Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: FTJR on September 04, 2004, 03:42:52 PM
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Ok, I reworked it, I couldn't manage the rivet magic, guess I need more time :D . Comments please.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/716_1094330284_upload3.jpg)
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It looks much better than before. Rivets are a b***h, but they make it look a million times better than without. You may want to bring up the opacity of the panel lines as well. (It may look fine from inside the cockpit, I have had that problem. But, they seem a little too light in the picture you provided. I would recommend bringing the opacity of them to somewhere around 30-35.)
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I believe the origonal skin is small so make sure the size is 1024 x 1024 :) looks good :aok good pick though, did the plane have nose art on it?? and when u take the ingame pics make your textures 1024 or what ever the highest one is so it looks nice :)
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United thanks, fortunately i can still play with the opacity.
Thebest. Thanks for the tip. No it doesn't have any nose art. As I mentioned previously im a beginer at this so im sticking to one of the less adorned models.
nb. I forgot to save my updated wing file. so back to the drawing board.uuurgh.:mad:
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Octavious and Fester have a P-40E template out on http://www.ah-skins.com I know Festers is there, not so sure about Oct's though. They are great templates and have panel lines and rivets on them.
You may want to give them a look to see how it compares.
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Acutally I am using Festers skin.
Heres another update.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/716_1094338582_ahss6.jpg)
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Oh, then crank up the rivets and the panel lines! Lets see the true beauty!
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looks good..but why white exhausts?
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If im not mistaken, the exhaust gets its color from another part of the plane. I havent worked in P-40s for a while, so dont quote me on this. I believe the color is taken from the leading edge of the wing.
Youd have to ask the guys who work with P-40s a lot like Cobra or Fester to get an accurate answer though.
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The Exhaust color is taken from your main fuselage/lower wing .bmp file. The color itself should come from the upper left hand corner area and it runs from left to right, right next to the flap color area.
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Cobra i hope u dont mind but i took ur exhaust and put it on mine :) if u want ill make my own though
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I forgot to check the exhaust area :(. Im going to play with the rivet line a bit more.
Thanks for the imput
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OK. heres' the latest pic. But I do need help.
First you notice the red writting above exhaust. Looks great before I reduce it to 256 @8ppm. Now it looks like crap. Any suggestions? Thanks
Also I cant get the rear underside between the air intake and tailwheel to be painted. Please any suggestions!! i've looked everywhere
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/716_1094369872_upload6a.jpg)
Plus any other obvious errors. Are the panel lines ok?
Its getting tiring. :)
Thanks guys
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No big deal TB. FTJR I'd have to see exactly what it is your trying to do to help you out on the lettering. You are keeping your file 1024x1024 correct?
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download bright program. does wounder for 256 color.
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Oh and depending on if you'd like me to try making that logo let me know. Send me an original picture of it and I will redo it and test it out on my P-40E skin setup.