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GDI Light Infantry
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Regulus
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:03 pm    Post subject:  GDI Light Infantry
Subject description: Standardized Training Recruit
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GDI Light Infantry



The Global Defense Initiative recruits members from all over the world, and as such, new training methods were developed to streamline the skill sets of incoming enlisted personnel. Armed with the rugged and reliable AR-70 Raptor Combat Rifle, the GDI Light Infantry stand as the first line of defense against the forces of the Brotherhood of Nod.

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DaFool
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

No minigun? #Tongue

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Other than the name, there is no reference to them ever carrying Miniguns, and a chain gun is not a minigun.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

No, in Renegade they were not "minigunners"...

According to the N64 C&C manual, the minigunners sport either an M-16 or an AK-47.

Ah whatever.

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DaFool
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

a Minigun is a powered gattling gun, and a chain gun does not have spinning barrels. Thus in Renegade, that chain gun is really a minigun used by the officer(?). Funnily enough, in TFD manual, the cameo for the minigunner is a dude using a minigun from a helicopter, as seen in one of the little videos ingame.

Call it a freudian slip, but I just like comically oversized weapons in C&C. The accurate sized weapons in WoT just feels wrong to me.

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gufu
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Actually, didn't the original TD manual state that they ARE actually armed with light miniguns? You know, because it's THE FUTURE™!

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Regulus
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Yeah, the chaingun in Renegade is a really a minigun, which, interestingly enough, WW made a reverse of this same slip up (which is what I was referring to) in the original manual, stating that Minigunners were:

Equipped with the GAU-3 “Eliminator” 5.56mm chaingun, this troop is the key player in the GDI forces.

(Nod actually carries and M-16. Seriously, WTF.)

The GAU-3 isn't a real gun, but the image that is shown is that of a Calico M950, which is an interesting weapon in its own right.

A chain gun is a gun whose reloading mechanism that uses an external source of power, rather than the recoil of the gas pressure released by the powder of the cartridge, to reload the weapon. Examples of chain guns are the M242 Bushmaster Chaingun which was installed on the Bradley IFV for a long time. (also interestingly, the term "Chain Gun" is trademarked.)

Moral of the story,

WW had no idea what the hell they were talking about when it came to weapon systems #Tongue

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Orac
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Its a good thing they were such good coders or we'd... wait. No.

Anyhow, weapons aside, how was this infantryman created? Recolour, or did you get your infantry conversion work up and running?

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Orac wrote:
Anyhow, weapons aside, how was this infantryman created? Recolour, or did you get your infantry conversion work up and running?


Either way, it looks great.

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Orac
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

yeah, except I'm not sure how well the contrast will show up ingame...

Looks pretty good though, Regulus - I hope we get to see the rest of the infantry in the near future, this mod looks great Very Happy

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Regulus
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Its a model that was rigged and rendered. The Nod Light Infantry is done too, I just haven't made a .gif of it yet.

On a side note, I will probably darken up the infantry pallet because I too feel that it will be too bright, even though the colorscheme between the GDI vxls and GDI shps is exactly the same.

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OmegaBolt
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Do they fire from the hip? I always thought that looked best.

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Crimsonum
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

No standing-while-firing poses please. It's far too unrealistic when battalions of infantry just stand there and only go prone for a short period when hit.

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