I'm not at all sure what's going on here either Shodanjo. Is this for people want to work on WW1 German or Austrian aeroplanes or, like Vigilante and his custom skins?
What did you have in mind Loke? Fantasy WW2 skins or accurate WW1 skins?
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only one block would need to be re-created
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On Vigilante's Gladiator, the pattern looks completely spurious, nothing like any of the printed fabrics that were used in WW1, but that's ok here, in fact, even better because it his own creation.
The pattern is an overall repeat.
BUT on the real aircraft, at least the German 4 and 5 color patterns, it was a bolt of printed fabric with a repeat pattern 54 inches wide by x amount long. The strips were sown together to forn a piece large enough to cover a wing. In some cases with thinner wings or fuselage panels could be covered with that 54inch strip. Some manufacturers used diagonal covering. Just like WW2 aircraft, you really need to consult as many photos of your subject as possible to decide how the fabric was applied.
For flexibility, you'd want to create a bolt of fabric the correct width and a long enough length to fit your plane.
So, if you want an accurate reproduction, you need strips of texture, but, if you want to make up your own, the sky is the limit.
I've got vecotor paths in PS now. I've been doing WW1 skins for a while now
