18.03.2010, 17:09
okay.. i'm a modder not a skinner...or a paint person, at all. but, i've discovered i have a need to fill up certain slots or holes on an aircraft i'm modding that uses the SDB-5 wings. as you know, the SBDs have those slots in the wings/flaps, etc, and i thought they were made into the model, but now i discover they are in the Alpha channel of the summer skin. (btw, i'm not using the stock SBD skin but a third party one and it still has the holes in the alpha for the SBD slots.)
my question is is it possible to take out the holes in the alpha channel without messing up the skin? and if so, what's the best way?
i tried opening the TGA files in Gimp and showing the alpha channel (yep, there were the slot holes alright.) but when i tried removing them it left white, unpainted spots where the holes had been. i tried repeatedly with the same bad result each time.
anyone that give me a leg up on this? ---keeping in mind i'm a total noob to paint work of any kind. lol.
many thanks in advance... i'm within a knat's arse of having this plane ready, and this will "dramatically" improve it's looks if i can pull it off somehow.
my question is is it possible to take out the holes in the alpha channel without messing up the skin? and if so, what's the best way?
i tried opening the TGA files in Gimp and showing the alpha channel (yep, there were the slot holes alright.) but when i tried removing them it left white, unpainted spots where the holes had been. i tried repeatedly with the same bad result each time.
anyone that give me a leg up on this? ---keeping in mind i'm a total noob to paint work of any kind. lol.
many thanks in advance... i'm within a knat's arse of having this plane ready, and this will "dramatically" improve it's looks if i can pull it off somehow.