becky Wrote:US_GRANT Wrote:Is there a template for this? I've been looking at M4T and can't find it over there anywhere.
Max_thehitman seems to have a nice void-skin at least. 
I just started to make my own as I thought that the default skin and also the skins from highlander are slightly to dark.
Now i noticed that a complete white background shows up grey in the QMB window. :-?
Has anybody else also seen this effect or am i the only one?
Yes, I have Highlanders_262 very excellent template, although he sent it to me while I was already working on my
own template. So I mixed both together for a more detailed view of certain objects, such as the original cockpit details
inside. I have been looking at pictures of the original airplane stored in a USA air-museum and many photos of the
original aircraft. So I am trying my best to put in the details. Right about now I have a much better looking cockpit
dash, original tire design, and other odd detail bits.
You will have to zoom into the airplane to check them out better.
A BIG THANKS also goes out to
Highlander_262 for sharing with me his template, it is
a most excellent work of art. Thank you good buddy :cheers:
No matter how much one can try, this (or any other) aircraft will have that perfect real-life chrome metal effect, as the
game will no allow that detail to work properly. But a nice shiney metal-effect can be achieved on some skins and it
makes for some nice flying in the IL-2. This aircraft is no exception.
Mr. Kodama has worked his magic on creating a
really magnificent airplane Mod.
As for the greyish part look of the skin,it can be fixed by over-lapping a layer of bright blue-Neon color and tweaking all the greys
in the layers to have a more blueish tone. Some parts I have tweaked to have a green / yellow effect. This works for me.
Its a dificult process to get the correct shading, so its really a matter of guess work and trying out
each change in the layer-colors by flying the aircraft in the game many times, at diferent sun settings and seeing the
effects it shows.
I am quite pleased with myself as to what I have come up with so far.
Here are some latest WIP screenshots from my "test-flights".
Original screenshots are 1290X960 but I had to reduce their
size to upload them here. Sorry for the small images...
Hope you enjoy the show
Cheers :cheers:
MAX
![[Image: TestShinden_003.jpg]](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b75/paulhewson/TestShinden_003.jpg)
WIP images deleted.
Skins are now ready for download at Mission4today (Download 4 the Mods folders)
Hope you enjoy them!
Cheers
MAX-theHitman
![[Image: shinden_01.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/9mm_suzi/shinden_01.jpg)
![[Image: shinden_02.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/9mm_suzi/shinden_02.jpg)
![[Image: shinden_03.jpg]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/9mm_suzi/shinden_03.jpg)