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#4370798 - 07/24/17 08:43 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 18th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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worked on the D-Day stripes weathering

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#4370939 - 07/25/17 06:29 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 18th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Spending some time with Jocko's and Reflected's new custom skins lately (Day Fighter Scheme ones), I would suggest a little bit of softening up colour division line on yours. All those liveries were spray painted after all. Love the weathering, however (though I'd add some belly oil stains all Spits were known for smile ).

#4370947 - 07/25/17 06:56 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 18th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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I don't know their work - but the effect I am aiming for probably is different

anyhow - the skin is very weathered, the zoom is not close enough to see all the detail
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this is where I left yesterday evening

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#4370979 - 07/25/17 09:58 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 18th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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I added all the elements I made so far - this is already more close to how the finished weathered template will look

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#4371121 - 07/26/17 09:26 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 18th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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#4371239 - 07/27/17 01:09 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 18th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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this is where I started

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this is where I am with the weathering blending in the skin to give a more real feel

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weathering is complete - some edits and tweaks needed and I have to set the camouflage background properly

I have 4 skins ready and a RAAF in the works ( Grey Nurse )

#4371271 - 07/27/17 03:14 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 18th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Oh, I was talking about colour division between camo paints, not about the stripes themselves, which are good already. Apart from a couple of rare and rather mediocre modern restorations, You won't find many (if any?) wartime photos of mid-war Spits with such a sharp line between Dark Green and Medium Sea Grey / Dark Earth smile. Unless this is intended, final effect and your preference, then I'll just leave it here.

On a sidenote, keeping with the general subject of this thread, for all the guys here, who don't visit ED forums, but like Far East liveries, heads up - a fellow named Strut has just released a bunch of excellent RAAF and SEAC RAF Spit skins today. Relevant thread with link on the third page, over here:
https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=190548

#4371288 - 07/27/17 04:33 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 18th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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I based mine on this

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DDay stripes on Mustangs had a better quality finish because of the aluminum skin while Spitfires had a more simple finish as they were applied over paint.

#4371343 - 07/28/17 12:39 AM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 27th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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a few more tweaks ...
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3 weeks after I got it , from the original 120MB the edited template grew to close to 6 GB.


#4371428 - 07/28/17 01:57 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 27th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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template finished and all I have to do is to release the first 5 skins I made - if all goes well starting this weekend,

this is the weathered version and there will be a clean one as well

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#4371483 - 07/28/17 06:48 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 27th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Originally Posted by Tom_Weiss
I based mine on this

DDay stripes on Mustangs had a better quality finish because of the aluminum skin while Spitfires had a more simple finish as they were applied over paint.


Tom, that's an awesome picture...

...although still completely unrelated to what I was actually asking about.... biggrin biggrin biggrin. So for the third time (and last one I hope wink ) - I was talking about lines dividing colours of camo pattern.

Looking forward to your future custom skins anyway.

#4371490 - 07/28/17 07:09 PM Re: DCS Spitfire skins WIP thread (July 27th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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Not really interested in Tom's current work.... but I can't wait to see what he does once the Hornet comes out!! smile
And the Tomcat!!


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#4371563 - 07/29/17 12:22 PM new DCS Spitfire skin (Jul 29th)  
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#4371635 - 07/29/17 08:42 PM Re: new DCS Spitfire skin (Jul 29th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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the skin is optimized for Deferred Shading - but I am going to release tomorrow a version for HDR.

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#4371652 - 07/29/17 11:34 PM Re: new DCS Spitfire skin (Jul 29th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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If those screenshots were taken at (human) eye level you would think they are real.

Bravo, bravo Mr. Weiss!

ps I'm with ice. If it ever appears, can't wait to see your skins for the Hornet.

#4371741 - 07/30/17 12:26 PM Re: new DCS Spitfire skin (Jul 29th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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smile

#4371760 - 07/30/17 03:53 PM Re: new DCS Spitfire skin (Jul 29th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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I've uploaded v1.1 with Specular files for HDR

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version with HDR enabled

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version with deferred Shading enabled

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#4371848 - 07/31/17 01:46 PM Re: new DCS Spitfire skin (Jul 29th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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#4372112 - 08/01/17 03:47 PM Re: new DCS Spitfire skin (Jul 29th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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due soon

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#4372321 - 08/02/17 05:59 PM Re: new DCS Spitfire skin (Jul 29th) [Re: Tom_Weiss]  
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