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i shot this truck at a local show and my wife pointed out, to my poor lack of concentration and failing eye sight. that every single flame lick in the paint job has a skull in it. the picture below was cropped from the center section of the rear door. this might be a question for (hot rod paint) to answer. is this a stencil air brush pattern, or what is the process to achieve this. i am sure it was very time consuming to do.

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but heres my two bits : I do this free hand w/an air brush and some times cut a few stencils , and looking at just the second cropped pic a few of the lines are sharp and some look soft so it could be a few stencils to get the main shapes then freehand it all in so that they are not all the same that's what I'd say . You can do such things w/just stencils and either way it is very time consuming.
I guess you could lift the stencil or dust the edges and get close to the same affect ...

Doing that big of a job I'd cut a few main shapes, lay all the shadow color with a mid size gun w/stencils ,then come back with my shadow color in an air brush & rough it all in ,then do my darker color to get the depth ,and then come back through with the light color to bring it back out. yep! ... that's how I'd do it, and I'd get paid very well for it

The purple out line is impressive that whole job has lots of time in it but I can't say much for the green "I wouldn't use that pinstriper again, he don't know how to roll ."

pretty soon they'll have some kind of super thin stickers you can stick on and just cut to get the skulls and I bet WallyWorld will sell it.

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I agree with Treekiller, that they don't look just stenciled......and that striper needs to keep his day job, 'cause he ain't gonna make a living striping! The sad part is that he could have simply wiped the bad parts off when they were fresh, and redone those spots......but didn't.

There are sources for stencils....especially skulls....if you can't cut your own.

Custom work always takes a lot of time. Don't believe what you see on TV. A nice paintjob on a custom car or truck will take weeks of work.

Those stripes are not hand brushed, look real close, you can see where the tape is overlapped, and where the higher paint was not blended in, you can see the tape lines under the vinyl

I think you are right, judging by where the tape ends overlap. Looks like a case of "Do it yourself" gone bad! :-)

you may be correct .
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Hmm. guess I don't really see anything about the truck I like!!!! The paint certainly doesn't do a thing for me!!! I must be getting old or something...What's the deal with all the skulls anyway????

If you're into that kinda thing, here's my buddy's new paintjob on his 34 ford... all the objects in the flames are done with an airbrush, some stenciled and freehand filled in, others just totally freehand. Not someonthing I'm particulary into, but the work is outstanding and you can stand and study the details for hours. By the way, the pinstriping on this one is hand painted, by the same guy who did the airbrush work and flame layout.

skulls have been extremely popular in all parts of the custom auto hobby the last couple years. They might be an extension of the popularity of tattoo art. It's been mostly on bikes, but I've also done 'em on street rods, quads, helmets, and sand rails. I don't see it slowing down for a while.

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Nice application...but sure did ruin a nice car IMO.... Probably cuz I think tatoo's are a bit on the ridiculous side too, huh????

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Nice application...but sure did ruin a nice car IMO.... Probably cuz I think tatoo's are a bit on the ridiculous side too, huh????

At least he didn't try to put Mustang wheels on it. Seriously though, he totally strips and repaints the car about every 2 years, so if you don't like this paintjob, just wait a bit for the next one. It's not for me either, but he loves it and thats all that matters... I will say it draws a TON of attention everywhere he takes it, which is cool. sorta dig how from more than 10 feet away it just looks like a charcoal grey flame job on yellow... you really need to get up fairly close to start seeing everything that's going on in the flames.

[QUOTE=joeybsyc]At least he didn't try to put Mustang wheels on it.


Yeah well, I'd like it better with Mustang wheels and solid yellow then what's on there now!!!!

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[QUOTE=Dave Severson]

Originally Posted by joeybsyc

At least he didn't try to put Mustang wheels on it.


Yeah well, I'd like it better with Mustang wheels and solid yellow then what's on there now!!!!

Well it has 4 wheel independent suspension and radial tires, so that should make you all warm and fuzzy inside if nothing else.