Dhimari Desert Aggressors

ValAstur · March 3, 2014

Ok. I'll do it. The likes and your comments convinced me to go on. :smile: But it'll take some time. But I think I can show you the EF-4Dh Desert Phantom II soon enough. :smile:

+NeverEnough · March 3, 2014

ValAstur, these are really nice skins! I'll gladly download all you want paint.

ValAstur · March 3, 2014

McDonnell Douglas EF-4Dh Desert Phantom II, 4th Squadron "Falcons", 1974

Hope you all like it!

Edited March 3, 2014 by ValAstur

+Stratos · March 4, 2014

I love this Rhino, looks great! Just as a curiosity and as a bonus, is possible to extend the cammo into the radome?

P.S. Mario are you planning a ground attack plane and bomber with this cammo? the A4 and the B57 will fit perfectly!

ValAstur · March 4, 2014

It is of course possible to extend the camo to the radome, but then the sharkmouth used would not look good anymore because then it'll look like floating in the middle of the nose making it necessary to use the other one. If desired, I can add an extra JPG for the nose so ppl can switch to the version they like most.

An A-4? Why not. Concerning Canberra: Was thinking of a Buccaneer and an A-10 for attackers. But I'm open for ideas. Since I added the colour sheet to the first plane pack, everbody can give it a try and post pics here.

Hans Topp · March 4, 2014

Mario you paint all you want that we fly all you paint!!!

Centurion-1 · March 5, 2014

Loving the Rhino, looking forward to the next plane pack!

This thread inspired me to invest some time in a Dhimari light attacker, and made for the most fun testing mission I've had yet. Mission is armed recon right next to a Parani airbase deep inside enemy territory. Hugging the ground we get in, a flight of four very small birds with some very big bombs :assassin:

Clearing the last hill we run into a pretty nasty surprise, as a flight of four MiG-23MLs ambush us. Luckily we are so low that the multiple Apex missiles launched at us miss and slam into the hillside

Not all of us go sidewinders but number three scores a kill. In the intense turning fight the MiG-23 is much too fast to keep up with the small dragonflies. I spot the truck convoy two miles from our position and order my wingman to go after the truck convoy. Having unsuccessfully expended both my 'Winders I go for the SAMs around town when I hear the unsettling sound of shells impacting the ground below me.

A flight of MiG-21s have joined the fray! My wingman splashes some of the trucks but three gets struck and is shot down.

Now the odds are dire! I order the whole flight to engage air and keep turning. Number two goes down from either a SAM or AAM while engaging the convoy.

Luckily, a friendly fighter flight is closing in and one by one the MiGs turn to engage this new threat. I decide to help out by engaging a SA-3 site that is firing on the incoming friendly flight. Try to hit me now!

The marines mop up the rest of the opposition and my flight return home to friendlier skies.

+daddyairplanes · March 5, 2014

awesome! and keeps in my belief that the Dhimaris would go simpler AF that they can maintain internally.....

ValAstur · March 5, 2014

That A-37 is awesome! :good:

I'm afraid to ask, but is that a DAT-Bird? Maybe you can at least release the skin without the plane.

I'll paint that second nose Stratos asked for and then I pack it up for the second plane pack consisting of the F-100, the E- and J-Rhino.

My plans for the upcoming plane packs:

Pack 3: A-4, A-7, A-10

Pack 4: Mirage III, Mirage V

Pack 5: Buccaneer + ? (maybe Canberra)

I'm always open for further suggestions

Edited March 5, 2014 by ValAstur

ValAstur · March 5, 2014

Hey Stratos

These pics show how the fully camoed nose of the E-Rhino would look like:

The sharkmouth will be moved a bit forward to cloak the grey part of the gunbay. I'll add this one to the plane pack, but I leave the black nose standard, so everybody can decide which he/she likes most incl. an instruction how to switch them.

Edited March 5, 2014 by ValAstur

Centurion-1 · March 5, 2014

That sounds like a good plan!

The A-37B is my own, been WIP for a good long while now, it is actually not missing many details any more but it needs a more modern cockpit to go with it...

+Stratos · March 6, 2014

I prefer the non black cone version! Thanks for creating it Mario!!

ValAstur · March 8, 2014

Douglas AF-4Dh Desert Skyhawk, 6th Squadron "The Eagles", 1971

Centurion-1 · March 8, 2014

Oh yeas, that looks great. Btw one question: How come you dont use painted on insignia instead of decals? It's a minor thing but I think painted on looks better.

ValAstur · March 9, 2014

Honestly said, I'm no fan of painting them directly on the skin. I only do that when I don't really know the name of the mesh where I put them. But I can weather the decals used, to make it look more realistic.

Centurion-1 · March 9, 2014

Nah it's okay, everyone has their own style do skins and I certainly can't complain about yours. Looking forward to the next pack, are you doing the Buccaneer next or?

ValAstur · March 9, 2014

I'm working on an american attacker package including A-4, A-7 and A-10. Might take a while since the A-10 is not that easy to skin.

The A-4 is already finished. Now I'm working on the A-7. Pics will follow soon (I hope :smile: )

Edited March 9, 2014 by ValAstur

ValAstur · March 10, 2014

Vought AE-7Dh Desert Corsair, 7th Squadron "The Rattlesnakes", 1974

With the remaining ordinance, I paid a nearby enemy airfield a visit... as you can see

Centurion-1 · March 10, 2014

I like it, it looks great and a sensible buy for the deep strike/ anti-ship role, probably to replace aging Buccaneers?

+Stratos · March 10, 2014

Cool attack jets!!

ValAstur · March 12, 2014

I like it, it looks great and a sensible buy for the deep strike/ anti-ship role, probably to replace aging Buccaneers?

Sounds like a good plan to me. I was thinking of replacing the A-10 with the A-6, since I'm of the opinion, that the A-10 is maybe OP. The A-6 makes a good attacker being covered by Rhinos or Zippers.