Applying patterns
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Applying patterns
Is there an easy way of pasting patterns onto the nose of say the P 51 without it clipping on the 3d model?
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Re: Applying patterns
Clipping? It depends on who made the model. The A2A ones are usually straight forward. One exception I found in the past, was the Aircraft Factory P-51 H. There was something funky going on with the mesh with that one. The mapping on some areas was distorting the paint work I was attempting to add. Very frustrating. I gave it up as a bad job in the end.
Steve.
Steve.
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Re: Applying patterns
I mean what's going on with the checkers on the nose here. Clipping might not have been the best way to describe it
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Re: Applying patterns
Ah. That is an effect caused by the models mesh around the nose.
Some parts around the nose have a curved mesh construction and the chequers have to be bent to follow the form of the mesh. The UV Map layer in the paint kit is useful for this.
It's a tedious job and not one I like doing too often. The P-51 is particularly troublesome but not the worst I've seen. The T-6 on the other hand is straight forward. No complicated curves.
Some parts around the nose have a curved mesh construction and the chequers have to be bent to follow the form of the mesh. The UV Map layer in the paint kit is useful for this.
It's a tedious job and not one I like doing too often. The P-51 is particularly troublesome but not the worst I've seen. The T-6 on the other hand is straight forward. No complicated curves.
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Re: Applying patterns
Ah ok I've made like two paints but I can't get my head around it lol That paint of yours is very nice btw I downloaded it the other day
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Re: Applying patterns
Hi,
Regards,
Marcel
Depends on which repaint you make for the T-6. The Cowling part and fuselage part has some different mapping (scale) on both sides and is at some points with a different angle.bladerunner900 wrote: ↑11 Oct 2019, 19:49 The T-6 on the other hand is straight forward. No complicated curves.
Regards,
Marcel
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Re: Applying patterns
Yeah. The modeller packed in the vertices around the engine cowling, to achieve a smoother curve no doubt. But at least they're fairly straight so chequers aren't so difficult. No weird twists and turns. A plain coat of paint everywhere else covers a multitude of sins, mesh wise at least.
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