Scooter adorned with WoW art
by Mike Schramm 
Oct 24th 2008 at 1:00PM
This is awesome -- Jimzter of Carnage Kings on EU Darkspear decked out his Lambretta scooter with some great looking WoW art, and I mean decked: top to bottom, the whole thing is a celebration of the World of Warcraft. He's got character art all over the place, maps of the two major continents in the floor panels, and even the license plate font is WoW-ized. Apparently Jimzter designed all the custom artwork, and a friend painted it to his specs. As you can see, the guild's logo also got a promient place in the design. Looks amazing.
Jim is, we're told, also a member of the Beverly Scooter Club, and if you happen to be in the area of Bridlington (near Yorkshire, England), you can even come see the bike, as he'll be showing it off at the Bridlington National Scooter Rally on October 24 through 26th. With their kind permission, we've put pictures of the scooter in the gallery below. Very nice work.
Jim is, we're told, also a member of the Beverly Scooter Club, and if you happen to be in the area of Bridlington (near Yorkshire, England), you can even come see the bike, as he'll be showing it off at the Bridlington National Scooter Rally on October 24 through 26th. With their kind permission, we've put pictures of the scooter in the gallery below. Very nice work.
Filed under: Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Galleries, Fan art, Hardware
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
The Hammer Oct 24th 2008 1:05PM
Christ, that IS a nice set-up!
Love it.
xtole Oct 24th 2008 1:36PM
NERD ALERT!!!
Matt Oct 24th 2008 1:48PM
He will DEFINITELY get laid with that setup.
Matt @ ruggednerds.com
mike Oct 24th 2008 1:08PM
I would hate to park that anywhere and leave it.....its way too nice
niko Oct 24th 2008 1:27PM
amazing attention to detail...
but...
it's also incredibly busy. It's almost a clusterf*ck with all the different graphics being merged together on such a small canvas.
Love the stitching on the seats, though. The embellishment work is pretty well done.
Runstadrey Oct 24th 2008 1:37PM
It's beautiful. Too much so.
I'd be reluctant to actually ride it for fear the road trash would ding the paint or an accident.
snivlem Oct 24th 2008 1:53PM
so i guess riding on a scooter wasn't dorky enough.
hehe
Keyra Oct 24th 2008 2:48PM
Actually, unlike in the US where vehicles are status symbols (well, they WERE anyway...right now, though, the ultimate status symbol seems to be "employment"), in the UK and Europe vehicles are mostly just a means to an end - a way of getting from point "A" to point "B", and in the city the rule is: "the smaller the better." Motorcycles and scooters are quite commonplace due to the narrow roadways. The exception, of course, is the autobahn and other inter-city/cross-country motorways - but you won't find the majority of people who populate Europe spending the majority of their driving on these roads. Instead, you'll find them in the cities.
Scooters there aren't a "dork" thing - they're just a common mode of transport.
And if said scooter was located here in the US, then I'd simply offer up one question: what is YOUR gas mileage? :-)
snivlem Oct 24th 2008 3:32PM
actually my gas mileage is ~1mph less than this scooter (or some like it).
So if I had this, I'd have to fill up twice a day. :'(
Keyra Oct 24th 2008 4:35PM
Firstly, please refrain from using such graphic language when I was only bringing to light differences in culture, and not lecturing anybody, "Cow".
Secondly, I grew up in Europe, so I do know a few things about its culture.
Hoggersbud Oct 24th 2008 1:56PM
One word....DAMN!
That is impressive.
lownwolf Oct 24th 2008 2:21PM
you'd think with all those lich king pictures he'd have included Northrend on the map. Looks like it's missing =P
Looks great anyway though.
Tumleren Oct 24th 2008 2:03PM
Northrend is on the seat.
I'm generally not for decorating veichles with WoW-art. Scooters even less so, but this is so amazingly beautiful.
Art-cat approves of this
lownwolf Oct 24th 2008 2:34PM
are you sure? the pic that i thought was the seat says outland underneath it and sure looks like outland to me
adorenko Oct 24th 2008 6:57PM
That would be a sweet ride if it was cool to ride around in a scooter and cooler still to be that outwardly nerdy. It really does look nice, but way too nerded out.
Milk Oct 24th 2008 1:59PM
Nice for a show piece but really gaudy for riding around on. Could you speak louder, I can't hear you over your paint job.
Noirwolf Oct 24th 2008 2:25PM
Excellent.
Celton Oct 24th 2008 2:33PM
That can't be something anyone would actually ride. It's awesome, but it's too perfect. It's like a collector's item that you keep in your basement wrapped in plastic.
Evi Oct 24th 2008 2:40PM
That's a beautiful paint job. However, I agree with those who've said it's too "busy". My eyes can't pick a spot to focus on! There's just too much going on. I wish he hadn't covered every single square inch with decoration. Less is more.
WAP Oct 24th 2008 2:51PM
It's missing the PWN license plate.