Simviation Forum - My Catalina repaint(s)

Aug 5^th, 2005 at 9:41am

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Tired of seein' that insane new payware Cat doin' water landings all over forums, so I decided to grab a freeware one and make what I could of it! These repaints are of Mike Stone's original aircraft (with the nose turret blister) and of (I think it's) his smooth-nose version. And yes, you read it right: Spruce Moose! Inspired by the name of a plane in one of my favorite cartoons as a little kid!

Front views:

Rear (there's an odd gap in the back of the one with the gun)

Spray (tho i've changed this, will update screenie soon)

Whaddaya think?

As to the bare-metal textures that I used as a base, those were made by Heather Sherman, and I found em on AvSim. And if these belong in the screenshot forums, sry! Move em there, or I can do it!

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Reply #1 - Aug 5^th, 2005 at 11:22am

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Wow, excellent work! Thnx for the post' it's good to know what others are up to. Us Purple-Plane guys have to stick together

Heather Sherman does nice work . . . without a doubt . . . keep those cards and screenshots coming

P.S. Your signature image is where the real artwork is happening

Adobe Paintshop 7?

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Reply #2 - Aug 5^th, 2005 at 12:29pm

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Purple? Eh, it's supposed to be blue, but the lighting gives it a slight violet tint, don't it?

And as to my sig, that was done in about an hour with Photoshop, yes. Can't remember which one I have. Was made with preview pics of the upcoming Final Fantasy 12, and was very fun to make! The plane was done with Photoshop, too, with a little help from FSRepaint to get the different parts lined up right.

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Reply #3 - Aug 5^th, 2005 at 2:25pm

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Purple? Eh, it's supposed to be blue, but the lighting gives it a slight violet tint, don't it?

And as to my sig, that was done in about an hour with Photoshop, yes. Can't remember which one I have. Was made with preview pics of the upcoming Final Fantasy 12, and was very fun to make! The plane was done with Photoshop, too, with a little help from FSRepaint to get the different parts lined up right.

fs repaint, something i wish i had. Cry

i use photoshop. but it took me all day to skin a 737.
nice plane.. i like it alot.

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Reply #4 - Aug 6^th, 2005 at 9:53am

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Dun feel too bad, it's only the demo version of FSRepaint! Tongue

I can preview texture changes, but I can't save them. Once I see what the necessary steps are in FSR, I still gotta go back to Photoshop and make them permanent.

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Reply #5 - Aug 6^th, 2005 at 11:21pm