September Desktop Screenshots

Here's me still 'at it' skinning the controls/cockpit of a Republic F105...buzzing over Melbourne at mach 1.5 and scaring the pants off the locals.....there's one of 'em just to the left of the HUD....he's the blip front/center of the head-up radar.
Not just altering xml....but hunting down photos of the aircraft to add 'bits' of detail to make things a little more realistic....things like the throttle quadrant and main radar cowl....are borrowed from various photos....re-skewed/sized/rotated/etc to suit.
The 'skinning' involved is about as 'complicated' as it gets.
If I get REALLY eager I'll start from scratch and make it all fair-dinkum exact. [there's poetic licence as is...to suit screen proportions/resolution.]
This is about how SKINNING differs from wallpaper making.....the result can be interfaced with.....buttons move....gauges read [all those gauges actually work]....;)
SKINNING's FUN .....:)















