craig beverley Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 I have been using mesh or netting to shoot scales onto my baits for some time now and the results are pretty good. However, having seen some of the work on the gallery, I was wondering how those overlapping scales are done. Is it done with a template or is it just pure airbrush skill? Any help would be greatfully recieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 I have been using mesh or netting to shoot scales onto my baits for some time now and the results are pretty good. However, having seen some of the work on the gallery, I was wondering how those overlapping scales are done. Is it done with a template or is it just pure airbrush skill? Any help would be greatfully recieved. Craig - Try spraying a VERY LIGHT layer of scales over your paint, then epoxy- then another VERY LIGHT layer of scales, epoxy then another VARY LIGHT layer of scales then finish coat it. This is of course after you let each layer cure .Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rofish Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Craig, I think you should be more specific as to what you mean "overlapping" in this case. One way to achieve this is what Hazmail said. But there might be real overlapping scales on a lure, like in this image: http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=viewimage&img=4284 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig beverley Posted February 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 That picture shows exactly what I ment. Solarfall has just uploaded two in the hardbait gallery and they too are what I was meaning. Hazmail's method sounds very good but not quite what I after, cheers though. I thought about painting the bait, then painting the outline of the scales with pva glue. Spray the scales and peel off the glue. But if there is a better method I either haven't seen it or just can't think of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigginpig Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 That picture shows exactly what I ment. Solarfall has just uploaded two in the hardbait gallery and they too are what I was meaning. Hazmail's method sounds very good but not quite what I after, cheers though. I thought about painting the bait, then painting the outline of the scales with pva glue. Spray the scales and peel off the glue. But if there is a better method I either haven't seen it or just can't think of it. if you are doing wood baits, there are scale tips for woodburners that decoy and fine art fishcarvers use... bit o' time there, though. Shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarfall Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 That picture shows exactly what I ment. Solarfall has just uploaded two in the hardbait gallery and they too are what I was meaning. Hazmail's method sounds very good but not quite what I after, cheers though. I thought about painting the bait, then painting the outline of the scales with pva glue. Spray the scales and peel off the glue. But if there is a better method I either haven't seen it or just can't think of it. heh this is the same answer that i gave you in the gallery section but i guess other people might be interests how it do it so here goes. the scales i've done are made by a stencil that i made especially for doing the scales.. its basically a strip of paper with "half moons" cut out from it and you just move that starting from the head and spray the whatever color you have chosen to do the scales with and inter lap them as you go along towards the tail, it takes some time to do but once you get a hang of it its quite simple technique an will make your baits look that much cooler. ohhh and you need to spray some base paint to make it pop out black is what your after if your planing to do something realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig beverley Posted February 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 heh this is the same answer that i gave you in the gallery section but i guess other people might be interests how it do it so here goes. the scales i've done are made by a stencil that i made especially for doing the scales.. its basically a strip of paper with "half moons" cut out from it and you just move that starting from the head and spray the whatever color you have chosen to do the scales with and inter lap them as you go along towards the tail, it takes some time to do but once you get a hang of it its quite simple technique an will make your baits look that much cooler. ohhh and you need to spray some base paint to make it pop out black is what your after if your planing to do something realistic. Brilliant. Thanks alot. I put this posting on along with the comment in the gallery just to see how many techniques people employ to achieve the same sort of pattern. Thanks all. Once I've had a practice I'll put a picture or two in the gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
