Challenger turning into a submarine in SteelBeasts:
http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/Asid_1...2a1eab.jpg.html

From euro-Head-to-Head game(VOWOPANZ) tonight

Leopardo 2E olive skin. Modified Skin is made by Keshman. Thank you, exellent work!
Also thanks to Silentx, who made the original skin for the 2.5
version of SB


For full size picture:
Leo 2E_Woodland

Can be downloaded here:
http://www.steelbeasts.org/downloads.php?do=file&id=1303

http://www.steelbeasts.org/downloads.php?do=cat&id=5

Same goes for the desert version:

Leo2E_Desert

Kudos to the skin maker it looks great.

Yes, one can not thank the skin makers enough.
It takes a lot of time to produce a quality skin, and it is a great contribution to gameplay.
The same goes for the map makers.
It needs hundreds of working hours to make a detailed map!

I attached a few pictures of the Fulda-Gap map made by Falli from PzBtl911(v) and added a google earth shot for comparison.

The ultimate SB-gamecontrolers

I think it's fair to say you had fun,
It was good to see you Ronin_GE

Stridsvagn122, The Leopard from the north


Complete with BMS(battle-field-management system)


"Strange" labels


And a slightly different GAS(gunner auxilary sight)

Australian M1A2 Tank. Skins made by Falli (PzBtl911)

Peace keeping Warriors

This is why "action shots" with steelbeasts are a bit of a challenge.
This picture is was taken this Thursday in a PzBtl911 COOP(=some human players versus scripted enemy) game.
In the foreground: My Leo1A5 (company command vehicle)
Then there is a Leo1A5 platoon(4 tanks) in front of me manned by 4 players...and in tacticaly sound formation/distance
The Platoon leader is at my 11 O'clock and at the very edge on the left you see the 2IC. ==> it's hard to get everything into one picture.




Another shot of the same platoon in the assembly area:

Arguably that's also one of the reasons why there are so few tank movies made in Hollywood. You have to compress formations to the point of being ridiculous to fit them to a screen, and even then they still look small, and let's not even begin with the actors' faces.

Things get even more interessting if you try to get your tank and the enemy into one picture:
Leopard 2A4 in position, enemy is at 12 o'clock

You see: nothing.

If you switch to 8x magnification, you see them, but your own tank would be to big for the picture.


In the gunners primary sights(GPS) you get a good view, and might even identify them a T-tanks.
Distance to target is 2220m, which is considered a standart engament range.


And that my friends, is why tankies usually just laugh if the infantry speaks about "long range engagements" :-)

...conveniently ignoring the amused chuckle of the artillery men next table...

Some desert shots, 1980isch:



Sho't


Iranian M-60


Iraqi T-62 and T-55



These are the standart skins.
Graphic setting set to default

I took all three of those shots, put them together and now I have the most awesome desktop background ever.

From this Friday's VOWOPANZ . (Played with users from Australia, Spain and Germany, Map: Fulda Gap)




Remanents of E-Troop making a hasty retreat through the Nuhr valley.
Our CAS is also giving up their BP after losing one AH-64.

A challenger 2 in the streets of Bad Fallingbostel, soon a thing of the past IRL

Mahmout and his Boyz on the way to drop some Mortar rounds on the infidels:




It's hard work, but going well...smooth ride.
Now set everything up. Damn, that baseplate is pretty heavy!


Ready to go!


Still, there is the odd feeling we are beeing whatched



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