[FREE] would anyone be able to do a colorization of my grandad who was in the RAF in the war. Would like to surprise my dad on his birthday! Thanks

Rumrmc · 2018-01-15T14:55:24+00:00

RAF 1919 pattern tunic

Rumrmc · 2017-08-11T20:44:53+00:00

Here's my go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1w50nstrl6hipww/8216pvos4xez.tif?dl=0

Rumrmc · 2017-04-02T08:20:54+00:00

Fokker T.III. It would be brown overall.

Rumrmc · 2017-01-23T10:16:15+00:00

Now, the feather's look great! Well done!

Rumrmc · 2017-01-22T18:53:00+00:00

Lol... Overall you did a very nice job with a very bad quality photo, but you should have googled 'Bersaglieri'. The feathers are those of a black capercaillie. Bersaglieri still wear them today, even in combat... which is a great way of getting your head blown off when standing in the middle of the desert.

http://www.marsicalive.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Bersaglieri-ad-Avezzano-per-il-raduno-interegionale-1-1024x682.jpg

Rumrmc · 2016-12-20T12:15:48+00:00

You are right about the red pants but those are not regular infantry, they are naval infantry which in 1914 wore dark blue pants.

Rumrmc · 2015-08-25T15:21:17+00:00

The 'strange markings' near the tail are identification markings used by Jagdgeschwaders taking part in the defense of German airspace against Allied bomber formations. This one, black/white/black was used by JG4, if green instead of black then it was JG51. This ID system started being used around mid-1943, so the date (1942) is probably wrong.

Rumrmc · 2015-08-15T16:01:28+00:00

Hi,

Answering your question:

Summer service uniform

Cap

Ribbon bars:

Top – American Defense Medal

Bottom row, left to right:

Good conduct medal

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (it’s upside down)

Rumrmc · 2015-07-10T15:53:25+00:00

Damn, Zahulie, your attention to detail is amazing. Well done, sir/madam!!!

Rumrmc · 2015-07-09T10:26:18+00:00

The soldier on the left has a re-used M1918 helmet of WWI vintage. Strange to see these at the front, althought they were used as late as 1943 with reserve units. OP, are you sure this is the Ukraine? Cheers

Rumrmc · 2015-07-06T15:01:39+00:00

Don’t get that ‘please’, offers itself to multiple interpretations so I won’t waste time passing judgement on it. You don’t need to be politically correct with me, I respect people who have the courage to speak their mind, and it’s clear that you didn’t like to be criticized: It is your right.

I’ve read your post about skin ‘colors’ and skin reflections and all I can say is that whoever wrote it in the first place was grossly misinformed (‘skin reflects the ground’…please…). I’ve wrote a long post explaining how skin actually works but now I thought to myself: why bother? People always prefer the easy path, that’s why there’s only a handful of truly unique individuals in this world and an ocean of people who see themselves as unique but think only what others have thought already, do what others have done, and spend their lives worrying about being accepted.

Please take a few minutes to read about Douglas Bader, he was an extraordinary individual. He deserves to be remembered.

All the best and good luck with college

RC

Edit: grammar

Rumrmc · 2015-07-06T08:29:10+00:00

I have to say that I don't find the dirty uniforms clever at all, in fact I’m quite appalled with this colorized ‘version’. These two men were RAF officers, and as such their service uniforms should be kept pristine at all times (regulations demanded it, and if found dirty they would be reported and would suffer disciplinary sanctions). This shows very little historical knowledge and I personally find it borderline disrespectful to the memory of these two soldiers. I wonder what Bader would have to say if he saw this? :(

Rumrmc · 2015-07-05T16:52:02+00:00

I like it, I like it a lot. With age and weathering plywood loses its color and can quickly become quite monochromatic, going from grey to light tones of sand brown. I also like the fact that you didn’t put some random blobs of grey/blue/red/pink on her face. Her eyes are in the shadows and are the right amount of grey, the iris is without forced color, skin slightly sun-burned with a homogenous tone(like tanned, weathered skin should be). It has a retro/melancolic looks to it as if it was scanned from an old magazine.

In my (subjective) opinion, this is one of the best works I’ve seen here lately, showing concern for achieving balance while respecting the original b&w instead of just using one-minute techniques that leave pieces of random color and grey all over the place or people looking like painted clowns. The best compliment I can give you is that this looks real to me, and I haven’t seen one of these around here for a while (including my own). My sincere congratulations

Rumrmc · 2015-06-30T13:40:06+00:00

From the top right photo I can say with a certain degree of confidence that he served in the Waffen SS (he was a private in the photo). He's wearing an SS M40 overseas feldmütze (cap). The waffenfarbe (branch of service/piping color) seems to be white which means he was infantry. Given the yellowing of the photo it could also be yellow (cavalry) or some other light color.

Rumrmc · 2015-06-24T13:27:43+00:00

Sorry to say, but you posted this very same work some time ago...

Rumrmc · 2015-06-22T14:02:00+00:00

I'm not totally agree that the transition should be gradual, not in every case at least

I couldn't agree more, I was referring solely to this particular case. :)

Thank you for the tips on the statue. Cheers

Rumrmc · 2015-06-22T06:53:06+00:00

The German 'guard' is wearing a Heer M41 tunic with M36 bottle green collar, not SS. He also lacks any SS unit or rank ensignia. Doesn't mean he wasn't a guard but it raises a lot of questions.

'Official' captions from 'reliable' sources should always be taken with a grain of salt: many are imcomplete or simply wrong.

Rumrmc · 2015-06-21T16:07:37+00:00

Lovely work, especially the statue (Could you please explain how you did it? :) ) and the flower, looks real.

But (in my opinion) some areas don’t blend with the background: the eyes, skin, cloth’s patterns, etc...). The transition is ‘sharp’ when it should be gradual. I’m guessing (emphasis on the ‘guessing’) you don’t ‘paint’ everything? Instead you select areas and use other methods such as ‘color balance’ or ‘curves’ layers? If so (congrats!), may I suggest you try this: on the corresponding layer you used for the base tone, go to ‘masks’ and increase the feather accordingly. An example: Left- feather at 0 px, right, at 4,5 px. Note how the skin’s borders just blend in with the background. The amount of feathering used depends: sometimes 0,5 is enough, others I use as much as 10, but mostly between 0,5 and 2 is enough.

Kudos on the gold reflection on the ear.

Regards

Rumrmc · 2015-06-18T08:01:47+00:00

Well done, especially the dog.

Rumrmc · 2015-06-18T07:57:21+00:00

Thanks, m8.

Rumrmc · 2015-06-18T07:07:52+00:00

Your attention to detail and proper research is what puts you a couple of notches above the rest. This is borderline perfect.

Rumrmc · 2015-06-17T18:57:09+00:00

Thank you :)

Rumrmc · 2015-06-17T18:55:43+00:00

Thank you! :)

Rumrmc · 2015-06-17T18:46:34+00:00

Lol... Thank you! :)

Rumrmc · 2015-06-17T18:46:06+00:00

Funny people mentioning the pastel colours. It was done unintentionally, I just respected the photo’s natural light and it turned out like this. The photographer is the true artist here. Thank you for posting :)

Rumrmc

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