Another Custom Painted Helmet

grafixman · 03-18-2004, 1:22 PM

I finally got around to airbrushing my first Brain Bucket and overall I am way pumped with how good it turned out so I gotta share with the org. I have not picked up an airbrush for years and to get back doing some non digital artwork and getting paint on my hands again was really cool.

I spent about 70 hours + in prep, masking and painting this sucker and I call it Von Fink. It is part Von Dutch (Flying eyeball) and part Rat Fink (The Rat Fangs). There is some Metzger influence too.

ND4SPD · 03-18-2004, 1:31 PM

Very nice. Are you actually gonna wear it?

grafixman · 03-18-2004, 1:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ND4SPD

Very nice. Are you actually gonna wear it?

{QUOTE=Cheech} Does Howdy Doody have wooden balls? {/QUOTE}

RaggedEdge · 03-18-2004, 4:21 PM

70+ hours!!

Wow, a lot of work went into that helmet! Looks very excellent, grafixman.

If you had to bill for your services, what would you charge a paying customer for a similar job?

CBRVFR · 03-18-2004, 4:43 PM

Sweet !

grafixman · 03-18-2004, 5:12 PM

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Originally Posted by RaggedEdge

70+ hours!!

Wow, a lot of work went into that helmet! Looks very excellent, grafixman.

If you had to bill for your services, what would you charge a paying customer for a similar job?

If I can get that same paint job completed in about 1/2 the time it took me I would start concidering doing them for customers. Right now I could'nt begin to imagine what I would charge.

abtech · 03-18-2004, 5:15 PM

So that's the helmet you'll be wearing at Grattan this June right?

grafixman · 03-18-2004, 5:55 PM

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Originally Posted by abtech

So that's the helmet you'll be wearing at Grattan this June right?

There are still spaces available Abtech? Still a chance I could go but it would be a stretch to make it.

EDIT: Looks like there is still space available. The inaugural event sure was fun. "We will have a max of 40 riders per day, so we have 8 spots available on Monday and Tuesday with 23 available for Wednesday."

abtech · 03-18-2004, 6:04 PM

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Originally Posted by grafixman

There are still spaces available Abtech? Still a chance I could go but it would be a stretch to make it.

EDIT: Looks like there is still space available. The inaugural event sure was fun. "We will have a max of 40 riders per day, so we have 8 spots available on Monday and Tuesday with 23 available for Wednesday."

I would make it 41 for you anyway, so don't worry even if it's last minute!