FIRST POST!
I'm a bit of a newbie at this, but here is how I make my pumkinseed:
1. Pearl White (Folk Art) I don't have a system for thinning my paint just pour water first then add paint, always in that order. I like a consistency of milk. Cover the whole bait with 2-3 light coats, using hair dryer after every coat.
2. Laguna Blue (Createx) Cover the whole bait with this, again 2-3 light coats. The rattles should still be visible.
3. Scale masking - I use a shower lufa from wal-mart and binder clips to fasten it to the bait.
4. Pearl Green (createx) cover the whole bait again except for the belly.
5. Light brown (createx) down the back and stripes using a comb.
6. Pearl Gold (createx) along the belly blending the stripes
7. I think it's called tangerine orange (createx) around the eyes and gills
8. Stick on red eyes, cuz that's what I have
9. Add green extra fine glitter to my epoxy clear coat
I forgot I added black dots behind the gills so that's like 7.5
The blue doesn't really show up well in the picture, but it's there in person for sure. Sorry I had to post a link, I don't know how to post pics here yet.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3d807b3127ccef321b98b7fdc00000030O00AbtGTZm1ZMWwPbz4C/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00601253624720130627041223109.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/