Page 1 of 1

first REAL repaint

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:51 am
by JLangholzJ
thanks to jankee, I was able to find some literature on these planes. I am glad to say that this is my first real repaint, I tried to folow the plane as closely as i can.

this plane "jersey bouce" was flown by Lt. Victor D Iglesias. of the 357th Fighter Squadron.

take a look:

here she is!! Mrs. Velma

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:03 pm
by JLangholzJ
One more down

Image

Re: first REAL repaint

PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:48 am
by jankees
thanks to jankee, I was able to find some literature on these planes. I am glad to say that this is my first real repaint, I tried to folow the plane as closely as i can.

this plane "jersey bouce" was flown by Lt. Victor D Iglesias. of the 357th Fighter Squadron.

take a look:  C&C is very appreciated :)


There ya go, that's much better already!
One point, I don't think Jersey Bounce had a white tail, just bare metal, and you may want to play with the alpachannel a bit, to enhance the bare metal a bit.
Oh, and you may want to look at the font you're using for the registration. USAF Amarillo is close for the registration, and for the serial on the tail, there's a font called USAAF serial (stencil).

Re: first REAL repaint

PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:19 pm
by JLangholzJ


1)One point, I don't think Jersey Bounce had a white tail, just bare metal,

2)and you may want to play with the alpachannel a bit, to enhance the bare metal a bit.

3)Oh, and you may want to look at the font you're using for the registration. USAF Amarillo is close for the registration, and for the serial on the tail, there's a font called USAAF serial (stencil).


I never said they were perfect  ;D

1) I wasn't quite sure on that either, but I'll take another look.

2) I'm still trying to figure this one out, I'll take a look in the "painting for dummies" secion here in the forums

3) I'll have to see If i can download these for gimp. that was one thing that I was always stuggling with.

thanks for the ideas and tips!!

-john

you mean....like this???

PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:41 pm
by JLangholzJ
despite not knowing much:

here's how it turned out

Image



but this happened to jersey bounce in the process:


Image


stuupid me, I didn;t back up the file. may she rest in peace  :'(

Re: first REAL repaint

PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:54 pm
by garryrussell
Looks like a black alpha on that last one

Just remove the alpha and it should be  back as it was before.

Garry