Lowrider Roof Pattern tutorial

[BKcustoms]

A few people have been asking about how to do this so I figured a tutorial would be helpful to explain it. The starting point will be Revell's 60' Impala kit and it will be getting a candy orange and red pattern on the roof.

Materials used:

Tamiya tape cut into narrow strips

Kustom Shop Kandy Red, Kandy Orange, Lava Red Pearl, and Brilliant Silver Metallic

Wadded up rubber glove for the textured sections

Nason Select Clear 2K Urethane

Here the body has been base coated with pearl white and the roof masked off in preparation for the silver base that will be used for the candy.

Now spray the roof with a silver or gold base of your choice. (I used Brilliant Silver Metallic from Kustom Shop)

Once that dries you can start the taping process. Start by finding the center line and then lay out a design. I prefer to start in the middle and work my way to the outer edges.

Edited January 19, 2014 by BKcustoms

[BKcustoms]

Now we’re ready to add some color. Mask off the first section with a low tack tape so you don’t pull off your lines when you unmask it and then spray some color. I used Lava Red Pearl with kandy red sprayed along the edges.

Here it is unmasked. Make sure you wait until the paint is completely dry before you mask for the next color.

Here I’ve masked for the next section. This will have a candy red marble effect. To do this spray a very wet coat of candy paint and press a wadded up rubber glove into it. You can also spray a coat of candy over it to make it darker.

Now it’s time to do a fade in the area on the back of the roof. Just mask the area and spray some color around the edge of the tape.

Now we’ll move to the front of the roof and do a “sunrise” effect. It’s actually pretty simple, just stick a piece of tape at an angle from the center of the section to the outside edge and spray along its edge. Rotate the tape and repeat until you’ve made it all the way around.

For the stripes that run down the roof I sprayed a fade from red to orange candy. I prefer to start with the lighter color for this but it’ll work either way.

Now for the outside edges I did another marble effect in orange and sprayed an orange fade along the edge of the roof. (For some reason the pictures of this step have disappeared from my camera)

Now for the fun part! Unmask it and see what you’ve got! (this picture was actually taken after 4 coats of clear were applied)

[BKcustoms]

These techniques can be used for all kinds of paint schemes. The possibilities are endless!

I hope this makes sense, feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Billy

[cchapman195]

Very nice. Waiting for more.

[60s era]

Billy,

Awesome paintwork, especially on this scale of cars...Reminds me of what I have done on 1:1 cars in the past..

Would like to try something on this scale but I would have to finish a model first , lol -- before I got into something like that.. My builds

seam to go a lot slower than I would like.. But I am not in any hurry...

Great tutorial and again ---- awesome paint work.....

Tom :D

[JunkPile]

Thank You!

Edited January 16, 2014 by JunkPile

[cobraman]

Wow ! Great work.

[heroncustom]

beautiful.

Questions!!!

how long do u wait between colors/layers?

how long did the roof in the tutorial take u from start to finish?

and thirdly are you outta your mind!??!!?! lol thats skill if i ever saw it, but BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH it looks tedious lol

[Homer-five]

Billy ,

thank you for the how-to , you do such great paint jobs . if you don't mind me asking how long does this take from start to finish ?

Thanks again.

Dick

[crazyjim]

You make it look so easy.

[Speedfreak]

Beautiful work Billy, where did you learn these skills?

[JJER]

Very nice work and effective tutorial. Thanks very much.

JR

[Joker]

Thanks for the paint tutorial.

A list of materials used would be much appreciated.

[James2]

​Awesome!

[maltsr]

Many thanks for the tutorial Billy

[Nitro Neil]

Thanks Billy, you get a Wicked Pissa! from me.

I will be saving this tutorial and will definitely try this in the future.

[Johnag4004]

Hi Billy,

Thank you for sharing this, it looks stunning and the effect is amazing...

Andy...

[Dinky]

Treat tutorial an work, thanks for sharing!

[BKcustoms]

Thanks guys!! I'm glad this was helpful. Now to answer some of the questions, This whole thing took around 4 hours from when I started taping to the last coat of clear. I'm using fast drying urethanes so I only have to wait 5-10 minutes between colors, dry times will be different with different paints. I'll add a list of materials to the first post.

[BKcustoms]

where did you learn these skills?

A lot of people don't believe it but I've pretty much taught myself how to do paint jobs like this by watching videos and reading lots of articles online. Oh and of course lots of trial and error..

[carrucha]

Thanks for the awesome tutorial!

[Greg Cullinan]

Great technique. I'll have to give this a shot one day. I'm definitely into these paint jobs and low riders.