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Title: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on November 26, 2015, 06:11:31 PM
I forgot what the max allowed per airplane is.  Are we maxed out now on D Pony skins?
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: lyric1 on November 26, 2015, 07:44:18 PM
I think so.
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Skuzzy on November 27, 2015, 07:11:09 AM
32 skins, including the default.  Yes, we are maxed out for the P51D.
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on November 27, 2015, 10:37:47 AM
32 skins, including the default.  Yes, we are maxed out for the P51D.

Okay.  Thanks.   I will keep these two in the hopper should the number be increased one day.   :salute
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on November 30, 2015, 06:40:33 PM
32 skins, including the default.  Yes, we are maxed out for the P51D.

I have a modest proposal if it can be done.   Since the Pony is so popular perhaps we can give it a few extra skin slots!  :)

Happy Thanksgiving.  Merry Christmas!    :bolt:
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: StLouis on November 30, 2015, 10:45:40 PM
Perhaps it can be done in AH3. Would you mind posting a picture of them somewhere? I would love to see them.
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on December 01, 2015, 12:05:21 PM
Sure will.  Still tweaking them so give me a couple days. 
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on December 01, 2015, 12:52:57 PM
Perhaps it can be done in AH3. Would you mind posting a picture of them somewhere? I would love to see them.

Here's an early screenshot of it.  Unimpressive from that angle and lighting, unfortunately. It's Bud Fortier's 355th FG Mustang.   He wrote a book titled "An Ace of the Eighth" a few years ago.  Someone was working on this skin a LOOOOOONG time back.   Haven't heard a peep on it so I decided to give it a go.

I will have an updated screenshot with the bump mapping and other "fixes" not present in this picture (I changed the font on the WR*N, updated the tail number, etc.).   I made the skin a lot shinier than my previous releases.   Will see how that works offline for a few days--may even bump it up more before I am through with it.
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: StLouis on December 01, 2015, 07:17:08 PM
Looks great!
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on December 01, 2015, 08:06:09 PM
Looks great!

Thanks.  Looks better now, especially with the bump effects in place.    I am not a Greebo or Devil505 or any of those guys...but I enjoy it.    :salute
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: StLouis on December 05, 2015, 06:32:29 PM
I hope to see it in the hangar one day.
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Devil 505 on December 05, 2015, 07:52:37 PM
I am not a Greebo or Devil505 or any of those guys...but I enjoy it.    :salute

Just keep practicing and trying to make every new skin better than the last. I'd suggest beginning a new aircraft type altogether, one that's all paint, that way you can experiment more with blending colors correctly and weathering the paint to become realistic looking. I've only been making skins for 4 years and I'm still figuring out new tricks.

 :salute
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on December 06, 2015, 08:27:09 PM
Just keep practicing and trying to make every new skin better than the last. I'd suggest beginning a new aircraft type altogether, one that's all paint, that way you can experiment more with blending colors correctly and weathering the paint to become realistic looking. I've only been making skins for 4 years and I'm still figuring out new tricks.

 :salute

Well, since I am at the limit for the "D" Pony I guess I can try something different.   Good advice.   :salute
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on December 06, 2015, 08:27:42 PM
I hope to see it in the hangar one day.

Me, too.  I think it will be something a little different.   Minimalist really.  Has almost no paint on it.   That's unusual.
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on December 07, 2015, 04:22:27 AM
Just keep practicing and trying to make every new skin better than the last. I'd suggest beginning a new aircraft type altogether, one that's all paint, that way you can experiment more with blending colors correctly and weathering the paint to become realistic looking. I've only been making skins for 4 years and I'm still figuring out new tricks.

 :salute

Thankfully we have the update system.  I am tweaking the skins I have to make them better....   Every couple of tours they get better...
Title: Re: Are we at the Limit for Pony skins?
Post by: Vraciu on December 08, 2015, 05:05:31 PM
32 skins, including the default.  Yes, we are maxed out for the P51D.

You guys are smart.   Can you bump it up to 33 for the "D" Pony (and not every single skin in the game)?   I won't ask for anything this Christmas if you can pull that off.    :banana: