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Weapon Update

Hi all,

Today we're re-visiting the FM 23/29. Bacon Oreo's is deep in texturing and tightening up shadowing right now. While we're not quite ready to display that level of polish we do have these WIP reload animations to showcase. There's just something about seeing a weapon go from wireframe to moving in engine. These aren't perfect yet but our goal here isn't to only exhibit finished products, but to take you along for the whole ride. Enjoy these and look forwards to using this in th...

Weapon Update!

Hi everyone.

We've recently display the M12 SMG that's under works. That's not the only 9mm that we're working on however!

Today take a first look at WIP images of the M50! This weapon is being built by Slow, Bolec, and NodUnit.

The M50 is a Danish made SMG that was first produced in 1950. It comes in at just under 7lbs making it quite light and maneuverable. The magazine holds 32 9mm rounds that it can fire at a rate of 550 rounds/min. These were in particular supplie...

Weapon Update

Hey all,

This Friday we have an update on the M12. Artist Brasiel has been making progress texturing as shown in the images below and Snoops has begun the animating of the folding stock. It's now deep in the reload and hand animation process which we'll be showing y'all once those animations are finished.

To those who've been asking about ATF, we'll begin some very exciting feature announcements at the turn of the month. If you know you know and if not keep your eyes peeled in...

Weapon Update

Today we've got more WIP of Bacon Oreos' FM 24/29.

Moving from clay to textured still to in-game rendering; you can see just how well this weapon is shaping up. We'll have some animations to share before long as Bacon continues development.

  

2024-09-16 23:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Mounted Up

Hey everyone,

Two weeks back we revealed a cannon and housing. You all correctly called it out as belonging to the M163 VADS. Well today we have more WIP imagery of this 20mm rotary cannon being mounted
First produced in 1965, the M163 VADS was a mainstay air defense system that replaced the M42 Duster. With a 3000RPM rate of fire, the amount of 20x102mm rounds this platform can put downrange was primarily limited by how much it could carry.
The M163 saw service in most Am...

Weapon Update

Hey everyone,
It's a new week, time to show off a new weapon! Today we have early WIP images from Brasiel and Rob on the M12 SMG.

This 9mm SMG saw action during the Tet Offensive when U.S. Marines repelled a VC sapper team's attack on the US Embassy in Saigon. This compact, folding stocked, SMG would go on to be produced and used all across South America, Asia, and Africa in the decades that followed.


2024-09-09 18:33:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Vehicle update

Happy Labor Day!
Today American's celebrate our workers and it seems on theme to share something new that has had many, many, many hours of work poured into it! However this time it's on you all to call out exactly what this is.

You can aim your thanks and appreciation at Diego and Apollo.

 

2024-09-02 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Vehicle Update

It's a Friday, the weeks' wrapping up, and we wanted to show you something exciting to get you primed for a weekend of gaming.

Here are some early stage WIP images from an iconic aircraft that Ogrinho and Barden have been building. More of this to come in the next week or two.

For those who don't know; built to replace the Skyraider, the A4/A4-E Skyhawk was the U.S. Navy's primary light attack aircraft for the first period of the Vietnam War. Though they were later phased out ...

Weapon Update

We're continuing to show off what's been cooking behind the scenes.
Today's preview is brought to you by artist Bacon Oreos, an excellent artist and someone you've likely seen on server. We'll start with this WIP images from early days but we'll have more for you in the coming weeks!

The FM 24/29 LMG first saw action in Vietnam during The First Indo-China War. During the Vietnam War this French-made LMG had been appropriated by the PAVN, VC, and ARVN.

2024-08-26 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Weapon Update

Today we wanted to show off something for the first time. Currently under development by our very own SCOOBERSKI, here are the beginning's of the M77E.

This modernized trench-gun was built with shortened stock to enable use by South Vietnamese forces and saw widespread use by the ARVN, USMC, and US Army during the war.

 2024-08-23 18:59:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Now with fresh paint

Today we have an update to the Tuk Tuk that we showed the high-poly's of earlier this week. Artist Brasiel has fleshed it out since then with these gorgeous textures.
Check out the side canvas that can be rolled up or down. Perfect for keeping the contents concealed at a distance.

 

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Fresh Wheels Incoming

If you read our last newsletter you'll know that artist Brasiel has been laboring away on the Tuk-Tuk Taxi. It's such an iconic vehicle for the period. Well recently he's gotten some nice shots of an increasingly detailed high-poly model and we have to show them off.
  

2024-08-14 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

And now for something completely different!

We've shown off some very cool weapons lately and we've seen your excitement. Our team has many irons in the fire that we haven't gotten to showcase yet and we've decided that, as we approach the release of the next asset bundle, it's time to start sharing out other projects.

That's why today we're going to start with something wholly unexpected. Let us present the M59 Field Kitchen, currently under development and recently taking on some nice texturing.
While it's not done it's ...

Vehicle Update

Just a quick update today. You've seen some of the interior of the LVTP-5 APC in the previous weeks. Have a look at this PRC-10 in it's mount that will end up in that interior.
Just incredible work from NodUnit.

 

MWW: Range Is Hot!

In November 2023 Team Savage attended Modern Warfare Week at Fort Bragg, NC. As part of the week’s activities, the SOA group including Team Savage RT Columbia members, joined forces with Excelitas at The Range Complex for some awesome shooting demonstrations.

Excelitas supplies high-end firearms to the Special Operations community including night-thermal hybrid optics systems. Their team includes two Special Forces legends Ed Carter and Don Alexander who have about 80 years...

Vehicle Update

Progress on the LVTP-5, aka 'The Fridge', continues.
We wanted to share a few more interior images with you today. Also included are images to give just a taste of what creating something like this requires development wise. Our team is pushing towards the next public release for Nickel Steel and as such we've been highlighting the near release assets like the Swedish K and Type 56 but 'The Fridge' trundles ever closer to completion in the background.

2024-07-25 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

M/45 'Swedish K' Update

Today we have more footage of the Swedish K in action. This time HorribleGoat took it out into it's native environment.

M/45 'Swedish K' Update

Hey everyone,

HorribleGoat got out to the range with the Swedish K and grabbed some footage of it to share with you all. As you can see it's looking very crisp, sounding great. We'll have more of this beauty in action to preview later this week. You might see something else laying about on the range in the background that we'll be showing off before long.
We hope this has you as excited as it does us. As always thanks for your support, it's what lets us keep working on Nickel Steel...

MWW: Supporting the Special Operations Association

In November 2023 Team Savage attended Modern Warfare Week at Fort Bragg, NC. We went to support the Special Operations Association and the SOA Foundation, which was there to attract younger soldiers to join up with their MACV SOG brothers. 

Several members of the RT Columbia gaming (and testing) group helped staff the stand, with MG (Ret.) Ken Bowra, MOH daughter Danielle, SOG Hatchet Force medic MAJ (Ret.) Doc Padgett and SOA vice-president CSM Josh King. Savage created a spec...

G-Jet Progress

Hey everyone,

With the 1.31 update hand-off done, we’re closing in on releasing the G-Jet pistol, the weapon you all voted for in the first poll. 

It’s taken a lot of hard work and it’s now in our final testing phase. We’re really excited to release it publicly. We can’t wait to see what you all do with it!

In the meantime here's the G-Jet firing and reloading from a few different angles to hold you over.
2024-07-08 21:29:20 +0000 UTC View Post

DLC Update News

Hey all. Nickel Steel isn’t the only thing we’ve been continuing to develop. We have now handed over our S.O.G. Prairie Fire 1.31 update to Bohemia. We can’t tell you when this will be released to the public as Bohemia doesn’t announce their QA schedule. We can tell you that we’re done with our own QA and that we have kicked it over to Bohemia for testing and integration. This update aims to sort out a very long buglist and add many quality-of-life improvements across a wide range o...

MWW: Lessons Learned from MACV SOG

In November 2023 Team Savage attended Modern Warfare Week at Fort Bragg, NC. Serving members of US Special Operations units, along with many friendly units around the world came together to hear about lessons learned from MACV SOG that are still providing operational benefits to today’s forces. 

CSM Josh King from 5th SF Group was joined by MACV SOG veterans MG (Ret.) Ken Bowra and MAJ (Ret.) John “Doc” Padgett on the main stage for the enlightening discussion. If ...

Modern Warfare Week: SOG Medal of Honor

In November 2023 Team Savage attended Modern Warfare Week at Fort Bragg, NC. A highlight of the trip was meeting up with Danielle, daughter of CSM Franklin “Doug” Miller, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving his SOG recon team on January 5th 1970. Every man was badly wounded, including Doug, yet he fought off waves of NVA and got everyone extracted safely. Doug served 27 years in US Army Spec...

Fridge Update

Hey all,

NodUnit is continuing to build out shadows and detail on 'The Fridge'. As you can see in these screenshots below, he is making great progress. These are from the driver's end and we'll have some more progress to share on the cabin shortly!



  2024-06-19 22:38:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Congressional Gold Medal Campaign

We don’t just make games around here. Our mission to further the awareness of the men of SOG encompasses many projects. One that we’re particularly focused on right now is helping where we can with the ongoing campaign for the Congressional Gold Medal. The CGM is the highest award that can be bestowed by a civilian institution. It is, in essence, the congressional version of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
We’re working alongside surviving SOG members and their families to push c...

New Weapon Report

Type 56 with XM148!

You're seeing that right. That's the Type 56 you know with a brand new XM148 grenade launcher.
We've been working hard to bring the G-Jet that you voted for to release. We've also been working on this behind the scenes. As we get closer to a public release we thought it was time share it. As you can see below HorribleGoat has been dialing in the animations and it's looking sharp.

More animations incoming next week to keep you updated on our progress. ...

The Fridge gets it's shadow

Team Lead artist nodunit has revealed the shadowvolume mesh for the Fridge.

Another key stage completed and it makes the details really pop!

Mad Dog Shriver Tribute (2)

To commemorate a MACV SOG warrior on Veteran's Day, we are announcing our plans to include another novel weapon Jerry Shriver carried at CCS

Mad Dog Shriver Tribute (1)

To commemorate a MACV SOG warrior on Veteran's Day, we are announcing our plans to include this novel weapon Jerry Shriver carried while serving at CCS in the Hatchet Force.

Last Saturday Mike Force Reminder

Our next monthly Mike Force event is just in 3 days!!

The event is public, but you will get a 30 minute head-start  before the event opens to the public. Start time is 1:00PM PST/9:00PM GMT, Saturday, February 24th.

Nemesis will be delivering his quality zeus'ing that you've come to expect. We're very excited to continue with this new tradition and looking forward to seeing you there.

Following Mods Required:
Task Force Radio (beta), CBA, Zeus Enhanced, Enhan...