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New livs for Kamov KA50, F9F Panther and TuSB2bisM103

Postby N-SCOT » Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:16 pm

Happy New Year to all!

Available now (or very soon) in the Helijah Hangar, are new livs for these aircraft. Enjoy!

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(and always, always, fly it like ya stole it! :lol: )

Slainthe!

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Re: New livs for Kamov KA50, F9F Panther and TuSB2bisM103

Postby daveculp » Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:49 pm

Wow, those look great, Gary. Do you use shaders, or are the panel lines and rivets drawn on texture?
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Re: New livs for Kamov KA50, F9F Panther and TuSB2bisM103

Postby N-SCOT » Fri Jan 02, 2015 2:03 pm

Hi Dave!

Happy New Year to you and yours! And of course to the rest of you FGers out there.

I use panel lines and rivets drawn on the textures. Right now I generate a standard and inverse layer of combined lines & rivets, and shift the underlying (white) layer 1x1down and then left / right depending on the surface's direction (essentially going back 1 px from the front of the aircraft to the back. I combine these layers after moving the underside white one. I set opacity to 25% (generally). I also use a copy of the combined textures layer to derive dirt accumulations associated with the panel lines, using first a motion blur (directionally shifted), then a gaussian blur to fuzz things up a bit.

For the aluminium layer I use a standard "metal square" image I have and transfer its size to fit fuselage, wings, stab, etc. I use (in Photoshop) the warp transformation to bend the rectangular chunks around the space of each bit. Finally, I select random panels (using the panel lines as a guide) and adjust brightness anywhere in the range -15 to +15% to five a non-uniform look. I like the look this gives to bare metal a lot! Special nod: noticed this look first on Gooneybirds livs, which is my personal standard for excellence! 8)

But back at ye, Dave.... When will we see the Lockheed S-3B Viking in all it's glory? I'd be happy to assist in painting.... :)

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Re: New livs for Kamov KA50, F9F Panther and TuSB2bisM103

Postby daveculp » Fri Jan 02, 2015 7:29 pm

Happy New Year to you as well! Thanks for the detailed answer, Gary. I see I need to get better at using layers. The results are great!

The S-3B Viking still needs a bit of work, but it's almost ready for texturing. I've had to redo some things that I lost when I shut down my hangar a couple years ago, so that's slowed me down a bit.

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Re: New livs for Kamov KA50, F9F Panther and TuSB2bisM103

Postby helijah » Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:37 pm

Hi Gary, Hi all and happy new year

Gary, all your textures are now available in my hangar and SVN (Thanks Curt).

Of course, the updates also include improved compatibility Rembrandt, FDM often modified etc ...

For information, the latest updates are :

Kamov Ka 50
Tupolev Tu SB2Bis-M103
Eurocopter EC 665 Tigre
Grob Astir
Ask 21 Mi
and the new Stemme Sky Sportster S6
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