"Horse's Itch" - 357th FG, 363 FS - P-51D

[lyric1]

 

[Devil 505]

Looking good.

[Vraciu]

Thanks guys.   I'm walking away from the PC now after about....11 hours of work on this thing (off and on).   Those checkerboards are a nightmare...   No, you can't just copy and paste them from the B because it doesn't fit.   However, I started with that to give me a pattern to work with.

Now that I've finally figured out how to see all my layers and click to them directly (there's a layer palette icon I'd never seen before!) I'm going to be a much happier guy.

I'm gonna' miss the white nose.   

[Kit357]

Looks like I found a new desktop wallpaper. 

[Vraciu]

Looks like I found a new desktop wallpaper. 

Right on.  I have more improvements to make yet...hopefully they'll be done by Thursday. 

Devil, how are we looking on the red and yellow?   Desaturate?

[Devil 505]

Right on.  I have more improvements to make yet...hopefully they'll be done by Thursday. 

Devil, how are we looking on the red and yellow?   Desaturate?

The only thing I'd consider is maybe making the red little darker to increase contrast with the yellow. The saturation is fine.

[Mister Fork]

Looks good Vraciu. 

And +1 on making the red a little darker - check my photos on the 6th page.  I'm now wondering if TONY BOY from Colonel Henry "Russ" Spicer's P-51B was also checkered and the camera photos just washed it out? Brown's CHICAGO GUN MOLL had a checkered, it was a P-51B as well (pre-Malcom hood)

[Vraciu]

Looks good Vraciu. 

And +1 on making the red a little darker - check my photos on the 6th page.  I'm now wondering if TONY BOY from Colonel Henry "Russ" Spicer's P-51B was also checkered and the camera photos just washed it out? Brown's CHICAGO GUN MOLL had a checkered, it was a P-51B as well (pre-Malcom hood)

https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/923a8c31a6b05204a651c02fc02add06.jpg

I prefer the white, myself.  I'm leaving it as a sub layer in case we decide someday it should have remained.  But I better not tick off the 357th cabal...don't want to wind up with a horse's head 🐴 in my bed.   

[Vraciu]

The only thing I'd consider is maybe making the red little darker to increase contrast with the yellow. The saturation is fine.

[Devil 505]

Nailed it, I think. 

[Vraciu]

Nailed it, I think. 

YES!!!   

Thanks.

Finishing up the Invasion Stripes for the bottom of the wings now.  Hope to have it submitted tonight for an update next tour.

Question: That side mirror...   Can I duplicate it's shape via the normal map or should I just let it go?

[Devil 505]

It's not possible to make that kind of shape or that height. The best you could do is simulate the mounting bracket - but then you would have a strange bump that would "stick out" with no explanation for it's existence. Better to have nothing than the obvious and strange thing.

A good analogy is how to handle Luftwaffe skins without swastikas. Better to not have anything than a replacement marking that is incorrect.

[Vraciu]

^^^^^^^^^^  Sounds good.

Well, sorry to spam the board but here it is.   I have some cleanup to do after I sleep on it, but this is basically how it will look next tour.

Thanks to everyone for their help, research, input, and advice.   

[Mister Fork]

Looks amazing. It's my default P-51 skin too! Great work V!

[Vraciu]

Looks amazing. It's my default P-51 skin too! Great work V!

Thank you, sir.   I appreciate your help on it.  This has been quite a group project!