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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:49 pm

You could alway fly a Lagg for the Japanese
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Post by :FI:Nellip » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:50 pm

:FI:Falcon wrote: Nellip. Looks like the hurricane is done. We're waiting for an answer from Snaphoo. How soon will you want to start your campaign?


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I think there are a few more weeks left yet of Pearl to Japan - hope so, as I have only written 1 Lvov mission so far and Doc lost his Smolensk missions when jos PSU fried his HD's ;)

It will certainly be after the holiday.
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:58 pm

Thanks Nellip.

So the first campaign to implement the squadron skins will be either "Pearl to Edo" or "Historic Encounters."

Both are on-going campaigns, so I guess we can wait a few more days for Snaphoo to get back to us.

Just waiting on the Yak-3 and the P-39 then.


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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:11 pm

I'll be adding Badger, Blue2 and Skipper to the skins I've done this week.

Any more "about to become FI" (has Pizzicato applied?) to consider?
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:15 pm

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Andrew, you sneaky bastage!

Make a record of who you add.

I haven't added anyone since the October list.

That means that Blue and Badger et al are not there yet on my skins.

Sorry.

I intend to FINISH the old list and then add the new members in an update that may include fixes to any errors.

This update could come within two weeks of the initial release.


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- The history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.
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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:17 pm

OK I'll wait to be in sync with the update.Crack on wiv the 111 instead.
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:26 pm

My rush P-39 if Snaphoo can't shake those darn RL blues ...

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WIP

Coming ...

P-63 in FI Metal.


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- The history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.
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Post by :FI:Noter » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:33 pm

Gotta be the sticker and I know it's a WIP and I'm sure you realize it...but the wing insignia's are mirrored...

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Post by :FI:Falcon » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:49 pm

That's IT!

I'm trashin' it!!

Stupid game.

Where's my copy of Uber Pong?


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thanx Noter ;)
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- The history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.
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Post by :FI:Nellip » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:53 pm

Ah, the artisitic temperament at work....................... :D

Seriously it looks good to me - but so did this from a while back

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How about using this - is it one of yours?
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:27 pm

Gah!

Just when I finished the 39 and started the metal 63 I read this post!!!

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That's Genosse's paint over ... I forgot who's template/skin.

But it is a good one.

Look ... if Frank has a metal P-63 like that then we'll use that, okay?

But let's use this green Cobra for the P-39, unless Snaphoo show's up with his.

Oh, Fraaa-aaa-aaank!?


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- The history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:43 pm

Wait, wait, WAIT!

I found a pretty good polished metal template by mswantak.

It's old, but if you want realistic polish, this is one of the best.

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If you wanna use an out-of-squadron template, then this is good.

Mswantak made the template,

I-16 Fan modified it here, but I can change it to an FI scheme;

either straight metal or FI Metal.

Whatcha thunk?


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PS: Avirex had a good one too.

PPS: There's only one thing wrong with this type of polished skin. When it actually starts to move - and the reflections unnaturally don't - it looks kinna fakey.
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:40 am

Very WIP

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this is the quick way to do a KingCobra w/metal.

The finish is a wee bit muddied,

all the lines don't match up

but is this good enough?

I could do a total remake for the first revision.


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- The history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.
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Post by :FI:Nellip » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:59 am

Falcon

Well you're the artist mate, but it looks pretty good to me and is consistent with what you have done for other aircraft.

If it is easier to adapt this then great.

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Post by :FI:Genosse » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:20 am

:FI:Nellip wrote:Ah, the artisitic temperament at work....................... :D

Seriously it looks good to me - but so did this from a while back

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How about using this - is it one of yours?
Well, actually I d/led the polish skin from il2skins.com and added some colours to it ... no big job to be honest. I think I still do have the PSD template on my HDD somewhere.

Aynone interested into it???

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