Little Donkeys over the Dvina

Painters and skinners. Somewhere to show off skins and look for artistic inspiration.
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Little Donkeys over the Dvina

Post by :FI:Falcon » Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:54 pm

Oh, dawg,

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is this gonna be a fun skin to do or what?

<shudder>


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- The history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.
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Wow!!!

Post by :FI:Fenian » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:04 pm

Is it finished....

:badgrin:

Looks like you got yer work cut out for you this time Mr. Falcu

;)

But if it comes out anything like that Yak you did last week then we will queueing up around the forum for it ;)
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Post by :FI:Noter » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:49 pm

Hey, we're using those in HE, I will gladly take one, please good sir.

Thanks,
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Post by :FI:RULES » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:45 am

Yes please 8)
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:26 pm

Flippin' ferret feces!!!!!

You've heard me gripe about sloppy matting before but the I-16 is the absolute worst!

!!!

There is NO Froopin' way to fix the dozens and dozens of errors on this model.

It's so florpin' screwed up that I can only work an hour or so a day before I get too frustrated to continue.

<pant pant>

Anyway, look around the undercarriage and see all the double lines and blurred areas and you get a wee idea what troubles there are trying to skin this sucker accurately.

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This may take a while folks.


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"He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed."
- The history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.
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Post by :FI:Snaphoo » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:40 pm

Clear as mud to me!

Good luck Falc... you're going somewhere that apparently even the original game skinners feared to tread. I do not envy the task you are about to undertake...

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Post by Nightcat » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:00 pm

Still painting by numbers at your age Falc?

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Post by :FI:WillieOFS » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:58 pm

Bah, just glop some mud and manure colored stuff around the gear pants. :badgrin:
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Judging by all the numbers...

Post by :FI:Heloego » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:07 pm

...this is to be a Squadron Plane? ;)


First, scrape off all the Bondo to get rid of the smooth look.

Next, gorge yourself on cabbage, tripe and beer.

Then give it a good barf.

If that rough it up, nothing will.! :lol:
...and wear your feckin' mask!!!!! :x
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I-16 template

Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:46 pm

Falcon, check your e=mail I've sent a template I found a while back at Skinners Heaven.Not wishing to spoil all your fun its PSP format.
I think the author was "Lego"(no not the brick guy!!"
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:36 am

Thanks Snee,

I will definitely check it out.

Not to knock the gift mate, but all those expert skinners may have the talent and time to do some purdy stuff,

but their accuracy, (90%), is lacking.

<There ARE a VERY few who get the artsy stuff AND the accuracy both right>

That's what's killing me on the I-16. The cruddy matting makes it absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to make a good, accurate skin.

Gah!

What I'm trying to do is figure out which lines to accentuate and which to kinna hide to minimize all the errors.

I took a five day break from the lousy thing and hope to get back at it tomorrow.

Thanks again,


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- The history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.
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thanks Snee ??

Post by :FI:Dutchman » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:18 pm

well well Falcon

youre in to "dutch slang" huh

"Snee" is a whole diffrent hole" in slang dutch.
in terms of, its female and you can sit on it.


any more you learned up there in texas

:lol: :lol: :D ;)

Dutch..,

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Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:23 am

thanks Snee ??
Just glad Falcons not a Dutchman then !!!

Have'nt used the template on any SERIOUS skins,Decided to do I-153's instead for a display team. Got no reference as to accuracy but some nice looking detail in there as I remember, ribbing and the like. You may want to change the Layer order and opacity.cant remember how I left it last.
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:18 am

You might not believe it ...

I sure have a hard time believing it ...

but I've put another five to ten hours in this thing

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and I'm still not ready to start the artsy stuff.

I can almost see the end of the tunnel though ...

I just hope there's no light there.

!!!


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- The history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, by Sarah Palin.
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template screenies

Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:45 am

Lookin good.

Wont be trying any skins myself till I replace my mouse. Its so bad now I
trashed a Flush when I was trying to call 2 pair the other night, just glad it was'nt real money!

Just posted these for your reference from the template.Looks nice but cant vouch for accuracy.Note the line between the olive & blue on the tail is different port & stbd ( not shown here ) one straight one curves down !
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"The marksman hitteth the target partly by pulling, partly by letting go. The boatsman reacheth the landing partly by pulling, partly by letting go." (Egyptian proverb)
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