These are my Malta Fulmers from HMS Illustrious courtesy of Clippers Lend Lease Elves.
Rob.
Official Fairey Fulmar painting thread.
These are my Malta Fulmers from HMS Illustrious courtesy of Clippers Lend Lease Elves.
Rob.
Last edited by flash; 08-10-2014 at 10:39. Reason: Title adjustment
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I love it! This has me thinking that the Siege of Malta is a very powerful narrative involving airplanes, judging by the number of us who have painted planes specifically for the area and have developed and run Malta scenarios (I will next be playing in such a scenario run by Richard Schwab at Guns of August in a few weeks).
Top notch Rob !
Excellent, Rob. Looking very good. Give those Italians h**l
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Nice one Rob. Much mashing of medi monsters off malta!
Lovely paint jobs once again! Almost makes me want to start doing WW2........................almost (still resisting!!!!)
Originally Posted by Flying Helmut
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Rob,
I have posted a card on your "Cards for Fulmars and Albacores" thread. Your plane is not in standard colors? Or am I suffering from bad references (the Interweb strikes again!)?
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Mike.
Colours are dark slate grey, light slate grey, with under surface sky grey.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Oh go on!
You know you want to really Tim. There is dark at the end of the tunnel.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Glorious! Just glorious, Rob!
Glad you like them.
They should hove into view with the next convoy that H.M.S, Illustrious escorts.
For the Albacores we will have to wait until next year.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Beautiful planes! Love them.
Thanks
Nick
Rob,
Not meaning to contest your paint schemes, but just trying to match colours. I found a website that matched historical British colours to RGB values. This is so graphic images would (within reason) match actual historical colours. See the following:
1. This is Dark Sea Grey and Light Slate Grey:
There is no dark slate grey in the above source.
2. 'Historical' Dark Slate Grey and Extra Dark Sea Grey:
The card I posted is in this scheme.
3. The closest I can match you colour schemes with 'Historical' colours, is Medium Sea Grey and Extra Dark Sea Grey:
In which scheme would you like you cards? One of the above, or colour matched to your photos?
Last edited by OldGuy59; 08-11-2014 at 16:18.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Number three will do just fine Mike.
Thanks Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Rob,
As discussed:
I added in a bit of sun fading to the paint, to be a little closer to your models.
Did we want to eliminate the rear arc stats, and go with front only?
Last edited by OldGuy59; 08-11-2014 at 16:30.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Mike... You are the best! These cards as always are amazing!
Thanks, and the most deserved REP
Nick
Thank you Mike.
They are superb.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Rob,
Finalized cards for your planes?
All are 806 Sqn Aces, and Orr is recorded as part of the CAP for Taranto. These guys should be useful for Malta campaigns.
[Edit: Updated with Unofficial Stats version 2015]
Last edited by OldGuy59; 09-07-2015 at 00:17.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Mike another fantastic job.
See you on the Dark Side......
That is certainly over and above the call of duty Mike.
Not only sorting my plane cards out but doing research on pilot's names as well.
I may have to give you a permanent job on my Staff in Malta before too long, if you keep on delivering like this.
Thanks a million for all this work.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Working on the following, but having issues with isolating the right sqn:
Names for the Albacore pilots are hard to come by. 828 NAS was prevalent at Malta, but no names besides the Cmdr.
[Edit: Updated with Unofficial Stats version 2015]
Last edited by OldGuy59; 09-07-2015 at 00:17.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Excellent, my friend!
Again Mike thanks very much. The names are not really relevant as I will be using them in my Malta scenario and as pilots get killed off new ones will be flying the planes.
If you let me know the font you use, I can change the names to suit the action. Even I can just about manage to alter the information block.It's just the aircraft and artwork I'm not up to speed with.
Yesterday I found out how to add and remove layers. It was a big break through for me.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Rob,
Should I send you my files? If you are using Photoshop, let me know the version, and I will save files in it. I will add in the font, too.
If not Photoshop, I can save layers in a seperate image file, and you can stack them into whatever program you are using.
I could do up a tutorial on changing colors on layers, too, using the paint bucket. A couple clicks, and, voila, a new paint scheme!
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Great offer Mike.
i am learning to use Adobe Photoshop Elements 11.
Any tutorials would be great.
Mrs K has been using it for some time for her Embroidery designs,and although she can help to a certain extent, her areas of expertise don't always coincide with the ones I need to know about for my cards.
Thanks for your kind offer.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Rob,
Just trying to get a grip on what Photoshop Elements can do, and I found this:
Elements Tutorials - Introducing Layers
The narrator speaks fast, but you can rewind and listen again, or even pause and go try the techniques, coming back to watch or re-watch the tutorial.
This is very basic, but I use layers for all the separate elements of a card. Backgrounds, icons (each separate!), Firing arcs, colour schemes (each separate colour scheme for the same mark of plane), Shading (sometimes several layers of shading, depending on the plane, and how many wings or overhanging parts), Plane information (separate for each mark), Units and crews, Card index, Arrow and red center dot. Lots of layers.
I could try sending you a copy of a file of the Fulmar, and see if you can upload it. We could discuss how to adjust some of the layers once you can see the mess. For changing colour schemes, all you would need to do is duplicate a colour scheme layer, change the colours, and hide the one you didn't want to use. You would only change other layers, if you need to change units or crews.
Mike
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Cheers Mike.
I'll scrutinize it more closely in the morning.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Well I finally got around to scrutinizing it this morning, and found it very useful in confirming what Mrs K has told me is available. I will refer back to it again whenever I forget where a certain tool is hidden.
Thanks very much.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Cards above are now updated with Unofficial Stats version 2015.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Thanks Mike.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Fantastic repaints - I always get the Fairey Fulmar mixed up with the Fairey Firefly so this thread is teaching me
Reading it with great interest as I once owned 1/72 construction kits of both aircraft but only ever built the Firefly - kit by SMER. The other was by NOVO (now Eastern Express.)
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