Battlefield 2 L.A.N. PC.

[Computer-Geek]

Nice work so far

[danthegeek]

Well it looks like my spring break will be of some good use this year. I have mon-fri off so I sgould be good to go with this project. sorry I havent been updating but no work has been taking place. Damn college.

[danthegeek]

Well I got a bit bored a few minutes ago and decided to see if I could make a ruff design of what I hope for in the final paint job.

This is what I came up with. Used a bit of filtering and airbrush with gimp

Im not sure how i will get the effect .

Well jopefully tomorrow ill stop waisting time with pictures and start on the real thing . Oh well..

Any comments welcome.

Danthegeek

[PiGMaN]

I would get a toy army helmet from a toy store an bondo it into the top an make a blow hole out of it.Get some novelty dog-tags and place them some-where.

[danthegeek]

Hey that sound pretty good. I dont think I can do a blowhole though because this thing has a lid that I hope to use as storage; like the power cord, vga cable, etc. I did think about flipping the MB so its like a BTX setup. This way I could get and internal WLAN card and have the antenna stick out of the top. Oh well,, the dog tag idea ill have to use though. +rep for that.

[SgtM]

Well I got a bit bored a few minutes ago and decided to see if I could make a ruff design of what I hope for in the final paint job.

This is what I came up with. Used a bit of filtering and airbrush with gimp

Im not sure how i will get the effect .

Well jopefully tomorrow ill stop waisting time with pictures and start on the real thing . Oh well..

Any comments welcome.

Danthegeek

I have a paint solution for that effect.

Base coat: Flat Black
Top coat: OD Green

Use the paint designed for camo applications, that will be your best match to the actual colors used by the military. After you put the green down, it's time for some wet sanding. I'd recommend something like 400 grit. It's just enough to take the green off a little, but still fine enough that by the time you see the black, you won't go all the way through it. Remember that edges will have the least amount of paint on them so, you want to go a little heavier on the black than on the green (2:1 ratio).

Or, if that's too much work, you could consider just painting the can green and then dry brushing with black.

Make sure you clear it with a flat clear coat. That will protect the paint, but it won't be glossy.

[Guardian]

Battlefield has to be THE BEST SERIES EVER!!

I honestley look forward to completion! Don't give up or else I won't stop bitchin' at you.

What I would like to see is it given a camo paintjob, but one that looks old and sturdy like its been in war. I could already imagine it. +rep

[Commando]

Here's what your looking for. The effect ya'll are talking about is called washed out.

http://www.tamiyausa.com/articles/fe...?article-id=36

Check out the other painting articles on this website they are pretty good. These techniques are for models therefore they usually don't clear coat at the end, but I would. I think the worn look with a clear coat, although not realistic, still looks wicked cool.

These techniques are explained in depth and sound a little advanced but just use the basic guidelines for the colors and layers and you can still get a close looking effect with spray paint.

[PiGMaN]

Hey dude here is a link to a case mod you may be interestd in.
Its a military type case mod ,scroll down a bit you may find the paint work somthn youll like.http://www.themodnation-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=62

[danthegeek]

Thanx sgtm for the idea for painting. I think Ill have to give it a try.

Guardian, Dont worry Ill eventually finish it but if you look on the first post ive been slacking off for a while.

Commando, thanx for the ideas with painting but im stuck with spray paint. I might be able to get some of those effects if im careful.

thanx again, oh and I have a little surprise for everyone.. It may have something to do with a detachable bag.