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Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: TBolt A-10 on June 04, 2004, 04:23:33 PM: question for the skin gurus here:

Is it possible - in AH2 - to have a shiny skin like we see below? I've seen snake skins, leather skins, etc. Wondered if maybe you guys could recreate the shiny chrome look somehow?

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/77_1086384027_bf1942_jug.jpg)
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: Pyro on June 04, 2004, 04:34:39 PM: It's possible, but since we don't have chrome planes, we don't put a chrome finish on them.
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: TBolt A-10 on June 04, 2004, 04:37:22 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Pyro
It's possible, but since we don't have chrome planes, we don't put a chrome finish on them.

Pyro,
I humbly request a chrome (or, whatever material it is) plane - preferrably a Jug. ~~That would look amazing in a massively multi-player arena. :D~~
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: Pyro on June 04, 2004, 06:30:44 PM: Doesnt' exist. The planes weren't chrome, they were natural aluminum which looks nothing like the above screenshot. Take a look at a book on the subject with a lot of color photographs in it(Warren Bodie's book on the P-47 has a ton of color photographs in it). Thumb through one at a bookstore if you don't have one and reference a picture that looks anything like that pimpmobile above.

It's cool looking, but has no basis in reality. I guess it's the flight-sim equivilent to all those petite big boobed babes in RPG's. You'd think cosmetic surgeon would be a player class in those games.
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: oboe on June 04, 2004, 06:36:48 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Pyro
...Thumb through one at a bookstore if you don't have one and reference a picture that looks anything like that pimpmobile above.

It's cool looking, but has no basis in reality. I guess it's the flight-sim equivilent to all those petite big boobed babes in RPG's. You'd think cosmetic surgeon would be a player class in those games.

:rofl

I've seen polished aluminum P-51s at air shows, which are pretty bright and shiny, but I agree, they prolly weren't like that on the front lines in WWII.
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on June 04, 2004, 07:38:19 PM: A polished P51 is cute, a polished Thunderbolt is like Mike Tyson in a tutu.

Plus, as Pyro said, not WW2 style.
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on June 04, 2004, 07:40:59 PM: ... Or play Il2 :D
(http://il2skins.com/skins/screenshots/4133.jpg)

that's about the best rendering you can do of polished alluminum.http://il2skins.com/skins/screenshots/4133.jpg (http://il2skins.com/skins/screenshots/4133.jpg)
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: Mak333 on June 04, 2004, 09:40:25 PM: I never knew MTV's "Pimp My Ride" was coming to AH2!?!

MTV: PIMP MY PLANE!!!
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: TBolt A-10 on June 04, 2004, 10:49:27 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
... Or play Il2 :D
(http://il2skins.com/skins/screenshots/4133.jpg)

that's about the best rendering you can do of polished alluminum.http://il2skins.com/skins/screenshots/4133.jpg (http://il2skins.com/skins/screenshots/4133.jpg)

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Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: TBolt A-10 on June 04, 2004, 11:03:47 PM: I think I pissed off the Pyro. :eek: :D
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: Pyro on June 05, 2004, 11:09:49 AM: That's hardly something I'd get pissed about. I just think it's anachronistic at best and completely bogus at worst. Polished aluminum can be made pretty shiny, but I don't think it can be made to reflect with that little diffusion.
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: nopoop on June 05, 2004, 11:36:21 AM: I agree it is a pimp mobile.

I want my planes looking rode hard and put away wet. Oil streaked, chipped paint, replaced panels of a different shade, dirty, oxidized, scratched and a step away from spare parts..

That being said.

That pimp mobile sure makes purty wallpaper :D
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: RTSigma on June 05, 2004, 01:24:09 PM: Yeah, besides, who wants to draw attention?
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: SunKing on June 05, 2004, 01:51:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by RTSigma
Yeah, besides, who wants to draw attention?

LOL its AH you know!
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: RTSigma on June 05, 2004, 01:57:56 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SunKing
LOL its AH you know!

On that note, any chance for a very flamboyant P-51 with feathers and blinking lights?
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: TBolt A-10 on June 05, 2004, 02:17:03 PM: Quote
Originally posted by RTSigma
On that note, any chance for a very flamboyant P-51 with feathers and blinking lights?

I'll fly it ONLY if they're Christmas lights! ;)
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: gunnss on June 05, 2004, 03:10:03 PM: I want a Romulian "Bird of Prey" scheme.

Gunns
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: Orig on June 06, 2004, 02:22:33 AM: Chrome might look interesting in special events arenas or H2H where historical realism is not a concern. I know that doesn't meet up with the overall historical feel of the game in general, but that's why some people fly special events and H2H - to be able to use and play the game in different ways.

Just a thought.
Title: Shiny Skins?
Post by: 6GunUSMC on June 06, 2004, 12:55:45 PM: I think they look great, personally.