Originally posted by Kev367th
Something about invasion stripes just makes them look better.
Kinda at a loss on how to weather a wooden plane lol.
Banff Strike Wing
Kev - Heres a possibility, maybe you like the effect, maybe not, and hopefully you have Photoshop:
basics:
Find sources for 'new' and 'faded' vaules for the colors. ( everyone helped me - try
http://www.1java.org/sh/UK.html )
1. Paint the whole airplane the base color.
2. Duplicate the layer
3. Filter->render->clouds with the base color as foreground and the faded color as background.
4. duplicate the layer ( again )
5. Filter->render->clouds with the base color as background and the faded color as foreground.
6. Paint a new layer with the contrasting color pattern only.
7. repeat the render->clouds process for the contrasting layer ( twice )
now you've got:
Base - original color
Next - cloud pattern base to faded
Next - cloud pattern faded to base
for each of the 2 camo colors.
last - on top render clouds with black as foreground, white as background.
you now have 7 layers with the black/white clouds on top.
start playing with the transparency of each layer until you get an interference patten you like.
This is:
(For each color)
Bottom:New color - 100%
Next: Faded to original - 30%
Next: Original to faded - 40%
(Last)
Top: Black to white - 30%
Clear as mud? BTW - I discovered that painting the whole surface teh base color and putting only the contrasting pattern on a layer above will save much time and dents in the wall from flung coffee cups when the camo pattern has to move - you only have to adjust one color...
Heres what it looks like in PS
Heres what it looks like in AH, notice much difference in contrast...
