Please note that this is a first attempt at this and so I am liable to make more than a few mistakes and mis-assumptions. All comments are welcome and once all the information has been uploaded I'll tidy the site up a it as its very basic at the moment sorry for having so many jpg's for modem users.
I have just started making my own skin on this model and while this information is useful it is not near complete enough. I will start to find out the boundaries of each texture area - OFP does not draw them to their edge.
Also I am geetting a lot of help from people. I will put a proper credits at the end when I am done as well as a mention in the main text.
E-Mail : scousejedi@blueyonder.co.uk
For those of you out there who haven't got a clue what all this
is about I have found 2 great tutorials on this stuff.
Devils suberb Site
SelectThis Mini Tutorial from OFP Editing Centre
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I have completed the western soldier model mc_vojakw2 in a primative form. That work was done so I could work on my first texture, 2eREP (French Foreign Legion Paratroopers). On completion of the first draft of that model I have noticed a few things that could have been done better in my texture map.
As an example look at these three pictures
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Despite filling in and colouring only the legs quite painstakingly the image was not complete. The model is being coated with textures that appear to be in the background, I propose to map out each model (time permitting) so that other people don't have to waste time chasing their tails.
After buying a book on the Legion my choice of mc_vojakw2 (western standard) as the model was not the best. I have decided to use mc_vojake2 (eastern standard) instead. I will use that as an opportunity to make a more detailed texture map.
The main problem with textures is the actual graphics files themselves. They are bigger than the model actually requires so it is difficult to lay seams and to get adjacent textures to match.
The Original Model.
Model of Soldier WB
Model of Soldier EB
The Beginnings of an exact model for Eastern mc_vojake2 model.