How do i?!

[Sp4de]

how do i make a skin look metal and shinny.. Im doing a p40e and i just have it grey.. it shines.. but how do u make it look like metal?!
-Spade

[FuBaR]

i believe  the term you are looking for is "mirror finish".



and when you find out please use it. You make great sounds. I trust you will make great skins

[Kev367th]

Spade - The shininess is built into the model itself, look at the B17 for example. Try doing a green one, it still is shiny, built into the model properties, nothing we can change here.

You can simulate shininess by using highlights and lowlights but it isnt the same thing.

Unless of course HT gives us the ability to use reflectivity maps in the future. Usually built into a alpha channel layer, but not possible in the current bitmap format.

[ramzey]

http://www.1java.org/sh/tutorials/index.html

[oboe]

Study this jpeg of a P-47D-40 fuselage side.   See how he blends different colors of greys and blues.     This is what I used as an example for my "Bonnie" P-47D-11, but I went with lighter shades.    I think Waffle originally made this image; and I was so impressed with it I saved it.    


Grab the jpeg and paste it into a P-47 skin bmp and take a look at it in game - play with it, make changes and see how that affects the look in the game.   Persistance and experimentation will pay off.

Nopoop also made a nifty .psd file of a section of his P-47 - he can email it to you, or with his permission I can email you the one he sent me.    He has another technique for simulating bare aluminum shine that's really cool.

Also, go to AH Custom Skins and download Octavius's bare metal P-40 skin and study that one's bmp files.   It's and awesome skin.

Keep at it!

[thebest1]

oboe thats incredable