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Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Xasthur on December 27, 2007, 02:01:05 AM: Hello gents, I just thought I'd mention that I've started work on this Fw 190 skin while I take a break from my K4 skin.

Flown by Josef Priller:

(http://pguiller.club.fr/photos/priller4.JPG)

(http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/birds/fw190/P2.jpg)

(http://hem.passagen.se/galland/Priller.gif)

(http://www.tgplanes.com/fwpips.jpg)

Considering that the two aircraft are so similar I expect that I'll skin the Fw 190 A5 and then make the necessary adjustments to A8.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Angrist on December 27, 2007, 03:04:37 AM: that is one sexy lookin' skin, Sir:aok

Can't wait to see that!
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Larry on December 27, 2007, 03:36:56 AM: Here are a few more picures for you. Cant wait to see it. :aok

(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/4/24/1013733/190.bmp)
(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/4/24/1013733/2_72.jpg)
(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/4/24/1013733/FW190-A8-5s.jpg)
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Treize69 on December 27, 2007, 08:07:11 PM: Hooray, another 13 skin! :t
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Mus51 on December 28, 2007, 12:03:25 AM: I would love to see more of those "Stormjager" skins around, they look awesome and that might even get me flying LW planes.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Xasthur on January 01, 2008, 08:17:59 AM: Wow, the Fw 190 has an absolute arse-load of rivets in it. :rofl

I am making steady but slow progress on the rivets with the A5. Fuselage is done on both sides and the upper wing rivets are underway.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Fencer51 on January 01, 2008, 08:46:01 AM: You know that most paint programs allow you to set the spacing of the brush so you can create a series of dots rather than a solid line.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Xasthur on January 01, 2008, 09:37:19 AM: I imagine I could do it that way. The trouble is that with the 190 a lot of rivet lines are only straight lines for a few rivets, then deviate up or down for a few, then come back.

I am probably doing it a very cumbersome way. I did actually hand-draw every rivet (both black and white) on the K4 skin I'm working on. :rofl

I'm not bad in photoshop but I've never extensively used the line or pencil tool before.

I don't really mind it. I will try it out, though, thanks Fencer.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Xasthur on January 14, 2008, 09:09:48 AM: Just a little update, progress is coming along slowly but nicely.

I've not had a lot of time for it lately but I'm forcing myself to get it done a bit quicker now.

I've done most of the slow and tedius stuff and I'm almost onto the fun stuff like dirt and stains.

The markings and camo shouldn't be far off so it should be nearly done soon.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Xasthur on January 17, 2008, 09:32:37 AM: Alright! I'm starting to make some real progress now.

I've done all of the fine detail stuff and now I'm working on the overt visual aspects.

Here are a couple of screenshots of my progress thus far.

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/PrillerA51.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/PrillerA52.jpg)

I have done very little on the RLM 76 side of things so don't pay too much attention to that just yet. The panel line dirt and all that is much too extreme on the RLM 76 parts.

As this is my first proper effort at a skin I am very interested in any and all criticism as I want this skin to be as close to perfect as possible before I submit it.

I must say, though, that I'm really, really happy with how this is turning out, I think this will be an excellent skin when it is complete, if I do say so myself.

Rivets, panel lines... whatever if you see something that can be improved call it out.

Do bear in mind that it is very much still a work in progress and requires many hours on top of what has been done but as I said.. if you see something not up to standard, let me know.

Anyway, I hope you're all as happy with it so far as I am!

Thanks :aok

-Arch
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Xasthur on January 18, 2008, 05:17:05 AM: More progress

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/ahss12.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/ahss13.jpg)
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Kazan_HB on January 18, 2008, 06:36:15 AM: Nice detail!:aok
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: lyric1 on January 18, 2008, 07:01:56 AM: Looking good Arch. Have to get my sorry tail into learning how to do this.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Xasthur on January 18, 2008, 10:11:18 AM: Quote
Originally posted by lyric1
Looking good Arch. Have to get my sorry tail into learning how to do this.

It's 90% patience, mate, provided you have a basic knowledge of a photo editing program like Photoshop.

Get into it, it's really interesting.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Stoney74 on January 19, 2008, 12:39:48 AM: First, very nice work on the rivets...

Second, you may want to tone them down just a bit. They're a little too conspicuous IMO.

Last, post a screen shot of the rivet lines from the cockpit. I usually judge a skin based on what the wings look like while I'm flying.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Larry on January 19, 2008, 01:40:51 AM: What I do for panel line shading is copy them and make a new layer. If you're useing photoshop use "Color Overlay" And make that layer black or dark brown. Then use "Gaussian Blur" and blur it around 1-2. After that make opacity maybe 40-70%.

It looks good for your first skin. Remember what I said weathering makes or breaks a skin. One thing I do see, I dont know if yo were going to do it or not, is the fabric outlines on the control surfaces.
Title: III./JG 26 Fw 190 A5 and A8
Post by: Xasthur on January 19, 2008, 04:48:51 AM: I made a new thread for the A5 now that's it's closed to finished.

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=224401