[dtrs5kprs]

Never heard back from Jerry with a thumbs up or down on this, so let's just jump in and hope we don't cause too much trouble.

1) "Norman/Thundershad Rootbeer (yellow/green)"

-prep bait and spray white basecoat

-Belly color...Createx Flo Sunburst (lightly sprayed and with extender and water added for transparency)

-Sides...Mix Golden Acrylic Titan Buff, C-tex Tinting White, and Golden airbrush medium to produce a very light (in terms of "yellow-ness") opaque bone color...shoot sides and blend with the belly as needed

-Back color Rootbeer (yellow/green type)...Mix C-tex Leaf Green 10:C-tex Lt Brown 2: C-tex Golden Yellow 2 (10:2:2)...thin and extend with water and C-tex airbrush medium

-Splatter color...whether shot at low PSI & high viscosity or done with Hughesy's toothbrush method...C-tex Dark Brown, possibly with a little Tinting Black to darken the color.

-Clearcoat and add green or red flake (fine or ultra fine) at this point.

-Eyes...C-tex Red, Opaque Red, Scarlet, or mixes of similar

2) Some other mix ratios:

-Green Pumpkin...C-tex Leaf Green 3: Lt Brown 1

-Flo Red Craw...C-tex Flo Red 3: Opaque Red 1

-Pearltreuse...C-tex Flo Chart (yellow by name?) 4: Pearl White 1 + water and extender or medium...a neat color to shoot lightly over a pearl or hi-lite body.

-Pearl Green Craw (38 Craw)...C-tex Pthalo Green 2: Pearl Copper 3: Pearl White 1: Leaf Green 3...may have to adjust slightly if using Auto Air pearlescents...


*** If this is useful or interesting to you please add your own recipes as time allows.

[Chip]

The JL560C Craw pattern is in this order:

1. Flat White Base
2. Opaque Yellow all over
3. Opaque Light Brown Scaling Through Mask
4. Opaque Dark Brown feathered up to back
5. Opaque Black Markings Through Mask
6. Opaque Black Back from Mouth to tail...
7. Flouresent Orange from Throat to Tail Bottom

[Chip]

TOMATO CRAW:


10 parts Red
5 parts Orange
5 parts Flesh
2 parts Brown

Then dark brown to blend in the back and Opaque or Floresent Orange on the throat...

Chip

[the-bass-catcher]

"Florida Shad"

1.) Prime white
2.) Cover entire body with light misting of Createx Pearl White
3.) Createx Fluorescent Yellow down length of back and onto shoulder area
4.) Place netting over back, then spray Createx Pearl Turquoise LIGHTLY - you don't need a lot to get the desired look.
5.) Add eyes and any detail work such as a signature and shad spot
6.) Clearcoat - try mixing in some multi-color glitter.

Hope ya'll have as much fun with this color as I do!

[muskietom51]

does anyone have a color scheme for a yellow perch. I'm just getting into this mad world of painting, sometimes I have to really think about what color to use lol. Thanks guys for all the great help

[SpoRoller]

Here is the recipe for that bream I posted on the photos page. I have painted this on several other baits and it looks best on a bait that has scale molded into the bait.

1. Pearl White base coat
2. Olive Drab (homebrew) on back, fading down onto the shoulders
3. Lightly scale body with gold, slightly overlapping the olive drab
4. Using new netting, scale chameleon lilac over the olive drab. You don't want to spray any on the upper back, just the shoulder. Lightly blend in with the gold scale. A lot of the chameleon goes a long way, use light coats until you get the shade you are looking for.
5. Add a light orange to the chin and a gill flap just behind the eye area.

I hope this helps, I got a few requests for this recipe. If you need any assistance feel free to PM me.

[dtrs5kprs]

Couple of new colors:

Golden Shiner Ghost...
1) Shoot a CLEAR bait with C'tex Chameleon Blue or Gold mixed as follows:
-16 drops Chameleon Blue or Gold (preference)
-appx 1/2 that amt C'tex Medum and Extender
-thin with water and retarder
Shoot light, dry coats until you achieve the level of opacity/transparency you prefer. If using flexcoat, clear coat now, wait if devcon.
2) Golden Shiner
-10 drops C'tex Pearl Copper
-6 to 8 drops C'tex Chameleon Green or Gold (preference)
-4 to 8 drops each, C'tex Leaf Green & Light Brown
-thin with water
3) Shoot belly and "cheeks" with C'tex Pearl White...light, thin, and fast strokes
4) Highlight cheek/gill with the Golden Shiner mix
5) Shoot Gold Shiner scales on back
6) Highlight throat (lightly) and/or cheeks with C-tex Flo Sunburst (light flo orange).

Ghost Minnow...similar to Lucky Craft ghost Minnow
1) Shoot a CLEAR bait with the blue hi-lite body from the above color.
2) Shoot belly and cheeks with C-tex Pearl White.
3) Highlight cheeks with Gold Shiner color from above.
4) Shoot Gold Shiner back and slightly down sides of bait.
5) Shoot scale back, mixed as below:
-10 to 16 drops C'tex Chameleon Green
-4 to 6 drops C'tex Light Brown and Leaf Green
-2 to 6 drops C'tex Gray
-1 to 3 drops C'tex Tinting Black
-water to thin and mix...will cover and look best if you shoot it a little "dry"

MIX RATIOS BASED ON PAASCHE COLOR CUPS AND FC HIGH BUILD FOR CLEAR COAT.

Have a few of these finished. Good patterns for cranks and jerkbaits. Can also shoot these patterns on a white or pearl white base color, but with the obvious loss of transparency. Hi-lite bodies will look a little drab until you throw some clear coat on them...then BAM! Will try and get some pics in the gallery this weekend. Already have some on the way to FL, so will soon see...

Happy painting, good fishing.

[kellure]

Anyone have a tried and true mix for "bone" color? Appears simple enough, just curious if anyone has a tried and true go to recipe.

[BobP]

My favorite color for clear water is something I call "Eggman", which is a bone color pattern. I use acrylic latex. Belly is pearl white. Shoot a stripe of standard yellow on the sides, then shoot back and sides with a scale pattern of light tan (my bottle says it's "Goosefeather"). The yellow showing through the tan gives the back a bone tone. I usually leave a very slight fade of yellow below the scale line as an accent.

[kellure]

Thanks Bob, the goosefeather color looks good. Would work well for bone. Thanks again...nice looking lure btw