Get ready to learn a little free-hand painting with Jack of Clubs! The Black Templar sigil is a great place to start learning free-hand painting of your own.
Freehand painting may sound like a daunting task if you are a new painter, but this tutorial will show you how easy it can be. All it takes is a little extra focus to make sure things look nice and neat. A little planning will help your freehand painting look great on your minis, so pay attention to learn the best way to freehand!
To start things off, paint up a shoulder pad in the traditional Black Templar colors. Pro Acryl Dark Neutral Grey and Pro Acryl Coal Black are used to paint on the freehand symbol. Using the Grey, start tracing out the symbol with a small dot in the center of the shoulder pad. This will help you create a grid of sorts to represent the points of the Templar star.
Your tracing doesn’t have to be perfect since we are just creating a guideline for our symbol. Now we are ready to connect the dots! Always trace your lines through the center point, creating small X’s. Make your grid work, connect the dots, and make triangle shapes for your points.
Next, create a small triangle inside your X’s at a 45-90 degree angle. After you have finished your grid works and triangles, you can fill in your symbol with paint. Then after filling in your symbol with the Dark Neutral Grey, use the Coal Black. This will help you neaten up your paint lines. 
If you get any of your Coal Black on the white portion of your shoulder pad, use some Stynl Rez Primer to fill in your mistakes. There you have it! Freehand painting is not as scary once you have a plan to trace and design your own freehand symbols.
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