Heavy Metal Affliction--BMW Art Car

Happy HMA Thursday Readers,

This story has been a long time coming. The BMW Art Car of Acemafia04 was one of the original candidates for HMA back in 2012. But due to communication delays and apparently what was meant to be, the story is finally available to be appreciated.

Not only is this car nicely modified for autocross, the hand brushed Art Car livery is a centerpiece to appreciate this very cool 1995 BMW 318ti Clubsport.

I hope you enjoy this edition of Heavy Metal Affliction. It makes me wish I had the talent and gumption to paint one of my rides in this style.

John

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First off, thank you to John and the community for encouraging my love for automotive expression. I didn’t imagine any sort of recognition or public conversation when I took up the project, but I am definitely humbled by this. I am eager to hear what the community has to say, good or bad, anything is a positive in my book. Thank you all in advance!

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The car looks awesome very rare I may say and original my question is are you gonna do the hole car Acemafia04?

Thank you for the reply Darckon! I do plan on a second design for 2014, it’s going to involve the front end of the car with some material that is a little bit more forgiving. What would you like to see if you had a say in this?

I’m always amazed by people’s creativity and courage; I reckon you have plenty of both! Great job and I hope to see more of your work.

Wow the car looks amazing how long did it take to do that?

I totally dig it. I would not do that to my own car but only because I am a 1’s and 0’s guy. I have no artistic vision but I can solve a problem. I always admire the creations I see in-game and now this by one of our own! Great job!

Thank you so much chicotrout! This is definitely not the end all to my creative journey, stay tuned!

Thank you very much Da Lords Weiner! After sketching for months and finally deciding on design, the process took about 5 weeks. I lost a week because it rained and the paint bubbled up and peeled off, so I had to redo the front fender when I first started. I did a body panel at a time. I took off work to get good hours in during the day.

Thank you so much StreetProvenHP! Trust me, that first brush stroke was the hardest. I kept thinking about the value of the car and “it’ll never be the same again”, but then I remember I plan on owning the car for a very long time, so I stopped worrying about all of that and continued to make it my own. These days I do a lot of troubleshooting on my own cars, and I’m always open to help others. I’m glad you’re inspired by the work that went into the car, thanks again!

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That car looks incredible! I absolutely love the decision to paint only half of it. Like he said, split personality. It’s fantastic. I would have a hard time doing that to my own car. On one habd I’d love having something that looked so beautiful dbd unique, but then again a shiny black paint job is beautiful as well… Anywho I’m glad we got to see this, it brings me such joy to see people’s passion come to life.

GT- HideosPlayhouse

FM4 Mazda RX-7 Sprint

Interesting story,great looking car,I wouldn’t paint my car,I’m not very good at art!
GT:GT DRIVER JS
FM4 Unicorn Toyota Top Secret 0-300 Supra

Hi,
this is a very good and intresting story. The car looks awsome.

GT:Gjuergen
Unicorn Forza Horizon: 1991 Honda CR-X SiR

Very nice HMA! I love the “two-face” look of the car. It’s very unique and something you don’t see everyday. And then the actual painted side looks fantastic. I admire people who have an artistic talent and able to put something they see in their head onto any type of canvass, especially a car. Great job!

GT: SlimyTurt1e
FM5 Credits

Awesome story. I am a long time fan of Art Cars. This one ranks amongst them. Kudos to you for making this happen.

I wouldn’t do this to my car, because I’d probably make a mess, but I’m happy people DO because I love looking at them.

In general I wish there were more original paint jobs on vehicles in the world. Even subtle touches are nice. I saw a Ford Raptor out on the road the other day and I like the little paint stroke thing on the side of the truck bed.

Nice work Acemafia04, the car is amazing!

well first off great wright up again john and second this must be my favorite wright up so far because I love to draw and paint when I can…love the look of the car acemafia04, I would deffinatlly do the whole car too it looks awesome…would I do it? yes I would try it my self simply cause I love drawing and painting though I wont because I don’t own a cool car and if I did it id like to on a nice car…thanks again john and good luck acem

GT o0nightfire0o

FM4 unicorn RX-7 Sprint

Wow the car is amazing wish I had a car like that myself I personally could not do this to a car because I’m hopeless at artbut this is amazing

GT: sortablehalo94

FM4: unicorn Ferrari challenge stradale 03

Cool story and love the design. I can barely draw a stick figure, so such artistry is quite beyond my capabilities. Not sure I would want my “everyday driver” to be so “expressive” but as a second car I would totally drive it. Bigger question is would my teenage kids let me drive them around in it?

GT - UvilleBill

FM4 Unicorn Request: 2002 Mazda RX7 Spirit R Type-A

Not viewable in Opera.

GT: C53A 4G63T

F4: 2002 BMW M3-GTR “Street Version”

Thank you.

The paint job is interesting but it’s not really my style. i need to get the fm4 achievement for a unicorn car cause there is almost no other way to do it anymore. if you could help me out that would be cool.
GT-ryan515andrews
Unicorn-any one of them for FM4

Nice engine swap, probably pretty quick now.

GT: sirsamburger

FM4: Any Unicorn Car will do :slight_smile: