Mythos-inspired Toyota Estima

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I said in my earlier post about my Hemi Cuda that I hadn't really used an airbrush before. Kind of true, but I finished this one before starting on the Cuda. This is a 1/24 Fujimi Toyota Estima "Exclusive ZEUS" edition (whatever that means). It has upgraded bumpers and a more aggressive rear spoiler. 

As for the paint, I chose this because it had a large flat-ish roof and some accent lines down the side of the body. I'd seen an airbrush tutorial on making starbursts and wanted to give a space scene a try with a twist. The idea behind this is, if you are familiar with the Lovecraft mythos (and if you aren't I can't recommend it strongly. Lovecraft had many opinions that don't play well in modern society. Be warned) there will come a time “When the stars were right, They could plunge from world to world through the sky; but when the stars were wrong, They could not live," with "They" being the Great Old Ones, a race of elder gods who are inimical to humanity. 

So what you are looking at is a black sun and black stars, shining darkly in a boiling yellow (and here's where I learned that yellow plus black doesn't equal darker yellow, it equals some kind of:) green sky. On a souped up Toyota minivan  

Thanks for looking, and any comments (like how I put way too much clear on the roof and ended up with a puddle over the front windshield) are welcome. 

 

[cobraman]

Pretty cool.

[espo]

Like the paint effects on the body. 

[PappyD340]

Very cool!

[Koellefornia Kid]

Nice paint job! Looks good!