burn marks

[Yoshimbo]

u know those burn marks from guns that stretch back on the plane? yeah how would i make a good burn mark with Gimp? also with the exhast from the engine

been messin with a P40B, the two main problems i'm having is:

1.) burn marks (guns / exhast)

2.) panel lines rivets, it'd be real nice if sum 1 had like a templete with these on there already

3.) varying the colour so as to make it look more "real"

im so  a n00b at skinning, though i did enjoy sum minor success in modding Rome total war, which included skins, AHII is a whole nother monster

[rogerdee]

fster did a template for the p40e its on the skinsweb page  with a little modifaction you can use it for the p40b

[Stoney74]

For the gun smudges, try making a new layer.  Using the airbrush, set it to a low flow 15-20% and low opacity 15-20%.  You can change these settings by double clicking on the tool button in the GIMP menu.

Slowly add some shading around the back portions of the guns.  Go to the filter menu and go filters/distorts/wind.  This filter will add a wind blown effect to the smudges.  Works like a champ.  You can use it for hydraulic leaks, fuel leaks--all kinds of stuff.  Just make the sure the wind blows in the right direction.

As for the colors, there's a couple of lists around that have the RGB values for certain USAAC colors.  If you can't find them online, I have some I can look up for you.  In particular:

OD Green  60, 55, 39

Medium Gray  128, 129, 135

With these two colors, you can paint just about everything pre 1944...

You can use the path tool to draw the rivet lines, then stroke the line with a dotted pattern that will be the rivets.

Also, if you haven't already, there's a series of tutorials at http://www.gimp.org that can help you learn the interface and how the tools work.

[Yoshimbo]

ah, ty ty

it's a green p40 wit a red nose, i saw a pic of it and i decided i'd try and make it

[Apers]

Originally posted by Yoshimbo
u know those burn marks from guns that stretch back on the plane? yeah how would i make a good burn mark with Gimp? also with the exhast from the engine

been messin with a P40B, the two main problems i'm having is:

1.) burn marks (guns / exhast)

Fun fact: those aren't burn marks, but carbon residue.

Also, this thread is relevant to my interests.

[Stoney74]

After further review...

I'll have to post a screen shot for this to be most apparent, but...

It seems as thought the airbrush tool doesn't work with the "wind" distort filter.  What I've started doing is use a large/thick brush size with a low opacity/ low flow (say 20% / 20%) and make 1 straight mark.  You can also set the airbrush to fade out over a distance when you drag it.  Set the fade to something short, like 80 pixels and then draw a single line with the airbrush.  After the single line is made (it should be somewhat faint), select a smaller brush size and make individual puffs on the edges of the thicker line.  Fan this out to create the desired effect, and then you can adjust the opacity of the layer to make it darker or lighter as required.

When I get home I'll try and post an example of what I'm talking about...