begs Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Ok guys trying to get everything together before my air brush comes in. What colors and how many colors should I start out with? Prob going to go with a water base paint, and go with BI 30 min epoxy for a finish. Just trying to get it all together and set up, any help or a starting list would be great. Thanks for the help looking forward to posting my first bait I paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdL Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) What types of baits are your going paint? Freshwater, salt water? Type of fish - perch, bass, snook, trout? Why all the questions- well if you don't want to spend a fortune to buy all the possibilities but want to narrow down the choices let us know what your trying to catch will help us help you with those choices. I don't mind helping out but to start out narrowing down reasonable choices need to get a bit more info. First coat of paint could be a primer so get some white and pearl white. Also take a look at the commercial baits to see what colors you might want get for top and side colors. Also consider getting some primary colors if you want to mix colors. A color wheel is a good reference on what colors to mix. You can do some search on internet and this site for 'hard bait color cook books'. There are several out there that will have paint colors listed. Edited October 2, 2013 by EdL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
begs Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Ed, Fishing for all kinds of fish right now looking to do bass, and work into Muskie baits, then work smaller. This is new to me just looking for something to do have fun with. All baits will be for fresh water. Just going to be a fun hobby for my son and I to do together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Hardbaits imitate natural prey, so look at the prey species of baitfish in your waters, and then use that as a guide. Shad are white/silver/black. Perch are white/yellow/green/brown. Bluegill are white/green/brown/blue/red. Depending on what you're trying to match, the combinations are endless. Bear in mind that a bait that swims well and is the right size will get bit much more often than one that looks perfect, but doesn't swim or match the size of the prey. But painting is fun, and I hope you guys have a blast with it. There are beginners sets of Createx paints available from online suppliers like Coast Air who offer them. I think you could start with opaque white and black, and then go to transparents for your other colors, at least to start. Both opaques and transparents are handy, and pearls, too, once you get into shad patterns. Here's the link to Coast. There are lots of others, but I had this one handy: http://www.coastairbrush.com/categories.asp?cat=53 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffond Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Can I make a recommendation Begs... go find some old beat up spoons at a junk shop or flee market and sand off the faces and prime them... and then just use your basic primary colors and paint those first... I don't own an air brush but I can say even using rattle cans it was a good way to learn to use stencils and distance spraying and it was really cheap... and with an airbrush you could have all sorts of fun with color mixtures and what not... and then just put a thin coat of epoxy on top and that will take the fish (bass, pike etc) years to get the paint job off. And there kid friendly to work with since if you don't like how the paint turned out just sand, prime and start over easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
