Author Topic: Hondt done (feedback?) (Read 1589 times)

Krusty · « **on:** June 08, 2005, 12:39:05 AM »

I think I'm done. No really. All the way done.

Too late for screenshots, just going to put the uncompressed BMP in for a look.

SkyChimp · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2005, 11:24:15 AM »

White tail a little to white.

MAKE it dirty the wings i think u could do better come on.

Scratches i mean.

Other than that looks good.

TexMurphy · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2005, 11:27:20 AM »

Hard to say without seeing a screenshot of the plane...

But I dont necessary agree with Chimp. The tail doesnt become as dirty as the underside of the wings. But it *could* be to white.. need to see it "in action" to decide...

Tex

SkyChimp · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2005, 12:12:31 PM »

Come on ITS WHITE rich people can't even keep there white cars clean lol.

Krusty · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2005, 12:38:12 PM »

Okay I've dimmed the white slightly with a low opacity layer of grey over the top of it.

However I totally SUCK at wing scratches. I admit they look butt-ugly. Any suggestions on that?

EDIT: Wing scratches in-game (that's not the final skin, old screenshot, but the scratches have not changed since then)

United · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2005, 01:01:47 PM »

Look at Greebo's Weathering post. Its just a few below this one.

Krusty · « **Reply #6 on:** June 08, 2005, 01:14:51 PM »

I did! It just didn't take!

United · « **Reply #7 on:** June 08, 2005, 01:33:21 PM »

To do paint chips, he's saying to take a 1 pixel airbrush in light grey and make the paint chips. Make them a little larger than you actually want. Afterwards, use a low opacity eraser and erase around the edges.

Krusty · « **Reply #8 on:** June 08, 2005, 01:43:06 PM »

That's what I did for paint chips. THAT part looks okay, if I do say so myself. What looks horrible is the scuffed paint by the foot-traffic areas.

United · « **Reply #9 on:** June 08, 2005, 01:57:34 PM »

Ahh, that. Id do the same thing as the chips, but make it bigger. Take out larger chunks on the wingroot there and then use the eraser.

Krusty · « **Reply #10 on:** June 08, 2005, 02:28:17 PM »

But the problem is that most LW planes dont' have bare metal showing even in that area. Not like a P40 or anything. They were well maintained and kept clean and painted. So it's a trick trying to get scuffs but not wholesale paint loss.

Know what? Screw it, "These aren't the scuffmarks you're looking for" *waves fingers*

Viola! No more problem

Scuffs removed! It's been cleaned and repainted recently. Maybe just a bit of paint discoloration, eh? As if it has been touched up.

SkyChimp · « **Reply #11 on:** June 08, 2005, 02:55:52 PM »

Why don't u use 20px brush light gray color and paint there make the paint look wore not chipped off. Err forgot make the flow really low.

United · « **Reply #12 on:** June 08, 2005, 04:10:02 PM »

Why not take a low opacity eraser and fade out some of the colors. Its still there, but faded moreso than other parts.

JB73 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2005, 04:22:56 PM »

looks nice......

the "paint" chips like too much like a pencil line, and the pilot only got in on the lfet side....

like i mentioned in too many posts to list, on the top of the wings in pictures 3 feet away almost no rivets are visible... i think many make the rivet lines too strong and too many.. thats just my opinion.

it is a greta job on the red stripes

the cowlo, if i got hammered for not enought dirt well LOL, with the stretching it is too hard to make "realistic" gun dirt residue

~~sir~~

Krusty · « **Reply #14 on:** June 08, 2005, 04:25:39 PM »

Yes JB, I do recall your posts on the rivets. In fact throughout this project the rivets were turned off. I wanted to see what could be done without them. So instead of having the rivets on I took both rivet layers and blurred the crapola out of them and then changed their opacity (giving the discolored areas, which I'm not entirely keen on, but they add *something* to the skin)