Thinking about how to paint this squad has stopped me painting on 2 separate occasions. The last hiatus lasted 4 years…..
So enough thinking and time to just do it.
The airbrush work on this guy is done – so grey lining, metallic’s and gems to go.
The checker pattern I did by masking the “grid”. I.e. I applied masking tape in parallel lines. Airbrushed in black, then when dry apply more tape to the other angle. Then I painted the black diamonds. (the leg and skull was white primed – the black areas had been taped to keep that black prime finish)
The check is not as “tight” as I wanted it to be. But if could have gone a lot worse! Will experiment with a freehand outline on one of the next harlies I think. The tape method can work – but jeesus – it took a long time to tape up just one leg!! Probably 2.5 hours just for this small amount of painting ……… at that rate, I might finish the squad mid next year.