mark poulson Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I'm looking for a Createx-type paint formula for bone. I've tried adding light grey to white, and it just looks dirty. Help!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coley Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Try Krylon Ivory, works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdL Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Check out Hardbait Cookbook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazt* Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I've never mixed bone, but I can usually guess pretty close what it's going to take to mix up a shade. I'm sure you'll be handed a formula here shortly, but in the meantime I would go to the shop and try brown, yellow, and / red. Emphasis on yellow. Just a tiny trace of red. Not necessarily all three. Probably about as much as you can fit on the end of a toothpick added to the white. Let me know how close I hit it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Check out Hardbait Cookbook Ed, I can't seem to find a bone color recipe there. Who posted it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) I've never mixed bone, but I can usually guess pretty close what it's going to take to mix up a shade. I'm sure you'll be handed a formula here shortly, but in the meantime I would go to the shop and try brown, yellow, and / red. Emphasis on yellow. Just a tiny trace of red. Not necessarily all three. Probably about as much as you can fit on the end of a toothpick added to the white. Let me know how close I hit it! Bazt, I've experimented with different mixes, but none seem to give me anything but a dirty white. Mostly, I'm really lost on what an actual bone color should look like. Doh!!!! Edited October 8, 2011 by mark poulson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazt* Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Bazt, I've experimented with different mixes, but none seem to give me anything but a dirty white. Mostly, I'm really lost on what an actual bone color should look like. Doh!!!! You mean you don't have a crank to match or an image in your head? Just basically off white...something like eggshell white but a little different, just a little more color to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazt* Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Here's a good example of classic Bone: http://cf.mp-cdn.net/08/af/56019b3652b5353321b7fbd39967.jpg I know the pic is kind of small, but if you study it closely for a minute you can see that the hue is a little "warm" looking. Look a little longer and you can actually feel the red and / or yellow in there. When I used to work in a plastics lab one of the guys told me to look at a big grey, rubbermaid garbage can and he asked me what colors I "saw" in the plastic. I told him white, black, a little blue. But when he kept asking me "what held it all together" I couldn't figure it out. He had to tell me. It was yellow. Just a touch. But I saw the yellow in that garbage can from then on. What colors have you tried other than black / grey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentle Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 White, yellow, brown, don't have exact proportions, but if you play with those three you'll figure it out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I don't have a formula either. Start with 2 oz of white. Add a few drops of brown, a few drops of yellow, and maybe just a touch of gray if you want "really old bone". Guys think of different hues when talking about "bone" but mixing those colors will get you there. Early on, I was an archaeologist. Saw lots of really really old bone. No relationship to crankbaits but it gave me an attitude about what real "bone" looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*crankn101* Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I use French Vanilla from Folk Art. Does this look like a good bone color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatchingConcepts Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 To get a little warmer version of bone, substitute more chartreuse for the yellow, as with this color below I call Gangrene, it gives a nice subtle hue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Mac Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 crap load of white then add a drops of "brite yellow" and a drops transparent "brown" until you get the desired color. I will add that you should heat dry samples and look at them in the sunlight and compare them to a lure in bone... otherwise, it's real easy to overdose and get a darker bone color, which doesn't seem to work quite as well (from my fishing experience anyway). I say mix it in sunlight because fluorescent and incandescent lighting can throw you off when mixing the color. It's a booger, and one of the hardest colors for me to match. I normally end up with a ton when its all said and done because I end up making it too dark on the first trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1081 Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 i use white and add a couple drops of createx sunrise yellow to darken add a drop of brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Mac Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 i use white and add a couple drops of createx sunrise yellow to darken add a drop of brown actually I meant sunrise yellow... instead of brite yellow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassnbrad Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 After playing around for a bit, this is the closest I came up with... Ceramcoat Light Ivory 3 parts Americana Fawn 1 part americana Mustard seed 1 part I hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Thanks guys. Between your formulas, and the pictures, I see I've been way off in using grey as the initial tint for my white. I'll try the yellow/brown combination, and let you know how it turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benton B Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Just get a bottle of Champange from Wildlife colors, great looking bone without all the mixing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdL Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 @Mark - http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/topic/2594-hard-bait-cookbook/ BobP did the post. See page 1, post #9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 @Mark - http://www.tackleund...-bait-cookbook/ BobP did the post. See page 1, post #9 Ed, I did read that, but I am trying to get an idea of what "bone" color is, so I know what I'm heading for when I'm mixing and painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 You need to decide whether to use "hobby paints" or airbrush paints. The bone I posted in the cookbook uses "Goose feather", a hobby paint. If your airbrush will shoot it, no problem, but many TU'ers use .3mm or smaller airbrush tips, which are not suited to that. I switched to all-airbrush paint and a .3mm tip awhile back and that's why I posted a mix with Createx colors - which is what Mark asked for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted October 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I posted a group of baits that I painted in my bone in the hardbaits gallery. I like how they came out, thanks to the help from you guys. My photography skills are even worse than my painting skills. All I can say is thank goodness for digital cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Glenn Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Those lures look great! The first bone colored lure I remember was a Wee R, man did it ever catch bass. I believe it had an orange belly. Congratulations Musky Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted October 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 Those lures look great! The first bone colored lure I remember was a Wee R, man did it ever catch bass. I believe it had an orange belly. Congratulations Musky Glenn Thanks. I used a red sharpie to hilite the gills, and the throat after the topcoat had cured, and put some Sally Hansen Hard As Nails clear around the belly hook to protect from hook rash on all the baits I painted. They're in the boat now, begging to go swimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
