RayburnGuy Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Can anyone help me with mixing the color of the bait in the photo? Norman calls it watermelon, but as you know there are many different colors that different manufacturers call "watermelon". If the teeth marks on the bait show up in the picture you will understand why I'm trying to match this color. If it was just a matter of matching "that" color to "that" bait I would just buy more lures from Norman. I'm wanting to paint some different style baits with this color. I've tried mixing several different colors and so far have done nothing but waste paint. Hoping someone can help. thanks guys, Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Looks like it may be clear colours to me, but basic brown is red with a bit of black added - then maybe adjust it with a little dark green and maybe yellow- basically start with red and add small amounts of black then brighten it with small amounts of the others. Go by it's wet colour, not dry, if it dries spit on it to get the gloss back and the real finished colour. Just dabble around on a piece of white plastic or Polycarbonate until you get close, taking note of the brew then mix your batch. pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 I guess you are supposed to be able to mix any color from Primary Colors, but I would start with light brown and add olive green until I got something close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted December 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Thanks guys. I would never have thought to mix green and brown together. Tried it with Createx transparent light brown and Createx transparent leaf green and it came out pretty close. The Norman lure was a clear plastic with no base coat and the transparent "watermelon" was just sprayed over the clear bait. I didn't have any clear bodies and had to spray it over a white base coat, but it came out pretty close. Thanks again Pete and BobP. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I got my order of clear bodies and finally got around to trying out the watermelon color you guys helped me with. You can't really tell from the picture, but it's pretty transparent which is what I wanted. Believe I got the color pretty close to the Norman. Let me know what you think. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeman Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) I got my order of clear bodies and finally got around to trying out the watermelon color you guys helped me with. You can't really tell from the picture, but it's pretty transparent which is what I wanted. Believe I got the color pretty close to the Norman. Let me know what you think. Ben You got it very close indeed, I would have put some copper and gold dots with the end of a drill bit instead of glitter and shoot a black fine line over de back for a dark appearence. Just MHO. Anyway excelent work!!! P.S. looked again at the pictures in parallel and could hardly see the difference, except for the eyes and the red dots Edited January 12, 2010 by pikeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
