Forgotten Hope News Update: 7th June 2009: Infanterie Greift An!

[Lightning]

Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today we have more amazing things, as we are showing the renders of the new German player models. In our next release, we will have as many as 14 new German player models; one model for each class, both regular and camouflaged.

Read the rest of this update on our website.



(Two hours late, sorry for that.)


Q: Are the camouflaged Germans the Waffen-SS?
A: Yes and no. The Waffen-SS is a criminal organisation in Germany and to portray them in a way that might seem like glorifying them (such as playing them in a video game without proper historical context) is not allowed. For this reason you will never see any mention of the SS in game and the collar tabs have two lines on them, instead of the infamous (and forbidden) sig runes. The models themselves are, of course, based on SS uniforms.

[Alakazou]

Wow I forgive you.
Zero you are an artist.

[Ekalbs]

ahh second! wonder if camo will work?

[BC81]

looking good

[Flyboy1942]

Hahaha I saw this coming with that "something amazing" comment and avatar from the 6th of June thread. :p

The new models look amazing alright. I especially like that Soldier with the STG44. Also the Panzershreck team. and the MG team.

Yeah you guys rock.

[Cory the Otter]

*sniff* god I love this mod.
Oh, crap. My mascara is running...

[AdamPA1006]

Awesome. Are the camo units SS units? Are SS markings in this game or not?

[Mspfc Doc DuFresne]

Eh, its alright, I guess...OgodlightningIforgiveyouforthedelaypleaseforgeteverythingIsaidaboutyouThemodels areexcellenttheweaponsareexcellentitsallsoexcelent

Oh hey look, new avatar.

[A-tree]

Awesome. Are the camo units SS units? Are SS markings in this game or not?

From what i know about Fh there wont be any ss markings anywhere, but you never know, i could be wrong.

Also, update was pretty cool.

[VonMudra]

They're SS alright.


Which brings me to my question....why are there no Heer troops with splinter or tan/water camo....  Or even any camoed helmets for them.  I see a couple helmet nets, but without foilage, that doesn't do anything o_O  Also, dot44 was rather uncommon in normandy, compared to oak and plane tree.  And I even gotta say...the Dot44 camo isn't even right.  It looks like someone turned fall Oak into a dot pattern....=/


All in all, its good work...but I'm sorry to say, someone didn't do their homework on the camo=/  Plain and simple....the camo patterns are horrible wrong, and several incredilby important ones are missing entirely.  If you're gonna give the SS just one single camo type, then at least get that camo type correct.  And even then, you're still missing the Heer's camo.


Also, is that a Gibirgsjager patch I see on the schreck loader?

[ChoPhil]

nice work

[VonMudra]

Here we go:

Heer Splinter smock:



Heer Tan/Water smock:



SS Plane Tree smock (one of the most common)

Spring:



Fall:



SS Oak Smock (the other most common)

Spring:



Fall:



SS Dot44 camo Tunic (Note, this was ONLY used for trousers and tunics, as was the only camo type that was issued as a tunic.  All other camo types were occasionally seen as tunics, but only private purchase, it was not issued as such)




The player models just shown:



The only correct thing is the Italian camo trousers....=/

And as for helmet camo patterns:

http://www.alexanderandsonsrestorations.com/camo.htm

Those are just a few.  It was NOT an individual thing for the most part.  Whole regiments were handed gallons of paint, often 3 different colours (khaki, green, and brownish purplish colour), and each soldier was told to paint the helmet.

[RedSand]

Really good work guys... Now... Show us the Americans...

[[130.Pz]S.Tiemann]

Meh, i really dont care if the uniforms are accurate. They look just fine to me and i cant wait to see them in-game.

[VonMudra]

Meh, i really dont care if the uniforms are accurate. They look just fine to me and i cant wait to see them in-game.

Its the principal of the damn thing.  They were correct in FH1, why can't they be correct in FH2?  The mod is about realism on equipment, no?  Then why should it be allowed for them to make up camo schemes, and completely leave absent camo from an entire service branch that used them with regularity?