F-80 Texture Redux

**Mach3DS** · July 19th, 2016, 22:49

I've contacted Willy and he was gracious enough to provide me with his masters for the new textures he's doing. Just the panel lines and rivets etc. I've gone ahead and added bump maps and specular and fresnel. The bumps need to be lessened a bit but my recipe is good. First pass with Willy's handy work and my bumps with Alphas made from the bump masters. Once the bump height is refined this will be awesome....makes this old model look almost new! I made the bare aluminum textures based off of the masters Willy sent also. Just a few additions and subtraction and a few layers. WIP.

***Willy*** · July 20th, 2016, 02:24

That's looking great!

**Mach3DS** · July 20th, 2016, 06:28

Thanks Willy! This was a quick test with the Tanks 1 model and your master panel lines set with some additional skin bumps. The spec is not pulling enough light and I realized I need to layer mask some panel lines in the diffuse that I don't actually want to see other than the bump. This was perfext. Exactly what I was hoping you'd send . Thanks!

***Willy*** · July 20th, 2016, 07:25

Glad I got it right!

**Mach3DS** · July 20th, 2016, 11:30

I'm thinking about making this TP compatible with weight selected drop tanks....any takers?

should prob ask first if anyone is already working on a version of it? Henk?

**Stickshaker** · July 21st, 2016, 08:47

Yes, Rick, that would be very nice!

***hschuit*** · July 21st, 2016, 09:16

PM has been sent.

***huub vink*** · July 22nd, 2016, 00:35

Really nice work guys!

**Mach3DS** · July 23rd, 2016, 09:14

Work progresses...going to be really sharp this one! Need to add some dirt and scratches in the spec. Still WIP. TP to come! Thanks to Willy and Henk on this project.

***falcon409*** · July 23rd, 2016, 09:43

Originally Posted by 000rick000

Work progresses...going to be really sharp this one! Need to add some dirt and scratches in the spec. Still WIP. TP to come! Thanks to Willy and Henk on this project.

Brilliant work.

**JensOle** · July 23rd, 2016, 10:38

Great stuff! Looking forward to see some colourful post war schemes :-)

**Stickshaker** · July 23rd, 2016, 11:15

Looks very good, Rick! Will the plane also have the improved VC textures that I understand are in the works?

***Willy*** · July 23rd, 2016, 12:31

Originally Posted by JensOle

Great stuff! Looking forward to see some colourful post war schemes :-)

I've got a few gigs of reference material for F-80s from Jan 1945 in Italy to post Korea that are waiting on this native model. And some "what ifs" that I've been sitting on for almost a year now.

Doing Fords now while I'm waiting lol

Rick, it's looking great. Is that the metal textures I sent? They sure look different there.

**Mach3DS** · July 23rd, 2016, 17:34

Willy, yes these are the base texture set you sent me with some modification on my end to create a color set that would best use the alpha channel to.convey the look and feel of aluminum. The bumps were created directly from your panel lines and rivets with an additional layer added by me which gives the skin some metal grain within the bump. The diffuse texture alpha was createdoing by modifying your base textures ans creating the alpha channel. I've also added a fresnel overall which will allow a more realistic reflection on all painted aircraft where you can see the reflection only on very off angles close to 90 degrees.

I'm dialing in the wings specuar now so it shouldn't be too much longer!

**Mach3DS** · July 25th, 2016, 20:57

Dirt layers added....not complete...still WIP....

**docjohnson** · July 25th, 2016, 21:18

Any update to this project?

**delta_lima** · July 25th, 2016, 21:30

Pure magic, Rick.

Looking forward to this.

CM

**heywooood** · July 25th, 2016, 21:40

Originally Posted by delta_lima

Pure magic, Rick.

Looking forward to this.

CM

I must have missed the memo...which P-80 is this? Piglets?...or new

**Mach3DS** · July 25th, 2016, 21:47

Redux of the freeware Alpha F-80.

**Mach3DS** · July 25th, 2016, 22:36

Here's the update:

I'm reworking the bare metal textures and created the bump maps. I'm going to create custom speculars. This will serve as the base for any following repaints. I'll then turn the PSD's over to Willy and he'll apply his paint shop to the exterior since he's been busy already. Henk has been gracious enough to provide the updated model. I edit that model.further to allow for correct material application. The final touch will be to have at minimum Tacpack Pack powered guns and weight enabled stores.

**Mach3DS** · July 26th, 2016, 04:51

I should clarify that that is the vision...however i think k a few logistical items need to take place first. But those are not on my end. I'm just helping with the textures and eventually the tacpack if it gets that far....right now it's WIP.

**heywooood** · July 26th, 2016, 16:53

Originally Posted by 000rick000

Redux of the freeware Alpha F-80.

ahh- Thanks for the clarification. Looks like a ton of new detail and an incredible go at replicating a polished aluminum surface. Beauty

**Mach3DS** · July 27th, 2016, 16:24

Here's where I'm at....almost ready to pass the ball back to Willy! Yay! This is raw video and yes I forgot to set flaps...oops....that's texturing for ya!