hey
Im making a dragon Kink Tiger and ive fished doing the base coat and i would like to know how to paint thin lines on the tank without making a mess of it at the same time.

cheers
matt

Hi Matt... you can try hand brushing. It takes a bit of practice to get the perfect outlines you want. Another way would be to mask the areas you want painted and airbrush the paints on.

Keep trying and do post pictures when done.. Cheers,

I do it by hand(brush), use a lead pencil b6 or b8 to draw the lines onto the model firstly, the paint over the lines, like a colouring book.

Are you hoping to have the "sprayed-on" look? If so, your best bet is to use a fine nozzle airbrush, using very thinned paint, having about 8-10 PSI of pressure and holding the airbrush nozzle about 1-2cm from the model surface. Do you have experience with an airbrush?

If not, and you still want the feathered look, try using ground pastels. Smear them along a defined "line" and it can somewhat simulate a sprayed on snake camo line.