DA's TOTALLY TERRIFIC THREAD OF STICKERIFFIC IMPROVEMENTIFICATIONS. and stuff

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

thank you

the trick is to find a pic of any old chrome (or other) piece of metal, then apply it as a layer over the spot you want shiny

play with opacity as needed

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

i think you all know what this means by now.......

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

aaaaaand now we wait

[+Nightshade/PR 6,916]

The wait is over & I got the 1st one!!!!!!!

[+Nightshade/PR 6,916]

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

back to work...

or dammit, i'm gonna make my own temps again

 

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

and i punish myself why

considering i have two textures to go after this one, then the white lines along side......

[+Jimbib 688]

That was a bird I skinned, I can send you my templates if you want.

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

and i see this, after doing the main body panels and a good ways into the wings and engines....

let me take a look at them. might still go with my own since i've put a chunk of time in already (and also have blown it up to 4096 prior to tracing panels). but never turn down an offer, ya dont know what it might hold

meanwhile todays progress (had some of theat RL, plus just havent been feeling good last few days)

 

[simonmiller416 1,158]

Nice Bone

[+Jimbib 688]

Uploaded, awaiting approval at the mo.

EDIT: Now available to download, thank you Wrench.

 

Edited November 4, 2023 by Jimbib

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

thank you for sharing, just downloaded it

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

todays latest (on what was supposed to be a day long, two day project tops....)

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

gotta dirty her up a little bit

then we'll actually get some numbers down

 

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

sometimes with the older birds, you gotta do some tricks with lines and shades to make it look like a model fix....

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

little Veteran's Day treat (if it gets approved early enough)

 

huge thanks to Jimbib . while i was pretty far into my own template when you released yours, the wireframe helped me add details into some spots none of the old skins had (without squinting at teh loviewer window!)

Edited November 12, 2023 by daddyairplanes

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

being sick sucks. lemme dip my toes back into the water...

 

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

ya know its wierd. i like the top end metal. but hated the bottom metal

6 hours later i see why the bottom wasnt done up as much, one of the weirder mapping jobs ive seen on the older girls

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

gettin there....  new then old

bare metal engines

up top

[+EricJ 3,952]

Metal always eluded me when texturing, looks good though.

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

one of my tricks is a small library of metal "pics" from google.

from that base, i play around; overlay to change metal type, stretch or shrink and dirtying it up. cut parts of existing layers and change up opacities.

the end results have been cool lately. the journey can be...... interesting

 

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

Mountain Home: check. Lakenheath: check

now lets go for something cooler......

 

[+Nightshade/PR 6,916]

This should be interesting.............

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

4 hours ago, Nightshade/PR said:

This should be interesting.............

you dont know the half of it

[+daddyairplanes 8,742]

now that i've made a SWAG on how these looked, i shall find 1000 close ups from the exact timeframe. as it is, 3rd Wing used really small unit decals in the 90s so its hard to see all around....

19th FS Gamecocks

54th FS Leopards