RPS | The Racing Paint Shop

7/9/2000 - Holy moly! I'm still alive! hehe. I'm not even sure anyone checks this site any more, particularly you regulars who know that RPS is now CLOSED. However, I thought I'd take a minute and update you on the latest goings on with me, and painting, and whatever. ;)

I'm happy to say that things are going pretty well for me these days (in case you care <G>). My job is great, I'm having fun, and I just got a new 19" Monitor. hehe. In the interests of moving up the corporate ladder, I had to take a little break from painting for a while, which is why the Alternative set has been basically stagnant up until about a week ago. However, I am back painting again, just in time to finish the set by the time Nascar4 comes out. hehe. Ain't that always the way, though?

Regardless of when N4 gets released, I'm determined to finish the alternative set. I think there will be a lot of people out there who won't have the hardware required to run and enjoy Nascar4, so they should still get plenty of use out of the Alternative cars. I've released 2 more Alternative cars at Sim-World, the #36 M&Ms car, and the #10 Lycos car... too bad Johnny lost his sponsor right after I released it... Oh well. ;)

For those of you who may have heard rumors, I have been designing paint schemes for a driver trying to break into the Craftsman Truck ranks. His name is Brian Winters, and if you caught the truck race at Evergreen, he ran in that event. Took a provisional and picked up 9 spots on the track in about 45 laps before having engine trouble. Brian's a heck of a guy, and I've been doing all I can to help him land a sponsor and get him out on the track. Hopefully we'll see him out there soon. I'll definitely post something here if I get word that he's running in a race, regardless of whether or not one of my paint schemes is used on the truck. ;)

Beyond that, I'm basically just trying to get the painting house in order here and get back to work. I'm most DEFINITELY looking forward to painting cars for NASCAR4, I can't think of a single painter who isn't drooling on his keyboard thinking about that 16-bit palette and nice smooth, rounded body shape.

I did register the URL ifreezn.com. I don't know what I'm going to do with that yet. We'll just have to see. Just couldn't let some squatter get their hands on it. ;)