GIGER 49 MERCS

[Clay]

Awesome job as always Virgil!!

[Blake Rogers]

Cranky, do you see a shrink regular like? MAN, that is some twisted stuff!!!!!

I'm a HUGE Giger fan [Have an original coffee table version of Necronomicon in my collection]. His designs are erotic, sublime, mechanical, disgusting, and always outright shocking.

Without going overboard, you have captured some of what H.R. Giger is all about.

Crazy skills.

Bob

bob i too am a huge fan of his i plan on getting his art work tattooed on me

[JTRACING]

amazing!

[oldscool]

Jaw dropping stuff Cranky

oldscool

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks, maties . . . I shot some kandy a minute ago and I think I got just the right look, that Geiger type of darkness . . . I hope . . . stay tuned in for progress pics . . . tomorrow I shoot some flakes and then clear these suckers. Then is off to build the rest of the model!

[Dr. Cranky]

All right, chaps . . . I shot some of the kandy just to get the right Giger look and feel (that purple/sepia look of his paintings!):

I think I gotta shoot the white highlights for the smoke again!

[Dr. Cranky]

Here are a couple of more shots . . .

[Blake Rogers]

great work

[Mooneyzs]

Yeah, buddy, the intercoat clear works beautifully to seal in different coats, and it is extremely tape friendly!

Thanks for all the comments. Now I have to figure out how and where I'm going to lay down the kandies.

As much as I want to make these two monochromatic, I still want to add a little bit of color to it.

Thanks Cranky....sounds like I am going to have to get some of that intercoat clear, that is great to hear that it is tape friendly. just as others said, you sure have some painting skills but you are right about the more you paint and practice the better you get at it.

[Dragline]

I want one!!!!!!!!

Moparfan, you have excellent taste. Giger isn't for everyone that's for sure. But these cars would make a nice introduction to his work.

The Kandy cut the brightness of the masked areas a bit and it really works nicely.

Bob

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks, Bob. Yes, that's the idea to bring down those mask lines and tone them down so that everything looks in harmony. I think once I clear these two, they will pop.

Stay tuned in for more progress . . .

[crazyjim]

Yo Cranky - is this "intercoat clear" some special clear coat used to seal the tape or just clear like you'd use as a final coat.

[Dr. Cranky]

Jim, SG-100 by HOK is an "intercoat" clear that is mostly used to seal in graphics and kandies between coats. I think of it as an insurance policy on every step of the painting process . . . for example with the water drop F/X, you want to use intercoat clear to seal in the paint after the water evaporates.

This is a perfect clear for the job, although I use DuPont spot clear in rattlecan for to do the final clearing and buffing.

[hemithunder]

...throws away all painting paraphernalia.. and decides that after seeing your other work and this... yes I hate you! These are absolutely friggin amazing!!!

[MikeMc]

Virgil I noticed your SG100 is not black gold but TCP.....what gives.....is this 2 part or uerathane reduced with lacquer??

[Dr. Cranky]

Good observation. I get my HOK stuff from either TCP or even better www.coastairbrush.com. Yes, you can get your clear in small quantaties and it already comes reduced, though I sometimes put a bit more reducer in there to make it flow better.

Coast Airbrush sells the paint in either 2oz or 4oz bottles, and they have color kits too!

[Dr. Cranky]

Oh, another thing is I am using medium temp reducer which seems to be the perfect match for all this Florida humidity.

If I were working with marbelizers, then I use a slow temp reducer . . .

[MikeMc]

do you add hardener to your kandies??

[Tony T]

Fantastic paint work on both of those! Love where you got the inspiration, and that you can put it down onto a pair of Mercs! Wild!

[pharr7226]

This is stunning work! Thanks for sharing your technique with us.

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks, chaps. The kandies I used are HOK, premixed and ready to be airbrush. You can get different kits from www.coastairbrush.com.

Great stuff, and good results every time.

[Bernard Kron]

Oustanding!!!! And they are Wild!

[Terror]

Giger my eye!These are Crankyfied.As always,outstanding paint work,and we thought all you did was rust?glad I saw these,man.Thanks

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks, chap. Oh man, it's killing me having to primer and paint parts for two vehicles instead of one. But I will survive, it simply means the eye candy will be delayed for bit . . . as I work through getting all the parts finished so that I can begin assembly.

Stay tuned in!

[Alyn]

Virgil, you're outrageous. I love how you sometimes build in pairs. Most of us have probably had alternating concepts of how to build a model, but end up picking one and running with it. You on the other hand, come up with two ideas and build them both. Your paintwork is beautiful and really captures the Giger style.