pearlescent paint job?

[nitroburn]

Hey,
has anyone done a pearlescent paint job on their xmod :-? I was going to expiriment with my skyline, but i got afraid of screwing up the paint job or my airbrush, so I settled with a nice gloss blue that turned out good.

[Team AMG]

Pearls are like candies, they work best over a metallic base coat. Here's something you can try that'll give you some interesting effects (this only works when airbrushing);

Spray a base of gold overall. When the gold is dry mask off a graphic and spray it silver. Before you remove the masking spray a fogged coat of a candy color. Before it dries remove the masking and then spray either the same color candy or a complimenting shade, like a candy sapphire over a candy blue. You'll get four layers in the overall look, the gold (bottom), the silver, then the silver with a deeper candy, then the top candy coat. Done right is has a stunning effect. Over the candies you can thorw a thin coat of pearl, remember that pearl will tend to lighten the top coat so make it darker or mix your candy with the pearl topcoat when you spray.

[Maverik]

Ive seen cars with a pearlescent paintjob on http://www.xmodsrc.com/rate-a-car/ there used to be one on the top 10 but it eventually got kicked off. Im sure if you look through the "rate a car" area you'll find one.

[drmodman]

if you could get a marbled look on an xmod it would look pretty awesome outside racing