So, went looking for paint ideas, and found some dark green glittery stuff. Bought that, some undercoat, and clear. Current plan is a dragon theme, with a head carving on the end of neck. I have some tung oil left over from my fiddle build. that will go on the neck and fingerboard.
Plan:
1 Test paint, how it interacts with the tung oil. How to get the best smooth finish over the textured glitter finish.
2. basic shaping of head. sanding
3. tung oil on neck, mask that.
4. base coat on body, head
5. Black paint in trem cavity of body, under pickguard.
6. masking. including pick-guard area. Anticipating moderately thick clear coat because of textured paint.
7. color paint.
8. clear coats to basic smooth finish
9. detail carving.
10. detail painting.
11. clear finish.
12. unmask.
13. shielding.
14. Assembly.
thinking of putting the decal on the pick-guard. will mean disassembly, and clear finish on the guard.