Support Forum for Skinning, Repainting and Profile drawing

[BlueMoon]

Well, I've been planning to make a profile of this aircraft for a bit, and I figure it's a good time to start.

But I have a question before I do. What's a good technique for creating a bare metal look? I saw what Gamary did and the result was quite nice. Are there other methods or is that how I should go about it?

Also (and this probably seems silly), how do you guys go about shading your aircraft - on my Wildcat the shading looks all choppy and inconsistent. Do you guys just use very big brushes get general look, or gradients or something?

Thanks, BlueMoon