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I am thinking about reworking my alpha channel. I was asking the devs if the very shiny stock skins would ever get a look to see it they could be made less polished looking. The answer was no because they want them to look realistic and not like a plastic model. I was going online searching everywhere to try and prove them wrong but after watching some period video footage I have come to a different conclusion. First, it is very hard to tell just how matt or shiny the planes are. Second, some of the planes look very matt while others are pretty shiny (still not so shiny that you can see the wing reflection in the fuselage like the stock skins). 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQL47Ulo1-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ePy7OywEoc

 

From most of the still pictures I've seen the planes look pretty matt. There are maybe some that look only slightly shiny. However, when you watch the planes move and see some sunlight reflections you can see some of them are quite shiny. So I have come back to the drawing board with my alpha channel technique and I am again experimenting to see what I can do to make it look as real as possible. I have also been reading that the devs have the most accurate color palette for Soviet planes (makes sense since they are Russian) so I am also in the midst of recolouring some of my skins with the developers colours. 

 

Here are some very early results. I am still not happy with alpha channel.

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6./ZG26_5tuka
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Ok so I am just going to chalk this up to game limitations. I think until we get something better I will be sticking to my more matt finishes. ..

Personally I think your above shown one looks better than a totally matt finish. Not that I could comment on how realistic it is since I haven't seen any wartime Migs but we've some old Bundeswehr airplanes with original military camouflage at our airfield which looks more like your pictures.

 

It is very unlikely those aircraft were very matt given the performence penalty of rough surfaces and the regular use of those aircraft meaning the paint would smooth out over time.

 

Just my 2 cents. :)

Posted (edited)

Ok so there is going to be a very big update soon. I am doing a big restructuring of my templates so I can pack as many skins as I can into a single template. This way if I have a small detail tweak that goes for all planes I can do it only two or three times instead of having to copy and paste a hundred times to 20 templates.

I am also giving more specific names to the skins with units so as not to wind up with "ZaStalina2, ZaStalina3, etc".

There have also been a few tweaks. Some historical details corrected. Some "inspired by" skins made into historical ones.

Skins will be re-released in zipped pairs. One will have a matt finish and the other gloss. This way the user can choose what they like.

Why did I delete old posts? I just thought this thread could get cleaned up so other people's work can be seen and not just be full of me learning how to make skins. Also the pictures and links are out of date. Everything is about to change. Probably I will make an independent thread for all my spamming and just post in here small news when new skins are made.

I am also working on packs. 122 IAP is almost ready and I'm working on 401 IAP.

It takes so long because I have little personal time to devote. My family has one car and I have to drive wife back and forward to work four times per day as well as my son back and forward to school.

Thanks for all of the help, tips, and good information as well as kind words :)

 

 

http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/25912-vorobyovs-migs/?p=404490

Skins available here.

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SUPER !

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The rest of 401 IAP. White 19, White 40, White 43 and White 57.

Also a link to the 401 IAP skin pack with all five. This was an elite unit made up of MiG test pilots.

Red star on the top?

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The old MiGs had red stars on top. They covered them over with the black paint later on.

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Here is a 4k skin pack for the MiG-3.

 

4x skins made using my new 4k template.  I have been tweaking this template in collaboration with Borys who is our resident MiG-3 expert here on the forums.

 

1x Plain green - Generic

1x Camo green - Generic

1x Black camo - Historic

1x Black Camo - Generic

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2y27d9rzdnoyosn/Mig3_4k_SkinPack.zip?dl=0

 

There were some omissions on screws and panels that I have fixed (thanks again Borys).  I have also added a load of additional rivets on the wing metal areas to more closely match the original aircraft.

 

So if you have already downloaded the skinpack please get them again for these fixes and updates.

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Hi ICDP,

 

Any word about the normal maps? Are they going to show up in the skin threads or are there going to be dedicated threads for those?

 

Thanks for your work!

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WIP

 
A big thank you to A-E-Hartmann and Juri_JS who took the time to help an absolute beginner, thank you to ICDP for his template.
 

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WIP

 
A big thank you to A-E-Hartmann and Juri_JS who took the time to help an absolute beginner, thank you to ICDP for his template.
 

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that's amazing but.... can we have a download for this?

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Of course but it's not finished yet...

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Looking fantastic Pat! :salute:

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Thank you ! ICDP template is really great indeed !!

A little pack is coming...

 

 

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Another teaser, 9 skins coming soon ! But there is ever something more to do... You know that, isn't it ?

 

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Airborn !

 

9 4k skins

Fictionnal unit.

Thank you very much ICDP to share your great template.

 

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 Update

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Excellent thanks.  Great work Pat, the reason I make the base template is for talented people like you to improve on it and make excellent skins.  I love how you improved on so many little areas and the attention to details.

 

Great work.

 

Thanks

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Some minor fixes like patriotic slogan & weathering. Look at my  previous message plz.

 

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Correcto ?

 

S!

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Posted

Wow nice job Pat, happy to find so fine works around here! Thanks.

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Thank you ! And now the blue squadron !

 

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Download

 

 

 

 

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Download

 

There is a reworked one too, for yellow squadron. Some improvements : colors, weathering and stars.

 

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Download

 

 

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Download

 

S!

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Hi Pat ;) ..the link of download for the blue sqdr second Part is not good...that give me the yellow second part... :( ...Sorry for my english

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T'inquiète pas pour ton anglais, ça va le faire^^

I will correct asap.

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Ah bah oui, dans la langue de Molière c'est plus facile ;) ...très belles skins l'ami... ;)

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Download for blue squadron part 2 is ok now.

Posted (edited)
  Correcto ?   S!

 

Yes (ДА)

 

 

 

Thank you ! And now the blue squadron !

 

Голубая Эскадрилья, Скинпак 

 

 

 

There is a reworked one too, for yellow squadron.

 

Желтая Эскадрилья, Скинпак, Часть1, Часть 2

 

:)

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>> Jamaican or English translate ?

lol

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Spirit_Wars
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Something else I've been working on. Not exactly historical but I think with a summer map and a little imagination it can be quite fun.

 

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Have you finished this? or have I just missed the link?

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Is it really needed anymore? We are just about to get a new spitfire with a Polish squadron scheme in the default skins.

 

I think the link is somewhere on this thread or on M4T.

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Here's the winter distemper. It's basically using the black nose camo with the washable white paint added over it for temporary winter use. The white parts are completely matt. It doesn't show well in the pics because it was too early and not enough light.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/lgwc9655l8t935f/BV_Distemper.dds

 

I added a little more white to the fuselage. 

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Anyone know where I can get this skin?

The link seems to be dead

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I'm still working on all of the 4k replacements.

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Anyone know where I can get this skin?

The link seems to be dead

Have you tried exfoliating?   (dead skin joke)

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