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« on: June 27, 2007, 09:40:14 am » |
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  This is just the fairing for my upcoming steampunk Vespa. I've done similar woodgraining on the cowls and topcase, but am still airbrushing on those bits. More info about the project here. |
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skeletonrobot
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« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2007, 12:07:00 pm » |
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im excited to see how this comes out. i have plans to trick out a tomos moped.
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Smaggers
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« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2007, 01:25:15 pm » |
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That's fantastic work.  |
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The Professor
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« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2007, 01:41:25 pm » |
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That wood grain effect is brilliant, like everybody else, I can't wait to see how the finished moped will look.
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« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2007, 02:29:57 pm » |
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What a fantastic woodgrain effect, I can't wait to see the final product. Keep up the good work!
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Von Effenger
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« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2007, 02:36:06 pm » |
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i'm already in love! and i can't wait to see the rest
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« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2007, 03:29:46 pm » |
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That, sir is amazing work! Well done.
*wanders off chanting the mantra "I don't need another vehicle..I don't need another project.."*
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Honky-Tonk Dragon
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« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2007, 06:27:27 pm » |
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Thanks everyone for your kind words.
The working title for the scoot has been the Brazen Filly for the last month or so. My partner has expressed misgivings as to how fitting that name will be to the scooter. I have been trying to come up with a more descriptive name... something along the lines of Datamancer's Nagy Magical-Movable-Type
Pixello-Dynamotronic Computational Engine™.
So far the best I've been able to come up with is Dr. Apelles' Electro-Mechanized Automated Velocipedic Chariot™.
Any suggestions on a better name?
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Elwood
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« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2007, 09:24:24 pm » |
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Due to my interest in the 60's mod culture, I've grown to really like vespas (I'm thinking of getting one myself, any suggestions?), so I'm very interested to see how this baby turns out. Good luck!
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« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2007, 09:34:11 pm » |
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Sorry for my ignorance (surely do by the fact than i don't know the equivalant in french) but....what is a vespa ?
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Von Effenger
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« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2007, 10:40:19 pm » |
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Sorry for my ignorance (surely do by the fact than i don't know the equivalant in french) but....what is a vespa ?
http://www.vespa.com/adorable Italian scooters. |
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« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2007, 10:08:22 pm » |
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Just seeing the title of this thread turned my mood from sour to utter euphoria.
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Jake von Slatt
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« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2007, 11:29:00 pm » |
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Thanks everyone for your kind words.
The working title for the scoot has been the Brazen Filly for the last month or so. My partner has expressed misgivings as to how fitting that name will be to the scooter. I have been trying to come up with a more descriptive name... something along the lines of Datamancer's Nagy Magical-Movable-Type
Pixello-Dynamotronic Computational Engine™.
So far the best I've been able to come up with is Dr. Apelles' Electro-Mechanized Automated Velocipedic Chariot™.
Any suggestions on a better name?
Eleanor. |
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Elwood
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« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2007, 01:25:59 am » |
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Thanks everyone for your kind words.
The working title for the scoot has been the Brazen Filly for the last month or so. My partner has expressed misgivings as to how fitting that name will be to the scooter. I have been trying to come up with a more descriptive name... something along the lines of Datamancer's Nagy Magical-Movable-Type
Pixello-Dynamotronic Computational Engine™.
So far the best I've been able to come up with is Dr. Apelles' Electro-Mechanized Automated Velocipedic Chariot™.
Any suggestions on a better name?
Eleanor. an I like Beatrice, such a ride shouldn't be bogged down by an overly elaborate name, but rather a more effectionate one. |
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« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2007, 02:31:21 am » |
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That, sir is amazing work! Well done.
*wanders off chanting the mantra "I don't need another vehicle..I don't need another project.."*
A quote worthy of tina turner. |
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Honky-Tonk Dragon
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« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2007, 09:13:12 am » |
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Eleanor.
Hmmm... After Eleanor of Aquitaine, perhaps? Hmmm... that sounds quite... civilized. Perhaps I could do a still of Katherine Hepburn in the Lion in Winter, only painted to look like a much younger Miss Hepburn, on the leg-shield with the name... There's definitely a synergy to naming a noble steed in honor of the lady who gave us the cult of courtly love. That and I've always been fascinated with Plantangent England, William Marshal, and the concepts of chivalry. (Not to mistake the complimentary ettiquettes of chivalry and courtly love, which is frequently done in common usage.) Herr Von Slatt, I believe we have a winner. |
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