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Painting the TK abdomen buttons: What have you used for a 'perfect' circle?


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Hi there.

I’ve seen some use masking tape and others use stencils, however I ended up hand painting mine. The originals are not perfect circles, or even the same size in places, so there’s quite a bit of leeway.

Here’s a nice reference shot. :-)

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I used some contact sheet, not sure what it’s called in US but it’s thin plastic sticky backed sheeting used for covering school books. Just used a hole punch to get the circle, stuck a piece around each button, painted thin coat of white first to prevent colour bleed under any edges, then applied two thin coats of the grey and blue.

 

I find my hands aren’t as steady as they used to be to freehand ;)

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