Author Topic: Viva los Jugs (con huevos)!!  (Read 1355 times)

Offline JeepinAZ

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Viva los Jugs (con huevos)!!
« on: February 23, 2008, 06:36:32 PM »
201st Escudon / 58th FG
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« Last Edit: February 23, 2008, 06:44:29 PM by JeepinAZ »
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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2008, 08:12:59 PM »
:aok

Awesome!
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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2008, 08:29:37 PM »
Very striking scheme!  

You know your missing cowl id number and tail serial number, right?  And the white cowl flash seems to have a dark outline in the profile.

Wonder why the Mexican AF was operating as part of a US FG?

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« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2008, 09:03:36 PM »
T...t.t.ttt.t.tt.....ttt.tt.t ...thank you. :O
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« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2008, 09:40:38 PM »
Do I get DosEques in the pit?

How bout some Limes in the DT?

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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2008, 12:55:12 AM »
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You know your missing cowl id number and tail serial number, right?  And the white cowl flash seems to have a dark outline in the profile.
 


Yeah, still not finished but the girlfriend ack wanted me to spend time with her. I tried convincing her to sit in the room with me while I worked but watching me "draw on a stupid airplane for 20 hours" didn't fly with her. I'll try to get it finished soon, hopefully tomorrow.

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« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2008, 01:23:50 AM »
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T...t.t.ttt.t.tt.....ttt.tt.t...thank you. :O


Reason why I do skins..
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« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2008, 01:40:41 AM »
I like the yield signs on the wing, if your engine ever gets shot out you can ditch in a small town and get a new job as a traffic sign.

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« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2008, 07:13:31 AM »
Don't neglect the ones you love in favor of a computer game - that's a lesson we all have to learn and sometimes relearn from time to time.

A subtle technique you might try is to reduce the opacity of the light panel lines within the black stripes - the light panel lines layer's opacity has probably been set to look correctly when viewing the metal skin as a whole, but in the area of the black stripes this is a bit too much.    You could go over them randomly with a small eraser set to low opacity to give them some variation.  
 
Apart from those suggestions all she needs is some dirt and grime, and perhaps darken the shade of the anti-glare on the top of the fuselage.   In the profile it looks quite dark.

This is really a good-looking skin.   I didn't reallize Jugs had seen service with so many different countries.    

Here's the wiki on them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escuadr%C3%B3n_201

« Last Edit: February 24, 2008, 07:33:09 AM by oboe »

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« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2008, 07:35:25 AM »
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I like the yield signs on the wing, if your engine ever gets shot out you can ditch in a small town and get a new job as a traffic sign.



Hahahah, nice one.
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« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2008, 10:24:30 AM »
The glare panel looks black in the profile, rather than Olive Drab.
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« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2008, 11:33:26 AM »
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I like the yield signs on the wing, if your engine ever gets shot out you can ditch in a small town and get a new job as a traffic sign.
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Re: Viva los Jugs (con huevos)!!
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2008, 08:31:37 PM »
So, with a little help from one of AH's best skinners (to remain nameless unless he chimes in & takes credit) I've changed my technique a tad & come up with the latest revisions to this skin:





Still needs some tweaking here and there, just wanted to post & see what you guys think.
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Offline Gryffin

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Re: Viva los Jugs (con huevos)!!
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2008, 12:12:31 AM »
That's a noticeable improvement in the weathering, great job!

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Re: Viva los Jugs (con huevos)!!
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2008, 10:54:01 AM »
Looks terrific overall. I have a couple of nitpicks related to symmetry. See the composite image below.



You have been doing some very nice work...


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