Ala12Rv-watermanpc Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) Hi all guys!, just wanted to share with you something I have been working for the last weeks. Since the Viper is my favourite fighter aircraft of all times, I wanted to make something special for it now that the template has been released. After dozens of hours of research and painting I think it is ready for sharing with you all. I like weathered planes, and the viper is no exception, however, I think it's a tricky plane to worn out without making it look "overdone" or breaking its sharp and stylized lines so I tried to keep it coherent and neat with very precise and tiny details and dirts. As always, all the weathering you see in the plane is based in real life weathering, combined in the model to achieve a believable weathered looking viper. I ended up creating dozens of highly detailed layers for this skin, trying to avoid the "grainy" look of the default skin and materials as the Falcon has a quite shiny and smooth look even when weathered so I remade pretty much the whole materials and textures from the scratch. Taking advance of the high resolution of the textures, I wanted to be able to zoom in to the plane to insane levels while keeping a high level of detail, so many details are only visible form really close, but the plane is filled with tons of accurate details, dust, dirt, scratches, chipping, etc. The skin features: -Highly detailed weathering, based on real life images. -Greatly improved afterburner fx, with adjusted color, intensity and variation. -Added nozzles textures and missing nozzle plates details, including materials and AO map. -Added detailed tail side formation lights model and materials. -Added missing cockpit dashboard screws and panel lines, including normal map and materials. -Fixed some alingment, missing details and issues in some normal maps, AO maps and/or roughmets. -Added all the missing rivets and details available to all the normal maps. -Detailed center line and TGP pylons for diffuse and materials. -Adjusted base colors of the skin. -Adjusted canopy color and material for both dark and yellowish versions. v1.1: -Added the missing logos over air intake sides (special thanks to DonJosh and his wife for helping me with this) -Minor adjustments and added some little pieces detailed weathering. v1.2: -Fixed dynamic numbers issue due to latest ED changes. ***To install update, simply drop the folder over the old one and override. Well, enough talking, now say hi to my interpretation of the real life 14th FS, WW 90-808 unit, aka "Bob" :P: Tons of screens here and here This skin was inspired by the first F-16C b50 unit reaching 10.000 flight hours in 2019, so I thought it would be perfect for a weathered style. I didnt tried to replicate the real one's weathering, but making my own (white nose :P) representation of it. Download link https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3309461/ As always I hope you all like and enjoy it. Thanks! Edited June 13, 2020 by watermanpc Take a look at my MODS here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST0RM Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 I have Air to Air photographs of it, over Iraq, from one of our missions. They put tape on the numbers to make it read "BOB" on the tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 :shocking::shocking::shocking::shocking: holy !!! creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorcoRosso86 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 damn 10.000 hrs and prove them all! Excellent work dude, awesome weathering effect! IndiaFoxtEcho Textures Artist My DCS liveries on UserFiles page here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonJosh Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 :shocking::shocking::shocking::shocking: holy !!! jep, my words!!! Iam blown away:pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrohde Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Stunning! :thumbup: PC: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | MSI Suprim GeForce 3090 TI | ASUS Prime X570-P | 128GB DDR4 3600 RAM | 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD | Win10 Pro 64bit Gear: HP Reverb G2 | JetPad FSE | VKB Gunfighter Pro Mk.III w/ MCG Ultimate VKBcontrollers.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumboJBT Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Just amazing !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santus Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Taking my hat of for you sir! Well done. - Livery Catalog - Youtube channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala12Rv-watermanpc Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 Thanks all guys!!:) Take a look at my MODS here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala12Rv-watermanpc Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) I have Air to Air photographs of it, over Iraq, from one of our missions. They put tape on the numbers to make it read "BOB" on the tail. great!, maybe you could send me some of the air intake logos for a future version :) btw, yeah, I found a picture of the tail numbers modded to make it read as "bob" :lol: ...at first I was going to make it in the skin, but then I though that wasnt really representative of it so didnt do it. Edited May 1, 2020 by watermanpc Take a look at my MODS here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akatsuki Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Wow, awesome work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight Ball Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Gorgeous, amazing work! Cant wait:bounce: Find The Links To All My Mods And Liveries Here (in the gallery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1hy Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 creator of ED's official F-16C liveries (WP,OS, 132nd, 152nd, 174th) AH-64D livery contest winner kim_123456#3214 My user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eight Ball Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 No words, my new favorite livery :) Just noticed a small error on the roughmet but other than that it's just stunning! I hope you'll make more :D Find The Links To All My Mods And Liveries Here (in the gallery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon_S Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Nice work! Quote Немој ништа силом, узми већи чекић! MSI Tomahawk MAX | Ryzen 7 3700x | 32GB DDR4 3200MHz | RX 5700 XT OC Red Dragon 8GB | VPC Throttle CM3 + VPC Constellation ALPHA on VPC WarBRD Base | HP Reverb G2 Youtube | Follow Me on TWITCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala12Rv-watermanpc Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) Nice screens guys!, thanks for the support!:) No words, my new favorite livery :) Just noticed a small error on the roughmet but other than that it's just stunning! I hope you'll make more :D It is not an error, it is due to the way the dynamic numbers work in the viper (mentioned it in the download description)...numbers are written over a little plane a few inches away of the surface so they make that effect when anything is under that plane. Also, they can look misaligned at certain angles even though they are not...it is the way it is, I know, it is a pity but I disabled all the dynamic numbers as much as I could so Im afraid this is something only ED can fix. Btw, wing pylons are not final until proper template, also fuel tanks. EDIT:you are right, it is an error...although the problem with the dynamic numbers is still there I made a mistake with the number in the loin...will correct inmediately. Sorry! Edited May 1, 2020 by watermanpc Take a look at my MODS here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_pirox_ Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 This skin should be at least official for the ED. Much more detailed and worked than the original skin. Very good work. Hats off, my regards to the creator of this skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala12Rv-watermanpc Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 Issue with the loin number already fixed and uploaded, I just selected a wrong layer for the diffuse...please, download the skin again, sorry for the inconvenience. Link also added in the first post. This skin should be at least official for the ED. Much more detailed and worked than the original skin. Very good work. Hats off, my regards to the creator of this skin. Thanks a lot Pirox!!!, really appreciated!:thumbup: Take a look at my MODS here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kj_flyguy Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Fantastic work brother https://steamcommunity.com/id/KJ_FlyGuy/screenshots/?appid=0&sort=score&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonJosh Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texac Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 My eyes feel welcomed. Nice work! - My Skins/Liveries - Improved F-16C Texture Template • Texac on YouTube • Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DowntownSIX Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Phenomenal work. Devils Canyon i7 4790K @ 4.9GHz |16gb DDR3 | MSI GeForce GTX 1080Ti | Samsung 860 EVO Thrustmaster Warthog | Virpil WarBRD | Virpil TM-50CM2 Grip | VKB-Sim T-Rudder Mk.IV | Acer X34A (21:9) | Oculus Rift S A-10C | AJS-37 | AV-8B | C-101 | F/A-18C | F-14A/B | F-5E | KA-50 | L-39 | M-2000C | SA342 | Spitfire LF Mk IX | UH-1H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper79 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Wow amazing! :thumbup: CPU i7 9700K@5ghz | COOLER Corsair H100x | MB Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite | RAM 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200mhz | GPU MSI RTX 3070 Ti Gaming X Trio | SSD OS Samsung M.2 860 EVO 250GB / SSD DCS 860 Evo 500GB| PSU Antec HCG 850W Gold | SO Win 10 pro 64bit | MONITORS LG 27GL850/BENQ GW2780 | PERIFERICHE GAMING TrackIR 5 | Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog | MFG Crosswind + combat pedals + hydraulic damper | TM MFD Cougar | Logitech DFGT "Mai discutere con un idiota, ti trascina al suo livello e ti batte con l'esperienza" cit. Oscar Wilde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafa Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 First class man absolutely first class. Cheers Jafa. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala12Rv-watermanpc Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 Thanks a ton to all you guys, please, enjoy the skin!:) Take a look at my MODS here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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