Skinning - Quick and Dirty for absolute beginners
I wanna paint my Sturmovik!
1 - get the template.zip for the sturmovik, from jason's post.
2- get GIMP, or any other of the Popular Graphics Manipulation programs (Adobe Photoshop CS2 is so outdated they don't mind you having it for free)
3 - open the Zip, and find the PSD file in there.
4 - open the PSD file with your Graphics program.
5 - understand that the PSD file is like a big set of transparent sheets of plastic stacked like a tower. You look at the sheets from above.
So I did the 8th fighter squadron emblem on the P-38. Now looking for additional historical data/photos for the 7th "screaming deamons", 8th "black sheep" & 9th "flying knights" of the 49th Fighter Group. Wondering what the P-38 markings were for each squadron. I believe Dad said the spinners and vertical stabilizer tips were painted in different squadron colors. Get's confusing - spent several days downloading pictures of the P-38's in the 49th FG. Looks like Laven's "Itsy Bitsy" of the 8t
