Slip's Showroom (.....of DOOOOOM!)
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Not dead! Just occupied! lol
That and I cloned my files to a 6TB HD with the intention of using that as a "Library" of files and assets and then installed a new 1TB SSD to just run my OS and programs on. Things run MUUUUCH faster now - but now NR2k3 has some critical error and doesn't want to load after the clone process. I've just been lazy and haven't taken the time to reinstall it properly or look into the issue yet.
Plus side - lots of cool decal stuff going on!
That and I cloned my files to a 6TB HD with the intention of using that as a "Library" of files and assets and then installed a new 1TB SSD to just run my OS and programs on. Things run MUUUUCH faster now - but now NR2k3 has some critical error and doesn't want to load after the clone process. I've just been lazy and haven't taken the time to reinstall it properly or look into the issue yet.
Plus side - lots of cool decal stuff going on!
Been following your decal stuff on Instagram! Some of the best decals I’ve ever seem. The attention to detail is astounding
I sent you an invite on FB yesterday to follow my page there. That gets updated a lot more often than Insta
#26 Johnny Benson - Cheerios / Toy Story 2 Ford Taurus 1999
The special 'Toy Story 2' promotional movie tie-in paint scheme featuring Woody, Jessie and Bullseye that was run by Johnny Benson at the NAPA 500 at Atlanta at the end of the 1999 season. This is as close as I could get to the 'raced' version...
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Oh my gosh! How on Earth did I not know about this! Man, I really miss those days of those sort of movies getting such wide promotions. That was truly a peak in the 90s, it seems.
Also, before I forget. 'The toys are back in town!'
(Funny how that's my intro to the music Thin Lizzy.)
I remember making this same car for the Gen6 mod and I give you made props... limited resources for it and a lot of hard work going into the logos and such! Great work!#26 Johnny Benson - Cheerios / Toy Story 2 Ford Taurus 1999
The special 'Toy Story 2' promotional movie tie-in paint scheme featuring Woody, Jessie and Bullseye that was run by Johnny Benson at the NAPA 500 at Atlanta at the end of the 1999 season. This is as close as I could get to the 'raced' version...
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Thanks, Man. I appreciate it - and yeah, this one took a while. It was a saga... I was working off of images of the diecast and showcar that was unveiled at the promotional announcement - which got me about 80% of the way there.
I was able to find a couple repositories of actual character images used in a lot of the Toy Story 2 marketing material (which is where I found the correct Jessie, Woody and Bullseye for the hood and the Bullseye for the side) and the "Woody" logo was traced off of some toy packaging from the time found on ebay. I hand drew the sheriff star based on the references I had - but man.... that main Woody image for the side was just NOWHERE.
I kept stumbling across the one you used - the like 3/4 running pose which seemed to be from one of the more recent movies - but my OCD wouldn't let me settle! Lol. The FIRST glimmer of hope I had was finding out that the side-profile running pose was used on a promotional collectors pin offered at McDonald's during the movie opening. The images on ebay weren't good enough to work from so I spent $3 hoping I might be able to scan the pin and make it large enough to use.... no dice there. The pin was maybe the size of a quarter and the shiny gold backing made working from the scan impossible.
BUT!!!!!
Tossing that scan of the pin into a reverse image search earned me the ultimate prize - a high-res raster of what I'd already been searching for fruitlessly for like months
So there ya have it - the epic saga of the (probably waaaaay too over the top) effort I put into dredging up the period correct character graphics,
The upside is - once I had everything - I put it to even better use by producing a waterslide decal set of the graphics!
Wow @Slipster17, you definitely did a lot of leg work there. Sometimes with recreations you have to go above and beyond to achieve the goal. Again awesome work there!
I was just curious and started down the rabbit hole again but never saw this page when I did mine lol. Would have been helpful if I did, but sure you saw it though!
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I was just curious and started down the rabbit hole again but never saw this page when I did mine lol. Would have been helpful if I did, but sure you saw it though!
Roush Racing NASCAR Toy Story 2 Car - Motorsports Market
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Yup! I found that same sale along the way there! That was most helpful with getting the side star correct and for Wheezy on the rear.Wow @Slipster17, you definitely did a lot of leg work there. Sometimes with recreations you have to go above and beyond to achieve the goal. Again awesome work there!
I was just curious and started down the rabbit hole again but never saw this page when I did mine lol. Would have been helpful if I did, but sure you saw it though!
Roush Racing NASCAR Toy Story 2 Car - Motorsports Market
Little bit of progress on the home front. Clearing off my model bench to make way for more, lol.
Revell kit. House of Kolor Magenta/ Gold color shift paint. Duplicolor 1k clear coat. My own decals.
Revell kit. House of Kolor Magenta/ Gold color shift paint. Duplicolor 1k clear coat. My own decals.
It's been a while - but I really need to find photos and finish off the final 4 or 5 cars in this set!
This one was a toughy - but I think I've got it figured out based on matching some blurry sponsor decals from the tv broadcast with ones that Tanner ran on his car during the 1999 season. Here is Kelly Tanner running an old PE2 Pontiac at Motegi in 1998.
This one was a toughy - but I think I've got it figured out based on matching some blurry sponsor decals from the tv broadcast with ones that Tanner ran on his car during the 1999 season. Here is Kelly Tanner running an old PE2 Pontiac at Motegi in 1998.
Finally got to a point I was happy with on this cup2000 template. They have a few odd proportions in a couple places - but overall well put together. This was done on the SnG edit of the Om3ga template using all of the assets I have from producing the decal sheet. The color is all just done with layer shading - I haven't played around to see if the ChromeIllusioner software will work with the cup2000 model yet.
It will. It will work with any mod. You still have to run the program from within the default mod but once you move the files to the correct mod folder it should be fine.
I really need to spend some more time with Illusioner to get better at it and make a good step by step tutorial since the one that comes with the program rather sucks.
Gotcha - so the same steps I used to make it work with cup98 will do the same for cup2000 et al
Budweiser "Louie" graphics (1998)
High Res layered assets for the special Budweiser Lizard "Louie" paint scheme run at several race during the 1998 season. Scanned from die cast box art and cleaned up for immediate use on any project you'd like to use it on. Includes hood...
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Budweiser "Louie" graphics (1997)
High Res layered assets for the special Budweiser Lizard "Louie" paint scheme run at the 2nd Loudon race during the 1997 season. Pieced together from race footage and scanned die cast box art and cleaned up for immediate use on any project you'd...
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Reese's FastBreak logo (2001 release)
Hi-res fully layered recreation of the original Reese's FastBreak logo as it appeared splashed across the hood of Kevin Harvick's special paint scheme at Loudon NH in 2001. This was recreated from diecast box art, images of old packaging and race...
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