Panther Ausf G

[Laryngoscope]

Ok so K gave us the Tiger even though it is not a core campaign unit. But no Panthers. I really wanted to design some later scenarios with arguably the best tank of the war so what to do.

I had never modelled before so this is my first effort. It is relatively low polly ( ~ same as the PZ IIIJ in the game) and pretty close to the real G in most respects. Still needs a bit of work which I will do as time permits.

If anyone is good with textures and would like to help, please contact me and I will send you the 3dsmax file. Would like to get the texturing "style" as close to K's other vehicles as much as possible and I guess that will be hard to do as a newbie.

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[benpark]

Fantastic work. I have no idea how to make a graphic from the model itself, but if there is a basic template, I'll make a skin for it.

[Prince of Eckmühl]

Very, very cool, 'Scope!

Will the Soviet vehicles be more difficult?

They are less angular, with more curves on the hull and turret.

What ya think?

PoE (aka ivanmoe)

[junk2drive]

I'm impressed.

[EagleMountainDK]

Great work!

[Marc von Martial]

I see some modelling talent there, not too shabby for a "first try" [;)]

As for texturing, contact me in the dev forums or via email if nobody jumps in in the next days.

[Marc von Martial]

ORIGINAL: benpark

Fantastic work. I have no idea how to make a graphic from the model itself, but if there is a basic template, I'll make a skin for it.

You would need to unwrap the UVs (providing that Laryngoscope has added UVs allready) of the model and make yourself a template. That is the problem with 3D modells, different models need different templates.

[mbelew]

Sweet!

[Erik Rutins]

Outstanding, great job again Laryngoscope!

[Prince of Eckmühl]

So, how's this one coming?

PoE (aka ivanmoe)

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PoE,

Good News

Panther now (almost) fully textured and animated looks very very nice. I will post some screenies later. I have designed the textures so it is easy to add different camos etc without having to redo all the textures.

It has been a real labour of love for me, I have spent more time on the panther than on the editor for example. Although admittedly for the modelling I had to learn everything from scratch including how to use Max and PS.

Bad News

Koios used Max 7, I used Max 8 - No talky talky! Unless I can get to use somehow the latest Polytrans exporter (4.3) there will be no practical way to get the model into the game. There will be no christmas [:@]

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Ok as promised here are some of the latest renders. I did each one in a different camo to show how easy it is to change it. It is still a work in progress. Much of it I am not happy with and will change. Some of it is ok.

Enjoy.

Keep pressure on K to get Max 8 so you guys can enjoy this in the game.

P.S One last thing. Given the detail it will need more than a geforce2 to push a few of these babies around, its about 30% more expensive than the current vehicles. But oh so worth it [:D]

P.P.S Don't worry about the 'squares' on round things. That all goes away once it is finished.

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