Calling all Shapers

by **533clive** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:17 am

Hi there,

Just joined the forum as I am looking around for a board shaper that lives near me in the Hampshire area.

I am just starting out in the custom painting/airbrushing world, and am now looking for a surfboard to paint. This seems like a good platform for my art, and also a fairly lucrative outlet! At the moment I've just been painting helmets, a guitar, a bike, etc. and want to move onto bigger things.
Was going to just buy a cheap, second hand board, paint it, and clearcoat it, but then having taken some advice, am now looking for someone who could supply a board, let me paint it, and then clearcoat it for me, as it would then be a lot more usuable given that it would be protected correctly, and not just be a 'showpiece'! Not wanting to 'blow my own trumpet', but I feel the finished product would be more than re-sellable!

Any help from this forum would be greatly received.

Thanks in advance

Clive

by **kitesurfer** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:08 am

Hi have you got any photos of your recent work that you can post up?

KS

by **essex sucks** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:07 am

yep i am intested to see what u can do always been a fan of real good airbrushing put some pics up

by **533clive** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:14 am

Yes mate, just couldn't put them up on my first post, as them's the rules of the forum!

Here's a small selection. The guitar is still a work in progress!

Clive

by **kitesurfer** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:43 am

Nice work.

Why surfboards?

KS

by **533clive** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:32 pm

A nice big area, fairly easy to prep, people that will want the kind of art I enjoy creating etc etc.

Clive

by **essex sucks** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:47 pm

yep that is nice work liking the guitar not my thing but its well done

by **oldgrom** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:41 pm

I do the build and airbrush thing and ultimatly a clearcoat sealing the art/graphix sucks!!! Better to have art done on the lamanate coat then covered with the sand coat followed with a polish coat next, Done. The least I do is art work on the sand coat and polish coat over it. If ya just clear coat it you'll end up having a very unhappy customer after a few uses, if it's a wall hanger clear coat is fine.

by **533clive** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:45 pm

Thanks mate, points taken on board!

Just re-read my initial post, and just want to clear up that I'm ideally looking for someone (within a decent distance) who maybe makes their own boards, and is looking for some one-off paint work to be done, not necessarily a board from a larger company (although that would be nice!!

). I have ideas in my head as to what design I want to put on a board, but am more than up for any other jobs!!!

I know this may sound a bit 'necky' of me, but if you don't ask.........

Clive

by **533clive** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:56 pm

Kitesurfer,

Just been reading through some old threads, how's your airbrushing going?

Clive

by **Bewilderbeast** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:30 pm

Well, it just so happens that Kitesufer is just about to make me a new board and I'm a bit lost for what I want on it artwork wise and you look like you're pretty hand at what you do.

You say you know what you'd like to put on a board so Pm me some of your thoughts and maybe we can get something going.

by **533clive** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:03 pm

Pm'd you, and Kitesurfer!

Clive

by **533clive** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:30 pm

Well, went against my own advice and got a cheap secondhand board, just to practice on and managed to turn this................

into this (underneath only so far!).................

Clive

by **Sillysausage** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:06 pm

good work. very impressive.

by **scars1991** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:32 pm

thats way wicked., and you do all of that with an airbrush? impressive

by **pkbum** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:10 pm

holy xxxxx the used board look like new

by **533clive** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:30 pm

Thanks for those comments, hopefully the pics attached will possibly generate some work for me! Got the top done today, in a different style to the bottom!

Hope you approve!

Clive

by **gixer** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:34 pm

now THAT is good.....top marks fella

by **533clive** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:07 pm

Cheers mate!

Clive

by **sebastiansurfer** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:43 pm

that is SWEET
id kill for a board that pretty
what kind of paints do you use?
i got an old board i just recieved and want me to do some touching up

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