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Hi, all. I'm new here and looking to start a build of the Round 2/Polar Lights Enterprise refit soon. She's sitting in the box waiting for my new house and man-land to start construction. 
I have what's prolly a noob question, though. I see a lot about using aztec templates for the aztecing pattern on the model, but I can't figure out how they work. Is it something along the lines of: primer, basecoat of white, then place templates and paint another shade of white, then peel off templates?
Some of the pictures I see make it look like using the templates creates raised surfaces after they're removed. Are these sanded down afterward, perhaps?
I'm not skilled enough to do all of the reds and blues to do the pearl color, so I was thinking of either using Tamiya pearl white or doing different shades of white and following up with Tamiya pearl clear after it's all done.
Thanks for any info/thoughts y'all may have.
I have what's prolly a noob question, though. I see a lot about using aztec templates for the aztecing pattern on the model, but I can't figure out how they work. Is it something along the lines of: primer, basecoat of white, then place templates and paint another shade of white, then peel off templates?
Some of the pictures I see make it look like using the templates creates raised surfaces after they're removed. Are these sanded down afterward, perhaps?
I'm not skilled enough to do all of the reds and blues to do the pearl color, so I was thinking of either using Tamiya pearl white or doing different shades of white and following up with Tamiya pearl clear after it's all done.
Thanks for any info/thoughts y'all may have.