HauntedMyst
08-16-2004, 03:17 AM
Best Street/Race Competition #18
Welcome everyone to the Eightenth Street/Race Competition!!
The Street/Race paint competition will be open for entrees for two weeks and will close at Midnight August 31th CST.
Each month we will hold a Best Paint and Street/Race competition. If you can’t get your bodies done this month, don’t worry there will be plenty more to come!!
Restrictions: None
Best Street/Race competition:
This competition was created because there are people who are truly gifted at making a 1/10 piece of clear plastic look like a real car. A majority of these car bodies are painted in 1 or 2 colors, but that is not where the difficulty comes into play. This competition focuses on the details of the body, does the paint scheme resemble something you would see on the street or a full size race track? Does it have an exhaust pipe, wing, mirrors, windshield wipers, intercooler, mesh grill, realistic LED’s for lights, brake calipers, do the wheels look good with the body, interior, engine bay, opening doors, opened windows, a driver? This competition is not limited to cars. One month someone entered a Tamiya Toyota Stadium truck that almost perfectly resembled the real one you can see motoring and hopping its way around the Baja peninsula once a year. A XXX-T does not really fit in this category simply because it does not resemble the styling of a real car, it is the result a RC evolution to go faster around a dirt track. Each body will be judged based on 3 criteria from 1 to 10:
1) Detail: How much detail is on the body? Is it a proline body with no effort to create scale detail beyond the paint scheme? Is it a Tamiya body with mirrors and all the usual tamiya trimmings (yes a tamiya body with nothing but what came in the box will score better than a proline with nothing more than what came in the bag because the tamiya body simply has more detail!). Points are given for the scale realism of the paint scheme and for the added detail (exhaust pipe, wing, mirrors, windshield wipers, intercooler, mesh grill, realistic LED’s for lights, brake calipers, do the wheels look good with the body, interior, engine bay, opening doors, opened windows, a driver, etc).
2) Design: Exactly like the best paint competition. How well does the design fit/flow on the body? Is it visually appealing? How are the color choices? Originality does NOT count.
3) Execution: Exactly like the best paint competition. Regardless of how complex or difficult it is, how well is it executed? Are there paint bleeds? Are the lines straight (or correctly curved)? Are their obvious mistakes? Finger prints? How well executed are the fades and other basic painting techniques? etc.
I want to point out that difficulty is NOT being judged in the best street/race competition. The detail and realism achieved is enough of a judge of the difficulty, time and effort put into a body.
The photo and background will not be judged but a clean, well lit photo that clearly shows the body is needed. To often there are muddy, poorly lit pictures that limit the cars chances of winning. Please limit your entries to 3 photos per car.
The winning body may be chosen to appear in Radio Control Car Action!! RULES for Street/Race competition:
1) Any body may be submitted to the competition (Truck, buggy, touring car, etc).
2) Any body submitted may NOT appear in another competition.
3) Photo editing the pictures (other than cropping and adjusting brightness/contrast) is highly looked down upon and may result in disqualification.
4) Anyone may enter a body (professional painters are welcome!)
5) Please refrain from insulting bodies in anyway.
6) Must fall within this month's restrictions (None)
7) Only 2 entrees per person.
8) Bodies should be painted within the last 4 months.
9) Bodies must be of a "street" look or be painted in a race car style.
Each submission must include the following:
Body manufacturer and size.
Paint used.
Masks used (hand or precut)
And of course, a body.
AceCoolie will be the judge for the Street/Race paint competition since he took home the gold last month.
September Restrictions:
Best paint: None
Best street/race: None
GOOD LUCK
Welcome everyone to the Eightenth Street/Race Competition!!
The Street/Race paint competition will be open for entrees for two weeks and will close at Midnight August 31th CST.
Each month we will hold a Best Paint and Street/Race competition. If you can’t get your bodies done this month, don’t worry there will be plenty more to come!!
Restrictions: None
Best Street/Race competition:
This competition was created because there are people who are truly gifted at making a 1/10 piece of clear plastic look like a real car. A majority of these car bodies are painted in 1 or 2 colors, but that is not where the difficulty comes into play. This competition focuses on the details of the body, does the paint scheme resemble something you would see on the street or a full size race track? Does it have an exhaust pipe, wing, mirrors, windshield wipers, intercooler, mesh grill, realistic LED’s for lights, brake calipers, do the wheels look good with the body, interior, engine bay, opening doors, opened windows, a driver? This competition is not limited to cars. One month someone entered a Tamiya Toyota Stadium truck that almost perfectly resembled the real one you can see motoring and hopping its way around the Baja peninsula once a year. A XXX-T does not really fit in this category simply because it does not resemble the styling of a real car, it is the result a RC evolution to go faster around a dirt track. Each body will be judged based on 3 criteria from 1 to 10:
1) Detail: How much detail is on the body? Is it a proline body with no effort to create scale detail beyond the paint scheme? Is it a Tamiya body with mirrors and all the usual tamiya trimmings (yes a tamiya body with nothing but what came in the box will score better than a proline with nothing more than what came in the bag because the tamiya body simply has more detail!). Points are given for the scale realism of the paint scheme and for the added detail (exhaust pipe, wing, mirrors, windshield wipers, intercooler, mesh grill, realistic LED’s for lights, brake calipers, do the wheels look good with the body, interior, engine bay, opening doors, opened windows, a driver, etc).
2) Design: Exactly like the best paint competition. How well does the design fit/flow on the body? Is it visually appealing? How are the color choices? Originality does NOT count.
3) Execution: Exactly like the best paint competition. Regardless of how complex or difficult it is, how well is it executed? Are there paint bleeds? Are the lines straight (or correctly curved)? Are their obvious mistakes? Finger prints? How well executed are the fades and other basic painting techniques? etc.
I want to point out that difficulty is NOT being judged in the best street/race competition. The detail and realism achieved is enough of a judge of the difficulty, time and effort put into a body.
The photo and background will not be judged but a clean, well lit photo that clearly shows the body is needed. To often there are muddy, poorly lit pictures that limit the cars chances of winning. Please limit your entries to 3 photos per car.
The winning body may be chosen to appear in Radio Control Car Action!! RULES for Street/Race competition:
1) Any body may be submitted to the competition (Truck, buggy, touring car, etc).
2) Any body submitted may NOT appear in another competition.
3) Photo editing the pictures (other than cropping and adjusting brightness/contrast) is highly looked down upon and may result in disqualification.
4) Anyone may enter a body (professional painters are welcome!)
5) Please refrain from insulting bodies in anyway.
6) Must fall within this month's restrictions (None)
7) Only 2 entrees per person.
8) Bodies should be painted within the last 4 months.
9) Bodies must be of a "street" look or be painted in a race car style.
Each submission must include the following:
Body manufacturer and size.
Paint used.
Masks used (hand or precut)
And of course, a body.
AceCoolie will be the judge for the Street/Race paint competition since he took home the gold last month.
September Restrictions:
Best paint: None
Best street/race: None
GOOD LUCK