Author Topic: P51 Skin - Tuskegee (Read 2877 times)

Frstrm · « **on:** January 30, 2004, 03:19:02 PM »

"Creamers Dream" of Flt Lt. Charles White
301st FS/332nd FG
15th AF
"Tuskegee"

From Air Warrior Sac Program

My reskin of the P51D

I still need to do the Plane Name on the Nose and tweak the nose/canopy strut color issue.

MadBirdCZ · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2004, 03:48:06 PM »

Don't overlay the colors.. they are then washed up... do it the other way around... Overlay the rivets and lines over the colors...

Yes it costs more fat and effort but the results are worth of it...

Frstrm · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2004, 04:00:25 PM »

Actually i'm using a lineir blend function so that the color stays true but that the rivits and details come thru without washing out...

But, i'll try it and see what happens.

thxs

MadBirdCZ · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2004, 04:11:00 PM »

Well but the Yelows and Reds are very washed out...

They should be more vivid, even if they should act as showing signs of chipped paint etc.

Frstrm · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2004, 04:20:07 PM »

washed out???

If you are referring to the tail sections that is due to the light reflectivity generated by the Game Engine...

here are maybe this will show what I mean vs what you see in game images...

http://www.virtualworld.com/utility/files/ah2/P51DSID.gif
http://www.virtualworld.com/utility/files/ah2/P51DWNG.gif

MadBirdCZ · « **Reply #5 on:** January 30, 2004, 04:44:10 PM »

Yep, this is what I'm talking about... On the images above the reds are almost brown and Yellows are more like orange... Which is a bit bad, ain't it? They did use colors that covered the metal surface fully and were not transparent...

On the "source" from the air warriror both the yellows and reds are much more vivid and true to life... That is what looks a bit odd on your skin so far...

Frstrm · « **Reply #6 on:** January 30, 2004, 07:12:38 PM »

Here are some inflight images...

Finished tweaking the nose cone... If you refer to the above texture panels you'll find where the nose color is located... It was a pain to get it down the real shape. But there is a issue where the nose art will appear on the cockpit dash and canopy struts.

http://www.virtualworld.com/utility/files/ah2/ahssa.gif
http://www.virtualworld.com/utility/files/ah2/ahssb.gif
http://www.virtualworld.com/utility/files/ah2/ahssf.gif
http://www.virtualworld.com/utility/files/ah2/ahssg.gif

Fidd · « **Reply #7 on:** January 30, 2004, 07:19:28 PM »

Good grief, its funny to see that again. I can remember doing it! Looks like a nice job, I probably have the unreduced SAC development image (I used to work in 1024 square/16 mill colours) somewhere on file. Let me know if you need it, it'll be enormous, and I don't have broadband, so I expect the easiest way to make it available is to upload it to the web.

Let me know if you want it?

DYGCaps · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2004, 08:37:45 PM »

Frstrm, looks very nice, wtg bro

Frstrm · « **Reply #9 on:** January 30, 2004, 10:48:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Fidd
Good grief, its funny to see that again. I can remember doing it! Looks like a nice job, I probably have the unreduced SAC development image (I used to work in 1024 square/16 mill colours) somewhere on file. Let me know if you need it, it'll be enormous, and I don't have broadband, so I expect the easiest way to make it available is to upload it to the web.

Let me know if you want it?

That would be extremely cool...

Hell, it's just cool that you were able to see your old art reborn... "}

Frstrm

PS. let me where you upload to, or e-mail me and i'll give you a location you can upload to.

MadBirdCZ · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2004, 02:46:21 AM »

It looks very nice

But still rhe reds and yellows...

But don't care much about what I say... I'm depressed and somehow grumpy at my old age...

SFCHONDO · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2004, 02:52:47 AM »

Excellent start Firestorm. I really like it

Fidd · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2004, 06:53:52 AM »

I've put it up on my website at:

http://www.mthuff.clara.net/tempjunk/p51s.zip

Let me know here as soon as you have dloaded it so i can delete it from the site, my webspace is not unlimited. The file is 3.90 meg, and contains 3 .psp files (paintshop pro) of 3 different P51's in 1200/16 mill . Nice to see the old SAC images of those days, crude now of course, but then we only had 1 x 256/256 .bmp to work with!

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Originally posted by Frstrm
That would be extremely cool...

Hell, it's just cool that you were able to see your old art reborn... "}

Frstrm

PS. let me where you upload to, or e-mail me and i'll give you a location you can upload to.

ergRTC · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2004, 10:08:48 AM »

gotta fix them colors, looks like a skid mark at the moment.

brownstang.

otherwise it will be a great addition, one I am sure HTC will add to the game when the time comes.

Frstrm · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2004, 02:57:08 PM »

Thanks Fidd,

I've got the download, you can clear the file now...