Skinning Help

[Kazan_HB]

Where do you get the markings? Do you create them yourself, or copy and paste or what?


 



Amaazee

http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/downloads.php?do=cat&id=3

[Amaazee]

 


Thanks Kazan

[Krusty]

I don't like to use those, myself... It's a good starting place, but overall you're probably better off creating yours from scratch. Those are good for patterns, ratios, proportions, maybe... But the quality on some was lacking when I started out so I just made my own and I think that's ultimately what you want to do. Considering you're just starting, I wouldn't totally discourage you from using those... I just won't suggest you use them on every skin.

[Amaazee]

When I wanna view my skin offline, do I save the skin in the F6F1_1 directory as a .bmp?

[Kazan_HB]

When I wanna view my skin offline, do I save the skin in the F6F1_1 directory as a .bmp?

exactly

[Amaazee]

It is giving me a disk read error,  . Did I do something wrong?

[Amaazee]

Okay I have added the Plug-In Bright and everything, it is still giving me Disk Error Message, do anyone know what is wrong?


Kazan I will send you all my most recent PSD file tonight.

School been interfering a lot lately with my AHII work and what not.

Hope to be done soon, will continue to post my WIP pictures.

It still isn't done, but I am trying to view it offline.

[Amaazee]

Here is the message it is giving me...


Also when I name the directory I have tried to name it F6F51 and everything else just about and it keeps giving me this message...

[jocko-]

I don't like to use those, myself... It's a good starting place, but overall you're probably better off creating yours from scratch. Those are good for patterns, ratios, proportions, maybe... But the quality on some was lacking when I started out so I just made my own and I think that's ultimately what you want to do. Considering you're just starting, I wouldn't totally discourage you from using those... I just won't suggest you use them on every skin.

Agreed. The RAF markings available for DL are especially bad with regard to proportion and colours used. I make my own by making separate solid circles of the various colours centered over one another in layers like a wedding cake and then flattening them into one layer. The thing to remember is there is "standard" and then there is what the actual aircraft you are skinning looked like in RL. Photo evidence always trumps written markings guidelines.