I'm working on a rocket, and am trying to figure out how to do the decals. The basecoat is going to be turquoise, and I wanted some bright purple decals on top of that. The issue I have is this: While I do have white decal paper, I've never had any luck trying to cut the decal down so you can't see the white border around it. No matter how careful I am, I've never been able to successfully paint the white border around the decal and end up with anything that blended in well enough it didn't look terrible.
I have some clear decal paper, but I'm skeptical that the purple color will adequately cover up the basecoat, the basecoat will be visible, and it'll look bad.
Then I had the brainstorm of spraypainting the clear decal paper, then cutting to size and applying. My concern is that if any of the surfaces are even slightly curved, will the decal conform well enough, or is the paint likely to crack. I was looking at either a Krylon purple, or Tamiya purple lacquer.
Anyone ever done something like this?
I have some clear decal paper, but I'm skeptical that the purple color will adequately cover up the basecoat, the basecoat will be visible, and it'll look bad.
Then I had the brainstorm of spraypainting the clear decal paper, then cutting to size and applying. My concern is that if any of the surfaces are even slightly curved, will the decal conform well enough, or is the paint likely to crack. I was looking at either a Krylon purple, or Tamiya purple lacquer.
Anyone ever done something like this?