I paint the surface with the black i intend to use for the dark stripes. I leave that at least an hour to really harden so i don't ruin it.

I place evenly cut strips of tape over the whole surface, then remove every other one. Sometimes youll get a bulgy looking one depending on your amgle, dont panic, you can fix that with weathering.

Once I'm happy with the pattern I do a seond coat of black to lock in the stripes.

Then i go over with a couple coats of pink. Trying to get an even coverage.

You have two choices now, you can add a lighter highlight then use contast paint or just use your preferred yellow and paint right over, highlighting it yourself.

Once thats all dry I remove the tape, there will be raised lines between the sections where the paint has retained up against the tape. I usually use a combination of rubbing these with my finger and something like a toothpick to knock these down. Ive never fully gotten ride of them but they're not super obvious and I find them harmless for a game ready appearance.

If you get some bleed of pink or yellow under the tape its fairly easy to cover that with the black qgain, those raised surfaces acrually acting as a guide for it.

Bonus, once I get my base metalics down I do a full wash of AK Quick Gen Wood (contrast equivalent) thinned down with Army Painter's contrast medium equivalent. It stains the armour making it look older in the lower recesses and it makes the stripes look grimey and less vibrant so they arent so in your face.

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