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Post by notchman on May 7, 2010 15:56:23 GMT -5
I've always wanted a cool flame job on my car. I was doing some research and there seems to be as many different styles of flame jobs as there are different kinds of cars. If anyone has a cool flame job to post, please do so. I need some ideas. Meanwhile...check this out. I've never seen this before.  |
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on May 10, 2010 13:15:33 GMT -5
I really like this flame job. Something a little different.  |
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Post by notchman on May 11, 2010 9:40:00 GMT -5
I really like how those start off with flames the same color as the background and then how they all over lap somewhat. I wonder how much money that adds to the paint job to make the flames overlap like that?
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Post by notchman on May 11, 2010 9:49:22 GMT -5
This is what I was thinking for my car. I was inspired by this car while watching one of those Sunday morning hotrod shows. There was a special covering the Grand National Roadster show. They panned across the room and I got a glimpse of this car. It took me a while to find a picture of it. I can't afford a paint job this nice, but the colors are close to what I want. Here's a picture of the car with the "colors" I'm shooting for.  But here is the "style" of flames I want. They are simpler and therefore probably more affordable to apply. Besides that, I really like the simple design.  |
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on May 11, 2010 9:55:36 GMT -5
I agree. The overlapping flames would take more time, air brushing, masking, etc. That bug look fairly simple though. That green and gold car is another story. It has drop shadows on the flames and each flame was probably pin striped. Lots of detail.
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Post by Mock1racer on May 11, 2010 10:00:54 GMT -5
There is a girl here in Gray that makes flames so real on a car it looks like the thing's on fire.
She's super bad @$$ with an airbrush. Been wanting her to do me a flame job but she's always busy and she aint cheap.
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Post by notchman on May 11, 2010 15:01:28 GMT -5
Here are the colors I'll be aiming for.   |
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on May 12, 2010 11:40:14 GMT -5
Here are the colors I'll be aiming for. Love the colors! From my understanding through research is the Eastwood, Summit and Kirker are all the same paints. Just repackaged. I don't know the exact price comparison but I'm sure they're all close. I bought from Summit cause their customer service is second to none. Here's Summit's color chips. They look the same but slightly different due to lighting and the color names are different.   www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-UP313/www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-UP314/ |
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Post by notchman on May 12, 2010 12:34:35 GMT -5
Yep, something like that. Unless someone changes my mind with a better idea, I'll probably go with the idea above. I will also put great value on the input from my painter. He may know of a better combination with slightly different hues. Will I go with a straight metal flake, and if so, which size of metal flake would be best or should I go with a candy style paint? And how many coats of clear should go between the orange background and the flames in the fore ground? I'll let him help me decide on those details.
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on May 12, 2010 14:32:11 GMT -5
I guess it just depends on the look you want. How wet and how much depth you want.
Those paints above have some really coarse flakes. The car with flames above appear to either be metallic or candy. The more layers of paint (silver base, candy color, clear) the more time and $$$ involved. I'm guessing that car above had a silver base for the green and a gold base for that copper / butter scotch type of look.
I love the detail of that paint job. Very nice.
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