The next step is to paint the actual bullet holes. We will lat- er come back with another template to finish the stressed


metal effect of the bullet holes. Using my second template, I spray transparent black to create the holes in the design. I use the same technique as above with the magnets to hold the template. It is important to paint in light coats with AA paints and give it time to dry before moving on. At this point, the heat gun is my best friend. It allows me to speed up the painting process.


The next step is probably the longest part of the illusion. Using this template, I place the bullet hole template over the small


holes. One at a time I will shadow over every hole.


When creating any design with templates, I always try to move my templates around so I don’t get a pattern effect.


One by one, rotating and using random sizes I will shadow each hole. I will use transparent black to shadow the holes. First I lightly outline the hole template and then darken the hole on the opposite side of the light source. You want to create the effect that the metal has been pushed in and damaged by the bullet. The outside circle template will de- fine the metal being stressed by the impact of the bullet, so there is no defined pattern to this. Do not over think this step. Don’t worry about centering the holes. Just paint.


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