Hey everyone! I'm taking a short break from the Thunder-posting to not only post about a Car I've been working on for the last couple of days but also because I think it's about time I posted another Fictional.
Here is, after a lot of Reworking, the #48 Car of Chris Crockford, more commonly known as CC#48!
Now, this one may seem Random, especially given that its Driver is a long-standing Painter in our Community, but there is some History to this.
The Story goes back to 2004, back when the Aero88 Mod was brand-new (and the absolute shit) and when Guys were fitting mock Lumina Templates on Pontiacs (which Fun Fact, is the same thing iRacing Painters are doing right now, only with Fords instead of Pontiacs. Once again, Time is proven to just be a flat Circle).
In July, after hard Work by Folks like xyz_racer and Tryingtobecool, a 1993 Carset for the Mod would be put up on NNRacing by Double-D. A Thing I found is common-Place for these Aero88 Carsets is that they often came with a Car designed to be driven by the Player. Examples include the Days of Thunder City Scheme (even when taking a Break this Thing somehow finds a way to get involved!) and a fictional Hee-Haw Car present in the 1990 Set. The 1993 Set did the same, coming with a Player Car themed after a Winston Sponsorship. The Thing that sets it apart from other Player Cars, however, is that it had Chris' Name, as well as a Team seemingly featuring his Initials (if we are to go with the idea that the first and last Cs in "CRC Racing" stand for his Name). The Scheme was plain but fit the Era it was representing nonetheless.
When the Cup90 Mod came around in 2007, the same Cars painted for the Aero88 Mod a couple of years prior were being ported over, all except the fictional Player Cars. They never left the original Mod they were painted for, and for nearly 15 Years had been relegated to decay as wanna-be Luminas, until a few weeks ago when I came across the Player Car carrying Chris' Name.
I was pleasantly surprised by it and found it interesting how amongst these real Cars there was one representing one of the Guys that helped make the Set. After noticing it hadn't been ported over to Cup90, I decided to make it a small Side-Project for when I wanted to work on something that wasn't my DoT Set.
This originally started as a much closer Recreation to the Original, but I ended up going back and starting from Scratch, as I thought the Scheme looked too plain. After looking at Winston Cup Showcars and coming up with Scheme Ideas, I eventually churned out this.
Honestly, I think this is the best fictional Scheme I've come up with. I used this Scheme to experiment with a Gold Effect, and without it, this Scheme wouldn't hit. While I mostly did my own Thing with the Car, there are Places where you can see I followed what I was remaking. The Contingency Decals, while all placed differently, use all the same ones present on the original. The same goes for most of the Decals scattered around the Car, though some I added some myself. Overall, I'm very happy with this Scheme. Without a Doubt some of my best Work.
Despite its Contigs clearly saying it's a Cup Car, my Mind keeps thinking it looks more like a Grand National one. I think the Colors have to do with it since they're the same as the ones on Chuck Bown's Nescafé Cars, a Scheme I plan to paint soon.
Thanks for reading another one of my Rambles about the virtual Cars I paint, see you all soon!
Credits
Template - Rioux (RacinGrafix)
Render Scene - The Iceman (Stunod Racing)
Logos - GTSWiki, Google Images, Me
Contigs - CC#48 (NNRacing), jonamelio24 (NNRacing), Rioux (RacinGrafix)
Number - Me
Base & Render - Me
Rendered in 3DS Max 9.