AoVaF maybe to be made for MTW2 instead...

**Rodion Romanovich** · 02-12-2006, 21:33

Our map is one of the parts that is closest to ready ATM. Plus the adding of features isn't a big problem with so many coders, what we lack is mostly skinners (and research for some of the parts, but we're getting that now, it seems). So the mod will continue fine and we'll probably add many of the ideas, but some units will just have to use placeholder skins unless we can get a few more skinners. I don't know about the others but I'm personally remaining semi-idle until more skinners show up. I think the entire team would get back the "fighting morale" and continue working quite a lot if we'd get indications that it'll be possible to get the skins done for this mod. It's not nearly as tempting to do coding if the end-result will still only be a mod with placeholder skins. Anyway, I've not taken any offense but am merely informing you that your theories are unfortunately wrong, which means your solutions to the problems aren't possible... I think that if only a few skinners would show up this mod would get started and start progressing quicker than ever in a matter of days, and we'd be able to release some kind of beta in two months.

**Agraes** · 02-13-2006, 01:54

You should have a look at TWC mod workshop, there are some new skinners that have recently register out of there, and searching after some work in mods

**Rodion Romanovich** · 02-13-2006, 10:32

Thanks for the tip, I'll have a look at it

**palissa** · 02-13-2006, 18:12

I dont know if is ethic in the mod community, or it isnt, but why dont ask some of the super artist, like tomte or other, to help you with some textures and skins?
He said he did some various type of textures that can be mounted with few changes and in very fast time, to make units very fast :)
All those armored infantry, or such, or vikings, can be done like that :)

Please pardon me if this idea is ridicolous :) but outside here seems existing dozens of artist that just can make skins at very fast rate.

Of course i am undecent artist, and know nothing of drawing, i am good only in accountant and with number :)

Bye

**Csatadi** · 02-14-2006, 13:52

Originally Posted by palissa

I dont know if is ethic in the mod community, or it isnt, but why dont ask some of the super artist, like tomte or other, to help you with some textures and skins?

Your idea sounds logical. If the hill dont go to Mohamed...
Where can we found this guy?

**palissa** · 02-14-2006, 16:14

I saw TomteofDoom works both in Blue Lotus and in Ran no jidai mod,
very talented painter, in my humble opinion.
Seems he can make dozens of skins in few hours.
I guess you can convince him easily to make some skin for some viking, or armoured people, providing him some research picture, which i am sure you have dozens :)
He did all armoured samurai, just drawing each piece of armour (arm, leg, torso, helmet and so on) and mounting them on the varoius type, or so he said, probably creating a storeroom of armor pieces, that cna be mounted with ease.
Bye

**Rodion Romanovich** · 02-14-2006, 16:25

Ok, we should try to get all our research together then so the valuable time of the skinners we can find time isn't wasted. I'll be more active from next week on and will help finalizing all our lists. We can look into our concept pics in more detail then and maybe draw red rings around which guys we mean for which unit...