That's wicked looking :thumbsup:

Cheers Chris, I'll get around reply to your PM now this is done :)

Stunning work as always mate :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Great looking work Ian, really top notch as usual. :thumbsup:

was just about to say wheres this serpent shell.....and there it was!

nice work indeed! cutting is bugger indeed :D

Here are a couple of pics of the shell on the buggy. But pictures just don't really do it justice.

http://www.oople.com/forums/attachme...1&d=1325359307

http://www.oople.com/forums/attachme...1&d=1325359307

Cheers Ian, I bet this took way longer than you will admit and the detail is just outstanding. It's also just as I wanted, nice and clean and simple but oh so very well laid out and the colours just compliment each other.

how many hours go into a shell like this?

you cant knock how sexy serpents are :wub

That shell looks FANTASTIC!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

The shell looks amazing fella , wot mask are u using on your
Cutter ? I'm having to warm the shell to get my mask off the
Shell , it's not low tach enough ( if I'm making sence ) cheers si

wow flipin awesome mate

Guys, thank you, I'm never sure how my designs are going to be received so it's cool that I'm doing different stuff and it's liked !

@Lip - I don't count how many hours really. The planning and working the masks out is the longest part, by comparison the painting is quite quick. Now I have done it once A 2nd one will be easier. That said it was a bit tricky to spray with all the different fades and trying to keep it clean as I did it all with film not liquid mask !

@LRP - I use a transparent grey mask called "Paint Mask" or it might be "Premium Paint Mask", but I buy it in 50M rolls ( about a metre and a half for this one and about four metres the for SCT for RC Lazy, so I get through it ), you should try frisk film from Everything Airbrush CLICKY However my style is quite graphical and I prefer to work this way if I can, having used both I do think the Liquid Mask that Jon sells offers a lot of advantages as it covers all those tricky to mask area's, it gets in everywhere, you don't get blow throughs so I'd still say that's the best way to go if you're doing bigger chunkier stuff, it's just easier and quicker ! I guess if I'd done this in that way I'd have spent as long cutting it out as I did trying to get the film to lay across all the surfaces, swings and roundabouts.

@badger5 - Glad you like it fella, will email you those other pictures I got of it. Bring on the next one :thumbsup:

Looks flawless Ian, Really precise. i'd like to see how you use the cutter and film.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Cheers Chef - It's not as glamourous as it sounds and there's usually a lot of swearing involved :lol: If we meet up at Slough you can ask me all the questions you want and I'll go through it with you.

nice shell dude ;)

DEX 408 shell coming soon!
 

Hi Ian

I've got a DEX408 on pre order and I'm looking to book someone to paint my shell for me when it appears in a few weeks time. Would you be interested in having a go? I've got some idea's I'd like to discuss with you, could we chat by e-mail?

I've just sent you my e-mail in a private message via this wonderful forum.

Thanks and speak soon.

Cheers Jon.

Dave - you've got a PM and an email :)

Damn this section updates fast !

Right, my next one - for I am the slowest painter in the world :lol:

All painted on so no stickers to peel off :thumbsup: I know, I should have learnt by now, I just can't help myself, must-make-too-much-work, can't-stop-myself...

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...Agama1_web.jpg

Thats awesome take it you used cut vynal as the decal masks ?

Yeah I drew them all out and cut them on the cutter. The bulk of the body was with LM though. The cutter is just handy making sure everything is the same.