Opinions On Flames
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Opinions On Flames
I am painting my car tomorrow and I was thinking of going with realistic flames coming out of the scoop on my mcm hood and up from the emblem on the waterfall. ala Z06 Jim. But thats been done I want a sinister look for my car "hard to do with a white car"... I was thinking of doing tribal flames in semi gloss black out of the scoop on the MCM hood and up from the emblem on the waterfall and pinstiping around the flames in firethorn red to match my interior. Well what do you think please be nice I know flames aren't for everybody but I want to stand out......Thanks Slammed 
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I agree that the ghost flames, in whatever color (gray pearl, silver, ect) would look sweet, but it will also draw less attention. Personally I like having that subtlety. If you want something loud, have a white - (match car) yellow- orange- red (match interior) fade. You cant go wrong with a classic flame combo like that. Plus, you could still have it start like a ghost flame job, meaning the front of the car is the main color as well.
Saying all that, a "true fire" paint scheme of silvers, gunmetals, and maybe a little black on a white car would look awesome. Try looking up some pics of Mike Livalle's (sp?) work, hes the guy who started it all and he may have done some sort of a true fire on a white vehicle.
I've done my fair share of airbrushing and painting, if you have any more questions feel free to PM me.
Frank
Saying all that, a "true fire" paint scheme of silvers, gunmetals, and maybe a little black on a white car would look awesome. Try looking up some pics of Mike Livalle's (sp?) work, hes the guy who started it all and he may have done some sort of a true fire on a white vehicle.
I've done my fair share of airbrushing and painting, if you have any more questions feel free to PM me.
Frank
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Originally Posted by slammedwhitec5vert
I am painting my car tomorrow and I was thinking of going with realistic flames coming out of the scoop on my mcm hood and up from the emblem on the waterfall. ala Z06 Jim. But thats been done I want a sinister look for my car "hard to do with a white car"... I was thinking of doing tribal flames in semi gloss black out of the scoop on the MCM hood and up from the emblem on the waterfall and pinstiping around the flames in firethorn red to match my interior. Well what do you think please be nice I know flames aren't for everybody but I want to stand out......Thanks Slammed
Why not try the real flames with a slightly different color. Hell, I have even seen them blue and they look nice. Obviously not blue on your car, but you get the idea.
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Do the true fire look in blue colors, find Chad's post who did the group FRC paint thread, he had some FRC's that were painted that way, looked killer.
PS..... never mind just saw you had red interior.
PS..... never mind just saw you had red interior.
Last edited by pro1955; May 31, 2006 at 10:03 PM.
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Originally Posted by pro1955
Do the true fire look in blue colors, find Chad's post who did the group FRC paint thread, he had some FRC's that were painted that way, looked killer. PS..... never mind just saw you had red interior.
PS..... never mind just saw you had red interior.
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The true fire is VERY hard to do on a white base. I can't do it. Mike Lavallee won't do it either. He posts on airbrush.com, and he has even said white is a very bad candidate for true fire...
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Originally Posted by LoftyC5
Ghost flames light blue or gray maybe a perl in it. But it is your car, so do what you want. i kinda partial to ghost flames myself
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You can check out my site (Attitude Custom Painting). I have about 9000 pics uploaded . They're motorcycle jobs, but they should give you alot of ideas as far as flames/tribals go and color combos. Not too many white jobs, but I do have some. Real Fire done in shades of blue look great over white.
If you do traditional style flames or tribals, be sure and add drop shadows to them.
Adding drop shadows will make the flames look like they are hovering over the white base.
Possibly charcoal (MSG) or silver flames or tribals with red pinstripes and drop shadows would look good over the white.
As far as ghost flames, harder to do these over a white base...they definitely will stand out though no matter which way you go. (you want them to stand out anyway). I know I have orange pearl, blue pearl, silver pearl ghost flames over white shown on the site...
BUT, the ghost flames are great to go with on a Vette as you don't have to do the front bumper. You basically just need to do the hood, fenders and doors (if wanted). Silver pearl over white is a great color combo for ghost flames. You can also control the consistency on how much you want them to stand out. You could also do the tips in a different color, possibly black or red.
http://www.customflamepainting.com
Good luck!
Scott
If you do traditional style flames or tribals, be sure and add drop shadows to them.
Adding drop shadows will make the flames look like they are hovering over the white base.
Possibly charcoal (MSG) or silver flames or tribals with red pinstripes and drop shadows would look good over the white.
As far as ghost flames, harder to do these over a white base...they definitely will stand out though no matter which way you go. (you want them to stand out anyway). I know I have orange pearl, blue pearl, silver pearl ghost flames over white shown on the site...
BUT, the ghost flames are great to go with on a Vette as you don't have to do the front bumper. You basically just need to do the hood, fenders and doors (if wanted). Silver pearl over white is a great color combo for ghost flames. You can also control the consistency on how much you want them to stand out. You could also do the tips in a different color, possibly black or red.
http://www.customflamepainting.com
Good luck!
Scott
