tailgate custom painted

[peter loran]

tail gate i did three years ago.we had a deal.cut an remove tree in trade for tailgate airbrushed.i think it is a good deal.the cost of removing a tree was $2000.00 .i made up some photoshoped
concepts for the lumber jack.an we agreed on this on.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys23.jpg
he wanted the plain white letters.he likes it simple.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys.jpg
i used a free weight bar bell stand by Weider fitness as a weasle.the tail gate is kinda heavy.this work out great.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys1.jpg
washed an wiped wax an degrease.tape any parts not getting paint.
wet sand to get rid of the gloss.it gives the auto air some thing to grab.wash again.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys2.jpg
after applying the vinyl stencil i pull out the letters.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys4.jpg
airbrushing white auto air paint.spraying at 35 psi.i use the auto air to do the sketch.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys7.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys6.jpg
using opaque white auto air in lite coats an heat setting with a hair drier.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys8.jpg
adding blue transparent in lite coats an heat setting between colors
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys10.jpg
airbrushing orange an yellow transparent auto air.none of paints i used were thinned
down.i sprayed auto air straight out of the bottle.i used an iwata gravity fed airbrush.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys13.jpg
airbrushing transparent red.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys15.jpg
airbrushing blues an purples for the shadows.im not using black for the shadow.i
think that will make it look to dark an distracting.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys14.jpg
airbrushing done its off to the clear coat.i took it to a pro for the clear coat.im airbrushing in the basement.i cant clear coat it there.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys21.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys16.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys17.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/pdloran/stumpys/stumpys22.jpg

[purplemyth]

I think it looks pretty good. Not a lot of tediuos details but I think if you had, it wouldve really taken the over all pic down some. Most people will see it moving down the rd, and their mind will fill in the rest.
I like it! :thumbsup:

[Whit]

Eyecatching Application There,,, VERY !!!
(good trade I might add !!!)

[redanner]

The tail looks great!! Do you miss your tree? I think you made a good deal!

[mob33]

Goes to show that there still may be a niche for commercial airbrush applications out there to discover. Nice work.

MOB

[peter loran]

thanks guys.it was done with auto air colors.

[Cowboy]

Looks good Peter, to bad he didn,t let ya leave the emblems off kinda distract from Yer work. Still looks good though .

[XZOTIC INK]

wait ,,you traded cuttin down a tree for his tail work,,are you crazy,,that work is worth more than 2 beans,,maybe im reading it wrong,,I HOPE SO,,THAT CAME OUT COOL,,NICE WORK,,nice tree texture too!! man that guy should of built your whole house over for that work!!:drunk2:

[XZOTIC INK]

okay as you can tell i failed math,,i rechecked the numbers,,im terrible with math,,but i still say he should of gave you more,,NICE AGAIN ON THE TAIL WORK! I bet a new tree grew in its place and this guy is still rockin that tail gate,,lol,,:cheers: :cheers:

[Icewolf0927]

Great work. I am sure the customer was happy.