PAINTING THE NECK SCALLOPS REQUIRED MAKING A TEMPLATE SO I FIRST TRACED THE OUTLINE OF A SINGLE NECK SCALLOP ON A PLAIN
PIECE OF PAPER. I THEN CUT THE PATTERN OUT AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS INDEED THE SAME SHAPE AS A SINGLE SCALLOP.
AS IT TURNED OUT THERE ARE 3 SIZES, SO I CUT THOSE ALSO. I TRANSFERED THEM TO A PIECE OF CARDBOARD AND CUT THAT OUT.
![scallops1.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/scallops1.jpg)
USING AN AIRBRUSH I SPRAYED THE SCALLOPS ONE AT A TIME. I SWITCHED FROM SIDE TO SIDE TO AVOID PUTTING THE TEMPLATE
DOWN ON WET PAINT.
![scallops2.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/scallops2.jpg)
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG UNTIL BOTH SIDES WERE FINISHED, ABOUT 30 MINUTES TOTAL.
![scallops3.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/scallops3.jpg)
NEXT CAME THE SHELL. DUE TO THE DOUBLE CURVES I FOUND IT DIFICULT TO MAKE A TEMPLATE FOR THE LARGER PIECES. SO
WHILE I CONTEMPLATED HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS, I CUT THE SMALLER PATTERNS ON PLAIN PAPER. I DECIDED TO USE THE PLAIN PAPER
BECAUSE IT HAD SOME FLEXABILITY.
![shelltemp1.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/shelltemp1.jpg)
FIRST THING I TRIED FOR THE LARGER PARTS WAS TINFOIL. IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DONE THE JOB BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT
TO GET A CLEAN CUT.
![shelltemptin1.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/shelltemptin1.jpg)
IN THE END I DECIDED TO GO WITH MASKING, TEMPLATES WOULD HAVE BEEN FASTER BUT I WANTED CLEAN EDGES THAT TEMPLATES
COULDN'T PROVIDE. USING THE AIRBRUSH AGAIN I SPRAYED AROUND THE EDGES UNTIL THE DESIRED PATTERN WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
![abtape.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/abtape.jpg)
AGAIN, I WENT FROM SIDE TO SIDE. EVEN SO I HAD TO TAKE BREAKS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE PAINT TO CURE BEFORE TAPING
THE NEXT AREAS.
![lside1.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/lside1.jpg)
AS I WAS PAINTING THE SHELL I ALSO WAS PAINTING THE OTHER RED SHADING ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BODY.
![rside1.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/rside1.jpg)
WHEN THE PAINT WAS DRY ENOUGH I MASKED THE SEAT AND GAVE IT THREE WET COATS OF RED.
![seat1.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/seat1.jpg)
NOW IT WAS TIME TO SET THE SNAIL ASIDE FOR 24 HOURS TO ALLOW THE PAINT TO CURE COMPLETELY BEFORE MASKING FOR THE HARNESS.
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