Sopwith "Pup" Naval 3 skin with flight decals

[+quack74 329]

Here is a sopwith pup skin from Naval 3 I've been working on for a long time now. I finally got around to finishing up. It's one skin folder that uses decals to create the different flights. Blue "A Flight", Red "B Flight", and Black " C Flight". I tried addeding as much detail as I could to the main skin. I also did skins for the known schemes of Naval 3 like "HAPPY", "MILDRED", "BETTY", and so on. Also did some for No.66, No.46, and No.54 Squadrons of the RFC. Did the same for them all using decals for flight colors. Here are some pics of what I have so far of the generic Naval 3:

 

[Panama Red 22]

Looking good.

[+whiteknight06604 934]

great stuff.

[+quack74 329]

[+Stephen1918 1,474]

Very nice!

[+LloydNB 212]

Nice.

 

Using decals for the different flight colours works well. I used it in 2007 for the Airco DH.2 - 24 Squadron and the RNAS No.10 Squadron skins. I'm still pretty happy with the DH.2, but there are much better depictions around of RNAS No.10 Squandron.

[+quack74 329]

It is a lot of work to make the decals, to place them in the decals.INI, then find the right coordinates on the plane, then to number all the .TGA decal files to fill the 100 slots the game uses for decals. And then to get different decals numbered the same to match up on the plane at the same time, and then create a numbers list to be able to select what scheme you want to use. Why I do it? I dont really know but I do like the outcome and I like sharing it with everyone else. It's a fun hobby. Every time I get new WWI book or see new profiles I feel like I need to get to work on them asap. I've done so many for myself for my campaigns. It makes the game exciting and more intense when I go head to head with a "Known Ace" and his crate.

[Grinseed 19]

These Pups look great Quack and I'm enjoying the 10RNAS Tripes too. Thank you for the great work you are doing. Please be sure not to burn yourself out, it looks and sounds like a great deal of work, we need you buddy and look forward to more of your art.

[gambit168 27]

they look very cool, I dont have the pup anymore or any of the stunkworks planes, cant remember how to get them either!!! lol I have the psd's but but the planes

[+quack74 329]

Here are Pups of Naval 3's C Flight. They are for the most part historically accurate but a bit of artistic license was needed on a couple. I assumed the fuselage letters corrisponded with the the first letter of each pilots last name like that of Flt Lt R G Macks pup "Black Tulip" marked "M". And Edmun Pierce's pup "Black Arrow" marked "P". Also Len Rochford's pup "Black Bess" was said to have a head of a black horse painted on it. But there are no photos to confirm this. So I painted one on anyway. I'll include one with out the head incase some of you dont like it. I had to do some reading in three different books to confirm the serials with the pilots and the proper flight. So this is what I came up with ( not 100% positive)

 

Flt Lt. R G Mack: "Black Tulip" N6172 - M

Edmund Pierce: "Black Arrow" N6171 - P - w/ black arrow

Raymond Collishaw: "Black Maria" N6160 - C

Len Rochford: "Black Bess" N6207 - R - w/ horse head

Art Wealy: "Black Prince" N6194 - W

 

[+whiteknight06604 934]

those are great.

[+quack74 329]

No.46 Sqdn Capt. A S G Lee:

 

[+whiteknight06604 934]

these are just stunning.can't wait

[+quack74 329]

I couldnt get all the "Known" skins to be incorporated into the decaling such as "Betty", "Mildred", "Baby Mine" etc, etc. But all three flight colors of Naval 3 will appear in groups of 5 and I did all new serial numbers with a numbers list file so you can select how you would like to arrange your flight in single missions. For campaigns the main skin "Naval 3" will always show flight colors in groups of 5 too. I just need to finish up a few details then I will post the Generic Naval 3 skin along with all the "Known" named aircraft as separate skin folders which you would be able to throw in in any single mission or campaign as "KnownAce" So give me a couple of days yet guys. BTW I couldnt do much w the cockpit skinning because it's missing some texture.bmps so I basically left it alone.

 

[33LIMA 972]

Very nice - keep 'em coming!

[+quack74 329]

Ok they're up in the download section. The skins are ok but the extras might be a bit tricky for some of the newer people. Just ask if you cant get them to work.

It gets harder and harder to upload simple skin downloads for you guys. My data files and aircraft files are so modified its hard to make a simple download. My decals coincide with the formations.ini and the nations.ini coincide with the formations.ini etc, etc. Getting kind of confusing.

 

But any way, the Naval 3 pups are done. Much more to come.

[33LIMA 972]

Great - thanks!

[Hansa 12]

Nice ones :D Years ago i tried to make a correct cockpit.ini and a nice texture for the pit but there is a terrible clipping error in the left side of the leather around the pit.

 

Sorry. i was thinking about the sopwith triplane.

 

I made a photorealistic texture for the Pup (prop and wheels came from a gambit skin). Here it is (i dont know how to upload files here, feel free to upload anywhere):

 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/k5wcbo

Edited February 24, 2013 by Hansa