The Wolf's Lair: Ostheer-inspired Misc. Stuff

...For those who can't get enough of the much-awaited Ostheer!



SIGNATURES

Ostheer Sig #1


Ostheer Sig #2


Ostheer Sig #3


Ostheer Sig #4


Ostheer Sig #5





AVATARS

Ostheer Avatar #1 ("Waffen-Grenadier")


Ostheer Avatar #2 ("Dirlewangers")


Ostheer Avatar #3 ("Hauptsturmführer")


Ostheer Avatar #4 ("Sturmbannführer")


Ostheer Avatar #5 ("PzKpfw. III Ausf. H")


Ostheer Avatar #6 ("Sturmartillerie! Ability")


Ostheer Avatar #7 ("SS-Feldpolizei")


Ostheer Avatar #8 (Gebirgsjäger mit Stahlhelm")



...MORE TO COME!!!

**These were made for amusement/non-commercial purposes only. They are not intended to represent/portray actual Ostheer units or concepts.

Last edited August 18, 2010 at 3:44 AM by Werwolf

They look good, tempted to use the Officer one.

Interesting.

Hehe. I had waaaaayyy too much time on my hands.  :P

Oooh, avatar #5 gave me an idea - I'll post if it's any good ;)

Nice work btw.

Edit:

Meh, maybe not - so little space to work with!!
If I upload the tank images - care to have a go at designing something to replace the King Tiger, Calliope and Hetzer call-ins? - that displays the original unit and the the new unit in some way.

Can't have new trees replacing the original ones so am mixing the descriptions (changing the name of the call in, and adding a "REWARD UNIT:" bit to the description), would like to mix the icons in the same way.


Was going to try a ghost of the new unit behind the old one - but with the amount of pixels available that's not very easy.

Last edited July 17, 2010 at 4:00 PM by Dragon93

Wow man nice pics! :)

this is great! love avatar 5 & 6,
and love the "goddamned recrewing bug"  ;D

Just a small note about sig.5:
Your sig: Und das Heißt...Erika!
"Correct": Und das heißt...Erika!
Just a cosmetical/linguistical correction.

And my personal note; i think it would be cooler when u
wirte the hole refrain:
Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein.
Und das heißt...Erika xD

I love that song ^^

About avatar 3: Hans von Gröbel is still alive  ;D
Jeah! The Codename Panzers Hero. That game was
so cool. I played it so intensive. Gröbel is my hero  :D

And all in all; cool grafic stuff here!  ;D

Last edited July 17, 2010 at 10:42 PM by Lord Rommel

yes panzers was ok
the game was good but the story was a cartoon
"I am Hans von Gröbel! I am a prussian Nazi!! I speak terrible German! Jawohl! Attacke!!"
"Uhuhu iche bin Luigi! Die Spagetti alla Mamma!!"
I hated that... ::)
Also is it just me or is this Forum quite germanophile?
Everybody round here seems to love all them Nazi symbols and tanks
well i also like CoH as a game but i dont have k98 and M24(whatever that is) at home...

Thanks everyone...  ;D

Pauly3 wrote:
M24(whatever that is) at home...

...you mean the M24 Chaffee light tank?  :o

Pauly3 wrote:
Also is it just me or is this Forum quite germanophile?
Everybody round here seems to love all them Nazi symbols and tanks
well i also like CoH as a game but i dont have k98 and M24(whatever that is) at home...

Yeah, i've noticed that too.. but i think people are just WW2 fanatics, especially german stuff is cool i think, because they had cooler stuff..(tiger etc.)  :P and it's also maybe because everybody is excited about the new ostheer..  ;D

SK8ERatWAR wrote:

Pauly3 wrote:
Also is it just me or is this Forum quite germanophile?
Everybody round here seems to love all them Nazi symbols and tanks
well i also like CoH as a game but i dont have k98 and M24(whatever that is) at home...

Yeah, i've noticed that too.. but i think people are just WW2 fanatics, especially german stuff is cool i think, because they had cooler stuff..(tiger etc.)  :P and it's also maybe because everybody is excited about the new ostheer..  ;D

+1

blackbishop wrote:

SK8ERatWAR wrote:

Pauly3 wrote:
Also is it just me or is this Forum quite germanophile?
Everybody round here seems to love all them Nazi symbols and tanks
well i also like CoH as a game but i dont have k98 and M24(whatever that is) at home...

Yeah, i've noticed that too.. but i think people are just WW2 fanatics, especially german stuff is cool i think, because they had cooler stuff..(tiger etc.)  :P and it's also maybe because everybody is excited about the new ostheer..  ;D

+1

+2

I also admit to being a WW2 fanatic... In fact, I collect a lot of vintage Soviet and German (Imperial and Third Reich) militaria.  ;) And I think it's a family thing as well, since both my wife's family and mine were mostly on the side who lost WW2 (Hers: Langemarck[1 grandfather KIA], Wallonien [2 grandfathers, and 1 grand-uncle MIA], 1st The Royal Dragoons [1 great-grandfather KIA and 1 grandfather]; Mine: Nordland [1 great-grandfather, and 1 grand-uncle KIA], Lützow [1 great-grand-uncle KIA], Kurmark [1 grand-uncle], Feldhernhalle II [2 grandfathers KIA], 5. Panzer-Division [1 grand-uncle KIA]). But I digress.  :)

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Dragon93 wrote:
Meh, maybe not - so little space to work with!!

I just started out with 500x500 templates, then reduced them to their current sizes...it's a bit tricky though  :P

Last edited July 19, 2010 at 3:45 AM by Werwolf

Pauly3 wrote:
yes panzers was ok
the game was good but the story was a cartoon
"I am Hans von Gröbel! I am a prussian Nazi!! I speak terrible German! Jawohl! Attacke!!"
"Uhuhu iche bin Luigi! Die Spagetti alla Mamma!!"
I hated that... ::)
Also is it just me or is this Forum quite germanophile?
Everybody round here seems to love all them Nazi symbols and tanks
well i also like CoH as a game but i dont have k98 and M24(whatever that is) at home...

I think properly everybody are a bit fanatic in taboo subjects, at least I am
but yes German equipments in WW2 are the coolest

awesome!

personally favourite is avatar 4, cause of its winter clothing fits best to ostheer theme.

Is it only me or isn´t avatar 1 looking kinda zombie with its pale skin?  ;D

Killar wrote:
awesome!

personally favourite is avatar 4, cause of its winter clothing fits best to ostheer theme.

Is it only me or isn´t avatar 1 looking kinda zombie with its pale skin?  ;D

...frostbite?  ;D :P

these are really good man

what program did you use to make the avatars? photoshop?

Killar wrote:
what program did you use to make the avatars? photoshop?

Yep. Photoshop CS5  :) ;D

Sorry for the late reply, mate. Just got back from a long overdue vacation to Santorini with me wife.  ;)

no worry! I hope you enjoyed your holidays!  :)

I was just wondering how to edit a image to look like relics comic style...

As i´m loving to draw, i was making a win screen for soviets:



I´m not done yet. Under the flag there should be a destryed german tank or an advancing t34.

How do you like it?

greetings

Last edited August 8, 2010 at 2:30 PM by Killar

Killar wrote:
no worry! I hope you enjoyed your holidays!  :)

I was just wondering how to edit a image to look like relics comic style...

As i´m loving to draw, i was making a win screen for soviets:



I´m not done yet. Under the flag there should be a destryed german tank or an advancing t34.

How do you like it?

greetings

Wow! that's quite a sketch!  ;) You're on the right track, composition-wise... you can also add something like an explosion or advancing troops in the immediate background (center) to further unify all of the elements.  ;) The officer waving a Tokarev's a very good choice as well.

Hmm, for the Relic-style effects you can try using Adobe® Photoshop filters (CS2 onwards are the best IMO---I use CS5) or alternatively, you could "paint" it yourself with CS4/CS5 or Corel® Painter 11. It'll be easier with a Wacom pen and tablet (preferably Cintiq) though...it feels just like the real thing  ;D 8) But that's just me, I guess. The devs might be able to help you out a bit more...  :D

Well, I hope that helped, somehow...  ;) Good luck, Kamerad! And kindly share with us your results when you're done!  :D

Additional References:

http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/painting/create-a-fantasy-painting-with-photoshop-cs5s-mixer-brush-psdtuts-premium-tutorial/
http://www.steeldolphin.com/htmltuts/digital_colorpart1.html
http://www.steeldolphin.com/htmltuts/digital_colorpart1.html
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/photoshopcafe-tv/comic-art-on-a-wacom-cintiq-in-photoshop-cs4

Last edited August 8, 2010 at 2:59 PM by Werwolf

Many thanks for the links!  :D

I will work through and post when its done

New avatars! check 'em out  ;D

What about a Gebirgsjagers without the helmet?

Wow, these graphics are so damn cool.  ;D

HyperSniper999 wrote:
What about a Gebirgsjagers without the helmet?

With the ski cap? Working on it...  ;)

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Happycat wrote:
Wow, these graphics are so damn cool.  ;D

Danke schön, Happycat!  :)

Last edited August 18, 2010 at 3:50 AM by Werwolf