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i'm gonna have a go at some flame painting and i'm unsure how to go about it.
the plan is to cut out the flames in the masking tape first then apply the pre cut mask to the car. but which end of the masking do i use?

do i apply the masking flames to the bonnet and spray the back end or do you use the "negative" mask on the back end and paint the front?

I think it totally depends on what effect you
are going for, but in general, I'd mask the
negative space so I could see where I'm
putting any kind of blend within the flames.
That's how I did my green Camaro...

I'm guessing you already read crazydave's Tutorial?
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpFo ... .php?t=904

I painted, masked, then painted again, then masked again, painted again and then masked again, and painted a final time.

my flames look nothing like crazydave's or hue's lol

I have yet to do a lfame job, but from my experiances in masking I would mask off the flames 1st. So basically do the fade to the body, then mask then paint the body. Course like I said this is out of 0 personal experiance, but I find it better/easier to mask the smallest part off.

Finks wrote:So basically do the fade to the body, then mask then paint the body.

Yeah, it's easier to do the masking this way, but if you want a fade to follow the shape of the flames, it's better to lay the fade on top, so you can see what you're doing.

so hue, do you cut the mask after you put it on the shell?

No, I cut it first. I trimmed a little when it was on the car, but that fucked it up... at this scale, the cut marks really show up. You're best off doing all your cutting before applying the mask to the car... it's a little frustrating trying to apply a mask with fine detail in it because it gets all noodley and sticks to itself, but I still think it's the best way to go. I just made sure to stay "patient" ( ) through that part... I even did one of the sides 3 times before I liked it.

well no just flames but racing stripes and shit ive done both ways. but the way hue pointed out makes the most sense.

I can't believe I missed this one.

It's easier to mask the front, but I think because we're working in such a small scale, you can get smoother looking flames masking the rear like Hue showed above.

I do it both ways. Really I never stopped to think why I choose one way over the other, but I think it depends if I want light flames/darkbody, or vice versa. Always lay the lightest color first.