WIP British 4 Rifle Soldiers

[STALKERGB 6]

Right, just gonna post another pic of the new colour Assualt Vest, the SA80 with RIS is in the pic too for those who are interested :)

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[GoOB 0]

The SA80 with RIS is a nice looking piece of kit I say - Especially when it's camoflague painted or sniper-taped. The only thing that looks a bit dodgy in the images I've seen so far is the front grip, looks really big and cumbersome to me. Looks a far sight more handy on your version though STALKERGB.

[Aphotic 10]

Its a shame the faces look so dead.

How hard is it to add a little emotion.

For a real laugh have a look at the guys on the arma one box, they are getting shot at and all have that doll face look.

That aside.. Great looking mod! looking forward to it :)

[Cptkanito 10]

Love the look of the addon, keep it up. My clan is pretty excited by this ;)

[Hvymtal 1251]

Those barrels look so short but they really aren't...

you could stuff a banana in the barrel of a SMAW :p

[mcnools 62]

It looks great, it would be nice if the uniforms looked a little more gritty and dirty though. :) a bit combat-worn.

[STALKERGB 6]

All units will go trough a "wearing down" process for the uniforms :)

Had a good long play with my units yesterday, made a mission similar to the one where you land on Utes in the UH-1Y and proceed to take the island, you play as the Mk48 gunner.

Unfortunately, I came across a new error... When one of my units was killed while running the body would drop down like normal but would then continue to slide around on the ground, in some cases the body ended up in the air...

Not sure if anyone else has had this problem, it doesn't happen to the default units so its definately to do with mine.

If anyone knows what this might be the help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

[Dmahon 10]

Registered to this site solely becuase i want to comment on what a fantastic job you are doing STALKERGB.

I remember playing with your units in Arma 1, to be totally honest your units were the only things keeping me interested in playing the game.

Arma 2 is improved vastly and i can confidently say that for me, these units with the Arma 2 AI, animations and graphics will be an unbeatable experience and I can't wait untill they are released, but I wont rush you, because i'm sure with time you can model these units to the peak of perfection, like you did with Arma 1. These units and perhaps a few vehicles like the Land Rover, Warrior, And Challenger 2 would make this game complete for me.

From what i know you don't do vehicles, but maybe some people out there who can make vehicles would like to help you make a full blown British forces mod, i'm just dreaming now, but anyway, you're doing an awesome job, keep up the good work! :D

Thanks.

Edited July 20, 2009 by Dmahon

[STALKERGB 6]

@Dmahon, thanks man :) its really nice when someone says something like that, makes me want to keep going too.

Bout to upload a new pic too... hang on... :)

Very very early work on a landy, more just to see rather than actual proper work...

Edited July 20, 2009 by STALKERGB

[Dmahon 10]

:eek: You ARE doing vehicles?!

That just deserves extra praise and adds to my anticipation! The framework is exactly how i would have wanted it and how it should be!

I've been to Tidworth (Royal welsh 2nd battalion base) and i've been to the Welsh Guards 1st battalion base (can't remember where it was) but if i remember correctly they looked exactly like that! (exept for the fact they were a sandy shade of yellow and had wheels ^^)

I have to say you're dedication is amazing me.

That's all I can say.

P.S

Here is some British Army technology porn.

Edited July 20, 2009 by Dmahon

[mcnools 62]

All units will go trough a "wearing down" process for the uniforms :)

That sounds great! I'm looking forward to the units, I hope you can manage to iron out the bugs. :)

[STALKERGB 6]

glad you like, obviously i will focus on the soldiers but with a bit of luck we will get a vehicle or two done too :)

To be fair to BOSS & Damned they were just texturing the BIS Landy for the RACS (IIRC).

Here is some British Army technology porn.

Us Brits seem to be gatting alot of shiny new toys at the moment :)

[Dmahon 10]

Ohh right, i had no idea, perhaps i was a bit harsh then and i should be blaming BI, but then again they didn't make it for British forces so really it's nobody's fault, i'll edit out my critisizm.

Us Brits seem to be gatting alot of shiny new toys at the moment :)

No doubt about that, i'd much rather be in that than any HMMWV that's for sure.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Good start on the WMIK. If I may point out a couple of things:

The vehicle needs mirroring left-to-right so that the driver's seat is on the right (as we do in Britain), commander's seat with the GPMG mount is on the left.

The type of snorkel you've modeled was only fitted to the first series of WMIKs used by the Royal Marines. These vehicles didn't have the side vents that you see just in-front of the door.

The more usual snorkel goes into these side vents rather than through the top of the fender. The snorkel goes on the same side as the driver (i.e the right) and the vent on the opposite side is blanked over with a metal plate without the plastic fitting that you usually see.

These are pictures of the latest R-WMIK, but the snorkel arrangement is the same as was on the older WMIKs with side-vents.

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The Panther's not really new kit to be honest; we bought it many years ago, but it's only coming into service now following very extensive trials with integrating the complex electronics in the back, and more than its fair share of reliability issues.

[STALKERGB 6]

@da12thMonkey, cheers for the info :) will get round to thinking about getting it in game too...

With regards to the sliding bodies issue i had earlier, that has been fixed, was just an issue with the mass of the geometry LOD.

[Hvymtal 1251]

I can't wait to :pistols::coop: :681: with these guys :LOL

[SWIFT88 0]

With regards to the sliding bodies issue i had earlier, that has been fixed, was just an issue with the mass of the geometry LOD.

Had that problem with my vehicles!

nice to hear its working better than before

[Hvymtal 1251]

Us Brits seem to be gatting alot of shiny new toys at the moment :)

The USAF is, too, with all the MQ series drones, the F22A, and, soon enough, the F-35 A/B/C Lightning II! Also, a while back, SOCOM said that the FN SCAR, both MK16 (SCAR-L) and MK17 (SCAR-H) will replace the M4/M16 series as thier Standard Rifle, so yeah, the US military are getting some shiney new toys as well :D

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No doubt about that, i'd much rather be in that than any HMMWV that's for sure.

Yeah, i bet every marine in ArmA II is thinking the same thing...

[STALKERGB 6]

hello people! i'm gonna be away for a day or two so probably won't be getting much work done in that time, was just sorting out the automatic rifleman and have also modelled a grip pod for the SA80 with RIS.

[STALKERGB 6]

Hello again, have done a little bit of work on the units, still loads to do but have started to sort out my LMG gunner/Automatic rifleman. Just got a pic of "The Guys" below, just got all the guys who are closest to being finished in the image. The SA80 grip pod is in the image but its a bit hard to see and those that will look at the pic and just see kneepads... don't worry most units will likely not have them, I just happen to have sorted the guys with the first.

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Any comments welcome :)

STALKERGB

[aracore 10]

looks awesome cant wait till its all done

[ckolonko 0]

Looking good.

[Daniel 0]

Excellent, we're looking forward to using these!

[Electricleash 133]

Very nice! and good to see the brits coming along at an early stage.

Historically UK addons come a long way into to the mod development scene.

[SaBrE_UK 0]

Keep it up, they look fantastic. It'll be the stuff you, UKF and RKSL are releasing (along with ACE mod) that'll get me into ARMA2 in the near future! Damn nice work.