Uwe
Jul-29-2016, 22:37
Hello all!
I know that when I started skinning I really wanted a map of where every piece of the 3d model was on the skin. Sadly these UVW mapping "wireframes" were not available for CoD as they were in DCS and BoS&M.
Thanks to ATAG_Colander (who has been kind enough to give me the UVW maps in pieces) I have been able to make these very maps for our skins.
For example the standard 109E skin can be as simple as this(minus the mech layer):
23940
and with the UVW map you can see where nearly EVERYTHING goes:
23942
Mask layer for the Complete UVW map:
BF-109E:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/730ll8bdva8a7m9/BF-109E+UVW.psd
Spitfire:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/42kohx2rrwr0zpu/Spitfire+UVW.psd
Hurricane:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/lm0rw1ddz8ffb6i/Hurricane+UVW+map.psd
Use as you wish, I hope its of use to new and old skinners alike.
Ill be working on the 87, 88, and Beau this weekend.
EDIT: Major Setback was kind enough to bring a problem to my attention, primarily relating to how we all sin.
The way I use the layer masks is to drop them on top of my camo layers and then add all my details (mech layer, weathering, etc) above it. In this case the mask layer works well.
However if you don't use a detailed mechanical layer on top of the mask some things will be missing when using the mask. Totally my fault for not recognizing that others use their templates differently.
That being said I'm just going to post the UVW maps for each aircraft. Everyone can use these regardless of how they skin.
I know that when I started skinning I really wanted a map of where every piece of the 3d model was on the skin. Sadly these UVW mapping "wireframes" were not available for CoD as they were in DCS and BoS&M.
Thanks to ATAG_Colander (who has been kind enough to give me the UVW maps in pieces) I have been able to make these very maps for our skins.
For example the standard 109E skin can be as simple as this(minus the mech layer):
23940
and with the UVW map you can see where nearly EVERYTHING goes:
23942
Mask layer for the Complete UVW map:
BF-109E:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/730ll8bdva8a7m9/BF-109E+UVW.psd
Spitfire:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/42kohx2rrwr0zpu/Spitfire+UVW.psd
Hurricane:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/lm0rw1ddz8ffb6i/Hurricane+UVW+map.psd
Use as you wish, I hope its of use to new and old skinners alike.
Ill be working on the 87, 88, and Beau this weekend.
EDIT: Major Setback was kind enough to bring a problem to my attention, primarily relating to how we all sin.
The way I use the layer masks is to drop them on top of my camo layers and then add all my details (mech layer, weathering, etc) above it. In this case the mask layer works well.
However if you don't use a detailed mechanical layer on top of the mask some things will be missing when using the mask. Totally my fault for not recognizing that others use their templates differently.
That being said I'm just going to post the UVW maps for each aircraft. Everyone can use these regardless of how they skin.