msalama Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 A couple of screens from a mission I'm working on ATM: The DCS Mi-8MTV2. The best aviational BBW experience you could ever dream of.
Double_D Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 weathered metal is coming along nice, soon itll be down to a proper vintage look.:smilewink: looks great from a bit of distance too. all dynamic btw :unsure: this was just a tiger meet idea test with the weathered stuff. not sure i like it at all. love the wings though, very similar to a few photos i have. Outstanding as usual:thumbup: [TABLE][/url][sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic89949_15.gif[/sIGPIC][/Table] Recruiting for Aerobatic Team/Fighter Group... My Youtube channel
Ali Fish Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Holy cow Ali that is beautiful you're going to have to give me some tips! (I think tip #1 will be "use a bigger texture!" :D) nope thats the standard size texture of 2048, no magic tricks here, edit: and i have a fascination with pixel art. which is the most complicated digital art IMhO. Edited July 20, 2012 by Ali Fish [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
john_X Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 yes it is a trick. you must work on the 2048X2048 texture and to add or paint details at the texture's scale without scaling them in any direction. many persons i know usually work on 4096X4096 textures for a better detail level and when they finish it they scale it to 2048X2048. the result is bad, this way you loose many details and the textures becomes blurry. The reverse action(from 1024X1024 to 2048X2048) has the same bad results.
Ali Fish Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) yes it is a trick. you must work on the 2048X2048 texture and to add or paint details at the texture's scale without scaling them in any direction. . thats a good artist not a trick IMHO. however theres another question thats begging. what could i do at 4096..... better rivet heads and scratches and panel lines, thats about it, not worth it unless iam twice as close to the object theoreticaly. but it would always help. and btw i dont always agree about the fundamentals of re scaling, sometimes its very beneficial for working with that fine detail. i dont seem to loose any detail in re scaling.... the end result is my priority and my familiarisation with pixel art has led me far in terms of special effects within DCS, which besides my art abbility its the special effects that drive me. the diffuse as ive mentioned before isnt what is doing the work mainly, its doing 1/5th of the work. composition is my skill mainly. Edited July 20, 2012 by Ali Fish [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
john_X Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 the look is so good because of the specular map. It's because you found the perfect graduation for the greys.
HungaroJET Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) weathered metal is coming along nice, soon itll be down to a proper vintage look.:smilewink: looks great from a bit of distance too. all dynamic btw :unsure: this was just a tiger meet idea test with the weathered stuff. not sure i like it at all. love the wings though, very similar to a few photos i have. ^ This is very nice Ali Fish but IMHO your earlier proper metal skin was THE BEST what iv ever seen ! Excellent Skin I LOVE your polished proper metal :thumbup: Edited July 20, 2012 by HungaroJET Atop the midnight tarmac, a metal beast awaits. To be flown below the radar, to bring the enemy his fate. HAVE A BANDIT DAY ! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." - R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983), American Architect, Author, Designer, Inventor, and Futurist
Corrigan Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 That metal does look ridiculously good. Win10 x64 | SSDs | i5 2500K @ 4.4 GHz | 16 GB RAM | GTX 970 | TM Warthog HOTAS | Saitek pedals | TIR5
upupandaway Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Wow, quasi-photorealistic... I think we´re gonna be in for a real treat when one day this is combined with dx11 enhanced terrain. Just gotta wait. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Deedle, deedle!
aaron886 Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 nope thats the standard size texture of 2048, no magic tricks here, edit: and i have a fascination with pixel art. which is the most complicated digital art IMhO. Very cool, that definitely makes sense. (Not at all sure what John's talking about.) Cheers!
Ali Fish Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) thanks folks, @ hungaro, i think emphasis on the clean polish with a touch of the weathering is the way, but really thanks for that post, its put things into persepctive somewhat seeing them both together like that. at most i can have a range of new to old planes. at least i can have the polished style with just a hint of the effects from the non polished to get a more correct balance. edit: and the result. 1 finished plane. with the technique fully mastered, \o/ now i can stop boring you lot. Edited July 21, 2012 by Ali Fish [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
NoJoe Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 now i can stop boring you lot. No, please. PLEASE. Keep it up! :thumbup: These skins look amazing! --NoJoe
HungaroJET Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 :thumbsup: Wonderful work :yes: Atop the midnight tarmac, a metal beast awaits. To be flown below the radar, to bring the enemy his fate. HAVE A BANDIT DAY ! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." - R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983), American Architect, Author, Designer, Inventor, and Futurist
Miro Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 Someone is too big here? :huh: Looks like "hey kids put down Your toys, clean teeth and go to sleep!" :pilotfly:
206 Burner VR Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 He said, guys drop your weapons I''ll show you really big caliber :D [sIGPIC]http://vlep.pl/u14oct.jpg[/sIGPIC] PILOT: " B U R N E R "
Griffin Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 I'v heard everything is bigger in America. Horizontally too. :D 1
Miro Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 No shi* Russian paratrooper looks like 12 yr old boy comparing to P51 pilot, BTW Very nice modelled Russian Regular Soldier ;) Old soldiers, K-50 Pilot model looks like programists joke, comparing to this:huh: :pilotfly:
upupandaway Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 Am I the only one or does the pilot on the screenshot look a bit like Nico Bellic? [ATTACH]68462[/ATTACH] [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Deedle, deedle!
john_X Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 now i understand why always my F-16 looked too small next to the pilot...
diveplane Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 Am I the only one or does the pilot on the screenshot look a bit like Nico Bellic? [ATTACH]68462[/ATTACH] lol, american gambini flying the p51. https://www.youtube.com/user/diveplane11 DCS Audio Modding.
upupandaway Posted July 22, 2012 Posted July 22, 2012 lol, american gambini flying the p51. Ejecting the canopy and firing his Mac-10 with one hand... That would be a cool feature. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Deedle, deedle!
Blaze Posted July 22, 2012 Posted July 22, 2012 Click for full-res. i7 7700K | 32GB RAM | GTX 1080Ti | Rift CV1 | TM Warthog | Win 10 "There will always be people with a false sense of entitlement. You can want it, you can ask for it, but you don't automatically deserve it. "
Ali Fish Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 your own sun mod blaze ? i likes it if so. Click for full-res. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
NRG-Vampire Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 your own sun mod blaze ? i likes it if so. Me too, but with a half diameter Sun should be perfect this pic ! :( Come on E.D. ! Please make the Sun smaller, or at least tell us how can we mod to smaller - really smaller :thumbup:
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