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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Nr_RaVeN on April 15, 2020, 07:32:59 AM
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Hi all
I find that I have much more free time now and I'm looking to get back to skinning aircraft .
it's been a long time and I can't seem to find very many websites out there with resources like there used to be.. websites similar to simmers paint shop which is now closed . Can any of you guys point me the right directions for skinning resources like color swatches decals etc. Are there any new sites that provide good aircraft skinning resources ?
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Facebook is a great resource for finding prospects that have not been seen before. So many groups of military equipment are there that have been posted by family members of vetrans.
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Welcome back to the skinning community Raven. Below are a few useful general sites. If there are any particular planes, air forces or theaters you are most interested in I may know some more specific ones as well.
For air force colours in general the nearest thing there is to the old Simmer's site is Urban’s Color Reference Charts (https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/urbans-color-reference-charts-part-i/). The problem is this site is really geared at aircraft kit modellers rather than skinners. So you can navigate to a swatch showing you the colour you want but there is no RGB info associated with it. To get round this I usually just take a screenshot of the swatch, load this into my image editing software and use the colour picker tool on it.
For LW colours only the Asisbiz LW aircraft colour page (https://www.asisbiz.com/Battles/camouflage.html) is pretty good. The rest of the Asisbiz site also has lots of info on LW planes and units, with lots of good reference photos.
There is a handy reference here for USAAF marking layouts and dates (http://www.bowersflybaby.com/stories/army_paint.html).
For Japanese aircraft the research pages on the J-Aircraft site (http://www.j-aircraft.com) is hard to beat.
For Soviet aircraft the Soviet Warplanes Forums (http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/board/index.php?board=12.0) are a good source of info. There is also this handy Soviet aerial tactical markings of WWII (http://wio.ru/simbols/sov-en.htm) which lists the markings used by many VVS units during the war.
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welcome back Raven.
Here's some cool Luftwaffe stuff to check out.
http://theprofilepaintshop.blogspot.com/ - Has some great posts regarding colors and camouflage patterns.
http://falkeeins.blogspot.com/ - A fantastic blog with tons of photos and other info.
And if you're into Soviet stuff
http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/index.html
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Awesome guys, much appreciated. Thank you very much!
:salute
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Welcome back Raven! I still fly your JG52 109K. :)
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Welcome back Raven! I still fly your JG52 109K. :)
:cheers: from back in the day ;)
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Here are some things to look out for with how skins display some colors in AH3:
Black will gray-out in shadows if you use a shade that is too dark on your bitmap. I usually lighten black by about 15% to avoid this.
Whites and yellows glow in direct sunlight if you use a shade that is too light. you need to darken these colors by about 30-35%.
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Here are some things to look out for with how skins display some colors in AH3:
Whites and yellows glow in direct sunlight if you use a shade that is too light. you need to darken these colors by about 30-35%.
I wish i knew that earlier. lol....
good to know
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I wish i knew that earlier. lol....
good to know
Damn, I figured you had been reading all the conversations on the subject over the years.
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Damn, I figured you had been reading all the conversations on the subject over the years.
No ones fault but my own... I missed that bit. :)
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Raven, be sure to check out Greebo's P-38 build log. He goes through the entire process of making an AH3 skin. I'm sure it will be a great asset for you.
https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,398074.0.html
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Raven, be sure to check out Greebo's P-38 build log. He goes through the entire process of making an AH3 skin. I'm sure it will be a great asset for you.
https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,398074.0.html
Thanks Devil :aok. Yes that's helpful , on it.