Pimp on a budget?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 6:57 pm
Check this out: today I brought my zip to school and my friends gawked over it. I raced my friend Sidi and I beat him, but my old Dodge Charger shell just wasnt cutting it. I cannot find spray paint anywhere neatrhere, and so I finally figured out the budget way to paint your zip zap. Here's a tutorial for a Pimp on a Budget.
A. Materials
Check it out. I'm chinese, so I dug out a REALLY old chinese watercolor set I got from a chinese bookstore. See? Useless things come in handy. I have my crappily painted stock Pontiac TransAm (Present), a small paintbrush, and a tissue. Now, let's get down to business.Dig up any painting material you can find around the house. Prepare yourself.
There's starting off. I decided to go with a baby blue color for this thing. Yellow? that just doesn't cut it. A quick tip is when you paint with a paintbrush to move in straight, long strokes.
More painting. If you're a pro, you wouldnt bother to read on, because this seems very ameturish, right? Actually, the paint creates a nice effect. The type of paint you paint with makes your car individual. For instance, if you paint with a sharpie painer, you get a very "hand made" feeling that most people wouldnt like. But a paintbrush and chinese watercolors is what I personally prefer, because it has that "gloss" feel to it. Always try to paint in one direction, because it emulates spray paint. It's good to have spare tools ^^
Like it? It was hastily done. Anyhow, here's the result of my Challenger:
Eh...sweet eh? Problem is, I cant find the UPLOAD button in the gallery...me and my stupid 13 year old head..
Anyhow, that concludes my painting tutorial. See that spoiler? I'll show you my cheap, efficient way on how to make those using VERY readily availible things.
Peace,
Ryce[/img]
A. Materials
Check it out. I'm chinese, so I dug out a REALLY old chinese watercolor set I got from a chinese bookstore. See? Useless things come in handy. I have my crappily painted stock Pontiac TransAm (Present), a small paintbrush, and a tissue. Now, let's get down to business.Dig up any painting material you can find around the house. Prepare yourself.
There's starting off. I decided to go with a baby blue color for this thing. Yellow? that just doesn't cut it. A quick tip is when you paint with a paintbrush to move in straight, long strokes.
More painting. If you're a pro, you wouldnt bother to read on, because this seems very ameturish, right? Actually, the paint creates a nice effect. The type of paint you paint with makes your car individual. For instance, if you paint with a sharpie painer, you get a very "hand made" feeling that most people wouldnt like. But a paintbrush and chinese watercolors is what I personally prefer, because it has that "gloss" feel to it. Always try to paint in one direction, because it emulates spray paint. It's good to have spare tools ^^
Like it? It was hastily done. Anyhow, here's the result of my Challenger:
Eh...sweet eh? Problem is, I cant find the UPLOAD button in the gallery...me and my stupid 13 year old head..
Anyhow, that concludes my painting tutorial. See that spoiler? I'll show you my cheap, efficient way on how to make those using VERY readily availible things.
Peace,
Ryce[/img]
... exactly.... "hey, I got a great idea for you 'pimps on a budget'... you know those free ketchup & mustard packets?.... "
