Poll
Question: What colours?
In the spirit of Mike's "Fila" thread, some opinions on my upcoming Chicken painting. I am hell bent that the snowflakes will be white and the bottom of the car (from mouldings down) will be gunmetal grey. I know the two-tone scheme is dated, but I want it to be - this is an 80's car after all. I haven't quite made up my mind on the small details, though - what colour to paint the mouldings and window trim (grey or black) and what colour for the strip in the mouldings (red or blue).
Option 1: Black mouldings, blue stripe:
(http://www.foxthundercats.net/images/88birdbodywork/88birdconcept.jpg)
Option 2: Grey mouldings, blue stripe:
(http://www.foxthundercats.net/images/88birdbodywork/88birdconcept2.jpg)
Option 3: Black mouldings, red stripe:
(http://www.foxthundercats.net/images/88birdbodywork/88birdconcept4.jpg)
Option 4: Grey mouldings, red stripe:
(http://www.foxthundercats.net/images/88birdbodywork/88birdconcept3.jpg)
Option 5: Something completely different:
(http://www.foxthundercats.net/images/88birdbodywork/88birdconcept5.jpg)
Truth be told, option 5 isn't really an option (I don't want to change the base colour). I was just screwing around. So, lemme know what ya think
I am very partial to option #2. Before I saw the mock-up, the grey moldings sounded silly to me, but not once I saw it. I like how it blends in with the bottom of the car. Very clean looking.
Would having the body molding grey, but keeping the window trim black possibly work? I am just thinking that the grey window trim is something no one ever does or sees, that it might be cool, but distracting at the same time. (?)
#1 all the way.
1. Blue doesn't stand out well.
2. Blue stands out better but molding definition is lost.
3. I'd say that looks good.
4. Again, molding definition.
5, Ickey-poo.
#3 all the way man!!! our cars were made for molding!!! and the red stripe, like a TC, it just looks great.
I actually like #5 but since it doesn’t count go w/#3
I vote #1, due to the custom, yet subtle look it gives.
I'm with Royce! Do #2 but leave the window moldings black.
None of that yellow !!! Personally,I like #4.I think it's a little different,yet,still factory appearing.My own 2 cents.You have to follow your own taste though.
IM with Royce and Mike. numero2
Four, without a doubt. What's wrong with the rest of you? ;)
Oh yeah,I want #3
option 1 looks perty cool, as does 2, that's MY preference, in that order...but it's your car though...good luck! :D
Hey...WTF is wrong with white and silver?! :D
#2 definitely. Nobody paints the moldings anymore...it's the easiest way to say 'custom' without much effort at all. Paint the moldings will fill in the bottom part of the car, make it appear lower, and give a 'newer car' feel to the image. I like the idea of the blue stripe also. Blue is just different enough, it's not a TC pretender coloUr (red) and it will match the interior somewhat. Not sure about the window trim in grey. Then again, the 1984-86 TC's generally have that shade of grey after their trim fades, so...there ya go LOL.
P.S. For the love of God, please anti-alias your edges already. ;)
Show me the "anti alias" filter in MS Paint and I'd be happy to :flip:
Ok, so I've made a few decisions:
1) Blue stripe, definitely. Red looks good, but blue looks different.
2) Window trim will be black. I wasn't "feeling" the grey trim even as I drew it.
Still on the fence over black vs grey mouldings, though. I am slightly leaning toward black (option one) because it would give the car a factory-type look (If Ford would've done it they'd have painted the mouldings black). The main concern I have with grey mouldings is the "old man, pants pulled up too high" look I'm afraid the car might have - the grey might overpower the white. Hell, if I pained stripes on the hood and trunk I could call 'em suspenders :D.
30th Anny TBirds and certain 85 and 86 color TC's had painted moldings. Not to mention GT Mustangs...
And as for the "pants" look... the blue stripe is on the bottom of the moldings, not the top. Redraw it and it will look different.
Ya cheap ! Still using the software that came with the freakin' computer...*sigh* Spend $100 and get this (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/) already. Sheesh. :flip:
I guess if you want to figure out about the painted moldings (or not), a 1990-ish blue Mustang GT like this one (http://www.mustangforums.com/timeline/1990-ford-mustang/images/t/1990-ford-mustang-gt.jpg) is sort of set up like that: painted molding with a blue inset stripe. Since the top of the molding is just about halfway between the glass and the bottom of the car, the look would definitely balance out...I don't think it would be too much grey at all. Hell, I even went above the molding in the back of the car and it still balances out fine. It's not that the stock black molding is bad...it's just that the painted molding makes these cars stand out above everyone else. It's a very striking image that everyone remembers.
Unless you enjoy being a lemming, and looking just like everyone else... ;)
I think the whole car, minus the fact that it has snowflakes and it's not the look your going for, will look something like mine. Mine has the factory 84 back with no stripe, with the same color undermolding.
I actually think the window trim would look good grey. Not a light grey but dark, almost black but not quite. I think you're rendering there isn't dark enough and that's why it may look a little iffy. :dunno:
Ok, so I got one guy telling me to paint my mouldings like a Mustang (the original lemmingmobile), and another telling me that if I DON'T I'll be like a lemming. You guys are so confusing :shakeass:
I dunno - that Mustang does look good, and I really like the mouldings painted grey on Gunkel's car. Maybe I will do it like that. I suppose I do have a complete set of TC mouldings, so if I decide I don't like it I can always, to quote Mick Jagger, "paint it black"...
Oh, and Eric - it's not a matter of cheapness (Silly Mac boy - nobody actually
pays for Windows software), it's a matter of familiarity. I've been using MS paint since 1990. It does the trick for simple line drawings as above. Whenever I want to do something more elabourate (or even something simple like resizing and changing compression levels) I have Paint Shop Pro 7. I rarely, however, have to do something more elabourate :hick:
*EDIT* Oh, and Michael - I'll be ordering some of that blue trim striping from you eventually - I'll also be pestering the hell out of you with stupd questions like "How do I remove the old chrome stuff" and "how do I get this shiznit off the bumpers"...
Black molding and blue stripe looks good to me.
Looking forward to it :hick:
Have you thought about using grey molding with a white stripe?
Don't.
Be cheap and go here: http://www.gimp.org
download the latest version of Gimp (2.6.x) and GAP 2.2 (so you can make gif's :hick:)
The program has many other plugin's as well.
Best of all --
FREEBTW -- For some reason, I can't see the pics, only red X's, but using my mind's eye, I'd have to say option #2
Yeah, the pics don't work because of the cybersquatter that took over foxthundercats.com (as noted in the forum announcement). I just haven't gone back through and changed all the links to foxthundercats.net.
Hard to believe I posted this poll two years ago, painted the car over a year ago, and still haven't made up my mind about that moulding!
I would make the molding the same color as the bottom gray. And no stripe.
And if you don't hurry, mine will be done before yours. LOL
Have you ever thought of using fiberglass filler and fill in where the strip is. I did it to my front bumper two years ago. Lots of sanding and shaping.
1, id paint the center strip in the moulding blue, the bottom of the car gun metal and the top white, black or light blue. i guess im bias though.