Retouch modifying a car color

[matt2002]

Hello,

could someone change the color of the front grill of this truck ?
i would like to see it in blue, instead of black (keeping the center of the headlights black).
the current design is pretty ungainly, so I feel the color change would rebalance the front end.

Thanks a lot!

M

 

[JeffK]

Is this what you want...

 

[matt2002]

Hi, Than k you Jeff.

I was actually looking for the whole grille to be blue. no more black, except for the inside of the headlamps.

 

[JeffK]

Hi, Thank you Jeff.
I was actually looking for the whole grille to be blue. no more black, except for the inside of the headlamps.

Problem is that the detail of the grille is entirely lost to shadow. If I play with the image I can see the faint outline of what looks like a honeycomb. I tried finding additional images online but couldn't come up with a clear enough image. Without the detail, it's difficult to determine what to color.

 

[matt2002]

ha. I understand. can you ignore the honeycomb, and pretend it is a solid surface?

 

[JeffK]

@matt2002 - was working on this before I saw your last post...
I did my best to recreate the grille from the images I saw online Added in a honeycomb grille in blue.
The details may not be exact but the closest I could come.
A solid block of blue wouldn't look good....

 

[JeffK]

Here's one where just the honeycomb grille is blue and the horizontal trim left black...

 

[ex_teacher]

Here's a shot at that blue grill w/ honeycomb.

 

[JeffK]

@ex_teacher - now that I'm left holding my hat, how did you pull in those details?

 

[matt2002]

thks a lot to both of you!!

 

[ex_teacher]

@ex_teacher - now that I'm left holding my hat, how did you pull in those details?

Mostly dumb luck. I found another shot with some details in the grill, cut it out, played with the tonality, color mode and geometry, Without that image, I had nothing.

 

[JeffK]

Did find some additional front ends but I'll leave it with @ex_teacher excellent work.

In the search I did find a background video on the car which descended from a Land Rover Defender. And that "V" shape in the grille turns out be part of the Grenadier logo with the "A" turned upside down.

The video's here and perfect for the mechanical design junkie: