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My first skin work: Yak-1 "Tiger".. Feel free to comment..

V.nice paint job.

Try lowering the opacity on the rivet layer and adding a second light (white) layer of rivets and panel lines 1px offset and a slight (gaussian?)blur for 3D effect.

I normally play with 4 layers , light and dark sharp and light and dark blurred.
Juggling these layers at around 20 - 45% opacity works wonders.

A personal preference, I'd soften the line between the upper white and lower grey.

Excellent first effort!

You have a good feeling of what goes where and how ... when you figure out why, let me know too.



Yep, lower the opacity of the lines and rivets and remember that dog is in the detail.

Go easy on the intensity of the colors too.

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Will we be seeing this babe flying Sunday?


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I've used this "Detail sheet" I knocked up on a few skins I've done.

(He111, Yak 7 etc.)




Original is in layers.

whoa Snee!

erm, might you have an extra copy of that sheet layin' 'round the casa?

I will trade you two kittens or perhaps a daughter for it.

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Actually ... anyone want an extra kitten ...

or dau ...

never mind.


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Nice work Ghost! I like the close up on the rudder.

:FI:Sneaky_Russian wrote:V.nice paint job.
Try lowering the opacity on the rivet layer and adding a second light (white) layer of rivets and panel lines 1px offset and a slight (gaussian?)blur for 3D effect.
A personal preference, I'd soften the line between the upper white and lower grey.

Thanx for the tips, I will certainly try to include them in my future work..

:FI:Falcon wrote:Excellent first effort!

You have a good feeling of what goes where and how ... when you figure out why, let me know too.



Yep, lower the opacity of the lines and rivets and remember that dog is in the detail.

Go easy on the intensity of the colors too.

...

Will we be seeing this babe flying Sunday?


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Thank you Falcon. As far as Sunday is concerned, well I haven’t flown online in a while, ever since I’ve got me that Russian sound mod. I like it so much that I’d hate to go back to the “default” sound mod. What is this Sunday’s coop theatre of war anyway??

Phoenix9 wrote:Nice work Ghost! I like the close up on the rudder.

Yeah, that’s my favourite part of the skin. I’ve got the inspiration from some Tornado or F-16 I saw online when I was browsing for tiger skins. Tiger is my favourite animal and I will certainly make more of such skins, when I get time. Right now my first task is to find a better tiger pattern…

:FI:Ghost wrote: As far as Sunday is concerned, well I haven’t flown online in a while, ever since I’ve got me that Russian sound mod. I like it so much that I’d hate to go back to the “default” sound mod. What is this Sunday’s coop theatre of war anyway??

You should have read the small print on last Weeks coop


Falcon, make it 2 daughters and 1 kitten and you got a deal.

:FI:Ghost wrote:... ever since I’ve got me that Russian sound mod. I like it so much that I’d hate to go back to the “default” sound mod. What is this Sunday’s coop theatre of war anyway?? ...

Well, last week MOST of the guys used the sound mod/hack/whatever. I just swap out the two .sfs and exe files when I fly on Friday nights.

As far as what we are doing Sunday?

... flyin' dude!

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Snee,

SOLD!


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editing custom lines gradients etc. can make life easier.

Listen to these guys...

Sometimes they actually make sense!

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Snee,

SOLD!


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Do you charge extra for the one in the oven?

:FI:Heloego wrote:
Do you charge extra for the one in the oven?

What kind of a way is that to treat a kitten?