Author Topic: P51 Skin - Tuskegee (Read 2881 times)

Reschke · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2004, 05:48:27 PM »

You got any close up shots of the skin on the aircraft? Just wondering since it does appear to be more of a "redbrown" than red on my end as well.

Fidd · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2004, 05:54:27 PM »

More to the point, Charles White, should, of course, be black!

Frstrm · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2004, 08:21:58 PM »

Well, At the time of this posting I hadn't gotten to the pilot yet, but that is already fixed. "}

Also, I realized my gamma on my monitor is probably set higher then all of you, so the yellow and red didn't look so bad. Im in the process of reworking the colors now... I'll probably have new shots up by early next week.

I don't like the idea of just a solid yellow for the stripes. I want some of that wing panel detail to come thru, so I'm gonna have to comprimise a little on that...

Eagler · « **Reply #18 on:** January 31, 2004, 08:53:22 PM »

co worker had an uncle, Frederick D. Funderburg, who flew the p47 for them before they were issued p51's.
He was shot down and killed after two confirmed kills.
Does anyone know if the p47's had the redtails also?
He flew for the 301st

Frstrm · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2004, 09:21:13 PM »

Did a little quick research on the p47 for ya... This is what I came across...

Interesting enough it mentions the following info in the thread.

June 9, 1944
1/Lt Charls M. Bussey, 302nd, P-47, Me-109, 1
2/Lt. Frederick Funderburg 301st P-47, Me-109,2
1/Lt. Melvin T. Jackson 302nd, P-47, Me-109, 1
1/Lt Wendell O. Pruitt 302nd, P-47, Me-109,1

Frederick was credited with 2 Me-109 kills.

http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6628

Eagler · « **Reply #20 on:** February 01, 2004, 11:15:58 AM »

thanks for the info

when you get the colors worked out can you email me a copy pls?
eagler@pogbird.com
thanks

Frstrm · « **Reply #21 on:** February 01, 2004, 02:14:11 PM »

MadBirdCZ · « **Reply #22 on:** February 01, 2004, 02:16:55 PM »

Hmm yellow is not right still... make it a bit darker... this is almost yellow-green already... But the red looks much better now...

Frstrm · « **Reply #23 on:** February 01, 2004, 03:36:27 PM »

madbird:
Check your monitor bud...
that yellow is 255,255,0... you can't get more yellow than that...

heh, sorry for the snap...

I'm still working on it, and will post as I go... I still need to do the "creamin dream" lettering.

I just finished redoing the skin (ripping all the Default Colors off) What a pain the in arse, and reappling my old work with the redone colors.

I hate having to go back to INDEX on the textures because you always lose some of the colors...

Eagler:
When Ah2 releases the Jug, maybe i'll do one for that... we shall see...

Frstrm · « **Reply #24 on:** February 01, 2004, 03:55:51 PM »

I tweaked it by using the same color yellow as is used for the prop tip.

I also fixed something I missed on that last run.. the white sections on the rudder and elevators.

JPG Format

straffo · « **Reply #25 on:** February 01, 2004, 04:02:08 PM »

Frstrm if you want to show us correctly your work use another file format.

Post picture in Jpeg 75% compression !

The gif format you have used is limited to a 256 colour palette it don't give a good idea of the colour you used originaly.

read this : http://www.siriusweb.com/tutorials/gifvsjpg/

MadBirdCZ · « **Reply #26 on:** February 01, 2004, 04:03:44 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Frstrm
madbird:
Check your monitor bud...
that yellow is 255,255,0... you can't get more yellow than that...

Hehe yep... unfortunately the 255,255,0 is all wrong

Right it is the most "yellow" you can get.. technically... But it is not the right yellow.. And trust me, my display is quite OK (Gamma 1.8, 6500K, ICC Calibrated) - working on the field of DTP and pre-press has its benefits... One of them is perfectly calibrated displays... Which a bit sucks in AH at night when all the other gamey people boost their gamma so they can game the game... Nevermind...

All I say is that the yellow as it is is extremely unrealistic. The color should be more deep. Maxing out the Red and Green channels is in most cases not the very good way to go... And I really doubt that the true color was "this" yellow...

Just look at the example from the Air warrior, take the eyedropper tool and measure the color in there - 235, 169, 51 does not really look like 255,255,0, does it? And if you ask me the 235, 169, 51 looks more believable and even much better than the eyes-killing 255,255,0...

But that is just me... Professional deformation...

Frstrm · « **Reply #27 on:** February 01, 2004, 05:30:16 PM »

That's cool.

The Yellow i'm using now is 252,215,4

I just did a little checking and find this a little funny...
The yellow you quoted (235.169.51) is really close to the color I used orignally (235.168.0) that was stated to look like "skid" marks. lol

Red Tail 444 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 03, 2004, 04:35:16 PM »

Hey I have a P51c photo of the 332nd if you're interested.

the paint scheme is a bit different.

Gainsie

My email is corsair_pilot_mn@yahoo.com

Frstrm · « **Reply #29 on:** February 03, 2004, 08:50:28 PM »

I would definitly be interested. I want to be as authentic as possible.

Side Note:
I'm not going to be able to do that sweeping "Creamers Dream" properly due to the way the textures for the nose layout. They either crop or mirror incorrectly. obviously the original texturing wasn't done with skinning in mind.