The above is NOT a real picture. Well, I mean, it was. I took this picture between the 3rd and the 17th, and digitally added the Blast Marks.
I had several things in mind, but I had a much looser idea this time of what I was actually going to do. I knew I wanted Torpedo Tubes. I knew it was logical to streak backward from portruding features, most noticably the hood, and the door handle. I also wanted to try to suggest engines on the very back of the trunk.
As far as the actual process, I had to wash the car, and tape and tarp just the same as before. Well, not exactly. In order to allow for the backward-streakage, I taped everything in such a way that I could paint the rearmost section, then remove the paper over the next section foreward, and so on.
I got two different colors of spraypaint this time. In order to look more like real "carbon scoring", I grabbed a matte black, and a lighter grey. Most things that burn turn black, then lighter grey. So, with the black in one hand, and the grey in the other, I attacked my car.
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Wreckless abandon actually helps here. I nailed the trunk area very hard - these were supposed to be engines, and they always show more heat/fire streakage than anything else. Everywhere I saw a seam, I streaked back from it with both colors several times. At this point, I came across the huge dent and the various smaller ones that came with the car. A thought struk me. I nailed the huge dent even harder than the rest of the trunk, and attempted to make it look like a direct hit. It worked. |
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This is also a good stage in the game to cover over any drips you may have accidentally created in your other markings. A few well-placed streaks and no one will be the wiser. I went nuts on the rest of the car, section-by-section, always streaking backward. That is, until I got to the proton torpedo tubes. These were a bit trickey to plan for, and I ended up having to improvise over it anyway. I had marked out the general area in tape on both sides, and painted the marked-off section in the lighter grey. Once all the "Paint-Okay" sections had been peeled, I peeled the torpedo tube area and attacked it with the black, this time streaking foreward, trying to remain in generally the same area as the outlined section underneath. |
In general, the Blast Marks are much more frightening to apply than anything up to this point. You're relying completely on your immideate artistic ability; you don't have the safety of tape lines when you're working with open sections like this.
But, it really does help to go nuts. Just remember to stop every once in a while, step back, and take a look at where you are in relation to the rest of the vehicle.