Love those shells mate, top work! :thumbsup:

Guys :blush: thank you, to every single one of you that posted, I don't ever think my work is particularly good and I'm rarely happy with how it comes out, reading all your kind words does boost my confidence though.

I get the impression Alec is going to be mugging the postie in the morning :lol:
Glad you like them sir !

And really guys, thank you :)

there ya go buddy, was worth all the swearing in the end then hey :thumbsup:

Nice job pal, design is one of a kind.
The tamiya shell looks the best. The flag shading on the ansman shell looks a little dark.

It was strange that, I did them side by side at the same time, same paint, gradually building up the colour but it did come out darker on the Ansmann, they have a horrible tinted overspray film too so you don't quite get a true colour.

In real life though not in a photo the ansmann looks good, the Tamiya is a little bright perhaps, from any distance not close up the ansmann looks more real on the flag but you're right it is darker.

I've been stairing at them that long, that I forgot to comment!

Just how do you do that? !

So nice! I even thought that the Ansmann flag would look more realistic in person due to the shading compared to the Tamiya. Super inspiring work as always.

stunning work there !

Thanks Rich, appreciate you commenting :)

Totally stunning mate some of the best work i have ever seen
:thumbsup:

Really ? Wow, thank you :blush:

Looking good once again, prefer the flag on the furthest back as others have said but they both look great either way :thumbsup:

Keep them coming !!

Sublime!

I've still a way to go! Did you use a transparent black for the flag shading or just add a little black to the base of each colour?

Love the feather design at the front. Highly original. I must think outside the box a little more...tribal is getting a bit....old. ;-)


cheers

Ju

Thanks Graham ! They look better in real life. If I was using solvent paint I think they would have come out better as I know I can spray at a lower pressure and get finer detail.

@ Julian - Yeah I thinned some black down so it was mostly thinner to build up the colour gradually for the shading on the flag. I did put other colours in to try and darken it in a more subtle way but they all got lost when I put the backing colour on so I can't have put enough on, I still find it very difficult working backwards. And I can't take any credit for the design Alec was very precise about what he wanted and how he wanted it, I just evolved past shells that he had painted before.

Fussy clients huh.... ;-)


Jet is getting there, working to a finish this weekend...pics to follow

Not really no, just someone who was very clear with what he wanted, I'm used to it from painting the car crash helmets, there are some briefs you can't deviate from which I don't mind actually.

Tron Inspired DEX408 Bodyshell
 

This one has been a long time in production. I was given some reference from the new TRON film and I sourced what else I could from the web including concept sketches and film stills. From them I worked up a design. Creating the "glow" effect was tricky but it's turned out nice after a lot of time making sure I could get it to work. I'd like to thank the owner of this shell for being so patient while I got this right for him.

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

Ian, that's fantastic :)

Looking forward :D

Cheers Mikey. Yours will be equally cool :thumbsup:

Ian fights for the users!

Awesome design. What does it look like in the daylight?

Awesome just awesome!!!!!!!! That is such a cool effect, its come out brilliant :thumbsup:

Another wow factor shell !

Just because this has gone onto a new page I'll put another picture of it up so people can see what I'm talking about.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...spired_Web.jpg

Haha cheers fella :lol:

That is in daylight...

Ta dude :thumbsup:

Thank you :D

Stunning stuff mate :thumbsup:

Another totally awesome shell Ian :thumbsup:

Thanks guys. All these little comments really make it worth while posting my stuff here, I really appreciate it, thank you.

Another very well executed good simple design that is so different and original.

Cheers Mr Badger

Tron theme shell
 

Awesome shell Ian.

I should of let you done the tron theme on my short course shell.

Great
 

Its really cool to see something different ,i realy like the way the blue is glows ,:thumbsup:

@jpmatrix - You can always get another shell for me to paint fella, it just won't be the first now.

@def - Thanks fella.

Fantastic Tron Shell Ian.

Can I have one with all the Marvel Superhero's on it please ;)

How on earth did you do the glow around the blue bits - did you paint the black last ?

There's just one thing I need to tell you...

I AM IRON MAN :lol: :lol: :lol:

You should paint your own Marvel Supers one, would be ace !!!

Looks super cool Ian, real steady hand to get that glow even and smooth.

It's much easier now I've stopped drinking coffee :lol:

Evening Gents.

Thanks to Ian I have a really fantastic looking car. Nice one Ian!

I would fully recommend anyone who is not in a rush to use Ian to paint your shell. Top job mate. Heres a few pics of it in action today.

I had a really good session at Fairlop Raceway in Essex, its really quite close to the London area if anyone fancies a trip to see a good technical dirt track you should check it out. Nice and friendly too.

The last shot is after 2 hours of racing on a dusty track - the glow effect still looks really cool - Amazing! :wub

http://www.avolites.com/ai/dev/dex408/dex408_01.jpg

http://www.avolites.com/ai/dev/dex408/dex408_02.jpg

http://www.avolites.com/ai/dev/dex408/dex408_03.jpg

http://www.avolites.com/ai/dev/dex408/dex408_04.jpg

http://www.avolites.com/ai/dev/dex408/dex408_05.jpg

:lol::lol::lol::thumbsup: THANK YOU for the review fella and yes I'm not the quickest, Dave has been very patient about this which I really appreciated so thank you for the review and pictures. You forgot to say how much quicker you were, I think the shell should add at least 2 seconds to your lap :D

Agama A8 and B44.1 Shell
 

An Agama & a B44.1 shell in Allan's colours in a simplistic race design. Pleased with how these came out.

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

Rango looks awesome on the car :)

Design really suits the car as it's such a futuristic car anyways - top banana.

Yup loving the looking of some of these 1/8 electric cars. Take off a bit more I'll order a MP9E :D

Schumacher Cat SX3
 

Way back post #80 I painted a Serpent shell for Badger5 on here. This is a new shell for him, we couldn't fit the eagle's onto this as they were just too small so I created a simplified version of that scheme for this Cat SX3 with similar colours but I swapped out the standard red for a fluoro one.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...rtsSX3_web.jpg