Possesed Tank

I attached several picts of my fel tank skin. I would like some opinion of what Ive got so far, but remember its my first skin. The last image was the original.

so you scribbled indicepherable runes on top of the skin? way to go...

ok so if your gonna show something atleast do a poor recolor so everyone else can flame you.

But in all seriousness this isnt even really a skin I almost want to say its less then a recolor. Please, PLEASE tell me, this took you under 45 minutes right?

put more time into it and while techniques like shading and adding depth will come I would advise showing things that demonstrate a drastic change from the skin already demonstrated(assuming your not being like the_end and skinning kael into kael)

meh, its because im too cheap to buy photoshop, so i struggle with gimp... working on an actual change, how does darksteel/fel iron sound.

Paint it black
Cause now I see a red wheel and I want to paint it black

Maybe try to make it like the demon tanks (the ones you see in the outland tileset).

Sorry, but that's pretty bad.

Try actually painting something, not just CnPing runes and spraying one colour green on it.

While you guys were flaming me, i was experimenting on a darkmetal version, check it out. I alphad out that nasty gryphon head.

It's called constructive critisism, not flaming.

Flaming you? Bah, if you think that's flaming, then you have no hope! It's called criticism, smartass!

im sorry your old skin had a sign saying 'flame me' on it

Now you're just using contrast and darken tools. You're not skinning right now.

Skinning is completly redoing a single part of a texture. You are using filters and other simple tools. Until you put more effort and time into your work by actually changing the texture, you won't get any better.

hey, i didnt use any real contrast, i pin lighted peices over a black metal texture i created. Ill post before and after skins.

It is only black in areas
And the black has no highlights
Make highlights, make all of it black
Base it on that Fel Reaver in Burning Crusade

Heh, first one looks like it ran over a clown.

The tank looks better with the Gryphon head alpha'd though.

I agree, i think machines arent my thing, im working on an acolyte skin that i think looks cool. Ive actually spent several hours on it, but now i have to post the update, alas...