[Aza-Industries]

I'm not entirely sure how I'm supposed to post a skin I made I couldn't find any guidelines so here is a preview image and the download link!
This is about as finished as I'm going to make it because I just wanna fly planes right now =P. Hope you like it!

Some parts may appear really bright when the sun is on them and I couldn't fix this without loosing the vibrant colours =/
Original:
Skin - http://users.tpg.com.au/bluecube/myfirstskinmod2.bmp
Preview - http://users.tpg.com.au/bluecube/finished.jpg

Fixed Colours:
http://users.tpg.com.au/bluecube/myfirstskinmod3.bmp


NOTE: The download link is just the skin image. So you will just have to 'save as'.

Comments and tips would be greatly appreciated though its my first skin so go easy on me =P

[Boosher]

Cool skin! I feel like my eyes just ate a whole bunch of Skittles!

[Aza-Industries]

Hahaha thanks I was trying to go for a full on rainbow but discovered how hard it is to make it look good once you convert it to 255 colour mode!

I might get into skinning and do it some more maybe I will get better at it. It's hard knowing where everything connects on a 3D model when your working with the 2D skin hock:
Man I was like a shark waiting for my first reply :roll:

[vexicles]

dude your Avatar says it all.... :puke:

[Aza-Industries]

dude your Avatar says it all.... :puke:

Dude.. was that an insult?
are you implying my work is something akin to vomit?

I don't mind criticism but I prefer the constructive type.

[J99Eingehirner]

I think he meant your avatar vomiting beams of light - ideas streaming from your brain like rats from a sinking ship...
I like your skin, it's really funny and certainly an eye-catcher online and besides, it looks good with the little weathering. Perhaps make the void shine through a little bit less. And if you use the default void template, you might consider creating another layer with oil blotches, smoke stains etc to make the plane look a little bit more used. Look at other strongly weathered skins on mission4today to see what I mean. But you seem to have it going well

Please make a skin for the He III B2 "Lerche"! There seem to be too few people who like it and it clearly lacks some strange skins

[Aza-Industries]

I think he meant your avatar vomiting beams of light - ideas streaming from your brain like rats from a sinking ship...
I like your skin, it's really funny and certainly an eye-catcher online and besides, it looks good with the little weathering. Perhaps make the void shine through a little bit less. And if you use the default void template, you might consider creating another layer with oil blotches, smoke stains etc to make the plane look a little bit more used. Look at other strongly weathered skins on mission4today to see what I mean. But you seem to have it going well

Please make a skin for the He III B2 "Lerche"! There seem to be too few people who like it and it clearly lacks some strange skins

Yeh I guess he could have meant it to be a compliment but you never know.
I actually used another default skin as a template because the void template because I couldn't see any wing/part outline on the void template so I didn't know where one part stopped or started =P.
I'll probably follow your advice and add some wear and tear here and there but I probably won't post it up here unless someone wants me to.

I can do the He III B2 "Lerche" but probably not right now maybe in a few days.

Thanks for your helpful reply!

EDIT: Hey would you happen to know anywhere I can get some more templates?

[vexicles]

i had a smiley which generally implies it was a joke.

geeze if your going to do skins, you need to develop a thicker one.

try simmerspaintshop.com for the templates.

[Aza-Industries]

i had a smiley which generally implies it was a joke.

geeze if your going to do skins, you need to develop a thicker one.

try simmerspaintshop.com for the templates.

Ok sorry for jumping to conclusions. I didn't know the smiley meant you where joking =/.
Thanks for the template site.

[vexicles]

don't get me wrong, it does look like a skittles vomit.

but i wasn't trying to give you bi-polar about it.

[santobr]

Cool skin!

About Gimp, try to posterize the image to 256 colors and then change it to indexed mode, not 255 but 256 colors.

[Aza-Industries]

Hey thanks that actually helps! =D

Also for anyone interested I fixed those white area on the wings top and underside so now it just has colour instead of glaring white.

Here is the Skin http://users.tpg.com.au/bluecube/myfirstskinmod3.bmp

[KG64_Cnopicilin]

Awesome! Really well done. Accurate pattern transition from fuselage to wings isn't the easiest thing in skinning.

[Aza-Industries]

Awesome! Really well done. Accurate pattern transition from fuselage to wings isn't the easiest thing in skinning.

Mines not that good but if I edited this right now I'm 99% sure I could make it match pretty damn well.
Only problem that could possibly happen is not realising they mad a separate strip on the template that goes in between the fuselage and wing instead of a straight transition from one to the other =/.

[Serpiko]

Really nice. :wink: Everybody, sustain colourful skins! :!: