[silverwolf]

I think this goes here but can anyone give me an image of a battle scared myrmidon or similar I want to make a signature out of it but I havn't seen such a shot

[silverwolf]

ok judging from the view count no one is willing or don't have one so any tips on p[erhaps using FS open to get a decent shot

[Unknown Target]

There are none; make it yourself with FS2 Also, I hope you don't want the sig for here, sig images aren't allowed.
By the way, periods are your friend

[silverwolf]

hehe. No not for here obviously. And thats what I was asking for...tips to make it myself. I know it would require the damage decal tag and thats as far as my knowlage goes

[aceofspades]

Don't take my word for it, but if I were you I would load a convenient mission with the myrmidon in it (either some campaign or a mission you make for this purpose). Run the mission in FS2 with the damage decals on. Then there would seem to be two options. You could try to get the right view in-game and press the Print Scr button repeatedly, then go the screenie directory and choose whichever shot came out best. OR, more complicated but likely to give you a better shot: use a video capture utility like http://fraps.com or http://www.planetgamecam.com.
Run the utility, then start playing the mission. Press the record button, then start doing all your various shots, e.g. adjusting distance/angle to myrmidon, whether any laser bolts are visible, and what can be seen in the background. End the recording, exit FS2 then encode the captured video and run through it carefully to decide on which frame looks best. Then capture that as a still.

[aceofspades]

I forgot: In case you didn't know about this, IIRC, shift+O (or was it 0?) removes the HUD from the view. You will definitely want that.

[StratComm]

What happened to my post?

Anyway, my suggestion, rather than trying to use the damage decals (which still look awful, if they work at all) would be to roughen up the maps themselves and take a shot of an undamaged myrmadon in mission.  If you go the damaged-in-game route, you stand a good chance of your shot getting ruined by those terrible looking plasma vents or something that will not help what you're trying to achieve.