I’ve been sick… so I’m late posting this. PRETTY. WILD
Now… someone from BBC fly all of us over for a show cameo.TopGear.com
I had a great opportunity to design Ryan Tuerck’s hero card for Gardella Racing. In addition to the card, I was also tasked with redesigning the Gardella Racing logo. Overall I am pretty stoked with the result!
I would definitely love to wrench on more projects like these… so any of you FD teams in need… HOLLER.
This project started out as a way to help the Forza community in their painting efforts. I have received many requests for high-res graphics to use as reference in the painting process. I then used that as an excuse to get better acclimated with Adobe Illustrator, and create a comprehensive guide to the vehicle’s 2007 livery. I have always enjoyed technical drawings in their precise structure and perfection. One thing led to another, and the next thing I know… I spent an insane amount of countless hours creating this. I learned a lot about Illustrator in the process, and it is my hope that this will help any aspiring Forza painters re-create the car’s likeness.
I have a ton of respect for everyone painting Forza replicas. I (still) don’t have a 360 to be familiar with the process, but as far as I know… the tools available are very crude and difficult to use. This painter’s pack took me FOREVER, and I already had most of the graphics on file! I cannot fathom how long it takes to create some of these replicas. Hats off to all you Forza painters for your hard work and attention to detail!
Click here to download the Painter’s Pack. (7.4mb – 5400x3600px)
12×18″ posters are available on Slide Style™.
Got down and dirty with the foglight reflectors as well.Cracked these things open.
Hit’m with the ol’ 1-2.
Picked up a restoration kit from 3M.
This is what I started with…
This is what I ended up with. It ain’t perfect… but it is a lot better. I think I could have repeated some of the steps and got better results. I can always save that for a rainy day.
Snapped’m back together and got’m back on the car.
The sun went down so I didn’t get a good photo of the car with the fogs on. I’ll post up a full frontal shot of the car once I can source the shattered foglight bezel for the driver side.
FINALLY. A project that doesn’t turn into some kinda of vehicular-disabling, distastrous headache.Popped the ol’ yeller lenses off… removed the trim, and masked errythang off.
This stuff is AWESOME.
Hit ’em, left and right.
The color is hella vibrant… even with one coat. I did two coats for added ocular punch.
I decided to hit the back of the angel eyes that surround the high beam for good measure.
But I didn’t like how the face of the angel eyes stood out against the yellow.
So I hit them from every angle.
MUCH better.
Popped the new clear lenses back into place, along with the corner lenses and lower trim.
Headlights and high-beams on.
It looks INSANELY sick in person. I’m amazed at what a difference this makes on the car. Getting those crusty ol’ beat up yellow lenses off there probably made the biggest difference. I’m super-stoked how this turned out… even if I did just find a thread filled with e46 folks doing the same thing. This paint from Vans definitely made a huge difference, and was worth every cent!
