Originally posted by Kweassa
glenmorangie. the colors are still way too strong in contrast. Like I mentioned when I upped the pics, the color chips provided by internet cannot be always trusted.
This is because most of the people who do the research are either modellers, or base their basic color samples on real life paint. They take pictures and analyze the sample under real light conditions - which makes things look pretty different compared to the simplified, virtual lighting in AH.
There's no doubt modelling makes you strange... and I agree that the virtual lighting in AH presents challenges. What you see in PS is not what shows up in AH. I've had the same problem with the weathering, which looks great in PS, but does not show up in AH.
Thus, in my own experience, I had to adjust lots of colors to make things look right when making skins for the LW birds. In many cases the suggested colors for the RLM in the net, would just not look right. So, in cases where the colors of an actual model, or a profile pic conflicted with the RLM colors info, I chose to go with profile drawings.
Which, of course is the essence of 'scale effect' on color, it's just much more noticeable here. Over time, I've tried to stop arguing about 'accuracy', because the only reliable reference is an actual photograph and the guy who painted the airplane, and there are problems with both of those ( memory fades, photos don't print in true color, etc. ). I've obviously not entirely succeeded.
I have no doubt if a real life paint is mixed as in the 'color chip', and applied to a real Yak, it'd look pretty different than compared to the AH Yak with that same colors.
Here's a pic to suggest what I think would be correct colors: the top part is the original, and the underpart is suggested.
I'm really making an effort to overcome my 'institutional arrogance', in that the paint chip 'must be' right, which is one of the reasons I asked for help. One factor is there is a style ( for streaks, dirt and panel lines, and so forth ) that folks are used to looking at in AH which may bear no resemblance to reality, so some concessions must be made to style to 'make it look right' as well as to compensate for scale effect and the AH lighting. It's a difficult adjustment to make.
And I've still got to deal with the paint feathering and several other problems not related to the shade of paint.
By the time we get this one adjusted, it should be a pretty neat skin. Then we can work on the Green/Dark Green scheme! ( and eventually, On to the standard Green/Black and all the neat non-standard -9T stuff )
Thanks so much for taking the time provide another example. I should have adjustments by the end of the weekend.
