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Axis leader picture MOD - 12/20/2010 8:54:55 AM

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Im sure we've all noticed that the game has a significant amount of leader pictures missing, so i decided to add the missing pieces, BUT ive ran into a major snag. Which is that i can't seem to find ANY pictures of some of the generals.

So if anyone knows where i can find the rest of the german\italian leader pictures, that are not included in the package or is of better quality, please let me know and ill try to add em.

Oh and I tried to maintain the same "feel" that the existing pictures have, and if anyone knows the method\filters used to create the "original" pictures id be very grateful.

v.1.0 Added Historical Swastikas\SS banners to all the german leaders
v.1.1 10 Leader pictures added + changed some of the old ones to higher quality pics
v.1.2 "bullet holes" and outlines added

Download v.1.2 Here
(link fixed... again)

Preview pictures:

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RE: Missing Axis leaders Project - 12/20/2010 2:23:57 PM

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Very good .......... but what about an unpolitically correct version with 'real' german flag as modded around here, too?

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 12/24/2010 2:08:47 AM

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Thank you for providing us such an excellent effort.

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 12/24/2010 2:10:44 AM

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Now I wish they would move those "bullet holes" to outside the portrait.

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 12/24/2010 4:46:49 AM

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opps

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 12/24/2010 6:01:11 AM

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Thank You Sir.

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 12/24/2010 8:43:24 AM

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Looks like they've applied 'Sepia' to me. Maybe some hue effects as well.

Here's you with Sepia applied...

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 12/24/2010 9:38:33 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

Looks like they've applied 'Sepia' to me. Maybe some hue effects as well.

Here's you with Sepia applied...

Yeah i figured as much but i think there's some "edge thickening" filter being used aswell and some of the more intricate details on the faces are slightly smudged\flattened with something.

And about those "bullet holes".. i was gonna add em into my pictures but they were initially a pain in the buttocks so i "forgot" about em

Removing them from all the photos would be a huuge undertaking since you can't just create some "fix" layer and batch it on since every picture is a little different.

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/12/2011 1:34:59 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: jhak

Im sure we've all noticed that the game has a significant amount of leader pictures missing, so i decided to add the missing pieces, BUT ive ran into a major snag. Which is that i can't seem to find ANY pictures of some of the generals. So if anyone knows where i can find the rest of the german\italian leader pictures, that are not included in the package or is of better quality, please let me know and ill try to add em.

Oh and I tried to maintain the same "feel" that the existing pictures have, and if anyone knows the method\filters used to create the "original" pictures id be very grateful.

v.1.0 Added Historical Swastikas\SS banners to all the german leaders
Download v.1.0 Here

Preview pictures:

I found this site - no idea what the blogger is saying but the photos are there.

http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2010/04/daftar-general-der-flieger-luftwaffe.html
Can you explain how to link a leader to a photo or would you have to kill me?

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/13/2011 8:48:27 AM

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Good work Jhak.

Although i noticed you don't have Ld0091 ?

Any idea who this is?

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/13/2011 12:00:54 PM

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quote:

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Good work Jhak.

Although i noticed you don't have Ld0091 ?

Any idea who this is?

It's Otto Kaempfe.. i couldn't find his picture.

Btw. You can find out the names of those missing leaders with the editor.

quote:

I found this site - no idea what the blogger is saying but the photos are there.

http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2010/04/daftar-general-der-flieger-luftwaffe.html
Can you explain how to link a leader to a photo or would you have to kill me?

Thanks for the link.. i'll see if i can add those in.

I use photoshop for editing the pictures.
I make them by first creating a layer with the flag on it, + another layer with the color\tones, or you could just use sepia from layer styles.

After those are done, save the template and youre ready to copy paste the picture in.. scale the picture and move it's layer below everything else.
Then you just save the file with the appropriate name and format. Sometimes if the picture is of poor quality, i might add some fx to strenghten the outlines.

It's actually quite easy once you get the hang of it.

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/13/2011 2:11:18 PM

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I looked in the editor under the leaders section but could not find any mention of Helmut Forster who is leader of I Fliegerkorps. I was going to try my hand at putting a photo in from the website I found but was not able to as he ain't there.
Any suggestions where he may be?

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/13/2011 3:10:38 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: markwall06

I looked in the editor under the leaders section but could not find any mention of Helmut Forster who is leader of I Fliegerkorps. I was going to try my hand at putting a photo in from the website I found but was not able to as he ain't there.
Any suggestions where he may be?

Should be there under #0257

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/13/2011 6:32:09 PM

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Oh yeah - obviously the find function does not work too well!

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/14/2011 6:34:57 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: jhak

quote:

ORIGINAL: victor charlie

Good work Jhak.

Although i noticed you don't have Ld0091 ?

Any idea who this is?

It's Otto Kaempfe.. i couldn't find his picture. Btw. You can find out the names of those missing leaders with the editor.

Did some research on the net and couldn�t find any reference at all to Otto Kaempfe.
But did find lots about Rudolf Kaempfe. Who is not listed in the game?

Is this an error here? Should it be Rudolf not Otto? Can we verify this with designer?

Also some other info;
General der Artillerie Rudolf Kaempfe
Born: 10 Apr 1883 in Moscow
Died: 23 Dec 1962 in Stuttgart
Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Oct 1902); Leutnant (18 Aug 1903); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1911); Hauptmann (08 Nov 1914); Major (01 May 1925); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1930); Oberst (01 Feb 1933); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1935); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1938); General der Artillerie (01 Jul 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (26 Feb 1902)
Fahnenjunker in the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (26 Feb 1902-01 Oct 1905)
Detached to the Field-Artillery-Firing-School (01 Oct 1905-1908)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (1908-1916)
Transferred into the General-Staff of III. Army-Corps (1916-1917)
Transferred into the General-Staff of IX. Army-Corps (1917-1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 195th Infantry-Regiment (1917-01 Oct 1919)
Battalion-Commander in Border-Protection Upper Silesia (Freikorps) (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Battery-Chief in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-1924)
With the Staff of IV. Battalion of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (1924-15 Jun 1925)
With the Staff of Group-Command 2 (15 Jun 1925-01 Feb 1927)
In the Operations-Department, RWM (1st Department) (01 Feb 1927-01 Feb 1929)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1929-01 Apr 1932)
Commandant of Glatz & Schweidnitz (01 Apr 1932-01 Apr 1935)
Artillery-Commander 8 (01 Apr 1935-20 Apr 1937)
Commander of the 31st Division (01 Apr 1937-01 May 1941)
Commander of Higher-Command z.b.V. XXXV (01 May 1941-20 Jan 1942)
Commanding General of XXXV. Army-Corps (20 Jan 1942-30 Sep 1942)
To the Disposal of OKH (01 Oct 1942-21 Jul 1944)
Arrested by the Gestapo (21 Jul 1944-09 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (09 May 1945-30 Sep 1949)
Released (30 Sep 1949)

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/14/2011 8:19:29 AM

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You sure its not Helmuth Forster?

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/14/2011 8:18:46 PM

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quote:

Did some research on the net and couldn�t find any reference at all to Otto Kaempfe.
But did find lots about Rudolf Kaempfe. Who is not listed in the game?

Is this an error here? Should it be Rudolf not Otto? Can we verify this with designer?

Exact, is this an error. 091 - "Otto" Kaempfe ----> must be "Rudolf" Kaempfe.

But also there are enough spelling errors in the german generals. In addition, the aristocratic titles (Freiherr, Graf, Ritter, etc) can be replaced with the "von" (or they can be added to the "von").

004 - Maximilian Angelis ----> must be Maximilian "de" Angelis
019 - "Albert" Bulowius ----> must be "Alfred" Bulowius
020 - Rudolf Bunau ----> must be Rudolf "von" Bunau
024 - Kurt Chevallerie ----> must be Kurt "von der" Chevallerie
037 - "Freiherr" Falkenstein ----> must be "Hans von" Falkenstein (or Hans Freiherr von Falkenstein) Ouch!!! In reality "Sigismund von" Falkenstein, from the Luftwaffe
101 - "Matthais" Kleinheisterkamp ----> must be "Matthias" Kleinheisterkamp
154 - Wolfram Richthofen ----> must be Wolfram "von" Richthofen (or Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen)
172 - Fridolin Senger und Etterlin ----> must be Fridolin "von" Senger und Etterlin
196 - "Graf" von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt ----> must be "Walter" von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (or Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt)
209 - Smilo "Baron" von Luttwitz ----> must be Smilo von Luttwitz (or Smilo Freiherr von Luttwitz, Baron in german is Freiherr)
214 - Hans von "Obstfelber" ----> must be Hans von "Obstfelder"
226 - "Walter" von Seydlitz-"Kurzback" ----> must be "Walther" von Seydlitz-"Kurzbach"
228 - Graf von Sponeck ----> must be "Hans" von Sponeck (or Hans Graf von Sponeck)
257 - "Helmut" Forster ----> must be"Helmuth" Forster
266 - Otto "Sponheim" ----> must be Otto "Sponheimer"

On the other hand, where it is the General der Artillerie "Horst von Mellenthin" that was a commander of Armeekorps and Panzerkorps in the East in 1944-45?

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/20/2011 10:01:42 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: jhak

quote:

ORIGINAL: redmarkus4

Looks like they've applied 'Sepia' to me. Maybe some hue effects as well.

Here's you with Sepia applied...

Yeah i figured as much but i think there's some "edge thickening" filter being used aswell and some of the more intricate details on the faces are slightly smudged\flattened with something.

And about those "bullet holes".. i was gonna add em into my pictures but they were initially a pain in the buttocks so i "forgot" about em
Removing them from all the photos would be a huuge undertaking since you can't just create some "fix" layer and batch it on since every picture is a little different.

Sorry - I missed your reply.

Just use "Soften portrait" under the Effects/Photo menu in paint.net (free download and use) to get the blur effect.

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/20/2011 10:02:02 AM

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PM me if you want assistance with anything

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 2/20/2011 10:06:57 AM

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Is this more like what you want?

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 3/8/2011 3:08:02 AM

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I have obtained photographies of some german, italian and romanian generals that or they are not in the game, or they it are with pictures of minor quality. Is someone interested?

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 4/22/2011 3:37:49 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Cerion

I have obtained photographies of some german, italian and romanian generals that or they are not in the game, or they it are with pictures of minor quality. Is someone interested?

I'm interested.. sent you a pm.

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 5/11/2011 11:09:10 AM

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I believe the download link in the original post is dead. (Original poster has been notified via PM.)

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 5/27/2011 10:16:09 AM

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Its not dead I just snagged it.

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RE: Axis leader picture MOD - 8/5/2013 3:45:30 PM

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Download links dead. Anyone possibly using this mod, and if so would you be willing to share the photos? I really wanted to implemet the SS banner on certain generals the way this mod did. Tnx!

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