Author Topic: To all the great skinners (Read 1225 times)

GuyNoir · « **Reply #15 on:** August 22, 2005, 04:42:06 PM »

Sorry for not being clear, but I was just talking about the purple circle on the tail, the blue of the nose, and the black of the stripes. Really, you could look at any plane pics to see what I'm talking about: most of the colors are really intense in real life. thebest1's plane looks great, but I think that it doesn't have enough contrast to it.

elc7367b · « **Reply #16 on:** August 22, 2005, 05:20:05 PM »

Excellent job there best! Only thing I see missing are the kill markings under the canopy. I dont know if that is possible. He had 12.5 kill in wwII. (picked up another 2 in korea). Thanks for your efforts.

Muttman

thebest1 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 22, 2005, 05:29:42 PM »

yeah im still making those, its possible.

SELECTOR · « **Reply #18 on:** August 22, 2005, 05:42:22 PM »

I COMPLETLY DIS-AGREE ABOUT THE COLOUR INTESNSITY(OOPS CAPS)a plane allocated to a front line fighter base (especially in uk) would be dull, well worn and covered in cheese. all the planes you see at airshows have been cleaned and polished to perfection...
make 'em look like war planes , not pimp mobiles

SkyChimp · « **Reply #19 on:** August 22, 2005, 05:56:40 PM »

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Originally posted by SELECTOR
I COMPLETLY DIS-AGREE ABOUT THE COLOUR INTESNSITY(OOPS CAPS)a plane allocated to a front line fighter base (especially in uk) would be dull, well worn and covered in cheese. all the planes you see at airshows have been cleaned and polished to perfection...
make 'em look like war planes , not pimp mobiles

Good point selector

GuyNoir · « **Reply #20 on:** August 22, 2005, 06:34:45 PM »

Ok, let me try this saturation thing again:

I dunno what else to say other than that they are pretty darn saturated...

Rino · « **Reply #21 on:** August 22, 2005, 10:58:30 PM »

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Originally posted by SELECTOR
I COMPLETLY DIS-AGREE ABOUT THE COLOUR INTESNSITY(OOPS CAPS)a plane allocated to a front line fighter base (especially in uk) would be dull, well worn and covered in cheese. all the planes you see at airshows have been cleaned and polished to perfection...
make 'em look like war planes , not pimp mobiles

All paintjobs start out new, it's not like there's an insta-fade
machine out there. Admittedly I didn't serve in wartime, but we
repainted our Phantoms on a regular basis.

thebest1 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 23, 2005, 10:58:08 AM »

Update:
-Fixed up the stripes
-Fixed up the weathering
-Created better scratches on the antiglare patch
-Lined up the colors more
-And some other stuff i cant remember

Well here you go:

Dux · « **Reply #23 on:** August 23, 2005, 11:21:34 AM »

Best, does your technique involve cutting back on the opacity of the white parts so that the panel and rivet detail show through?

thebest1 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 23, 2005, 11:30:39 AM »

no the rivits and panals lines are over the white stripes...... why you ask?

Dux · « **Reply #25 on:** August 23, 2005, 12:09:01 PM »

Only because the white looks very grey. Which is fine. If you were doing it that way, I was going to offer a better way.

Skin looks great, btw.

TDeacon · « **Reply #26 on:** August 23, 2005, 12:20:24 PM »

Guynoir,

With respect to skin color saturations, intensities, and contrasts, it is more important that they look good relative to the AH terrain, than relative to an image from a book. Perceived accuracy of color is very context-dependent, and varies with ambient lighting, distance from object, etc.

(No experience with skins, but 45 years experience with scale models).

thebest1 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 23, 2005, 03:05:47 PM »

OOZ662 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 23, 2005, 03:14:43 PM »

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Originally posted by GuyNoir

Check me out ma, I'm suckin' a marker!

I feel bad for whoever sat there and polished that thing. Some dweeb will always come by and spill coffee on it.