Color change

[circmand]

I like shiny things but if going flat I would consider Camo green It would look like a new military vehicle

[nfpgasmask]

Hmmm, I vote Olive Drab since it is the closest thing to flat khaki. I would love to see a VX in flat, desert tan. Paint the cladding and all the plastic flat black and the rest flat desert khaki. But olive drab would look just as cool. I was actually just at the Ace Hardware in Lemmon Valley and they have flat, camo spray paint colors! Trust me, the thought crossed my mind. But I love my stealthy black wasteland VX.

And Clint, not that you want to sell, but I would say that if you paint, you had better be 100% ready to keep your VX for a long time. This is a heavily personalized mod, that will make resale value plummit. Just something to think about. Other than that, go for it! Just get ready for me to call upon you to take part in some upcoming movie projects I have in mind...I would love to have a fleet of wasteland VXes for a certain scene....oh yeah.

Bart

[Ldub]

Glad I didnt live in the 70's.

Lemme tell ya, it was ROUGH !

Godawful green sofas in every living room, burnt orange carpeting...EVERYWHERE, freakin' Barry Manilow coming out of every speaker...sometimes even in stereo...the 70's my friend, was not a decade for the faint of heart...

[nfpgasmask]

The only thing cool about the 70s are the muscle cars. Otherwise, everything else is

Bart

Lemme tell ya, it was ROUGH !

Godawful green sofas in every living room, burnt orange carpeting...EVERYWHERE, freakin' Barry Manilow coming out of every speaker...sometimes even in stereo...the 70's my friend, was not a decade for the faint of heart...

[TexVeX]

OD flat green, the real ARMY green, that is, with a big white star on the doors. heheh

[uncle_asa]

My damaged fender painted in mat orange:

Huh-huh, can't wait to see whole baby painted! But... it is all not so fast

[creeg]

OD flat green, the real ARMY green, that is, with a big white star on the doors. heheh

That actually sounds pretty cool.

[TEN36VX]

I want to go flat desert tan, but my wife says no...
I think flat military colors look good. With flat black, the flat black cladding might get lost. I like the contrast.

[dmfk]

I'm with texvex. that sounds pretty sweet.

[wekilled]

If I was going to go all out I would get about 4 colors: Black, dark gray, light gray, and a bluish gray, and do a urban camo pattern using hard angles. Take a look at old battleship camo or Swedish M90 camo for ideas.

Its off the wall, and would require some sketching and masking but would be one of a kind.

When I deploy I am always on the lookout for interesting camo patterns.

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, camo is another area I could have started collecting, but I resisted. I always thought a vehicle in East German Raindrop pattern camo would be sweet, but it would be challenging to paint.



Bart

If I was going to go all out I would get about 4 colors: Black, dark gray, light gray, and a bluish gray, and do a urban camo pattern using hard angles. Take a look at old battleship camo or Swedish M90 camo for ideas.

Its off the wall, and would require some sketching and masking but would be one of a kind.

When I deploy I am always on the lookout for interesting camo patterns.

[circmand]

Actually I had the interesting and expensive idea of going all chrome on a car. Everything body panels door handles bumpers even some window tint with reflective surface where legal. Never got too far as chroming costs an arm and a leg but I am betting one of a kind.

[JHarris1385]

I have always wanted a CTS-V ALL CHROME like that.

[wekilled]

Check these out just for S&Gs:

This is the Swedish M90 (I think it would look better in "grayscale:"
www.kamouflage.net/.../swatches/00024.gif

and this is the kriegsmarine "dazzle" pattern on old-style battleships:Colors commonly used in these multicolored "dazzle" patterns were: dark blue, medium blue, white, black, dark gray, light gray and olive green.

www.smmlonline.com/.../kriegsmarine05.jpg

Then again there is the tumbler (prior to repainting) which also is worth a look:
www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAG...


That German raindrop pattern would be a hassle to do as well!

My personal thoughts (for my own VX) are if I ever get a serious enough dent I will likely go with the "dazzle" kriegsmarine pattern (might as well go "all the way" if it isnt the stock silver I have. The only caveat is I would likely do it in a satin color versus a true flat and leave the skirts black-ie "Hollywood camo."

Obviously I have way too much free time sitting here in Baqubah Iraq!

[dmfk]

if you went go with some crazy camo, you should mount a dummy .50 cal machine gun or a fake turret of some kind up top. imagine driving that down main street! as if it doesnt get enough turned heads already.