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Next Icons for your input:

Not that i am the icon expert, but they look very nice to me. Nice job Flak

Dwight...the trucks look awesome..especially the frist three ones as they meet vanilla style closely but could it that they are a bit to big ? #
The two main reason why modded unit rosters can look cluttered up is cause of different angles or of inconsistent sizing within the same unit class...it doesnt matter if the trucks are to big but then ALL trucks have to share the same sizing in relation to an elected truck which size has to be the template for the others..dunno if I explained myself correctly..or maybe its just me mr.over pedantic

Chris10 wrote:Dwight...the trucks look very good..especially the frist three ones as they meet vanilla style closely but could it that they are a bit to big ? #
The two main reason why modded unit rosters can look cluttered up is cause of different angles or of inconsistent sizing within the same unit class...it doesnt matter if the trucks are to big but then ALL trucks have to share the same sizing in relation to an elected truck which size has to be the template for the others..dunno if I explained myself correctly..or maybe its just me mr.over pedantic

+1

I will do some "scaling" and see how it turns out. I got them "scaled" down to match a vanilla Maultier. I know how to "scale" to match the units when I am cutting and pasting for a correct size, BUT when I "scaled the icons to match the Vanilla Icons, they look way too small in the DCS and the masks do not function so I cannot skin them. If I use the original icon I made, everything works but the image in the menu is larger than the vanilla units. Somewhere I am missing a step. But I have been messing with this stuff for several days and I am liable to having flatulance in the head (brain farts) at this point. Any ideas from the icon makers out there using GIMP?

Pretty simple, I made the icon and got it all "scaled" to look right matching the parts, etc., but when I scale them to match the sizes of the Vanilla Icons, it doesn't work right and I am leaving something out.

I had fun with Guille's PzIIIM







And here's the mask. Get the PzIIIM in Guille's thread.

flakfernrohr wrote:I will do some "scaling" and see how it turns out. I got them "scaled" down to match a vanilla Maultier. I know how to "scale" to match the units when I am cutting and pasting for a correct size, BUT when I "scaled the icons to match the Vanilla Icons, they look way too small in the DCS and the masks do not function so I cannot skin them. If I use the original icon I made, everything works but the image in the menu is larger than the vanilla units. Somewhere I am missing a step. But I have been messing with this stuff for several days and I am liable to having flatulance in the head (brain farts) at this point. Any ideas from the icon makers out there using GIMP?

Pretty simple, I made the icon and got it all "scaled" to look right matching the parts, etc., but when I scale them to match the sizes of the Vanilla Icons, it doesn't work right and I am leaving something out.

Dwight..
the Opel Blitz was 6.10m which is actually 90px (without shadow) so every px is 6,778cm
Opel Maultuier was same length as Opel Blitz
Ford Maultier was 6.38m (638/6,778 = 94px)
Magirus Maultier was 6.12m (same as Opel Blitz)
and Mercedes L4500 Maultier was 7,90m (790/6,778 = 116 px)
this the formula to apply to all trucks... Every Px is 6,778cm..base scale is vanilla Opel Blitz

In order to not distort or make to big the drivers cab it may be necessary to just scal vertical instead of overall...after all its fiddeling around

you can get even more into detail by considering vehicle height..this would avoid completely distortion but is more research of course

btw...there is a tape measure in GIMP with which you can take the length of objects..look screeny
make yourself some help lines and measure the space in between..and the auxiliary lines you can find under Image>Aux lines (towards the bottom)..you can drag with the mouse vertical or horizontal starting from the edge of the imgae and place them where you want

Thanks very much Chris. You and Rezaf are helping me get through this learning curve and I am truly grateful for this help and your courtesy. As they say in Russia, "Ochin Silna" which translated means "very much".

flakfernrohr wrote:Thanks very much Chris. You and Rezaf are helping me get through this learning curve and I am truly grateful for this help and your courtesy. As they say in Russia, "Ochin Silna" which translated means "very much".

you welcome,sir...after all Iam just a beginner too trying to get along
thing is..the more one gets familar with GIMP the more things become a piece of cake...really...as small as the programm might be (compared to photoshop) it is really a very powerful tool

Hmmm, Maultier Series was named SdKfZ 3 not 4.

SdKfz 3 Gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen (MTW) - unarmed armoured car /personnel carrier of the 1920s.

SdKfz 3 (Maultier) half track cargo vehicle
Sd.Kfz. 3 (Maultier) SdKfz 3a (Maultier based on 2 ton Opel trucks)
SdKfz 3b (Maultier based on 2 ton Ford trucks)
SdKfz 3c (Maultier based on 2 ton KHD trucks)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SdKfz_designations

Yes, you are correct Jelinobas. The Sdkfz 4 was the armored cab version with Nebel rockets. Attached you will find the 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 SWS with armored cab. This will be an icon very soon for the game. We have the Opel Maultier PZWF 42 version in the game but not this one.

I miss this one:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=66991
http://www.modellboard.net/index.php?topic=41153.0

It's not quite the same, but you COULD create some kind of mockup using Bebro's Panzerwerfer and the Katyusha.

Kinda like this:

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rezaf

That sly wizard Rezaf has so much more talent than he will acknowledge. Just pulls a Panzerwerfer out of his hat! That's a great icon.

rezaf wrote:It's not quite the same, but you COULD create some kind of mockup using Bebro's Panzerwerfer and the Katyusha.

Kinda like this:

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rezaf

Super Arbeit! Danke

Denn kann ich meine neue schlecht gepixelte SdKfz 8/1 BunkerFlak ja auch mal zeigen:

This thread is beginning to become what I hoped it would be. A discussion and sharing of icons, skins, etc. All fresh stuff and ideas and interesting graphics. Thanks guys.

flakfernrohr wrote:This thread is beginning to become what I hoped it would be. A discussion and sharing of icons, skins, etc. All fresh stuff and ideas and interesting graphics. Thanks guys.

+1

Based on Textures from ~borysses i work on New (unhistorical) Skins:

More, someone strange, Skins based on Textures from ~borysses
I make the skins each in different zoom levels.