This I'm doing, so far for IJA & IJAF. To many of their pics are shared between techs/prod types so, making it harder to see for instance; an upgraded div/brig vs. the current old tech version. Also this makes it less boring to looki at, and some of the pics are really bad quality, like the original Type1 (Ho-Ni) SPA slightly better version Type1 (Ho-Ni II). And that the fully tek'd Medium Tank pic is the same pic as the full tek Tank Destroyer, when the pic is actually of the partialy prototype SPA version that the US Army captured after Japan surrender.
Although most are ok, I have to do some editing work, to make to size good & b/w style. I havent yet found some way to get them on net yet. Mostly simple tinting and modding style of colours, contrast etc. But hopefully more realistic, even though having some probs deciding what tanks to use, and later in future, how to change viewable ingame name of each div and brig.
Done some cut and pastes for special tanks, mainly TD's, SPA & aircaft (ie, ones that werent produced, or partially protyped in WW2, or had bad HoI2 pics). Soem use originals modded, others are a make believe in a realistic way.
For instance, turbo nav is FW Condor nav (better version), with Nihhon 'suns' on wings and body, top level turbofighter is the flying me262 with suns on it. Spent a lot of timeadjusting lighting and positions and suff, so the modded bmp's look like they were original, at there original picture sizes/views. Where I find authentic pics, I will use, If not I will put some thing that resembles the idea/description of them.
I then found some tank pics which were similar to some pics on net after trawling the net for hours, trying to find pics of em.
Its really fething hard, like trying to find rocking horse gak, to get Japanese armour pics, especially good one suitable for making look good in HoI2.
Sometime I will USB them from my own PC to this net linked pc, and try to get em out for those that want something a little more 'oh look, that pics, the same as the previous tech/version
Although most are ok, I have to do some editing work, to make to size good & b/w style. I havent yet found some way to get them on net yet. Mostly simple tinting and modding style of colours, contrast etc. But hopefully more realistic, even though having some probs deciding what tanks to use, and later in future, how to change viewable ingame name of each div and brig.
Done some cut and pastes for special tanks, mainly TD's, SPA & aircaft (ie, ones that werent produced, or partially protyped in WW2, or had bad HoI2 pics). Soem use originals modded, others are a make believe in a realistic way.
For instance, turbo nav is FW Condor nav (better version), with Nihhon 'suns' on wings and body, top level turbofighter is the flying me262 with suns on it. Spent a lot of timeadjusting lighting and positions and suff, so the modded bmp's look like they were original, at there original picture sizes/views. Where I find authentic pics, I will use, If not I will put some thing that resembles the idea/description of them.
I then found some tank pics which were similar to some pics on net after trawling the net for hours, trying to find pics of em.
Its really fething hard, like trying to find rocking horse gak, to get Japanese armour pics, especially good one suitable for making look good in HoI2.
Sometime I will USB them from my own PC to this net linked pc, and try to get em out for those that want something a little more 'oh look, that pics, the same as the previous tech/version
