Stop overthinking it! Put it together and use black components.I'm feeling like it's a bit plain. I have no idea how that happens with rad fluro colours like that, but somehow it looks like it's missing something. Some contrast.
I was thinking of possibly splattering some black at it so it has some blobs of contrast. Or do I stop over thinking it and just bolt it all together and let the bolts and pivots provide contrast?
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Yes maamStop overthinking it! Put it together and use black components.
They're going to be bitterly disappointed with the crappy Avanti I'm donating nowMr Canary painted an old steel frame on the weekend. @Plankosaurus, this was the grey Creo frame you grabbed alllll that time ago.
He used Elderberry and Mustang from Spray Bike and went to town with the splatter effect. He went full Brian from Spaced
Built it up with scavenged parts (and some not so scavenged parts) as a loaner commuter for a friend whose bike recently died. Soon to be replaced with a bike coming from @Plankosaurus' random acquisition collection.
The whole process was fairly easy. It was nice not having to strip the paint completely off and prime and blah blah. It was just a case of clean off any stickers, lightly sand the whole thing. Clean again and paint. It definitely pays to do a good top coat of whatever floats your boat, be it satin gloss, matte, etc. Otherwise the paint tends to have a textured effect.
Next attempt will be a solid colour.
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Nah, his old bike was canti brakes and 7 speed. Anything slightly more modern than that and he'll be well happy!They're going to be bitterly disappointed with the crappy Avanti I'm donating now
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That looks great!Mr Canary painted an old steel frame on the weekend. @Plankosaurus, this was the grey Creo frame you grabbed alllll that time ago.
He used Elderberry and Mustang from Spray Bike and went to town with the splatter effect. He went full Brian from Spaced
Built it up with scavenged parts (and some not so scavenged parts) as a loaner commuter for a friend whose bike recently died. Soon to be replaced with a bike coming from @Plankosaurus' random acquisition collection.
The whole process was fairly easy. It was nice not having to strip the paint completely off and prime and blah blah. It was just a case of clean off any stickers, lightly sand the whole thing. Clean again and paint. It definitely pays to do a good top coat of whatever floats your boat, be it satin gloss, matte, etc. Otherwise the paint tends to have a textured effect.
Next attempt will be a solid colour.
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I feel like it needs a bit more fade between the two colours if I’m honest. I was also thinking small black dot spatter-pattern (like flicked from the bristles of a paint-laden toothbrush rather than throwing globs of paint at the frame), so I agree with the watermelon seeds idea.I havn't bolted this together properly, just needed to see what it looked like. I still think too light, like it needs setting on the frame still. Wifey suggested watermelon seeds which I don't hate
Still over thinking this
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I do believe you're onto somethingI feel like it needs a bit more fade between the two colours if I’m honest. I was also thinking small black dot spatter-pattern (like flicked from the bristles of a paint-laden toothbrush rather than throwing globs of paint at the frame), so I agree with the watermelon seeds idea.
Well, it's somewhat different to what I was meaning but I'm glad you like it. Interesting to see it all together again!That muddies up the transition between colours nicely, spectacular work Mr beeb!
You meant more like small blobs than fine mist? That pic was experimenting on the painting rack, I tried a few things there.Well, it's somewhat different to what I was meaning but I'm glad you like it. Interesting to see it all together again!