capt mike Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 (edited) Can anyone give me a list of the best colors to do a baby bass paint job. I plan to buy auto air and createx paint. Especially wondering how to achieve that irridescent olive color. Thanks for any help. Also, does anyone use a gold paint marker for scale tips or should I use airbrush and stencil. I'm making a 9" baby bass swimbait. Edited June 14, 2010 by capt mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanCampbell Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I would like to see the paint job when finished. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt mike Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I would like to see the paint job when finished. Dan Sure thing...i'm off to Dixie Art Supply to buy some colors and an air brush today. I'm painting a 10" gizzard shad with 5 sections made from a tupelo tree that I cut myself. It's a huge bait but it swims fine. Tupelo is a very bouyant wood and took a lot of lead shot to get it straight. It's my very first handmade wood lure. I used info from a few of these sites for this project. When it's done, (pending success) i'll post the details. I'm sure iv'e done most of it wrong or the hard way. The baby bass is still "in the mill" and not ready for paint just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnie3035 Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 I'm not real familar with auto air, but I havent seen a good transparent olive green in regular createx. I've mixed green and black to get the olive color, but it wasn't transparent. The gold marker pens are used for carvings or taxidermy where scales are present. They are difficult to work with and my opinion aren't worth the $4. Your going to need to create your own scales with gold over black and use transparent green to get the look your after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Try mixing a couple drops of black to yellow. You will be very pleased. Also try it with different types of yellow such as iridescent yellow. The more black you add the darker the olive color will get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CL Rods Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Baby bass is one of those colors that I like better when done with Transpar paints. There Med Bass Green, gold & gold toner, transpar brown, bass belly white will yield a good outcome. (Most any black) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanCampbell Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Baby bass is one of those colors that I like better when done with Transpar paints. There Med Bass Green, gold & gold toner, transpar brown, bass belly white will yield a good outcome. (Most any black) Very pretty lure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paskeeter Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 (edited) My very 1st post. Just painted this during the week and had great success thismorning with it. The photo washed it out a little, it a bit darker. Its mostly translucent with a white belly. Back - Black over Dark Green over Olive Sides - Light Olive Lateral Spots - Black over Olive Belly - White Throat - Red Top Coat - Dark Green, Pearl, Chart and Copper Flake added or mixed into 2Ton Edited June 19, 2010 by paskeeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 My very 1st post. Just painted this during the week and had great success thismorning with it. The photo washed it out a little, it a bit darker. Its mostly translucent with a white belly. Back - Black over Dark Green over Olive Sides - Light Olive Lateral Spots - Black over Olive Belly - White Throat - Red Top Coat - Dark Green, Pearl, Chart and Copper Flake added or mixed into 2Ton Nice lure (Pred baits?) and nice fish! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paskeeter Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Yes it is a predator blank. They are nice, easy to walk and subtle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaMan Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Mmmk with a baby bass paint job there are several ways to do it and many different paints that you can use but by far the best paint job is done by mattlures here is his paint job with a paint job this complex the final colors are transparent so that you do get those silver and gold scales to pop out at you when painting, also the best place to get specific transperent bass colors is wasco.com. they have med bass and dark bass good luck man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt mike Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 (edited) Mmmk with a baby bass paint job there are several ways to do it and many different paints that you can use but by far the best paint job is done by mattlures here is his paint job with a paint job this complex the final colors are transparent so that you do get those silver and gold scales to pop out at you when painting, also the best place to get specific transperent bass colors is wasco.com. they have med bass and dark bass good luck man Good call. I agree. I've looked at the Matt Lures Hard Bass site many times. Very nice almost taxidermy quality paint job. I was wondering if any of the taxidermy sites make stencils for small bass. I would love to do a stencil with the gold scale tips. That would be a very nice touch. I have a bass swimbait carved with all the scale detail carved in- in a cross hatch pattern over the entire body. I was thinking about doing a light spray of black over the scales in the beginning over the primer and then lightly sanding with steel wool to get the in-between scales effect. I know that taxidermists do this on reproduction blanks. What do you think? I want to use the scale texture for an added effect. Just not sure what yet. Dan, thanks for sharing those colors and your bass pattern. I presume those are WASCO paints (med. bass)? You do nice work. Who makes the gold toner? Edited June 23, 2010 by capt mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaMan Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 i think that's a great idea! i know that taxidermists also "tip" each scale with a createx silver or gold, i don't know if you would want to do that too but it's just a suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
