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macstu23 · 10-21-2003, 07:06 AM

D'oh...well spotted. The face texture did start life as a Japanese soldier, big thanks to the original author, not sure who you are. I did work heavily on it based on what photographs of Gurkhas I could find online. It was tricky, as there are quite a few differences from a Japanese face. The other thing about the Gurkhas is that, coming from Nepal, there are a lot of ethnic influences among their peoples..what with India and China being on either side of their borders, so they do vary a bit themselves. What I've done is, I made the cheek bones look a bit broadar and higher, and darkened the skin tone, and subtly altered the head to a shorter broader shape by changing the head skel model. If you were to see this modern photo of a Gurkha Regiment Para I have, with a very Chinese influenced face and reddish skin, you'd agree that its a fair likeness, honest. biggrin: I may release these as seperate packs, Europe, Jungle and Desert versions, but that depends on popular opinion. I really dont like to release them before somebody can model a kukri knife for me...would be shameful otherwise, but If nobody volunteers within the next few weeks then I will let them go if people twist my arm hard enough. Anybody know any 3-d modellers out there and would like to put in a good word for me ? I wont feel they are properly finished until the kukri is done. And... if anybody knows to to make a kukri version of the 'machete knife mod' for Spearhead, get in touch. Wouldnt that finish them off nicely ? I'll worry about that once the skins are done however. Keep the opinions coming in for now.

Cheers.
macstu23

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macstu23 is Offline Member Posts: 74 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Free Scotland	10-21-2003, 07:06 AM D'oh...well spotted. The face texture did start life as a Japanese soldier, big thanks to the original author, not sure who you are. I did work heavily on it based on what photographs of Gurkhas I could find online. It was tricky, as there are quite a few differences from a Japanese face. The other thing about the Gurkhas is that, coming from Nepal, there are a lot of ethnic influences among their peoples..what with India and China being on either side of their borders, so they do vary a bit themselves. What I've done is, I made the cheek bones look a bit broadar and higher, and darkened the skin tone, and subtly altered the head to a shorter broader shape by changing the head skel model. If you were to see this modern photo of a Gurkha Regiment Para I have, with a very Chinese influenced face and reddish skin, you'd agree that its a fair likeness, honest. biggrin: I may release these as seperate packs, Europe, Jungle and Desert versions, but that depends on popular opinion. I really dont like to release them before somebody can model a kukri knife for me...would be shameful otherwise, but If nobody volunteers within the next few weeks then I will let them go if people twist my arm hard enough. Anybody know any 3-d modellers out there and would like to put in a good word for me ? I wont feel they are properly finished until the kukri is done. And... if anybody knows to to make a kukri version of the 'machete knife mod' for Spearhead, get in touch. Wouldnt that finish them off nicely ? I'll worry about that once the skins are done however. Keep the opinions coming in for now. Cheers. macstu23