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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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Kodiak Released

It's purty:applause::applause:. I really like the subtle colors. Can't wait to take this to Caribbean tour. I bet you had to do a fair amount of clone stamping with this:icon_lol:
 
bushpilot said:
It's purty:applause::applause:. I really like the subtle colors. Can't wait to take this to Caribbean tour. I bet you had to do a fair amount of clone stamping with this:icon_lol:
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Oh man, I did the clone-stamp dance 'til I dropped, lol. Thanks bro! :ernae:
 
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Here's one I'm making just for the fun of it. Something to keep those customs guys busy. Maybe not the most subtle thing for smuggling the goods, but it works well as long as you fly it under the radar:icon_lol:. WIP.

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I would like to know how your painters managed to Mask every single Rivet and not paint them..:icon_lol: Nice work BTW, might wanna Multiply or overlay the rivets though.
 
Yeeehaaaa! It's a reg'lar Kodiak painting arms race! By the time this is over, I'll have to move every other plane out of my hangars to make room for all these birdies.

Good work, Bob and Pekka. :ernae::ernae:
 
Amazing paints you guys. Stunning!!!


Tim_Horton said:
I would like to know how your painters managed to Mask every single Rivet and not paint them..:icon_lol: Nice work BTW, might wanna Multiply or overlay the rivets though.
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Tim,

I did a paint kit which has floating layers in it. You paint the bottom layer paint level and the rivets hover over it. You can change the color of the rivet layer, make it more darker, lighter, adjust its opacity to invisible if needed, etc. There are also mud layers, scratches and dings layer, exhaust streak layer, etc.

Makes it easier to paint and quicker as well.

If you have never worked in layers, you always keep your master PSD file in layers, and burn BMP's or DDS files from that, maintaining your layers on the master sheet while the BMP's and DDS's are the 'flattened' versions that come from it/them. This way you can continuously adjust and tweak the paint until its just right, and later, copy/paste to another folder and do another one from that, switching out the N-number layer for a new one, etc.


Bill
 
Lionheart said:
Amazing paints you guys. Stunning!!!




Tim,

I did a paint kit which has floating layers in it. You paint the bottom layer paint level and the rivets hover over it. You can change the color of the rivet layer, make it more darker, lighter, adjust its opacity to invisible if needed, etc. There are also mud layers, scratches and dings layer, exhaust streak layer, etc.

Makes it easier to paint and quicker as well.

If you have never worked in layers, you always keep your master PSD file in layers, and burn BMP's or DDS files from that, maintaining your layers on the master sheet while the BMP's and DDS's are the 'flattened' versions that come from it/them. This way you can continuously adjust and tweak the paint until its just right, and later, copy/paste to another folder and do another one from that, switching out the N-number layer for a new one, etc.


Bill
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No worries Bill, I was being facetious, I know how to work Photoshop been doing it for 8 years now, and made a few of my own paint kits. it was more of a nudge to say..... rivets need paint too. well not all of them, I usually incorporate a large ammount of Scratches, dirt, blood, sweat and tears into my paints.
 
Thanks cheezyflier!

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As far as I'm concerned about the rivets, you can count on that, that all my paints will feature "exposed" rivets. That's just my personal preference, realistic or not. Makes my paints more "dramatic", which is important to me. I know it's a bit old school now that we have bump maps, but...... Also it would be a horrible waste of perfectly good rivet layers.:wavey:
 
bushpilot said:
Here's one I'm making just for the fun of it. Something to keep those customs guys busy. Maybe not the most subtle thing for smuggling the goods, but it works well as long as you fly it under the radar:icon_lol:. WIP.

kodiak_whiskey_runner.jpg
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May I please req one with Rum Runner instead of Whiskey please? Excellent paint:ernae:.
 
Smuggler paints uploaded. As requested I made also a Rum Runner variant. I kept the weathering down on these to better suit the pimped out look. Base color is almost black greenish blue, so it gives a really beautiful metallic shine.

Both of the planes are unmarked.

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