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

[Nefarious]

Amazing work Oboe, keep it up!

[Vraciu]

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.

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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.

Yeah.  For your style, it needs to be toned down slightly.  Your skins are like paintings so you'll need to keep that in mind especially the way the lighting messes with stuff. 

That nose red looks better than the spinner and upper wing root. 

It's well done regardless.

Yes, welcome back to the nightmare that's the P-38 object stretch extravaganza.  People have NO idea.   Lol.

[Shuffler]

Glad you are back working on your skins.

[lyric1]

Nice. 

[lyric1]

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

Colour image of a sister aircraft.

[Greebo]

Great looking skin Oboe. As for the colours judging by Lyric1's photo it looks like the blue needs to be less saturated with a hint more red in it. Although WW2 photos' colour reproduction can be a bit iffy sometimes they are still a much better reference than any profile.

[oboe]

Thank you Greebo, and thanks to Lyric for the color photos - I'd didn't think such color photos of the 485th's squads colors existed.  Lyric, you always come through! 

Seems pretty clear that the spinner's color is closer to insignia blue than the ANA True Blue.  The War Thunder skinner had it right.

[Vraciu]

Great find on the photo.

It shows how flat that red actually is, too, even in the light.  Closer to what's on the nose of Oboe's skin.

In this picture the spinner band red looks darker on the right engine (our left) than the left engine (our right).   Paint wearing off?

[oboe]

Went back to my original skin's blue spinners and tweaked some more.  I learned that the darker red on the nose that Vraciu liked was caused by the weathering streaks and gun muzzle exhaust.  hard to see on the '38 because of the stretching - just turned in more or less into a blotch of grime.  I reduced the opacity somewhat, and added grime to the inner wing fillets.

[Devil 505]

Fantastic!

[Vraciu]

That is outstanding.

[lyric1]

  

[Shuffler]

Winner

[LCADolby]

Pretty for a bomber 

[Nefarious]

That is the finest P-38 in the game. Excellent work.