Rebel Gladiator

[Vigilante]

Something I've been twiddling with. It was fun making up the lozenge pattern.

[adlabs6]

Wow, this looks beautiful. I see that the pattern formation repeats along the leading edge axis of the wings. Can you give us some hints on the process, or is this a trade secret?

[SunDog]

That looks really smart Vigilante. Funny how when you look at it you don?t notice the Confederate Roundels on the wings (Optical Allusion) or is it just me

[RAF_Loke]

Awesome Vig
Those lozenge pattern has always been my nightmare. I have seach every site on the net to find good examples. Not been so lucky so far , but did find something. I would call it second rate quality.

[Vigilante]

Thanks for the kind comments, y'all. Adlabs, I didn't do anything special to make the top and bottom wing patterns align; I think my trade secret is luck! And, seeing that I got my idea for a fantasy lozenge-pattern from your stuff, Loke, I sure wouldn't call it second rate.

In making the pattern,I looked at a lot of patterns and started doodling, making the black outlines first and then experimenting with different colors until I liked the look. If I can find my lozenge template I'll be glad to upload it for anyone who's interested.

Sundog's comment is worthy of a thread unto itself - the reason the CS insignia doesn't show up well is because I applied too much saturation and lost my contrast. Working with saturation levels is a real challenge for me. Luckily, I controlled overall saturation on a separate layer so I was able to pump it up some and fix the problem.

I like bright colors, but I have learned that judicious desaturation is one of the biggest factors involved in creating the illusion of realism. I would love to have someone who has mastered this do a tutorial.

[RAF_Loke]

What I'm gonna do, is to make a temp page with all the lozenge camo I have.
Then hopefully we - you - us can make a lozenge template together which in the end can be hosted here. How does that sound?

This reply is aimed to you all here!

[Serval]

Sounds good

[Vigilante]

Great fun - let's go!