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General Category => Plug / Lure Building Forum => Topic started by: Bhowe2225 on July 21, 2013, 01:39:17 AM
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Hey guys. I ordered a ton of different createx paint for the airbrush. It has the transparent, fluorescent, pearl, and opaque. What's the best order to apply them? Lets say I want a pearlized light blue popper. Spray that first, then to add "highlights", for lack of a better word, should I use the transparent on top or will that diminish the pearl look I'm going for? Thx in advance
Bill
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Bill you always have to lay down a base coat first. White or black depending on what you do. Transparent paints are just that, you see through them. Opaque is a solid color. Pearls go over a base coat.
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Tell me if this would work, please.
Base Coat: White
Pearlized Coat: White
On the back/spine fading as it goes toward rib cage: Light Blue
The belly would be pearlized.
The side partially pearlized.
The top Light Blue with a tint of the pearlized white due to the fact the blue is see through.
Sorry to be a pain. I have 15 kits coming in tomorrow. Just wanna make sure I get this straight.
Thx,
Bill
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Hey bill, that sounds about right, but really I think order in which you apply Paint really depends on the look that you're
going for shading etc. here is the Basics to what I have been doing lately
Waterlox
Primer " kilz or Rust oleum 2X primer"
Pearlized paint "In a rattle can"
Cretex for shading and detail
Hope that helps :D
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But honestly the best thing you can do is trial and error and see what works for you, I can't tell you how many times I've had to start over because I didn't like the look
Or use the opaque white cover up what I just did and start over, Also I don't know if you know this but I like to use a hair dryer between each coat to set The paint before applying the next layer
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Thx herring. Yes, I've been using the hair dryer.