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Post by fishhead on Apr 26, 2008 15:00:13 GMT -5
I am trying to paint a pumpkinseed that looks like this one and I just can't seam to get it to look right. Can you by looking at this fish come up with a paint schedule for it. I use Polytranspar WA paint. Please.
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Post by cecil on Apr 26, 2008 15:40:29 GMT -5
O.K. but give me a little time. I've got three paint schedules to come up with and my house payment is bearing down on me. I promise I'll be back with one soon.
You do realize you picked a difficult fish to paint if you don't have a lot of painting experience?
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Post by fishhead on Apr 26, 2008 17:27:41 GMT -5
Cecil,
I no it is very difficult. But I have 2 of them to do. One for a friend and one for a customer. The one I have mounted is for a friend and I can just keep practicing till I get it right. And the other one will just have to wait till I get the first one done right. Do you have an idea about how long until you can get to it.
Right now I have this much painted: 1.Dark Brown: Any apoxie work on fins and top of head to blend in with the rest of fish. 2. Bright Silver: Med. wash of whole fish including fins. 3.Yellow Ochre: Light coat lower half of body,lower fins,cheeks and gill cover 4. Trans.Med. Bass Green: Upper half of body and dorsal and tail fins.
Now I can't figure out how to do the yellow orange spots on the lower part of the body and have the light blue in between those spots.
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Post by jknuth on Apr 26, 2008 21:14:59 GMT -5
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Post by cecil on Apr 26, 2008 21:21:04 GMT -5
Cecil, I no it is very difficult. But I have 2 of them to do. One for a friend and one for a customer. The one I have mounted is for a friend and I can just keep practicing till I get it right. And the other one will just have to wait till I get the first one done right. Do you have an idea about how long until you can get to it. Right now I have this much painted: 1.Dark Brown: Any apoxie work on fins and top of head to blend in with the rest of fish. 2. Bright Silver: Med. wash of whole fish including fins. 3.Yellow Ochre: Light coat lower half of body,lower fins,cheeks and gill cover 4. Trans.Med. Bass Green: Upper half of body and dorsal and tail fins. Now I can't figure out how to do the yellow orange spots on the lower part of the body and have the light blue in between those spots. I may actually paint a couple as soon as tomorrow. If I do I will take pictures. Why in the world would you put silver on fins? Fins tend to be transparent. Now I can't figure out how to do the yellow orange spots on the lower part of the body and have the light blue in between those spots.If it helps you a little in the mean time, I would use gold or silver as your base coat color in that area and paint your scale/markings individually with a light orange. Mix yellow with red until you have a light orange in your color cup. It will appear more orange in your color cup than when you apply it. Use this same color for your breast, pec fin, anal find, and pelvic fins, but a little heavier. For the check markings start out with white very lightly (mix with retarder) than go over with silver and then your blue or turquoise. Be sure to tip your ear tab with white before applying the red/orange tip to make it stand out and leave a white edge.
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Post by cecil on May 10, 2008 7:09:41 GMT -5
Paint Schedule for Pumpkinseed (Lepomis Gibosus)
(I will add pics soon)
1.) Off white - Inside the mouth, rear edge of ear tab, and adding retarder make the fine vein markings on he cheek and gill cover.
2.) Chrome Pearslescent - Breast (heavy) and fog up the sides of the fish tapering off just above the lateral line. Also the cheek and gill cover.
3. Iridescent Gold - Apply this color lightly on the very top of the back and fade it down into the Chrome Pearlescent.
4.) Bright Yellow - Lightly apply this color where you applied the iridescent gold subtly fading it down the side to give the Chrome pearlescent a slight yellowish tinge.
5.) Gill red and Bright Yellow - Mix in color cup to desired intensity. Spray the breast, pelvic fins and anal (you want them transparent though). Adding retarder scale tip your orange markings that start in the ventral region and work their way up. Use reference. Also use this color between your web markings you made on the cheek and gill cover.
6.) Gill red and Bright Yellow - Add more gill red to get a strong red/orange and paint the ear tab with it. Be sure to leave an white edge where appropriate (see reference)
7.) Dark Brown - Use this color mixed with retarder to get your markings above the lat line.
8.) Blue - Lightly along with retarder go over your web markings to give them a slight blue tinge. Some fish have blue markings interspersed with the orange markings too.
9.) Black - Use this color to finish up the ear tab.
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