P-38J "My Little Pig" Lt Jack Jarrell, 370th FG 485th FS

[oboe]

"My Little Pig" was flown by Lt Jack Jarrell of the 485th FS.  Aircraft was lost on December 14, 1944 when Jack was hit in a dogfight and bailed out.

[Devil 505]

That looks great!

[Vraciu]

That looks great!

Yes, but the red and blue look off to me.  Almost neon.  Nice work overall, though.  An unusual scheme.

I know you're trying to create an image table, but from a user standpoint you're probably best just stacking them with a width around 800.

[oboe]

I based the colors on this image:


Wanted to see a what a lighter blue would look like.  In the B&W photo, the spinner nose cone has a lighter shade than the base.  The profile I used for the original was this one:


I guess my idea of displaying the images in a table of thumbnails won't work - I don't like the way the images open up offcenter when you click on them.

[Devil 505]

Yes, but the red and blue look off to me.  Almost neon.  Nice work overall, though.  An unusual scheme.

I know you're trying to create an image table, but from a user standpoint you're probably best just stacking them with a width around 800.

The blue is it a bit bold, but it does not glow in the slightest. The red looks spot on to me.

[Vraciu]

I based the colors on this image:

Seems a bit flared to me.   

[Devil 505]

I based the colors on this image:

Lots wrong with this. Whoever made it should go back and redo it based on your work. 

[Vraciu]

The blue is it a bit bold, but it does not glow in the slightest. The red looks spot on to me.

It sure does in the head on shot.

I know how troublesome lighting can be especially with reds.   It's bolder than mine was that you had me desaturate.

Still a good looking plane.

[Devil 505]

It sure does in the head on shot.

I know how troublesome lighting can be especially with reds.   It's bolder than mine was that you had me desaturate.

Still a good looking plane.

Dude, your red was glowing. Oboe's does not.

[oboe]

What about this one:

[Vraciu]

That's more like it. 

The nose on your airplane has a darker red than the spinners I think.   That looks right to my eye. 

[Vraciu]

Dude, your red was glowing. Oboe's does not.

Cool story, bro.   

[Devil 505]

What about this one:
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Yeah, that looks good. If you can get your blue looking closer to the shade here, it will be perfect.

Take your blue, desaturate the tone until it gets a bit more dull. That should lighten it a little as well.

[oboe]

Here is the spinner from my diffuse file - overlayed on an ANA chart.  Its not that for off from True Blue.  Old skin was based on insignia blue I think.



I don't know where the War Thunder skinner got his shade, though its close to my original skin.   But, in a B&W photo wouldn't that darker shade of blue show up as darker than the red?

I agree the nose red looks darker, not sure how that happened - it should be same shade.  I'll look at it.  I'm bleary-eyed right now - took me the last couple of days to adjust the red trim pixel by pixel on that nose - the stretching is a nightmare on this model here.

[Devil 505]

Here is the spinner from my diffuse file - overlayed on an ANA chart:

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That's really close. Like I said, it just needs to be desaturated to look less intense in game.