Reflected's Skins

[Reflected]

All my skins are available here:

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=reflected

 

Folks,

 

I'm opening this thread to give you updates of skins I make. The 109 skinning contest got me into skinning in DCS. I find it pretty complex with all the spec layers but it's very rewarding.

 

 

So here are my Messerschmitts:

 

Bf-109 K-4 JG77 Heinrich "Hein" Hackler

 

 

Bf-109 G-10 of Erich Hartmann

 

 

Bf-109 G-2 of Günther Rall

 

 

Of course I made some RHAF "Puma" skins - a squadron I've bee fascinated with since I was a little kid:

 

Bf-109 G-10 of Tibor Tobak (RHAF)

 

 

Bf-109 G-10 of Lajos Krascsenics (RHAF)

 

 

Bf-109 G-10 of István "Koponya" Fabian (RHAF)

 

 

Then, I downloaded Wiplash's Mustang template and after some fine tuning I released my first Mustang skin recently: "Sweet Arlene" of the 334th FS, 4th FG. I spent a lot of time to get the metallic finish right: the base color, the reflectivity - didn't want to overdo it, nor have a plain gray plane - and also the texture: if you look closely you will see tiny scratches that will make it look like real aluminium.

 

 

Sweet Arlene:

 

 

 

Lately I've been working on some more planes from the 334th FG.

 

Iron Ass:

 

 

The Count:

 

 

Lazy Daisy:

 

 

...and more to come ;)

Edited January 23, 2017 by Reflected

[Markindel]

Great works! Compliments.

[LcSummers]

Hi ref,

 

very nice skins on the 51. Like them and i must say the RHAF skins are superb, these are my favorite ones.

Great job!:thumbup:

[Reflected]

Hi ref,

 

very nice skins on the 51. Like them and i must say the RHAF skins are superb, these are my favorite ones.

Great job!:thumbup:

 

Thank you, LcSummers! I know they are not K-4s originally, but G-10s, but they look kind of similar, and I've read so many books about "The Pumas" that I just couldn't leave them out of the DCS :)

 

The next one coming up is Donald Emerson's Mustang. Almost finished, I just have to do some last checks, take some screenshots and upload it:

 

[LcSummers]

I know they are G-10 too but i have some G-10 skins (JG 301) for the K-4. White 44 and red 7.

 

Somebody is doing a FW 190D-11 skin for the D-9, so it doesnt matter at all.

All skins are looking fantastic.

 

Thank you for sharing them!

Edited May 25, 2016 by LcSummers

[Reflected]

New skin straight out of the factory!

 

Donald Emerson's Mustang, 336th FG, 4th FW with the iconic Donald Duck on the nose:

 

 

 

 

 

Available under the link in my signature.

[Reflected]

Coming up next...

 

 

James Goodson's Mustang. I really loved his book "Tumult in the Clouds".

[Reflected]

And here it comes: James Goodson's P-51 D, 336th FS, 4th FG

 

 

 

 

 

[Reflected]

The next Mustang I've been working on. This one is very special to me as it flew over Hungary, fighting the Pumas' 109s:

 

[Reflected]

Oh boy...I almost finished the skin, leaving the red tail stripes for last. This is when I figured that they alone would take me days to do right. Drawing a straight stripe will not be straight in the model - one should nudge the part on the elevator slightly. How much? That's by trial and error, having to reopen the model viewer and reload the model and skin every time. AAAARGH...

 

If I had known I may have not even endeavored to paint this one :joystick:

 

Anyway, after a lot of sweat and blood the horizontal stabilizers are done.

[CHSubZero]

Very nice Mustang skins! Well done reflected :thumbup:

 

Your skins are an inspiration for me to update my Swiss Air Force Mustang skin pack.

I'm sure I'll change my SPECs like you did yours :music_whistling:

[Reflected]

"American Beauty" / "Lovely Lila" - 308th FS, 31st FG. This one fought the famous Pumas' 109s over Hungary on several occasions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It will be available under the usual link as soon as it's approved.

[Reflected]

Another one from the 308th, "Flying Dutchman":

 

 

[Reflected]

Here's a new one, this time a little less shiny :)

 

 

 

[Reflected]

Here's one of the Blue Nose Bastards of Bodney: "Sweet and Lovely"

 

 

 

[Whiplash]

Those look awesome! ever since I read Mustang Ace I have always had a thing for those 308th liveries! I always wanted to put a campaign together with a bunch of them. I bet you had a lot of fun matching those red stripes up. Now if only we had an MTO map.

[Reflected]

Thank you, Whiplash! You know none of these would have been possible without your awesome template.

 

Yeah, the stripes were the worst nightmare I ever experienced during my skinning career. If I had known I would definitely not have started them:)

 

Mustang Ace is about Goebel, right? I'm planning to buy it, would you recommend? i think it should be interesting because he flew a lot kf sorties over my home country.

[snowsniper]

Here's one of the Blue Nose Bastards of Bodney: "Sweet and Lovely"

 

 

Love that one very nice.( all the other are nice piece of work too)

You're mastering now the reflectiv aspect and all the art of skinning !

glad you have so much fun with skinning the 51.

[Whiplash]

Thank you, Whiplash! You know none of these would have been possible without your awesome template.

 

Yeah, the stripes were the worst nightmare I ever experienced during my skinning career. If I had known I would definitely not have started them:)

 

Mustang Ace is about Goebel, right? I'm planning to buy it, would you recommend? i think it should be interesting because he flew a lot kf sorties over my home country.

 

Yeah it is, I highly recommend it! I have been meaning to read it again actually. I'm glad you are able to use template even though its a little dated now. I loaded up some of my old skins and the spec layer makes the plane look like its made of glass in 1.5. Haven't done a lot since then but I would like to go back through and update some of them.

[Reflected]

My take on "Petie 2nd"

 

 

[Reflected]

 

[Reflected]

Yellow 12 of the RHAF during the last days of the war:

 

 

[Reflected]

I don't have much time for skinning nowadays, and I know several other versions of this plane exist already, but since I saw Moonbeam McSwine in Duxford a week ago, I knew I just had to give it a go. So here she is:

 

 

 

 

 

It will soon be available in the user files section.

[DonJosh]

"blue nosed bastards of bodney"

 

i really enjoy your work, thx!

 

[Reflected]

Haven't done any skins for a long time, but this amazing new Sabre template inspired me. Here's Major J.F. Bolt's Sabre, "Darling Dottie" - 51st FW, 39th FIS

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/2262427/