First off, let me umm.. apologize??? I guess for the lack of updates. I just haven't really had much to show as because I've been doing a lot of assembly line painting so instead of seeing the old pictures of unpainted bikes, I didn't feel the need to take pictures of slightly less unpainted bikes.
But not everything I've been up to is mindless painting. I put a lil work into my Landspeeder Typhoon. Let me start by saying I cheated. I know my limits as a painter, so I bought myself of pinstripping tape from amazon to make the straight lines. If I had one complaint with it, it would be that it's not sticky enough. I get that it's supposed to come off easily and not ruin the paint underneath. That being said, once I was aware of it, I just pressed harder on the tape when I put the tape down and all was well.
The red is gonna need another coat.
Tonight I decided to take a stab at the banner for my Command Squad. This is probably the best "freehand" thing I've ever painted. The circle in the center was done by take a square of painters tape, tracing a circle onto it, and cutting it out with an exacto knife. Then I was able to just press the piece of tape to the banner. It is by far the easiest way to get a perfect circle onto an uneven surface. The rest of it was done with me holding my breath and praying I didn't fuck it up and have to start over from the beginning. The blue is going to need some touching up, but to be honest, I wasn't expecting to get it the first try so I wasn't worried about it. Guess I should have had more confidence.
I know it's not the best thing ever... but fuck you.
Some of you might recognize the flag but for the rest of ya...
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