Looking for skin template for bf109 f4 Ex Desert Paint scheme

[HitmanTurkey]

I've recently started playing a career with bf109 f4 and the squadron has the ex desert paint scheme equipped as standard. I wanted to add kill markings to my plane so I'm looking for a template for this paint scheme or how to make the standard ex desert paint scheme template so I can add kill markings. I'm new to skinning so maybe this is a dumb question.

 

Update: I found some DDS skins that have the paint job that I could edit but when I open them in GIMP they are kind of transparent and checkard. Not sure how to edit a DDS in gimp and I can't find one that is PSD.

Edited November 2, 2024 by HitmanTurkey

[kraut1]

On 10/30/2024 at 10:06 PM, HitmanTurkey said:

I've recently started playing a career with bf109 f4 and the squadron has the ex desert paint scheme equipped as standard. I wanted to add kill markings to my plane so I'm looking for a template for this paint scheme or how to make the standard ex desert paint scheme template so I can add kill markings. I'm new to skinning so maybe this is a dumb question.

 

Update: I found some DDS skins that have the paint job that I could edit but when I open them in GIMP they are kind of transparent and checkard. Not sure how to edit a DDS in gimp and I can't find one that is PSD.

I am myself a beginner in respect of skin creation.

But if you only want to add some black lines (or beams) you could try just to modify directly a dds.

The checkered graphic can be switched off by deactivating the alpha channel:

 

 

before you export the new dds activate the alpha channel again.

 

For export use the shown compression:

 

This would be a primitive solution.

Don`'t use in this way white or other bright colors because due to the not updated alpha you could get extreme sun reflections.

 

Don't forget I am a novice in this topic too!

 

Have a look to this manual:

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/13726-quick-start-guide-to-skinning-with-gimp/

 

[Sheriff88]

On 11/9/2024 at 3:54 AM, kraut1 said:

I found some DDS skins that have the paint job that I could edit but when I open them in GIMP they are kind of transparent and checkard. Not sure how to edit a DDS in gimp and I can't find one that is PSD.

 

What you're seeing is dds file opened in GIMP. Instead open dds file ,save it as a bmp file and then open THAT file with GIMP. When done editing image ,flatten the image and export as dds file.

Where it says "mipmaps" choose "generate mismaps" and for filter choose "box"

 

 

Edited December 12, 2024 by Sheriff88