Sundowner

I have Oli's Max files.....give me a day or two to dig them out.

Arggghh, thanks for letting me know, dunno what happened but I'm uploading the correct file now.

View File TW F-8E Hi Res skins This is 2 skins for USMC F-8E's [stock TW] , not perfect but templates will be uploaded separately as I don't have time to finish them . Submitter Sundowner Submitted 11/09/2014 Category F-8

Hi Res TW F-8E templates. View File I started these 2048x2048 templates for the stock F-8E a long time ago but I no longer have the time to improve/finish them, so I thought I'd upload them anyway, maybe some of you can use them. If you do use them please remember to give credit when you upload something made from them. Submitter Sundowner Submitted 11/09/2014 Category Skin Templates

I haven't had time to do anything SF related for weeks now but I've just found these screenies from a while back, stock TW F-8E redrawn to 2048x2048. I can upload the templates if anybody is intrested.....not perfect though.

Stunning m8!

My god, that's ugly.

Skins look good to me m8, keep it up.

Bugger me m8, I like that.

Turning shadows down a notch cured my shimmering issues with buildings.

Personally I'm happy with what we have, so I don't worry about what we don't have.

Gunfighter heading out.......

Somewhere is in for a bad day......

War is over........we're going home !!!

Make sure your folders are not read only.

Thunder over the Glens.....

Looks remarkably like our Buccaneer to me.......they copied all our stuff..... commies.

Not dead.....just stable.

Bump maps are easy to get wrong it takes a little more thought to actually getting the needed effect. Study a "real" aircraft of the model you're working on.....does it really have a 2 inch gap between the panels and rivets like half a tennis ball?? I bet not, but this is the effect you will quite easily end up with without a little thought. I've found that that most modern aircraft will only benefit from bump maps to reproduce vents and stuff like that, panels and rivets/screws are usually a flush fit. A lot of "Cold War" aircraft [especially Soviet made stuff] will benefit from some subtle panel and rivet bump mapping in certain areas of the airframe [research, research , research] as well as vents, holes etc.....just remember you should be able to see the depth of the vents etc BEFORE lines and rivets so vary the opacity of these to suit. WW2 era [and earlier] aircraft really benefit from some good bump mapping as tolerances were usually greater and parts hastily mass produced,. Other things to consider; Just as in your usual skinning process, bigger maps mean more detail....or more smaller ones, I personally don't like models that are mapped to just one bmp [or jpeg nowadays] multiple maps will give you more detail area to play with, without going to a stupidly large single map.....remember you're talking about screws and rivets here.....a 1px brush will still only be a 1px brush and if used on a poorly mapped model could still give you rivets 6 inches in diameter ! Also as bump maps work WITH your other maps you may need to reduce the opacity of your panel lines etc to still get the correct effect. I still use subtle amounts of shading on the main skin as trying to produce a depth effect [ up or down] with bump maps alone tends to produce an over exaggerated effect in my opinion.....remember the bump mapping relies on light direction to produce its effect so when the area is in shade bump maps wont be visible but the main skin will. It really is a LOT of trial and error, but once you get the correct balance things will look a lot more life like..... Then you can move on to Specular mapping.................

Blimey mate, don't be sorry, I cant thank you enough for the work you've already done for me. Let the doctors do their work & get your health back......we'll still be here once you are fit and well again.

Experimenting with some specular maps.....

These guys have something I'd really like in my garden......... And some others too. http://www.everettaero.com/Phantom.html

WIPs.....more Ravenclaw goodness.........