When you said, "I'm going to paint it white", I had no idea it would turn out this cool!
WhiTe oN~!
WhiTe oN~!
BO15 Cyrus the Virus
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I'd love to see all these bikes in one place. We really have some show stoppers this year in at least a dozen sub categories.
This is going to be one of those years I will be happy if I get fourth place. You guys are kilin me over here
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I decided to go old school with the masking. I normally design this stuff on the computer to cut masks, this time I broke out the tape and had at it.
As I want to build a trailer for my paint box and supplies to use at car shows for pinstriping, I decided to simplify the graphics and depend on the pinstriping to fill in for the extra graphic stripe I deleted from my original layout.
As I want to build a trailer for my paint box and supplies to use at car shows for pinstriping, I decided to simplify the graphics and depend on the pinstriping to fill in for the extra graphic stripe I deleted from my original layout.
Hmmm, so my take-away from these photos is that most of the green is going away. Oh well, it was green while it lasted.
I really love that tank
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Quite a lot will be covered, but not as much as you would think judging by these pics.
Thank you, it was my first attempt at making a tank.
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Four hours later, I have this.
About an hour before I painted the basecoat, I fixed two areas that had some high spots from the welds. The filler bled through and stained the paint. While I was doing the tank and fenders, I did my best to blend in the pearl, flake, and candy. Hopefully it won't look too bad when I clear it, it's got to be better than this big stain right in the middle of the frame. I forgot to take an after pic.
I'm looking forward to finishing these parts and clearing everything.
About an hour before I painted the basecoat, I fixed two areas that had some high spots from the welds. The filler bled through and stained the paint. While I was doing the tank and fenders, I did my best to blend in the pearl, flake, and candy. Hopefully it won't look too bad when I clear it, it's got to be better than this big stain right in the middle of the frame. I forgot to take an after pic.
I'm looking forward to finishing these parts and clearing everything.
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Geez, just had to bust out the airbrush didn't you. Weston taught me how to do tru fire . This is his dad's boat. I still haven't grabbed paint and started practicing. He would float it in a candy color. *shakes fist menacingly at sky* *stuffs crayons in purse, pulls up my skirt and walks out*
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I AM NOT WORTHY! 
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This is what it looks like before the candy colors go on. It is also the first of 3 layers. after th white goes on it's followed by Aztec Gold, a mix of Aztec Gold and Wild Berry (to make orange), then a final pass of just Wild Berry. The next pass is basically the same, but the last pass has no Berry.
That is some incredible work right there! WOW!
Just gets your hands real dirty. It will give it a nice smokey tint
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The leaf work is done. I was going to use a combo of spun gold and the variegated that you see here, but I like the colors in the variegated. It does have a tendency to lose a little of the color when cleared though. I think the gold is starting to win me over, but I did do two test strips on an empty thinner can. I'll paint one with the candy green today and make my decision.
