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Post by roguenine1138 on Nov 6, 2007 15:28:42 GMT -5
Hey everybody! Starting in January I'll be beginning to transform my 93 Honda Accord into an x-wing. My friends dad is going to be doing the paint job for me but my question for you is this: should I go with a metallic/glittery silver and red or a plain grey and red (non metallic)   I'm getting a sweet spoiler, smoked tail light lenses and new all black rims...I'm leaning towards the metallic paint just so it will all kinda flow better. kind of a fast and the furious styling spin to it. I'm not going to put blaster marks on it or anything. i've also got tinted rear windows. so please, give me your input to I can have time to plan ahead when it comes to buying paint! thaks guys! I'll post pictures as they become available! May the Force be with you all! -Jarik Solo   |
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Post by Jedi_Pilot_PR on Nov 6, 2007 16:38:34 GMT -5
8-)I say metallic grey and metallic red it will look peaty hot and different, I am going to change also the silver paint of car to a beautiful charcoal grey(like the EVO  ) and a pair of huge “Jedi Interceptor” decals on the panels. |
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Post by Darth Marmalade on Nov 6, 2007 23:57:30 GMT -5
I agree, if you're going to have something like a professional paint job, go with the metallic/glittery colors. I went with the flat, weathered look for my car because the car itself was already pretty weathered, and I'm still thinking of maybe a few touches of shiny metalflake here and there.
Definitely post pictures! (You could even post a "before" picture right now....) I'll look forward to seeing your X-Wing!
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Post by roguenine1138 on Nov 10, 2007 12:44:46 GMT -5
  so here is what my car looks like right now...well...not that CLEAN since I had just washed it before I took these pictures but this is my awesome car who I have named Spunky. I'll try to mess around with these pictures in a paint program or something so you all can see what I want it to look like. More pictures to follow! MTFBWY!  |
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Post by Darth Marmalade on Nov 10, 2007 17:41:11 GMT -5
Good car for a Star Wars car. Not too fancy all by itself, just a nice clean canvas for car art.
(And... it's the kind of car the Apostles drove: "... they were all with one accord..." -- Acts 5:12)
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Post by roguenine1138 on Nov 11, 2007 23:31:59 GMT -5
ok so here is my priliminary rough paint scheme idea...this is really not even close to waht I want but I need access to the photo editing software on my mom's computer...which she is not letting me use currently...ANYWAYS...yeah...lol.  |
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Post by huajedi on Nov 13, 2007 11:35:26 GMT -5
Tough call. Normally, I'm a purist about these things. But given that the car isn't "battle damaged" and your getting a professional paint job, I'd go with the flashy colors. Maybe go with a darker metallic for the base color, like the Xj-Wings the Jedi flew during the war with the Yuuzahn Vong.
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