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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Shane on October 23, 2004, 10:44:47 AM

Title: some p-51b's - plenty variety out there
Post by: Shane on October 23, 2004, 10:44:47 AM

http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/espdecals.pl?scale=48&setid=08&dbs=eaglestrike&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=ip4808  the 1st one.

http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/espdecals.pl?scale=48&setid=11&dbs=eaglestrike&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=ip4811  1st one.

http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/espdecals.pl?scale=48&setid=12&dbs=eaglestrike&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=ip4812  1st and 2nd ones.

http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/espdecals.pl?scale=48&setid=091&dbs=eaglestrike&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=es48091  2nd/3rd.

http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/amddecals.pl?scale=48&setid=211&dbs=aeromaster&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=ad48211  all of 'em

http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/amddecals.pl?scale=48&setid=214&dbs=aeromaster&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=ad48214  all of 'em

http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/amddecals.pl?scale=48&setid=417&dbs=aeromaster&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=ad48417  all of 'em

http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/amddecals.pl?scale=48&setid=420&dbs=aeromaster&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=ad48420 all of 'em

edit: added more

http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/decals/aero/am72177.htm

http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/decals/super/72/ss72838.htm

http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/decals/super/ss48875.htm

http://www.cebudanderson.com/357profilelilkitten.htm

http://www.cebudanderson.com/357profilechicagogunmoll.htm

http://www.cebudanderson.com/357profilescrappy.htm

http://decals.kitreview.com/decals/cam24011decalreviewrk_1.htm



get busy!!!

:D

Title: some p-51b's - plenty variety out there
Post by: oboe on October 23, 2004, 11:04:16 AM

Thanks for the great suggestions.     Hopefully you'll be seeing P-51Bs from the 352nd, 325th and 52nd FGs in game before too long - they've been completed and submitted.  I think Gladys has been submitted too.

I'm looking at doing a couple of those skins - Kid Hofer's, Megura's, and Miss Dallas I think its called.    Anyway I'm waiting for some feedback from HTC before I spend anymore time on 51s.

Title: some p-51b's - plenty variety out there
Post by: thebest1 on October 23, 2004, 11:16:40 AM

hey oboe do u have a P51B template or something or mabey some tips for panal lines and rivits cause i still suck at it!
If so could u sent them to thebest1189@yahoo.com thanks

Title: some p-51b's - plenty variety out there
Post by: oboe on October 23, 2004, 12:05:25 PM

No I didn't make a template, I'm waiting to hear from HTC on my submitted skins before I do something like that, otherwise it would propagate any errors I had to anyone who used my template.     If I get a thumbs up from HTC I'll make a template and put it up at ah-skins, though I understand panel lines and rivets are something of a rite of passage among skinners.   But my first skin was based on Greebo's excellent F6F template (weathering and all!) so I'll share mine too based on  Greebo's good example.

Do you use Photoshop?   Panel lines and rivets used to be the biggest pain for me, but since I discovered the PS's SHIFT-click that draws straight lines from point to point, they aren't bad at all.  For rivets I just use an automatic spacing of 300 to make them look right.   PS is doing the work!

My panel line templates generally come from my Osprey book collection, but this Russian site also has tons of them:
 
http://www.airwar.ru/other/drawe.html (http://www.airwar.ru/other/drawe.html)

Also, I just usually draw one vetical line and one horizontal line, then cut and paste to duplicate them, get them positioned properly, then compress everything to one layer and erase what I don't need.  Then I hand draw in the angled lines.    Use ZOOM liberally.

One other tip, before you do any painting, be sure to create a skin with a base color and panel lines only.   Then go into the game and check the location of the panel lines at the control surface (ailerons, elevators, rudder, flaps) hinges and edges and make sure they line up properly.   I had to redo my P-47D11 skins because I didn't do that.

!

Title: some p-51b's - plenty variety out there
Post by: thebest1 on October 23, 2004, 10:15:30 PM

wow i had no clue about this shift click, im gunna try that and whats thie spacing  300 for rivits how do i do this?

Title: some p-51b's - plenty variety out there
Post by: oboe on October 23, 2004, 11:08:51 PM

I fyou use Photoshop, you just click right on the brush size box on the tool bar, and it brings up a menu, then check "Spacing" and set it to 300%.   Really easy!

Don't know how to do it in Paint Sho Pro, but I bet United does....