Your thoughts?

yeah I know, technically it's running to the right, but I preferred the look of the right-sided bullet, having the RSR, bullet, read from left to right....it seemed to flow better...I can always say that the back horse is running the same direction as the horse in the grill.

 

Looks great! That emblem rocks.

 

Looks good

 

It's great!!


(Thanks for the emblem info in the other thread.)

 

Very Cool!

 

That looks great. Way to go!

 

Nice touch!

 

Is this the thread you are talking about?

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/index.php?sh...10313&hl=emblem

Because I can not find any info there ?!?!??!

 

That's it--Last post provided emblem size and where they will be mounted.

 

Pakrat,

if you're looking for the person who cut them, his name is steve smart, from BilletBadges.com. Very good guy to work with.

 

Looks good!

If I can ask - How much $$$ will you have in the badges?

 

well I don't really care to put actual numbers on public forums. I know I got quite a discount, because these are the first type of emblems that are of this detail that they've made. Normally they would remake the new 04 F150 badges with custom lettering. They wanted to make these so that they could display them as something really custom that they've done.

It wasn't mind-blowingly expensive, but it wasn't cheap either. I could've gotten something made elsewhere for cheaper, but these guys worked with me to get EXACTLY what I wanted so it was worth it for me.

If you inquire with them (billetbadges.com) for anything, ask for steve, tell him the silver bullet guy referred you to him.....for an alternative you can check these guys out, but I don't know about their quality or pricing...they use plastic, whereas BB.com used solid billet alluminum.

http://www.miladisplays.com/autonameplates.htm

 

Yeah, along with price range that was pretty much what was on my mind, thanks!

So what did you have to provide to them? Hand sketches, 3d cad files, a verbal explanation only?

Oh yeah, what's the RSR for anyway?

 

I had some 3d software that I had created the design in, unfortunately it wouldn't export to the 3d cad file they needed, so I downloaded a demo app for converting 3d files. it worked enough to allow him to recreate the emblem off of my renderings and the converted 3d file.

I'm sure that if you had a drawing of what you were looking for, they would be able to work with you to get it right. They sent me several renderings as he built it, in order to make sure it was on the right track.

RSR stands for my father's initials

 

Well, drawing is my life both in 2d and 3d so that part should not be an issue. My ideas have been far more basic thus far as well. I've been wanting to do fender badges in the 69' script only reading Mongoose instead, and then to make up an "o", and an "e" in the same font as the trunk letters. Your's has got my juices flowing though with some next level ideas now. I actually sculpted what I mentioned out of clay once, then made a two part plaster mold of it and cast some proto's in resin but without a chrome finish they just don't pop as well.

BTW, cool on the initials. Mine would be RMR which is why my curiousity was peaked.

 

looks great!

 

What did they use a .50 Cal??
Looks good!!

 

Pakrat: my initial design was much different and VERY basic in comparison to the final version....that's just how the creative process works sometimes...it started out like the grill emblems for the GT350s


but putting the bullet vertical just made it look like a female toy so I sketched and resketched until the final version came out.

Phantom: I actually used a round from my dad's .308 hunting rifle. It's a little bigger than actual size, but it needed to be in order for the mustang to be visable and more easily ingraved.

 

nice dude. this car looks tight. i cant wait to see the whole thing

 

i cant see it