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Title: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: Nisky on October 26, 2008, 04:55:16 PM
Would HTC accept a desert camo scheme for the firefly? Or would they not because they are going to add the M4 sherman or because it was not in Africa? Does anyone know?
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: glock89 on October 26, 2008, 04:56:01 PM
No.
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: MjTalon on October 26, 2008, 04:58:26 PM
I don't think so. Actually the Sherman was in africa. If i can recall they had a extensive campaign in that ToW. Any WW2 vets mind confirming?

As for glock... You my friend, are sad.... :confused:
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: glock89 on October 26, 2008, 05:00:28 PM
I don't think so. Actually the Sherman was in africa. If i can recall they had a extensive campaign in that ToW. Any WW2 vets mind confirming?

As for glock... You my friend, are sad.... :confused:
The early war Shermans was in African.
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: Nisky on October 26, 2008, 05:25:51 PM
Im talking about the VC firefly which didnt come in to action til the normandy landings. The question was if i could skin an desert camo on the firefly seeing as we dont have the American M4.
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: glock89 on October 26, 2008, 06:36:01 PM
Im talking about the VC firefly which didnt come in to action til the normandy landings. The question was if i could skin an desert camo on the firefly seeing as we dont have the American M4.
It look weird ask skuzzy.
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: Dux on October 26, 2008, 06:59:21 PM
If it's not accepted "officially", we could look into having it built into our desert terrains as the default. It would have to pass a quality test first, though.
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: Ack-Ack on October 31, 2008, 08:49:44 PM
Im talking about the VC firefly which didnt come in to action til the normandy landings. The question was if i could skin an desert camo on the firefly seeing as we dont have the American M4.

I believe skins have to be tied with the historical units the vehicles/planes served with, which is one of the reasons why the black P-38J skin was pulled (no P-38J ever had a black paint scheme) when it was realized it had accidently gotten through.


ack-ack
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: Obie303 on November 01, 2008, 03:20:31 PM
Here's what I found on camouflaged Firefly:

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff186/obie303/M4A1shermanfirefly-polishcamo.jpg)
The Polish 1st armoured division had this paint scheme.  (Sorry, I dug this info up quickly.  I don't have time to research my books further on where this version saw action.)

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff186/obie303/M4A1shermanfirefly-wintercamo1.jpg)
This one I'm not sure about what model sherman this is.  It also could be just an artist's rendition of a winter camo for the sherman.  Would be nice though.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff186/obie303/M4A1shermanfirefly-desertcamo1.jpg)
And this one looks like the Sherman M4A3. 

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff186/obie303/hunn_sherman.jpg)

This one just looks menacing.  Another fun one if it fits into HTC's criteria.

I'm not a tank expert.  Hopefully somebody can come in here and offer some solid answers to this question.

Obie.
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: glock89 on November 01, 2008, 07:04:26 PM
The Sherman with the mean face was only for Korea to scared the peolpe off.
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: Guppy35 on November 01, 2008, 10:11:36 PM
Bottom 2 Shermans are M4A3E8s with the updated turret and 76mm gun. 

The gray/snow camo Sherman is a short barrel 75 M4A3

There isn't a lot of variations in Firefly camo.  There were some snow camo.  Fencer did a couple skins for Firefly's

Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: Nisky on November 03, 2008, 12:51:07 PM
I'd really like to see a snow camo on the firefly and the tiger. I saw that USRanger had incorporated a winter tiger skin in his terrain. Then i looked at T34/76 and one of its skins just says winter would it be possible just to take one of the tigers from the russian front and just put a white wash paint on it?
 
 http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/1-Germany/03-sPanzers/Pz.Kpfw6-Tiger1/PzBfWg6E-Tiger1(SdKfz267).htm
 
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/1-Germany/03-sPanzers/Pz.Kpfw6-Tiger1/PzKpfw6H1-Snorkel2.htm
Title: Re: Camo for the Firefly?
Post by: TheflyingElk on November 09, 2008, 12:39:13 PM
the 2nd Pic looks like marine corp version with the assault flame thrower that would also explain the paint scheme for assault on volcanic Islands such as Iwo Jima