August Best Paint Contest

[Stan@1stPlaceRace]

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/storm_in027/contestion.jpg

[nick-rc]

ok i guess lets get things started off..

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4669/car1kh5.png

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8456/car1nn1.png

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8813/car2iv5.png

this is only my third body ive painted.

tell me what you guys think =)

[PyroMike]

Get a better cam. It looks good, but would look better with some high res pics. ;)

I also think that the flames counter the rest of the shell. (they take away from the over all look ;) )


Stan, please don't take any of the other post into consideration when judgeing. :)

[nick-rc]

when i upload my pix and open them with paint they are really large so i have to size them down and they come out crummy like that..
i dont know how to fix that.

[Stan@1stPlaceRace]

Nick, it looks like your lines are really jagged, Is that the camera or flaws in the body?

[PyroMike]

Once they are small don't try to make them bigger. Use sizes that are the same when you stretch them i.e. 50% and 50% normal size (if its under 100% they will be smaller, my avatar came out fine after I stretch/skew it). See if you can upload them when you post up on here, just make them smaller if they dont fit.

Thats all I can think of right now.

[nick-rc]

Nick, it looks like your lines are really jagged, Is that the camera or flaws in the body?

thats from shrinking the pics on paint.

[iflybyu]

Nick,

Upload your pics to Photobucket or something similar. At photobucket, I upload them full size and they resize them to 1mb. THen just link to them.

Mike

[Stan@1stPlaceRace]

hey nick that is much better :D

[FESTER]

nick-awesome job

[FESTER]

i'll throw my hat into this:

Body: Bolink 50's pickup
paint:faskolor green,black,red,yellow,white
masks:custom made from my computer using avery sticker paper,each logo took me an hour to cut out,enjoy!

[FESTER]

entry #2

my attempt at true fire

body:bolink s 10
paint.faskolor black,yellow ,orangeflausent orange n yellow
mask: made licks shield out of index cards

[xacdesigns]

Entry #1

Body: Protoform Dodge Charger Oval

Paints: Parma Faskolors: Flour. Red, Flour. Orange, Flour. Yellow, White, Red, Silver, Black, Fastint. Createx: Transparent Ultramarine Blue

Masking: Liquid Masking, Spray Applied, Hand Cut

All Paint
http://www.xacdesigns.com/gallery/chargeroval_driver.jpg
http://www.xacdesigns.com/gallery/chargeroval_fronttop.jpg
http://www.xacdesigns.com/gallery/chargeroval_front2.jpg
http://www.xacdesigns.com/gallery/chargeroval_rear2.jpg

[xacdesigns]

how many entries can we have?

[PyroMike]

You can enter up to 3 shells :)

[GASMAN]

since we can enter 3, here's one and i will enter a fresh one close to the end of the month.

xxxnt body
parma mask
faskolor
alclad chrome

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/firensquad/clayton032.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/firensquad/clayton033.jpg

[GASMAN]

second entry

hyper 7

faskolor
liquid mask


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/firensquad/woody2.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/firensquad/woody.jpg

[team3six]

Just a little advice. unless you are a serious painter and doing up bodies all the time is your thing. I would propose that you enter 1 body at a time, just to keep the contest going. It would suck to enter three shells in hopes of winning only to get slamed at the end by 1 shell that is the bomb.

[GASMAN]

ya if you paint every once in a while, but i paint every weekend.thats the only way you get better. :Di already have a killer scheme for the last one, just have to put it on paper.the best for last :D

[team3six]

Gotcha brother, good luck because I intend to bring it too.:p

[iflybyu]

Here is my latest paint work. It is a 1/12 trinity body painted with Createx transparent yellow, Createx black, Createx white, Faskolor Pearl charcoal, faskolor tint, alclad chrome.

All handcut LMF

Now for the paint.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c107/iflybyu/paintchris018.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c107/iflybyu/paintchris021.jpg

Here you can see where I used the charcoal to put just a bit of carbonfibre look in the tips of the black area. I also used fascolor tint to shadow the black tips onto the yellow.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c107/iflybyu/paintchris022.jpg

[Stan@1stPlaceRace]

ATTENTION OUT OF COUNTRY (USA) PARTICIPANTS.I regret to inform you that the free 6 month subscription is not available to you if you win. Here is the quote I got via email from Derek B.

It’s for US subscriptions only, or we can set them up digitally when that goes into affect. For now they’ll only be getting the “prizes”

[PyroMike]

ATTENTION OUT OF COUNTRY (USA) PARTICIPANTS.I regret to inform you that the free 6 month subscription is not available to you if you win. Here is the quote I got via email from Derek B.

It’s for US subscriptions only, or we can set them up digitally when that goes into affect. For now they’ll only be getting the “prizes”I feel sorry for them, but at lease they still get braging rights. :D

[iflybyu]

Is it possible for us out of towners to pay the difference?

Mike

[team3six]

Yeah, Umm something does'nt sound too fair about that. is there not something they can get besides bragging rights?

[Stan@1stPlaceRace]

Im just the judge. You need to talk to derek about XRC policy.
Just be carefull, I would not be supprised to see the whole contest idea canned if they start getting a bunch of crap about something they dont really care much about anyways.

[team3six]

No, No, don't get me wrong. That last post from me was supposed to be kinda sacastic/upset. I was pretty much saying I feel sorry for someone who puts so much into a paint job only to get a hand for a job well done. You know if it is alright with you, if someone was a winner from this last comp. who is from out of the country, I would like to offer a prize for winning the comp. I would be more than happy to help out this comp. in anyway to secure it's motivation.

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

My august entry

This body I finished up this morning for my dad's Mini LST

fasflourescent yellow
faswhite
fasblack ( window trim )
and the blue doesnt have a name , its kinda a combination of fasflourescent blue, fasblue and fasglow and their might be a few other blue's mixed in, its kinda whatever I had left over, lol.

Not bad for a 16 year old, aye? haha


http://jamminlidz.tripod.com


(Edit: - Masking was hand cut shelf liner from the dollar store, :-D )

[PyroMike]

A word of advice, your age means nothing when it come to art. And you if you do want to say how old you are then do that somewhere else (like the custom paint thread), but not in a contest.

As for the shell, It is by far the best one you have painted, maybe next time try some drop shadows :rolleyes:

[Stan@1stPlaceRace]

A word of advice, your age means nothing when it come to art. And you if you do want to say how old you are then do that somewhere else (like the custom paint thread), but not in a contest.

As for the shell, It is by far the best one you have painted, maybe next time try some drop shadows :rolleyes:
Oh come on mike, he just wants me to know I can make him cry when I give the results. :D

[PyroMike]

Oh come on mike, he just wants me to know I can make him cry when I give the results. :DFine have it your way.


There is somthing about your post, and that avatar that just makes me crack up. :D :) :p

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

lol I didnt post it for me to be an advantage, just saying. Its like when they make you do those creative writing things in school, if you end it with a snazzy comment or question or something it makes people more lible to want to comment on it. LMAO. Oh and how many entries are you allowed per month? Just 1? I painted a N-Rusty body 2 weeks ago and if i'm allowed to enter it , it'll give me incentive to actualy mount the dang thing. LOL

[PyroMike]

Oh and how many entries are you allowed per month? Just 1?
You can enter up to 3 or less shells. :)

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

Heres my 2nd entry for August.....


CP1 Body for my Dad's Rustler I painted up ( aint I a great son, lol )



anywho

XXXMain mask ( preditor? I think )
Spaz Chrome
FasBlack
Fasescent Red

You really cant get the full chrome effect with a camera but you get the idea.

[team3six]

Well here is my entry.

1992 MRC Thunder King
Parma "04" Chevrolet Silverado king cab
1/8th scale
Parma liqued mask
Pactra Metallic Red
Alclad II Real Chrome
Pactra Metallic burgandy
Pactra Ultra cover White
Pactra Gloss Black
Simmons Red Micro flake (Auto body painting use)
Faskolor Fasescent Yellow
Scotch blue masking tape
Miniwax Olde maple Gloss 1 step stain with polyurethane (household use)
Micro thin balsa wood (hobby plane use)
Amaco 1/8th pattern wire form (Plaster use)
Illusion's window tint yellow, red and grey vicro paint (Auto body painting use)

Paint style is to replicate a marble look, added wood deck for realism with hand cut metal lathe's placed between and mini screwed to the body. wire form was added to front vent and Shoe Gooed on and front and rear lenses along with all rear side and front window were tinted by airbrush
and finally added a trailor hitch on the bumper
No rattle cans were used in the painting accept for the cover paint.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/storm_in027/1.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/storm_in027/2.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/storm_in027/4.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/storm_in027/6.jpg

[team3six]

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/storm_in027/8.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/storm_in027/16.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/storm_in027/11.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/storm_in027/7.jpg
I attached a swatch of the original peice of real marble that I attempted to simulate in the painting.

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

Heres my 3rd entry for august.



my first true flame attempt on a clear stocker mini t body.

pactra paints
no mask, just cardboard and scissors
gonna do more of these bodies, so much fun to make and looks sharp


http://jamminlidz.tripod.com

[PyroMike]

Drift, it looks good. On your next one use some Spaz stix transparnt paint yellow and red (or color of your choice to get colored fire), then add your licks in useing white, then do the next color, then back it with black (you can use other colors if you like, but will look the best).

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

thats what I did , I just deluted the crap outta the parma paints. My local shop doesnt carry spaz paints and I didnt feel like ordering them online . Anyway I got the bodies for $3 a piece off stormer so I could just try this out and It worked mad mad mad good. Love em, savin em for Septembers Concourse

[PyroMike]

Either way it still looks good for your first time.

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

haah thanks I did another ghost flame mini t body yesterday after that one and it came out cooler, green to blue flames and I made more of em, I'd show you but it'll have to wait till next month since i've entered 3

[PyroMike]

haah thanks I did another ghost flame mini t body yesterday after that one and it came out cooler, green to blue flames and I made more of em, I'd show you but it'll have to wait till next month since i've entered 3
Theres always the custum paint thread.

[davecnitrors4]

thats what I did , I just deluted the crap outta the parma paints. My local shop doesnt carry spaz paints and I didnt feel like ordering them online . Anyway I got the bodies for $3 a piece off stormer so I could just try this out and It worked mad mad mad good. Love em, savin em for Septembers Concourse

Gotta love Stormer for the cheapo MiniT bod's..they used to be $2 each! It just sucks working in such cramped quarters.....

[Roketmini]

This is my 1/28 scale Xmod Lancer. It was my first milticolor job. I used Scotch Masking Tape, Krylon Short Cuts spray can paint, and a snap knife to hand cut the masks.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e100/Roketmini/IMGP0001.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e100/Roketmini/IMGP0002.jpg

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

yeah working on a mini t body for freeform was a major PITA, I tried to do ghost flames on my newest slot car body but that being like 1/27th scale I think they are, it wasnt happening, lol, I couldnt get the airbrush in close enough to get a good flame and they were too big and didnt look good so I just make it a purple to white transfer kinda body. Cool thing though about them being $3 now is that theres no limit on them being 5 per customer.

[markarch]

Here's one.......

Dodge Power Wagon for the T-maxx
Liquid mask
All Faskolor with custom mixes

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c99/markarch3137/Dodge%20Paint%20Job/100_0049.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c99/markarch3137/Dodge%20Paint%20Job/100_0050.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c99/markarch3137/Dodge%20Paint%20Job/100_0051.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c99/markarch3137/Dodge%20Paint%20Job/Dodge4_reduced.jpg

[FESTER]

Drifts-awesome man

i also love the silverado

[paint_slayer]

mark,
That is the sickest paint job I've ever seen. Really nice work man. Definitely a contender!

[bcane98]

Markarch... :eek: I am speechless... That is just amazing... Great Job dude!

[PyroMike]

Just a reminder, you have about 1 1/2 weeks left :)

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

wow, August went mad fast

[xacdesigns]

I got a new entry I will post up tomorrow sometime :D

[xacdesigns]

Body: Protoform Mazda 6 190mm

Paint: Parma Faskolors, Spazstix Mirror Chrome

Masking: Liquid Masking, Hand Cut,

All Paint

http://www.xacdesigns.com/gallery/M6v2_passfront_web.jpg
http://www.xacdesigns.com/gallery/M6v2_driverfront_web.jpg
http://www.xacdesigns.com/gallery/M6v2_front_web.jpg
http://www.xacdesigns.com/gallery/M6v2_rear_web.jpg

[JGO]

i just finished this.(its for a girl :D ) its all freehand cut everything there with a #11 blade. hope you guys like it. well i used 3M tape and parma fastape (for the mural) the paint i used are faskolor and used a iwata eclipse airbrush all on a stratus all purpose 190MM protoform body. by the way lights, grill and intercooler are also hand painted. i hope thats enough info. :D

[team3six]

GOD, You guys are all great. I really need to learn how to paint. :D
xacdesigns, JGO, markarch way to step it up this month. I think I am gonna drink down a pint of thinner now

[davecnitrors4]

JGO, I hope that's going on an electric, because I'd sure hate to see a bunch of big holes in that shell! I really like the windows/frames.
Awesome work! Do you do t-shirts also by any chance? I ask because of the wing lettering looks well practiced!

[MOBIUS]

nice but wy the girl she your girl frednd or sup un???hehe :confused: :)

[MOBIUS]

nice but wy the girl she your girl frednd or sup un???hehe :confused: :)
190mm nomally mens ec but can cut the bottem of the windsceen for cooling and a bones more speed and handalin :D :D

[PyroMike]

XAC IMO that is your best shell ever, keep up the good work.

This is going to be one hell of a paint comp. finnish. :) Keep up the good work everyone :)

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

wow, I feel like an amature now, i need to step it up, amazing stuff, glad i'm not the one who's gonna have to decide the winner, wow

[team3six]

Yeah, I think for now on it is looking pretty sweet to just sit back and watch. this competition steped up to shoes I dont think I could possibly fit into

[xacdesigns]

ahh, you'll get there, my paint jobs after christmas that I thought were good are nothing compared to now.

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

yeah i'm learning fast too, I do, erm did, most of my bodies via can before this, I've done only a handful with the airbrush and are only experementing with new effects, Imma start painting for fun and practice and then shoot em on ebay. as long as I get back what I paid for the body in the first place and shipping i'll be a happy man.


-matt

[FESTER]

j go- that is one of the best bodies i have ever seen.....awesome man!

xac-that is a mint paint job-colors really pop out at u!

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Painted-Protoform-Mazda-6-190mm-Touring-Car-Body_W0QQitemZ220020765119QQihZ012QQcategoryZ34063QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

lol check out what I found

[xacdesigns]

LOL, yep, that's how I practice! Buy bodies, paint em, throw em up on ebay! :D

That's why I'm still rollin' with a stock emaxx body and no bodies for my tc3's

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

soon as I can motivate my dad to get the bank number so I can set up an ebay account I'll be doing much of the same thing, as long as I can get enough to cover what I put out for the body and shipping i'll be a happy guy :-)

[kropy]

If your looking for some bodies to practice on shoot me an email at kropy@kolorsbykropy.com I have a bunch of clear bodies that I'd be willing to let go for $5.00-10.00 ea.

[xacdesigns]

If your looking for some bodies to practice on shoot me an email at kropy@kolorsbykropy.com I have a bunch of clear bodies that I'd be willing to let go for $5.00-10.00 ea.

I'll keep that in mind kropy:D

[PyroMike]

If your looking for some bodies to practice on shoot me an email at kropy@kolorsbykropy.com I have a bunch of clear bodies that I'd be willing to let go for $5.00-10.00 ea.
I might need that deal. How many you got?

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

I sent you an email a few hours ago :-)

[PyroMike]

I sent you an email a few hours ago :-)
Save some for me, as I need some pratice shells. ;)

[kropy]

I might need that deal. How many you got?
Hey guys I just walked in the door from work, I'll have to see what I have, Give me a few hours.

[kropy]

emails have been returned to those of you that are interested in bodies.

[PyroMike]

emails have been returned to those of you that are interested in bodies.
Cool :) :cool:

[phantom309]

Pro-Line Dodge 1/10 T-maxx / Savage Body
Spaz-Stix "Grim Reeper" mask
Spaz-Stix "Chrome mirrow" + Black Backer
Pectra Neon Green, and True Blue

Painted March 2006

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-6/235588/XrcSubmission3.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-6/235588/XRCSubmission.JPG

this is before decals, to help show detail, Reeper, and flame lining is chrome, hard to photograph...
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-6/235588/XrcSubmission1.JPG

[PyroMike]

Last day to enter. :)

[Stan@1stPlaceRace]

Results for this month.
Scores are in the following order.
1 Overall design and color 2 Cleanliness and quality of paint and masking. 3 Difficulity.4 total.

Nick-rc 13 / 10 / 12 Total 35
This body is real nice but in serious need of a good white or silver backing. Its almost transparent. Also points were deducted for not providing details of body , masking and paint.

FESTER 50's pickup 10 / 12 / 11 Total 33
Nice job, nice logo work.

FESTER BOLINK 10 8 / 8 / 10 Total 26
Not sure that whole true fire thing worked out this time.

XAC Designs Dodge 15/ 14 / 14 Total 43
Beautifull, nuff said

GASMAN XXXNT 13 / 13 / 12 Total 38
Nice work, some more pics would have been nice.

GASMAN Hyper 7 11 / 14 / 10 Total 35
Hey , simple but nice. kinda reminds me of a red hot pepper.

Iflybyu Trinity 1/12 15 / 15/ 12 Total 42
Sweet body, great colors.

Driftisthewayrs4 Mini lst 12 / 13 / 9 Total 34
Nice job

Driftisthewayrs4 Rustler 10 / 12 / 8 Total 30
Good job. How did that chrome paint smell?

Team3six MRC T King 12 / 14 / 10 Total 36
Unfortunatly this is a paint contest , not a modification contest. That wood bed and metal grill are sick. I dont reall dig the flame color but it is still a great 1 of a kind piece of work. Nice trailer hitch!

Driftisthewayrs4 mini t 13 / 14 / 10 Total 37
Nice work. Truefire is not gonna score high on the difficulty scale though.

Rocketmini xmad. 10 / 14 / 10 total 34.
Amazing work on a tiny body.

Markarch power wagon 13 / 14 / 14 Total 42
Quote from markarch in feb paint contest........... I wont forget .........
"What a complete waste of time.......... I'm glad most of my attention has gone to the more serious paint contests lateley. I just checked back to see if there was anything worth while here and I must say I am extremely dissapointed. Two color flame jobs with far too heavy outlines don't say winner to me......just boring. They don't even inspire painters to try something new or creative. The only thing they inspire me to do is quit wasting my time checking this site out. I'll promptly be removing this forum from my favorites."

XACdesigns mazda 6 15/ 15 / 15 Winner 45 points
Very tight. congratulations.

JGO Protoform 14 / 15 / 15 total 44
Awesome, but you need more than 1 post total to be a winner in my opinion. How about joining in on the forum talk. Davecnitrors4 asked you a question, how about a answer?

Phantom 309 dodge 11 / 14 / 12 Total 37
Nice job, nice blue to black fade.

So in review
Winner XAC designs mazda 6 .......45 pts
2nd Jgo Protoform.........44 pts
3rd XAC designs dodge 43 pts.

XAC PM me your mailing address and I will send it to derek b so you can get your prizes.
Thanks to all who entered.
I will start the next contest asap.
Stan

[markarch]

Good memory......
It's about time these paint contests got a little more serious. Thus the entry. I thought the bickering and child's play was over. I guess you just reminded me that this is still a wast of time.....Entering the contests for feedback is the bottom line. If you are not going to respect me to even provide that ........well........ :confused:

Great judging never the less. There were some really awesome entries this month. congrats to the winners. Nice work!

[team3six]

Hey STAN, It is definately COOL with me. that was my first real paint job and your right, I should remember that this is a paint contest and not a modification contest. I guess I was kinda not too happy with the colors and I was trying to convince myself that it was good, even though it matched the swatch for the marble I was trying to get, I figured the extra mile in making a grill, tinting the windows, and a wood bed would tip the scale. But man this compitition rocks now and honestly there were some really great paint works this month. Congrads to XAC and everyone else, dont let not winning the contest keep you from entering. just because you don't win it actually shows that 1. this contest inspires new idea's, 2. we all get to see your growth in your painting with each attemt and 3. Don't be a Norm,lol

[xacdesigns]

:eek: I won :eek: LOL That's awesome!

Showing your best, seeing what others have to say, trying harder. :D I think that's what paint contests are all about!

Thanks again! :D

[DriftIsTheWayRS4]

;-) cool - just happy i didnt come in last , lol, I'll pull some crazier stuff next month, and chrome smells lovely

[Stan@1stPlaceRace]

:eek: I won :eek: LOL That's awesome!

Showing your best, seeing what others have to say, trying harder. :D I think that's what paint contests are all about!

Thanks again! :D

Your info has been sent to Derek B. via email. Thanks again to all those who participated..

[JGO]

JGO, I hope that's going on an electric, because I'd sure hate to see a bunch of big holes in that shell! I really like the windows/frames.
Awesome work! Do you do t-shirts also by any chance? I ask because of the wing lettering looks well practiced!

thanks alot man. well the lettering was cut out by hand. t-shirts i havent done one yet maybe one day :D thanks again

[jtcages]

JGO,
hey buddy I was wondering about the girl on the top, 1st di you paint her, 2nd how did you get such nice sharp lines "say in the hair" and such.

Great job by the way!!!

[JGO]

JGO,
hey buddy I was wondering about the girl on the top, 1st di you paint her, 2nd how did you get such nice sharp lines "say in the hair" and such.

Great job by the way!!!

i did the girls first then worked around her. as the sharp lines. well your going to hate this. i cut every single outline on that girl including the hair then i did some fading to bring out the hair. give me your email address and i will send you some pictures how i did it. give me time got to find them. :D . thanks again if you need any help on painting or any thing else i will be glad yo help.

[jtcages]

Man o man that is some dedication LOL
tyson-heck@sbcglobal.net
Thanks JGO

[team3six]

JGO, I sent ya a P.M.