WALLPAPER COMPETITION!

I'd like to run my own little wallpaper competition, based on IL-2 1946, for the talented screenshot artists out there so they can win a small prize to be determined. Hopefully it can be something tangible (like a book), but if not, I could always offer up a set of one-off skins for the plane of the winner's choice.

Okay, if anyone's game, here are the rules:

1. Use of cosmetic enhancements (graphics mods) is permitted.

2. Any entries must use at least one aircraft skin made by me. You can find my skins here and here.

3. Please try to make the dimensions at a 16:10 ratio (e.g., 1680x1050, 1920x1440, etc.)

Other than that, go wild! Use of MAT Manager is encouraged (never could figure that out myself, but hey). Please post entries here and I'll pick the best one after about a month.

Note: If you think this is a completely self-serving and humongously-egotistical publicity stunt, please feel free to ignore/flame at your leisure.

I will not win, but want to show you the Texan of the Fuerza Aerea Salvadoreña flying over his home base in Cutujo. Thank's mate!!

Good idea

Just to clarify are you saying photoshop/composites are allowed?

What's the closing date?

I'll see what I can do...

Just so we're clear, you said the prize would be $10,000 in cash?

Photoshop and composite works are definitely allowed! And the prize is my copy of Squadron/Signal's "La-5/7 Fighters In Action" plus one other book which will be a surprise (it'll be more substantial than the "In Action" books, that's for sure). Closing date will be the 11th of November (Veterans' Day).

And Stratos, thanks for the shot! <S>

S!

Here's a couple views of Goodwood's 417 Squadron Spitfire Mk VIII's over Italy. Straight screen-shots, no editing.

Click thumbnail .jpg images below to see full-sized .png images.

Hey no fair SandMan, I was going to use those skins lol

Okay... I'll take the FW-190 F8's from SG2 in winter cammo.



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... not that I really intend for any of these to be the 'winning' entries. I simply enjoy the skins Goodwood has been kind enough to produce over the years. I have no intention of editing/Photoshop'ing any of the screenshots I take in order to enhance them. I simply haven't got the time nor talent to produce good results with that sort of work. So I'll stick to simple in-game shots showcasing some of GW's work.

There are a lot of other talented skinners out there as well, all of whom I respect and salute by proudly 'dressing' my aircraft in their skins. Actually, the hard part of this particular exercise is ensuring that it's actually Goodwood's skins I've selected for my aircraft.

D'OH that was my second choice

I think I saw a nice P 39 that might be interesting, hopefully there will be enough time in the day to get to it!

I agree SandMan skinners have my deepest appreciation

Not sure about this 16:10 ratio, what's lowest resolution at 16:10

Depends on what your monitor supports, but here's a wiki in common screen res's. Look through the list for the 16:9 or 16:10 items.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_resolutions

Since Goodwood is looking for desktop wallpaper items, you may do well to use one of the popular standard resolutions. I use 1680x1050 because that's my monitor's native resolution. It also happens to be a fairly popular resolution.

Thanks for that SandMan, here's my offering though my site will host a max of 1024X768 unless money is paid




Skin, of course, by Goodwood

Nice!

That skin is friggin awesome, I darkened it a bit to bring out the fantastic detail, then proceeded to hack it onto a prairie sky

The prop on a P39 is huge, but I might have made it a tad too large, though I spent a lot of time with it, working with each individual blade; distorting, scaling, and rotating to get it just so. The cockpit glass is muffed, too bad could be a real asset, ah well one more thing to learn.

It took me from 17:59 to 21:39(time between my posts) to create the pic

Guys,

I'm seeing some wonderful shots here.

Don't be afraid to post multiple entries, though! The more the merrier! You've got nearly two whole months to work on whatever floats your boat!

Ah yes Goodwood, I'd really like to do a shot of multiple aircraft(perhaps rolling out of formation as they drop in for a run on a target), but time is so limited, as is I ignored my kids all last night as I obsessed with this pic lol

Well, If I had known we could submit multiple images, I would have saturated your thread before you could scream "Zerg Rush!"!

Well, maybe not saturate, but I've got a few more pics I'd like to throw 'atcha!

Go for it!

Don't be afraid to mix and match, either. Zerg Rush be damned, I've got Marines in Bunkers!

Alright, here are my first three entries : Unedited as usual.







There'll be more

Cheers

Nico