I have been toying around and have created some new unit graphics through cut and pasting. Very little is 'new material' as most is from an existing unit but modified through cutting, pasting, with some 're-developing' done. Due to my ADD I am moving from mod to mod, and back again, and have decided to do some graphic editing as well (a different twist from modding unit names which is very linear and not too creative).
(Discussed in order of creation)
4. This unit is a slight change from the MIL4, by extending the Union Army coat down, giving the soldier sergeant bars, and a new collar (removing the 'cadet' looking collar with a 'regular volunteer collar'). I did this because I felt that the typical union infantryman wasn't represented in enough models (a lot of zouave uniforms are used, with only one model representing a 'basic' union soldier of typical uniform, as INF1).
3. This was a slight adaption of unit #4, where I added a rolled up blanket from MIL1.
5. This was another (more ambitious) adaption of unit #4, where I added a backpack and webbing (from INF4). I am also working on unit patches (the red on the hat) to add some colour (red = 1st Division, blue = 2nd Division, white = 3rd Division, I will stick with red as it addes more to the graphic).
6. This was an adaption of unit #5, where I am working on removing the facial hair (still a work in progress, face could be used for any of the above models).
2. This was one of my more ambitious projects. Taking unit #4, plus INF2, and merging the two units into the new pose for unit #2.
1. This was an even more ambitious project. I took unit #2, and added the winter coat from SHARP2.
7. This is an attempt at modifying the elite INF6 into a unit that more closely resembles a trooper from the Iron Briagde. I changed the face profile (modified SHARP1 face, had to be shrunk as the SHARP1 unit is larger than the INF6 unit), as well as extending the jacket coat (uniforms of the Iron Briagde had a longer coat). I am probably going to remove the gold from the shoulders, as I cannot find a reference of it in any photographs or paintings of units of the Iron Brigade. I am also stilll working on the Hardee hat and the face as they appear to still be too large (even though I already shrunk them!)
I have completed (still tweaking all of the units) the three different model sizes for units 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 (still working on 1 and 6). I will post up the mod when I have progressed further.
These units are modular, and I could create a mix of different poses and uniform parts (i.e., I could put the top of unit 3 into unit 2 in order to make a new unit that has a horizontally posed rifle, but also with the bedroll around their torso, or I could take the model with the backpack from units 5 or 6 and apply it here as well).
I am also toying with having putees in the case of unit 7 (or having shorter versions as seen in confederate troops) as an option for the above units as well.
Next I plan to do some confederate units (their existing poses and uniforms are already more diverse than the union, so modding will be more superficial), eventually trying to get some butternut uniforms into play (this will be tough to do).
