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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: MnkyMeat on September 02, 2004, 09:26:41 PM
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here Is my work in progress....
almost done.
Its atyffy flown by R P Beamont in 1943
"Tally Ho"
Im giving it the look of a well used plane! lotsa dirt and scratches.
this is the skin images but not full size.
The main Dissapointment is that the Cannon fairings are supposed to be yellow too..... unfortunetly thier maps were thrown ontop of the wings,,,,, Boooo so I can't colour them Yellow.
(sorry Images load slow)
(http://smeg.dyndns.org/matt/TYBTM_13.jpg)
(http://smeg.dyndns.org/matt/TYSIDE_10.jpg)
the fusalage texture ,,, i find stretches alot on the actual model and is not seamless at the top... so im trying to sort that out,,, lotsa trial and error..
MonkeyMeat
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Very nice! Please post them at Aces High custom skins website when there are ready, OK? The weathering looks awesome!
Aces High Skin Department (http://www.ah-skins.com/)
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Hmmmmmmmmmmm looks nice u better give us a screen shot :)
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:eek: amazing!
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Originally posted by MnkyMeat
here Is my work in progress....
almost done.
Its atyffy flown by R P Beamont in 1943
"Tally Ho"
Very good work :)
Now I can start to be critical :D
To used to be a squadron leader plane (they used to have the brand new plane)
Beamont plane is a Car door version and we have a bubble top late war tiffi but HTC already accepted a 1942 car dor paintjob for our typhoon so ... it should work.
You need to replace the group capitain marking by a squadron leader marking.
The panel lines are missing the fish plate on the tail (I'm nitpicking here)
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That is very good Monkey Meat. I love how you blended the invasion stripes on the bottom into the original paint, it looks very realistic.
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THAT'S FANTASTIC !!!
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hey Straffo,
and others.
Critiques are always welcome.,...
first point yah ,,, its a bit weathered but,,, hell they used dirt and grass fields,,, so maybe it can be justified that way.
(mainly I just want it to look good in game, artistic licence :)
Looking through a book I have, a lot of the paint chips and scrathces seem to be acutate (mainly based off an image of ground crew allover a tempest wing... reloading ammo etc.)
lots of scratches froom walking around and general maintnace.
Lets say this version is near the end off its run with beamont who would get his new plane soo. . . :rolleyes: lol . . something like that. . . . let me know if my BS is working :)
The cardoor version ,,,, yes you are right,,, it was the early version before the bubble canopy,, that had this paint job.. and like you said some one else got away with it also, and there is no version of the early Tyff with the cage canopy with the car door.
so hope that is cool with every one, ,
But did he have a bubble canopy Tyff ,, with this kind of paint job before he moved onto flying a tempest?
whats the difference between the group leader and suadron leader marking.. . . not clear on this, , , the default Tyff skin has this Triangle colour badge, , and the version im making has a full rectangle badge..? is this it?
The problem is that this badge on the default skin is a extra piece of geometry, , , and its in that shape ,, so havent got there yet but I can see that being a problem,, , can't fit a rectangle into a triangle hole.. . .. hmmmmmm haven't tried since I was 3.
What do you mean by fish plate panel lines? The main hull of the texture is not finished yet, , , so not all panel lines etc.. are not there yet, , , but what are the fish plate?
wow that was long,,, need a breather...
I will post images of the WIP skin from screen captures,,, maybe tonight, ,
I have a question, , , Should I put Rivets in.... or not ,, , I kinda think they are a bit to busy on some of the models, , , , The tyffy model is really low poly, , , so there is alot of stretching on the hull as well,. , , , may make the rivits look bad.
MonkeyMeat
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MnkyMeat, to have a skin accepted by HTC it must be 1024x768 resolution (or at least I think so). Most skinners take the original bitmap, stretch it to 1024x768 and then pretty much make the skin by scratch.
Other than that it looks incredibly amazing!
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hey ,,,
yah this /\/\/\/\ image(S) are not actual size I have reduced them,.. to 800 by 800 for posting purpose.
They are actualy 1024x1024 wich is is scaled up form the original skin wich was 256x256.
so hope im good.
MonkeyMeat
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So how's about an in-game picture Monkey? :)
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Very good job with many details. Nice. A bit less weathered (it's only my personal oppinion) and its a dream. Go ahead with such skins.
airmess
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Originally posted by MnkyMeat
hey ,,,
yah this /\/\/\/\ image(S) are not actual size I have reduced them,.. to 800 by 800 for posting purpose.
They are actualy 1024x1024 wich is is scaled up form the original skin wich was 256x256.
so hope im good.
MonkeyMeat
Oh yes youre fine. As long as the skin file is 1024x1024 you'll be ok. I meant 1024x1024 instead of 1024x768 earlier as well.:D
Keep up the good work, im anxious for a screenie!
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Here ya go.
a cut and paste job of some screenies.
(main body still not done)
(http://smeg.dyndns.org/matt/Tyffie_WIP.jpg)
would look awsome if i could make the guns yellow! :mad:
MonkeyMeat
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WHOA! BeautifuL!
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O baby cant wait to fly dat thing :eek: Great Job mnkymeat
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:eek: makes my work look like i gave a dog a brush and told him to paint stuff... WOW btw how long did that take???
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id say about 5+ hours i spent like 5hours on a skins and got a virus it looked Good like my other skin looked like watermelon but then used PSP8 and WOW :D so nice
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Only 5 hours? it wouldve taken me at least an hour for the camo, 2-3 hours on the weathering alone! Thats not including panel lines, rivets, and other things.
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u do know there is a layer were u can pick a color and go over the Lines and u get a good set well some times they look like watermelon lot funer makeing them though
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and I said 5+ i cant be wrong :D
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Originally posted by AaronM2
u do know there is a layer were u can pick a color and go over the Lines and u get a good set well some times they look like watermelon lot funer makeing them though
You make layers for them. I usually end up with around 20 layers for a completed bitmap.
Panel Lines
Panel Lines shadow
Black rivets
White rivets
One color Camo
Another color Camo
Markings on the fuselage
Markings on the Wing
Scratches
Weathering
Dirt
Exhaust smoke
Oil smudges
Squadron Markings
and a few I cant name off the top of my head.
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Originally posted by MnkyMeat
hey Straffo,
and others.
Critiques are always welcome.,...
first point yah ,,, its a bit weathered but,,, hell they used dirt and grass fields,,, so maybe it can be justified that way.
(mainly I just want it to look good in game, artistic licence :)
Sure :)
But to apply such an hard weatherring I won't have choosen a squadron leader plane :)
Looking through a book I have, a lot of the paint chips and scrathces seem to be acutate (mainly based off an image of ground crew allover a tempest wing... reloading ammo etc.)
lots of scratches froom walking around and general maintnace.
Lets say this version is near the end off its run with beamont who would get his new plane soo. . . :rolleyes: lol . . something like that. . . . let me know if my BS is working :)
Me think he would have run away instead of flying this plane :D
The cardoor version ,,,, yes you are right,,, it was the early version before the bubble canopy,, that had this paint job.. and like you said some one else got away with it also, and there is no version of the early Tyff with the cage canopy with the car door.
so hope that is cool with every one, ,
But did he have a bubble canopy Tyff ,, with this kind of paint job before he moved onto flying a tempest?
I checked but don't have found it
whats the difference between the group leader and suadron leader marking.. . . not clear on this, , , the default Tyff skin has this Triangle colour badge, , and the version im making has a full rectangle badge..? is this it?
that's it :)
The problem is that this badge on the default skin is a extra piece of geometry, , , and its in that shape ,, so havent got there yet but I can see that being a problem,, , can't fit a rectangle into a triangle hole.. . .. hmmmmmm haven't tried since I was 3.
lol :)
What do you mean by fish plate panel lines? The main hull of the texture is not finished yet, , , so not all panel lines etc.. are not there yet, , , but what are the fish plate?
the fish plates are on the tail of the plane , just in front of the elevator :
See this pict with both version one with fish plate ,one without :
http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/33_1094458679_t2.gif
wow that was long,,, need a breather...
I will post images of the WIP skin from screen captures,,, maybe tonight, ,
I have a question, , , Should I put Rivets in.... or not ,, , I kinda think they are a bit to busy on some of the models, , , , The tyffy model is really low poly, , , so there is alot of stretching on the hull as well,. , , , may make the rivits look bad.
MonkeyMeat [/B]
see this http://www.aircraftscalemodeling.com/ASM%20sections/Walkarounds/Aircraft%20Walkarounds%20Hawker%20Typhoon.htm
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Hey...
right fishplate thought thats what U mean.
Yah the body isn't done. . .
As for the weathering, , , Its there because it looks better...
and in game since you usaualy only see the fighters really small on your screen..... you will never notice any small minute scratches... . . Its an exageration,,, some what.
---I'v actualy looked at photo for reference.
Anyway after flying the same tyff for an hour or two, rearming 2 or 3 times, , , and flying through Rook brains chunks and Nit intestines, , the air, , ,, I can see how dirty a plane can get.
The New Tyffie Gunsu Porp, it dices it slices, but it dosn't clean well
(disclaimer; may need to tenderize rooks and nits first, with 4 20mm Hispanos)
MonkeyMeat
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MnkyMeat, was wondering if this is ready?
I'd really like to get a hold of the skin. I could use it soon! Like tomorrow maybe?
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OOoooops
sorry gusy I forgot about it ,, sorta been realy busy...
I'll try to get it done so i can get it out of the way just havn't been looking forward to drawing more panel lines.... lol
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Your skin of the typhy looks to be the most realistic thus far.
I'd like to use your skin, but if I can't get it by this weekend, I'll most likely use Kev's skin. His is great too, but I'll have to touch it up, due to some small glitches that i've noticed. Or you can email me what you have so far. That'd be great..full res please.:D