Detail, words and Line painting-How to master shaky hand?

What I did for one of my customs ( which I am still working on) I drew the symbol on with a pen ( a pen that wouldn't scratch the paint) waited a bit,then coated it with clear nail polish a couple times.It worked okay, however there are probably better sealants out there.

Alright, I have to keep that in mind, sounds clever, I'll look into pens.

You could also use the brush on super glue as a sealant, then once it's dry go over it with a matte finish clear coat if you don't want it so glossy. As for the pen idea for lines I'd specify by saying permanent marker to avoid confusion. These days manufacturers make permanent markers in a very wide range of colors and tip sizes, unfortunately they don't make white except in paint marker form and those can be rather sketchy. I haven't tried it YET but I'd like to put some clean white lines on a figure I've been working on and was thinking of making the lines with a metallic silver marker first then going over it carefully several times with thinned down coats of white. I just think by already having a line down to use as a guid it would make the process of filling it in with paint quite a bit easier.

Thanks @Antithetical, the method sounds pretty effective. It might be the method I need. I appreciate the clarification on the markers as well.

@BumAssAfro1, no problem, though as I said, I haven't tried that process yet. I've only gotten as far as testing out laying down the line in marker on a spare figure, which went quite well.

It's all good, I just appreciate you and the rest of these guys helping me out and letting me know methods and potential methods, I plan on testing all of them soon to see which works best for me and my style. Real quick, I should've asked this earlier but it didn't occur to me. What Markers/Pens do you recommend, is a specific kind required like Paint marker/pen? Or do you not recommend Paint Markers at all? Or did you just mean like normal sharpie, with different sized tips, when you say permanent marker? When I do test it out I want to know what markers works best for figures and plastics, and have different sizes of markers and a few pens to have to test also. Thanks.

Yeah, I was talking about "Sharpie" and other similar markers, definitely stay away from the paint markers, a lot of them don't provide good coverage or smooth lines AND the paint can be brittle and crack easily when dry.

Also, if you can, practice the design on paper or something before you put it on the figure. Good luck and happy customizing.

Thank you, antithetical, for clarifying.

I appreciate both of you guys taking the time to answer my question.

Try and make a stencil out of paper and paint over, or try masking tape

I didn't think of that, that's dope.

When something is very detailed youre better off printing them and using water slide decals.

Anyway, yeah, it helps if you're naturally an artist to handpaint detailed stuff. I'm mediocre at it, but I do okay on simple things like block letters. Steady your hand by bracing your pinky against something.

I'll look into what decals are,Thanks my dude. I appreciate you helping me out on both posts. I give you all my appreciation.