Best Paint Competition #1 (February)

[mab_man20]

Welcome everyone to the first Best Paint Competition!!

The best paint competition will be open for entrees for two weeks and will close at 12:00 AM February 14th.

In the following two weeks (Feb. 14- Feb. 28) we will hold the first Street/Race Competition.
Each month we will hold a Best Paint and Street/Race competition. If you cant get your bodies done this month, dont worry there will be plenty more to come!!

The winning bodies may appear in Radio Control Car Action or R/C Nitro!!


RULES for Best Paint:

1) Any body may be submitted to the competition (Truck, buggy, touring car, etc).
2) Any body submitted may NOT appear in another competition.
3) Photo editing the pictures (other than cropping and adjusting brightness/contrast) is highly looked down upon and may result in disqualification.
4) Anyone may enter a body (professional painters are welcome!)
5) Please refrain from insulting bodies in anyway.
6) Must fall within this month's restrictions (Feb restrictions: NONE, anything goes!).
7) Only 2 entrees per person (change made on 2/7)
8) Bodies should be painted within the last 2 months (changed 2/7)

Each submission must include the following:
Body manufacturer and size.
Paint used.
Masks used (hand or precut)
Inspiration (could be another paint job).
And of course, a body.

This month Hauntedmyst will be judging the Best paint competition.

Each body will be judged by the following criteria (1-bad, 10-excellent):

Difficulty (score 1-10)
Over all design (score 1-10)
Execution (score 1-10)

The photo and background will not be judged. All that is needed is a clean photo that clearly shows the body.

Each month we will place some restriction on all entrees.

March restrictions:
Best Paint- Must use only commercially available masks.
Street/Race- Muscle/classic cars only.

GOOD LUCK

[mab_man20]

Here is my entree/example.

Body: The body is a Proline Accord, 190mm.
Paint: I used Parma fasescent purple, faswhite, fasblack, fasflourescent green (just a little, hehe), Spaz-stix liquid metal, and radio active Green.
Mask: I used XXX-Main's "Wicked Flames" and bob dively's liquid mask.
Inspiration: I had the "wicked flames" and glow in the dark paint just sitting around. The combo was just to good to resist.

http://home.attbi.com/~mabgraphix/wsb/media/140526/site1026.jpg
http://home.attbi.com/~mabgraphix/wsb/media/140526/site1025.jpg
http://home.attbi.com/~mabgraphix/wsb/media/140526/site1028.jpg

[WheelNut]

I don't really expect this to win, but I still wanna show it off. :D I might be able to find some better pics later also.

Body-Pro-line GMC sierra low-profile
Paint-Mix of kaskolors metallic green and blue, 50/50 mix for the main body colour. Faskolor red, yellow, and black.
Mask-Hank cut tape
Inspiration-Haunted Myst's Skyline
*I painted the black trim around the windows in for more realism, and painted the black outline of the "rip", and the mask took about 45minutes to cut! And I made the wing clear for a little bit more realism.

The ready run pic, with all the cooling holes (http://www.pbase.com/image/11754166)

http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Feb/2003212664633977889829.jpg

http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Feb/2003212712358561749379.jpg

http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Feb/2003217098040493092521.jpg

[The King]

airbrush: Iwata Eclipse
paint: Iridescent purple-flame orange-pearl white-iridescent brite yellow-black (createx:auto air)
masking: hand-cut
body: pro-line ford150 1/10th scale
I race my R/C10gt on a on-road track that is why I decided to enter it in this entery. This was my second body I ever painted with more to come maybe I will get as good as some of those I seen out there. Good luck to all of you painters:D

[The King]

:eek:

[The King]

:D

[mab_man20]

Great bodies guys!! Its great to see some stadium trucks getting things started!!!

:)

[OutKast]

Body: Proline Crowd Pleazer for the XXX-NT
Paint: Faspearl white, Faspearl Blue, Faspearl Charcoal, Faspearl Black, Fascent Blue, Faswhite.
Masks used: Hand Cut

This is my first attemt at painting a body. Its hard to make out in the picture, but there are Faspearl Charcoal ghost flames shadowing the Faspearl to Faswhite flames on the black. They really give it a cool and not so blah look in preson, but no matter how much i tried i couldnt get them to show in the picture. And also, i had to reduce the quality of the Digital pics in order to post, sorry about that. Thanks.

Kyle

[OutKast]

another

[OutKast]

Last one...

[OutKast]

OK this is the last one...lol

[NewToNitro]

Nice paint jobs everyone...lovin the accord

Outkast...you have the same desk i do!

[jm93]

some impressive bodies already. Mab man, that glowing paint doesnt show up to well in the picture, i been meaning to give it a try does it actually glow good? or should i go for bobs awesome style that he used in the new issue of rcca.

[PureTMaxx]

Withdrawn....will enter in the Street/Race edition.....

Body manufacturer and size: Kyosho - AMG Mercedes CLK (Super-Ten size)
Paint used: Faskolor (some colors mixed to match the logo) Only 4 colors used.
Masks used (hand or precut): Precut vinyl masking on the details. All sized for specific placment on this body.
Inspiration (could be another paint job). Cool logo and comercials..that whole "it gives you wings" thing.

[BIGDADDYV]

WOW!!!!!
Haunted, You really have our work cut out for you.... Best of luck to everyone....
I cant wait to see what will be popping up next.... BDV

[spoolin]

ahh why not enter

Body: Tamiya R32 GT-R (discontinued)
Paint: Tamiya black
Exhaust: Spoolins costom design
Intercooler: also my design
Roll cage: also my design
Wheels: forgot the name

(withdrawn)

[team_luigis]

wow those are all nice bodies
10/10 all!
exept the skyline its not a body,its a real car:cool:

[spoolin]

Originally posted by team_luigis
wow those are all nice bodies
10/10 all!
exept the skyline its not a body,its a real car:cool:

almost lol :p

[mab_man20]

jm93: In real life it glows very brightly! I have a black light, but it is much to large to get the effect that bob got with the bug. I will have to get one of the spaz-stix kits. Look at my website for pics of another body that i was able to get better pics of.


PureTMaxx: Great body, but it lends itself more towards the Street/Race competition that will start on February 14. The way the judging works you will have a bigger advantage in that competition. Obviousy you are welcome to keep it in this competition, but I dont want to have everyone post their Street/Race masterpeices here and then lose to an elaborate paint job. If you wish to enter the Street/Race competition instead of this one, you can "withdraw" your entree from this competition and simply enter it in the Street/Race.

Spoolin: Please read above ^^^^.

The judging criteria for the Street/Race will be:
Execution
Design
Detail work (this is where spoolin and PureTmaxx will pick up the extra points later this month.)


GREAT BODIES EVERYONE!! Keep em coming!

[spoolin]

Originally posted by mab_man20
jm93: In real life it glows very brightly! I have a black light, but it is much to large to get the effect that bob got with the bug. I will have to get one of the spaz-stix kits. Look at my website for pics of another body that i was able to get better pics of.


PureTMaxx: Great body, but it lends itself more towards the Street/Race competition that will start on February 14. The way the judging works you will have a bigger advantage in that competition. Obviousy you are welcome to keep it in this competition, but I dont want to have everyone post their Street/Race masterpeices here and then lose to an elaborate paint job. If you wish to enter the Street/Race competition instead of this one, you can "withdraw" your entree from this competition and simply enter it in the Street/Race.

Spoolin: Please read above ^^^^.

The judging criteria for the Street/Race will be:
Execution
Design
Detail work (this is where spoolin and PureTmaxx will pick up the extra points later this month.)


GREAT BODIES EVERYONE!! Keep em coming!

Thanks for telling me man! sorry about that..... :p :o

[mab_man20]

No prob. I just didnt want to see your increadable talent go to waist against wicked flames (not just my body :p ) and custom airbrush jobs.

[utieh]

body : hpi mini cooper
paint : pactra black, tamiya cherry, tamiya silver , tamiya white .
masks : hand cut tape

http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=viewall&albumID=62087644

(i dont know why i can t directly post pics (perhaps i am using a mac)....)

[ibanezcollector]

body: HPI Ford F150
paint: Pactra Metallic Black, Custom Mixed Yellow, And Pactra Purple Pearl.
mask: Parma Big Flames x2
inspiration: all you guys..

http://brett.stepintothelight.net/Truck01.jpg
http://brett.stepintothelight.net/Truck04.jpg
http://brett.stepintothelight.net/Truck05.jpg

[FrankT]

here is my pro line F 350 extended .the paint I used was faskolor fasescent blue,faspearl blue,pactra metallic yellow and pactra fluresent orange.my insperation was the article in the recent addition of rc action(march) when bob hasting did the article on the textured paint.well I loved the effect so I wanted to try it ,so following the article I got a sea sponge and went to town.it turned out incredable,I love it.the scallop design I hand cut out with liquid mask.

[FrankT]

[FrankT]

p3

[FrankT]

[FrankT]

[FrankT]

this is a HPI Trams Am 200mm body.my insperation was I love muscle cars and I like silver cars ,so I combine the two.but I wanted some color so that I thought about the scallop design.the scallop's I hand cut out from parma tape,the great color's I used were Pactra pearl silver,Pactra fluoresent orange and Pactra metallic yellow....
Thanks & Good Luck to Everyone

[FrankT]

:)

[FrankT]

:)

[mab_man20]

Attack of the killer trucks!

Great jobs guys. Its a pleasent suprise to not have a long list of touring bodies.

[carlton eppes]

Well let me get a buggy in here.
GS Storm Pro with a Proline Crowd Pleazer 7.5 body. Paint is Pactra flourescent racing yellow, orange, candy red and rally green with black shaing backed with sprint white.
Mask is Dively's liquid mask. Insperation was a Kawahara car in one of the magazines.
http://www.teamurc.com/pics/Carlton/storm2.jpg

[carlton eppes]

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[carlton eppes]

How about another buggy. Storm Pro with Proline Crowd Pleazer 7.5. Pactra fl.racing yellow, competition orange, candy blue, alclad chrome and outlaw black. The sticker is paineted and hand cut from liquid mask as is the lightening. Insperation all the lightening paint jobs on RCCA. I used Mabman's method.
http://www.paranormals.com/temp3/eppes/buggy1.jpg


http://www.paranormals.com/temp3/eppes/buggy2.jpg

[carlton eppes]

This is my wife's entry and so far her only paint job. Kyosho Penske Indy car with a Dahms indy body. Paint is Pactra pearl white over racing red, fl. orange, fl. yellow and sprint white. stripes are outlaw black. Mask is torn 3M masking tape. Insperation .............she likes tigers.

http://www.teamurc.com/pics/Carlton/PIC0001-1.jpg

[carlton eppes]

oops double post

[carlton eppes]

This entry deleted

[ibanezcollector]

I think there should be a rule one entry per contest...

[mab_man20]

I think we should limit it to 2 bodies each.

What do the rest of you think??

[The King]

Originally posted by mab_man20
I think we should limit it to 2 bodies each.

What do the rest of you think??

I think it should be unlimited:) Just so the painters out there can show there range. I would like to see what the artistic skill are from one painter. Anybody should be able to come up with at least one cool design but let see some of those that have many cool designs. Yender has the advantage on us because he gets his body for FREE the power to him.:cool: Keep them coming everyone. ;) That was my .02 cents

[mab_man20]

Very good point king. Im convinced

contest remains UNLIMITED ENTREES, please dont go TO crazy.

[ibanezcollector]

ok heres another by me

Body: HPI Toyota Supra
Paint: Pactra Pearl White backed with Pactra Silver
Mask: none but lots of custom pinstriping and tons of decals
Inspiration: spur of the moment...

http://brett.stepintothelight.net/Supra01.jpg
http://brett.stepintothelight.net/Supra02.jpg
http://brett.stepintothelight.net/Supra03.jpg

[andy51289]

Here's my entry:

Trinity Reference Pro Racing Truck Body
White, Createx Peal Blue, Custom Blended light blue, Black, Charcoal
Masks cut by hand.
Inspired by another paint job.

http://www.andyscustomgraphics.com/images/ElectricFlames.jpg


-Andy
Andy's Custom Graphics

[Yendor]

Originally posted by The King
[/B] Yender has the advantage on us because he gets his body for FREE the power to him.:cool: [/B]

That's not really true, I only get to paint other peoples' bodies for free. :( Just so I don't have an advantage I promise that I bought and paid for the the body I'm going to enter.
:D

[The King]

Originally posted by Yendor
That's not really true, I only get to paint other peoples' bodies for free. :( Just so I don't have an advantage I promise that I bought and paid for the the body I'm going to enter.
:D

Looking forward to seein' what the master has to enter;)

[Yendor]

Thanks King; This piece of plastic cost me $21.95 plus 7.25% sales tax. No wonder I seldom paint bodies for myself. :D :D

[Funkmaster]

OK, here is my entry then. Don't all laugh too loud. All my own work but with inspiration from Yendor.

[Funkmaster]

Hey, where did my picture go - let's try again.

[FrankT]

[Funkmaster]

Here are some finished photos in daylight

Body : Proline Alfa 156 190mm

Paint : Faskolor Fassky for the main body and faded into Fassky mixed with Faswhite for the front.

Masks : Home made masks of Mutley and Dick Dastardly. Hand cut masks for Wacky Races lettering.

Inspiration : Yendor (who else)

[Funkmaster]

And again

[Funkmaster]

Dastardly

[Funkmaster]

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[Cosmo]

...

[FrankT]

here is a better pictures

[ibanezcollector]

HOLY SHeeeooot Cosmo

Thats incredible.. Can you say inspiration ha ha Wheres my wallet time to get some paint..

[The King]

Originally posted by FrankT
here is a better pictures

How many picture are you going to post of your ride? Just a couple should be good to getting the feel of you paint design. :D I think everyone by now know what you truck looks like. It is a cool design but we do not need to see it in every enviroment:( That is just my .02cents

[Yendor]

Information:

Body - Yokomo Stratus Type D, 190 mm

Paint - Combination of Pactra R/C and Alclad II lacquers, Createx and Fascolor water-based (13 different colors in all)

Masks - Custom pre-cut vinyl and 3M 'safe release' painters masking tape. There are NO transfers, decals or stickers of any kind. This body is 100% painted from the inside including the grill, headlights and taillights.

Inspiration - My favorite adult beverage, Ernest Hemingway and Pre-Castro Havana, Cuba

I present for your approval - - - "CUBA LIBRA"

[Yendor]

The ingredients - - and the Cuban Flag.

[Yendor]

Bacardi Gold,

[Yendor]

Coke,

[Yendor]

. . . And don't forget the Lime!

[Yendor]

Remember !!! Don't Drink and Drive ;)

[Funkmaster]

Hmmm Yendor, Is there anything that guy can't do ? I'm lost for words. We are not worthy, We are not worthy, We are not worthy................................:mad:

[The King]

Holy "F"in CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

[airsus]

Originally posted by Funkmaster
Hmmm Yendor, Is there anything that guy can't do ? I'm lost for words. We are not worthy, We are not worthy, We are not worthy................................:mad:

No kidding http://forums.s-series.org/images/smiles/worshippy.gif

[ibanezcollector]

Body HPI Eclipse
Paint: Alclad2 Scarabeus, Dupli-Color Mirage For Drips
Mask: Parma Big Drips
Inspiration: Finally went out and bought an airbrush. Unpacked it and took it out to the garage to paint.. Do or die no practice nothing.. If I ruined a body I ruined a body.... Came out sweet..

http://brett.stepintothelight.net/eclipse01.jpg
http://brett.stepintothelight.net/eclipse02.jpg
http://brett.stepintothelight.net/eclipse03.jpg

[Z-tuner]

Woow Yendor, that's an amazing paint job, very original. But I think that is Cuba Libre not Libra, in spanish goes with E.

[b3buggy75]

hi,

funkmaster, looks even better now it is finished :-)

yendor, pure genius! you are truely the saint of paint!

see yah

ross

[Stalker911]

Yendor!

Looks great!!

I've been wanting to do a Bacardi body for months!! I have a dorr hanger from them that has been sitting on my desk for like 6 months!

Now that I got my new airbrush finally I can try it out!

[timberwolf211]

That is super sweet yendor!!! How long did that take?

[LEMMEDRIVEIT!!]

Mine very stinky- well its okay- my 3rd basic paintjob- obviously i don't enter in concours, but i did ... i mean, about 3 months ago i did the paintjob(with cans) adn then for a big race i added the homade decals.

Body-Pro-Line RC10GT on an elec. rusty.

Paint- Faskolor pearl white and metallic blue, and the red is a piant pen.

Mask- The front flames were done with hot glue mask- all others were Hand-cut out of a sheet of carbon-fiber decals.

Inspiration- U see the 2 color can paintjob everywhere, but later i was going for the big race, saw the cabon fiber decals, got out the paint pen, and did it in about 2 hours.

Hope this works

[integra d12]

here ya are. Entry 1.
This body is a proline ford f150 body (for a 10GT). The masking is fun part. I draw what I want, scan it and trace in the computer then have a summa cutter do all the fine work. It is painted using some custom mix pactra paints (green and lt blue ) and well inspiration comes for motorcycle tanks I like the long skinny flames they do.
http://www.proctorproductions.com/dc/t3.jpg

http://www.proctorproductions.com/dc/t1.jpg

Body manufacturer and size.
Paint used.
Masks used (hand or precut)
Inspiration (could be another paint job).
And of course, a body.

[team_luigis]

wow that side of barcardi and coke is the nicest body i ever saw
nice job.what paint is it?
red and white?

[mab_man20]

Man it was a busy day. The list of great paint jobs continous to grow every quickly (haunted have you taken a look yet?).

Yendor is officially disqualified because the body is a bad influence to young kids. :p j/k Incredable job!!!

Integra d12: Can i have you edit your post to include the info which is specified in the original post (body, paint, mask, inspiration)? Thanks.

Funkmaster: Of course the body is allowed. I would say you should enter it in the best street for its scale look, but the paint job on it is fantastic!! The choice is yours and yours alone.

Cosmo: Great body as usual!

andy51289: I love the fade and great use of a single color (blue)!

ibanezcollector: nice drips and kudos on the tedious pinstriping.

[OutKast]

Question?
When the actual judging commences, will each body be ranked? ie 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th etc. i know my body isnt podium material, but it would be cool to know how we ranked in a Best Paint Competition? thanks.

[The King]

Originally posted by OutKast
Question?
When the actual judging commences, will each body be ranked? ie 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th etc. i know my body isnt podium material, but it would be cool to know how we ranked in a Best Paint Competition? thanks.

Dude, It looks like we all are shooting for 2nd. No body here can even compete with Yender;)

[FrankT]

sorry for all the posts than...I was just trying to get a good picture...
Sorry Again...
Frank

[AudiS4]

Yendor..

Is that why you wanted good information on the Cuban flag?

Great work....

[The King]

Originally posted by FrankT
sorry for all the posts than...I was just trying to get a good picture...
Sorry Again...
Frank

No problem man! Good luck with your paint job. It is a good one:D

[FrankT]

Thanks ,you too.I was trying to show the marble effect in the pictures but it was to hard wit hthe flash.
Thanks again King and good luck your paint job is also great..
Frank

[mab_man20]

The top three bodies will be listed with their scores. It will be the decision of the judge to post more then the first three of the positions.


FrankT: (purely optional task) could you delete the pics that you feel are "bad?" Thanks. If you already have then ignore this.

Andy: Can you please delete the link to your website. If someone wishes to visit it, they can find the link in your profile. Thanks.

Can everyone else please refrain from posting links to your websites in the future. It is against the rules of the forum (almost learned that the hard way). If someone wishes to visit your website then can find a link in your profile.


Thanks

[andy51289]

Mab_man20: Sorry about that!! I deleted it! I really didn't know it was against the rules!

[mab_man20]

Andy: Dont worry about it. :) I almost got booted for posting mine and i didnt even know it was a rule either.

[Kden46]

Yendor that car is incredible! And all paint :eek: Great job man!!

[Yendor]

I didn't really want to post on this thread again (let my painting speek for itself) but, I think it would be rude not to answer so many questions.

Timberwolf - I'm not sure how long it took to paint because I paint a little and let it dry. I have been working on it for quite a while. There were 13 different colors and a ton of changes. I would guess upwards of 30 hours.

Luigis - The Bacardi side body color is white mixed with gold.

Mab-Man - I thought about the "Adult Theme" but wanted to paint it anyway. Heck, I put in a disclamer!

King - There are plenty of great bodies comming. Just Wait!

Audi - Yes, I pumped you guys for info on the Cuban flag and How to paint bubbles. Thanks for the info.

Kden - Thanks, That's all the same car. :D

[ImpulseGTP]

Hi guys these are the info of my body....

Make: Yokomo stratus Type C
Paint: Pactra RC250 (outlaw black), RC279 (Fluorescent Yellow), RC251 (Sprint white) and Faskolor #40106 Fluorescent blue.
Mask: hand cut
Inspiration: ???

[ImpulseGTP]

another shot:)

[ImpulseGTP]

ouch!

[HauntedMyst]

Originally posted by FrankT
Thanks ,you too.I was trying to show the marble effect in the pictures but it was to hard wit hthe flash.
Thanks again King and good luck your paint job is also great..
Frank

Frank, I want to see the marbling. Try taking a pic outside in indirect light. Enough light not to use the flash, not soo much that it washes it out.

[FrankT]

ok I will...Thanks

[FrankT]

how is this hauntedmyst???

[FrankT]

:)

[FrankT]

How was that are they better to see?
Thanks Frank

[FrankT]

[dkangel]

Not even close to a Yendor, but only pics I have of something before the time frame... Pics could be better....:rolleyes:


Edit: Paint is Parma Faskolor Black, Faspearl Black, Fas red, Faspearl silver. Carbon Fiber on hood ad spoiler is painted and not stickered. Hand cut mask using LM

[Quickzeek]

heres my proline 350z 200mm on
a HPI nitro 3

The paint is Patra Blue Pearl backed with Indy silver
then black for some of the side window trim then Tint for
the windows. Its simple but i like the street car look.

this is my 2nd body ever.

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/e49ca6a5/bc/RC/__hr_Mvc-010s.jpg?bcWnVQ.AgCSnNRWm

[dkangel]

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[dkangel]

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[ibanezcollector]

damn dkangel I want that body...

[The King]

Originally posted by dkangel
Not even close to a Yendor, but only pics I have of something before the time frame... Pics could be better....:rolleyes:


Edit: Paint is Parma Faskolor Black, Faspearl Black, Fas red, Faspearl silver. Carbon Fiber on hood ad spoiler is painted and not stickered. Hand cut mask using LM

dkangel, don't feel bad because i don't think anybody here is going to come close to Yendor. BTW your body is pretty sweet:D

[extremetmaxxer]

i say we should make yendor a judge or just disqualify him for using a vinyl cutter!

nah im just J/k

ill have my ripped up ext cab soon should turn out pretty well. thats if i can ever get the body from tower! arg!

dkangle: damn thats a good looking body! and it looks like a pretty easy technique to master.

[BobHastings]

Team Losi 190mm Alfa Romeo for Graphite Edition
Parma FasKolor red, white, silver and black
Masking is combination of handcut and MDI Racing graphics
Inspiration was to paint something busy but clean...without flames and also try to shed my hatred of tribal schemes too.

[andy51289]

Aww Come on! Bob's bodies are always in RCCA! I think this should be a competition for people who don't have bodies regularly in RCCA. No offense, Bob.

[TEAMDUZE]

Delete.

[BobHastings]

I think this should be a competition for people who don't have bodies regularly in RCCA. No offense, Bob.

no offense taken...

I could see it now in Body Shop: "we had a painting competition on our website and this month's winner is Bob Hastings of New Milford, CT. When Bob isn't painting bodies or running RC cars he's one of the editors of RC Car Action where he paints bodies and runs RC cars. His monthly column is called "Body Shop" and in it you'll see things like this:
"we had a painting competition on our website and this month's winner is...Bob Hastings of New Milford, CT. When Bob isn't painting RC bodies or running RC cars he's one of the editors of RC Car Action. His monthly column is called "Body Shop" and in it you'll...

Remember I'm in this to help you guys...I'm not going to steal your thunder and put in one of my own cars in place of yours...

[team_luigis]

i have some questions here!!

1) how do you guys do to have writing on the body?
2)how do you guys do to make flags on the body?
3) what do you use to separate the colours?
4)how do you gusy do to make some motifs,and making a shaddow and a paint.
i just dont know how to do things like yendor or like the guys whit the black,silver red civic?
what do you use and how do you guys do it ?

thanks

[andy51289]

LOL Bob that's funny...:D :D

[mab_man20]

Well another day of great entrees!

ImpulseGTP: Very nice. The tearing effect is awesome!

dkangel: Very cool abstract stuff. I can just imagine hand cutting all of that...UGGG! Good job.

Quickzeek: This link isnt working for me, anyone else??

BOB: Well bob himself decided to give it a shot, with excellent results, way to tackle your fears head on bob!! and thanks for your participation. (to everyone else, dont worry we wont win, hes just posting some great work to inspire the rest of us. However it would be funny if he did :p)

TEAMDUZE: I like it a lot!! Is the dragon a light spray of green and then the flames painted behind it? Its hard to tell in the light.

Team luigis: I havent forgotten your questions, i will answer them shortly. Check out http://www.rctech.net/articles/painting_hauntedmyst.shtml it will get you started.

[TEAMDUZE]

Delete.

[calvin3]

Originally posted by TEAMDUZE


All mask for dragon and flames were hand drawn and cut.

Duze

Are you sure about that?

http://home.attbi.com/~yadayadaya/l-chal2k2flame.jpg

[jkerr0043]

Here's my entry.
Protoform Stratus 2.0 190mm
Hand drawn and cut graphics on the side and vedgetable matte for the hood.
Pactra Indy silver, florecent orange, and outlaw black.
Inspiration, Hauntedmysts article on carbon fiber on RC-Tech.com

[jkerr0043]

Double post

[team_luigis]

i just wonder how you guys paint bodies like that;)
thank mab man

[team_luigis]

anyone has any sites were to get the decails to do flames,bubles all kind of detail you can put on bodies thanks!

here's one but its not enought,not alot of choice
http://www.*******.com/pkg-how/index.shtml

[excitable]

this was my maxx sold on ebay :(
because of picture size and cuz i suck at editing i`ll put the link to it
http://www3.sympatico.ca/rick.janssen/incoming/DCP_0103.JPG

found another
http://www3.sympatico.ca/rick.janssen/incoming/DSC00004.JPG

[TEAMDUZE]

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[rcwoodtek]

body: pro-line f350
paint: metallic burgandy, met silver, bright yellow, rally green
mask: own design - cut on sign equipment
insp: pulled it out of my head on a whim

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid16/p51b6bcf27043f1aff62f5bac04c170ca/fdee52a0.jpg

[Dropkicked]

Well, I looked at the one on *******, ant the one duze says is "MY" drawing. While I'm sure you both spent some time doing them, they are both obviously inspired by the HPI challenge logo.

Now before someone flips out. Yes Duze, yours was from your drawing, but your drawing was a copy of HPI's logo.

http://www.dropkicked.net/images/rcbods/hpiduze.jpg

All I did was isolate a section of hpi's logo, copy it, and flip it. When overlaid on the hand drawing it's a close enough match to say that the hand drawing was done freehand from the HPI logo.

I'm all for getting inspiration from where ever you can, BUT I am also all for giving credit where credit is do.

Drop

[mab_man20]

Im going to tackle a tough subject here and i sincerely hope that i do not anger anyone as it is not my intentions. I only wish to convey the intentions of this contest.

Teamduze painted a beautiful body which took a lot of hard work and cutting. With the info that dropkicked posted and with my own "research," it is clear that the masks were not original. However, from experience i know how hard it is to cut out such an intricate design even when a template is being used. Teamduze deserves recognition for the clean cutting, usage of the masks and quality painting.

The purpose of posting the required information (body, mask, paint, inspiration) is so other people can easily attempt to recreate the masterpieces that are submitted for judging. I agree with dropkicked that credit must be given where it is due. Judging does not take into account the originality of the design so I see no reason to not be forthright when entering this required information.

Thank you, and again i do not mean to anger anyone.


jkerr0043: Good job. The graphite looks great and i love the shadow on the sides!

excitable: Cool SS.

rcwoodtek: Great colors! (nice chunk of aluminum you have under the body too :D )


Team luigis:
1) Writting on the body is done using some form of masking (masking tape, liquid mask, vinyl sheet). Hauntedmyst's artical goes into more detail on each form of masking. Yendor used a vinyl cutter to cut all the masks and i used part of a XXX-Main mask (www.xxxmain.com)
2) Look on the xxx-main site, they have a flag mask that you can order. If you want to create it on your own, try to copy what they have done on a piece of paper and keep drawing it. After a few attempts you will get the hang of it. You can then mask off an area on the inside of the body, draw the flag on the outside of it and carefully cut it out in the masking.
3) We use masks to seperate colors, see hauntedmysts artical.

I hope the artical answered your 4th question.

[calvin3]

TEAMDUZE: I'm saying exactly what dropkick says....give credit where credit is due. The mask on your hood is yours...the masks on the sides are unchanged. I also kinda gave credit where credit was due...I NEVER claimed that I made the mask. Like it says on ******* "came from a scaned flyer advertisement." (yeah they spelled scanned wrong)

Dropkicked: The tribal flame piece was used by HPI. As you can see the logo was for the 2002 challenge. ******* has the date of Oct. 31 2001 on the printable mask.

For anyone else who would like the mask here ya go.

http://home.attbi.com/~yadayadaya/images/masks/tribal-flame-mask.gif


Back to the competition!!!

[The King]

Originally posted by The King
airbrush: Iwata Eclipse
paint: Iridescent purple-flame orange-pearl white-iridescent brite yellow-black (createx:auto air)
masking: hand-cut
body: pro-line ford150 1/10th scale
I race my R/C10gt on a on-road track that is why I decided to enter it in this entery. This was my second body I ever painted with more to come maybe I will get as good as some of those I seen out there. Good luck to all of you painters:D

Did you forget about the judging?:eek:

[TEAMDUZE]

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[team_luigis]

thanks mab man!!
you mean to do flags,you do the black contour on the outdoor of the body and to paint it,to do a mask and cut it and paint it in the indoor of the body! like the writings?

[rcaddikt]

WOW! A lot of NICE work in here,... everyone!

[Yendor]

Information _

Body: Yokomo 12th scale

Paint: Fascolor Red, White, Blue, Silver and Black

Mask: Custom cut vinyl and 3M painters masking tape

Inspiration: I saw a body posted on the internet somewhere. (I think it was Charlie B's website) I really liked it and wondered if I could paint something similar.

[Yendor]

If you're not impressed by quality, how about quanity? :D

[BIGDADDYV]

Yendor, I have but one humble question for you....
How did you eat as a child before they pulled the Airbrush from your mouth that you were born with....
Ok 2 questions.. The second being, Do you sleep with that thing under your pillow or does your airbrush have its own pillow????

I think (for fair judgement sake) .. Yendor should be reduced to the old rattle can method to possiby even the playing field for the other painter...
Just joking Yendor ... Please keep cranking those awsome paint jobs out.... We cant wait to see what youll come up with next.....
See ya BDV

[jkerr0043]

Thanks for the completment. Here's one I did a while ago.
Protoform Stratus 190mm
Pactra Outlaw black rattle can, florecent yellow and rally green.
the flames were printed from rcexotic.com onto Bolink blank masking material and cut from there.
Just wanted to do flames. Was originally going to be black orange and red but didn't have enough orange at the time.

[StAgEmAsTeR]

Heres a couple

[StAgEmAsTeR]

Matching Truck

[StAgEmAsTeR]

One more

[StAgEmAsTeR]

last one with some stickers
sorry for the double wing LOL

[Cosmo]

Originally posted by calvin3
Are you sure about that?

http://home.attbi.com/~yadayadaya/l-chal2k2flame.jpg

Yeah, I think we've all used from time to time...

http://www.cosmo-graphics.com/temp/flame_logo.jpg
http://www.cosmo-graphics.com/images/mustang.jpg
http://www.cosmo-graphics.com/images/vectra.jpg

[HauntedMyst]

Originally posted by mab_man20
I think we should limit it to 2 bodies each.

What do the rest of you think??

I have a tendancy to lean towards one body per contest, 2 at the most unless they do something like Yendor has done with a "team of cars". For one, I think the idea is to put your best work forward for that particular weeks contest.

I'd personally like to see only recent work, something done in the past 2 months. Otherwise, some of the great painters here could just pull out something from the past when the idea of the contest (for me anyways) is to push even the most experianced painter to produce something new and cool. For example, I haven't painted anything really cool or new in 6 months, but when the next contest rolls around, I hope to have something new to enter, something inspired to beat the greatness I've seen posted here. I don't know if I can achieve that but if nothing else, the contest will challenge me to think out of the box. One of the things that Bob does that consistantly amazes me from month to month (on top of his first rate work) is his unparalleled ability to always create something new and fresh and I think we should all take a que from that and try do the same.

To answer the question, "will all the cars be rated?", while I can't speak for the other judges, the answer for this contest is no. I simply don't have the time (unless I find myself with the time and have one of my long winded moments. which we all know can happen at any time :) ) If your car didn't make it into the top 5, just email me and I'll give you my assessment.

[The King]

Originally posted by HauntedMyst
I have a tendancy to lean towards one body per contest, 2 at the most unless they do something like Yendor has done with a "team of cars". For one, I think the idea is to put your best work forward for that particular weeks contest.

I'd personally like to see only recent work, something done in the past 2 months. Otherwise, some of the great painters here could just pull out something from the past when the idea of the contest (for me anyways) is to push even the most experianced painter to produce something new and cool. For example, I haven't painted anything really cool or new in 6 months, but when the next contest rolls around, I hope to have something new to enter, something inspired to beat the greatness I've seen posted here. I don't know if I can achieve that but if nothing else, the contest will challenge me to think out of the box. One of the things that Bob does that consistantly amazes me from month to month (on top of his first rate work) is his unparalleled ability to always create something new and fresh and I think we should all take a que from that and try do the same.

To answer the question, "will all the cars be rated?", while I can't speak for the other judges, the answer for this contest is no. I simply don't have the time (unless I find myself with the time and have one of my long winded moments. which we all know can happen at any time :) ) If your car didn't make it into the top 5, just email me and I'll give you my assessment.

The Judge has Spoken:eek:

[djm914-6]

Well, i don't have another body finished that'll fit into this contests catagory, so I'll use this one that I posted a week or so ago.

Body: Parma or Proline Chevy Lumina NASCAR (really wide)

Paint: Createx Black, Fluorescent Yellow and Fluorescent Orange

Mask: Custom taped using 1/16" fine line and 3/4" masking tape

Inspiration: All of the very cool bodies posted here. So many of you are VERY talented!

[djm914-6]

Can't post same pics again I guess. Please go here to view my paint... http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=113304

Thanks,
Dave

Or here...Ebay item # 3111827332 The pics I posted originally look a little choppy for some reason. Must me the way I reduced teh file size.

[extremetmaxxer]

yendor: do you have anything you have hand cut? or an example?
im just wondering if your talents with an airbrush are matched by your talents as an artist?

to the judges is it possible or has it been mention to have a precut mask contest and a hand cut mask contest? or will that be taken into the final desision?

i wonder if i can whip on out in a week? hmmm mabey

[mab_man20]

In regards to hauntedmysts comments;

My original thinking was to get a solid spectrum of work from a variety of painters. As more and more people are posting multiple bodies and bodies that have been posted several months ago, we are not pushing the envelope and trying to better ourselves. I absolutely hate going back on something I have said (again), but in this case it is necessary.

Entrees will be limited to two (2).

This creates a new problem. Many people have entered more than 2 bodies, which 2 of their entrees are to be judged? The first two?

I feel the best solution is as follows: each person who has entered more than one body edits their posts leaving only the two they want for judging. I will email or PM everyone who has entered more than one body. If more than 2 bodies remain at the end of the competition then only the first 2 will be judged.

I also agree with haunted that entrees should be painted within the last 2 months. For this competition we will not be to strict with this, but future competitions will be.

I sincerely appologize for the running changes, future competitions will benefit from the challenges we face in this first competition.


Yendor: no comment needs to be made, its speakes for itself.

jkerr0043: No problem :) Very nice!

StAgEmAsTeR: Great colors and patterns.

djm914-6: Beautiful airbrush work and lights.

extremetmaxxer: If you read the opening post you will notice that the March restrictions for best paint is Commercially available masks only!! . I hope to see a great entry from you.

[RushRacer]

Body : HPI Mistubishi Eclipse

Paint: Fasecent Blue, Purple & Yellow. Faspearl White, Fasblack & Faspearl Charcoal for the carbon fiber wing and Mitsu Logo on hood.

Masks : Hand cut Dively Liquid Mask ( Cutting a smooth Curve with an Exacto isn't as easy as I thought it would be.)

Inspiration : Was trying to avoid flames and drips. Wanted to practice Cutting smooth curves.

[RushRacer]

another look

[RushRacer]

Last One

[tarvymoto]

I have one to post..but I can't seem to get it to upload. If I email it to one of you guys , can you post it for me


travymoto@aol.com

[rcaddikt]

Here's mine...

Body: Proline 50s Panel Truck

Faskolor: Fasescent purple, blue, yellow, orange and "spur of the moment" mixes silver & black and all colors mentioned before.

Masks: All hand cut from Bob Dively LM.

Inspiration: March '03 Issue of Street Rodder Magazine. The T-Bucket.
http://home.woh.rr.com/overthetop/imagesRP/DSCF0006.jpg

[rcaddikt]

rear 3/4...
http://home.woh.rr.com/overthetop/imagesRP/DSCF0004.jpg

[rcaddikt]

detail...
http://home.woh.rr.com/overthetop/imagesRP/DSCF0008.jpg

[Funkmaster]

WOW That is fantastic, those hand-cut masks are superb. What is the secret for the pin-striping bit round the flames ? And you got snow too !! Lucky you.:D :D :D

[tarvymoto]

here we go! the pics are a bit dark...bad light. sorry. I just did this one for NitroOwnsYou. All the paint is fastcolor. The hood has a graphite effect , but the pics don't show it very well.

[tarvymoto]

#2 :D It's a Protoform Stratus 2.0 . I used All Fastcolor pait( pearblue, fl yellow , fl orange , pearl black , pear charcoal and white. I used 3m blue tape and hand drew and cut the drips. The windows are outline in Aclad "Chrome"

[Yendor]

What do you mean, your photos are dark? :confused: I think they look fantastic! ;)

[tarvymoto]

Yendor , thanks for the help posting ;)

I'm used to taking my pics with day-light but I just had to make due.:)

[BobHastings]

Myst, thank you as always...i love to keep people guessing (including me).

Complements to you all...a lot of really cool stuff going on here and I think the contest will be a great source of ideas and inspiration...

One word of advice and encouragement for those of you motivated by this contest to "go bigger" with your paint... You'll find that the most rewarding challenges come from succeeding at something that you've never tried before.

[mab_man20]

Time to get this back to the top.

RushRacer: Excellent job! Very smooth lines, all the more difficult in LM.

rcaddikt: One word: shadows. Perfect touch. (congrats on getting the old name back)

tarvymoto: Cool drips. Can we get the brand of body, the specific colors you used and what masking technique you used? thanks

[BODZ]

Body: 1/10 scale Proline Crowd Pleazer NT
Paint: Parma FasKolor and Spaz-Sticks "mirror" Chrome
Masks: Hand Cut, skulls in orange areas from XXX Main
Inspiration: Motocross

hope you enjoy

Thanks!
Doug Summers
:)

[extremetmaxxer]

wow rcaddikt! that is some amazing work you did there, im gonna have a helluva job trying to compete with that funny thing too i was gonna do almost the same paint scheme except i would use a bigger checkerd flag...... by the way did you cut out each of those tiny little squares? and pick each one off by hand? i could never do that..... very cool indeed

[rcaddikt]

Thanks extremetmaxxer! Unfortunatly, it was SUPPOSSED to be carbon fiber!:( I didn't mix anywhere near enough black to the silver. (it looks a lot darker in the bottle than it does on the body). Yep, cut & picked every one of them...and I'll NEVER do it again!:)

[BrianCio]

I vote against Yendor. It only promotes alcoholism and does not capture the essence of what r/c racing is.:mad:






ADMINS NOTE:
The contest already has a judge... so there aren't any "vote againsts". If something was deemed in poor taste, or otherwise inappropriate it wouldn't be here.

[ibanezcollector]

Originally posted by BrianCio
I vote against Yendor. It only promotes alcoholism and does not capture the essence of what r/c racing is.:mad:

Hope your joking..

It doesnt promote anything other than his opinions and one hell of a bad ass paint job.. Hes not forcing anyone to drink..

[dkangel]

WOW....
There are some really great looking shells in here...
I think these contests are great inspiration to all of us...
These are great for idea, techniques as well as a goal to strive for and to eclipse.
I certainly hope that we can keep these going and that everyone takes a little something from here and applies to thier own work...

[InspGadgt]

Originally posted by extremetmaxxer
yendor: do you have anything you have hand cut? or an example?
im just wondering if your talents with an airbrush are matched by your talents as an artist?

to the judges is it possible or has it been mention to have a precut mask contest and a hand cut mask contest? or will that be taken into the final desision?

i wonder if i can whip on out in a week? hmmm mabey

I disagree...to me the art is in the choice and placement of the graphics and also the color selection. Handcut or pre-cut masks factor little in them. I use a lot of precut flames masks myself. Not because I can't handcut flames, I can and pretty good ones too, but because it saves me a few hours of work.

[InspGadgt]

Originally posted by BrianCio
I vote against Yendor. It only promotes alcoholism and does not capture the essence of what r/c racing is.:mad:

Alcohol and tobacco companies are major sponsors of real racing. RC mimicks real racing in lots of ways. If I did a replica of the Budwieser sponsored NASCAR that was beautifully done to scale would you want to disqualify that because it promotes alcoholism? That's just ridiculous.

[The King]

Originally posted by InspGadgt
Alcohol and tobacco companies are major sponsors of real racing. RC mimicks real racing in lots of ways. If I did a replica of the Budwieser sponsored NASCAR that was beautifully done to scale would you want to disqualify that because it promotes alcoholism? That's just ridiculous.

Well said, everybody here has the right to paint what they want. We are not judging what is painted but how well the painting is done. Keep up the great work Yendor:D

[extremetmaxxer]

heres one of my entrys my other one will be comming soon but im trying to get some insperation....

lol as i was opening this post i remeber that

masking: hand cut 3m regular masking tape

body: proline siera t-maxx

paint used: faskolor and pactra acrylic (love acrylic paints)

insperation: cosmo, brian chudy, and a little bit of me, and i gotta give props to haunted for the skull on the wing (i used his post to figure out what a skull looks like)

[mab_man20]

BODZ: Great colors and masking. I havent seen to many bodies like that.

extremetmaxxer: Great body! Can we get the info (see the first post)? Thanks.



Thanks guys (and moderator) for sticking up for what this competition is all about!!!!

[extremetmaxxer]

inspgadgt: Yendos body is truly amazing and i only relized a little while ago all the work that was put into the actual paint and the the little bubbles, but IMO theres a diffrence between handcut and precut masks. just like real machines, a dodge viper is hand assembled while a mustang is made by robots. do you see what im saying? but i dont want this thread to turn into anything bad i was just curious to see what other art work yendor has done.

edit: also what really impresses me about that libra body is the attention to detail and the meticulous placement of all the lettering. (mabey im just jelous that yendor has a vinyl cutter:D )

[RageATheM]

Here is my 3rd body ever. It is done 100% using cans only. The body is the HPI Alfa Romeo 156 (190mm). The colors used were Pactra 3oz rattle cans:
Outlaw Black
Sprint White
Racing Red
Bright Yellow
Indy Silver.


:cool:

[RageATheM]

Pic #2

[RageATheM]

Pic #3

[RageATheM]

Last pic.

Pic #4

[BODZ]

BODZ custom painted bodies......
Body: 1/8 scale Proline Crowd Pleazer 7.5
Paint: Parma FasKolor
Masks: 100% Hand Cut
Inspiration: Arai Helmet





Thanks!
Doug Summers

[BODZ]

...:D

[BODZ]

.:)

[The King]

COOL I love the dragon. :D

[BODZ]

...;)

[BODZ]

....:D

[llshrem80]

Bodz, damn thats sick. by the way do you have a motorcycle, cause my friend has a very similar design on his helmet. Mad props too all you guys cause dman i cant do it

[mab_man20]

RageATheM: Great alfa! Can we get your masking secrets? :)

BODZ: Beautiful!! care to give us a list of colors used?? Thanks.

This competition is getting harder and harder to judge. Keep em coming, maybe we can make haunted implode or something. :p

[extremetmaxxer]

holy crap thats a nice body! man i got no chance now! and my body still hasnt come from tower yet!

[rcaddikt]

I'm going to add another since I finished it in time (didn't think I would).

Body : HPI ElCamino f/Savage, T-Maxx

Paints : Faskolor and Alclad ll
Fasescent-Turquoise
Fasescent-Yellow
Fasescent-Orange
Fasescent-Blue
Fasescent-Purple
Red
White
Gold/Black mix f/ carburetors

Masks : Everything hand cut from Bob Dively LM.
Then I used 2 new techniques :
1. Used drywall tape for inside the yellow orange tribal. (thanks CharlieB)
2. Used a fabric softner dryer sheet for the turquoise/blue area.

Inspiration : A truck on Mini-Truckin' website. And to try the dryer sheet technique.

.
http://home.woh.rr.com/overthetop/imagesElTri/Eltribal01.jpg

[rcaddikt]

...side...

.
http://home.woh.rr.com/overthetop/imagesElTri/Eltribal03.jpg

[rcaddikt]

...detail...

.
http://home.woh.rr.com/overthetop/imagesElTri/Eltribal05.jpg

[extremetmaxxer]

wow rc addikt! very clean! i like the use of textures and at first i didnt notice it on the yellow

[airsus]

Originally posted by extremetmaxxer
wow rc addikt! very clean! i like the use of textures and at first i didnt notice it on the yellow

Whoa, same here. I was like cool texture on the blue part, then I read you're post, and looked again :eek: Nice job on the graphics.

[The King]

I like the detail:D I may have to try your secret with the dry wall tape;)

[MaxxThrasher]

Excellent work! You have become the master!:D

[rcaddikt]

Thank you very much guys!

[Cosmo]

...

[WRXpilot]

rcaddikt:

I'm wondering about how you did your dryer sheet effect. Are you spraying the first color through a sheet of the stuff and backing it, or are you painting the major color first, sticking the sheet into the wet paint and pulling it up? It looks really good, I'd like to try it sometime.

[rcaddikt]

Thanks WRX! The first one. I sprayed the blue first, through the dryer sheet and backed it with turquoise. I like the way it turned out as well, but next time I want to try to get the sheet closer to the body. The sheet has a really cool pattern to it that just didn't come through on the body because it wasn't close enough.

thanks again

[mab_man20]

Cosmo: Great bodies, but the max number of entrees was changed to 2. Sorry for the running change, you can pick one of the bodies as your second submission.

rcaddikt: Im going to have to give that a try.

[extremetmaxxer]

ok heres my last entry no time to paint a good one.

colors used:
faskolor
-red
-orange
-white
-charcoal
-black
-custom mix of candy red, red, black, orange and silver
-silver
-fasglitter
aclad
-prismatic green to blue

mask used:
bob divley all hand cut

body:
one of the original clear t-maxx bodys (the ones that came with the maxx)

insperation:
body on ebay and the tile on the wall of my shower (white tile dont ask)
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL19/925954/1699430/20019386.jpg
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL19/925954/1699430/20019389.jpg
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL19/925954/1699430/20019390.jpg
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL19/925954/1699430/20019183.jpg
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL19/925954/1699430/20019056.jpg

by the way if you like this body its for sale its mounts to an original tmaxx and is all cut out asking 50 bucks, i have no use for it so why not pass my works of art on to others that are less fortunate

[clintscreations]

http://www.joofoo.com/images/clint-rc.jpg


body is a stock xxx-4
paint used: main charcoal gray, custom mix of pactra and duplicolor color change paint so that if you look at it one way you see charcoal grey and move it around you see purple, green, and blue
the scallops are a blend of pactra pearl purple and pearl white and a custom mix light blue, the effect is purple,white,blue
and the drips are pactra white candy blue and candy purple
the picture doesnt do the paint justice

[Cosmo]

Originally posted by mab_man20
Cosmo: Great bodies, but the max number of entrees was changed to 2. Sorry for the running change, you can pick one of the bodies as your second submission.

rcaddikt: Im going to have to give that a try.

To be honest, it doesn't matter to me. I don't paint to win contests. You can pick whatever you want, or not pick any at all. Basically I'm just hoping that someone will see my stuff here and send me some business. I never intended to win anything when I posted these. It's an honor just to be nominated....

[djm914-6]

I know it's not winner material, but for my second real custom job I don't think it's that bad. The Carbonfiber behind the tears don't show up well in the pictures but look decent in the direct sun.

Body : Proline 3104 Hum-V Urban (.060 Lexan is a bear to cut!)

Paints :Createx
Opaque White
Opaque Black
Transparent Red
Transparent Violet
Thansparent Pthalo Blue
C.F. Mix :Opaque Black/ Pearl Silver

Masks : Bob Dively LM and Stickerpotamus stars (don't reccomend)

Inspiration : A Full sized truck in an old issue of Airbrush Action and a Harley I saw on the street. The C.F. behing the tears I made up (AFAIK)

[djm914-6]

pic two...

[djm914-6]

Last to show CF detail...

[Chubby RC]

I personally don't have a body that I painted to submit for the contest, however my wife (Julie) would like to enter a body, she painted.

This is her first ever RC car (Mirco RS4) and first RC car paint job. I thought she was crazy to tackle such a hard idea, but it turned out awesome!

Body- HPI Racing VW Beetle 140mm for Micro RS4

Paint- The body was hand painted with no less than 14 different colours! She used Createx and Pactra paints. Many of the colours are custom mixed.

3 greens
1 white
3 blues
1 yellow
1 red
1 orange
1 purple
1 grey
1 pink
1 black

Mask- Liquid mask was used, painted on then cut out for each colour. The design was drawn on the over spray film by hand, no transfers!

Inspiration- Austin Powers Timemachine Beetle.

Ready for the pics?

[Chubby RC]

Another pic

[Chubby RC]

another view

[Chubby RC]

last one

[rcaddikt]

WOW! There's some dedication for you!! Very well done. Nice job Julie!

[BIGDADDYV]

Little do you know but you just became a 3 yr old girls Hero...... She loves Bugs and all those colors drove her nutz!!!!!
Great job...

[The King]

Hey man you are so lucky to have your wife in on your hobby. Mine just don't understand. Great job on the body. Looks like a lot of time was spent into it:D

[Funkmaster]

Wow that must have taken hours to do - nice one Julie. Keep up the good work.:)

[mab_man20]

Cosmo: Any body that is posted is concidered an entree to the competition. So I can only allow any one person to post a maximum of two bodies. Thanks.

The purpose of this competition is to spread paint ideas, not to advertise. For that reason I do not want people to post numerous bodies (whatever the motivation) and force the judge to wade through them trying to figure out which ones to judge. That is unfair for the judge and unnecessarily clutters the thread.

Thanks. :)

extremetmaxxer: I love it! After some staring, im not sure i want to know when the last time you washed your shower tiles. :p

clintscreations: Nice body, but its a little hard to see.

djm914-6: Great flag, the purple is a great color for the shading.

Chubby RC: YEAH BABY! YEAH! (what else can i say? :D ).

Off topic:
King : Mine just don't understand

How many do you have? hehe

[The King]

Originally posted by mab_man20
Cosmo: Any body that is posted is concidered an entree to the competition. So I can only allow any one person to post a maximum of two bodies. Thanks.

The purpose of this competition is to spread paint ideas, not to advertise. For that reason I do not want people to post numerous bodies (whatever the motivation) and force the judge to wade through them trying to figure out which ones to judge. That is unfair for the judge and unnecessarily clutters the thread.

Thanks. :)

extremetmaxxer: I love it! After some staring, im not sure i want to know when the last time you washed your shower tiles. :p

clintscreations: Nice body, but its a little hard to see.

djm914-6: Great flag, the purple is a great color for the shading.

Chubby RC: YEAH BABY! YEAH! (what else can i say? :D ).

Off topic:
King :

How many do you have? hehe

mab_man20, The King has to have many=)

[BIGDADDYV]

Sometimes its good to be the King

[The King]

Originally posted by BIGDADDYV
Sometimes its good to be the King

Yeap:D

[extremetmaxxer]

yea for that body you have to look at it for a while. by the way the tiles in my shower are pure white. i just kinda drifted off while taking a shower and it came to me. hows that for devine insperation!

edit: id also like the juges to take into consideration it was my first time doing the graphite effect, the rip effect, the fas color and that type of design. i think i did pretty well on the ripping away effect.

[BobHastings]

Bodz-

That 1/8-scale buggy is killer...awesome theme, color and execution.

I never liked painting buggies in general because I didn't think there was the room to really get anything going... thanks for the slap :)

Bob-


BTW Chubby, I nearly fell outta my chair when I realized your bug is a Micro...

[Chubby RC]

My wife was thrilled to see the positive comments from you guys!:D She is grinning from ear to ear. She is getting geared up to air brush a body now!

She has one more pic for you guys, just for scale sake. The Austin figure is only 6 inches tall .

[savg_ownr]

you guys are awesome. I only hope to one day be able to paint such masterpieces as you all have. is there anywhere I can find literature on how to paint like this or is it all self taught over time?

If there are any books I can purchase on airburshing that you think would help a beginner I would appreciate it. I am in the
U.S NAVY and I am heading to the gulf in early march so I will have very limited access to these tools and am in need of getting them before I leave. Any advice would help.

[mab_man20]

COMPETITION IS CLOSED!!!

hauntedmyst will post the results within the next few days.

Great job everyone and thanks for making the first "best paint" competition a HUGE success!


savg_ownr: head on over to http://www.rctech.net/articles/painting_hauntedmyst.shtml. It has just about everything you will ever need (feel free to keep asking questions though).

Cubby: Be vary proud of your wife, there are many people on this board who are very jelous of you. :D

[HauntedMyst]

savg,

This book is a must for any r/c car painter Click here (http://www.rcstore.com/rs/general/detail.asp?catnum=1011&catego=BO)

[HauntedMyst]

Well, I've been through all the cars. All I can say is excellent work for everyone who entered and man oh man did you guys make this hard!!! I was surprized by the level of quality this soon after the announcement of the contest! Obvisously, with so many bodies being entered, I would be writing for hours if I posted every ones ratings so I went through each page and picked out what I thought was "best" and then analyzed them. Even though the points system is designed to help the contest be objective, given human nature, some subjective plays into it. I was actually surprized by my own ratings on the cars. I will limit my comments to what I really like about the entries.


The King
- Truck Body
Difficulty (score 1-10) 6
Over all design (score 1-10) 7
Execution (score 1-10) 7
Total Score 20
Comments: I really liked this body. Great use of colors and use of image.


Andy
-Stadium Truck
Difficulty (score 1-10) 7
Over all design (score 1-10) 7
Execution (score 1-10) 7
Total Score 21
Comments: Even though its not as complex as some of the others, I keep coming back to this body. I think the overall design and color choices flow really well together into a very nice body.

Yendor
- Coke & Bacardi
Difficulty (score 1-10) 9
Over all design (score 1-10) 7
Execution (score 1-10) 9
Total Score 25
Comments: Yendors technical work is just amazing. The car actually looks like it is sweating and the head & tail lights look like stickers.

DKAngel
- Killer sedan
Difficulty (score 1-10) 5
Over all design (score 1-10) 10
Execution (score 1-10) 9.5
Total Score 24.5
Comments: It's just stunning! While not as technically difficult as some of the other entries, the design just rocks me. Since I don't like giving out 10's I get looking for design faults. There just aren't any that I can see. I'll be copying this design! lol If I had to pick any one of these bodies to put on my own car, this would be it

rcaddikt
- Maxx Old Style Van
Difficulty (score 1-10) 8
Over all design (score 1-10) 8
Execution (score 1-10) 8
Total Score 24
Comments: Your a freak! Sometimes I think you were born with that airbrush in your hand and a catalog of unique designs in your head. This one is very very good. Just not as good as the next one you submitted.

Bodz
-Dragon Body
Difficulty (score 1-10) 8
Over all design (score 1-10) 8,5
Execution (score 1-10) 8
Total Score 24.5
Comments: Your the "come from out of no where" guy! I haven't seen much of your work, but this dragon blew me away. I agree with Bob, this body should inspire other people to do more creative things with buggies!

rcaddikt
-El Camino
Difficulty (score 1-10) 6
Over all design (score 1-10) 9.5
Execution (score 1-10) 9
Total Score 24.5
Comments: Just like all the rest of your work, this one is amazing, but like all your concourse winners, it just looks so complete and refined to me.

Chubby's Wife
- Austin Powers Bug
Difficulty (score 1-10) 8
Over all design (score 1-10) 7
Execution (score 1-10) 7
Total Score 22
Comments: All I can say is wow! Gentlemen, when this lady gets an airbrush and learns how to use it, we'll all be in a world of both hurt and awe. If she can do this with paint brushes on a micro her first time out, then we have much to look forward to. Hands down the best brushed body I've ever seen. She wins "The Most Impressive Debut" Award!

2nd Place - 3 Way TIE - Bodz Dragon Buggy & dkangel - Honda Sedan & rcaddikt - Elcamino!
and the winner is...

Yendor's Coke & Bacardi

[Funkmaster]

HauntedMyst check your adding up. I make Yendor the winner with 25, Rcaddikt has 24.5

[The King]

Originally posted by Funkmaster
HauntedMyst check your adding up. I make Yendor the winner with 25, Rcaddikt has 24.5

I can't believe it, A judge that can't add:(

Yendor you had my first place vote all the way;)

[HauntedMyst]

lol your right. it was 2 am. I've changed it now.

[Yendor]

Thank you so very much. On behalf of all the millions of people out there who support the 21st amentment, I 'humbly' accept this award. It means so much more comming from people who know and appreciate the painting of an R/C car.

I had no idea I would receive such a huge trophy!! It will have a special place in my digital trophy case, where it shall remain forever. :)

[jkerr0043]

nice!!!:cool:

[rcaddikt]

Congrats Yendor! You deserve it, very well done!

Humbly?

[mab_man20]

Thanks to hauntedmyst for judging the competition (im not sure how many others would have been up to such a difficult task!).

Thanks to everyone who entered a body and made this first competition a success!!


Congrats to Yendor, our first Best paint winner!
(can you email me the picture of the trophy, it just became the "official" award. mab_man20@hotmail.com)

[Yendor]

I would also like to thank Haunted Myst for being the judge. From experience, judging is a great way to loose freinds and make enemies.

I hope you guys took the 'Trophy Post' in the humorous nature it was intended. I just think the idea of a 'Digital Trophy' is hysterical. -- It's like racing for 'Points.'

I think we'll have a different trophy for the Street/Race competition. In fact, it's at the Photoshop engravers now. :D

[HauntedMyst]

You are most welcome! Nice job!

[FrankT]

congradulations Yender, and every one's paint jobs looked great...

Frank:)

[70mphrs4]

Originally posted by BobHastings
Team Losi 190mm Alfa Romeo for Graphite Edition
Parma FasKolor red, white, silver and black
Masking is combination of handcut and MDI Racing graphics
Inspiration was to paint something busy but clean...without flames and also try to shed my hatred of tribal schemes too.

thats a really nice paintjob. but anyway where can get MDI masks online??
thanks

[dkangel]

WOW!!!!
Thanks for the praise and comments HM.... They are much appreciated.
Everyone is free to duplicate that design (and if you can find and easier way than the hours of masking it took, let me know...)

Congrats to Yendor...Well deserved.....

This contest had a ton of great work... and I have to admit it also contained a lot of inspiration......

I look forward to the other contests...for more inspiration and cool ideas......

Paint on.....


DKANGEL

[Kden46]

Congrats Yendor!!! that was an incredible body!