February Aircraft Repainting Competion

Well, Since I didn't really get a yes or a no from the moderators and/or administrators on this competition, but got plenty of good feedback from members on it, I decided to go ahead and make it.  So, for any moderators and/or administrators, if this competition isn't allowed or something, please let me know and take it down.

Well, this month's repainting contest will be for:

The Piper J-3 Cub

"The Piper J-3 Cub.  A wonderful little gem of an aircraft that allowed many people to become pilots who, if not for the Cub's low cost, might not have been able to afford to be a pilot.  A great aircraft beloved by many, it's got to be one of the best possible choices for this season of love."

The last day for submissions is Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 11:59PM EST

The General Outline and Rules

1.  This is a contest to see who can create the best repaint for the theme stated for each contest within the alotted time given for the contest.

2.  Only default and freeware aircraft may be used!  This helps keep the contest balanced, since payware can occaisionly higher quality textures than some freeware, and can also be easier to understand.

3.  You can enter as many entrys as you like for the contest, but only one is required.  The more freeware Simviation has, the better!  Now, even though you are able to submit multiple entrys, please keep in mind that all entrys should be CONTEST QUALITY.  Just doing a slipshod job on a paint will make it look not very good.  This contest is based on QUALITY, not quantity.  All entrys will be treated as seperate submissions, and voting will be done by each seperate paint, not by person who created the paints.
 
4.  To be elligable, a repaint must meet these requirements:
    a.  The repaint must be uploaded to Simviation!  This means it must be ON THE SITE by the end of the contest!
    b.  The repaint must be within the ranges of the month's theme!
    c.  The repaint must be for a freeware or default aircraft.
    d.  It must be for any simgle one or multiple of the following sims:  FSX, FS2004, FS2002, FS2000, FS98
    e.  Proper credit must be included for the creators of the aircraft, and of any paintkit(s) used!
    f.  Keep it appropriate!  The repaint must NOT be in any way insulting or offensive to anyone.  We don't want any issues here!

    g.  It have been submitted within the running time of the contest.  Any earlier paints will not be accepted!  Only ones made specifically for the
        contest!
    h.  When submitted, the 'submitted by:' must be your EXACT username.

5.  To submit, simply put a post in this topic with the following:
    a.  The title of the paint.
    b.  A photo without the [/img] and [img] tags, to be used to help bring out the beauty of the paint and for the voting stage.
    c.  A link to the paint on simviation.
    d.  If the aircraft is downloaded freeware, a link to the original aircraft.

6.  When the contest is over, and all the repaints have been checked, a voting topic will appear and voting will begin on what the best paint is! 
        Voting will last until the end of the month of the current contest.

7.  Sorry to say, but there is no prize for the winner except the wonderful knowing that you had the best paint for that topic.  Pat yourself on the
        back and celebrate.  You're one heck of a repainter!

Failure to comply with any of those rules will result in disqualification of that repaint from the contest! 
ALL PAINTS WILL BE PERSONALLY CHECKED PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE TO THE VOTING STAGE!!!

If anyone has ANY questions at all, PLEASE ASK!  Be it by PM, post, whatever, JUST ASK!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

Xpand wrote on Feb 1^st, 2012 at 8:18pm:

Yep.  The Piper J-3 Cub is the theme.  Anything goes aslong as it's on a Piper J-3 Cub.

I got an idea... time to dust the cobwebs out of my head!

Nice camo.   ANd yes, it is quite a difficult one to master.
As for the cockpit, well, that's up to you.  It is in the texture folder, so it does count as part of the texture.  Though since it's not part of the aircraft exterior, it's not required.  Though adding things like 3D cockpit paints for it do add to the quality, which can help you with votes, though like I said, that part's totally up to you.

Hey dude cool idea, however you might wanna adjust this line in your rules 'The repaint must be in any way insulting or offensive to anyone. ' You missed out the 'not'

Xpand wrote on Feb 9^th, 2012 at 7:07am:

Alright, I haven't tested it yet, and I won't have time to today.  But I have found a few errors, sorry.

1.  It doesn't have any particular title.  It says "FSX Piper Cub Textures".  That's not any particular name, that's what it is.  Name it grey camo or something.
2.  For the "Posted by..."  It says "Ricardo Batalha"  It is supposed to be your EXACT username.
3.  There's no image for the entry!  You can just take one of the ones you put up earlier, or you can take a new one.  Make sure to remove the [img] tags.

You have until the end of the contest to fix it and re-submit it.  Though from the demo pics you showed earlier, it looks pretty good.

Xpand wrote on Feb 9^th, 2012 at 5:56pm:

They usually are willing.  But I guess since you went ahead and posted preview pics. before it went up, I guess I can let it slide.  The main purpose of that rule was to keep people from using other contestant's/non contestants entrys. (Like subitting them as their own entry before the actual maker can post to submit, or just useing someone else's who had no intention of entering at all)
So I guess it's good enough.