This was our first shot at a swallow fish, and playing with resin tints. Also, we went with a quad fin setup. The fins
are all hand foiled and glassed on. Enjoy! Big shout out to Bill E.
nice !
you ‘may’ want to ‘blunten’ those wings a bit , to avoid sconing yourself like i did on hicksy’s dangerous ‘moonrocket’ ones [it lived up to it’s name , for sure …rocketed from a great high into my hollow wooden skull !!]
this thread RULES !!
keep up the great photos , guys …18 pages …could end up being 30 , i reckon !!
cheers
ben
Airbrushed acryllic
Hopefully John and the boys won’t mind me posting these (they’re fodder for the book on The Zone)
go the red octopus [photo 1]
hicksy i grimace every time i look at those moonrocket wings
ditto with my red dibben twinfins , i was glad to finally get rid of that board , i can tell you !
here’s a green pigment fin panel …i’ve done another one also so i have a quad set
[it’s actually darker than this photo suggest , for some reason]
My daughter Kate, runner up Iron Women Under 11’s
Her own designs with a little influence from Daddy…
Acrylic house paint over EPS
The Indian Ocean in the background doing it’s usual summer thing…flat as a tack…
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go the red octopus [photo 1]
hicksy i grimace every time i look at those moonrocket wings
ditto with my red dibben twinfins , i was glad to finally get rid of that board , i can tell you !
here’s a green pigment fin panel …i’ve done another one also so i have a quad set
[it’s actually darker than this photo suggest , for some reason]
more accurate …
swirled…
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Vaders boards have a certain to them that i can’t quite put my finger on…
A few more Vader jobs.
Mmmm butterscotch
Generation 2 puzzle board
Orangy orange reverse cutlap
San Diego Charger board with offset bolts. This one will get the bolts highlighted with yellow
Bonus shot. Not a tint but love those pigmented foam fins!
BTW check out how clean this fin job is, done by Andy Poff best glass-on guy in our neck of the woods. Yes that’s a hotcoat not a gloss…
superb !!
thanks for sharing , jimi !!
now …
…WHERE is ‘TFAD’ ??? [ let’s see some of the moonlight stuff eh ?!]
cheers !
ben
Here’s a recent one on polyurethane…
My daughter (age 5) has been asking for a Strawberry Shortcake board for summer.
Love the hello kitty
…hello Atomized,
did your workshop had been posted on an old late 80 s Surfing?
how can you obtain such dark smooth Black pinlines onto the foam?
thanks
“did your workshop had been posted on an old late 80 s Surfing?”
The shop in the photos was built in '92 in the existing building that I’m now in.
“how can you obtain such dark smooth Black pinlines onto the foam?”
I use black gesso acrylic which has Calcium Carbonate (Chalk) in it. The Cal Carb keeps the paint from crystalizing on polyurethane foam. It’s best to shoot 2 lite coats vs. one heavy coat. Burnish down the tape well (I use the edge of a credit card). Surfboard foam with a fine cell structure like Ice9, Teccel, Surfblanks Australia, King Mac and US Blanks make for nice crisp edges on the graphics. Surfboard blanks with a coarse cell structure like Excell or Walker are a challenge to paint.
Here’s another one on Polyurethane…
nice air brushing there Atomized!
looks classy
From the “never again” files: