UH-1 Skins.

[Skulleader]

Hello Crashmo,

 

WOW your repaint is always incredible and I'm sure that your work finish this painting is one of the most beautiful ever seen for the Huey.

 

This repaint is very complex and to the final the render will be amazing !!!

Once again I just thank you for your incredible talent and your kindness,

 

I'm very sorry for my poor English.

Skull.

 

Edited July 25, 2013 by Skulleader

[msalama]

Hey guys how about this lil critter? Gotta love the livery :lol: :thumbup:

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/UH-1H_disguised_as_Mi-24_front_view_Fort_Irwin_1985.JPEG/800px-UH-1H_disguised_as_Mi-24_front_view_Fort_Irwin_1985.JPEG

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/UH-1H_disguised_as_Mi-24_in_flight_Fort_Irwin_1987.JPEG/800px-UH-1H_disguised_as_Mi-24_in_flight_Fort_Irwin_1987.JPEG

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/UH-1H_disguised_as_Mi-24_Fort_Irwin_1985.JPEG/800px-UH-1H_disguised_as_Mi-24_Fort_Irwin_1985.JPEG

 

EDIT: sorry for the raw URLs, image hotlinking doesn't seem to work...

[LcSummers]

Hello,

 

can someone help me please. I want to download this skin but it shows me always an error. Is there another link wich works?

 

TH and S!

 

 

 

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/379482/

 

Bell UH-1D LTG 63

[c9smo]

Hello,

 

can someone help me please. I want to download this skin but it shows me always an error. Is there another link wich works?

 

TH and S!

 

 

 

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/379482/

 

Bell UH-1D LTG 63

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/3419524089/DCS%20Huey%2071%2B72.rar

 

Have Fun!

[LcSummers]

http://rapidshare.com/files/3419524089/DCS%20Huey%2071%2B72.rar

 

Have Fun!

 

 

Thanks alot!!

 

I will have fun

 

Gute Arbeit!!

[Crashmo]

Skinners and Painters

 

Hey Everyone,

 

I have found that the templates have an alignment problem on the engine housing and looking for solutions.

 

Along the top and side of the housing are vents that are vertical on the sides and horizontal along the top of the housing. They are long and thin. There are about 12 of them.

 

The vents have a small cover over each one venting the air from inside to outside of the housing toward the back of the aircraft. These little individual covers are not aligned with the vents themselves.

 

If one paints the housing a solid color this doesn't matter. However, if I paint stripes across the vents, the stripe crosses the vent and each little cover at a different place, causing misalignment.

 

Does anyone have a solution to this?

 

Example:

 

 

 

 

 

:helpsmilie:

[upuaut]

Hi Crashmo,

you can do nothing.

The 3D Modeler put these parts on this position during the "UVW unwraping" in 3DStudioMax, and only he can change it.

Try not to paint lines (two different colors) over theses areas.

[aussieboy]

Hi Guy's,

Also on the doors. I've pointed out the two areas where it doesn't but I'd already fixed this skin so it's not actually visible in the screenie. It's in the UV mapping so there's nothing we can do about it.

[Crashmo]

Aaarrgghhh

 

Thanks, I guess it won't be a perfect paint job then.

 

:doh:

 

Well, it has taken so long and there are many fine adjustment left to be made. Here is a preliminary file if you wish to play with an unfinished product. I will spend the next weeks refining things, adding pin striping, aligning stripes, etc. I spend some time every day, so far about 15-20 hours. My eyes get wiggy from looking at the screen and I have to stop.

 

 

 

http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/19810758/file.html

 

This is ver. 2.0. For now, we'll call this a finished version.

 

I will also post this again on page 24 of this thread. Many thanks to Upuaut for his 50% input.

If you want the weapon mounts to appear white, like they do here, you must move a file to textures. Included in this folder (which would normally be placed in you DCS World/Bazar/liveries/uh-1h folder) you will find a file named: Uh1_weapons_wht. Cut that file from here and paste it into the DCS World/Bazar/textures/uh-1h zipped folder. Win 7 will automatically compress it as necessary.

 

Disregard this last paragraph. I just didn't reload it correctly in my model viewer. As pointed out in the post below, use notepad ++ or something like it and change the description file to read false in the weapons line where it now reads true.

{"uh1_weapon", 0 ,"Uh1_weapons_wht",false};

 

Every time I make an update, I will post the new file here. Keep an eye out for the change versions.

Edited July 30, 2013 by Crashmo

[aussieboy]

Crashmo, try adding this line to the description.lua to save copying the file to textures folders uh-1h.zip. I haven't tested it but it should work and will save the file being overwritten every update.

 

{"uh1_weapon", 0 ,"Uh1_weapons_wht",false};

[marker]

Aussie..

 

Could you post any more description.lua lines that you may have mate..

 

Obviously the two internal ones were a god send :)

 

Cheers

[aussieboy]

I just use a hex editor and open the .edm and take a look. :smartass:

It breaks down like this.

{"material name", 0 ,"texture name",false};

 

Use my last post as an example and you'll see what I mean.

[upuaut]

I spend some time every day, so far about 15-20 hours. My eyes get wiggy from looking at the screen and I have to stop.

 

 

Hi Crashmo,

it's a really nice work so far. If I can help you with the tricky lines, let me know.

[Crashmo]

description.lua

 

Crashmo, try adding this line to the description.lua to save copying the file to textures folders uh-1h.zip. I haven't tested it but it should work and will save the file being overwritten every update.

 

{"uh1_weapon", 0 ,"Uh1_weapons_wht",false};

 

Thanks, I did try that and it didn't work for me. I'm not sure why. It does work with the way I wrote and you're correct, I did have to reload it when I did an update.

[Crashmo]

alignment help

 

Hi Crashmo,

it's a really nice work so far. If I can help you with the tricky lines, let me know.

 

I will take any help you are willing. Many Thanks. Here is the body template, I can handle the alignment with the tail. The tail is mostly finished. :thumbup:

 

http://www29.zippyshare.com/v/80786884/file.html

 

And the Cover:

 

http://www51.zippyshare.com/v/31776871/file.html

 

This is what we are trying to achieve. Also, the Youtube site is of Tom Humann's aircraft, the actual one we are modeling. It's the last photo, 104, N481DF.

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers

Edited July 28, 2013 by Crashmo

[aussieboy]

Thanks, I did try that and it didn't work for me. I'm not sure why. It does work with the way I wrote and you're correct, I did have to reload it when I did an update.

 

When you change the description.lua in that way you will need to restart modelviewer. Just clicking the reload menu won't do it due to the way modelviewer handles textures.

 

Below screenie showing the mounts using the method mentioned

[Crashmo]

When you change the description.lua in that way you will need to restart modelviewer. Just clicking the reload menu won't do it due to the way modelviewer handles textures.

 

 

Right you are, I'll change that later today. :thumbup:

[Skulleader]

Hello Crashmo,

 

I know that your repaint is not finish but I really love this skin !!!

Congratulation for your work because this repaint is not easy...

Once again a great thanks. Skull

[upuaut]

Hi,

one side with the lines is almost ready (a blk. part is still to do).

It is really hard to paint the lines.

I think it was nerver planed, from the 3D-Modeler, to put such a kind of skin on the UH-1.

 

[aussieboy]

Hi upuaut,

 

I thought I read somewhere they had plans for a slick version. May have been wishful thinking on my part.

 

The roof section will be the hard bit to get right on that skin, which is looking pretty good IMO, nice work Crashmo

[Skulleader]

Hello guys,

 

Upuaut, I'm sure that's repaint is a real nightmare and these red lines really hard to adjust.

But this "CA FIRE" is so beautiful and perfect for our future Huey slick...

Dear friends congratulations for your patience and talent.

 

nice work Crashmo

Yes Aussieboy you have right :thumbup: :drunk:

 

Skull.

[upuaut]

Hello,

 

it gets better from hour to hour.

 

[Skulleader]

Hello Upuaut,

 

WOW, yes you have right !!!

Each time that you present us your repaint the result is incredible and awesome...

 

Very impressive, I really love this repaint...

 

Thanks in advance and best regards. Skull

Edited July 29, 2013 by Skulleader

[Crashmo]

That is outstanding! I have been working on the other side and thought I would give you some tips from my side of the work. Ha ha ha.

 

I'll just let you take it from here if you like. My Model Viewer is glitching so I want to fix that first. And I'm away from home on a 4 day trip again, but I brought the laptop with me so I will continue working on it.

 

:pilotfly:

[IonicRipper]

Wait... What is that thing you landed on?! :huh: