-cutting compound curves is a pain in the ass, especially on curved surfaces
-need to get better on consistent cutting designs and also need a better knife handle that actually fits the blades I'm using.
-bitty designs liquid mask works way better than the spazstix stuff I tried in the past and DIDN"T end in disaster this time(unlike the last 3 times)!
-get the paint mix/air pressure right before starting on the body. Had some issues where I went too heavy on the shading in some areas and it splatters instead of being a gradient.
-Need to use colors that are separated by more shades when doing shading/highlights, a lot of my details disappeared.
-Don't underestimate how much the backing color changes a shade. That was originally Bright Silver but turned to Gunmetal when i spray the black backer. I used this tactic later for the shading on the Orange drips after my original idea was more of less invisible.
-I hate window nets
-just slow down and don't pull of the mask and touch wet paint.
-an airbrush will always clog at the worst possible times.
-a contortionist designed standard airbrushes, I vastly prefer the trigger style one.
-cleanup sucks
