Milon Townsend demonstrates techniques for creating realistic swallowtail butterflies using etched and shaped wings, which are backed with black rod. Various sizes of small white dots are added along the perimeters of the wings, which are then added to the body. Using reference images to get a correct appearance is recommended.

This article was originally published on page 40 in the Spring 2017 issue of The Flow.
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