For Fun: Valvoline #9 Ford

While messing around creating my NASCAR '14 Mark Martin Valvoline #6 paint scheme, I was procrastinating on trying to make a custom #6 that matched the style of the car I was going for. So I decided to take the Evernham Motorsports style "Flying E" #9 I used on Bill Elliott's and Jeremy Mayfield's Dodge paint schemes. Afterall, the #10 Valvoline car did briefly fall under the umbrella of the team. I mostly just wanted to see how it would fit, though. I think it actually works fairly well.

Mark Martin Valvoline #6 Ford Fusion - NASCAR '14 Custom Paint scheme

I finally got mostly done with my Mark Martin #6 Valvoline Ford from his Roush days. I always liked the classic look of the early #6, though some of his later schemes were pretty good as well. In this case, I used the game's default Valvoline logo on the hood, so it's not exactly the same as the one he used back then. I'm considering going through the effort to create my own custom one that will fit the color palette of the car a bit better, and have italicized text. Lastly, it may need some more work on associate sponsors, such as Pyroil or something else.

The #6 is a custom brush created from a lower case "g" with a few rectangles and curved bits added on to make it look smooth. Not my best effort, but I think it works in this case. I should also go ahead and create a dark blue duplicate for the headlight number.

The colored stripes are made from three distinct custom brushes where I worked out the approximate thickness I wanted for each color then overlapped rectangles. The first brush was used for the front of the car, and the second for the diagonal sides and top. The third was just another set to help transition the two by staggering the front rectangles to go along with the tilt of the diagonal stripes and blend in. I used a navy blue base for the rest of the car -- which should make the number icon appear white on navy.