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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 03:40 AM
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yeah, i showed at HIN yesterday and now the mod bug has got me itchin' again...



something like this maybe? I'd like to incorporate nautical blue, black sand, and silver streak/classic silver.

i already know from the above picture that the silver part towards the rear of the car is too thick along the sideskirt. I'd thin it by 6-12" the rear silver part... the top of it flows w/ the body line, same with the top part of the black.

should i outline the colors with something?

throw some suggestions out there guys :D
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 03:42 AM
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fine i see how it is,... dont listen to me
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hmm... maybe outline the CSM with BSP, and the BSP with CSM?
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 03:45 AM
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as it stands right now... the csm is outlined w/ bsp..

now to outline the BSP w/ csm... should the outline flow into the CSM part, or should the bsp outline not be broken?
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How about a drop shadow? I like Dave's idea too.
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drop shadow?
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Yeah, it would be a total outline, more like a shadow of the shape.
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Yeah, it would be a total outline, more like a shadow of the shape.
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 03:56 AM
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it all makes sense!

so ummm.... do a black shadow for the CSM and a CSM shadow for hte black?
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 05:59 AM
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Decided to give you guys a better visual of how it might look. Hope you enjoy. If you come up with new ideas for this design I wont mind doing updates to reflect those ideas.

Old Dec 18, 2006 | 06:04 AM
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eh, now that i've seen it... it just looks too...... plain?

I dont know, i dont think random shapes of color is going to do it. anyone have an ideas on how to spruce it up a bit? figure i've got about $5k to play with, so custom airbrushing is certainly possible.



btw, thank you for the chop
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 06:06 AM
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No problem, bored at 1 AM. What else am I to do? lol
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so paint for sure or vinyle?
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 01:06 PM
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I don't think it looks too plain. BUT, I would definitely thin it out some so it doesn't look too fat. Other than that I think it looks nice.
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I like it, but the it needs to be played around with a bit more.
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Originally Posted by scion_jon
so paint for sure or vinyle?
i think harrison will pick paint, i dont belive hes a big fan of vinyls...
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 02:18 PM
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how about a japanese sun from the rear pannel in ssm/csm outlined with bsp
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 02:44 PM
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not really feeling the jap stuff. I'm not a big fan of the JDM things..

yes, it would all be paint. Vinyl is a no no for me.
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 02:55 PM
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...............I gots some ideas. Needs to get home to the Photoshop
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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heh, jorge, i love you

but yeah, i was playing around in PS and just using the render clouds filter using black and nautical blue as the colors turned out nicely. I can't even begin to imagine how much something like that would cost to paint though....



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