Airbrushing

[benniejordaan]

Here is a side on pic with the flash on. You can see how the sparkle shines through the blue.

 

[PH]

Who wants to watch TV "Survival" if you can watch this!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Bennie

 

[tackle whore]

Nice one bennie . well done good info , pity the others dont want to share anymore .

 

[benniejordaan]

Thanks Mark, you know it!
OK now the all important red chin, taped of and sprayed, no real art/science here!

 

[benniejordaan]

Some eyes and decals! Then clear coat still to follow.

 

[PH]

Have some mana

 

[Andre Laas]

Thanks Bennie!!!

We asked you for a pinkie, and you are giving us an arms worth of inspiration!

 

 

[benniejordaan]

No worries Andre! I am no expert but will gladly share. I will post a pic as soon as it is finished and rigged then I'll give a run down on how it is weighted.

You can see it is quite dull. Wait till the clear coat comes in and the lure comes to life.

 

[Andre Laas]

I finally got round to playing arround a bit yesterday! For practice I used water thinned acrylic art paint (must stil get round to visiting an auto paint shop!) on a piece of that surfboard foam you gave me!! Great fun!!!!

 

 

[benniejordaan]

Critter wrote:

I finally got round to playing arround a bit yesterday! For practice I used water thinned acrylic art paint (must stil get round to visiting an auto paint shop!) on a piece of that surfboard foam you gave me!! Great fun!!!!

 

Cool, Get a calender and practice on the back of the pages. It is smooth so any mistake will run and show up which will give you a better idea of what will happen when you apply the same stroke on your lures. Another thing to play with is the air pressure. An airbrush can run between 2,5 and 5 bar and will give you different finishes.

 

[Andre Laas]

Did exactly that befoe I tried it on the foam. I set the compressor to 2 bar to play with. What would you say is a good pressure to start out with?

Also learned my first lesson in paint...... you can not thin fireplace paint with normal thinners..... you end up with a thick black gel!

 

 

[benniejordaan]

Critter wrote:

Did exactly that befoe I tried it on the foam. I set the compressor to 2 bar to play with. What would you say is a good pressure to start out with?

Also learned my first lesson in paint...... you can not thin fireplace paint with normal thinners..... you end up with a thick black gel!

 

LOL.
Also a good idea is to just get all your paint from the same supplier or atleast the same brands if you are not sure. That way you know they are compatible. I like to brush at about 3-3,5 bar but will put it up to about 4,5 bar for the base and clears. Remember when setting the preasure you need to release air with the brush. The pressure drops slightly so if you set it to 2,5bar when you actually use it, it may drop down to 2 bar.

 

[Buffalo Hunter]

Hi Bennie,

Your lures look damn good. By the way I suppose you know you can buy glitter via the Internet from Mudhole. When mixed in with you final epoxy coat, the glitter( I assume you will use silver) looks great when light reflcts off the lure. There are several colours available ( Gold , Silver, Black, Blue etc)

 I have not made any as yet but I am playing around with dies mixed into the epoxy that gives you a great "marbling' effect.

 I have mixed gold glitter to final expoxy the binding of a few Assassins which I built a few months ago. I'll see if I have a pic in my library to show you the effect. It's not the best pic but it gives you some idea.

Cheers,

BH

 

[Buffalo Hunter]

HI Critter,

I'm no airbrushing expert but I found this web-site a good place to start. It's pretty basic but has some good info.

Cheers,

BH

http://girr.org/tips/tips3/airbrush_tips.html

 

[Andre Laas]

Thanks BH... all information helps! Hopefully I will soon be able to also post some of my handywork!

 

[benniejordaan]

Buffalo Hunter. The fine glitter is available here in the form of what is called "sparkle". Available from your paint supplier. If you want a fine spray just dilute it in clear coat or hold the brush away from the lure and spray a fine mist over it then clear coat.

 

[Ruff_Ryder]

This is like the blind leading the blind imho.

You guys need help.

 

[Buffalo Hunter]

Have I missed something here?

I did'nt see any suggestions to help the blind.

BH 

 

[Andre Laas]

Ruff_Ryder wrote:

This is like the blind leading the blind imho.

You guys need help.

Supply the help then.... It is what this thread is all about.

 

[benniejordaan]

Some guys use their boats name for their user name. Other guys their favourite reel or rod and some guys may use their favourite wet suit!