Gerbilskij Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Hello everyone. I don't know how many of you know about "Tropico" or are interested in fictional skin but, after a long time just downloading, I wanted to try to create some personalized skins myself. Hence, I decided to start from something which was not done before, a hypotetical representation of the air force of the (fictional) Republic of Tropico, from the game series bearing the same name (more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropico ). After all, in Tropico 5 they introduced military airplanes, one much resembling a MiG-21 (and taking off from a carrier!?!). Roundel and flag (NB the flag is the official in-game flag, while the roundel is my own creation) **DOWNLOAD LINKS PROVIDED BELOW** I am not a very talented painter, but I came out with some basic skins representing the fictional country of Tropico. I started easy with the beautiful (and much lore-friendly imho) L39, good for a small air force mostly needing training/recon and light CAS. Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria de Tropico (FART) L-39C Airbase pic with red and yellow variants Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria de Tropico (FART) L-39ZA Both the livery and roundels are inspired from Cuban ones. I would also love to create a proper MiG-21 skin, but unfortunately we'll have to wait for the updated templates/3D model. Finally, here is a complete family pic (WIP). Since in the (Tropico) city-builder game you can play either as a Soviet or Western oriented country, as well as a neutral one, I tried to include some models representing both the first and latter option (sorry, I was a bit biased here). Unfortunately most of the liveries are just modification of existing skins, so in most cases I won't be able to release them without permission/credit. Download links L39C and L-39ZA skin pack Mi-8MT skin pack (green and camo) Mig-29A Low-visibility skins Mig-29A camo livery Mirage 2000C - camo Mig-21bis SA342 Gazelle Su-33 JF-17 MiG-19P Mi-24P AI only Mi-24V Civilian aircraft pack NEW RELEASES: Edited July 24, 2021 by Gerbilskij Updated post 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VZ_342 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 That is a beautiful skin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 L-39C and L-39ZA Albatros skin pack released (v.1.0 initial release) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301046/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) Tropico Mig-29 low-vis First update: I created two low-visibility liveries for the Mig-29A. Download link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301092/ NB Initial release, further adjustment possible. For instance, I think the roundels/flag are still too dark compared to the skin for a real low-vis effect. Next on the line is Mig-29A camo version (based on Cuban camo) Edited July 3, 2018 by Gerbilskij 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) Tropico M2000C - camo Second update: camo skin for the Mirage 2000C based on the Peruvian Air Force one. Download HERE Next skin preview: Edited November 20, 2018 by Gerbilskij 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39th_Bloke Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Great stuff, looking forward to more! You spoke earlier of modifying existing skins, correct me if I'm wrong but I believed that modifications of stock DCS skins were fair game to release? Obviously with another user's skin you would need explicit permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratos Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Amazing! I'm speechless, is that a Tropico skinned DC-3? I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 Great stuff, looking forward to more! You spoke earlier of modifying existing skins, correct me if I'm wrong but I believed that modifications of stock DCS skins were fair game to release? Obviously with another user's skin you would need explicit permission. If that's correct, then MiG-21 bis is ready for release It's a modification of the included Cuban livery Amazing! I'm speechless, is that a Tropico skinned DC-3? Yes it is :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gascan39 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Viva la Tropico! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39th_Bloke Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YeT_f_u4LQ Perfect backing for your flights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volator Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Love the skins, played Tropico 1 a lot. 1./JG71 "Richthofen" - Seven Eleven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 Probably a few different skins are needed in the future. Here is a preview pic from Tropico 6, seems there's a pretty good Kuznetsov coming. Just appears they opted for navalised SU-25s instead of Su-33s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) Tropico Mig-29A camo https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3302596/ Mig-29A Camo livery now available for download, after I received permission to post the edited skin from SpetsNazCU, the author of the original livery. The original Cuban livery, which in my opinion is great along with the whole Cuban liveries pack, can be found here https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2476357 ). Original post also updated Edited January 11, 2019 by Gerbilskij 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) Tropico Mi-8MT A pack with two Tropico Mi-8 liveries is now available for download HERE The first is a basic green one, while the second is a dark green camo similar to the one in use by the Cuban Revolutionary Air Force (the original Cuban skin si also available for download here). Original post also updated Tropico camo Tropico simple green Edited November 20, 2018 by Gerbilskij 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratos Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 What happened with the DC.3 and 727 skins? They looked promising I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) What happened with the DC.3 and 727 skins? They looked promising Here is the current status of the civilian liveries. DC3 and 727 liveries are very simple alteration of existing liveries, while for the 737 I tried something different, but I can't make it completely right still. A link for the DC3 will follow soon Edited December 28, 2018 by Gerbilskij Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Now available, a Tropican SA-342 Gazelle (M/L/Mistral) download it HERE, follow the instruction if you want the livery to work for all three variants (to reduce file size, only the L version is included in the download). Previews SA-342M NB: in the pics the helicopter mounts 9M14 Malyutka missiles SA-342L Edited January 15, 2019 by Gerbilskij Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 These are great, I'd proudly wear your Tropican skin for the MiG-19 when it comes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) Tropico Mig-21bis These are great, I'd proudly wear your Tropican skin for the MiG-19 when it comes out Thank you, but what makes you think there will be a Tropican Mig-19 livery? ;) In the meantime,the skin for the glorious Mig-21 is finally available. You can download it HERE NB The Gazelle skin is now available for download as well (previous post and first post have been updated with the download link). Edited January 15, 2019 by Gerbilskij Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) Tropico - civilian planes Tropico Civilian pack, available for download here HERE It includes four liveries, one for the DC3, two for the B727 and one (still WIP) for the B737. Preview: The followings mods are required: - CIVIL AIRCRAFT MOD (727, 737) https://cam.em-key.de/ - DCS DC3 by Markindel or Civilian DC3 by Stonehouse Edited January 27, 2019 by Gerbilskij Updated post 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) Tropico Mig-29 low-vis I reworked the Mig-29 low-visibility skin pack, it is available in the user files section. DOWNLOAD IT HERE It now includes four variants, three for the Mig-29A and one for the Mig-29C: Mig-29A - early version with two color tones based on the original Cuban Mig-29A colour scheme - low visibility version of the early livery - a more modern low vis skin (with a Tropican "El Presidente" guard star) Mig-29C - modern low vis skin similar to the last one for the Mig-29A Edited June 23, 2019 by Gerbilskij 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratos Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Thanks a lot, hope soon we will have a tropical style map to go along even better with this skins. I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlikwin Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I fly for El presidente! New hotness: I7 9700k 4.8ghz, 32gb ddr4, 2080ti, :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, HP Reverb (formermly CV1) Old-N-busted: i7 4720HQ ~3.5GHZ, +32GB DDR3 + Nvidia GTX980m (4GB VRAM) :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, Rift CV1 (yes really). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbilskij Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) Tropico Mi-24V El Presidente got a new toy: Tropico Mi-24V DOWNLOAD IT HERE Edited June 24, 2019 by Gerbilskij 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratos Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Pretty convincing!! I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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