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A friend of mine requested drawings of a 1958 Cadillac El Dorado outfitted for use by Chakats, and since I had the extra images on hand, I just HAD to do SOMETHING with them.
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One time, after watching Baz Luhrman's "Romeo+Juliet," me and a friend wondered what other sorts of classic stories would be cool to modernize. We decided on TLK and from that stemmed a biiiiiig, serious conversation about how it all would go.
And this is just the image that came to mind when we thought about how Timon and Pumbaa would be like as modernized anthros.
And this is just the image that came to mind when we thought about how Timon and Pumbaa would be like as modernized anthros.
'58? I thought the design changed with the '59? gah, what do I know.
great expressions, playful and funny, and a nice spoof of those characters. also, great sense of movement.
and I see it takes a technical drawing artist to get a Caddy right. last time I tried I had to employ the illustration to a Monogram, model kit manual, and almost failed...
great expressions, playful and funny, and a nice spoof of those characters. also, great sense of movement.
and I see it takes a technical drawing artist to get a Caddy right. last time I tried I had to employ the illustration to a Monogram, model kit manual, and almost failed...
Hmmmm... It reads like you might have sprayed Tamiya Acrylic type paints over a not quite dry coat of enamels. Most the Tamiya paints I use are water based. I've also had similar problems with "Orange Peel" and "Crawling" if I didn't wash my plastic parts properly. Shoot... Even skin oils off one's hands can affect the paint job.
I know. I also have found out enamels and acrylics, or car painst don't mix. except when you coat a layer of car paint metallic with enamel clear coat.
in this case, I sprayed the tamiya paint from their little cans directly onto the washed model, without any more undercoating. afer a couple minutes the smooth surface roughened up, leaving something of a flat look, and I could peel off the paint layer easily. (in afterthought I just should have done that, and painted the darn pink cadillac in red enamel or something more classy)
so far I am highly dissatisfied with tamia spray cans. the golden metallic has a very uneven look, and the clear coating... doesn't. I think I'd have had better results with a thick brush and a few bold strokes...
as for car spray paints, it strongly depends on the brand, maker, and plastic, it seems. I had good results with Opel original sprays from early 90's on AMT and Monogram models, while others devastated the plastic, or even rippled up... for a while, undercoating it with wheel paint spray made for plastic parts, too, worked well, but I can't find any brand that works with polystyrene any more. :P
in this case, I sprayed the tamiya paint from their little cans directly onto the washed model, without any more undercoating. afer a couple minutes the smooth surface roughened up, leaving something of a flat look, and I could peel off the paint layer easily. (in afterthought I just should have done that, and painted the darn pink cadillac in red enamel or something more classy)
so far I am highly dissatisfied with tamia spray cans. the golden metallic has a very uneven look, and the clear coating... doesn't. I think I'd have had better results with a thick brush and a few bold strokes...
as for car spray paints, it strongly depends on the brand, maker, and plastic, it seems. I had good results with Opel original sprays from early 90's on AMT and Monogram models, while others devastated the plastic, or even rippled up... for a while, undercoating it with wheel paint spray made for plastic parts, too, worked well, but I can't find any brand that works with polystyrene any more. :P
huh, as fas as I know most of the unpainted, one-piece bodies are made of polyurethane, which needs a different kind of paint. found out that that piant doesn't cope with enamel paint many years ago. for whatever reason Humbrol had a little can of it in their regular program of enamels...
I think the problem with car paints is that they are water-based now. somehow this doesn't work with polystyrene. also, never mix brands...
I think I'm going to get me an airbrush again, one of the cheap ones. I still have that little compressor tamiya had a couple years ago. I had it connected it to a laboratory electric source, so I could adjust the pressure through the voltage. it has no air tank, but it's enough to paint a car body properly, and that's all I need. :)
I also need to dig up the bottle of model paint remover I bought years ago, and lost it in tidying up... it's specifically made for polystyrene, while standard paint removers soften up the plastic and bend it in the process.
I think the problem with car paints is that they are water-based now. somehow this doesn't work with polystyrene. also, never mix brands...
I think I'm going to get me an airbrush again, one of the cheap ones. I still have that little compressor tamiya had a couple years ago. I had it connected it to a laboratory electric source, so I could adjust the pressure through the voltage. it has no air tank, but it's enough to paint a car body properly, and that's all I need. :)
I also need to dig up the bottle of model paint remover I bought years ago, and lost it in tidying up... it's specifically made for polystyrene, while standard paint removers soften up the plastic and bend it in the process.
Look... A realisticlly drawn, and easily recognizable, almost ICONIC car from the 1950s being driven by two highly stylized cartoon characters from an animated film feature? Yes... It's difficult getting the elements to jibe, but I figured since I had the drawings on hand... Why not? Don't get me wrong. You have an excellent point, and since 90 per-cent of being an artist is in being observant, you're doing okay.
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