Skins and Repaints

ok the changing of the skin in game presently involves you having to incorporate your skin via the FMB (Full Mission Builder) section. and building it into the mission.

you can only view skins in the game environment via a mission designed to use that skin. the ingame selection routines do not work yet !.

The skin file you create "must" go in the corresponding plane type folder thats within your documents/1csoftclub/paint schemes/ "plane type" folder. (not the game directories)

when in the FMB and having put your skin in the proper folder for usage. you should see in the skin drop down the new painted skin with whatever title you have given it.

you can also view your skin on the model in the quick mission /quick plane selection arena. but this will "not" activate it ingame untill 1C develop it to work like that. (eventually)

1. create skin
2. put skin in relevant folder (1csoftclub)
3. create mission in FMB & assign skin to plane object via drop down menu.
4. launch mission
5. take picture, enjoy skin.
6. thank ali for enlightening information (optional)

lol

A man of many talents Ali thanks mate

Bf109-E3 template by myself. much like the mkIIa spitfire. bit more simplified.

Optional Weathering & panel lines over your custom skin from the start !
Optional painting area mask including non paintable details.

http://www.mediafire.com/?9bz4dzpd16dcgd1


top is new , bottom is old. a bit more default weathering and sublte hints of panel lines. both pictures same time same location same skin & both with zero% weathering. !

[meplay]

Hi Ali Fish,

Great Spitfire skins, i downloaded them, but ive only used PS once before. Ive turned off layer 6 and example recon layer but it doesnt look like yours what am i doing wrong? sorry for being a noob

Originally Posted by meplay

Hi Ali Fish,

Great Spitfire skins, i downloaded them, but ive only used PS once before. Ive turned off layer 6 and example recon layer but it doesnt look like yours what am i doing wrong? sorry for being a noob

Doh!!! yeah my fault ive put the completely wrong example skin file in there. sorry.

Great work, Ali. May I ask if you could upload a templane with weathering and panel lines in two different layers? Would be cool!

[Mysticpuma]

Nice work from Cpt_Farrel;

Originally Posted by Cpt_Farrel

All three of these are JG26 aircraft and all three wear different mixes of grey. Some believe the Luftwaffe used captured stocks of paint to try and come up with something more suitable to use over the channel while others believe these greys were done by mixing for example RLM65 with the existing green colors 02, 71 and 70. I tend to believe the "mix theory" as aviation paint is a complicated matter and I don't think it is likely that any old paint would be used on fighter aircraft. That's a very simplified statement but I'm hungry and it will have to do for now



White-13 flown by Walther Blume has been photographed in color. At first it seemed to be painted in RLM02/71 but when compared to the RLM02 visible on the enginbearers and a Klemm trainingaircraft in the background it's obviously not RLM02 but possibly a mix of RLM02 and RLM65.


I used similar mixes for Gallands very intersting mottled camo...


Horst Perez' aircraft is also known to have been grey, it has been confirmed when the aircraft was restored that it was painted in greys but it's not RLM74/75 which wasn't used on a wide scale at the time. (It did exist in small quantities for trials though, all according to Ken Merrick)

Cheers, MP

[Mysticpuma]

and more;

Originally Posted by Cpt_Farrel

I've been hesitating for a while as it's not possible to chose skins they way you're supposed to in the game but on the other hand, they CAN be used via the full mission builder. Sooner or later it will be fixed I guess! The skins are weathered but still work nicely with the different weathering layers that can be added by the game. It's quite tricky to work with JPG's and the way the engine illuminates the skins. I keep adjusting little things but it's time to share!







Get them at my site: www.cptfarrels.com

Cheers

First wip skins, thought I'd try something a little different..
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