Updated skins.

[FTJR]

Since i am slowly (very slowly) updating my skins in I will just keep a single thread.

The first in the list is one of my Tu2's, Thanks to Devil for his suggestions, and Lyric as always for the info provided. As always the mistakes are mine alone.

The one thing that bothers  me is.... Is the green too bright?

[Devil 505]

That looks nice. Is that the final version or will you add even more weathering?

As for the paint colors, I personally would darken and dull the green a little and lighten the black a little as well. But you should wait for Greebo to chime in on those Soviet colors before making any changes, since he does them so well on his skins.

[Vraciu]

Nice work, bud.

Minor tweaks. 

[lyric1]

It looks good. 

[Greebo]

Its looking good FTJR, I'd like to see some oil stains behind the engines and it given a general dirtying up though. Also the camo on the air filter ducts does not seem to match the cowls.

[FTJR]

That looks nice. Is that the final version or will you add even more weathering?

As for the paint colors, I personally would darken and dull the green a little and lighten the black a little as well. But you should wait for Greebo to chime in on those Soviet colors before making any changes, since he does them so well on his skins.

I feel its close, but there are things that can be tweaked,  which is why i bought it to the board for the more discerning eyes. The weathering is there, its just a matter of adjusting the opacity, and adding the details that i've missed.
Thanks for the input on the colours. I shall see what Greebo has to say.

[FTJR]

Nice work, bud.

Minor tweaks.

Thanks, all suggestions welcome.

[FTJR]

It looks good. 

cheers mate

[FTJR]

Its looking good FTJR, I'd like to see some oil stains behind the engines and it given a general dirtying up though. Also the camo on the air filter ducts does not seem to match the cowls.

Thanks Greebo, can you comment on the colours please.

[Vraciu]

Thanks, all suggestions welcome.

I think Devil is right.   Walk the colors in toward each other a little.   Make the darker lighter primarily.

[oboe]

Hi FTJR,

Looking at these screenshots on a MacBook Air, and the green does not seem too bright to me.    Sometimes, for a comparison, I'll take identically-posed screenshots with my aircraft and another one I trust the colors on, and then switch back and forth between them to see how close they are, and if any differences seem reasonable.

Good-looking update; I especially like the chipping along the wing root.  Looks very convincing in sunlit glare.  You might also consider lightening/fading the paint area surrounding the chips somewhat, to indicate paint dulled and worn by foot traffic. 

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[Vraciu]

To buttress Oboe's point you can play with desaturation some on the light green.   Small steps tptgj you find what you like.

[Devil 505]

Here's the RGB for the AMT-4 green I used for the coverups on this Soviet P-400: 68 73 50



It may look too dull when painted in larger areas, but you might like it.

[Greebo]

My RGB values for the early war VVS scheme are as follows:-

AMT 4 green: 69/76/48
AMT 6 black: 40/40/40
AMT 7 light blue: 120/145/155

My skins usually have a desaturation layer on top of the paint layers as well as various patchy grime layers which mutes the colours a bit though. I think your skin could do with some of that to age the paint.

Apart from needing some dirt effects your top colours look OK to me FTJR. Maybe the underside blue is a bit bright but its hard to tell with so little of it showing.

[oboe]

With regards to VVS greens - weren't there multiple shades and colors?   

I thought I read somewhere that paint was in such short supply in the Soviet Union that the VVS resorted to using a green paint for tractors on some of their aircraft - this is the brighter green you sometimes see on Russian aircraft...