welcome to panel lining 101, so what is panel lining? panel lining is meant to highlight specific lines on a part to expose small detail. the most basic way of doing this is with markers, thats right, fine permanent markers. in this case i'm going to be using a gundam marker for this tutorial, this marker was specifically made for panel lining gundam parts, so it should work better than other fine tipped markers.

materials needed:

- gundam marker/fine tip marker

- eraser

- 1500 grit sand paper

-  cotton bud (optional)

lets start by picking the part in need of panel lining, in this demonstration I'm going to be using the wings of an old LBX, don't worry it works the same with gundams.

i know you can't clearly see it, but there are panel lines on this part, and the goal is to highlight them enough to make the details pop out.

now this is when the marker comes in. using your marker, trace in the panel lines. make sure that the tip is touching the surface inside the panel line, so that the ink goes inside it instead of just blotting at the sides.

once your finished lining the area of your choice, it might look something like this:



if you look closer, some of the ink spills at the sides of the area panel lined. this looks quite messy and if touched, it could smudge around the part. but don't worry, let it dry for a bit before proceeding to the next step.

now, to clean it up any mess made, all you need is an eraser. once you have acquired your eraser (as if its even hard to acquire) use it to clean up the excess ink.

erase with the panel line and not against it, so that you wouldn't have any ink smudging the sides.



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