heads ToH Characters

[Jove Chiere 448]

ToH Characters

Faces of Bohemian Interactive for Arma 2 & Take on Helicopters ported to Arma 3.

 

The mod of the ToH characters, including the faces that appear in Take on Helicopters, Arma2, Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead, Arma 2 British Armed Forces, Arma 2 Private Military Company, Arma 2 Army Of Czech Republic... adapted for Arma 3, have their limitations as they are poor quality Arma 2 textures. But they have been adapted and the necessary textures have been created to make them look as good as possible.

It currently includes:

👨180 & 👩45

TkoH/A2/A2OA/A2BAF/A2PMC/A2ACR faces

💆‍♂️18 & 💆‍♀️7

heads ready to be played

‍🦲+5500

Combinations for AI

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_2:_CfgIdentities

 

 

New story characters!
I've started a new project in the MOD, it's about bringing these faces to life in the Armaverse.
So, I'm creating story characters that can be used in missions or campaigns to create new and exciting scenarios.

In addition to the character, I am adding a brief description of them, to give possible ideas of what or who they might be.

 

Spoiler

 

• Pin Mei: VIPER trainer.
  • Veteran of war, one of the most recognized instructors among the VIPER, although he is more famous for his bad temper.
• Morten Gregorius: SPETSNAZ medic.
  • Combat medic, with strong nationalist convictions. War crimes attributed to him.
• Bill Gudiki: OPFOR Gendarme.
  • Corrupt to the core, old sergeant in the gendarmerie. Linked to local mafias and syndicate activities.
• Ben Tailor: FIA BLUFOR anti-tank.
  • Mercenary and lover of his MRAWS "Doris", he has a strange relationship with "her".
• Lia Icebreak: CTRG Sniper.
  • An elite female shooter, she is among the best snipers in the CTRG.
• Daniel Deadman: Explosives Diver Specialist.

• Paul Harris: Local Tanoa dealer.

• Vladimir Nikitins: LDF light soldier.

• Korneel Lewandowski: Criminal hacker expert.
• Andrew Sfakianakis: Former AAF soldier (Traitor).
• Peter Fritz: Civilian arms dealer.
• Betty Mynatt: IDAP volunteer.

 

 

How to do a face conversion from A2 to A3?

Some people have asked me where is the difficulty in taking some textures from Arma 2 and adding them to Arma 3.
Well, behind this mod there is a lot of technical and artistic work.
Given the amount of faces that existed, I looked for a way to automate the process to some extent and thus be able to work with such a volume of faces.

It is not a simple copy and paste, as it requires a total deconstruction of quality and detail in the faces of A2.

 

You can download from now in Workshop, enjoy:

@ToH Characters

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2170387941 (Available via WorkShop).

 

Todo.txt

@ToH Characters

Spoiler

Version 1.440

-Added identityTypes for women:

• Head_Euro_W
• Head_Greek_W
• Head_Tanoan_W
• Head_African_W
• Head_Asian_W
• Head_NATO_W
• Head_TK_W
• Head_Enoch_W
• Head_Russian_W

Now you can add personalised faces according to ethnicity.

 

Version 1.430
-Improved occlusion shadows on faces.
-Fixed DLC icons on 2K enhanced texture faces.
-Added Contact (Enoch) DLC 2K enhanced texture faces.

 

Version 1.420
-Faces of Africans and Tanoans are adjusted according to skin colour.
-Reduced the number of heads in Asian ethnicity to only Asian, Japanese and Vietnamese heads.

All faces are still active, they just don't participate in identityTypes.

 

Version 1.410

-Added 5214 new faces (for a total of 5521 combinations!).

 

Version 1.400

-Added high quality AI-processed faces and increased the size to 2048x2048 (_CO texture only).
-Added 61 Arma 3 Vanilla faces processed for quality improvement (_CO textures only).
-Added my face, or something that looks like me.

 

Version 1.380
-Changes in file structure.
-Fixed problem when using the setFace command with hidden heads.

-Temporarily removed camouflages due to Camo system remodelling.

 

Version 1.370
-Improved the best quality of +150 normalmap (NOHQ texture), no more grainy faces.
-Fixed bug in Ohara head eyes, they were not personalizable.

-Added hidden version of all faces combined with all heads (does not include story characters with first and last name).
Faces add an alphabetic code at the end of the name, e.g. "Face01a".

• a ->African
• b ->Asian
• c ->Greek
• d ->White
• e ->Bearman
• f ->Boy
• g ->Chief
• h ->Ethiopian
• i ->Grinding
• j ->Japanese
• k ->Jawbone
• l ->Kenyan
• m ->Miller
• n ->Moviestar
• o ->Ohara
• p ->Persian
• q ->Poland
• r ->Reynolds
• s ->Russian
• t ->Samoan
• u ->Skydive
• v ->Spanish
• w ->Vietnamese

This creates a total of 155 faces multiplied by 23 head types: 3565 face combinations.

 

Version 1.360
-Added 7 new head models.

• Kenyan
• Ethiopian
• Russian
• Poland
• Spanish
• Japanese
• Samoan

-Redefined heads of some faces.

 

Version 1.350
-Added 20 new faces.

• 9 faces from Asiatic PMC
• 9 faces from UK BAF
• Brian Frost (BAF)
• Tanny

-Added 7 new story characters.

• Daniel Deadman: Explosives Diver Specialist.
• Paul Harris: Local Tanoa dealer.
• Vladimir Nikitins: LDF light soldier.
• Korneel Lewandowski: Criminal hacker expert.
• Andrew Sfakianakis: Former AAF soldier (Traitor).
• Peter Fritz: Civilian arms dealer.
• Betty Mynatt: IDAP volunteer.

 

Version 1.340

-Improved the quality of +120 normalmap (NOHQ texture).
-Fixed face glows, now more realistic.
-Added characters_hidden_h.pbo to manage the faces that should be hidden (you can delete this file to have access to all faces). 

-Added 5 new story characters, they are totally fictional, but I try to enrich the Armaverse (more coming soon).

• Lia_Icebreak: CTRG Sniper.
  • An elite female shooter, she is among the best snipers in the CTRG.
• Ben Tailor: FIA BLUFOR anti-tank.
  • Mercenary and lover of his MRAWS "Doris", he has a strange relationship with "her". 
• Pin Mei: VIPER trainer.
  • Veteran of war, one of the most recognized instructors among the VIPER, although he is more famous for his bad temper.
• Morten Gregorius: SPETSNAZ medic.
  • Combat medic, with strong nationalist convictions. War crimes attributed to him.
• Bill Gudiki: OPFOR Gendarme.
  • Corrupt to the core, old sergeant in the gendarmerie. Linked to local mafias and syndicate activities.

 

Version 1.331
-Fixed darkness problem on new faces.
-Fixed hardness edges of Skydive head.
-Fixed "Razor Team" head normalmap issue.

 

Version 1.330
-Added 10 new men's faces

• Joe Harris
• Dr. Hladik
• Patrick Dixon
• Paul Kelly
• William R.J. Haydon
• Howard Maddox
• Andrew Craymer
• Bas Oskam
• Arjan Terpstra
• Tom Larkin

-Added 6 new head models

• Chief
• Grinding
• Jawbone
• Moviestar
• Skydive
• Vietnamese

-Redefined heads of some faces
-Hidden CAMO and WOUNDED faces, but still accessible from script or by modifying mission.sqm.

 

Version 1.320

-Added camouflage face paints on men (temporarily visible).
-Improved quality on +100 male faces (CO texture).
-Improved the intensity of reflections.

 

Version 1.310
-Added 8 faces of Asian and African women of his own creation.
-Added 2 new heads of women
-Added 2 bodies for women (WIP)

 

Version 1.300
-Added 37 women's faces based on the female characters of Arma 2
-Added 5 new heads for women

 

Version 1.230
-Added 4 faces of the campaign characters in Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead.

• Cpl Howard "Hitman" Drake
• SFC Terry "Gambler" Graves
• 1stLt Ben "Badger" Herrera
• Cpt Garry Pierce, callsign "Renegade One"

-Added SDM textures on all faces.
-More NOHQ correction (at 40%).

 

Version 1.220
-Five new head models included among the new faces.

• Boy: A young boy's face
• Bearman: big strong jaw (problems with scarves, balaclava and some strap).
• Ohara: A normal head, but with Miller's hair.
• Persian: The usual Persian head, without the problem of not being able to change the eyes, too dark.
• Reynolds: A very special face for a strange character.

-More NOHQ correction (at 35%).

 

Version 1.200
-Added 5 characters from the Arma 2 campaign.

 

Version 1.100
-Added "identityTypes[]" specific to each face.
-Added 20 new faces Weapon 2: Operation Arrowhead of the Takistan/CSAT faction.
-Added Larry Grover's face, includes wounded version.
-Corrected hair and face reflections in SMDI textures.
-Corrections at 20% in NOHQ textures, cleaning granulated faces.

 

Version 1.011
-Class names compatible with ToH and Arma 2.
-Added injury RVmat for correct visualization of injured faces.

 

Version 1.001
-A small correction of two names that appeared to be unordered by a space at the beginning of the displayname.

 

Version 1.000
 -First publication.

-Includes 119 male faces, adapted from ToH.

 

Known Bugs:

-Some textures could be improved.
-Women's bodies.

 

Any advice on the old faces of A2 or ToH to give a greater resemblance to the original, will be welcome.

 

Arma Public License Share Alike (APL-SA)

Take On Public License Share Alike (TOPL-SA)

Arma 2 & Take On Helicopters is made by Bohemia Interactive.

based on Public Data Pack

[Jove Chiere 448]

Old friends return to South Asia and Takistan.

Version 1.100

 

20 new faces from Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead and Take on Helicopters for your missions in Arma 3.

Clothes, Weapons & Vehicles from the CUP mod.

[Jove Chiere 448]

Here they are, five unforgettable companions!

Version 1.200

 

The best comrades we would all like to have next to us on a mission (well, maybe not Rodriguez, not really...) and they are ready to go into battle again.

 

Using the CUP mod, in the United States Marine Corps faction you can find their bodies fully equipped, simply by changing the face of the character's identity you will have them ready to fight.

From left to right.

1st Sgt Patrick "8-Ball/Baller" Miles

SSgt Brian "Scarlet" O‘Hara

MSgt Matthew "Coops" Cooper

Sgt Chad "Robo/Robot" Rodriguez

SSgt Randolph "Ice Cold" Sykes

 

Enjoy!

[Jove Chiere 448]

New faces, require new heads...

Version 1.220

 

I've started to work on it and to give a little more difference to the faces of Arma 2, I'm adding new head shapes and correcting some others.
In today's patch, I'm adding minor visual corrections and above all, 2 new very striking heads.

 

I'm also working on a secret, but if you pay attention to the images you'll soon figure out what it is.

 

Thank you all for your support (especially in those great Twitter images), I will keep working for you.

[Jove Chiere 448]

We will always remember Zargabad.

Version 1.230

 

Added 4 old friends to the character pack, this time from the campaign in Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead.

From left to right.

Cpl Howard "Hitman" Drake

Cpt Garry Pierce, callsign "Renegade One"
1stLt Ben "Badger" Herrera

SFC Terry "Gambler" Graves

 

Clothing and vehicles from CUP mod.

 

In addition, skin color has been improved by adding custom SDM textures for each face.

We are still working on the normalmaps (NOHQ) and on improving a bit the final quality of the textures for Arma 3.

 

See you soon!

[EO 11277]

Nice work Jove, variety is the spice of life!

[Valken 623]

COOP from Razor Team FINALLY in ARMA 3!!!

 

Just a question, any chance to update or port the "skin" textures from CWC? Mainly the protagonists and antagonists (Guba, Victor/Viki Troska, James Gastovski, David Armstrong, Sam Nichols Robert HAmmer and Dmitri Lukin from Red Hammer)?

[Jove Chiere 448]

Hi @Valken, thanks for the comment, I also adore the Razor team.

Althoughit would be more incredible to relive the ArmA 2 campaign in ArmA 3.

 

On the subject of CWC, the cards, unlike ArmA 2, are very small, 256x256 pixels.

It could be done, but the result could be very poor in quality.

 

Maybe I'll do some testing, because I find those characters very exciting too.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/OFP:_CfgIdentities

[Valken 623]

Hi Jove,

 

I did not know that original textures were that small.

 

I wonder if we can take the CWC texture files and run it through an AI scaler to enhance details and scale it up?

Then rework it in a paint program?

 

I just tried some online ones:

https://vanceai.com/

https://icons8.com/upscaler

https://imageupscaler.com/upscale-image-4x

 

Both look like crap. I just upscaled it in paint.net app and it looks better. 

 

If you have an idea I would love to help as the characters from CWC were so interesting.

 

Edit - agree with you about remaking ARMA 2 in ARMA 3. 

 

I want to play Red Harvest with Coop and Razor team again in ARMA 3 engine. Ideally in COOP MP mode online for a refresh.

 

The CO, then the PMC, BAF and ACR missions!

 

If there was an easy way to do a port or CUP/RHS replacement scripting, that would probably help.

 

Thank you again for all the hard and great work!

 

 

 

 

[prototype1479 63]

For CWC i used 4x on soldiers and 2x on everything else. I didnt touch most .paa's cus they caused problem and looked uglier. I'll send you the files at an apropriate time

[Jove Chiere 448]

I've tried image enhancement AI, and they definitely don't work for textures.
The final result is much worse than hand work, even though it's more laborious.

[Valken 623]

Yes, it is probably better to copy and paste only the "face" (eyes, nose, and mouth areas) and merge it into another hires ARMA 3 texture with hair, then blend the facial colors to match. The results would look much better but more work.

 

I am a total graphics amateur so do not have the skill set to pull this off. Just a copy and paste newbie!

 

Seems modders nowadays are almost like Surgeons! 😄

 

Looking forward to any updates!

 

 

[Jove Chiere 448]

Dear ladies & ladies!

Version 1.300

 

I've been waiting a few weeks for the fruit to be ripe, and I think it's time to harvest.

 

This is a new addition to the ToH Characters package, including the heads of the women who appeared in Arma 2. They also include some of Take on Helicopters and Arma 2 OA (these are extremely complex as they are Arab women with scarves covering their heads).

 

In total 37 new faces are added, including some repeated versions with subtle changes that required the Arma 2 campaign.

I don't include women's bodies (for now). But as you can see, the look of the clothes is not so problematic either, and once in play you don't look so much.

 

It also includes 5 models of women's heads, which adapt very well to helmets and glasses. And they are fully functional.

I'm not including hairs/wigs either, but maybe soon something like that can be added.

It's not perfect yet, but little by little it will be possible to correct it here and there.

 

Thank you very much to everyone, and enjoy them healthily.
This update is dedicated to all the ladies and sisters in arms.

[Valken 623]

Awesome update! The CSAT uniforms with the tighen waist looks fairly good actually!

 

But those "hands"! I would be a tad intimidated if those rested on my shoulders. LOL... 

 

Great work!

[CW4 Carrera 31]

19 hours ago, Jove Chiere said:

And they are fully functional.

[temaprint 0]

On 8/14/2020 at 2:36 PM, Jove Chiere said:

Здравствуй @Valken, спасибо за комментарий, тоже обожаю команду Razor.

Хотя было бы невероятнее пережить кампанию ArmA 2 в ArmA 3.

 

Что касается CWC, то карты, в отличие от ArmA 2, очень маленькие, 256x256 пикселей.

Это можно было сделать, но результат мог быть очень плохим по качеству.

 

Может быть, я проведу небольшое тестирование, потому что эти персонажи мне тоже очень интересны.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/OFP:_CfgIdentities

 

As an option, increase the quality of each skin)))

 

 

made with the help
https://icons8.com/upscaler

[Jove Chiere 448]

3 hours ago, temaprint said:

As an option, increase the quality of each skin)))

made with the help
https://icons8.com/upscaler

 

I also tried that supposed image enhancer, but in the resolution that this texture is, a minimum quality is not feasible.

[Jove Chiere 448]

Working on a few more women's faces, adjusting for ethnic equality. Possibly 5 of them will be Asian and 5 African-Tanoan-American.

 

Any suggestions?

[Valken 623]

I would love to see some different female hairs as HATs or glasses so we can have variety but I don't want you to spent that much time modeling it.

 

Zombie versions to match the sickness from OLD MAN and maybe to support Ravage, Max Zombies and Benson's Zombies and Demons mod. (Binge watching Fear the Walking Dead + Walking Dead series while stuck at home during the Pandemic).

 

Or just some texture fun to create other non-normal types... 

 

PS: Can you share the samples so we can try to create variations textures?

[Jove Chiere 448]

21 hours ago, Valken said:

I would love to see some different female hairs as HATs or glasses so we can have variety but I don't want you to spent that much time modeling it.

 

Zombie versions to match the sickness from OLD MAN and maybe to support Ravage, Max Zombies and Benson's Zombies and Demons mod. (Binge watching Fear the Walking Dead + Walking Dead series while stuck at home during the Pandemic).

 

Or just some texture fun to create other non-normal types... 

 

PS: Can you share the samples so we can try to create variations textures?

 

The problem for the hair, mainly is that each head has a color, you have to think of some system to not have to add 1 hair with 10 colors.
Hats and glasses, there is a lot of mod that adds this content and is compatible with these heads.

 

Zombies? OMG... the truth is that I have never looked at the script of a zombie face. I remember seeing zombie women in Arma3. I don't discard it...

 

I was thinking about some camouflage textures... maybe it would be a good option for all the faces. But we're back to the issue of not having 1k faces on the list.

 

PS: You can take any of the textures to adapt your own version. You could even try to create a "custom female face" setting so that you can simply add it to your profile.

[Jove Chiere 448]

Working on women's bodies, the first exclusive "freshly baked" Underwear test.

 

Any suggestions? Miller knows!

[Valken 623]

Really good looking females and I do have some comments on the body proportions:

 

Please make the shoulders, biceps and hands more proportional (slightly slender)

Those male hands are distracting without gloves.

 

Legs look great and could taper the thighs so it looks a bit more slender. 

 

Here is a screenshot of current female bodies for your reference (left to right) 

 

Zabb's Enforcer, ZEPHIK Females, Max Women @ Work (NEW), Max Women, Zee's Fifty Shades of Female, ARMA lonely beggar

 

 

With Enforcer Dragon Female vest, and male vest for dude (slightly different but almost the same size):

 

 

With tweaked vests, the smaller frames look great. 

 

Note the two models on the right technically are using male bodies so looks perfect with Vanilla ARMA sized gear.

 

Do your own thing and no need to look exactly like other models. But those exposed arms and hands could really use some work... 

 

Lastly, maybe some cool female tattoo skins... Even cool emo girl tats. 

 

Variety is the spice of life.

 

[Jove Chiere 448]

The truth is that I do not believe in women so stylish, will be my preference as a man or maybe I have more than 45 years and I'm married (believe me... watching my wife get out of the bath, makes me see women differently!)

8 hours ago, Valken said:

Please make the shoulders, biceps and hands more proportional (slightly slender)

Those male hands are distracting without gloves.

Legs look great and could taper the thighs so it looks a bit more slender. 

I am guided more by the references I have of real women in the army, since ArmA3 is a military game.

 

Study of women soldiers for Arma 3: https://imgur.com/a/hc3dpPH

Spoiler

Study of women soldiers for Arma3

 

My study of the situation:
Women, within society, are typecast in roles or patterns of appearance. But in these women of ArmA3, military in essence, you don't look for that "vase woman" or "barbie model" performance (sorry guys, they are not here to recreate your eyes). 

 

Women Soldiers 2020:
Women are now beginning to take on the role of soldiers, beyond the office or quartermaster.

In 2015, a woman entered the Ranger corps for the first time, passing the tests just like any man.

 

Women Soldiers 2035:

By this date, women will likely be much more integrated into the military as combatants.
The mentality of "women killed in armed conflict" begins to carry less weight than their equal rights requirements.

 

Women model soldiers on the Internet:

If you search for female soldiers, most of the photos you will find are of pretty girls, with good makeup (sexy camouflage, not tactical), in photo poses or in videos on firing ranges.

In the parades you can usually see girls with very good makeup, with long nails holding the rifle. But remember that this is just propaganda, they tell us "hey boy, pretty girls, join the army!"

You're fine, but they're not real soldiers.

 

Women soldiers in reality:

There are many images of women in training or real action, which show real women combatants.
These women are strong, they have to carry their wounded companions in combat. They have to lift them off the ground and carry them on their shoulders.

 

Conclusions:

The concept is not to look for femininity, but to take into account the differences between men and women. Focusing on differentiating between the real and the fictitious.

 

8 hours ago, Valken said:

With tweaked vests, the smaller frames look great.

The compatibility of the vest, that's a good point. This is really what I am looking for, a real compatibility with all the objects of Arma3, that is why I am basing on the Bohemia Interactive system and not creating my own system of faces/heads and bodies. That has its limitations, such as position of the animation bones or size of the necks, hands, height, ears, skull, feet, etc..

 

9 hours ago, Valken said:

Do your own thing and no need to look exactly like other models. But those exposed arms and hands could really use some work... 

But believe me, I'm looking for complete compatibility. So just modify some models of uniforms to have almost the whole set of soldiers' suits.

The problem with the Hands, perhaps lies more in the texture than in the model itself, they are somewhat smaller, but the texture does give a hard and wrinkled appearance.

 

8 hours ago, Valken said:

Lastly, maybe some cool female tattoo skins... Even cool emo girl tats. 

Tattoos, whether male or female, are usually attached to the heads. It's something rare to use, you require a unique texture for only 1 character.
I have some tattoo textures started, but I reserve it for main story characters.

 

[Valken 623]

@Jove Chiere Great to hear your ideas. I think you can use the Max Women as your reference. It is still a stronger body than the ones on the left, but still realistic in terms of sizing. It is also nearly 100% compatible  with standard ARMA male gear.

 

You can switch between Zee and Max's for it.

 

The others on the left are definitely more "feminine" as in in TV and movies, but they look great in civilian or security roles.

 

Also, you being in Spain, I think you know what good looking strong women are. ;)

 

Appreciate you are looking at the hands... 

[Jove Chiere 448]

Gif Comparative between male and female body.