Todd Parizo, who did the paint work last year recommended that as being the closest to Badger Red. While I agree with that, it occurred to me that there are a ton of reds out there that look a good bit like Badger Red. Especially after I got a closer look at the motion W on the Badger helmets, which to my eye is more of a purple-based cardinal than it is a red-based red. Color matching is a complex world, with no standards, especially when you go from one media to another. John does good work, so I decided to let him run with the color selection, same as I did with Todd. Todd did an awesome job with the first bike. I guess we will all have to wait and see how John does with this year's version.Pat, the vinyl queen (that's what her card says!) at Green Bay Vinyl is another new vendor for this year's project. In order to turn out a good looking likeness of Bucky, or any other object for that matter,
the painter needs what is known as a "mask". This allows one color to be applied at a time while covering up the rest of the paint. Pat is making the masks for the motion W and the Bucky Badger. John couldn't do the paint work without her masks!
