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Project complete!

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Here is the finished product.
http://profile.imageshack.us/user/KrisAbsinthe

What i was going for:
40-50's era German/Russian War look and feel
with propaganda(ish) undertones

What I Did:

Besides the Mechanical work(which was alot. it was out side for four years)
took emblems off the tank and side pannel
Bondo'd over the area
sanded and primed
painted with a matte high temp spray paint, for that aged/Thick look
built stencils for the Stars,Gas mask,and people figures(well accualy my wife did lol)
painted on stencils
Painted on the number "1984" (see george orwell)
Polished the chrome

The paint jon is intentional. I have access to a real body shop, only wanted the "rustic" look. Let me know what you think.


http://profile.imageshack.us/user/KrisAbsinthe
 
Looks cool, do you have higher-res pictures? The ones posted are kinda tiny.
 
KrisAbsinthe said:
Here is the finished product.
http://profile.imageshack.us/user/KrisAbsinthe

What i was going for:
40-50's era German/Russian War look and feel
with propaganda(ish) undertones

What I Did:

Besides the Mechanical work(which was alot. it was out side for four years)
took emblems off the tank and side pannel
Bondo'd over the area
sanded and primed
painted with a matte high temp spray paint, for that aged/Thick look
built stencils for the Stars,Gas mask,and people figures(well accualy my wife did lol)
painted on stencils
Painted on the number "1984" (see george orwell)
Polished the chrome

The paint jon is intentional. I have access to a real body shop, only wanted the "rustic" look. Let me know what you think.


http://profile.imageshack.us/user/KrisAbsinthe
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personally i dont like it.
 
Interesting idea but it is hard to tell as the pictures uploaded are pretty much thumbnails
 
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i think you definatly got the look you were going for..

i dont think many people here will like it though as most here enjoy the stock look

i say if you like it, then great!
 
ha !!!!!!!! me and my friend saw this bike at walmart after work wednesday, or was it thursday lol, i cant remember, looks good :P where are you located ? you might see me ride around urbana on a completly blacked out lowered gs1000 :P or my friend on a black and grey gs1000 with a frankenstine decal on the tank
 
Its interesting.

Maybe you could finish it off by finding and old front fender on E-bay and painting it the same as the rest of the bike, and do the stator cover, turn signals, exhaust etc.
 
Mr. KrisAbsinthe,

Your motorcycle is very rustic looking and certainly has personality. Congratulations on a job well done.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
rustic

rustic

I wonder what a sidecar would look like hooked up to it.
 
looks like a mean rustic commie bike.

I do think you should lose the chrome fender for a painted one and paint the pipes flat black. Perhaps a sidecar with a bubble blowing machine gun?

Hope you were tagging that skull all over walmart when your bike was spotted and you were not buying Little Debbies snack cakes. Those things will bog your bike down.

Good work.
 
Yeah i am definatly in that area. Live in mechanicsburg. Thanks for the comments. I will give it thought about the Chrome. not a bad idea realy.:-D
 
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