First Try At Scales
 

This is my first attempt at scales. The bottom is white sides and top light pink and the scales are metallic silver. It is hard to see the colors do to having a ****ty camera.
Do you think I should put a stripe down the back or leave it as is?

http://www.myfishpix.com/gallery/data/500/Plug3_001.jpg
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Needs a touch of red just below the area of the lip and maybe a blush below the tail. Soft spray a bit of black around the eyeholes if you want ot jazz it up. looks good for the first attempt at scales. What did you use for the scale material?/ Wife looking for the lace curtains?:laughs:

Thanks I will see if I can do that with the rattle cans.

I used my old laundry bag from the Navy.

Vince very nice how long did u leave the laundry bag after spraying it ? till dry? i wanna try it :pop:

I left it dry for 10m then took it off.

Added some black
http://www.myfishpix.com/gallery/data/500/Plug3_007.jpg

Nice looking stuff.
Airbrush got delivered today. Can't wait to try it out.

Familiar looking laundry bag you got there...

Nice job!

thanks vinny looking good

Got mine today also but they back ordered the (moisture filter with regulator & guage). I got a bunch of the caps that go on the Createx bottles and a bunch of other stuff to.
http://www.myfishpix.com/gallery/data/500/airbrush.jpg

It looks like you bought one of every color available. The only suggestion that I would have is to buy the Cratex Transparent extender. I found that I can mix colors and use the extender to thin the paint and get better control doing fine stuff. You can also lighten colors without sacrificing coverage.
:tm: The extender is relativly cheap and goes a long way. 16 oz. bottle for under 6 bucks at Charrette.:hihi:

Great job on the scales. If they were anymore life-like, they would swim away. Wish I had the talent!!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Just got to put the top coat on now.
gonefishintalk, thanks for the input it made a big differance :thanks:

http://www.myfishpix.com/gallery/data/500/Plug3_009.jpg

Nice scales. I actually got my netting from a friend. I was over his house around Easter, his daughter was decorating Easter Eggs and the kit had a couple peices of netting in the kit....(she gave it to me :angel: ).

By the way, I recognize the Navy Laundry bag.......6 years myself (1990 -1996)