Skin ready for PDC

[wilz]

Iart7 has been kind enough to help me finish VF-10's F6F-5. So how do we get it presented properly and hopefully put into the game?

I'm hopeful that the PDC will help VF-101 (which is the squadron that VF-10 became after WWII) and WB's VF-101 which has been around since the very early days of WB's in getting this skin into the game.

Once again thanks to iart7 who spent a lot of time fixing my mistakes and cleaning it up.

[Todzilla]

Looks great, how about a closeup of the noseart? Looking forward to seeing this and others (hint, hint) in the game soon!

[Crumpp]

Are the gun barrels supposed to be blue?

Looks great except for that!

[iart7]

when i sprayed the blue Krylon on the plane, I forgot to cover up the guns. therefore, blue guns.

this a.m. i pulled out the guns and sprayed them black, heated them up on the BBQ charcoals
till toasted dark gray. put them back in plane. See:

http://www.iart7.com/WARBIRDS/gallery photos/HC_black guns

thanks crumpp,

art

[wilz]

Todzila check here for a closeup

http://members.cox.net/clydew/Skins.htm

[Kossu]

Art,

did you get my reply to your e-mail?

Kossu

[iart7]

Hello Kossu,

yes, i got this reply. i've been working on getting more screenshots, and resource pictures too.
click on the photos on my website and they will show large jpgs. there are 3 that are
w i d e s c r e e n, and i'm working on a great action shot for "advertising".

thanks, art

try here for ingame shots:
http://www.iart7.com/WARBIRDS/gallery4c.html

try here for references:
http://www.iart7.com/WARBIRDS/gallery4d.html

there's historical information from WILZ:
http://www.iart7.com/WARBIRDS/gallery4b.html

--- Kossu wrote:

> Ok, I'll bite :) (Even though I don't usually
> "sponsor" planes I'm not familiar with.)
>
> What I need first are representative pictures of the
> plane art in game (1024x728 at least) and some
> reference photos/profiles of the original for comparisons.
> Usually well have L & R side views + top and bottom
> for checking the detailing colors etc. and ofcourse
> as good an action shot as possible for advertising ;)
> Also a short description of the plane/pilot and a
> short description of the problems with the 3D-model
> will help you along. (That link to your page with
> progress reports would do the latter very well).
>
> Then I'll put them up on the PDC site for votes.

[Crumpp]

Looks good to me!

All the best,

Crumpp

[Neusch]

WOW.

That nose art is very similar to this one on a 109E

Here (http://109lair.hobbyvista.com/models/jn1/e3jn1/jn1.e3-5.jpg)

[Todzilla]

Todzila check here for a closeup

http://members.cox.net/clydew/Skins.htm


Pretty cool, nice taste in colors. Are those Jugs historically accurate? I've never seen that color scheme before.

You're probably already seen them, but here are some links I found. Was he in the 397th, which has a squad ID of D3?

http://www.368thfightergroup.com/397th.html

http://www.368thfightergroup.com/397-photo-2.html

http://www.368thfightergroup.com/368-noseart-396.html

http://www.368thfightergroup.com/368th-nav.html

http://www.368thfightergroup.com/396th.html

Edit - found some pics:

http://www.368thfightergroup.com/images/397-d3-v-color.jpg

http://www.368thfightergroup.com/sitebuilder/images/397-leavoy-print-d3v-600x227.jpg

Sweet!

Looks like he was in the 397th? Thanks for sharing. <S>

[wilz]

Todzilla, yes he was and yes I've checked those sights. From emails with him I tried to recreate the aircraft he flew. According to him most of the planes never got a complete paint job due to the high attrition rate. He remembers this tail number and wing assignment number because he had to bail from the plane (after 20mm damage).
Thanks for the picture at the bottom, it actually clears up some confusion I've had with my Uncle regarding a few things. I'll have to look at it closer and try to incorperate it into my skin. Might have to do a major rework, but that's half the fun of skinning.