on the player model, but im not sure what colour to make the Vest and that.. i was thinking a dusty yellow/orange colour on the vest.

here are some Work In Progress skins:
http://img120.exs.cx/img120/5154/aussieSASwip1.jpg
http://img120.exs.cx/img120/2077/aussieSASwip2.jpg
http://img123.exs.cx/img123/9556/de_dust20003.jpg


plz i welcome any suggestions 2 make them better

thanx heaps

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

Australian SAS? Shouldn't he have a wide hat wirh corks hanging from it? And a can of beer in one hand?

 

[[Dragoon]]

That's gonna stick out like a big, flashing, purple, sore neon thumb on most maps.

 

[G-Banger]

here is a fixed one

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/2696/Aussie2.jpg

 

[mindless_moder]

there is absolutley no texture definition in the skin all u did was set out the camo color?

 

[Glo-Boy]

i spent about a good hour on my desert camo. look for my release thread and check it out, as it looks like your camo needs a bit of work. But keep pluggin' away.

 

[Adamtehgreat]

Actually The Australian SAS are some of the best in the world (the super-hardcores anyway).
No corks here mate.




...maybe some beer


Also, dont' the SAS have more than one camo outfit? I would presume that there is Urban gear, along with Body armor which is comoflagued too. maybe photoshop the Aussie flag too -> looks just pasted on. Maybe work a patched stroke look into it (even bevel may help!).
Reference pics are you friend too.

http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1050777363818_2003/04/24/war_sas,0.jpg
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2004/feb/230204/SAS Patrol_lo.jpg
http://www.platypusoutdoors.com.au/tacspecials.htm

http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20011013/news/images/sas.jpg

 

[Nostradamus]

Th idea with a texture is not to color the model, it's to define the texture and the shape of the model.

 

[Adamtehgreat]

hence the name 'texture' eh?

Is normal mapping all that hard for the HL2 engine? I mean, can you edit the normal map aswell as the texture map? Or is it part of the mesh?

 

[mindless_moder]

no u can either paint ur normal map or produce it with a model and the idea of a texture in hl2 is not to sugest shading but color and geometry.

 

[Twinke Masta]

British SAS?

 

[Mac]

looks way too colorful imo
theyre walking rainbows

edit: after looking at it agian, something about the camo looks off.

it looks to pok-a-dotted, you know what i mean?

like the patches of color need to be bigger or something...

dunno

 

[Orcone101]

Mate nice work, though, I could probably tweak the textures a bit for you. What it needs is....texture basically! The uniform needs some scratches, faded areas and the contrast needs to be lowered. It just looks to bright IMO.
So if you would allow me to have a shot at it, could you send me source file? Pretty please? We need to give the Australian SAS the credit they deserve!

 

[mindless_moder]

post the flats ... someone here can guid u (btw : flats means the texture.)

 

[j1mmmy]

Australian SAS? Shouldn't he have a wide hat wirh corks hanging from it? And a can of beer in one hand?

I resent that stereotyping.

 

[Mac Daddy]

the Australian SAS ARE the best in the world. cant beat'em.

they were actually in iraq scoping out positions for hours before the initial attack.

australia has good army only prob is not many numbers.

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

There's something with the camo that I don't like. I don't know what it is.

 

[ChrisArt]

the Australian SAS ARE the best in the world. cant beat'em.

they were actually in iraq scoping out positions for hours before the initial attack.

australia has good army only prob is not many numbers.

FSK - HJK - MJK
when snow hits the mountains watch out
im a spec op patriot

 

[Sigma-X]

How do you reskin a model? I want to reskin the elites but I can't figure out how to extract or reapply a skin.

 

[Kyorisu]

Heres a good reference for Aussie desert Camo

http://www.henrikc.dk/camouflage/australia_desert_pattern.jpg

 

[G-Banger]

cheers mate.. since ive got 2 much work on my plate atm with modding and skinning somewhere else and playing Hl2.. i might have 2 leave making updating the aussie sas skin later on

and yes Australian SAS are the best in the world

 

[Adamtehgreat]

yeah, go us!

 

[Mikademius]

ChrisArt. As I recall from 2001-2002 FSK was only beaten by British Special forces in exercise.

Our troops are superior in cold terrain, no surprise actually

 

[FreemanHL2]

OK if you don't mind i'd like to have a crack at it... could you upload your current skin for me to finish?

I can do it i promise!

 

[Dalamari]

How do you extract the texture to skin it?

 

[1-THOUGHT]

howd you do this?

I want to make an all black version before I finish my own custom model...