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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Krusty on November 02, 2005, 01:32:39 AM

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 02, 2005, 01:32:39 AM

I'm finally past all the template fiddling stages. I'm actually working on colors an' such.

(http://www.nakatomitower.com/a8preview1.jpg)

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Hajo on November 02, 2005, 08:07:51 PM

Krusty looks nice

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Lazerr on November 03, 2005, 12:44:43 AM

Should be nice lookin bird krusty.

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 03, 2005, 12:59:47 AM

I'm not done yet, but the profile actually looks more aesthetically pleasing than the actual skin so far... I think I'll need to find the right balance of camo to pull this look off effectively.

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 03, 2005, 06:14:01 PM

I think I've got the colors all laid out... All that time and effort spent making a template ahead of time really paid off.

Now I've got to play with panel lines, weathering, and do some tests for how I want it to look, paint-chipping-wise.

(http://www.nakatomitower.com/blue8.jpg)

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Treize69 on November 03, 2005, 06:33:10 PM

Wow, lookin sweet :aok

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: cav58d on November 05, 2005, 05:51:13 PM

Argh she looks nice...Maybe make the blue a little more icyer if u know wha i mean....looks great though

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 05, 2005, 08:44:19 PM

I do know what you mean. I'm having a hard time finding the "right" blue. If you have any suggestions (pic examples, anything) post a link and I'll take it into consideration!

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: gnubee on November 05, 2005, 10:27:12 PM

The blue in the template almost looks like a Carolina Blue... The color from the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, for example:
http://northcarolina.rivals.com/

I dunno... whatever color you choose, I'm looking forward to having that in the game. :aok

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 06, 2005, 12:48:59 AM

I don't want to only go by the template, as it's somewhat washed out. I made the blue a shade lighter than it was, I'll see if I can post some screenshots of the skin so far (weathering in place, no less)

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 06, 2005, 01:00:45 AM

Large images, dial up users beware!.

I'm going back to a less-involved panel line system. I'm keeping them a little subdued, which has the side effect of making the plane look smoother.

(http://www.nakatomitower.com/blue8_1.jpg)

(http://www.nakatomitower.com/blue8_2.jpg)

(http://www.nakatomitower.com/blue8_3.jpg)

(http://www.nakatomitower.com/blue8_4.jpg)

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: rogerdee on November 06, 2005, 05:55:20 AM

krusty in the latest set of pictures the skin looks much better withh the subdued panel lines,its  a great looking skin and getting better all the time

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: cav58d on November 06, 2005, 12:11:23 PM

Krusty..your the man...Thats one of my fav skins to date...Blue looks much better in last update.......But maybe try making the blue a little lighter?  Maybe a mix between the color you have now, and the ice sky blue......or maybe the color blue of light blue gatorade...

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 07, 2005, 12:14:12 AM

Hrm... blue gatorade... lmao what's the RGB for that?? :P

I'll try. Tx

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: SkyChimp on November 07, 2005, 12:26:08 AM

Looks good so far..


Lets see some weathering!.

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 07, 2005, 12:35:21 AM

Well ... It *IS* weathered!

But I have been trying to get the paint to look a little worn.. I just can't figure out the best way. If I just make it have a less than 100% opacity it looks darker, not worn. I'm not sure how the 109F skin with the yellow nose is done (I'm sorry I can't check it right now for the name), but something like that (to a lesser extent) is what I was going to try.

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: straffo on November 07, 2005, 04:17:03 PM

Lovely :)

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: oboe on November 08, 2005, 10:22:30 AM

Looks awesome, Krusty.   The black strikes me as a tad too intense - is that x'000000'?    You might try dialing back the opacity on it if you see what I mean.   If not, still looks great.    I'm terrible in the A8 but want to give this baby a try out.

Curious - the mix in Luftwaffe marking style between the fuselage and wing surface - is that intentional?

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 08, 2005, 11:05:20 AM

Oboe, they're pure black that's set at 80% opacity (this helps a lot compared to "true black".

Also, I did the markings intentionally, based off what I saw in the decals and profiles available to me. What I might do is take off the thin black lines around the fuselage balkenkreuzes, as they may not have been there.

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: AutoPilot on November 08, 2005, 11:17:50 AM

Blue color choices:

RLM76 LightBlau,RLM78 -HellBlau,RLM 84v.1-GranBlau there are 3 versions of the green blue.

can be found here:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhorta/jgrlm.htm

Title: 190a8 work started
Post by: Krusty on November 08, 2005, 11:49:21 AM

Those are just the camo colors. There were other colors as well.

I don't like that page. I've had it bookmarked for a while, but their colors are consistently off, as if the person that set them up had a poorly calibrated monitor.

Check out: http://jpsmodell.de/shop/jpsrlm_e.htm#rlm70

Much better color balances.