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    Posted by Warren Beard on 3 August 2009 at 19:22

    Spent the last 2 days getting this done, I haven’t done the roof yet though and have to re-do the doors as I used a different black and you can see the difference between them so am going to replace it.

    Cheers

    Warren


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    Martin Cole replied 13 years ago 35 Members · 49 Replies
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  • James Martin

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 19:28

    WOW! If that don’t get you noticed nothing will.

  • Pryam Carter

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 20:04

    I like it , could you not have wrapped the corner?

  • Chris Wool

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 20:11

    top job warren

    chris

  • Phill Fenton

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 20:33

    Well done Warren – a spectacular advert for your abilities. 😀

  • Kevin Flowers

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 20:39

    Warren superb design,
    Kev

  • Warren Beard

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 20:51

    cheers guys, as for the flag I would have thought a foreigner with a large Union Jack on his van would go down pretty well 😉 :lol1:

    I’m sure my accent on the phone would put off more people than the flag on my van 😕

    I wanted to do something bold yet subtle and cleaner than the big bold bright colours I had before, I think this looks more professional.

    cheers

    Warren

  • Gareth.Lewis

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 21:00

    Warren,

    You truly are an inspiration!

    Magnificent!

  • Emma Louise Oates

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 21:26

    Looks fantastic Warren! What a great advert for your business, very eye catching and smart. Inspirational, hope we can wrap our van to such a high standard one day 😀 And personally, as it’s been mentioned, I don’t think there should be any issue with using our national flag on your van, though I can understand the points made. In fact, if it needs to be mentioned at all, then I feel it should be with pride. By the way, love the business name!

  • Nigel Hindley

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 21:47

    Very striking Warren,

  • Karl Williams

    Member
    3 August 2009 at 22:32

    That looks the dogs Warren. You should be proud mate. Well done. 😉

  • Simon Polakof

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 04:44

    Really nice! If that goes unnoticed the I don’t know what to tell you.

  • Peter Mindham

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 05:25

    Top job Warren. Looks great.

    Peter

  • Mike Grant

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 05:58

    Cracking job Grommit!

  • Graeme Harrold

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 07:04

    Fantastic job Warren………Proof positive that less is more….. :lol1:

    Very clean, eye catching and visually head turning.

  • Peter Normington

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 07:38

    Great Job Warren,
    Did you do the face painting yourself?

    Peter

  • Chris Windebank

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 07:52

    Top stuff Warren

  • David Rowland

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 08:49

    ah the black issue… think u got away with it but only looking at photos and not the real thing.

    The mint in green looks much better then what I saw before, that works really well.

    I like it… great.

  • John Hughes

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 09:29

    Snap 😛

    Obviously great minds think a like !!

    John


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  • Graeme Harrold

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 09:34

    First glance, thought it said Guildford………close to Warren :lol1: Then I opened the file…….few miles away.

    It is a very mesmerising visual………"Look into my eyes"……."you want to buy a sign" :lol1:

  • Warren Beard

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 09:47
    quote Dave Rowland:

    ah the black issue… think u got away with it but only looking at photos and not the real thing.

    The mint in green looks much better then what I saw before, that works really well.

    I like it… great.

    I didn’t actually get away with it and will be re-doing the front doors, I had some extra printed black wrap vinyl from the last wrap I did and used that on the doors next to a solid black vinyl (KPMF), there is a slight difference between the picture and the solid black but the doors almost look purple in the sunlight 🙄

    While on that note I must say I really like the KPMF – K7000, it’s the first time I have used it and it’s very nice to work with and has a great finish.

    Also the green is much brighter as I have used a flourescent green with a matt white, it does look good though and although it has a limited life I am willing to change it when it begins to fade as it looks too good.

    cheers

    Warren

  • Lorraine Clinch

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 10:35

    Truly brilliant Warren, inspired.

    Lorraine

  • Harry Cleary

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 10:39

    Nice job Warren. I think I’d have put the contact details under the laundry list on the back, but that is just me 😀

  • Scott.Evans

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 11:22

    Grate job Warren :lol1:

  • Gert du Preez

    Member
    4 August 2009 at 12:25

    Warren,

    Why dont you put the Souf Affrikin flag on the van. You outnumber the pommies that side of the pond anyways!

    I like the Lime green on Black. (It is our company colours as well) As soon as the August sand storms are over, I’m going to wrap or pick-up as well.

    Top Job, mate!

  • Martin Cole

    Member
    5 August 2009 at 09:47

    Well done Warren, lovely job.
    Green on the black is very nice.

    Like Harry I would have laid the back out slightly differently,

    but a fine job and should lead to plenty of similar work hopefully.

    Martin

  • John Harding

    Member
    5 August 2009 at 12:15

    warren top job cant add to whats been said well done m8 :appl:

  • Shane Drew

    Member
    5 August 2009 at 12:55

    yours and John’s vehicles both look great. excellent concepts. well done to you both.

  • John Hughes

    Member
    5 August 2009 at 15:38

    Sos Shane but haven’t got around to putting the stars on yet 😀

    Cheers
    John

  • Jason Xuereb

    Member
    5 August 2009 at 15:49

    Bloody poms 😛

    Great work.

  • Richard Urquhart

    Member
    5 August 2009 at 15:57

    Warren, you have come on just great I love your van, cracking design, a very well done mate.
    😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

  • Warren Beard

    Member
    5 August 2009 at 18:36

    Thanks everybody, it’s taken me a while to find a picture that I liked and would work as a concept.

    I decided to put my details up so high as it is above a normal car level, whenever I am parked up in a parking lot you can see the company name and contact details over the cars so can be read at a distance and details taken as well with out having to look behind obstacles etc.

    I wish my prints had of come out as bright as John’s though 😕 that’s what happens when you have to buy from a trade printer, no control 😥

    I was/am considering putting my logo randomly around the "empty" areas in a matt black just to create some added effects but keeping it subtle, it’s still under consideration though.

    cheers

    Warren

  • Gwaredd Steele

    Member
    6 August 2009 at 12:19

    Good job mate. Will be doing my van soon & seeing yours has given me some more motivation! I too have to buy prints in from the trade & am always annoyed that they’re never as sharp of full of colour as their own! Hmmm…

    Trouble is, when you insist on 8 pass printing, they’re always reluctant to do so. Do you want the work or not? :lol1:

  • Shane Drew

    Member
    6 August 2009 at 13:05
    quote Gwaredd Steele:

    😛

    Trouble is, when you insist on 8 pass printing, they’re always reluctant to do so. Do you want the work or not? :lol1:

    Interesting comment. I do 8 pass prints for all my wholesale clients whether they ask for it or not (depending on the end use)… might explain why they keep coming back I guess 😛

  • Gareth.Lewis

    Member
    6 August 2009 at 13:27

    D’oh! if only international postage wasn’t so slow and expensive!

    Before I knew what to ask for I got caught quite badly with print quality, I have found that some companies use ‘budget’ type setting as standard unless you stipulate otherwise.

    Could be different now of course, that was a wee while ago.

  • Jason Xuereb

    Member
    6 August 2009 at 14:19

    I agree everything is either 8 pass or 16 pass around here. All our profiles are built utilizing these settings so we can achieve a wider colour gamut. Even banners are 8 pass.

  • Dan Osterbery

    Member
    6 August 2009 at 14:37

    hi guys,
    printing from versaworks, how do you tell?

    regards

    Dan

  • Jason Xuereb

    Member
    6 August 2009 at 14:55

    Dan go into media explorer. click the profile then the appropriate setting it will tell you how many passes.

  • Dan Osterbery

    Member
    6 August 2009 at 14:57

    cheers fella, been digging around but couldn’t find anything!!

    thanks

    Dan

  • Dan Osterbery

    Member
    6 August 2009 at 15:15

    Am I looking in the details section: Total passes? 16?
    I always print at standard or high quality never for speed?

    cheers

    Dan

    sorry i’m changing thread!!

  • Jason Xuereb

    Member
    6 August 2009 at 23:51
    quote Dan Osterbery:

    Am I looking in the details section: Total passes? 16?
    I always print at standard or high quality never for speed?

    cheers

    Dan

    sorry i’m changing thread!!

    Tha’ts right Dan. Pretty sure 720×720 is usually 8 pass. 1440×1440 is 16 pass well in Versaworks it is.

  • R.Lamerton

    Member
    7 August 2009 at 18:54

    Nice job, well done. certainly an eyecatcher!!

    Robert.

  • David Rowland

    Member
    7 August 2009 at 23:25

    i so hope you dont start thinking about changing ur company name again lol

  • Marcella Ross

    Member
    7 August 2009 at 23:42

    great job Warren 😀

  • Ade Ward

    Member
    13 August 2009 at 09:04

    that is the business..very nice indeed Warren and well done.

    cheers

    Ade

  • Warren Beard

    Member
    7 October 2012 at 18:32

    3 years on and eventually got a chance to re-wrap my van, I never did change the black vinyl to match the printed and the "Orange" looking print bugged me for a long time but time was always an issue to get it re-done so it stayed like that for 3 years. Now I have an employee so got him to strip and clean the van and yesterday got a chance to apply the new wrap. Branding has changed slightly in the last few years as I am now a limited company and also have a dark grey background rather than black and more of a lime green rather than a grass green colour.

    Anyway I am much much happier with this new wrap that I got to print at a decent quality myself and spent more time deciding what to go with and ended up using 3m dark grey matt along with a gloss print (my business card is the same matt and gloss)

    Hope you like.

    cheers

    Warren


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  • Craig Ross

    Member
    7 October 2012 at 19:17

    Looking good Warren. Top Work!

  • Neil Davey

    Member
    7 October 2012 at 19:56

    Looks mint Warren, we’re in the process of re-doing our van at the moment and are going with the Matt with gloss effect.
    Your van projects a great professional image.

  • Stuart Davies

    Member
    8 October 2012 at 05:18

    very nice job,looks stunning
    stu

  • Martin Cole

    Member
    8 October 2012 at 09:04

    very nice Warren.

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