Author Topic: Aircraft Skins - Anyone here like to make them? (Read 323 times)

Sundog · « **on:** September 08, 2002, 04:52:17 PM »

Hey everyone,
HiTech has alluded to possibly making aircraft skins changeable per terrain. As such, is anyone here experienced at skinning aircraft, especially in regard to historical markings? If you are, and would like to make some for AH, let me know. I have made a few in my time, but I have enough on my plate to do as it is.

If you are interested, please send me the url/sample pics of some of what you may have done. Thanks.

NUTTZ · « **Reply #1 on:** September 08, 2002, 05:22:17 PM »

soon as the templates are available, I'm sure many people will jump at the chance.

NUTTZ

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2002, 05:56:58 PM »

You bet

Voss · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2002, 06:25:34 PM »

Yeah, I've warmed up to this myself and I'm looking forward to it.

Urchin · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2002, 07:15:42 PM »

I just wish I was smart enough to understand how to make them, I'd love doing it.

Innominate · « **Reply #5 on:** September 08, 2002, 07:38:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Urchin
I just wish I was smart enough to understand how to make them, I'd love doing it.

I'd guess it will be fairly simple once HT releases the basics of how it will work.

Grimm · « **Reply #6 on:** September 08, 2002, 08:05:00 PM »

The best Skin man I can think of is FIDD, from the Kraits.

I would suggest you talk to him, and see if any of the hundreds of skins he has can be used or converted.

Fidd · « **Reply #7 on:** September 08, 2002, 08:44:30 PM »

hehe, thanks. I don't think I'll be doing a "SAC" quantity (1000+ skins), but I am looking forward to trying it. I did ask Hi-Tech for a specimen image months ago, to look into it, but never recieved anything. I have kept all my working images from SAC, at least the more recent ones, in 1200 pixel square .psp form, still with layers, so if some of them are useable to develop AH skins, then I'd have a heck of a head-start on the rest of you! Brett Young "Famin" was a very good skinner too, so maybe he'd help?

Attached is a a spit V of "screwball" Beaurling, from the defense of Malta; one of my favourites from AW3. It's reduced to 256 pixels square, and has 256 colours as well.

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Originally posted by Grimm
The best Skin man I can think of is FIDD, from the Kraits.

I would suggest you talk to him, and see if any of the hundreds of skins he has can be used or converted.

faminz · « **Reply #8 on:** September 08, 2002, 09:53:12 PM »

Standing by, awaiting the call Fidd.... lol

akak · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2002, 10:01:34 PM »

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Originally posted by Grimm
The best Skin man I can think of is FIDD, from the Kraits.

I would suggest you talk to him, and see if any of the hundreds of skins he has can be used or converted.

Unfortunately FIDD has retired from making skins. His skin of Robin Old's Scat II P-38J skin from the 479th FG is and always be my favorite. I was really hoping that he could remake that one for AH.

Ack-Ack
479th FG

Dux · « **Reply #10 on:** September 08, 2002, 11:08:37 PM »

Count me in, Sundog.

CAV · « **Reply #11 on:** September 08, 2002, 11:11:15 PM »

Hi

I think Laz525 will be happy to see this. He made a few skins for AW using the "Krait SAC". The down side was once he starts making skins... he stops flying. LOL

old AW VMF-525 skin page...
http://vmf525skins.tripod.com/index.html

CAV

Soulyss · « **Reply #12 on:** September 08, 2002, 11:24:16 PM »

I did a couple skins back in the day for EAW, I'd chip in and give it a shot, should the opportunity present itself.

Fidd · « **Reply #13 on:** September 09, 2002, 05:59:37 AM »

This is the old SAC website, if any of you want to see what it did, or just take a trip down memory lane. NB the email address is defunct

http://www3.mistral.co.uk/mthuff/index.html

CAV · « **Reply #14 on:** September 09, 2002, 06:45:45 PM »

....trip down memory lane.....

The one thing I remember is the Kraits coming out with SAC made the last few years of AW lots of fun.

CAV