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Pyroland Protector Heroes Pack

You are a loose cannon, Sandvich, but you are a damn good cop!


Sandvich Cop, and various good guy characters, from my 2012 Saxxy entry, "Whole Wheat Hardcase".


I decided it was time to go ahead and give these guys a second chance in SFM. It is pretty much the anniversary of the Saxxy's after all. They've sat in my workshop folder for ages, and I've always felt a bit of remorse over them, like they were a missed opportunity.

Back in 2012, I was but a wee workshopper, taking my first steps into the TF2 workshop. I had about 3 models under my belt at the time, and I had noticed the Saxxy's were coming up. Fueled by a few previous ideas I had been throwing around, I decided to make a movie that revolved around Sandvich.


The idea was simple:

Pyroland + Sandvich + Heavy's Sandvich Cop line = Sandvich Cop Pyroland Movie.


With that, I began work on Oct 8th, and tirelessly cranked out tons of models, maps, and sound effects. Around the 22nd, I began filming, and somehow, I was able to complete my video before the Saxxy deadline. The short film itself was a spoof of various 1950-70's police action movies, with several cliche' shots of arrests, shootouts, and plot twists.

Looking at them now, a lot of these assets were poorly done. I suppose that explains why I was able to pull things together as quickly as I did. Remaking them was rather gratifying. I could likely talk pages about their design, but that's not the purpose of this description.

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ch_sandvich_cop.mdl - "Sandvich 'Hardcase' Jackson":

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-A hardened policeman with a special brand of loose cannon justice.
-A sandwich.
-No accessories attached by default, you will have to bind them to his body.
-The workshop image above contains a list of the following assets used to assemble his outfit.


ch_burrito_cop.mdl - "PBI Agent Rodriguez":

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-A no-nonsense Pyroland Bureau of Investigation agent brought in to catch a crazed killer.
-A burrito.
-His accessories are baked in.
-His sunglasses are bodygrouped, and can be toggled on or off.
-His PBI jacket is bodygrouped, and can be toggled on or off.


ch_bread.mdl - "Commissioner/Police Chief Sourdough"

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-A distinguished member of the force who keeps the more loose cannon policemen in line.
-A loaf of bread.
-His title changes from time to time.
-His accessories are baked in.
-His mustache is rigged, and can be manipulated/emoted.


ch_donut_cop.mdl - "Rookie"

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-Your run of the mill cop, fighting to keep the streets of Pyroland clean.
-A frosted donut.
-His cap is bodygrouped, and can be toggled on and off.
-His cap also exists as a separate model.


ch_kitteh.mdl

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-A "kitteh" balloon, first seen in the skyboxes of Pyroland in TF2.
-Can wear Sandvich's policeman hat(m_police_hat_sandvich.mdl).


Accessories:

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m_police_hat_sandvich.mdl
-A Pyroland policeman's hat, fitted for sandvich.

m_sun_glasses_sandvich.mdl
-A pair of sunglasses for Sandvich.
-Foldable/closeable(hinge bones).

m_police_snub_nose_holster.mdl
-A holster, fitted for sandvich, that holds a policeman's snub nose revolver.

m_police_badge_pyroland.mdl
-A Pyroland policeman's badge.
-Normal mapped.

m_police_hat(_scout, _soldier, _pyro, ..., _spy).mdl
-An all class Pyroland policeman's hat for the TF2 team.

m_sun_glasses(_scout, _soldier, _pyro, ..., _spy).mdl
-An all class pair of sunglasses for the TF2 team.


Miscellany:

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-Most of these characters utilize a shared "cartoon hands" rig. This rig supports a small list of premade animations for starting poses. Be sure to import a default pose to jump-start animating. "default" is usually a good starting animation.

-They support IK rigging via a custom rig script.

-The cartoon hands rig is built differently from normal hand rigs. In order to give the characters a better means to grasp objects and weapons, I added more bones in the hand for closing/opening the palms. This allows characters to do more intricate hand poses, but also causes SFM to not recognize the tips of the fingers. If you are not using a rig script, this detail will not affect you.

-The cartoon hands rig sports right and left-handed weapon bones for custom weapons.

-Some accessories do not lock all bones from their parent models. Be sure to expand the bone hierarchy of the accessory you wish to bind, and only bind those that have been locked to the model. The sunglasses and holster are notable examples of accessories that do not bind every single bone.



Includes:
pyroland_protector\models\char\ch_bread.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\char\ch_burrito_cop.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\char\ch_donut_cop.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\char\ch_kitteh.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\char\ch_sandvich.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_cap_donut.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_demo.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_engineer.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_heavy.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_medic.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_pyro.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_sandvich.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_scout.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_sniper.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_soldier.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\h_police_hat_spy.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_police_badge_pyroland.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_police_snub_nose_holster.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_demo.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_engineer.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_heavy.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_spy.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_soldier.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_sniper.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_scout.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_sandvich.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_pyro.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\misc\m_sun_glasses_medic.mdl

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