Tom's Cat
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This Camel Smoker skin is turning out to be a total pain. I went back to fix some stuff I didn’t like very much and I still don’t like it…
Current WIP…somehow this color scheme brings out the worst in the model. All camo elements are feathered with 1px, Vertical and horizontal stabs skinned based on the real smoker, Wings redone, Front fuselage redone, engine intakes realigned. I’ve never put so much time into a skin that after a while still looked so shitty. I’ll fix what I can and leave it at that, after that return to the regular fleet squadrons - screw the desert, Baby!
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This Camel Smoker skin is turning out to be a total pain. I went back to fix some stuff I didn’t like very much and I still don’t like it…
Current WIP…somehow this color scheme brings out the worst in the model. All camo elements are feathered with 1px,
Pete, I can feel your pain ;). To me it actually looks to clean, so please try the following…
-Copy your camo layers -> add noise to those layers -> reduce opacity to around 10,
then scale those layers to get bigger “noise spots”, then cut excrescent pixels to match your orig camo size…
to get some slightly but rough “fitfulness”.Next add a fresh layer, create huge random splashes of black, “gausian blur” generously by 5-7px,
and reduce it’s opacity to 5 or less. This will bring more “fitfulness” into your colors.Repeat last step with a fresh layer and wihte color. This will bring more “fitfulness” into your colors again.
You might want to play with the blur- and opacity values.Next I hope you’ve done the camo elements using a path, if so then
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“stroke” (inside 1px black) the path of the brown camo to a new layerA
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“stroke” (inside 1px black) the path of the green camo to a new layerB
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“gausian blur” both layers by 2px or 3px and reduce it’s opacity to 10
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optionaly copy both layers, “gausian blur” again by 5px and reduce it’s opacity to 5
You might want to play with the blur- and opacity values, to get a slightly “thicker paint on borders” effect.
You might also get ideas by reading some good old “how to”:
http://tactical.nekromantix.com/wiki/doku.php?id=falcon4:texturesOhh, and I’ve noticed (by a quick glance at RL pics) that your green color needs to get brighter
and needs lower saturation.I hope it helps you out.
Cheers,
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It looks clean because all weathering layers are disabled, plus the panels are the standard lines for aligning, this isn’t spposed to be a final look. This is an alignment issue to do with the model and the tex mapping.
First half of your post generally deals with noise and I got that dept. covered. The noise will in combination with my other weathering layers and some shine brighten the colors to the degree necessary hence the darker color.
Second half of your post I can see what you’re getting at, I use a similar technique to ‘elevate’ panels. I think if you use shadows and highlights on the edges of any given area (shadow on top and left and highlight on bottom and right) you’ll get a more subtle result sort of like a mipmap but that’s a matter of preference.
Point is the real stuff doesn’t have the look that either technique creates in the camo so I’m not looking to use it. What some do have (as the camel smoker) is a rough noise like what you get with the PS noise in precise setting with roughly a 17/9/20 setting and that can be applied to the camo path as you indicate. Thanks for the input man as always, I’ll give it a try anyway.
Aaanyway I know it will look fine once all the dirt and dust is on it but what I don’t like is how this specific paintscheme in its virgin nature sits on this specific model.
Ok now, skinning diversion over
PS: I can recite those tutorials by heart man
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Project Camel Smoker turning point…I now love this paintscheme and I think this is turning into my favorite AGRS Cat.
If you want to get to know the 14 model and its texmap…try this skin. I found corners on the texture I didn’t even know existed.
Had to throw the NAVY stencil on for viewing pleasure in LOD
Oh and as you can see the inside of the weapons pylon CAN be colored
And my ridiculous statement “…the model hits its limits in terms of ‘skinability’…” can be logged under stingray:
Back in business, Baby!
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Alignment phase AKA making rough edges look round AKA Alignment Hell!
Left side done…
Aaargh…
Hmmm…
Renegades, Baby!
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Done some work on the engine intakes, the outer bottom sides of the engine pods are generating major headaches as they are aligned somehere along the pods only not where the pods actually are…like I said - wanna get to know this model > attempt to do this skin!
Also corrected some things on the stabs and top fuselage as well as front fuselage…
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Added right side outer bottom part of engine pod and skinned drop tanks including all panel lines and 3D elements…
Skinage, Baby!8-)
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Looking Good!
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Looks indeed good.:D
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Yes, its me…might upload my old sig hehe. “Tom” was sold, Tom"insertage" sounded depressing, so i went for this.:D
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In that case Long Live ***** Falcon!:)
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Cockpit Author: Nizmo
External Model: GPL Flight Gear
External Model Revision/Completion: Nizmo -
Gucci, bling, bling! Nice job FO guys!
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Great job!
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Nice work!
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Looking good!
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if you need a test pilot for the pit, count me in! lol
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nice…but looks familiar – isn´t this the model from FlightGear?