Welcome to the workshop!
(This post is currently under construction; please excuse the dust!)
(Actually, the dust may be more due to the lack of progress on construction...)
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All of my released content is now on my website. The OP will no longer be updated.For previews, downloads, news, and more, head over to the site:
https://classicswotworkshop.weebly.com/
In addition, I am (slowly) working on uploading my content to the official WGMods portal. My profile (and all the mods I've uploaded there) can be found here. However, not all of my content is up there yet, and for the time being, my website (and the corresponding Github page) is where all of my mods can be found. (Please note that some of these may be outdated.)
Old OP shown in the spoiler below. I will try to post updates in this thread as they appear on the website; however, note that I don't always have a chance to do so (and/or I forget sometimes.
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Hello again! Here is the hub where I'll be posting all of the skin mods/packs I make in the future. So far, I've done two color swap mods: one for all of the HD Japanese vehicles, and one for the post-war HD French vehicles. Download links for all of the packs are at the bottom of this post.
EDIT: ...or, if you don't want to scroll all the way down (since the OP's becoming a bit lengthy), here's the download link: https://www.github.c...sicsWoTWorkshop
Skin Packs
Japanese Red-Brown + Optional Flag Change
UPDATED Dec. 19th with support for Milkym4n's Type 74 remodel!
A while ago, I said in this thread that I was considering releasing a color swap mod for the Japanese tanks. And... well, I'm not one to disappoint on that front!
This mod changes the default color for Japanese tanks from the dark green we have now to a beige/sandy color, bearing some resemblance to the pre-release color shown on the original Chi-Nu Kai & full tree on the 0.8.10 common test server (as described in the other thread). Additionally, I changed a couple of the camouflage patterns to fit the new color, and included new icons for all of the tanks which received the swap, as well as adding an alternate flag as an option (which doesn't appear to be historical, but I still like it, so I'll keep it in the pack as an option).
IMPORTANT NOTE: Only the tanks that are currently in HD have the color swap. The non-HD tanks still have their default green color. Since WG is going to rework them into HD at some point anyways, I'd rather not have to re-do the mod twice for those tanks. Plus, the color shows up weird since they use the old model/texture system. This means that the R. Otsu, Chi-To, Chi-Ri, STA-1, Type 61, and STB-1 do not have the color swap. Gladly, however, everything else (including the full heavy line) does have the color swap.
NEW Preview Images because pictures are worth a thousand words, right?: http://imgur.com/a/TQHBH
Here's what's included in the pack:
- The color change for all HD Japanese vehicles (obviously) + support for Milkym4n's Type 74 remodel!
- Custom Hangar & Tech Tree Icons (thanks to Avalon304 for the STB-1 icons to go along with the Type 74 recolor)
- Camo changes: White disruptive (winter) & Three-Tone Disruptive (desert) were modified to allow the color to show up properly (by default, it covered up the brown with the original green)
NOTE: I left the summer camouflage patterns as they were, since the green actually makes logical sense for most of the summer maps. that and they were a bit of a pain to work with
French-Israeli Sandy-Yellow (OLD, see below)
By request of @bezrq, I also made a color swap for all of the HD post-war French vehicles to give them a similar sandy color to the one seen in this photo. As far as I can tell, this was the base color for Israeli tanks of the time, but since it was applied to a vehicle that was originally French (and it looked cool when I tried it out), I made it for all of the other post-war French tanks (in HD, at least).
Preview gallery: http://imgur.com/a/1tT1s
Here's what's included in the pack:
- The color change for all post-war HD French tanks(again, hopefully obvious)
- Custom Hangar & Tech Tree Icons
NOTE: No changes were made to the camouflage paints or emblems in this pack, since it only replaces the skins of some vehicles.
UPDATE (12/31/2016): Please note that work on this pack has been discontinued, and it will not be supported in the future. The reason for this is the upcoming release of my Israeli Desert Base pack, which will include many vehicles historically used by Israel (and some similar variants to them, i.e. IS-3A or AMX 13/57 GF). See further down in this post for a beta release of the pack.
Czechoslovak Primer Grey
Here's something I did a while back (as my first big skin pack, no less), but never actually uploaded (since it was only really due to personal/clan preference). It's fairly straightforward, and changes the default Czechoslovak tanks' color from brown to primer grey (a little lighter and flatter than German dunkelgrau). This probably isn't a historical color at all; I only did it because I didn't really like the original brown. Didn't really think I'd upload this, but I ran out of space on my computer for it, and Dropbox/Google Drive didn't exactly have space for it either, so I just stuck it in the Box.com hub, and... the rest is history?
Previews: http://imgur.com/a/4jCYk
Here's what's included in the pack:
- The color change for all of the Czechoslovak tanks (I feel like there might be a pattern here...)
- Custom Hangar & Tech Tree Icons
British Olive Green
Okay, to be honest, I liked the default British sand paint, but... well, I liked the Cromwell B's olive green paint a little bit better. So, I had a go at applying that beautiful olive green color to the other British vehicles, and... voila! Here it is. It took a lot of tinkering (and spent a lot of time sitting in my mod folder untouched, tbh), but I figured it's about time I released it, especially since people were starting to ask for a pack like this
Previews: http://imgur.com/a/0xKSe
Here's what's included in the pack:
- Color change for all HD British vehicles
- Custom Hangar & Tech Tree Icons for the affected tanks/SPGs
German Dunkelgelb
During my experimenting, I decided to take a stab at giving the German tanks some color, and this is the result, after plenty of tweaking. This color took a long time for me to get even close to correct, for some reason (and I'm still not sure if it's quite right)... but it's finally here! (That, and I'm kinda getting bored of looking at it, so I figured I'd put it on the download hub instead of just deleting it entirely).
Previews: http://imgur.com/a/ZbUBI
Here's what's included in the pack:
- Color change for all HD German tanks*
- Color change compatibility for @Milkym4n's HD VK 45.02 ausf. B model
- Custom Hangar & Tech Tree Icons
*Note: This excludes the Spähpanzer 1C, RU 251 Leopard PT A, Leopard 1, Kanonenjagdpanzer, and M 41 90 (and any other cold-war-era German tanks, in case I'm forgetting any), as well as the Turan III PT and Toldi III. This color was most likely never historically applied to these vehicles, and I have separate skin packs for these vehicles further down in this post anyways. Additionally, the Panther and Tiger have been excluded until Wargaming updates the models for those vehicles, as they are some of the oldest HD models in the game and don't quite look up-to-par with the new models. (That, and the color doesn't show up correctly on either vehicle, probably due to the outdated models)
American Dark-Olive
This one was made to replicate the dark olive-green paint seen on some historical American vehicles, but I wanted to make it with its own unique appearance compared to my British olive green, so I darkened it a bit. While this still may be considered historical, I have no idea if it was actually this dark or not. Either way, I thought it looked pretty cool (or at least a lot more interesting than the default drab brown), and a few people requested a pack like this, so here it is!
More preview images: http://imgur.com/a/zIBZv
Included:
- Skins for every HD American vehicle (except for the M4A3E8 "Fury", for hopefully obvious reasons)
- Custom carousel & tech tree icons for every vehicle included in the pack
- Removed the T26E5 Patriot's ridiculous skin & icons (+ reverted to the default T26E5 turret model, as the Patriot's has several cool model details removed from the turret to make room for the original eagle, but I kept the Patriot's hull model with updated textures because it had several features [jerrycans on the rear, etc] the normal variant doesn't have)
- Supports Milkym4n's M551 Sheridan & T110E5 Remodels
French Dark-Green
I thought the default French color was one of the nicer ones, but it wasn't exactly historical, as far as I could discern. So, like with the American dark olive pack, I went for a more historical color. This can be seen on a couple vehicles, including the real AMX 50 B prototype and surviving ARL 44. It isn't exactly the same, but I got it as close as I could, and, once again, I don't think it turned out too bad. And so, a pack was created!
More preview images: http://imgur.com/a/eisGK
Included:
- Skins for every HD French vehicle
- Custom carousel & tech tree icons for every included vehicle
4BO-1 Green
Nelumbo suggested I try to replicate the historical color for Soviet vehicles (4BO), and I liked the idea, so I had a go at it (thank you for the suggestion, by the way, @nelumbo!). After a fair amount of tweaking (as usual), here's my interpretation of it (well, one of the variants, anyway). It's probably not exactly accurate to the real 4BO-1 (which is the variant this was based on), but I think it's close enough. I could probably spend hours trying to get the color exactly correct, but I don't have that kind of time or motivation/effort/etc., so.
More Previews: https://imgur.com/a/E8wx7
NOTE: In preparation for patch 0.9.17.1, reskins are included for the incoming HD vehicles (A-32, Obj. 140, Obj. 907, Obj. 268, & Obj. 263) as well. Unless WG decides to ninja-update the textures (like they did with the FV304 a while back), you should just be able to rename your res_mods folder to "0.9.17.1" when the update comes out instead of re-downloading the entire pack all over again, and the color will show up on these new vehicles.
Also, I haven't made icons for this pack since the change is fairly subtle, but I may add them eventually, if time and motivation allow for it.
Red Primer (BETA-0.1)
I've always liked how a lot of scale model German tanks are painted in their factory red primer color, and I saw one model in particular which had a black gun barrel and dunkelgelb wheels. From this, I decided to make a skin for a few vehicles to try and replicate this look. It ended up turning out a bit darker than expected, and it's definitely darker than the historical red primer color, but the lighter version didn't look all too great to me, so I stuck with this and applied it to other vehicles. And with that, voila! A new pack was born.
This is an early beta release of the German Red Primer pack. There may be some slight issues with certain vehicles; if so, please let me know!
Vehicles currently included:
- Jg.Pz. 38(t) 'Hetzer'
- VK 16.02 Leopard
- VK 30.01 (P)
- Pz. III/IV
- Tiger (P)
- Panther II
- Pz. Sfl. IVc
- VK 20.01 (DB)
- VK 30.02 (M)
- Rhm.-B. WT
- Großtraktor Krupp
- Panther Ausf. F (Panther 8,8cm)
- Krupp/Steyr WT
- Typ 205/4 Jun (VK 100.01 (P))
- VK 45.03
Of the above vehicles, these ones currently have camouflage enabled on their chassis wheels:
- Krupp/Steyr WT
- Rhm.-B. WT
More may be added soon. Vehicles with very large wheels are more likely to receive this, since the camouflage paint will be much more visible on those, but I'll add camo to any that are requested.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- More vehicles are planned for this pack; however, not all German vehicles will be added. The pack will consist mainly of vehicles which were historically either blueprints or prototypes. If you have any vehicles which you'd specifically like to see in this color scheme, feel free to request it here, and I'll have a go at making it.- Currently, these vehicles are WIP, but are not included yet (as they're still pretty rough):
- Grille 15
- E 75
- No icons are included as of yet. Since the vehicles in this pack have three separate colors, the icons will likely take a bit longer to make.
- Open-topped vehicles may look a little different than the rest, as the color has to be applied differently so the interior of the vehicle is not affected. Currently, as such, these vehicles may look a little different than the rest:
- Pz.Sfl. IVc ('Flakbus'/'Toaster'/etc.)
- Rhm.-B. WT
- Krupp/Steyr WT
- The latter two Waffentragers are likely to be reworked to a similar appearance as the Pz.Sfl. IVc currently has, but I'm not 100% sure as of yet.
- Again, this is an early beta release, and probably will have bugs. If you find any, please let me know.
The vehicles in this pack do admittedly take a bit longer than most of my other packs, because of the black-painted gun barrels (with these, I usually have to go hunting for parts in the vehicle's textures, to make sure only the gun/muzzle brake are painted black and not the gun mantlet, which takes a while), so progress might be a bit slower than most. However, I'll work on it when I have time (and when I feel up to it).
More Previews: http://imgur.com/a/pwk0I
Israeli Desert Base (BETA-0.2)
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a very early beta version of the pack, and does not yet include all of the vehicles planned for the pack (see this post for a list - my hope is to have all of the mentioned vehicles which are in HD included at some point).
Here's what's included so far in BETA-0.1, as of 12/31 (the vehicle names in bolded orange have black muzzle brakes/tips):
- France: Renault R35, AMX 13/75, AMX 13/57 GF, AMX 13/90, M4A1 Revalorise
- USSR: T-34-85, SU-100, ISU-152, IS-3, IS-3A
Gallery of included vehicles thus far: http://imgur.com/a/FCVbS (except for the 13/57 GF, since I forgot to take pictures of it before heading out, sorry)
Bundeswehr Green Mini-Pack
The default German grey was a little boring for me, so I made the Dunkelgelb pack. However, Dunkelgelb just wouldn't suit the post-war German vehicles, now would it? Hence, I made this: the Bundeswehr Green pack! This covers the post-war vehicles that weren't repainted in the Dunkelgelb pack (SP 1 C, M 41 90 GF, Leopard 1, Kanonen[edited]panzer, etc.), and gives them more of a historical color. Now, it isn't exact, but it's an improvement, at least to me. And that's what counts, right? ...RIGHT?! (Yes, I'm kidding)
Previews: http://imgur.com/a/rd0qS
Here's what's included in the pack:
- Color change for: SP 1 C, RU 251, M 41 90 GF, Leopard PT A, Leopard 1, and Kanonenjagdpanzer
- Custom Hangar & Tech Tree Icons for these vehicles
Hungarian Forest Green Micro-Pack (a.k.a. "Greener-Green"
Again, German grey got boring. Oh, that, and these things are HUNGARIAN, not really German... so, I thought, why not give them a more historical color? This is the result. Sadly, I had proper Hungarian emblems lined up a few patches back, but I kinda lost them, and the vehicle scripts broke. And I'm too lazy busy to fix them. (That, and I kinda sorta lost the emblems, which were weathered and everything... took a while to get those right!)
Anyway, I based the color off this picture:
And I personally think it got pretty darn close for once. Hope you enjoy!
Previews: http://imgur.com/a/NnXQZ
Here's what's included in the pack:
- Color change for the Toldi III and Turan III Prototipus
- Custom Hangar & Tech Tree Icons for both tanks
Individual Tank Skins
Rheinmetall Skorpian G "Zerstörer"(fictional)
Well, I like WG's default Rhm. Skorpian camo pattern, but... WHAT'S WITH THE UGLY LOBSTERS?!
(Yes, I'm joking, I know they're supposed to be scorpions, SHHHHH they're still ugly)
So, uh, as with my other skins, I changed it...!
The paint colors are inspired by the German "Primer Red" color, but otherwise, it's mostly just for show. Definitely not a historical scheme. Plus NO MORE LOBSTERS
Previews: http://imgur.com/a/4Rosy
Note: "Zerstörer" = "Destroyer" and "Viel Glück" = "Good Luck", for those of you who don't speak German
MT-25 "212"(fictional)
This skin was conceived from my curiosity for the question: What if the MT-25 actually existed, and was used in combat? It's inspired by vehicles like the IS-2 & ISU-122S, which had white stripes painted onto their hulls and turrets (both in-game and historically). I tried to give it a hand-painted & battle-worn look, and I think it turned out pretty well, personally.
I included an edited camouflage map so the stripes/numbers/etc aren't overlapped by camo paint.
Previews: http://imgur.com/a/dBklR
FV304 "Bert the Avenger"(fictional)
Bert is and will always be amazing. So, I thought: why not make him even more amazing? ...and then, he got a little bit huge when he got reworked to HD. So... oops. But, nonetheless, I made a skin for him anyways.
Like the previous skin, I included an edited camouflage so the inscriptions/etc. aren't overlapped by camo paint.
CREDIT TO RANZAR for his FV304 caricature, shown on both sides of the skin! This wouldn't've turned out nearly as good without it.
Previews: http://imgur.com/a/B7kIy
T26E5 / T26E5 Patriot "Freedom Fighters" (semi-historical)
Short "what-if" (not historical) backstory: America decided to rush the T26E5 into combat, and wasted no time sending one of the existing prototypes (T26E5 ID#30150824) into battle. Several months (or years, who knows) later - this is the result.
Well, there you have it. I took one of the historical T26E5 prototypes and added some of my own "what-if" ideas to the vehicle! It features some historical markings from this prototype, as well as my own insignia & inscriptions (and a few features from WG's original T26E5 Patriot, just toned down a whole bunch).
Like the previous two skins, I included an edited camouflage for the standard version of the vehicle so the insignia/inscriptions/identification numbers/etc. aren't covered up by camo paint.
Massive credit (and thanks) to Milkym4n for his cloth gun mantlet cover, which is included in the skin! It adds so much to the vehicle's overall appearance despite being such a small detail, so I had to include it. (Permission obtained from him)
Previews: http://imgur.com/a/6SI0R
IMPORTANT NOTE: On the download hub, you'll find two versions: one for the standard T26E5, and one for the Patriot edition. Download whichever one you want, or maybe even both! It's up to you.
Krupp/Steyr Waffenträger "Primer Red"
I made something quick for the Krupp/Steyr WT, inspired by this scale model of the vehicle, but with a few changes to suit my taste (namely, I swapped colors on the gun barrel and chassis). Probably not historical, but again, I like my "what-if's".
I suppose this could be considered an early preview of the primer red mini-pack, but for now, it's just for the Steyr. The red is also probably a bit darker than the actual red primer color used, but lighter/less saturated tones of red made it look... well, a bit weird, IMO, so I stuck with a darker red.
Quick note on camo paint: I've disabled camouflage paint for the majority of the vehicle, as the red primer paint looks pretty terrible with the standard camo paints applied over the top - they were designed for gray vehicles, after all. However, the chassis has been edited to display camouflage paint over their standard dunkelgelb. Here's a preview (albeit a bit of a bad one, since I don't currently own the vehicle and had to find a replay where camo was applied, and the replay I happened to find had one of the less detailed camos):
Massive thanks to Milkym4n for the tutorial on enabling chassis camo paint.
All Downloads:
- Download hub for all of my skins: https://www.github.c...sicsWoTWorkshop
Enjoy! More coming Soon™.
Newest Changelogs (0.9.17.0.3):
- February 6th, 2017:
FRE-Darkgreen
- Temporarily removed vehicle recolor due to possible "Updating Crew" bug: Renault FT, Hotchkiss H35, AMX 38, ARL V39
GBR-Olivegreen
- Added optional Berlin skin removal (made by Avalon304) for: Cromwell Berlin
- Temporarily removed vehicle recolor due to possible "Updating Crew" bug: TOG II*, AT 2, AT 7
GER-BundeswehrGreen_Mini
- Fixed missing M 41 90 GF textures (hopefully)
- Added textures & icon to standard M 41 90 model
GER-Dunkelgelb
- Added missing icons for vehicles: Panther IGR, StuG III IGR, Ltraktor_bot, Tiger II (H), Tiger II IGR, Pz. III/IV, Pz. V/IV, Pz. V/IV (A), Bg.Pz. V/IV, Bg.Pz. V/IV (A), Pz. B2, Ferdinand IGR, Jagdtiger (H), GW Panther (techtree only), Pz. I C, Panther II IGR, Sd.Kfz. 185 (Jagdtiger 8,8cm) IGR, D.W. II, VK 30.02 (M), Pz. III E, Typ 205B
- Updated support for Milkym4n's VK 45.02 Ausf. B HD remodel (+ added icons)
- Temporarily removed vehicle recolor due to possible "Updating Crew" bug: VK 30.02 (DB), Pz. T-15, E 50, Panther II, VK 45.02 A, E 50 M, Pz IV S, Indien Pz.
HUN-ForestGreen
- Fixed broken Toldi III textures
JPN-RedBrown
- Temporarily removed vehicle recolor due to "Updating Crew" bug: Type 4 Chi-To
- Temporarily reverted Type 4 Heavy & Type 5 Heavy textures back due to gun texture problems
RUS-4BO-1Green
- Added optional Berlin skin removal (made by Avalon304) for: T-34-85 'Rudy', IS-2 Berlin, ISU-122S
- Temporarily removed vehicle recolor due to possible "Updating Crew" bug: A-32, Obj 268, Obj 263, Obj 907, Obj 140
USA-Darkgreen
- Temporarily removed vehicles due to possible "Updating Crew" bug: T14 Heavy Tank, T21
- February 5th, 2017:
- Released USSR 4BO-Green (Full) & German Red Primer (BETA-0.1) packs!
- Updates to Existing Packs/Skins, in preparation for update 0.9.17.1: Japanese Red/Brown, French DarkGreen, German Dunkelgelb, US DarkGreen, UK Olive Green, MT-25 '212'
- Japanese Red/Brown: Added Type 4 Chi-To, updated Type 4 Heavy & Type 5 Heavy textures.
- French DarkGreen: Added Renault FT, Hotchkiss H35, AMX 38, & ARL V39.
- German Dunkelgelb: Added Panther, VK 30.02 (DB), Pz.Kpfw. T-15, E 50, Panther II, VK 45.02 Ausf. A, E 50 Ausf. M, Pz. IV Schmalturm, Indien Panzer, Pz.Kpfw. VII, Typ 205 (Mäuschen), & Typ 205/4 Jun (VK 100.01 (P)); updated Pz.Kpfw. VIII Maus, VK 72.01 (K) / Pz.Kpfw. VII, & Typ 205/4 Jun (VK 100.01 (P)) textures.
- US DarkGreen: Added T14 Heavy Tank, T21, & Panther/M10.
- UK Olive Green: Added TOG II*, AT 2, & AT 7.
- MT-25 '212': Added missing chassis textures & missing hull/turret AO textures (for camouflage); changed base color to 4BO.
Older update changelogs:
- January 25th, 2017: Updated all packs for 0.9.17.0.3 micropatch, fixed "Red Primer" Krupp Steyr WT skin's turret interior being red
- Dec. 20, 2016 - Jan. 25th, 2017 : Well [edited], I forgot to add stuff to the changelog, so there's a bit of a gap between Dec. 19th and Jan. 25th, sorry. Added support for Milkym4n's Type 61 remodel at some point, released "Red Primer" skin for Krupp Steyr WT, and released a beta of the Israeli vehicle pack (including support for Milky's M4A1 remodel); can't remember what else I did though.
- December 19th, 2016: Japanese Red/Brown - Added icons for the STB-1 (thanks to Avalon304 for these!)
- December 17th, 2016: Japanese Red/Brown - Added support for Milkym4n's amazing Type 74 (STB-1) remodel
- December 16th, 2016: German Dunkelgelb - Fixed Panther 88 textures; French Dark Green - Added Lorr. 40t; US Dark Olive - Added Chrysler K; everything else - Updated for compatibility with the holiday micropatch (0.9.17.0.1).
- December 14th, 2016: German Dunkelgelb - applied color & matching icons to: Pz. Sfl. IVb, Pz. Sfl. IVc, VK 28.01, Sturer Emil; French Dark Green - applied color & matching icons to: B1; UK Olive Green - applied color & matching icons to: Conqueror Gun Carriage; All others - Updated for compatibility with patch 0.9.17.0.
- November 10th, 2016 - Released T26E5/T26E5P 'Freedom Fighters' skins, updated USA Darkolive
- November 6th, 2016 - Added German leFH18B2 & French Pz. B2 skins (on download hub, but not shown in the OP, as they're rather simple & straightf)
- November 5th, 2016 - Added USA Darkolive & FRE Darkgreen packs
- October 2nd, 2016 - Added compatibility with Milkym4n's FV4202 & Leopard 1A5 remodels to their respective packs + released MT-25 & FV304 skins
- September 10th-11th, 2016 - Added British Olive Green Pack + Hungarian Micro-Pack
- September 5th, 2016 - Added Bundeswehr Green mini-pack (with icons included at release this time!)
- September 3rd, 2016 - Added German Dunkelgelb pack (update: forgot to add the icons to the pack, oops! They've now been added to the PART2 zip)
- August 20th, 2016 - Added Rhm. Skorpian G Skin
- August 16th, 2016 - Added Czechoslovak Primer Grey pack
- July 30th, 2016 - Update for 0.9.15.1.1
- July 8th, 2016 - Initial Release for 0.9.15.1
- July 30th, 2016 - Updated for 9.15.1, and fixed missing icons for both packs
In addition, I would highly recommend checking out the work by these other creators -- although, do keep in mind that this is not a complete list by any means. There are tons of others out there; far too many to count in one post!