Jeez!
Ya leave to go take a dump and come back to see this?
Cool!
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Ok, so where are we with this...are we ready to make it happen.
I
SAID we should wait a week to start looking organized!
but I agree, good thunkin' all!
select 10-15 planes we tend to fly consistantly. Do a green scheme and an aluminum if applicable. I say we worry about desert and winter after we see how this first round goes
So, you want to do the green stuff?
Is this the first thing we should bring to the membership for a vote?
If it passes muster, we should make a green skin with just roundels and stripes for the most-used ac. We give every
active member (thanks Tac) one unmarked green skin for these ac, get the system up and running and then update the file with completed personalized skins as they become available.
Maybe Falcon has most skins done (I think he's skinned nearly everyplane in the library) and we could divy up adding numbers and nose art to some of us other skinners. If we have a template of where the numbers should go and what font to use, try and keep some consistancy. Or divy up doing the skins for what Falcon hasn't done.
I've done a lot of them, but there are lots more to do, but I don't wanna get all pushy with those IreGreen skins I've done. I have a P-38 too that I like. I can do the metal skins. They're hard to do, but I have a consistant method to make them look similar. If anyone has a better metal technique or example, speak up!
Snaphoo, Noter, (anyone else?); here's an idea ...
Each of you pick 3-5 planes you reeeeally want to do. Pick them based on your preference, what's out there already and what needs to be done first, (Pacific ac, Russian).
then, we compare the (3?) lists and each of us pick from that so there will be no duplications and everyone gets to do as many favorite ac as possible. Make any sense?
Now...who will get a skin, there are lots more members than there are guys who actually fly. What, 80 something members times 15 starter skins is Think 1200 skins Shock Confused ...huh...Falcon...Snap...you guys got this right.
Do we start a list and guys sign up, we use an honor system that if you know you don't fly online don't sign up or if you do sign up your skin may take a while...dunno...just thinking it out.
Yeah, let's take another look at Tac's list and the membership roster and make skins for those guys.
Every active pilot gets the unmarked green skin for each ac.
That's only 15 - 20 skins sent to all. No problem.
35+ active pilots multiplied by about 15 US and Russian ac (initially) equals only (gag) 525+ skins when we start customizing.
(a) Will there be a generic skin for each plane for newcomers until they join the Squadron?
Pilots w/o personalized skins can default to an IL2 default skin or our IreGreen unmarked default ... right?
Are we completely done figuring out what skins we want?
You wanna put the green design up for a yes-no poll or do you want to wait and see if there are other designs that might be seeping into the cracks or haven't been posted yet?
(c) Whoever zips these skins ought to have it so it can unzip into the individual directories automatically.
I have NO idea how to do this, volunteers?
We could each grab one skin and each do one a month/week or so... 3 or 4 planes a month ...
I could do more than that ... probably. I don't have a life.
~sigh~
My question is, how do we prioritize the planes to get the most used planes out first? Spitfire? P-51? 109? IL-2?
Let's do a vote from the membership, meanwhile, each skinner make a list of 3 to 10 ac that you really want to do taking into consideration what is need first. Don't let the fact that another skinner has picked your fav plane as their favorite. We'll do the best we can to even things out.
Falcon what skins are you comfortable with us trying this out on...let's do 3-5 and divy up the numbering stuff between you me and Snap, and any others who can/would like to help feel free. The numbers stuff is kinda quick.
The pacific stuff first:
wildcat
hellcat
corsair
SBD
P-47
Strangelove's Russian thingie:
still waiting on a list
yaks
la's
lags
Pe-2
Il2
What else need first?
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I will also write up a list of templates that I have made that are average to pretty good. I can make these available. I also have overlays that can help with textures and help make all ac have a similar shade of green, etc.
Or, send your templates to me and I can add overlays to make them similar.
I gotta go ... let's make the lists and someone think up a poll and we'll ...
Get'er done!
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