Getting my feet wet

[Rickitycrate 10]

Thanks to Gous' tutorials in particular and all your nice skin projects for inspiration I have started my skinning efforts. This is a challenge for me but I can see how skinning birds can be an entire experience (game) unto itself. I will post my first effort for you amusement soon, I hope. I am using paint.net program for my editor and find it works well. I have my skin design finished and now need to get it into the OFF skins folder somehow. I have so many ideas for skinning. I was wondering if Stumpjumpers creations are reskinable. I have some nice images to work from and if there is a Gotha GIV. I would hope to skin at least one at some point. I like the night time camo of many of the german bombers. Thanks again to all you skinners and for anyone thinking of starting I say go ahead, give it a shot. If the village idiot (me) can do it, it seems I can, then anyone can. If nothing else it helps to put some perspective on the work that has gone into the developement of our sim.

[Rooster89 0]

Can't wait to see what you come up with Rickity! Yep, skinning is very addictive and everytime you learn something new from your last skin. I use Paint.net also and its a very good program. Oh, and Stumpjumpers aircraft are skinable, just open up the DDS file the same way you would with other OFF skins.

 

Have fun,

-Rooster

[UK_Widowmaker 571]

There is a Gotha somewhere too!... I have it, but don't know where it came from.

 

Ask on the main forum Rickity...someone will put you right!

 

And welcome to the Skinners club!... I wish you many happy hours of swearing, teeth knashing and table thumping!!

[RAF_Louvert 101]

Woo Hoo, another skinner! Rickitycrate, you will find it's very enjoyable to create new paints for these birds, and as others have warned it can be addictive. But addictive in a good way, as a hot cuppa' and an old WWI book are.

 

I look forward to your offerings Sir.

 

Cheers!

 

Lou