The Airbrushing Chronicles Part III

Hello all: Mark's adventures with his trustee Paasche VL continue! Tonight's
episode: LIQUID MASK OF DEATH!

I wanted to give a jungle cammo scheme to my new Void Korvous walker. Since I
wanted to try to cut the time it took to paint the fig, I decided to to use a
liquid masking compound rather than the sheet plastic friskets. After giving
the model it's first coat of olive drab, I proceeded to mask off the areas I
wished to remain that color after I gave its it green coat. With that done and
airbrushing finished I proceeded to remove the masks.......Only to find that I
can't see to easily get the blasted things off without scraping them off (not
a good idea). I even tried to use warm water to soften the masks. Some masks
were so thin that they were sandwiched in between the coats of paint and
couldn't be removed at all. I guess I have to start all over again. This time,
I'll stick with the plastic friskets. Perhaps I'll give freehand painting a
try.

> Mark's adventures with his trustee Paasche VL continue!
Tonight's
> episode: LIQUID MASK OF DEATH!

Yup, liquid frisket is usually only suitable to "flat" mediums, such as
bristol board, and inks or very thin paints.

Even with plastic, you want to be sure to remove the mask before the paint has
had a chance to set up.