Beebop-RIP Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Hi there. Some of you may know I have done a bit of skinning for 1946. Now that I'm getting into Battle Over Stalingrad I of course wanted to try my hand at skinning. It's been a daunting quest. In 1946 I skin using Paint Shop Pro. However it has limited ability to save files as .dds. Yes the option is there but it becomes complicated (it doesn't want to save the alpha layer) and frustrating. ? So...I got GIMP. I saved the skin as a .psd because GIMP won't accept .pspimage files. ? Then I had to learn how to save/export it. At first I couldn't flatten it to add the needed alpha layer. But finally I figured that out. (I still need a lot of practice to refine these processes. So, with some reservation, I present my first Great Battles skin, and IL-2M42. Now I like making hacks over at M4T and unusual skins have always interested me. Hacks are not really needed here (yet). So here is a skin for a real plane* now in the Central Air Force Museum in Monino Russia. Apparently the odd colors come from the fact that proper this most unusual coloration was due to shortages of the correct aircraft paints during the moving of the factories East of the Urals to avoid being attacked by the Germans. * The actual plane I used as a reference is a later IL-2 M version with a rear gunner but I don't have that expansion of GB yet. I did see a version of a single-seater as a scale model with the same color scheme. So without further ado..(be kind, remember it's a WIP and I need to do some, well a lot, more work on it) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 nice Might be worth having a look at this program. You get a 10 day free trial https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/desktop/full-feature-list/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 9 hours ago, Beebop said: * The actual plane I used as a reference is a later IL-2 M version with a rear gunner but I don't have that expansion of GB yet. Yes you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beebop-RIP Posted October 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Yes I have a rear gunner but for this model but it's the Field Mod version. The plane in Monino is an 'M' version with a full rear gunner cockpit that looks more like the M38F version in BoK. I just might have to spring for that add-on as I would love to fly the A-20, Bf-110G2 and the P-39. Are the additional packs ever on sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted October 23, 2018 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, Beebop said: (...)I just might have to spring for that add-on as I would love to fly the A-20, Bf-110G2 and the P-39. Are the additional packs ever on sale? BOK is on sale right now, standard for $37.49 https://il2sturmovik.com/store/battle-of-kuban/, it includes A20, 110G2 and P-39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beebop-RIP Posted October 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Yeah! I just got BoM because it was only 16.99. I got the standard edition because I already had bought the P-40. I think I will get BoK. I may just buy the Spitfire separately as I seldom fly Luft and really haven't flown the Hs-129 in 1946. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Sid Posted October 23, 2018 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 BoK is a great package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beebop-RIP Posted October 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Buying now. Got it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beebop-RIP Posted October 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Now the skin is on a more correct model seen here flying over Tuapse looking for a train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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