VFA-204 River Rattlers c.2008 Birds Inbound (CoNA, CAg, XO and Line)

[Bananimal]

Been silent for a while on these. The good news is they are done and uploaded. Will update the first post in this thread with D/L links when they are active. This is a cool pack guys.

[RyboPops]

Can't wait to add them to the collection!

[Bananimal]

I've got a total of 72 Hornets painted now. That's crazy.

[USSInchon]

I've got a total of 72 Hornets painted now. That's crazy.

 

 

You're an....animal

[Bananimal]

So, how are they. Did I get them right?

[DonJosh]

you get them damn right, sir!

 

 

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

Sorry man!, just noticed your post now :doh:...I agree with you about flying as much detailed skins as possible!:)...I also agree about the panel lines, Im one of the guys who like giving them some density :D, it gives some extra detail but as you said is not very realistic in some places (wings and speedbrake zones, however, can be very visible depending on the weathering amount)...To me, one of the most important factors to make a realistic skin is making customized RoughMets maps!!, because thats how you make the plane's material to actually represent what the paint/weathering it showing. Otherwise the eye sees a mismatch between the paint/weathering and how the material is reacting to the light/environement.

 

Now Im realizing that a good way to give detail while at the same time making realistic panel lines is to add some slight "details" layer to the red channel of the roughmet maps so they are more visible only when they are in the shadows, it works quite well ;).

 

Thanks for your words about the m2000 sounds (although right now it doesnt sounds well due to the numerous changes they made to sounds and my lack of time to keep the mod updated :()

 

Thanks for your great work mate!, you made some really fine work in your skins :thumbup:

 

 

 

Waterman.....The way I see it is, I have a small fortune invested in this sim and I'll be damned if I'm going to fly halfway decent looking planes in it. I do find it difficult to make a grey bird convincing. The only thing I have to work with are the decals and proper colors. Getting the decals scaled, colored and placed correctly is all I've got to convince the eye that what it is looking at is realistic. So I spend the extra time on it. I think the mistake most people make is not getting the too dark grey default base corrected and they crank the dirt up to 100%. They also leave the panel lines at 100%. 90% of the skins I've downloaded are like this. If the skin is relatively new or slightly worn, reducing the intensity of the panel lines goes a long way in increasing the realism. BTW, thanks for the comment and thanks for your M2000 sounds. They sound killer.

[Bananimal]

That's the one thing I have yet to learn, roughmets.