With the masking pulled off and the
stripes of the flag almost finished at this point, the
eagle is started and the helicopter drawing is
positioned to get the general idea of
where it will end up painted on.
Before we start the helicopter, we need to
finish the stripes on the other side of the eagle.
I mark the stripes for reference.
We’ve added a silhouette scene under where the helicopter will go. I want to get all the background images in before I start the helicopter. The helicopter area is masked off and when the background is finished, the helicopter mask will be removed and we’ll mask off the background to protect it from any overspray.
From this point, there is a lot of masking involved and lots of little detail work.
If I tried to explain and show you every step, I’d have a book instead of what started as a short story. Here’s a few shots of the heli being painted.
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