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Hey all, I just wanted to try something new with this casting, turned out looking like it went mud boggin'. Mike (<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/roll.gif" alt="image">)<br><img src="http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m76/cudanut/2007_11190002.jpg" alt="image">
That is such a cool effect !!!<br><br>Definitely has the appearance of sprayed mud ( whether that was what you were after or not !!! )<br><br>Mind sharing how you created that effect ? - While not for restoring cars, I could really take<br>advantage of that effect for other applications .... like on my model railroad.<br><br>Mark.
Thanks Mark, actually I was just trying to do a spectra-fade. I painted the car spectraflame green, let that dry, then using spectraflame red, started behindthe car & just sprayed from side to side a couple times kind of up above the car a little bit. Then clear coated. The red turned out more of a brown makingit look more like mud. The look was what I was after, just not the color, but I'm okay with it. Thanks for the thumbs up, I hope that helped. Take care,Mike
That's interesting as the "spray" looked to be too coarse to be just overspray !!!<br>Any time I've attempted a color blend with my airbrush, the point of color blend<br>was a very fine mist - yours doesn't have that real fine mist appearance !?! I was<br>just curious how you got the more defined look of the particles in the overspray.<br><br>Mark.
<p>It's because it isn't airbrush on this one, it's can. I'm using Krylon X Metals paint. When I say spectraflame on this one, this is not anenamel but more like a stain (like spectraflame) for lack of a better term. You can see the casting throught the paint. This stuff will do an overchrome nicelyif it's applied right. That's why it's more coarse, especially because the red is getting low in the can too, Mike</p>
Oh - ok, that explains it .... low rattlecan having a bit of a "sputtering" effect !!!<br><br>You know the funny part ? - If you were TRYING for that effect, there's no way<br>it would come out like that !!! <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif" alt="image"><br><br>Mark.
You know Mark, you're exactly right. But they do tend to have that less mist effect so you kind of have a slight idea of what maybe to expect. The colorcombination of red & green threw me though. Mike
That's pretty cool, I can get my Badger to do that...open it up all the way, & thin the paint as less as possible...nice & thick, it will spit justlike a spray can running out, it makes a cool blood splatter.<br><br><br>S~
<strong>Mark if your trying for an effect like that, try put the color you want on a toothbrush then flick it off onto your project.</strong>
Hey Zack - Yeah, I HAVE done that and it works pretty well too. I just figured if I could<br>get that effect to burp outa my airbrush, it would be a lot less messy and maybe a bit<br>more controlled.<br><br>Mark.
Yep, the toothbrush thing works every time. The thing I like about doing it with an airbrush is that the effect looks accidental...the little splatter spotsare different sizes & shapes, the spitting is so sporadic(sp)with the airbrush.<br><br><br>S~
I would LOVE to drive a 1:1 Bug done up like that! It has a gasser look to it. Really nice custom work!<br><br>Are the door hinges an added touch or are they already casted on the VWs? If they are casted, I'm shocked. All these years and I never noticed that detail.<br><br>Why can't Mattel make them as cool as that one?
<p>Thanks Kitty, Only the custom paint job has been done to this casting. I can only think of 2 Ultra Hot colors & the new Since '68 white one thathave been done with this casting. I've been doing these fade jobs for years but I have only tried it this once on this casting. That's why I said Iwanted to try something new (new to this casting). Thanks, Mike</p>
Wait. What is the casting then? Heck, I thought you did a killer cut n' paste (physically, not Photoshop) job on a "regular" HW Bug.<br><br>I like it better this way, though, as it means I might be able to get one too. Maybe. If they were a convention thing or the like, no way I can afford one ofthose.
The casting is called Custom Volkswagon Bug. There are 2 Ultra Hot colors, black/red & green/white $5.00 each usually, $4.00 some places, but still hard tofind sometimes. The new Since '68 is white/red I believe @ $3.00+ and VHTF. Hope that helps, Mike
That mud-splatter effect looks kool! <img height="20" src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_biglaugh.gif" width="20" alt="image"><br><br>...hmmm, that gives me an idea for a junker Baja Breaker that i got laying around.<img height="23" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/confused01.gif" width="25" alt="image"><p><br></p>
Wow, I'll have to look more closely next time they show up at my local Wal Mart. They're always behind on what they get in stock. I was still seeing2006 cars last month. They'll probably get the 2008s in some time in 2009. Maybe.<br><br>Thanks for the info. I'm really diggin on that one. I had a chance to pick up the Karmann Ghia but passed because it just didn't look that great but Ihadn't seen the Bug. Store employees snap up the T-Hunts and anything really popular before the boxes even go out on the floor, so I was shocked to see theGhia.
Not so intersted in technique myself since I'm no creator, but I give you a thumbs up on the final product!
Thank you Tom, Haven't seen you around for a little bit, hope your doing well. Hope you have a Happy New Year! Take care, Mike