Candy squeedle

[scottw]

that is a great concept and turned out beautiful,

you can save some epoxy layers and get the effect of depth in the finish by combining your paint coats with a clear polyurethane as you airbrush, if you combine/alternate transparent colors and opaques you will intensify the effect, the poly addition will also allow any metallic colors to be more vibrant.....

[steelhead]

Scott, Thanks for the advice! Apply the poly with the airbrush? Not sure I'm totally following you on the layering of opaques and transparents. If you're near Salem, a visit to your spray booth would be helpful.

[new jack]

awsome. love those colors

[scottw]

Originally Posted by steelhead

Scott, Thanks for the advice! Apply the poly with the airbrush? Not sure I'm totally following you on the layering of opaques and transparents. If you're near Salem, a visit to your spray booth would be helpful.

yes, mix clear poly right into your paint in the paint cup, how much depends on how much you'd like to disperse the pigments(if it's too thick you can thin with a little water), these pigments are already suspended in a medium, you are just adjusting the medium amount varying the tint...if you are using Createx/ Badger airbrush paints the transparents combined with poly will give you the effect of depth on the plug, the metallic colors will really shimmer....spray some details with opaques and they will appear to sit up on top of the previous coats because light can pass around them but not through, this will give you a 3D effect...you can have a lot of fun with shading and details this way and layering colors to get different effects.....the final coat of epoxy makes everything jump out...I'm in Newport but I go to Manchester BS frequently, my wife's family is there, was supposed to go this weekend but have to work so I'll be sure to try to get together w/you next time through, maybe score a squeedle

[NIB]

SH,Nice work.Your stuff has come a long way.I figured it was only a matter of time seeing how much of a artist you where with the tied stuff..
Good to see..

[steelhead]

Thanks guys for liking the plug so much. Scott for the tips. I've still got a looooong ways to go with the airbrush and I'm afraid I'm getting sucked in pretty good. It's funny NIB, In my tying and with plugs, I know that just the basic colors work great. Then I get an idea in my head, my hands start twitching and I can't stop myself.

I've decided to just let it go and see where it all ends up.