falcondesigns
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I tried duplicating the paint job on the original 89 model when it first came out...I have to give it another shot.
89 Batmobile colour question
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falcondesigns
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It can be done........
falcondesigns
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BTTFSpencer
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Your welcome. :rolleyes
superDrool
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Holy Crap!!
That is one sick model. The dash interior just blew my mind.
That flame exhaust effect is neat too.
I like the smoke glaze you did on the chrome. It looks very SA and photo realistic.
On using scarbus, I never saw any greens in the paint, a hint of blue yes, but I'm also referring to the promo shots of it back in 89.
That is one sick model. The dash interior just blew my mind.
That flame exhaust effect is neat too.
I like the smoke glaze you did on the chrome. It looks very SA and photo realistic.
On using scarbus, I never saw any greens in the paint, a hint of blue yes, but I'm also referring to the promo shots of it back in 89.
Wayne R.
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I'm not out to contradict anyone here, but I'm sure I've read or heard on some documentary that it was dark grey. The reason was that a black car would disappear, the sets being so dark. I've been trying to remember where that comes from since I first saw the thread, but no joy yet.
I remember reading in an old issue of Cinefantasiqe (sp?) that the car was painted to look like a beetle with hints of metallic blue and greens. I don't think it ever showed up on screen, at least to my eye. In all the publicity stills from the first movie it looked semi-gloss black/gunmetal to me. The car that was on tour during the Autoworld hot rod show was painted gloss black with God-aweful red and blue candies on it. Nope, to me, the car is semi-gloss "gun-black-metal". :cool
I'll snap some better pics of the enterior tonight for you guys.
I'll snap some better pics of the enterior tonight for you guys.
autoprops713
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The blue and green metallics were mixed into the last few coats of semi-gloss black. We were able to duplicate this finish on the Hot Wheels Batmobile prototypes but it just looked weird in the daylight. Like someone else mentioned the black looked grey except in certain highlights. Mixing a green/blue pearl into a semi-gloss clear also will look incorrect. In the end WB only approved our semi-gloss black paint that ended up on the 1/18 scale diecast car. Although to get the black to look screen correct i would add a tiny amount of gunmetal pearl into the black to give it that slight metallic sheen. Finish it off with a clear semi-gloss coat.
Firefoxm31
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one Word ..... Firefox ! ....Hi Dave
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superDrool
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Awesome job! Is that felt carpeting?! :lol
BTTFSpencer
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I would listen to Autoprops, he really knows his stuff. I've just been talking about how to achieve the green/blue highlights...but it might look silly, even if it is screen accurate.
I really don't believe Firefox was painted with the same mix...no way, you'd have to find a can of that primer with "Batmobile paint" written on it before I'd believe that...keep it coming guys, this is an awesome thread.
I really don't believe Firefox was painted with the same mix...no way, you'd have to find a can of that primer with "Batmobile paint" written on it before I'd believe that...keep it coming guys, this is an awesome thread.
It's called "flocking". It's basically really, really short fibers that you dump onto a painted surface while the paint is still wet. Turn the part over and shake off the excess and the fibers that are stuck to the paint stand up, like carpeting!
With the effect so subtle on the full size car if you shrink that effect down to 1/25scale the "scale fidelity" of the effect I think would be lost. Colors would get darker the smaller you go. A full size car in grey primer would not be the same shade of grey in 1/25 scale for example.
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