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#3508608 - 02/01/12 12:16 PM Skin appreciation thread *****  
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What ever happened to Compans and Hammered, man i use to love their old beat up skins..remember these old classics..


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When Compans did that old beat up Hurri there was nothing like his style of skinning at the time, his work always sort of reminded me of an old oil painting or a Trudgian artwork, wicked stuff. Also ..excuse my severa lack of AA and AF as i cannot seem to get it to take in game, but i will crank another thread about that so this one doesnt go ot with boring tech stuff.

..and raise a beer to the old skinners who have wandered on cheers


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#3508870 - 02/01/12 06:42 PM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Hammerd's stuff was top notch. He did some excellent work with Jane's as well.


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#3508933 - 02/01/12 08:17 PM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Can these still be found? Either pay or free? Man they DO LOOK GREAT!


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#3509069 - 02/01/12 11:41 PM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Found the old posts where th eoriginal skins were released ..the Hurri was 2003 , but most were at the old il2 skins mega site that went down, sad days when that happened as we waited for it to come back but it never did.

Compans Under the White Rose campaign here CAMPAIGN

Do a search through m4t maybe ? (need to be registered) M4T I know Kamikuza had a 20 skin download pack yeeeeeeaaaaars ago with all of Compans skins but he has also disappeared of the il2 radar.

There is also check six if you want to try a search there CHECK SIX

After much searching i managed to find where Hammered hid his skins in 2005 after a forum request but the page is long since dead.Hammered used to be part of Blitzpigs which is also now folded but they had a link to the Pilots Pub so someone there may now where to contact him.. PILOTSPUB

The Fly also has some impressive older skin work here THE FLYS SKINS


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#3509247 - 02/02/12 07:07 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Hammered's site was still live until very recently.
http://members.cox.net/hammerd/Main.html
I seem to remember reading that cox was going to drop their website hosting service.


Several if not all of Hammered's skins are still available at the Internet Archive:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100924004515/http://members.cox.net/hammerd/Main.html
Click the blue "impatient" link if it doesn't load right away.

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Edit:
Cox Ends Free Web Pages For Internet Service Customers http://consumerist.com/2011/11/cox-ends-free-web-pages-for-internet-service-customers.html
Cox ended their hosting service as of December 06, 2011.


Last edited by wheelsup_cavu; 02/02/12 07:11 AM. Reason: I found the article I read and provided a link to it.

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#3509282 - 02/02/12 10:27 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Nice find Wheels..now what about Compans and Kamikuza biggrin


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#3509823 - 02/03/12 12:08 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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You can't forget my good German friend Snorri...because before myself, Hammerd, Compans, Cpt_Ferrel, etc there was his beautiful 512x512 skins.


Anyways!

http://www.france-simulation.com/skins/snorri/snorri.htm

When I created the first Emil template with Snorri smile He had such a fun time learning rivets at such a small size; guess who taught him? thumbsup














2 of mine biggrin




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#3509946 - 02/03/12 02:33 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Cool work Rudel. thumbsup

Originally Posted By: Ajay
Nice find Wheels..now what about Compans and Kamikuza biggrin

Compans was online today so he might respond to a PM ?
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showmembers&contain=compans&sendit=Search

Kamikuza still has a link in his signature to his site but he has pulled the skin pages from his site. frown
http://skinz.dojak.com/

I found them on the Internet Archive but all the links to the skins are dead there too. frown frown
http://web.archive.org/web/20080428062732/http://skinz.dojak.com/index.htm


Wheels


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#3509954 - 02/03/12 02:51 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Rudel]  
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Originally Posted By: Rudel
You can't forget my good German friend Snorri...because before myself, Hammerd, Compans, Cpt_Ferrel, etc there was his beautiful 512x512 skins.


Snorri's B-17 template is what got me into skinning in the first place. I'm forever indebted to him for that!


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#3510141 - 02/03/12 12:58 PM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Thanks a LOT GUYS!
No please, go tell my wife I'll be reinstalling IL1946 and will not show up for couple weeks, willya?


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"It takes forever +/- 2 weeks for the A-10 to get anywhere significant..."
Ice

"Ha! If it gets him on the deck its a start!"
MigBuster

"What people like and what critics praise are rarely the same thing. 'Critic' is just another one of those unnecessary, overpaid, parasitic jobs that the human race has churned out so that clever slackers won't have to actually get a real job and possibly soil their hands."
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#3510143 - 02/03/12 01:02 PM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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PLEASE ADMIN! Make this thread STICKY!

Ehr...

Ehrm.
C'mon you know what I mean.

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Para_Bellum

"It takes forever +/- 2 weeks for the A-10 to get anywhere significant..."
Ice

"Ha! If it gets him on the deck its a start!"
MigBuster

"What people like and what critics praise are rarely the same thing. 'Critic' is just another one of those unnecessary, overpaid, parasitic jobs that the human race has churned out so that clever slackers won't have to actually get a real job and possibly soil their hands."
Sauron
#3510993 - 02/04/12 11:50 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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I had all of Snorri's and your skins as well as yours Rudel , i especially remember his Karaya 1 and the snake ju87 smile Then the great skin delete happened. I used to be really anal and had all of my skins organised by skinner and type on a partition, but when i deleted all of il2 installs i deleted everything il2 associated..but then..a few weeks ago i dug a drive out of my cupboard which had a switcher version and a full clean up to 4.09m with associated skins and campaigns, so cheerin' biggrin



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#3515487 - 02/10/12 06:18 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Aw God bless you Ajay. I can't believe that Hurri skin was nearly 10 years ago. I kind of lost interest when COD didn't deliver. That and I'm currently going through the process of divorce, in some part due to my obsession with this kind of thing. I figure it's in the blood and it makes me happy.

Another big reason is I got interested in 3D modelling and the possibility of building my own game. After playing this sh*t for 14 years I decided I could largely do a better job myself. So, I work a full time job but have been working on a Napoleonic project in my spare time. It started off as an idea for a game but the poly count on the figures just got extremely high and I'm learning it all as I go along. So at present I'm shooting for some nice illustrations and improving these figures all the time. If someone wants to host all my skins for IL2 I still have them. There are dozens which can be downloaded with the campigns at mission 4 today. Anyway, here are some examples of my own stuff:




















S! and thanks,

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#3515508 - 02/10/12 07:55 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Those are cool Compans. thumbsup


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#3515509 - 02/10/12 07:56 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Wow Compans!
Impressive work there! notworthy


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#3515512 - 02/10/12 08:02 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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AMAZING! Ever thought of a mod for Empire Total War?


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"Himmiherrgottksakramentzefixhallelujah!"
Para_Bellum

"It takes forever +/- 2 weeks for the A-10 to get anywhere significant..."
Ice

"Ha! If it gets him on the deck its a start!"
MigBuster

"What people like and what critics praise are rarely the same thing. 'Critic' is just another one of those unnecessary, overpaid, parasitic jobs that the human race has churned out so that clever slackers won't have to actually get a real job and possibly soil their hands."
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#3515536 - 02/10/12 09:46 AM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Beaut figures Compans !

#3515690 - 02/10/12 03:33 PM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Best.....thread......ever. Well done Ajay

I've only got pics from days gone I would try to aknowledge the skinner.

Wish I could remember now, here goes

Skin by Greg Boyington



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Kristorf


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It was the great skins that motivated me to spend way too much time composting pics of these fantastic aircraft

Looking at the shots that I did years ago reminds me my composits are like my flying; a bit hamfisted lol biggrin


#3515700 - 02/10/12 03:56 PM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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Could the skinner of this aircraft please step forward.

look at this crazy ass skin, I love it!!


#3515976 - 02/10/12 09:19 PM Re: Skin appreciation thread [Re: Ajay]  
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I built a model of that spit years ago!


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