WhoMe's Rides

[WhoMe]

Ive been doing alot of painting latly..thought Id post some here. I pull alot of my inspiration from Shop UFO and Roly. Thanks for looking.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/10d0dccd.jpg

[Legend_Car]

awesome body i like the headlights

[RC18T]

Nice car, I saw the pictures on One18th.com, I just didn't feel like posting at the time.

[HRDforever]

INice body, I love the headlights! I always like tribal also!

[dirtguy90]

dude, that is sooo frickin sweet!!!! i hope that i can paint that good sum day...yeah right :D

[FESTER2004]

that is so mint!awesome job!

[abraksith]

tyte, the green beast, beautiful work, all mean looking

[WhoMe]

Thanks for the compliments guys! Im trying to break into the body painting biz..so hopfully I can continue to develop my airbrushing skills.

[WhoMe]

My Mini-Inferno! Enjoy
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Rctech.jpg

[Tyrael1986]

your a really good painter, i like the designs. unique, yet still original :)

[WhoMe]

Thanks, but I have to credit Shop UFO for the design cues in my work. I guess we all learn from somone. Here is my M18, with a BMW shell. http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/homer4.jpg

[abraksith]

i like the scheme around the lights, look like Spawn eyes

[WhoMe]

Here is a Micro Alfa I did for my buddy.

[RespirologyRC]

whome I'm following you from forum to forum

[savagepicco26]

very nice work man. what's shop ufo?

[WhoMe]

Shop UFO, is the name of a bussiness that paints RC car shells. Absoluty stunning work.

[Legend_Car]

nice inferno

[savagepicco26]

Shop UFO, is the name of a bussiness that paints RC car shells. Absoluty stunning work.
got a website?

[WhoMe]

A Mini Inferno shell I did for my pal Jose.

[tc3plus18]

I just visited that shop ufo website...wow! that's talent!

[savagepicco26]

I just visited that shop ufo website...wow! that's talent!
nevermind

[WhoMe]

Shop's work is what inspired me to get into airbrushing RC car bodies.

[tc3plus18]

that CF work is pretty stellar. I'm going to experiment with some nylon window screen and see how that works out. if it turns out alright i'll probably post a pic. but yeah, that shop ufo site has really inspired me too. ;)

[tc3plus18]

and here's a link (http://www.shopufo.com/) to the shop ufo site incase anyone is interested. :)

[WhoMe]

Here are a few shots taken at the 2005 East Coast 1/18 Champs of a couple of paint jobs I did up for the race.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/who2.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/who1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/who.jpg

[FESTER2004]

sweet paint jobs!i like the blobs coming off the roof on the white 1's!

[WhoMe]

Thanks for the compliment Fester alot of people were diggin that at the Race. I think I like the airbrush work better than racing lol.

[shadowghost1]

Very creative and clean, great job.

[spenzalii]

How much for one?

[WhoMe]

For a micro sell..its $35 if you provide the shell. $45 If I have to provide the shell. 12th scale and up its $45 if you provide the shell and $65 if I provide the shell. Thanks for all the great compliments and thank you very much for taking interest in my work.

[savagepicco26]

For a micro sell..its $35 if you provide the shell. $45 If I have to provide the shell. 12th scale and up its $45 if you provide the shell and $65 if I provide the shell. Thanks for all the great compliments and thank you very much for taking interest in my work.
very reasonable prices! if i didn't love painting so much myself, i'd buy from you.

[WhoMe]

My First "True Fire" attempt.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Fire.jpg

[MikeDawg50]

awesome

[savageP3]

looks good. i'm no pro but i'd suggest maybe trying to eliminate the circle effect on the very front next time but still awesome and much better than i could do.

[WhoMe]

Thanks for the compliment and the crititism. I agree 100%. Next time Im definatly going to tweak it some. To be honest its such a tricky effect that I thought it was a wreck before I applied the black backing..its an elusive effect to acheive and its hard to see untill its done.

[WhoMe]

Ive seen alot of guys do this step by step post. And while its not really step by step here are a few pics of how I paint my cars.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Process.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Process4.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Process6.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Process8.jpg

[savageP3]

Thanks for the compliment and the crititism. I agree 100%. Next time Im definatly going to tweak it some. To be honest its such a tricky effect that I thought it was a wreck before I applied the black backing..its an elusive effect to acheive and its hard to see untill its done.
ya from what i can gather it is one of the, if not the hardest effect to recreate. You did an awsome job especially for your first try. That 12th scale is awesome too!

[tripple]

very nice work...

[rc10racer92]

nice paintjobs they look great

[Piggy89373]

WhoMe, nice work!! That last one is very Roly-ish and nicely done! Is the overspray film still on it? If so, any pics without it?

[WhoMe]

Ill get one up ASAP, crazily enough that body didnt have an overspray film so it still had the remnants of my sharpy all over it in that pic. I had to scrub away at it with some alcohol to get it all off. Asfar as the design cues; Roly and Shop UFO are some of the guys that I really imitated when I started painting..beleive it or not that particular "tribal flame" scheme I did there was one hundred percent WhoMe ^_^. I guess thats how it goes..you emulate the masters for long enough and soon you develop your own way of doing it.

[WhoMe]

A few more for the collection.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Caddy2.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/CLK4.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/TC3B.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/H2.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Sienic.jpg

[FESTER2004]

whome-in the last group of 4 bodies,the second car with the neon green front?does the neon paint glow in the dark?or was it the flash from the camera?

[extremetmaxxer]

very nice paint work, the fire is tricky especially on an rc body! try to avoid white and use a smaller sheild, and read my how to a couple pages back incase you havnt, i like your inspired paint schemes! and its great that you give credit wear deserved but you have yoru own style its a little less refined than them but on it was there, i would try to work a little more with color theory on your bodys use the colors and how they work together to get yoru bodys to have that profesional glow! i think you got mad skillz! keep challenging yourself! you can only get better!

your recent bodys look great, using less colors and more compliments, very racy and very fast lookin

another thing, is to give your bodys nice 3d effect observe light and shoadow then replicate onto your body usually a mix of black and your base color followed by a couple light passes will pull of a great 3d effect. and maybe some additional highlights on your headlights would look good, i know im guilty of that too, my headlights need just a little bit more detail, very complicated little buggers they is!

[WhoMe]

Fester,
Its just very light Neon green..like two or three coats then backed with white..for some reason the camera made it look radio-active :eek: .

Extreme,
Man thanks for the compiments and the excellent artistic analysis. Its rare that somone looks at my stuff and actually thinks about whats going on there. Its really helpful to have an opinion like that given, thanks. Asfar as color choices go, man thats an awsome topic to pick on cause the wrong choices can really ruin an otherwise fantastic scheme. My biggest problems are arranging complimentary colors in an attractive order; its hard to see it somtimes you know. Im also just getting comfortable with committing to a line or fade with an airbrush..its still alittle shaky...just gotta get over that and SPRAY the paint.

Again thanks for looking!

[nitro syco]

wow those are awesome

[extremetmaxxer]

two things to help you out

remember in art classes (if you took them) they had those color wheels.... GET ONE!! they help a tremendous amount!! i know i have one on hand when ever im painting, if you know how to work colors, then your halfway to creating a photorealistic painting.... learning how colors work is such a valuable artistic tool...

2 for shaky lines try this, dont do it all in one pass especially for them drop shadows! it takes me and charlie b and the rest of the "pros" anywear from 3-15 passes before wear happy! but we spray very thin and very light we build and check build and check.... then with time it gets even easyer.

try it on a peice of paper first try doing one straight line all the way down in a neat way next to the paper, going slower, the speed you would spray if you wear doing an rc body.... get one line down to the tint that you like in one pass.... now try to thin the paint and do many light passes to acheive the same line...

i think you will be suprised by the diffrence! if i were airbrushing a portrait i wouldnt do the chin in one pass. it would probally be done in about 20-30 overlapping lines then built up with colors working from light to dark

and remember to KEEP YOUR AIR ON! dont shut it off when you end a pass, keep it on and shut the paint off to end it, not everything at once... this is something you have to do, its not a "tip" its an order! lol ;)

make sure you understand each of these tips, they should help you a decent ways

any other questions or critiques needed and the people over at www.cfxpaintworks.com will help you out... all artist ready to give you da 411 on whats down in da Erbrush town .......yo..... :rolleyes: :D

[WhoMe]

Thanks for the link and the suggestions. Im actually a member of that forum I just havent visitted there in months. I got away from painting for alittle while, gotta alittle burned out.

[Lidz]

those are great! nice color combos ;)

[PocketAce]

I like the first one! Awesome job. How u did the carbon fiber effects?

[davec-nitro-rs4]

Nice range of styles! You see a lot of painters who "lock-in" on one style and that's all they do. I also believe in following the styles of the better designers/painters. I see some Frank's Bodies influence in there too.
Well done stuff! You take chances. I like that!

[WhoMe]

I like the first one! Awesome job. How u did the carbon fiber effects?

Thanks for the compliment. Asfar as the CF effect goes..I use toolbox liner (Got it at Lowes) as the mask for that look. Put the liner down..spray your silver or white or whatever color you like...then lift it up and spray down the black. Works like a charm.

[WhoMe]

Alittle somthing inspired by one of my favorite comics.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Picture001.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Picture002.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Picture003.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/WhoMe_/Picture004.jpg

[streetforcegp2]

damn dawg dats is nicely painted....

[WhoMe]

Thanks man..its gonna be a hard one to put on a race car for sure.

[Lidz]

I said it on the tech thread already, but that thing is awesome!

Great skill and detail!

(why isn't it in the July paint comp? :confused: )

[WhoMe]

lol Thanks bro, I tend to shy away from the comps. Only because Im too lazy to judge anybody else if I happen to win. But again thanks for the props! That shell was the most fun I had painting in awhile.

[Mini-TBasher55]

Those are amazing! I'm working on a body right now, but its nothing like those! Nice Work!

[balang_479]

Love the theme..