Raider Approved Axis Skins

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Here is a list of 1st MRB approved materials:

Axis Skins

Name: Axe for Shovel Remix

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/23478

Size of download? 2 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? No read me file at all.

Other Comments: This skin changes the Axis melee from the shovel entrenching tool to an axe. The axe itself is well done and looks realistic and high res. The skin is the same height as the shovel which makes the transition between the two easy and realistic. Using the axe functions correctly and looks great as well due to the very similar swing dynamics that an axe and a shovel share (as opposed to an shovel and a knife for example). Finally the skin doesn't compromise the realism aspect due to the fact that it's a realistic tool that existed in the time period. However the lack of a read me file or any instructions make it much more difficult to install.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 3

Realistic: 5

Overall: 4

Name: Axis of Evil Skins

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/maps/127928

Size of download? 20.9 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? yes, very easy to understand.

Other Comments: These skins are a collaboration of a few different people. A lot of time has gone into the small details which really stands out for example with the medals on the uniform. The downside to the player models is that the armband is on both arms, but overall the high standard is there. The other thing that is bad about the player models, is there is a slightly green tint to the hair. The dagger and glove compliment each other really well, but the sounds do take some time to get used too. Overall if you can get past a few of the tiny downsides, this is a great skin package to us.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4

Name: Axis Spade By PR0PEN v1

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/download/30670

Size of download? 11 MB

Does the the file have read me file: Yes

If yes, is it easy to understand: Yes

Other Comments: Really nicely detailed skin of the Axis shovel, noticeable even on my low-quality computer. There's not much to say about it, it works just the same as the normal shovel, just a bit more appealing to the eye.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 4

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4.25

Name: Black Leather Gloves

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/dods/skins/5680

Size of download? 229 KB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes it has a readme but the readme states you should already know how to install it. In order to install just copy the Materials folder in the download to your dod folder and have it replace the existing materials folder, will override any conflicts and keep your other skins and stuff.

Other Comments: This skin looks pretty good although it would have been nice to see it change not just your hands but the hands of the other character s but it is all in all a good skin. It actually helped my laptop run the game smoother as it has fewer polys than the standard hands. All in all a good skin, gets four skulls out of five.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4

Name: DayofDefeat123s Realistic Mp40

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/8833

Size of download? 1mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes, not really. Tells you to just follow the zip path.

Other Comments: Simple and plain skin that replaces the wooden sides with black metal ones and has some scratches. I run on a crappy computer and on low detail so the scratches don't show up as pretty. Well done skin and looks excellent on higher detail and does indeed look "realistic" though the scratches might be a little too much for some.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 4

Realistic: 5

Overall: 4

Name: DoD Grenade Pack (German Smoke Grenade)

Where to download? http://www.mediafire.com/?33towig09uw2l1i

Size of download? 5.13 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes it does, but the read me file is very confusing in terms of help you're best off asking a member of the ordnance office for help other then decrypting the message in the read me!

Other Comments: It is spot on accurate along with every engraving in the sleeve of the grenade perfect!

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use/Realistic: 5

Overall: 5

Name: FG42

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/28509

Size of download?3mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? yes/yes - Just extract to your dod folder and your done

Other Comments: This is a STG 44 replacement skin with sounds. (support)

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use/Realistic: Easy - 5

Overall: An average out of the three - 5

Name: Frag Sleeved Stielhandgranate with World Model

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/8166

Size of download? 3 MB

Does the the file have read me file?: Yes

If yes, is it easy to understand?: Yes

Other Comments: I love this skin. I've always used the default skins for the german grenades and would often have a hard time distinguishing the smoke grenades from the regular grenades. With these skins, not anymore. It's easy to install, just like the readme file says, just extract to your dod folder and it should be good to go. I definitely recommend this skin.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 5

Overall: 5

Name: German P-38

Where to download? http://dods.gamebanana.com/skins/129422

Size of download? 6,299KB

Does the the file have read me file? No

Other Comments:

This skin package contains 2 different skins(The Expert Skin and Tub’s Skin) for the German pistol. I don’t know guns that well but it looks like they are trying to make the P-38 look more similar to its real life counterpart. They try to accomplish this by making the barrel of the gun look more detached/separate piece form the gun itself. They change the body of the gun to look bulkier underneath the barrel. The Expert Skin is a darker model that is all black. The Tub’s skin has lighter shadows on it and has a wooden colored grip. Negative- Because they were making a skin for a weapon that does not drop in game, they only made the v_models, and because of this it only changes the pistol for your player and not the axis players around you. Both models of this gun have many hard vertical and horizontal lines on them. This hinders gameplay when you are quickly looking from one side of the screen to the other because these hard lines tend to draw your eye to them.

Overall Grading

Appearance:4

Quality:4

Ease of Use:5

Realistic:5

Overall: 4

User Advantage: No

Increases users FOV: No

Name: German Trench Knife

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/59808

Size of download? 1.9MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? No read me. You just extract the folder into the dod folder.

Other Comments: No readme, will be hard / impossible to install for someone with no experience in skinning.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 3

Realistic: 4

Overall: An average out of the four: 4.25

Really good reskin of the shovel. The appearance overall is realistic and you get that authentic feel as if the spade was actually part of the game all along. Highly detailed model with scratches on blade to show wear. My only complaint is that when you actually use it , you can get a lot of range from it since it actually a shovel reskin the shovel and the shovel is considerably 3 times longer than the knife IRL. Feels like you're holding a combat dagger instead. Also, it probably would take more than two slices of a knife to kill someone. If it was stabby action, then it would be more realistic. Other than those points, I don't mind it at all. I would DEFINITELY recommend it to the plain old shovel skin, gives you something pretty to look at.

Name: Hells High's Custom K98 Animations

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/119168

Size of download? 267 kb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes and it has good installation info.

Other Comments: This changes the stock K98 draw, shoot, and reload animations to a custom one. It adds a lot more detail to the k98 animations as well as adds to the realism quite a bit. The draw now includes switching the safety switch off, the reload now includes more hand and finger animations as the clip is inserted, and the shoot animation also has increased hand and finger animations as the bolt is pulled. The installation process is very easy and with help from the read-me anyone could install it.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 5

Overall: 5

Name:High Resolution STG44 By PROPEN with World Model

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/35225

Size of download?8mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? no

Other Comments: I thought this looked pretty good. It didn't really come as a big change to me, and although the detail is very good, I feel that if I wanted to go through getting a skin for a weapon, I'd do it for a new experience. If you're just looking for a much prettier version of the default though, this is prob what you want.

Overall Grading

Appearance:4.5

Quality:4

Ease of Use/Realistic:5

Overall: 4.5

Name: DoD Grenade Pack (German Stielhandgranata)

Where to download? http://www.mediafire.com/?33towig09uw2l1i

Size of download? 5.13 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes it does, but the read me file is very confusing in terms of help you're best off asking a member of the ordnance office for help other then decrypting the message in the read me!

Other Comments: The German Stielhandgranata has the type of grenade it is painted under the name such as Sk. Do 11. 12, Which typically determined type of grenade.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Name: K98 Bajonette

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/47444

Size of download? 2 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? No read me file was included

Other Comments: The Skin is stunningly realistic and very well done. The only problems I had with the skin was that the blade looked dull and unused, their was no world model and that the sounds that came with the skin are kinda annoying.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 4

Realistic: 5

Overall: 4.25

Name: Karabiner 98 Kurz Scharfschütze

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/27350

Size of download? 3mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? no

Other Comments: This makes the scope much more like the US sniper for an easier shot and adds a grainier wood detail to the gun.

I appreciate the scope but think it takes a little away from the fun of the k98 sniper. I do, however think the gun itself does look pretty damn good.

Overall Grading

Appearance:4

Quality:4

Ease of Use/Realistic:4

Overall: 4

Name: Mauser 712

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/33886

Size of download? 8mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes/Yes

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 4

Ease of Use/Realistic: 3

Overall: An average out of the three - 4

Name:Mp-40

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/15323

Size of download? 2mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? No

Other Comments: This mp-40 is pretty sweet. It's a really good, clean, and simple rendering of a better version. I wold suggest this to everybody.

Overall Grading

Appearance:4

Quality:4.5

Ease of Use/Realistic:5

Overall: 4.5

Name: Nazi Black skin

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/87501

Size of download? 407kb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes/yes

Other Comments: Very easy to install. instructions are in the Read me and on the URL provided.

one the the best nazi skins to date.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality:5

Ease of Use/Realistic: 5

Overall: An average out of the three - 5

Name: New Hands Texture

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/dods/skins/116864

Size of download? 10 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? No it doesn't have a readme file. However what I did to get it installed was Copy the Materials folder from the DL itself and then to paste it into my dod folder therefore merging the two folders and removing what was not needed and adding what is needed.

Other Comments: This is a clean re-skin of the stock hands. It has a nice level of detail added to the hands with tendons added in on the backs of the hand, more attention paid to the knuckles and Cuticles.

One of the small things that bugged me is that the skin is glossy, when an actual light entity in game is directed at the hands it reflects back and it looses a lot of the detail for a time, it is just something that erks me a bit. Another error that I noticed is that the wrists taper down pretty heavily at some angles making it look like it is like a prosthetic that is held in place with a peg and a port under the players sleeve, it is not something that is present at all points of view but it is still there.

This skin receives 4 Skulls out of 5 due to the issue with the glossiness and the issue with the Wrists tapering down over dramatically.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4

Name: Panzer w/o Sheild

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/5644

Size of download? 310kb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? yes

Other Comments: kind of weird not having a sheild. but kinda cool.

Overall Grading

Appearance:3

Quality:4

Ease of Use/Realistic:5

Overall: 4

Name: Pistole 08 Luger v1.1

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/50397

Size of download? 8mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? no

Other Comments: This is I think up there with as realistic as they come from sound to look. The coolest part of this is the way the unique luger hammer pops up when you empty your clip. It looks fucking cool, no doubt. Everyone should have this skin, hands down.

Overall Grading

Appearance:5

Quality:5

Ease of Use/Realistic:5

Overall: 5

Name: The Potatosmasher

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/42714

Size of download? 2mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? No/No

Other Comments: I had to extract to /dod file and thats it, looks very very nice..

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality:4

Ease of Use/Realistic:5

Overall: An average out of the three 4.3

Name: Realistic Wehrmacht Skin Pack

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/56614

Size of download? 15 MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes includes helpful install info.

Other Comments: This is a skin pack changing all axis stock skins to a set of custom Wehrmacht skins. The general layout of each classes models stay the same they just receive more realistic uniforms (proper insignias and patches), colors (more grey), and have a slightly higher quality appearance.These skins are great for people who like the original stock skins but want more realism and a higher model quality. There was also no noticeable change in game play with the use of these skins. All animations and textures function and render properly.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 4

Realistic: 5

Overall: 4.5

Name: RoxOldRustyK96

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/10624

Size of download? 3MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand?

Other Comments: So this is a nice skin; the overall texture on it is a little flat but it does give the wood a bit of an aged appearance which is nice; the sound is very powerful although it can be rather hard to figure out the direction the shot came from as the sound is a very low tone but does not quite register with the force I would like to a sub. Another good thing about this skin is it will not alter any existing custom scope you may or may not have set up so your sights remain what your used to while the gun itself appears different. This skin receives four skulls out of five; the reason for the mark down being that the sound doesn't fully register across and the flatness of the texture.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 3

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4

Name: SS Pz.Division "Wallonie"

Where to download? http://dods.gamebanana.com/skins/128077

Size of download? 6 mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? None at all

Other Comments: The coat is pretty high textured with nice colors and design, the patches and stripes show up very well in game. The pants are a little odd and the boots have a weird black/brown/green hue to them and are low quality. Each class has a unique assortment of accessories, my favorite is the rocket. It has a cool pistol holster on it's belt that indicates where the german soldier holsters their c96 when not in use, now it doesnt show a holstered c96 but it's cool none the less.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 4

Quality: 3

Ease of Use: 4

Realistic: 3

Overall: 3.8

Name: Stein for MP 40

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/50930

Size of download? 9mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? yes

Other Comments: easy download. good sound. nice reload.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality:5

Ease of Use/Realistic:5

Overall: 5

Name: Telefonmast

Where to download? http://dods.gamebanana.com/skins/127084

Size of download? 1mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? yes, tells you an up to date way to install the skin

Other Comments: The textures on the wooden part are kind of low, the mini transformer looks nice with telefonmast and some other writing on it. When you pull the telefonmast out, your player yells "Telefonmast!" which is pretty interesting but can be annoying. It is fun to wack some allied players with a mini telephone pole.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 3

Quality: 3

Ease of Use: 4

Realistic: 0

Overall: 3

Name: Waffen SS total Conversion

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/dods/skins/57572

Size of download? 23MB

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand?

Other Comments: This is a worthwhile mod but I noticed a few things that I didn't like. Unfourtunately they may have simply been errors with my laptop as my normal computer is in the shop. The errors that I noticed were on a few of the weapons skins (hence the lowered appearance score). The barrel on the C-96 is just a solid black, not even a matte or glossy black just kind of the black like there is not a texture present. I know that this is an overhaul focusing primarily on the axis side of the game but I think it may have changed just some of the base models on allies because I noticed the same kind of error on the Garand after I installed this overhaul. The propaganda posters that this implements is nice but I did notice an interesting error on Switchback were there was just a random Waffen SS poster in the middle of a courtyard. Aside from those small things which are the sole cause of this packs failure to reach a full 5 out of 5.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 3

Quality: 4

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4

Name: Wehrmacht Support Oberfeldwebel

Where to download? http://www.gamebanana.com/skins/110325

Size of download? 4mb

Does the the file have read me file? No.

Comments: Although not a fan of skins, I must say the quality of detail is superb for this one and does provide change of pace for the lackluster of detail with the monotone original models.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 3

Realistic: 4

Overall: 4.5

Name: Wile E Coyote's C96 Hi-Res Broom Handle

Where to download? http://gamebanana.com/dods/skins/44963

Size of download? 4mb

Does the the file have read me file? If yes, is it easy to understand? Yes, and Yes

Other Comments: Very well done skin. Adds new life to your C96, Only complaint is that it is a little shiny and looks like its been fresh factory made and polished. But its a + if you like shiny things, but a - if you like realistic things.

Overall Grading

Appearance: 5

Quality: 5

Ease of Use: 5

Realistic: 4

Overall: 5

Edited April 8, 2014 by White 1st MRB