Warbirds Reborn!

[Malibu Sally]

That's right, they are back. Due to the lack of base skins to use, I will put you on a plane of my choosing. The only exception will be Widdy and that is because I already have some templates of her plane choice available.

Also, I can only handle one request at a time, so please, if I am in the middle of a work in progress, don't make a request. I'll forget about it. Make your request when the previous work is finished... first come, first serve.

Now.. on to the backlog. Maz has been waiting since before airplanes were even invented for his, so here you go Maz: One brand new MiG 3ud with flames painted on the sides along with your werewolf avatar.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/Mazmig.jpg

Up next: Widowed will be getting a Bf109 AND a custom pilot skin. :banana

[Akamaz]

who hoo! thanks a lot Sally! who hoo!!!!11!

[Quakester]

Argh! Missed my window!

[suburbanhell]

I may as well get in line for this, Major 0bvious should probably get something to fly himself around in anyway.

[Malibu Sally]

I'd like to remind everyone that it is first come, first serve AFTER the current work in progress has been posted. :)


On to the unveiling:

First up, West-central Russia circa July,1941. Here we see Oberst Widdy of the Luftwaffe in her Bf109 F2 as she mercilessly guns down some poor, illiterate farmhand who was drafted into the VVS(Soviet Air Force) and put in the cockpit of a substandard aircraft.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/widdy109.jpg

Next we have a closeup. Note the grim determination as she sends the Stalinist scum to a fiery doom! Bwahahaha!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/widdypilot.jpg


Ok. the shop is open! First one in with a request gets my undivided attention! :D

[Masked Revenger]

Oh, me, me, me!

Chris

[Malibu Sally]

Oh, me, me, me!

Chris

Ok, you're in. I'll need some screenshots of your character and his/her name.(preferably in a flying or crouching position because standing figures are REALLY hard to place properly on a fuselage without shrinking them to the point of no detail)

[Masked Revenger]

Ok, you're in. I'll need some screenshots of your character and his/her name.(preferably in a flying or crouching position because standing figures are REALLY hard to place properly on a fuselage without shrinking them to the point of no detail)

Okay, here's (http://photobucket.com/albums/v629/BlanchPrez/CoH/?start=20) some. There's more in my Crey file (found in my sig). I think the action picture in my cret file is the closest I have to a crouch. If that wont work, let me know.

Chris

[The Widowed]

Sorry I'm late. Duty called. And the phone has been ringing off the hook here....
First up, West-central Russia circa July,1941. Here we see Oberst Widdy of the Luftwaffe in her Bf109 F2 as she mercilessly guns down some poor, illiterate farmhand who was drafted into the VVS(Soviet Air Force) and put in the cockpit of a substandard aircraft.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/widdy109.jpg
It's just like I always say: Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. ;)

I like what you did with the hat and the green tailband, by the way. And I take it the black skin is your own creation? Very good.

Next we have a closeup. Note the grim determination as she sends the Stalinist scum to a fiery doom! Bwahahaha!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/widdypilot.jpg
Hey, the Russkie had it coming.

You did very, very well on these, Sally. That skin editor really lets you do some impressive work with these aircraft, doesn't it? :)

[Malibu Sally]

I'm actually not very happy with it. Almost all the skins are 1024x1024 pixels. Those are easy to work with. For some bizarre reason, most of the russian skins and the ONE German skin I selected for your plane are 512x512. This means I had to really shrink the hat and the text in order to fit them on the plane correctly. If the skin was regular sized, the text would be MUCH clearer. I had the same problem with Maz's plane.

Tomorrow I'll whip up a mustang with a similar paint scheme and and lettering and you will see a huge difference.

Once I take care of Masked revenger's request, I'll redo yours... if I can find full sized 109 with a decent beginning paint job, that is.

[Malibu Sally]

Wids,
I don't actually make the camo patterns. That is beyond me. I just alter the shading. Here is what the skin I used looks like unaltered:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/prewiddyplane.jpg

[The Widowed]

And you removed the little Iron Crosses from the wings too, I see. :D

[Masked Revenger]

*whistles*

Chris

[Malibu Sally]

I haven't forgotten you MR. My skin source is still down and I've already used all the the others. I don't want to put you in a duplicate of someone else's aircraft.

[suburbanhell]

As commanding officer, The General of The Jiggly Army requests a war bird big enough for Major 0bvious to fly in and with enough firepower to level an entire country on one fly by. :P

[Malibu Sally]

Alrighty, here is MR in his Corsair. The paint scheme is very similar to Cryo's(changing the colors made the thing look awful)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/MRcorsair.jpg

Burbs is next. I need pictures from him to proceed.

[Masked Revenger]

Woo!!! Kickass! That ROCKS, Sally, thanks!

Chris

[suburbanhell]

Alrighty, here is MR in his Corsair. The paint scheme is very similar to Cryo's(changing the colors made the thing look awful)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/MRcorsair.jpg

Burbs is next. I need pictures from him to proceed.

Major's pics are all in his crey ;-) If you need him in a specific angle let me know and I'll take some screenies tonight.

[Malibu Sally]

As commanding officer, The General of The Jiggly Army requests a war bird big enough for Major 0bvious to fly in and with enough firepower to level an entire country on one fly by. :P

A lot of requirements there. Lessee... big enough to fly in: check. Enough firepower to level an entire country: hmm... You will have to settle for enough firepower to level a city instead of an entire country.

What kind of plane fits all those needs? And how to color it in honor of a guy who wears multiple shades of grey? Here is you customized Boeing B-29. Try to keep the carnage to a minimum :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/Majorobious.jpg



Next?

[Stalking Shadow]

Do you have Me 262 models?

[Malibu Sally]

Do you have Me 262 models?

Yes, yes I do. Here is one I made for Mahaf way back on the old, old boards. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/mahaf.jpg

[suburbanhell]

A lot of requirements there. Lessee... big enough to fly in: check. Enough firepower to level an entire country: hmm... You will have to settle for enough firepower to level a city instead of an entire country.

What kind of plane fits all those needs? And how to color it in honor of a guy who wears multiple shades of grey? Here is you customized Boeing B-29. Try to keep the carnage to a minimum :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/Majorobious.jpg



Next?

Awesome! Thanks Sally! :)

[Stalking Shadow]

Yes, yes I do. Here is one I made for Mahaf way back on the old, old boards. :)

That's really cool-looking! If I had more art for Shadow, do you think you'd be able to make a jet for him?

[Malibu Sally]

I was looking at your crey file and see you have flight. Take a pic of yourself from the side, flying. I can use that much easier than any standing figure.

[Stalking Shadow]

Once I get into game again, I'll do it.

Wow, I'm getting a shopping list of things to do:

1. Make costume
2. Take screenshots of everything and more, action shots for Crey reports, etc. Flying shot for this
3. Fight crime, kick ass, take names.
4. Chew gum.

[Malibu Sally]

Once I get into game again, I'll do it.

Wow, I'm getting a shopping list of things to do:

1. Make costume
2. Take screenshots of everything and more, action shots for Crey reports, etc. Flying shot for this
3. Fight crime, kick ass, take names.
4. Chew gum.

You going to get me that screenshot or what?

[Redcat]

That's so cool Malibu some really great images there =)

[Malibu Sally]

That's so cool Malibu some really great images there =)

Thanks. But I don't really do anything other than some fancy 'copy-n-paste' action. The mechanics of another game do all the real work for me. ;)

Thanks to a link at D'arkaine's website, I've gotten a pretty good camo generator. Depending on the layout of the base skin, it makes things much easier for making camo schemes. :)

[thebluecanary]

So you still taking orders?

[Malibu Sally]

I suppose I can skip over Stalking Shadow.

Who wants one?

[Redcat]

Well if your skipping him I'll be happy to take one there is a flying pic of Redcat on the Crey file. Engines on fire if you can other then that any kind of a flame paintjob will work =)

[Randomus]

Well if your skipping him I'll be happy to take one there is a flying pic of Redcat on the Crey file. Engines on fire if you can other then that any kind of a flame paintjob will work =)

Unfortunately the 'myheroes.php' form is dynamic depending on your login. So whenever anyone who isn't you clicks your "Crey Profiles" link they're taken to their own "My Heroes" page. I think there's a way to link directly to your list, but I can't remember it at the moment.

[Redcat]

darn will have to go in I read something about it ini the news section. OK did some changes now to just have someone test it to see if the change I did in the URL worked.

[Randomus]

darn will have to go in I read something about it ini the news section. OK did some changes now to just have someone test it to see if the change I did in the URL worked.

It works.

[Redcat]

cool =)

[Malibu Sally]

Well if your skipping him I'll be happy to take one there is a flying pic of Redcat on the Crey file. Engines on fire if you can other then that any kind of a flame paintjob will work =)

Not sure why you want your engines on fire. That is usually a sign that things have gone horribly wrong and are about to get even worse. ;)

Flame paint schemes are a no go for now. I just can't do flames worth crap. There is a flame scheme for one of the Russian fighters(the plane I did for Akamaz) but Russian plane skins are really hard to work with. For some reason, the skins are half the size of the others... this makes adding images and text difficult and the results look odd because so much detail is lost.(enough detail is lost with regular sized skins... russian skins are that much worse)

Got your image no problem. Putting it on the plane has made it a little blurry. Tried sharpening but that just made it look funny.

Here you go... burning engine and all. The battle damage is, unfortunately, the reason for the burning engine.:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/redcat.jpg

[Randomus]

Oooh, me next me next.

[Malibu Sally]

Oooh, me next me next.

Ohhhh. I'm going to relish this one!

Hmmm... what would Egon McFlynt look best on? heh heh heh. :D

[Randomus]

Something awesome.

For some reason I can't get into my regular ImageShack account at work. They have a bizarre login system. I guess you could use the image in my sig.

[Malibu Sally]

Can't do much with that image. There is a big green and brown arm in the way.

[Redcat]

Not sure why you want your engines on fire. That is usually a sign that things have gone horribly wrong and are about to get even worse. ;)

Flame paint schemes are a no go for now. I just can't do flames worth crap. There is a flame scheme for one of the Russian fighters(the plane I did for Akamaz) but Russian plane skins are really hard to work with. For some reason, the skins are half the size of the others... this makes adding images and text difficult and the results look odd because so much detail is lost.(enough detail is lost with regular sized skins... russian skins are that much worse)

Got your image no problem. Putting it on the plane has made it a little blurry. Tried sharpening but that just made it look funny.

Here you go... burning engine and all. The battle damage is, unfortunately, the reason for the burning engine.:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/MalibuSally/Warbirds/redcat.jpg

It's cool and considering the problem she has with fires she probably started the fire herself on accident.

[Randomus]

Can't do much with that image. There is a big green and brown arm in the way.

That's true. Damn that moldy detective.

[Randomus]

You could always use this.

http://img74.echo.cx/img74/6963/randosig2a7qv.jpg

[Redcat]

Oh just had another thought another good thing about having an engine on fire is that it lets you land in otherwise restricted airstrips.

[D'Arkaine]

Unfortunately the 'myheroes.php' form is dynamic depending on your login. So whenever anyone who isn't you clicks your "Crey Profiles" link they're taken to their own "My Heroes" page. I think there's a way to link directly to your list, but I can't remember it at the moment.

why that would be www.creyindustries.com?a=### where the number is one of your character ids and you have the option turned on in your user profile.
"Do You Want To Group All of Your Heroes Together? "

My link is in my sig (shameless self-plug)

[Randomus]

Thanks D'ark!

[TheImperial]

So, which bombers do you have skinning ability for, Sal?

[Malibu Sally]

So, which bombers do you have skinning ability for, Sal?

Currently I can do B-25's, B-29's and B-17's. I have not tried to do any of the German bombers, though I'm thinking of making a Stuka for Wids.(she seems more like a Stuka person than a Messerschmitt person) :p




/edit: I can also do A-20's(though I have never tried one so I have no idea how hard it may be).