Packer templates for building base VM boxes.
$ cinst -y packer
$ git clone https://github.com/skylock/packer-windows
$ cd packer-windows
$ packer build template_name.json
If you want to build only vmware.
$ packer build -only=vmware-iso template_name.json
This templates where tested using a packer 0.8.0 and VMware Workstation 8
These examples borrow heavily from this blog post and also these two fine repos:
I expect any advances made here to get rolled into joefitzgerald/packer-windows when WinRM in Packer is stable enough.