Tom's Cat
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Yeah, totally agree nothing can replace trial and error and experience. Learning by doing
Ron ‘Red1’ Nair is an absolute master skinner, that Saudi Tornado he skinned for FF is simply insaine! I’ll keep at it and once the Tomcat stuff is sorted out I’ll spend some time on other ACs and wait for a new Tomcat 3D model - 6 years on this one is enough. For you it must be close to 10
Red1’s bug:
My hommage to him (note RIO’s name and callsign:)
Looking forward to that next release, maybe some day some of my work will find its way into BMS…
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By all the gods that’s a bug if i ever saw one! I want both of the birds above and i want them now
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Stingray, is the bug skin included in your download link on page one? If not can you post a link after Red1’s permission.
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Na it isn’t. I have moved all of Red1’s skins from FF to BMS which was quite tedious as I had to go through the entire objects folder using Irfanview Thumbnails but I love them too much.
BMS actually already includes some of Ron’s work from FF by default BUT I have no idea how to get in contact with him nor do I know if he is registered here. Since the FF forums got deleted I have no more contact details of anyone…
For your own personal use I’d recommend to install FF6 and extract whatever skin you like from the objects folder and paste them into BMS, that shouldn’t violate any rules and regulations. That being said, I have no idea where this bug skin actually comes from, I suppose the Israeli theater but I haven’t been able to find it yet.
I won’t distribute anyone’s work without permission though anyway especially not anything FF related…too afraid Steve might hunt me down in the streets of Berlin
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By all the gods that’s a bug if i ever saw one! I want both of the birds above and i want them now
I hear that man! Can’t not like this bug
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After getting a major inspiration from looking at Red1’s and HRenner’s skins I got into the texture work a little earlier than anticipated and so I sat down this morning, got some tutorials I saved like 6 years ago out and after almost throwing my screen off the terrace I finally figured it all out. As practice, I created this texture (fictional) from scratch. This incorporates paths for the base layer, channels for the panels and rivets and some weathering…
This might not look like much but it’s about 10 times more advanced than anything I’ve done before. I’m looking to apply this to a Tomcat skin (really just one) because firing out all these squadrons with the preschool weathering just don’t cut it anymore:)
Given the fact that this method requires a finished skin before finalizing the panel lines it isn’t feasible to do many skins at once. Especially not if they have different base colors for technical reasons so I’ll slow down a bit until I can put sth comparable next to this damn fine bug I’m also working on a 18 so I don’t totally lose my mind over the 14 textures.
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Looks really good. Now are you read to be flooded with requests?:D
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I most certainly am not
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:uham:
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UPDATE, BABY!
Can’t let you guys wait until I’m done with my new project so here comes the complete thing up until now…
Includes all Tomcat skins, all drop tanks, artwork and anything else I could find :D. All errors have been fixed, all files have been checked and I even wrote a README.
Enjoy cat lovers!
http://www.mediafire.com/download/aretnciqjx7hxmm/stingray_SIX_TWO_F-14_TOMCAT.7z
Content list:
Some artwork:
And some proof that I actually figured LOD editor out :D:
PS screenshot of my first texture created from scratch:
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http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f82/lazystone/Smileys/sSp_clangrats.gif
Congrats for the final releases, Pete.Now it’s final
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Outstanding work dude - very much appreciate all the effort.
Respect PJ
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AWESOME work there my friend Pete.
Thank you very much for this huge releasing!
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Just on a sidenote…look at that 14 on the cat at dawn ready to go - gotta love this bird and what a picture!
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Thank you for all the time and hard work you put in to this. Absolutely phenomenal!
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D-loading now mate! Respect and thanks for the dedicated work!!!:bowd:
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Thx for all the work I Love the Bombcat version of the F-14!!!:bowd:
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Thx for all the work I Love the Bombcat version of the F-14!!!:bowd:
Thanks man.
Which bombcat do you mean though? The original bombcat was BuNo 162689, that airframe was with VF-41 in 1991, was the VF-41 Bombcat in 1993 and with the Grim Reapers in 2002, it ususally carried the 101 MODEX. There was also the ‘FLIRCAT’ that served with VF-103 when they were still the ‘Sluggers’.
I created both decals in Photoshop a long time ago but never got around to finish the skins…
Happy hunting!
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For easier viewing/selection of the skins I recommend Irfanview Thumbnails with the DDS Plugin, you can download it here:
Plugin:
http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
This way you can navigate through the files plane by plane and have a direct overview of the entire skin.