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Hi guys I am wondering how you cleanly paint the yellow and black (or some other color) chevrons on dozer blades and siege shields. Do you just carefully mask it all or do you free hand with a strait edge? I've seen some really good examples and it seems to be commonly done. I have just never seen a tutorial for it.

Thanks

~Casey

I use the low tack hobby tape from Tamiya. Here's a step by step of how I use it

http://www.kan.org/michael/mkp/objective_tf2.php

Ifurita wrote:I use the low tack hobby tape from Tamiya. Here's a step by step of how I use it

I agree. Masking tape gives great lines, just basecoat black and paint the yellow. or opposite if that suits you.

You pretty much have to do yellow first then the black as you can have troubles getting a good coat of yello over black

I go
1.white undercoat,
2.yello, then I mask a series of strips of masking tape so they are edge to edge, then pull off every second one
3. spray black, dry,
4. remove masking tape
6.Profit !

It's VITAL that you get the lines as parallel as you can and as evenly spaced as you can. The eye can pick the slightest inaccuracy from space !

I picked this up in my meager years of being chained to this hobby...

you can make a mask or paper stencil (tracing paper is good for this) on a cutting mat that has the measuring lines on it, just draw the lines on the making tape and cut it out to the size you need it to be and they will be perfectly parrallel. i have used it a couple times. Its good stuff.

Here's how I did it on the edges of a drop pod door.
I's day to start with your light color (yellow) and then work your black over that to make it as easy as possible.

http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2009/12/painting-hazard-stripes-on-drop-pod.html
Any questions, email me directly and I'll see what I can do to help.

I made a template from some blister packaging.
Then I used a fine-tipped permanent pen to draw the stripes after painting the blades yellow.
Then just fill in the black.