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Point taken, I started with the white band (so I have that option) but thought it might be cool to make the opposing force look different in some fashion that would be easily recognizable if we were all together using the official skns. Unless those would be reserved for when we're all fighting against AI, or in competition with another squad, or some other "special occasion"I do think the black band is cool, but I can't help thinking that the plane is flying to a funeral, but that might be an example of a more extreme modification if the pilot likes it.
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which is usually so often the case with me ... ~sigh~:FI:Snaphoo said that I wrote:but I can't help thinking that the plane is flying to a funeral ...
and the he went on about something, like ... wrote:Point taken, I started with the white band (so I have that option) but thought it might be cool to make the opposing force look different in some fashion that would be easily recognizable if we were all together using the official skns. Unless those would be reserved for when we're all fighting against AI, or in competition with another squad, or some other "special occasion"
I think all these ideas are great. I didn't mean that the black band thingie shouldn't end up in the FI design ... gosh, it sounded like that, didn't it? ... but, I meant to use that only as an example of how far we could go with other later changes that the mates can make to further customize their rides.
Yeah, thinking about painting up the other guys to see them better is almost always a good idea.
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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."
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This needs the sheephawk thing... I can't remember what the germerman called the hawk/eagle thing on the side of the FW's but someone made a sheep version and this needs it for the oofichal FI FockeWulf skin...
Oh, I see. I wasn't thinking the black or white bands were going to be customizations as such. I thought they would be the base model paint job and customizations would start from whichever base paint job decided on for that group (of planes, or sides of the war).I thought :FI:Falcon said that he wrote:but, I meant to use that only as an example of how far we could go with other later changes that the mates can make to further customize their rides.
In the FW up there, for example, as it sits would be standard, as I see it, any thing beyond how it's pictured would be custom. But I guess that's what we're discussin' here, in this very thread.
Anywho, back to the cool skins and such!
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Gah! I'm still confused.:FI:Snaphoo wrote:... Oh, I see. I wasn't thinking the black or white bands were going to be customizations as such. I thought they would be the base model paint job and customizations would start from whichever base paint job decided on for that group (of planes, or sides of the war) ...
Yeah, this thread is for all basic design submissions, I guess. Black band, white band, IreGreen, dayglo pink historic, whatever.
Ex: The black-banded over IreGreen 110 as a primary candidate.
Then, with whatever design we choose, anything else can be added as a personal choice ... black-to-white band, white-to-green band, tail art, nose art, sheep art ... whatever.
Ex: The black banded 110, if chosen, can later be altered by a pilot to another band color.
The basic design should still remain readily apparent.
Does this clear things totally up? Okay then, explain it to me again ... ???
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The black sheep/eagle cowling splash was one of my demented ideas. If you like it and the IreGreen design is chosen, then I can make the graphic available for either the primary skin or an available option.
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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."
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is it just the sheep, Nap?
"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."
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Ok...here are my more traditional FI skins, follow the more traditional paintshcheme, but with the FI markings...tossing it out there, another idea for the FI skins options. Got a 190 that I'm tweaking the roundels on. Similar idea to Snaphoo's FI markings but different, a bit of an Axis feel to 'em. Also the IL-2 is Falcon's skin that he let us borrow for HE, it just has my personal markings on it.
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Bee-yuutimous art work!
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Here's my Yak 9 in IreGreen ...
Careful lads,
if you're starting you own Yak 1/1b/3/7/9 template get ready for some frustration.
These are some of the first voids Oleg's mates did and they are replete with errors and all the wood surfaces are hard to make look "real".
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I don't want to even mention the "Rat".
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Here's my Yak 9 in IreGreen ...
Careful lads,
if you're starting you own Yak 1/1b/3/7/9 template get ready for some frustration.
These are some of the first voids Oleg's mates did and they are replete with errors and all the wood surfaces are hard to make look "real".
...
I don't want to even mention the "Rat".
F
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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."
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Holy frijoles!!!
Noter's been busy.
Great stuff, I like the blue carrier planes, too.
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PS: along that line, here's a Seafire ...
Noter's been busy.
Great stuff, I like the blue carrier planes, too.
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PS: along that line, here's a Seafire ...
"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."
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Yeah, I did all those last night while I was feeding the baby and finishing up stuff from work...no biggie...Holy frijoles!!!
Noter's been busy.
Actually that's about six months worth of skins I've worked on. And what's up with my underwing banding...green, white, orange or orange, white, green. Obviously not just cutting and pasting from skin to skin. Have to fix that.
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The only way I've seen the stripes IRL is Green (inside), white, then gold and I've seen only leading edge color on Brit planes, not Irish.
Let me know if you've seen differently.
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The only way I've seen the stripes IRL is Green (inside), white, then gold and I've seen only leading edge color on Brit planes, not Irish.
Let me know if you've seen differently.
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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.