Help me resolve my Halo Color Problems

[mxracer33x]

I am not sure if I like the entire halo being clear. I photoshopped a pic with what I am looking to do (hide the halo mechanism with a color or black, but leave the hopper part clear). I can do it in almost any color but I photoshopped it in Dark Smoke. I tested Lexan paint for my R/C cars bodies and it adhered very well to a pair of junk clear shells, so it should work well

Let me know if you have any other thoughts or ideas

[mxracer33x]

here it is in plain CLEAR

[Load SM5]

Can you fade it from clear down to blue to match the X-mag anno?

[mxracer33x]

yeah I was thinking of doing that too. To keep the internals hidden I would have to fade from inside the hopper part and solid from the point shown above down. Not a big deal to do, but I was afraid that the balls might wear it off in time. But I may just have to sacrifice a pair of shells and try it. I can always put my black ones back on.

[paintslinger]

beautiful do the half n half thing. also where in cali u live?

[TippmannMan]

the catch

i thought the halo bodies were made of something different (not plastic) just a thought

[RetroEclipseMan]

Yeah if you can't do a blue fade then I'd go with a solid blue on the bottom to match the color of the body.

[minion450]

definatly blue on the bottom to match the gun and fade it up to clear on top. that would look so nice!

[oldsoldier]

Those my shells? I like that idea...I didnt really care for the exposed looking mechanism. The sheels I have now are blue, and it looks great. Match the color to the gun!

[FESTUS33]

Yea Go with the blue fade to the gun.
I'm pretty sure Halo shell's are Lexan.

[Snertz]

Q?

Do you want to totally hide the electronics? I'm asking because you could dye every blue part inside black, and leave the entire hopper clear. That would look cool, and I have yet to see anyone do that. Then again, I also want to see someone else do it so I can decide whether I should dye it or not.

Other than that, Go fade all the way!

Oh, and can you dye lexan shells? Yet another option...

[minimag187]

Get a blue halo shell! For christmas, I might be getting a blue Halo B for my ir3.

[mxracer33x]

I may try to do the fade tonite if I get time.

Paintslinger, I live in Chico, CA. Its about 1.5 hours north of sacramento.

Oldsoldier, Yes these are the shells I bought from you. Thanks again, and the blue looks good on your setup.

Im not sure about dyeing the shells. I know the lexan paint I have adheres very well, so im just going to stick with that.

[Bront]

I love the clean/black combo in the first pic. That look sweet.

Whatever you do, post pics.

[oldsoldier]

definitely try to match the blue...it will look nice! and, we will, of course, need pics!