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George, For those of us who can't find our old signcraft's, could you quickly explain how you did this? Automotive or 1-shot? I hope you had the car raised and did not have to work on the floor. Nice job.
-------------------- Curt Stenz Graphics 700 Squirrel Lane Marathon, WI 54448 Posts: 590 | From: Marathon, WI 54448 | Registered: Dec 1998
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Curt, the car was done as it sits, my old azz on the floor. I used HOK striping urethanes and a Handover sword. You basically take the color of the car and lighten it up some ( in the case of this bright red car I just used orange with a little red added ) and stripe all the upper edges. Then take the base color and darken it some. Straight maroon worked well here and do the lower portions. The key is to go subtle.
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-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left"
quote:Originally posted by Glenn Taylor: What kind of vinyl did you use?
Hey now, don't be gettin' all snarky, Glenn. You'd be amazed what you can pull off with a little tinting white, tinting black, automotive clear, an airbrush and clear vinyl. I use the tints so the highlights and shadows are transparent, allowing the base color to show through and blend nicer than using the opaque paints like most would.
George's color mixes obviously give more natural results but it's not like the concept is impossible to do with vinyl either.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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I keep asking you but you just don't want to tell us what vinyl you use to create these masterpieces do ya!
As always Top Shelf
-------------------- Sam Staffan Mackinaw Art & Sign 721 S. Nokomis St. Mackinaw City, MI dstaffan@sbcglobal.net Posts: 1694 | From: Mackinaw City, MI | Registered: Mar 2004
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And it's not just the mechanical process of appliing the paint, but the design of the flames, with it flowing licks, looks marvolous.
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3812 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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(and the otherside door has the ghost flames going forwards, does it )
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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I'm w/you, damn nice work....but if one really likes rendering (that's what it's called) flames, contact Mike Boone and have him show you pictures of snow wall the boys did a few years ago alongside his shop, real cool and very different to say the least...I'd venture to say it was the only flamed snow bank in history, sadly, spring wasn't so kind to it, it started slipping away and before they knew it, it had dried up and became a deformation in the driveway, sad...
Speaking of deformations, Jake, how's the sores? Did they fester yet? Man, I tried to tell you about "Sevierville Mikey", but would you listen? No!!!!!, maybe now you'll be more careful who you sit down wind of.....
-------------------- Frank Magoo, Magoo's-Las Vegas; fmagoo@netzero.com "the only easy day was yesterday" Posts: 2365 | From: Las Vegas, Nv. | Registered: Jun 2003
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