==Wiggy== Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 WIP...need to revise how I do these lines to get them to align better...a little experimentation tonight.... Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akatsuki Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Looking very promising.:thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) On the bright side, I've been moving to about as non-destructive painting method as I.can get. So I can change the colors with basically one click and can get new stripes very quickly....the wierd part about this one is the feathered edges of the stripes... I'm making progress though! Edited September 5, 2018 by 000rick000 Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 Better stripes. Alignment much better....what a pain! Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Painstakingly slow for me right now.... But making progress! Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Ready for the Paint Chipper! Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Finished. Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcSummers Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 This is a beautiful skin. Well done and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 Thank you. Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VZ_342 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Very nice! I’m no expert on skins, but what I do to get close to aligning things is to paint a series of different brightly colored short+narrow stripes (think yellow-orange-neon green, repeat as necessary) along the edges to be mated. Separation of stripes depends on size of colored areas...do a couple areas, check the model viewer, you’ll see “ok, the dark green area’s edge is about 1/3rd between the second yellow+orange lines” (sometimes I’ll mark the locations on an edge of a paper, to record the exact proportions). Go back to the paint program, adjust colored area location aaccordingly and proceed to next colored edge. That’s as far as I got before being distracted by surface details (rivets, panel lines) which the SU25T template doesn’t have, so I’m making a template layer with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) Very nice! I’m no expert on skins, but what I do to get close to aligning things is to paint a series of different brightly colored short+narrow stripes (think yellow-orange-neon green, repeat as necessary) along the edges to be mated. Separation of stripes depends on size of colored areas...do a couple areas, check the model viewer, you’ll see “ok, the dark green area’s edge is about 1/3rd between the second yellow+orange lines” (sometimes I’ll mark the locations on an edge of a paper, to record the exact proportions). Go back to the paint program, adjust colored area location aaccordingly and proceed to next colored edge. That’s as far as I got before being distracted by surface details (rivets, panel lines) which the SU25T template doesn’t have, so I’m making a template layer with them. Interesting! I just save the skin with the UV mesh blended on top. I then open it in model viewer. Then I can see exact where the mesh lines and the paint are. This one was tough because of the feathered edges of the lines which are not solid so it makes hard lineup very challenging to achieve. However The base color, black and stripes are All layer masked painted which makes correcting errors much easier than with other non destructive techniques. Edited September 21, 2018 by 000rick000 Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 I lied, here's the final Paint with readjusted Specs and Black 300 drop tanks. Uploading now... Enjoy! Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary20 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Can you advise where this is uploaded ? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cro_mig_21 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Yeah...anxiously awaiting a download link :) Looking every day in the Users gallery..nada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted September 26, 2018 Author Share Posted September 26, 2018 Sorry guys I submitted it for UL but didn't notice that it had timed out. Haven't had a chance to try again. Will UL this after noon. Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary20 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Sorry guys I submitted it for UL but didn't notice that it had timed out. Haven't had a chance to try again. Will UL this after noon. Thanks Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BravoYankee4 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Well done :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akatsuki Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Rick, don't forget to upload that livery. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
==Wiggy== Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 It's already been uploaded! Over a week now! ;) Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akatsuki Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Lol indeed, i just saw it now. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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