CoD screenshots (merged)

[kristorf]

Rodolphes skins as a rule are delightful, however as pointed out the 108 would take a couple of minutes to do, but thats besides the point isn't it?

Starting with a 'blank' canvas it can take hours to line camo scheme's/patterns etc up, and without a ready made template even longer (as I found making Wellington/Anson/Blenheim and Defiant templates)

So to get to the 'couple of minutes' can in fact take many hours or days.

[Stealth_Eagle]

Sorry to raise a slightly heated off topic debate in here. I am very new to skinning and can someone post a thread in the skin index on how to use the templates that were given to us please?

Thanks,
Eagle

[kristorf]

Originally Posted by Stealth_Eagle

. I am very new to skinning.......................................... .

Eagle

Not if your the 'Stealth Eagle/Owl' I think you are

[Stealth_Eagle]

Originally Posted by kristorf

Not if your the 'Stealth Eagle/Owl' I think you are

Sent you a PM so we don't need to keep this wonderful thread off topic.

[Zorin]

Originally Posted by kristorf

Rodolphes skins as a rule are delightful, however as pointed out the 108 would take a couple of minutes to do, but thats besides the point isn't it?

Starting with a 'blank' canvas it can take hours to line camo scheme's/patterns etc up, and without a ready made template even longer (as I found making Wellington/Anson/Blenheim and Defiant templates)

So to get to the 'couple of minutes' can in fact take many hours or days.

Possibly they are, but that one isn't. The frontal cockpit framing is black, which it wasn't, along with other minor inaccuracies.

Though you are quite right, as I tried to figure out the cowling and detail mapping, which are a mess on the Bf 108, that it can easily take hours to make a proper skins with perfect details and an elaborate camo pattern.

This one for example took quite a while just in the research department and is still far from being finished. Not having the template at the time didn't help either...

[checkmysix]

Originally Posted by kristorf

Rodolphes skins as a rule are delightful, however as pointed out the 108 would take a couple of minutes to do, but thats besides the point isn't it?

Starting with a 'blank' canvas it can take hours to line camo scheme's/patterns etc up, and without a ready made template even longer (as I found making Wellington/Anson/Blenheim and Defiant templates)

So to get to the 'couple of minutes' can in fact take many hours or days.

Chris is dead right it can take hours to fine tune a Skin to look right.
Many Layers may be required for things like Markings,Camo and weathering etc.
Also dont forget the ammount of Reference work required for a specific aircraft to achieve an accurate portrayal.
Templates are a fantastic aid and form the basis of any skin But its what is added to it that makes the final result a unique representation of the chosen subject.
And there are always those annoying parts of a skin where paint has not shown up properly on the Template overlay and even with Panel Finder can take hours to pin point and rectify
Creating Templates can take several Hours\Days as I know from experience[Ju-88 & Do-17] but very rewarding especially if that particular Template does not already exist and even more gratifying to see other Skinners Create amazing Skins using Your Template
I respect anyone who has made any type of Skin because they bothered to do it in the first place and in the process someone benefits from using it.
Keith