25th Ninja Commando Vehicle

This project was actually a test-shot for a different, upcoming custom project. The easy part of this custom was finding a 25th/Retaliation Ninja Commando (AWE Striker) on clearance, and painting it blue. The interesting part came after that - the use of a cut vinyl decal for the SHIELD logo. These decals are made by a specialty shop from a Vector-based logo that I supplied. The logo was cut from vinyl sheet goods (sticky side down) with the negative space parts still intact, transferred to a tacky sheet of film, had the unwanted parts of the logo trimmed away - a painstaking process called 'weeding' in the industry. The logo was then placed on the vehicle and taped into place with a piece of tape down the center. Half of the logo was peeled back, and the backing removed. Then that half is placed down carefully, using a squeegee to remove air bubbles as I went. Then you repeat for the other side. Finally, the tacky top sheet is removed carefully, as to not dislodge any of the very small pieces of logo. It's an involved process, but the end results are amazingly crisp and worth the effort.