Author Topic: Another pony skin! (Read 2534 times)

oboe · « **Reply #15 on:** November 07, 2007, 04:23:45 PM »

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Originally posted by Mus51
Oboe, i just checked the amarillo font, but i've been stupid and saved the skin merged and not in layers, this could be a long time untill i could replace the squad markings and noseart.

Ah, I've done the same thing and learned my lesson the hard way. This is such a beauty its worth the effort, though. One of the nicest first skins I've seen.

And listen to Guppy's advice - I don't think there's a better or more knowledgeable skinner's reference anywhere.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 07, 2007, 04:41:03 PM »

Gonna be a bit pickier too.

Looking closer at your screenshots. The rudder was not yellow at that point. While the black ETO band was on the tail the rudders were silver. When they went to squadron color rudders the ID band came off.

Your ETO bands on the horizontal tail look a tad thin and too far out on the tail.

And finally it appears your yellow and black checks are too big and not enough.

Look at this shot of the nose of 353rd CO Glen Duncan's bird. You can count the number of squares and where they fit on the nose for the first three rows.

Also note how the black stripes fit on the spinner a bit differently then yours

The CO's kite tended to be the most by the book with markings.

Mus51 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2007, 04:41:16 PM »

Thanks for the heads up Guppy! I'm changing it the hard way u discribed it, and i will repost it when ready.

BTW, im going to have a HARD time merging those checkerboards again lol.

And thanks oboe!

EDIT: is it just me or does it look WAY more better with the yellow tail/ invasion stripes?

Guppy35 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2007, 05:03:16 PM »

It's just you

Gotta be true to the history.

Knew I had this in my stuff somewhere. Took me a while to find it.

Note that the profile's anti-glare is way too green. But it does show the layout of the ID bands better. There is a single kill marking below the canopy btw

DoNKeY · « **Reply #19 on:** November 07, 2007, 08:39:50 PM »

I like the single stripe on the wings better.

PS: So how does a skin get into the MA selections?

~~donkey~~

MotleyCH · « **Reply #20 on:** November 07, 2007, 11:55:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Mus51
MotleyCH - This is my first ever paint, i never did a "jumpin Jacques" paint. U must have been confusing me with someone else. I did this one all by hand.
But thank you

oboe - i will check that fond, the one i used here is the famous "Coca-Cola" font .

Oh..I thought you did this one, also?

LINK

FTJR · « **Reply #21 on:** November 08, 2007, 03:45:34 AM »

Could you upload your finished skin on the Ah-skin site, that way we can download it while waiting for its acceptance

http://www.ah-skins.com/

BTW I think its a great skin.

texastc316 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 08, 2007, 04:26:36 AM »

Id hit it.

oboe · « **Reply #23 on:** November 08, 2007, 10:17:21 AM »

I think the painting with the full invasion stripes on the wing and the blue ID recognition bands is very nice looking. So did the artist, I guess, which is why he took such artistic license in his depiction.

Better to be true to history though.

btw, you can lift the "Dallas Doll" nose art right out of Guppy's posting and start with that for your nose art, rather than trying to find a similar font.

Interesting that it's on both sides of the nose, I think.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 08, 2007, 11:24:29 PM »

Just to say it one more time.

There was NEVER a 353rd FG P51 Mustang with full invasion stripes. They were flying Jugs until September 44.

Full Invasion stripes were carried into early July 44 when they came off the uppper wing and fuselage on all Allied birds. By September they came off the underwing of the 8th AF birds. You can still find them on 9th AF birds after this under the wings, but they were ground attack birds so it made more sense.

Dallas Doll never had wing invasion stripes, no matter what the artist thought.

Mus51 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 09, 2007, 07:02:08 AM »

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Oh..I thought you did this one, also?

LINK

Motley, thats MusP51, a guy with a simular kind of name, i've seen him a couple of times in H2H but thats not me. Seems he also digs p51's like i do

Thanks for the heads up gubby, will look into it this weekend!

The Fugitive · « **Reply #26 on:** November 09, 2007, 09:12:43 AM »

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Thanks for the heads up gubby, will look into it this weekend!

he said "Gubby" !

Mus51 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 09, 2007, 11:49:49 AM »

Wups! was at school, had to type fast, sorry about that Guppy

, im redoing the skin right now, il post screen shots when its near finnished.

Mus51 · « **Reply #28 on:** November 09, 2007, 03:03:20 PM »

Guppy, thanks so much for all these pictures, and especially that 3D kind of photo. It took me 15 minutes to create this

Its far from done still, but it looks like i got the basis on the skin, i gotta work on the merge's and get some shadow/dirt on it.

Mus51 · « **Reply #29 on:** November 09, 2007, 09:27:02 PM »

Its nearing finish, some little changes to be made and then its ready for use.