Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Fidd on February 08, 2004, 01:35:39 PM

Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Fidd on February 08, 2004, 01:35:39 PM: Got a friend of mine checking the skins (+Tiff), but here are some screenies of the finished skin after about 100 hours of work:

(http://www.mthuff.clara.net/tempjunk/spit5s/1.jpg)
(http://www.mthuff.clara.net/tempjunk/spit5s/2.jpg)
(http://www.mthuff.clara.net/tempjunk/spit5s/3.jpg)
(http://www.mthuff.clara.net/tempjunk/spit5s/4.jpg)
(http://www.mthuff.clara.net/tempjunk/spit5s/5.jpg)
(http://www.mthuff.clara.net/tempjunk/spit5s/6.jpg)
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Replicant on February 08, 2004, 01:48:57 PM: Very sweet Fidd! :) Keep them coming! :)
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: lucull on February 08, 2004, 03:18:13 PM: Impressive work Fidd!!! :aok

If you want me too put it on the Skin Department (http://www.ah2skins.dweebs.de), send it to me via email including a screenshot in 1024x768. :)
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Fidd on February 08, 2004, 06:04:13 PM: Thanks, I'll put it up presently once its been error-checked by Tiff.

Quote
Originally posted by lucull
Impressive work Fidd!!! :aok

If you want me too put it on the Skin Department (http://www.ah2skins.dweebs.de), send it to me via email including a screenshot in 1024x768. :)
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: acepilot2 on February 08, 2004, 06:05:33 PM: Excellent work fidd:aok

Can't wait to download it.
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Replicant on February 08, 2004, 06:29:11 PM: Fidd, is that the 249 Sqn Spitfire modeled by Corgi?

The current BBMF Spit Vb is sure pretty too and similar to the one you've done:
(http://www.f4aviation.co.uk/airshow03/legends/spitbbmf.jpg)
(http://www.f4aviation.co.uk/airshow03/waddo/bbmfspit.jpg)
(http://www.f4aviation.co.uk/airshow03/leuchars/16bbmfspit.jpg)
AB910 wearing the markings of Spitfire Vb (Trop) AB502, the mount of Wg Cdr Ian 'Widge' Gleed whilst serving with 224 Wing Desert Air Force during the Tunisia campaign of 1943.
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Fidd on February 08, 2004, 07:21:21 PM: I may do Gleed's mk V later. Problem is that it should have clipped wings, and with my scanner U/S I'd need some high quality images of any cartoon artwork on it. Reg letters I can do by eye.

Right now I'm taking a bit of a break, next will likely be a Vb of 335th FS/4th FG for the colonials. ;)
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Karnak on February 08, 2004, 08:27:49 PM: It looks very, very nice.

There is one thing though, the belly is too clean.
(http://www.mthuff.clara.net/tempjunk/spit5s/4.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_169_1075772516.jpg)
I don't know how hard it is to do oil weathering, but it would help make it look real quite a lot.
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Fidd on February 08, 2004, 10:48:45 PM: Because of the way they've used 1 bmp to do both lower wings, any oil-leakage will tend to look artificially symetrical. I may do a bit, but it'll have to be very conservative. Also, when you play around with the skin later, you'll see it's very hard to get the undersurface to illuninate in the way you see it there......
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: frank3 on February 09, 2004, 10:17:57 AM: Fidd, looks really great, only 1 suggestions:

enlarge that photo!!!!!
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Redd on February 09, 2004, 04:14:10 PM: Fidd

Aswesome skins

Do you do requests ? - would love to see an Aussie skin in the game

The Raaf flew p39 p40 spit V, 1V and 51's in the current plane set

some examples

http://users.chariot.net.au/~theburfs/spitpage1.htm

These ones are IL2-FB skins

http://members.optusnet.com.au/raafgames/FB_downloads.html

Send you a bottle of nice red wine :)

Redd
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Fidd on February 09, 2004, 06:14:12 PM: Neither of those links work for me, yes I may do requests, but in the past (air-warrior) I limited those to skins for specific historical scenarios. As Ah2 skins take much more time to do, I may have to concentrate on 1 aircraft type at a time for now.

My intention is to do an RAAF Spit V, probably in Clive Caldwells colours, 1 or two more desert/Italy ones, a couple of 1941/2 ETO ones, and a US 4th FG one (actually in progress now), oh and a 1944 clipped wing in RAF colours with invasions stripes.

Once I've exhausted the Spit 5's I may then look at Hurricanes, P40's and 109e's and f's, although the Jerry kit is likely to be well represented by others.
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Redd on February 09, 2004, 08:59:05 PM: Caldwell's RAAF Spit 5 sounds great

dunno what I did wrong with those links - but anyway you obviously know your stuff anyway - don't need to see them :)

Thanks

Redd
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Redd on February 09, 2004, 09:06:13 PM: Caldwell's RAAF Spit 5 sounds great

dunno what I did wrong with those links - but anyway you obviously know your stuff anyway - don't need to see them :)

Thanks

Redd
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: Dowding on February 10, 2004, 06:20:24 AM: Superb work!
Title: Skin, Vb of 249 Sqn '42 completed, screenies (jpg)
Post by: frank3 on February 10, 2004, 08:17:15 AM: On it's wing it says: "Walkways inboard" Does that mean you can walk over the entire wing? (following the black lines) I'd say it would snap right off :confused: