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Hey guys a quick sneak peek at the body.
My cat ruined the 1st one while it was drying ( finished of course ... ) he jumped onto the window, to the inside of the body and shazam ...
Anyways ... S...T happens so ..
I started again from the scratch < Sigh >
Photos really don t do it justice but it d give you a good idea. It s a complex purple with pearl and metallics, my digital camera just can t take it haha . turns out blue on all pics all the time.
I wanted to keep it personal and a tribute but not a cliche nor a gallery of graphics with no meaning. It s not about bling and showing off your own skill but make something that he will relate to and hopefully love. I decided to go crazy on the complicated and super accurate and delicate masking ( See how thin the POW MIA Is or trims ) keeping the overall look somewhat not too extravagant and flashy. I wanted the car to pop, not me, i want people to think wow what a cool lid not wow what a show off painter hehe .
Not sure if that makes any sens ... too much lacquer fumes.
The guy is coming back from Camp lejune, his unit patch is on the trunk, all painted and i wanted an enamel / metal feel to it with the gold trims. USMC on the roof, his SGT Rank behind the block ( note the two minuscule rifles
Then around the block is the shape of the patch , spear tip shape with a gold trim and the POW MIA Ghosted in darker .
Tribal flames in transparent / ghost darker purple and Semper Fidelis moto on each side in a custom made font unique to the car between tribal and gothic letters.
Semper Fi is painted with several Spazstix candy and then backed in mirror chrome to have a really deep metallic effect and a gradient from almost copper gold to light gold.
All windows trims and bumpers painted in mirro chrome.
Hope you all like it and hope he will. He always wanted a purple metallic cuda full size so I can t wait for him to have it .
I d try and take more pics tomorrow in the sun again with the stickers and the blower on and the windows tinted.
My cat ruined the 1st one while it was drying ( finished of course ... ) he jumped onto the window, to the inside of the body and shazam ...
Anyways ... S...T happens so ..
I started again from the scratch < Sigh >
Photos really don t do it justice but it d give you a good idea. It s a complex purple with pearl and metallics, my digital camera just can t take it haha . turns out blue on all pics all the time.
I wanted to keep it personal and a tribute but not a cliche nor a gallery of graphics with no meaning. It s not about bling and showing off your own skill but make something that he will relate to and hopefully love. I decided to go crazy on the complicated and super accurate and delicate masking ( See how thin the POW MIA Is or trims ) keeping the overall look somewhat not too extravagant and flashy. I wanted the car to pop, not me, i want people to think wow what a cool lid not wow what a show off painter hehe .
Not sure if that makes any sens ... too much lacquer fumes.
The guy is coming back from Camp lejune, his unit patch is on the trunk, all painted and i wanted an enamel / metal feel to it with the gold trims. USMC on the roof, his SGT Rank behind the block ( note the two minuscule rifles
Then around the block is the shape of the patch , spear tip shape with a gold trim and the POW MIA Ghosted in darker .
Tribal flames in transparent / ghost darker purple and Semper Fidelis moto on each side in a custom made font unique to the car between tribal and gothic letters.
Semper Fi is painted with several Spazstix candy and then backed in mirror chrome to have a really deep metallic effect and a gradient from almost copper gold to light gold.
All windows trims and bumpers painted in mirro chrome.
Hope you all like it and hope he will. He always wanted a purple metallic cuda full size so
I can t wait for him to have it .
I d try and take more pics tomorrow in the sun again with the stickers and the blower on and the windows tinted.
