Bz2 Unit Icons

[Commando]

Does anyone know how to create bz2 unit icons?

For the most part, I know how to do it, my main problem is getting the coloring right.  Anyone know what light colors were used when creating the icon renders?

[bigbadbogie]

just go into one of the original icons and eyedrop the colour

[General BlackDragon]

uuum

that doesnt help this question.

I think Avatar might know.

[Commando]

As far as I can tell, I can't setup the lighting in 3Dex to match the stock icons.

I hope I am wrong since that is all I have for editing them.

[Nielk1]

I take them in blue from 3DE or DE and then use MAX to change it to whatever I want.

[TheJamsh]

much better idea

i know we hate this program but... open it in threed with all the textures taken off. now get a side-on view of it perhaps, and take a screenshot.

save that screenshot in windows paint as a 24-bit bitmap (i think thats the one). the black background is completely black around the model which is useful because you dont have to cut it out

open the file in XnView and save it as a .tga

edit the file with GIMP, go to layer>transparency>colour to alpha and select black.

the alpha channel should now be added in.

save the file (under SAVE AS only NOT SAVE or it will add RLE compression which BZ2 doesnt support and youll get an AV) as icon_*v****.tga

there you go! i believe you can add a blue tint to the image in gimp as well.

[Nielk1]

TheJamsh, thats just a slower, harder, lower quality version of what I do and said.

[TheJamsh]

yeh but if you dont have 3DE or max then mines also free lol

[VSMIT]

So's 3DE.  If you know where to find it.

VSMIT.

[Nielk1]

In the state where the trial period of 3DE has ended, you can still view models.

[TheJamsh]

so you view them in blue and the icon work like the original

fine i give in you ideas better lol

[Nielk1]

:-p

I stole it from a tutorial, I added the PS part cause I like to tweak it a lot to make it perfect.

[squirrelof09]

So's 3DE.  If you know where to find it.

VSMIT.

Busted.

[VSMIT]

Why?  The trials are free, and a couple of them don't break completely when their trial period is up.  And most of them are in the same place, if you know where it is.

VSMIT.

[Nielk1]

Dutchboy's site remains.

I remember when he was active...