Very nice
I love the contrast between the OD and yellow stripes on the wings.
Much nicer than the original, Vraciu. Big improvement!
Very nice work! For reference only, a view of the exhaust stain on Crazy Horse 2.(https://s33.postimg.cc/y3lnht5cr/6_F7362_BD-_C4_EE-4018-_A232-9904_D1_F2_F04_C.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/y3lnht5cr/)
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I've had trouble with adding dark colors for engine soot and grime - it may look OK while in Photoshop, but in game the dark color shows up as reddish brown if applied over the top of drab green. Tried many things as work around but still not completely satisfied.
I've had trouble with adding dark colors for engine soot and grime - it may look OK while in Photoshop, but in game the dark color shows up as reddish brown if applied over the top of drab green. Tried many things as work around but still not completely satisfied.
What I have done on the darker paint schemes and all Allison engined P-40's is to add a layer of gray smoke under the sooty dark brown smoke. I just copy the sooty smoke stain onto a new layer and change the soot color to neutral gray. Then I enlarge the gray stain so that the gray peeks out from under the soot stain.
Honestly, the transition from a brownish exhaust stain to dark grey-black isn't working for me - the transition seems too abrupt, for one thing. But besides that, I don't really understand the physical rationale for transitioning from brown to black? I can't think of a real-world example of that?
Honestly, the transition from a brownish exhaust stain to dark grey-black isn't working for me - the transition seems too abrupt, for one thing. But besides that, I don't really understand the physical rationale for transitioning from brown to black? I can't think of a real-world example of that?
Heat, time of exposure, and the effect this has on the paint. You're getting different temperatures as it moves aft among other things. The transition is where the guy's leg is rubbing when he climbs into the cockpit. I can blend that more.
I have two other options. One is to simply dial it back to almost nothing--which I have also seen. The other is to pick one color or the other and run it all the way...
Yeah I am trying to imagine it with people rubbing up against it, etc. I have the exhaust figured out for my NMF airplanes. Not so much for olive drab. :( Will probably tweak this one a tad more before I submit it. Thanks for the photo.
Lee Lauderback likes to keep the exhaust stain for esthetics. I’ve not gained any stain climbing I n or out. There’s a step in the side of the fuselage. Once my foot is in that, it’s a matter of stepping in and putting the glove on.
Nice effort!
Looking better.
Now you can play with how far back you want the soot to turn to gray.
How are you changing that? With a select tool?
If I might make another suggestion - change the font of the "First Of The Few" text. It looks like the Arial font to me - which is fine for typesetting, but too perfect to represent hand lettering on the side of a cowl, IMO.
MS Comic Sans is a possibility here, but I'd suggest searching for free fonts looking for "Hand lettering" or "Hand printing" styles. You might find something the varies in weight and even stroke angle between letters that would look less perfect and machine-like. Subtle inconsistencies and imperfections are key.
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you can try the Scale Select tool to shorten the smaller soot section, but that will be difficult because of the curved nature of the stain.
Best bet would be to use the erase tool with a large fuzzy brush and set the opacity of the tool to 10-20% and just work on the small soot layer to shorten it length and keep it blended into the other layers
yeah, that's looking good.