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Title: Skin: Spitfire Mark IXc - 403 RCAF 'Screwball' Beurling
Post by: jocko- on September 11, 2008, 07:53:18 PM

Just finishing up the Mk IX template, first skin will be this one:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/jocko417/ahss18.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/jocko417/ahss17.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/jocko417/ahss19.jpg)

Just have to finish the rivets, and there's a couple more details to add and then she'll be done.  I think I'm going to darken the unused cannon stubs, the game's lighting engine really makes 'em look like a couple of whiteheads...  :eek:

Title: Re: Skin: Spitfire Mark IXc - 403 RCAF 'Screwball' Beurling
Post by: Karnak on September 11, 2008, 08:25:10 PM

Looks nice.

Over Malta Beurling shot down a Bf109 at over 800 yards range with a short burst from his Spitfire Mk V's cannons.

Title: Re: Skin: Spitfire Mark IXc - 403 RCAF 'Screwball' Beurling
Post by: Kazan_HB on September 11, 2008, 11:49:44 PM

Great Spit Jocko! :salute :salute :salute
 How resolution you used to the work? Example i had 4096*4096.
 After resize i lost of lot detail  level.

Title: Re: Skin: Spitfire Mark IXc - 403 RCAF 'Screwball' Beurling
Post by: Krusty on September 12, 2008, 10:07:55 AM

That's why everybody else works in native 1024x1024.

Resizing downwards doesn't work very well. This is pixel-based graphics editing, and it's really best to just work in the resolution it will be exported.

Title: Re: Skin: Spitfire Mark IXc - 403 RCAF 'Screwball' Beurling
Post by: lyric1 on September 12, 2008, 12:25:23 PM

Very nice as usual.

Title: Re: Skin: Spitfire Mark IXc - 403 RCAF 'Screwball' Beurling
Post by: jocko- on September 12, 2008, 01:57:12 PM

Yeah, what Krusty said, I don't think it's worth the time and effort to work at a higher resolution if you are only going to lose all the detail after resizing.

Title: Re: Skin: Spitfire Mark IXc - 403 RCAF 'Screwball' Beurling
Post by: jocko- on September 14, 2008, 09:34:27 PM

Just about done, found a few errors while working through the rivet layers.  Went with a simpler rivet style this time compared to the Mk Vs I did, gives a good overall worn look I think.  Went slightly 'bluer' on the Ocean Grey as this is a later war aircraft.  Still a few things to add/clean up.  Markings from 412 RCAF this time.  Almost finished.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/jocko417/ahss21.jpg)


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/jocko417/ahss24.jpg)


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/jocko417/ahss23.jpg)