This mod aims to replace or improve textures in game with new high resolution work while retaining the original feeling and color palette of the game. Characters in game will be given much higher variety of uniforms, equipment and decals which will allow for much deeper experience for those who want to revisit the game or play it for the first time after long time. The textures are redone using original ones as base whenever possible (most are still nice and have at least basic realism) to retain original design, but all textures are upscaled to twice (or more) of original resolution, sharpened, and have decals either redrawn, or replaced with as much reverence to realism as possible. In effect the skins are extra realistic, but also don't look out of place - everything is done as to not ruin the original scene background and color palette that has been developed specially for SPR and MoHAA.
The all-new Panzer crew uniforms, made in proper variety. From left to right: NCO, three enlisted men in differing uniforms, tank commander, and the panzer battalion commanding officer.
In vanilla game the 2015 made some weird choices in that regard, they made multiple models for Panzer division but then added only one proper tank crewman skin (panzer_obershutze). For tank commander model they added the long leather coat, which although used in WWII by officers, I never saw or heard of anybody using it inside tanks - it would be rather cumbersome in the cramped interior of tank. Those coats were only worn outside, in HQ or while driving in staff cars.
However thanks to simple script file it was possible to introduce new proper tank crew characters without removing or swapping vanilla ones. Now when you destroy the tank the escaping crew will have these models. They wear proper Panzer "wrapper" uniforms in black or "pea dot" camouflage and proper panzer crew headgear visible on screen.
The "panzer_obershutze" model is kept although I am thinking whether it would be better to replace them as snipers in the mission 5 (or just give them camo uniforms to fit the role better).
The very cool model of leather trenchcoat was kept in game as model for high ranking panzer unit officer - player encounters them in panzer units HQs in mission 4 "Behind Enemy Lines". The black leather coat is as seen in vanilla, but with added dot uniform underneath and officer hat in panzer colors.
PS the camo wrapper is still WIP so decals and color balance will be improved.