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Tenacious C
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Anyone know a good way to airbrush a snakeskin pattern?
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kevsLX
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I saw some snake skin effect on a 32 Ford, it was just a one inch wide stripe running the length of the car. It looked like what the painter may have done was shot black in the stripe, then used something like a mesh, maybe a potato bag mesh, or one of his wifes fishnet stockings, held that over the black, then he shot a chameloen color over it.
So he had the chameleon color with a very faint pattern left behind it of the black.
It was way cool.
So he had the chameleon color with a very faint pattern left behind it of the black.
It was way cool.
I think Rex and Kev have the right idea. you might wanna check out a Fabric store or a craft supply store( i know no body likes going in to those girlie stores, especially me)for those lace type fabrics, sorry i dont know what the propper name for these materials are and use the fabric as the stencil You will be suprised with all the kool stuff you will find in the Craft supply store you can use to do some custom paint effects, stencil burners, mylar film, spray adhesive, air brushes, pre made stencils (letters and other useful stuff)Check out one of these stores the possibilities are endless
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kustomrodder
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Hey guys,
All good ideas,but as I was thinking of fabrics that could be used as a stencil it took me back to my pre auto body and paint days as a paramedic here in miami.Most first aid kits come equipped with several rolls of gauze which are used to hold bandages in place.That material always reminded me of a snakeskin after being shed,especially when you roll it out.Give it a shot and see if it works for you.Any pharmacy sells them in their first aid section.Hope this helps.
All good ideas,but as I was thinking of fabrics that could be used as a stencil it took me back to my pre auto body and paint days as a paramedic here in miami.Most first aid kits come equipped with several rolls of gauze which are used to hold bandages in place.That material always reminded me of a snakeskin after being shed,especially when you roll it out.Give it a shot and see if it works for you.Any pharmacy sells them in their first aid section.Hope this helps.
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Burton
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Mesh tape for dry wall works pretty good and it has its own glue on the bottom. I have used it before to get a graphite affect. It works pretty good.
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trucolor
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I use a scrubber from the bathroom. The one that the wife uses, to scrub the body.....un-ravel it and it has a diamond pattern similar to scales.makes a nice stencil and can be moved around for different looks......good luck
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Kyle
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There is a how to a few threads down on this same board. For the lazy: http://www.customflamepainting.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000323
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Grashopr
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I copy my snakeskin off of a Deano's bike that I saw a couple of years back. It has 4 colors, plus black. The snakeskin was to be done in a diamondback-color scheme. These are the colors I use: medium brown, a light brown, a medium green, and a medium red. All of these colors are 'earth-tone-ish' colors..nothing bright, and flat, opaque colors, nothing translucent or metallic/pearly.
I start off, spraying the entire background the medium brown. Then I come back with the light brown, and spray a 'diamond' shape line, in about 3" by 3" squares, about a 1/2" wide line. So now I have a light brown cross-hatch on a medium brown backtground. Then I come in and I spray all of the center 'diamonds' the medium red, and I fog some of the red on the inside edges of the outer diamonds. On real snakeskin, the red color is on the areas of the skin facing upwards, and so the side diamonds have a little red on them. Then I spray the medium green on the outside diamonds.
Then after everything is done, I use the 'loufa' trick. I take apart an un-used loufa (the thing your wife uses to bathe with), and stretch it over the snakeskin area...tugging and moving it around to where I need it. Then I take all four colors and darken them about 20% and re-spray the entire thing. I know this sounds confusing, but I'll try to get some pics up tomorow..you'll see what I mean. It makes EXTREMELY lifelike snakeskin.
The 'hopper'
"People show their character by what they laugh at. "
I start off, spraying the entire background the medium brown. Then I come back with the light brown, and spray a 'diamond' shape line, in about 3" by 3" squares, about a 1/2" wide line. So now I have a light brown cross-hatch on a medium brown backtground. Then I come in and I spray all of the center 'diamonds' the medium red, and I fog some of the red on the inside edges of the outer diamonds. On real snakeskin, the red color is on the areas of the skin facing upwards, and so the side diamonds have a little red on them. Then I spray the medium green on the outside diamonds.
Then after everything is done, I use the 'loufa' trick. I take apart an un-used loufa (the thing your wife uses to bathe with), and stretch it over the snakeskin area...tugging and moving it around to where I need it. Then I take all four colors and darken them about 20% and re-spray the entire thing. I know this sounds confusing, but I'll try to get some pics up tomorow..you'll see what I mean. It makes EXTREMELY lifelike snakeskin.
The 'hopper'
"People show their character by what they laugh at. "
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Grashopr
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I killed my home phone..have NO idea what's up with it..as soon as I get the house back online, I'll post the pics.
The 'hopper'
The 'hopper'