Tutorial: Pimp my Hot Wheel - Page 2

TheWolfhound · 10-10-2010, 01:20 PM

Hopefully LokRobsterr and either of my other two brothers-in-law (Kidnomicon I know has posted on here) will post pics of their cars and what they've done. They taught me how to pimp a Hot Wheel, all I contributed was the Airbrush technique and Future glosscoat. Before them, all I ever painted was figures (28mm or 15mm napoleonics)

Alan Hume · 10-11-2010, 02:07 AM

Thanks once again, I am going to try and scrounge together a tool kit (when I get the money as cheaply as possible)

An airbrush is a pain though as I used to have one but swapped it to a friend as I never really had a use for it, now I do, darn

I even had the compressor, sheesh

kjamma4 · 10-11-2010, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by TheWolfhound

The base is created with a 1mm piece of styrene plastic but cardstock (an old index card or cereal box cardboard) will work just as well.

Awesome tutorial and love the pics.

I would really stress going with styrene for durability. Cardstock will work but probably won't hold up to repeated use/storage.

schoon · 10-11-2010, 11:45 PM

Very well done. I hadn't thought of using Mechs for Car Wars weapons. Inspired!

Alan Hume · 10-13-2010, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by schoon

Very well done. I hadn't thought of using Mechs for Car Wars weapons. Inspired!

snap, neither had I (just wish my buddies hadnt chucked out all my darn mechs now, sheesh)

MattV · 10-13-2010, 10:42 PM

Great write up.

I ended up getting a air brush just for this reason. I tried multiple methods of painting cars with a regular brush and the out come was very inconsistant. I wanted that new car sheen and only with a air bursh was able to get it.

Alan Hume · 10-15-2010, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by MattV

Great write up.

I ended up getting a air brush just for this reason. I tried multiple methods of painting cars with a regular brush and the out come was very inconsistant. I wanted that new car sheen and only with a air bursh was able to get it.

Sheesh, I need to start saving my pennies then for sure, darn

Jake264 · 02-03-2011, 03:40 PM

Excellent, thanks! I went on a feeding frenzy on ebay a while back buying several large lots of mechwarrior clix. The project I had planned for them did not come to light, but now I can dig through them and start hacking off their weapons to stick on hot wheels!

10-10-2010, 01:20 PM	#11
TheWolfhound Join Date: May 2007	Re: Tutorial: Pimp my Hot Wheel Hopefully LokRobsterr and either of my other two brothers-in-law (Kidnomicon I know has posted on here) will post pics of their cars and what they've done. They taught me how to pimp a Hot Wheel, all I contributed was the Airbrush technique and Future glosscoat. Before them, all I ever painted was figures (28mm or 15mm napoleonics) __________________ ~Matt North Texas ADA - A Car Wars Blog Last edited by TheWolfhound; 10-10-2010 at 01:24 PM.

10-11-2010, 02:07 AM	#12
Alan Hume Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland	Re: Tutorial: Pimp my Hot Wheel Thanks once again, I am going to try and scrounge together a tool kit (when I get the money as cheaply as possible) An airbrush is a pain though as I used to have one but swapped it to a friend as I never really had a use for it, now I do, darn I even had the compressor, sheesh

10-11-2010, 11:45 PM	#14
schoon Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oakland, CA, USA	Re: Tutorial: Pimp my Hot Wheel Very well done. I hadn't thought of using Mechs for Car Wars weapons. Inspired!

10-13-2010, 10:42 PM	#16
MattV Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Austin TX, USA PM me for a game.	Re: Tutorial: Pimp my Hot Wheel Great write up. I ended up getting a air brush just for this reason. I tried multiple methods of painting cars with a regular brush and the out come was very inconsistant. I wanted that new car sheen and only with a air bursh was able to get it.

02-03-2011, 03:40 PM	#18
Jake264 Join Date: Jan 2010	Re: Tutorial: Pimp my Hot Wheel Excellent, thanks! I went on a feeding frenzy on ebay a while back buying several large lots of mechwarrior clix. The project I had planned for them did not come to light, but now I can dig through them and start hacking off their weapons to stick on hot wheels!