80 thoughts on “HD Models from 9.7

  1. Oh nice, I didn’t realize the Panzer IV was scheduled to get an HD rework this patch.

    And damn that IS-4 looks nice.

    • Road wheels on IS-4 look garbage though. 2D as fuck. They definitely should have more depth. Ruins whole model.

      • u r 2D urself, that wheels is standard wheels of all IS or tanks built on its chasis series(except IS-7)

      • If you look closely at them and compare each one as the perspective changes, I don’t think they are simply 2D

      • I see roadwheels with depressed central pin which changes with perspective. For me, normal 3D model. Well, the wheels are flat-ish but they were in reality. If you draw a sheet of paper in 3D, it would look 2D from certain points of view. But it doesn’t mean it’s not a 3D render.

  2. Damn, these look really good with the correct lighting, how were these rendered?

    • My hope is that this is a new lighting system they’re implementing. These look AMAZING!

  3. WOW they look sick man that E100 muzzle break though, ELC looks sexy as hell

    • Yup… E-100′s gun now looks even more meaty than before. Also: E-100 has 3 emblems on it (the one on UFP is new). I wonder if its a thing that will be there in-game.

      • Btw, didnt they change the muzzle brake design for E-100? Originally it had slits in it, rather than circular holes.

  4. so, this is what HD models looks like on a good PC. but, i wouldnt know anything about that. i am also slightly erect from looking at the ELC

    • Not really. These images are not made in the BigWorld engine…They look worse in-game

      • it’s probably lightning and textures.

        we have only one light source in game (more of them in garage) and we cant download the max resolution textures anymore.

    • I wonder if its a weak spot as the armour is now thinner there ? …..
      I know its Russian so not a chance

  5. They look really good with the lighting from the render software. Shame they will look worse with Big World’s lighting.

  6. What is the point with those shades of red on German tanks ? Looks like hell

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  8. They finally closed those goddamn “windows” on Pz IV. They really bothered me. :<

  9. I’m just going to say it. I wish you could color your tanks however you want (select color in camo, not allow you draw dicks) Since it’s an arcade game and it won’t matter if you’re the color of dirt or a bright neon color, the spotting mechanics work the same anyway.

    • Yeah, a set of predefined patterns with several base colors that can be changed via sliders.

      My E-100 would instantly be painted red :D

  10. oh my fucking god….still looking like toys but damn, toys have never been so sexy

      • Well, a lot is wrong with MM (eg: our team 3 TDs, all tier 9… enemy team, 7 tier 10 TDs… balanced)

        On topic: Dat ELC! WOW! not World of Warcaft, or Warplanes, or Warships, juts plain good ‘ol fashion WOW!

        Unfortunately, these are proly uncompressed, raw textures, in game they will proly lose 50% of that detail.

        • why the fuck would u consider that a bad thing ? 7 useless fuckers instead of your 3, you prolly got 2 more heavies and 2 more meds as a trade for those TD´s = u win

      • Oh he wants the MM to give him less retards. I know MM fucks up sometimes and coughs out 7 t10s vs 3 t10s but you cant ask it to fix stupidity of players. Once you comprehend that then you will realize that those 1v15 losses are all part of the randomness of it. Its all small decisions by the players that decide how the game will turn out.

  11. Yeeei, now the spaced armor on Pz. 4 turret will work as intended :)
    Only the Pz. 4 Hydro and the Pz. 5/4 are left now with open doors..

    And THAT mega sexy model of E-100.. if only it would look like that ingame.

    • I want proper side screens on Pz IV S. Screw those useless steel meshes.

  12. After the patch 9.0 all they do is promise “the next patch will bring alot of HD models” only to present us with a measly 4 or 5 per patch .

    • This!
      And there was a statement some time ago, that they even cannot introduce too many HD models in one patch because the Patch size would be too high..

      • yeah, and considering how every patch causes crashes and weird stuff, I’m rather doing a complete reinstall every patch… so a patch size means very little… I’d rather wait 20 minutes more to download whole client than getting client crash several times and then do a reinstall anyway…

  13. Ive heared that the Super Pershing shall comme with this patch in HD too… Where isit?!?

    • This ^ Even though these look sexy as fuck, where is the even sexier Super Pershing :O

      • they are still decreasing the UFP angle and thickness to it’s “historical” values… you know, it has to be historical as fuck since it already has it’s historical gun… :D :D :D :D oh well :(

  14. Yet again the german HD models look like crap while the soviet IS-4 looks fantastic. It’s obvious what tanks have priority in this matter.

    • Isn’t it because many German tanks looked crap? JgP100 isn’t a pinnacle of aestetics, is it… same with PzIV. There are other German tanks that look really good but they are not in the batch.

  15. There are actually marks on the E-100 turret that look like some poor soldier firing an MG burst at it in despair :O looks awesome!

  16. Damn they all look so pretty , ELC DDDAAYYYYMN. Just fix this warpack shit already WG okay : ( please , don’t make me love and hate this game at the same time. Please :(

  17. IS4 looks great too bad it’s complete garbage of a tank. Will enjoy JgPz E-100 though.

    • Dude lol, it’s not garbage at all when played properly. Perhaps a slight adjustment in its frontal armour angles would make a great benefit to the IS-4, but other than that it’s quite fine tbh.

  18. Guys who played the 9.6 test, do you spot any difference in the E-100 HD model that was in 9.6 CT and the one above?

  19. Holy shit! My IS-4 in glorious HD *drool* and the E100 as well *drool* and the ELC AMX as well *drool* Well done WG, great job on those models, fantastic render as well – shame the BigWorld engine will most likely force a loss in the quality of these… Nevertheless, these are still stunning, looking forward to seeing them in-game soon! :)

  20. I was like: OMG those looks so amazing and I kept scrolling down with excitement to see how sexy the super pershing will be, but then I reached the end of the photos and I started to cri , cri everytim ;_;

  21. I’d still love to know how they HD’d a model of a Tank Destroyer that never existed … dat JagdZilla.

    …and why they didn’t hang tracks off the hooks running down the sides of it … if you didn’t want to put them there, you shouldn’t have even bothered with the damn hooks.

    • Well, the thickness was buffed from 12mm to 20mm, so it will bounce more 122′s and ignore overmatch ;o

    • Lol wait until the E75 gets its HD model as well, that would be something worth keeping an eye out for ;) but indeed, the E100 and all the rest look absolutely gorgeous, can’t wait to get them on the live server.

  22. Time to roll out my old rusty E100 and shake some soviet steel again. This time in HD.

  23. SS, do you know if it is possible to get the files for these vehicles? If the test comes tomorrow, 5.3.15, can I download it and pull the vehicle from the games files and use as a tank skin on the live server (only I would see it like any other custom skin). I just can’t wait to get that ELC!