Whukid's Kursk Skins, Redux

[whukid]

Fixed the Panzer IVF and H




Went back over the Panzer III skin. I'm not sure if I like it or not yet..

[Kyth]

Fixed the Panzer IVF and H

Whoever said your skins needed fixing? 

Don't go overboard with the hard-edge camo. There're plenty of pictorial references to spray-painted camo, so stick with them.

[frinik]

AS always Whukid I love your skins .They are standard in all my installations the:  Tiger I and II. the Panzer III, IVF2, H, the Elefant etc...Could you do a new one for the Stug III Gs...I hate the default ones....

[whukid]

Thanks guys! I'm going back over my old stuff with new techniques I've learned doing the IDF and African mods. I was considering going back and re-doing the APOS release, but I really am not a fan of that game


I could certainly give the Stug a shot

[kapulA]

Nice work, I dig both the spray paint and hard-edge ones. A skin for the StuG III F would indeed be most welcome.

[Kyth]

Hi,

As I stated earlier, your skins don't need fixing.
However, there is something I might suggest. 
The base yellow color on some of the skins needs to be a little less green, a bit more tan / light brown. In other words, the 'dunkelgelb' color.
If you're wondering what I'm gibbering about, 
take the base color of the Panzer IVH and make it less saturated - that should be pretty close to what I described. And of course, try to replicate that shade in your other skins,

[whukid]

Yes, that's one thing I have yet to do; uniform my dunkelgelb's. It would be nice if we knew what color it was to begin with..

[Kyth]

dunkelgelb's. It would be nice if we knew what color it was to begin with..

Therein lies the rub. There's quite a bit of debate about the exact shade.

I think what it boils down to is that the basic color is quite a light one, and it's influenced a great deal by

- the color of the undercoat (red oxide primer)
- ambient lighting - looks yellower in bright sunlight, redder / grayer in low light
- normal weathering / fading
- the scale effect i.e. larger objects painted with the same color look lighter

As a useful guide, below are some generally accepted examples:

either


or


or something in between.

[whukid]

Thanks! That helps alot.

An update on the Stug, after about 3 hours of dedicated grafting;

[kapulA]

So how's this coming along then? The StuG's Dunkelgelb seems spot on, but that's a StuG III G, which already has a decent enough texture - the III F is the one with the horrendous skin atm. I'd be satisfied even with just a plain Dunkelgelb skin for it (which is a cool idea for a variation mod as well, as the crews often lacked the time to paint camo patterns on vehicles and used them with just the factory paintjob [which, again, is something you're doubtless aware of ])

[whukid]

Progressing slowly. I've been fairly busy as of recent, unfortunately

[kapulA]

I feel you, but it's good that you're at least finding a bit of time to sink into the StuG, looks promising so far

And Happy Easter to all of youse guys

[tigershuffle]

 
Its these mods and the new missions that keep drawing me back in.

Brilliant work 
Thank you for your efforts

[whukid]

GOD DAMMIT. I NEVER UPLOADED THESE D: Now they're lost until I can get back to my home computer, which won't be until christmas..

[frinik]

Whu are you talking about new skins for the Stugs? 8)

[whukid]

Whu are you talking about new skins for the Stugs? 8)

Yea, I got the Dunkelgelb finished over boot leave

[frinik]

Cool shit! Come on give it to us as a Thanksgiving present.Pretty please

[whukid]

Cool shit! Come on give it to us as a Thanksgiving present.Pretty please

depends on when I get back home. They're on my old Desktop, which is a loooooong ways away right now

[frinik]

Give me your commanding officer's name .I am going to pull some strings at the Pentagon to get your on emergency furlough. It's a matter of national security Son!