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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: thebest1 on February 14, 2005, 03:18:23 PM

Title: 2 new P38 Skins
Post by: thebest1 on February 14, 2005, 03:18:23 PM

Enjoy!

I Know this one is alil plain but w/e
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/Thebest1189/ahss43copy.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/Thebest1189/ahss42copy.jpg)


(top one, im gunna do the 3rd one next :aok )

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/Thebest1189/p38j.jpg)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/Thebest1189/ahss44copy.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/Thebest1189/ahss45copy.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/Thebest1189/ahss46copy.jpg)

(3rd one)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/Thebest1189/810_1107748689_80thjs.jpg)

Title: 2 new P38 Skins
Post by: Delirium on February 14, 2005, 04:41:57 PM

I hate to critic skins, most of all because I haven't made any, but the bottom skin needs alot more green in the brown pain imho.

Not to mention you can see where invasion stripes were on it, if it was 55th FG it could be feasible to say they were removed, but that green spinner P38 was strictly Pacific.

If you're just getting started on that skin, I apologize. :)

Title: 2 new P38 Skins
Post by: killnu on February 14, 2005, 06:51:03 PM

i like the"plain" one as you put it, it is a 475th skin.:D :aok

Title: 2 new P38 Skins
Post by: Guppy35 on February 15, 2005, 03:12:04 AM

OK Best1, I'm gonna be a critic but I figure you'd want to know :)

The 432nd FS P38J skin is just downright wrong, meaning the profile is totally off that you based it on.

It says it's from the winter of 43.  Well the 475th didn't get any silver J models until roughly March 44.  They also were still marking the squadron number on the nose at that time, not on the engines.  This was done later in the late summer of 44.  Photo evidence from all three 475th squadrons backs that up.

Also the yellow on the spinners only covered the back half of the prop and the numbers were outlined in black.

All of this is the danger of counting on profiles unless there is photo evidence to back it up :)

Including a profile from the 475th History that is backed up by the photos.  Note the black outlines, the spinners, the number placement etc..

As for the Headhunter OD and Gray bird.

The biggest problem I see is that you have D-Day stripes showing under the OD on top. This was a Pacific P38.   D-Day stripes were for the ETO 38s in June 44 and afterwards.  No invasion stripes showing on early 44 Pacific 38s

The OD looks a tad dark too but thats just my opinion.

Sorry to be a pain, but I imagine you want it to work too :)

Dan/Slack
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/810_1108458219_432ndp38.jpg)

Title: 2 new P38 Skins
Post by: thebest1 on February 15, 2005, 07:46:13 AM

I was sorta going for a "painted over"  kinda look but ill fade them out more. thanks for the real profile and do you have any pics  of that nose art? other than that... do ya like the skin? lol

Title: 2 new P38 Skins
Post by: oboe on February 15, 2005, 07:47:54 AM

Nice job, thebest - that really is looking like a natural aluminum finish.   Don't be afraid to crank up the definition of the panel lines just a tad more - it'd be nice to be able so the outline of the hatch cover which is on the side of rear portion of the booms...

Keep at it!