Author Topic: 190 skin just finnished (Read 1180 times)

SELECTOR · « **on:** February 15, 2004, 05:33:36 PM »

just finnished this a5.. flown by heinrich sterr of jg54 sping 1943 on eastern front..127 kills

you can download from http://www.ah-skins.com/

Wilbus · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2004, 08:31:50 AM »

Very very nice!!

Don't understand how you do it, tried skinning some but I suck.

SELECTOR · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2004, 10:59:54 AM »

wilbus , i skin in this way..
1st and most important. get the panel lines down onto a new layer, takes a bit of tim but if you use the draw button and do all vertical lines then all horizontal lines.. then do the fiddlely lines you can do it quite quickly..
2nd do the rivits... you can use the same line tech , but set it to do a dotted line.. and so on..
3rd.. now the fun part painting.. think of how things are in real life..start off new and get old.. so start with your camo paint and work up.. so things getting scratched( around the places where people work are most scratched) and dirty .
4th things move so an oil spill and gun smoke move in certain directions so paint on oil and smoke with brush and use gausian blur and wind effect in paint program( you may have to rotate you pic to get right effect)

but most of all use layers for everything(and name them before you use them).. the 190 has over 50 layers

what would be good is being able to post the skins with all layers available so people can see how they are put together..

also have a goos source of pics to work from.

good luck

lucull · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2004, 11:20:07 AM »

If someone would like to create a tutorial with an example skin and step by step manual, it would be a pleasure for me to put it on http://www.ah-skins.com.

Best would be if freeware such as GIMP would be used with screenshots etc. and no worries, I would just need the text and screen shots. You don't need any html knowledge.

What do you think? Anyone?

What kind kinf of categories you would like to see? Templates, decals, stencils, ...? What else?

Wilbus · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2004, 02:06:50 PM »

Thanks alot Selector, started on a skin before I got your reply and did draw the new lines in a new layer, makes me feel good it's the same thing you put on 1:st place.

What Program do you use? I'm using Paint Shop Pro, would this Gimp program I've heard about be better?

straffo · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2004, 02:22:20 PM »

Wilbus if you want to learn skinning the tool is not really important provided your graphical program manage layers.

Paint shop pro should be more than enought for starting no need to learn another program.

My suggestion would be for you to download one of Snorri's template (may I suggest a 190 ?

) here

Even if the mapping is different you will be able to see how he made the layers.

Unfortunatly the only skinning tutorials I know are in French

frank3 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2004, 02:24:37 PM »

I figured this plane will suck at flying........

........Since I can't look away from that gorgeous skinn

SELECTOR · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2004, 02:37:52 PM »

i use paint shop pro 7 and nothing else..always save your work as a paintshop pro file and it will be always in layers for a second session..

as for skinning help try this.. its a il2 sight bus some good info here http://www.1java.org/sh/

JustJim · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2004, 06:54:09 PM »

First Off, Very Nice Skin.

I Seem to be having problems with the wing aspect of it though, at first it wouldnt work at all i had to rename the 190a51.bmp file to just plain 190a5 for the main body panels to accept.

after many tries with renaming the wing bmp I cannot get it to take any ideas?

Thanks, JustJim1 III/Jabostaffel

Wilbus · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2004, 03:22:09 AM »

Thanks for the help Straffo and Selector, much appriciated!! Will try some more today!

Batz · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2004, 03:43:29 AM »

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Originally posted by JustJim

after many tries with renaming the wing bmp I cannot get it to take any ideas?

The a5 use the 190a8 wing and was labeled as such. 190A8B

SELECTOR · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2004, 07:30:45 AM »

thanks i have just found my mistake and have rectified it on the upload site.. but rename your file 190A8B and all should be well..
sorry for any inconvenience

JustJim · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2004, 12:47:49 PM »

Thanks, It's all set now

This is by far my favorite A5 skin very good work I hope HT makes this 1 of the online choices. (prays)

Thanks Again,

JustJim1
III/Jabostaffel

SELECTOR · « **Reply #13 on:** February 17, 2004, 01:09:12 PM »

no problem i enjoy doing it..

straffo · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2004, 10:39:10 AM »

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Originally posted by Wilbus
Thanks for the help Straffo and Selector, much appriciated!! Will try some more today!

The tutorials I spoke you about last night :

French : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielroger/main_tutorial_photoshop.htm

French and English version : http://zargos-skins.checksix-fr.com/