News
Recent download problems
Recently I've noticed an increase in the number of failed download attempts caused by our anti-leeching system. This could be purely down to the fact that there are now more visitors coming from Relic Forums now that I have posted a thread in the main Dawn of War area, but it was causing a problem whatever the reason.
I've now made a minor change to the system (designed to stop people from stealing our bandwidth, which costs money) and so hopefully people should have less problems in the future. If you still have any problems, please contact me. Sorry if the system has been causing any problems for anyone and stopping them from getting any files at all.
Related Downloads completed
During the recent spate of image additions, I've also updated the Downloads section to give it a specific "Related Downloads" section. This afternoon, I've been working on making sure that all downloads have the relevant other downloads listed as related. This means that it should now be easier to find useful badges and banners to go with the teamcolour or pattern that you're downloading!
Read more for details and examples of the related downloads, and for news on how I made the page structure of the site more semantic and meainingful.
Last images added!
All of the downloads that can have example images should now have them added, so you can see what you're getting before you download them! Some exceptions to these include the Swords of Sanguinius and Mentor Legion colour schemes, since I've found out that the texture that they are supposed to be based on isn't as close to the Alternate Space Marine pattern as I thought.
Now that the content is update, I'll begin work on some back-end upgrades and extra features!
Legion of the Damned added
I have just added Mel_Danes' Legion of the Damned Space Marines and Legion of the Damned Force Commander textures to your site. As with the Legion of the Damned Dreadnought Mel_Danes has done an amazing job of recreating the Legion in all of their glory, and has even made the skin team colourable!
Read more for a small sample of the texture!
Final downloads migrated
All of the downloads on Skins@HWT should now be banner and popup free! The remaining downloads that were still left pointing to DoWFiles.com have now been changed to point to copies of the files hosted here on this site. This means that you should never receive a popup or see banner or Google adverts all over the page when you go to download any file!
Downloads migrated
In an attempt to make downloading from Skins@HWT as enjoyable as possible, the majority of downloads that were formerly linked to DoWFiles.com have now been mirrored on Skins@HWT.
Here at Skins@HWT we believe that you should be able to browse and download without being hassled by popups and having screen space taken up by banners. Because of this, I decided that anything that could move away from DoWFiles.com should be moved. Only a few downloads remain linked to DoWFiles, and these will be migrated across to being hosted on Skins@HWT in the next day.
Five new textures added
Firstly, thanks to King_Tiger for submitting some of Faction's excellent work for us to host. Faction has previously given his permission for us to host his skins (all eight of them!) but he lost the skins in a hard-drive crash before I got copies of them. If anyone else has any of Faction's other work, please check out "Submitting Your Work" for details on how to get the textures listed. We current have the Honour Company, Fourth Edition Warhammer 40,000 and Helmet Replacement Space Marine textures.
Secondly, thanks to LedMirage at the Insomniax Team for submitting a new Land Speeder texture and Scout texture.
Coming later will be the Space Marines and Force Commander from Mel_Danes' Legion of the Damned collection, to go with the Legion of the Damned Dreadnought.
Lots of new screenshots
Screenshots have now been added to a lot of the existing downloads, where there weren't any before. Some downloads are still missing screenshots (I always seem to have missed at least one download each time I think I'm done) but the majority are now complete.
Coming soon - new downloads! Now that the existing downloads are sorted, I'll hopefully be adding another six downloads. This may take until tomorrow, depending on how quickly I can create descriptions!
Now released - Quartered Space Marines
My second complete pattern pack (after the Halved Space Marines) has now been released - the Quartered Space Marines pattern pack. The pack adds new textures for all Space Marine units excluding the Scouts (and the Servitor and Skull Probe who aren't really Marines anyway). Thumbnails and screenshots are available on the download page.
Coming soon from IBBoard - Quartered Marines
To continue the trend with the Halved Space Marines, I will be releasing some Quartered Space Marine textures shortly. Work is almost complete, with the exception of some small but awkward changes to the Apothecary and Librarian. Current screenshots and place for comments (for registered members) is the Quartered Space Marines Texture thread on the forums.
