Zak's paint shop

[tigershark]

i going to do pack what got nimrod,spitfire,tornado,e-3b,c-17,hawks,hawk t1,j-10,f-18c,f-104 pack in it & ts-11 from polanddisplay team.

this is some shot i repainted by fab job of iceman,tf58,lord flashart & someone els aswell

the first tornado f-2 flight and a pink spitfire


a e-3b in risesun colour.a c-17 from qatar air force and a nimrod annversry


i have to show you what coming next

hawk t1a.i did this for the ysairshow what coming up in my pack
credit to TASKFORCE 58 for the model but i need a canopy for finish this awesome repaint.



next repaint is f-104 starfighter-coming soon

[Animal]

[Iceman]

Okay. I know that trollery isn't allowed, but LOL.

[Scarecrow]

Zak,

I would like to see some actual painting from you, not just changing colors of things...like what you have here. I would be impressed if you actually painted up things rather than just pull the paint bucket approach and make random colors places.

[Taskforce 58]

Ugh, I've mentioned it before on YSP, and I'll mention it here again. If the RGB value of the color you use has a 0 in any of the three components, avoid it!

(This is not a technical advice, but an artistic one.)

[Animal]

Okay. I know that trollery isn't allowed, but LOL.

Wasn't just trollery. I was off my ass drunk and still managed to find the edit button, screenshot it, and doodle a comment in PSP7. I'd just downed a pint of Arrogant Bastard in like 20 minutes, on an empty stomach.

[Iceman]

Ugh, I've mentioned it before on YSP, and I'll mention it here again. If the RGB value of the color you use has a 0 in any of the three components, avoid it!

(This is not a technical advice, but an artistic one.)

YES!! Zak, keep that in mind. Next time you choose colors, NEVER let the color dip below 16, and try not to let it go over 222.

For instance, where red would be 255, 0, 0

Try instead, this red: 222, 16, 16.

[Lord Flasheart]

Please for the love of god try to make that nimrod paint better. Please.

[Animal]

Please for the love of god try to make that nimrod paint better. Please.

Might wanna re-examine your phrasing for clarity there...

Remember, nimrod is also interchangeable with moron.

[Lord Flasheart]

It couldn't be more clear if you dropped its pants and stood it in the middle of the road in a hi-vis jacket.
Its kind of obvious which nimrod I'm talking about. You know, the big shiny one with wings?

[vandal]

It couldn't be more clear if you dropped its pants and stood it in the middle of the road in a hi-vis jacket.
Its kind of obvious which nimrod I'm talking about. You know, the big shiny one with wings?

Or if you work at the scrapping company, no wings.

[tigershark]

ok ok i read all of post it just the start. am learing step by step.there are just test one & i forgot to put i used blender for painting your models.
this is what you ment.

[Animal]

It couldn't be more clear if you dropped its pants and stood it in the middle of the road in a hi-vis jacket.
Its kind of obvious which nimrod I'm talking about. You know, the big shiny one with wings?

Flash, don't be a twat. Not everyone has the love of the type that you do, and would recognize it. Not everyone is reading the thread from teh beginning even. And still a few others will know that Zak's not always displayed teh brightest of behaviour, even though he's greatly improved (which is commendable). More over my comment stemmed from the fact that your phasing of the sentence is grammatically correct in both senses.
Even knowing that the Nimrod was among his painted aircraft my original thougth upon reading it was: "What do you want us to do? Hit him with a stick?"

"Please continue to improve the paint work on that Nimrod."

ok ok i read all of post it just the start. am learing step by step.there are just test one & i forgot to put i used blender for painting your models.
this is what you ment.

Are these still color swaps or are you starting to cut your own patterns now?
Looks like your canopy's lost thier transparency?

[Gunny]

Zak no smart alek comments here bud you are showing great improvement and those Phantoms are nice keep it up Zak.

[vandal]

I like the RAF Phantoms, something I've been thinking about doing myself, although the Phantoms used by the RN and RAF where modified. Like every time I've used yanky equipment, we took them and made them 100 times better.
We added the British-made Rolls-Royce Spey engines, they had lower fuel consumption and where far more powerful than their American equivalent. The rear fuselage was heavily modified to accommodate the larger Speys and the air intakes enlarged to permit the greater airflow they required. It also had a different radar.
So the rear and nose where different from other models. One of the reasons I haven't worked on making this model is the fact I havn't found any 3 view images of the British variant (not that I've spent much time looking).

Zak, this will be a nice bit of homework for you, if you could at the very least change the nose to match the British version would be tops. The nose is the most noticeable difference between the two. If you are using blender go into edit mode and change the selection to nodes to change the shape of things. You will have to take your time as it can be tricky, and remember to do BOTH side EQUALLY.

[tigershark]

i do the phantom later because am learning how to use gepolyx with vtx with edge & make cuting.with a hawk

like this one

and there is a tip for this here

[vandal]

Hats off to you Zak. I've not been able to get my head around any of them and have been a keen Blender modder for a while now.

[tigershark]

a small update an my hawk t.1 am do by only useing blender & gepolyx.
thank iceman for the tip on gepolyx for useing vtx with edge & make cuting.
in blender i save the plane body on srf file. i import th e body in to gepolyx
and the rest i use vtx with edge & make cuting to make the shape.

[Iceman]

I'm glad you found it helpful. Keep at it youngster.

[Animal]

straight lines would be the hardest thing to do with that tool, Maybe a turotial on cut poly by plane for those that enjoy straight lines.