Venatore's U-Boat Skin/s

Venatore · 12-31-06, 12:52 AM

I have stopped this thread to commence a new one with all the bells and whistles including other mods, so if the admins could delete this entire thread it would be appreciateit alot.

Thankyou.

Tuddley3 · 12-31-06, 02:13 AM

Looks good as always bro, keep up the good work. I need to try my hand at skinning, I have the Skinning Final pdf, and never use it.

Anyway, can't wait to see what you come up with next

Reece · 12-31-06, 04:51 AM

Looks good Venatore old salt! ..... downloading!

jaxa · 12-31-06, 06:44 AM

Good work

Jimbuna · 12-31-06, 07:35 AM

Looks good from here...keep it up

Edit: two quick questions 1) are they GWX compatible? 2) Do you have plans for some type IX's ?

Von Hinten · 12-31-06, 08:29 PM

Man that last screenshot almost looks like a painting. Great work, on all three of them.

Venatore · 12-31-06, 08:48 PM

I think the screenshots take the longest. Moving around the boat trying to get a good detailed shot with the correct light and sea conditions. I suppose my theory is to give the member as much visual information as possible prior to hopefully downloading the skin. I use Paintshop Pro 7, for all my skinning and tweak the images prior to uploading to this forum. I was a big skinner of the IL2 series (Luftwaffe aircraft) till the IL2 skins web site went KABOOOOOM !

Von Hinten · 12-31-06, 09:19 PM

The only thing I can skin reasonably well are the racing cars for a bunch of sims, but the templates for IL2 (and any other flightsim I might have seen templates from, Lock-On for example) scare the living daylights out of me. Way too many panels, flaps, etc.

Cars are much easier.

One would think that a site like the IL2 Skins website would reappear in one form or another, there must be thousands of people who now miss it.

Venatore · 12-31-06, 09:40 PM

The owner of the site has been trying for almost two years to get it back up and running, I keep checking now and then to see how the sites coming along....but it's still not really going anywhere. IL2 skinning reminds me alot of this game, you could skin the pilots faces/clothing, skin the aircraft.

I must admit the IL2 aircraft template were alot user friendly than the U-Boat files. I'm still really don't know what objects are what...for example I would love to change the ancor to a different colour than the haul, but that's still a mistery to me. It's more the finer detail I want to skin sepreate from the hual...the cables, ladder steps on the conning tower, ancor, railings and so on.

HEMISENT · 12-31-06, 11:04 PM

Venatore
These are outstanding, are they GWX compatible?

Venatore · 12-31-06, 11:17 PM

Yes mate they are 100% GWX friendly, I'm currently reloading all the skins... I've just found that I can make the textures even better using something I found in Paintshop Pro 7, so I''ll start reloading from the top and re-submit new images.

Venatore · 01-01-07, 03:17 AM

Ok the new textures are up and ready.

jaxa · 01-01-07, 04:08 AM

First skin is the best in my opinion.

Von Hinten · 01-01-07, 05:44 AM

Thanks maestro, they're a keeper for sure.

GT182 · 01-01-07, 08:43 AM

As always, excellent work Ven.

These are all keepers.

12-31-06, 12:52 AM	#1
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Administrator Please delete this thread by request of Venatore I have stopped this thread to commence a new one with all the bells and whistles including other mods, so if the admins could delete this entire thread it would be appreciateit alot. Thankyou. Last edited by Venatore; 01-14-07 at 06:17 AM.

12-31-06, 04:51 AM	#3
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,709 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Looks good Venatore old salt! ..... downloading! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

12-31-06, 06:44 AM	#4
jaxa The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 1,501 Downloads: 418 Uploads: 0	Good work __________________ SHIII + GWX 3 Gold + V16B1 hardcode fixes + SH3Commander SHIV + OM + OMEGU SHV + WoS

12-31-06, 07:35 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Looks good from here...keep it up Edit: two quick questions 1) are they GWX compatible? 2) Do you have plans for some type IX's ? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-31-06, 08:29 PM	#6
Von Hinten Commander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 466 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Man that last screenshot almost looks like a painting. Great work, on all three of them. __________________ Regardz, Von Hinten UC3 Nautilus' engineer for 45 minutes!

12-31-06, 02:13 AM	#2
Tuddley3 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Augusta, Maine USA Posts: 905 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	Looks good as always bro, keep up the good work. I need to try my hand at skinning, I have the Skinning Final pdf, and never use it. Anyway, can't wait to see what you come up with next

12-31-06, 08:48 PM	#7
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	I think the screenshots take the longest. Moving around the boat trying to get a good detailed shot with the correct light and sea conditions. I suppose my theory is to give the member as much visual information as possible prior to hopefully downloading the skin. I use Paintshop Pro 7, for all my skinning and tweak the images prior to uploading to this forum. I was a big skinner of the IL2 series (Luftwaffe aircraft) till the IL2 skins web site went KABOOOOOM !

12-31-06, 09:19 PM	#8
Von Hinten Commander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 466 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	The only thing I can skin reasonably well are the racing cars for a bunch of sims, but the templates for IL2 (and any other flightsim I might have seen templates from, Lock-On for example) scare the living daylights out of me. Way too many panels, flaps, etc. Cars are much easier. One would think that a site like the IL2 Skins website would reappear in one form or another, there must be thousands of people who now miss it. __________________ Regardz, Von Hinten UC3 Nautilus' engineer for 45 minutes!

12-31-06, 09:40 PM	#9
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	The owner of the site has been trying for almost two years to get it back up and running, I keep checking now and then to see how the sites coming along....but it's still not really going anywhere. IL2 skinning reminds me alot of this game, you could skin the pilots faces/clothing, skin the aircraft. I must admit the IL2 aircraft template were alot user friendly than the U-Boat files. I'm still really don't know what objects are what...for example I would love to change the ancor to a different colour than the haul, but that's still a mistery to me. It's more the finer detail I want to skin sepreate from the hual...the cables, ladder steps on the conning tower, ancor, railings and so on.

12-31-06, 11:04 PM	#10
HEMISENT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 1,052 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Venatore These are outstanding, are they GWX compatible? __________________ Nuke 'em till they glow!

12-31-06, 11:17 PM	#11
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Yes mate they are 100% GWX friendly, I'm currently reloading all the skins... I've just found that I can make the textures even better using something I found in Paintshop Pro 7, so I''ll start reloading from the top and re-submit new images. Last edited by Venatore; 01-01-07 at 01:47 AM.

01-01-07, 03:17 AM	#12
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Ok the new textures are up and ready.

01-01-07, 04:08 AM	#13
jaxa The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 1,501 Downloads: 418 Uploads: 0	First skin is the best in my opinion. __________________ SHIII + GWX 3 Gold + V16B1 hardcode fixes + SH3Commander SHIV + OM + OMEGU SHV + WoS

01-01-07, 05:44 AM	#14
Von Hinten Commander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 466 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Thanks maestro, they're a keeper for sure. __________________ Regardz, Von Hinten UC3 Nautilus' engineer for 45 minutes!

01-01-07, 08:43 AM	#15
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	As always, excellent work Ven. These are all keepers. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.