Lt. Bill Eddins - P-51D "WEE WILLIE" (QP-C) - 52nd FG, 2nd FS - AH3 Update

[hitech]

the _p on the aluminum should the same or slightly more then you have the yellow tail.

and raise the _e on the aluminum 25 to 50%

[Vraciu]

the _p on the aluminum should the same or slightly more then you have the yellow tail.

and raise the _e on the aluminum 25 to 50%

Will try that.   Thank you.   

[Vraciu]

the _p on the aluminum should the same or slightly more then you have the yellow tail.

and raise the _e on the aluminum 25 to 50%

Made some changes.   Still not sure I am doing it the way you want.

I adjusted the _e by making the gray lighter (which may be exactly the opposite of what you wanted).    I changed the _p to be closer to the tail's.   

The skin looks it MIGHT MIGHT MIGHT be a darker shade of gray to me now though when not in light due to the adjustment I made to the _E map (I made the shade of gray lighter on the metal).

[Devil 505]

On the P-map, did you adjust the metal areas with a lighter or darker value? It looks like a lighter value since the finish at some angles the fuselage looks glossier and less like metal.

[Vraciu]

On the P-map, did you adjust the metal areas with a lighter or darker value? It looks like a lighter value since the finish at some angles the fuselage looks glossier and less like metal.

Lighter to more closely match the tail as Hitech suggested.   I assumed he was referring to the spec maps.

But maybe he meant darker, which is what I wanted to do, to widen the beam on the metal.    Lighter on the spec does that gel coating thing...

In Hitech's defense he did cause me to bump up the metal sections on the S map.   That was needed.

[Vraciu]

Here they are in rough form.  I will clean them up once I get the broad strokes right.

E, P, S

[Vraciu]

My original P map is here:

[Devil 505]

The fuselage in the original P-map is not black enough.

[hitech]

Looking much better, as you guessed the base gray could be made a bit darker. The net effect will be to show the environment more.

[Vraciu]

Looking much better, as you guessed the base gray could be made a bit darker. The net effect will be to show the environment more.

Darker here or one of the Spec maps?   Just so I am clear. 

[hitech]

Darker on the texture you posted. BTW the name for this type of texture is diffuse map.

HiTech

[Vraciu]

Darker on the texture you posted. BTW the name for this type of texture is diffuse map.

HiTech

I knew that.  *facepalm*  I will start using the term. 

Darker it is.  I will try it and post it in a few days.