Milo and Ditch (part 3/3)

This is part 3 of the work in progress of Milo and Ditch, part 1 is here and part 2 is here!

Ditch’s solid airbrushed base coat gets a clear coat to seal it up. This protects the base blue from my inevitable clumsy handling and paint splattering, mistakes can be wiped up without ruining the blue.

Moving over to Milo, the mild-mannered but easily annoyed whale-like transport creature!
He has already had a hit of blue around his mouth area which has been masked off. The masks were cut out of adhesive vinyl and masking tape. A quick hit of clear coat helps seal the edges of the masks and prevent overspray. Same process for the grey.

Alas, poor Milo! I knew him, Horatio! All masked up, Milo gets ready for a trip to the HYPNO BOOTH (aka my ghetto spray booth) for his final black coat.

…several hours and multiple airbrush cloggings later, the masks start to come off. This is the most nerve-wracking part of the process. Sometimes if paints haven’t set properly, peeling off a mask will result in peeling off a weeks worth of work, this has happened to me more often than I care to admit. Luckily, Milo is looking sharp!

Ditch was also a success in the masking department! I realized early in the process that you could see inside of the figure through his mouth. The inside around the mouth was painted black and a small sculpted tongue was painted red.