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Excellent work!!!!

Outstanding!!!!

Guys I'm really moved .. I just got served a summons from a Bank here in Greece asking me to cough up the total ammount of a business loan I took out so as to keep my business afloat and not to have to lay off emplyees that have been with me for years. .. this is a very sad day for me but I won't let my faithful employees down .. neither will I let my clients not get the services they've been promised .. I'm currently at war with the system .. nice to receive some humanity .. Cheersa to the CA community!! .. now it's time to get drunk .. then I'll wake up, have a shower, a shave and some breakfast, and then man up and deal with the problem.. Sorry for the personal details, but .. I needed to vent ..

Ooops! Forgot to mention that this is how I it looked as of March .. Cheers all!

Hello all! As Stary pointed out, I'm striving for a very detailed model (which is a lot of hard work and some of it can get very tedious:( So whenever I start feeling like it's "work" I step back for a while and let the enthusiasm stir up to a point where I'm enjoying it again. I guess I'm still on one of those breaks .. If this upsets some people, well I guess that's too bad .. that's the way it is .. Thanks for your interest guys; it's doing a lot to stir my motivation!!!! Hope to be working on her again soon:)

Centurion-1, I'm getting into the F-5a full bore again .. this project has woken me from my burnout phase .. so It shouldn't be too much longer! (modelling 90%, textures 90%, 3d pit (95%) However, F-5e and F are a completely different animal .. don't expect those any-time soon I'm afraid ..

Damn this is exciting!!!!!!!!! Centurion-1, congrats on the project; this campaign is going to be epic!! Oh no! you're beginning to inspire me again ..

I'd love to see it ingame!! Mine won't be ready for a few months yet..

Excuse me? Your comments in this thread have been misguided, ignorant and totally disrespectful .. I'm unimpressed ..

Always considerate Thanks so very much!!

Helpful as always Russouk2004!!! I would love a copy of that scratch filter texture you are featuring in those shots; excellent tutorial!!

I can't believe I've only just seen this thread!! Wow!! Excellent work Centurion_1; and kudos to the rest of the design team .. this is going to be epic!!!!

Outstanding work paulopanz!!!! Another demonstration of how excellent textures can enhance 10-fold the quality of a model! Love the shading, the "washout" and the tones of color..It looks spot on!! oops! mandatory screenshot ...

Thanks Centurion-1 I really need the encouragement as I'm really starting to feel the pain .. all these details need mapping, texturing etc.. and worries about going too far with polys is beginning to creep in; I don't want the thing to be unplayable Cheers ; need all the encouragement I can get! I'll do my best!

That sounds very exciting!!!!

Julhelm, Im definitely going to try! I've been studying the process and think I'll be able to do it! Cheers!

Thought not .. That's a great site Pauolopanz! and great job on those tigers!! Here's a small pic with some shading of the whole pit ..

Thanks for the encouragement gentlemen I'm going to model the F-5a, RF-5a and NF-5a .. (and the cockpit differences) .. as for texture schemes; I plan on quite a few (hopefully Brazilian too .. though I'm not sure Brazil had the F-5a ..)

Hello all! Just a little update; I've almost done all the 3d work in the pit (still some dials and switches left on the side pedestals); plenty of textures lefty to do. Brain 32 has been most gracious in his help and has provided some of the textures and 3d objects in the pit; and a lot of advice regarding gauge making!!!. I'll then start work on the inis .. She's getting there!

I do this too; have suffered too much heartbreak early on losing hours upon hours of work!

Very nice Skinning is a fine art; and there's only one way to get better; practice practice practice. Also there's a wealth of info, resources and tutorials on a site called simmer's paint shop (google it). Keep up the good work!!

I'm using Vista 32-bit as well and don't have such problems; and I've not had to disable UAC .. perhaps the problem is elsewhere?

Absolutely wonderful!!!! The sensation of speed at low level is glorious!!! Thankyou so much .. the clouds in sarcasm 1.4 are great too!!!

Absolutely awesome package Gentlemen!!!!!!! It sure shows that this was a labour of love! Much appreciated; I'm sure the work involved ran into the thousands!! ... did I say much appreciated?