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Offline LTARrato

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Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« on: March 24, 2018, 07:16:21 PM »
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are there any whirbelwind or ostwind skins??
I have been searching high and low for some but I cant find any

thanks
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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2018, 10:10:14 PM »
Best person to ask is Lyric.  If ANYONE can find a skin for something, it's him. :D
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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2018, 10:51:46 PM »
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are there any whirbelwind or ostwind skins??
I have been searching high and low for some but I cant find any

thanks
~LTARrato

None other than default.

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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2018, 10:18:57 PM »
None other than default.



Do you create skins ?
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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2018, 02:36:14 AM »


Do you create skins ?

No not at all I only find stuff for those who can. I do have some profiles if you like I will post them? There really isn't a lot of choices so few photographed to get legitimate profiles. Ostwind photos are rare as hens teeth.

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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2018, 07:24:13 AM »
The lack of good photos is probably why no skinner has ever made a skin for the flakpanzers. There were not many made and they were not used for long relative to other German GVs.

For me it is a month or more of work to create the first skin for a subject, doing all the panel lines, fasteners, textures, shadows, weathering etc. However most of this work gets carried over to subsequent skins. It usually takes me just a few days to change the colour scheme and some of the weathering to create another skin from the original template. So for it to be worth doing the initial work involved creating a new template there needs to be a good variety of other skins I can use it for later on and there just isn't with the flakpanzers.

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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2018, 02:02:24 PM »
No not at all I only find stuff for those who can. I do have some profiles if you like I will post them? There rea8lly isn't a lot of choices so few photographed to get legitimate profiles. Ostwind photos are rare as hens teeth.

If you could please post them, I would really appreciate it!
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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2018, 02:05:02 PM »
The lack of good photos is probably why no skinner has ever made a skin for the flakpanzers. There were not many made and they were not used for long relative to other German GVs.

For me it is a month or more of work to create the first skin for a subject, doing all the panel lines, fasteners, textures, shadows, weathering etc. However most of this work gets carried over to subsequent skins. It usually takes me just a few days to change the colour scheme and some of the weathering to create another skin from the original template. So for it to be worth doing the initial work involved creating a new template there needs to be a good variety of other skins I can use it for later on and there just isn't with the flakpanzers.

Is it hard to change the color scheme? 
If it isn't hard then how would I change the color scheme?
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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2018, 04:26:58 PM »
You can't just take the original skin and change the colour scheme on it, a new multi-layer skin template has to be created with all the detail and shadows etc and this takes ages. Only once this original template is made can other skins be made quickly using it.

Your best bet is to find a skinner who would want to make new flakpanzer templates, but the lack of photographic evidence for different skins to use the template for is going to put them off. HTC won't accept fantasy skins for the MA, they require evidence to prove the subject existed in RL. I haven't got time to do this though as I spend much of my skinning time making new default skins for the game and in-between those I rush out a few skins based on my existing templates.

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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2018, 06:30:39 PM »
You can't just take the original skin and change the colour scheme on it, a new multi-layer skin template has to be created with all the detail and shadows etc and this takes ages. Only once this original template is made can other skins be made quickly using it.

Your best bet is to find a skinner who would want to make new flakpanzer templates, but the lack of photographic evidence for different skins to use the template for is going to put them off. HTC won't accept fantasy skins for the MA, they require evidence to prove the subject existed in RL. I haven't got time to do this though as I spend much of my skinning time making new default skins for the game and in-between those I rush out a few skins based on my existing templates.

hey man thank for the advice, I really appreciate it!
thanks
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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2018, 02:55:09 AM »
If you could please post them, I would really appreciate it!
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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2018, 11:42:00 AM »
Pretty please can we have some of these...... :O

I've been looking at that puke ugly wirble skin we have for so long I don't think I even know what any of the details look like on the thing itself anymore. I apologize Greebo I know you have many other priorities. Just a moment of weakness.

Recently I made an offline terrain so someone could get practice in the wirbel by being 800yds away from the drones...... :lol
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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2018, 02:12:24 PM »
You'll have to ask one of our skinning guru's ...like Greebo...

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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2018, 02:33:51 PM »
The folks you need to ask are HTC.  Only they can say one way or the other if these can be submitted. :joystick:

Unless you are referring to a "baked in" skin for an AvA Map or Scenario/FSO thing. :headscratch:
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Re: Wirbelwind and ostwind skins
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2018, 02:08:39 AM »