Copper Pearl

[AtticaFish]

Got some good stuff in one of the swap boxes a while back. It was labeled 'Copper Pearl' and was in a small plastic container. Pretty sure RonDon was the original owner.... hopefully he can enlighten us with actual product information.

Here is what i'm working with in the raw. I believe it is a mica powder similar to the powder used for makeup and blown glass art......

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Have been mixing it with either clear or transparent colored powder paint. This batch is a mix of gold transparent and a small portion of red transparent to create an orange'ish color..... close to copper. Then the copper mica powder is added.



It is pretty metallic all by itself, but the transparent/clear powder paint lets whatever is underneath show through. The larger round head is leadfree and shiny. The smaller roundhead is silver plated. Colorado blade is nickle plated. All three have a quick dip in super sparkle mica/clear powder and then tapped on top with the copper mix. Quick tap of black flake on the dorsal side then silver holographic glitter tap on the ventral side of the jigs......

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Last pic adds a lead 'walleye' head that is painted with a base color of pearl and then painted the same as the others but adding a yellow/black/red powder paint eyeball.....

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Yup. I like painting. ha!

 

[Bucho]

Great effects, thanks for sharing!

Looking for that mica powder you mentioned, I started snooping around first thing monday morning. This lead to a phonecall that ended in what could be translatet into

sales engineer:
"...well, then we have this glass pigments that look like... ya know... the front door of such a brothel..."
me:
"geil..!"

Really anxious to get the samples they promised to send me!

 

[JSC]

Lookin Good

 

[Ron Don]

Yep it's the mica I use in making soft plastics. There's a bunch of colors available now. Purple is really nice. I have a few I still haven't tried yet.

 

[Ron Don]

Oh and your paint job looks ok.


Ok ok it's awesome!

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nice work, Russ

I am almost out of the super pearl stuff, Hint, Hint....

 

[Lost Pole]

If there's a better all-naaaaaaaturOWL COMBO…
I'd like to see it.
Beautiful work bro.

 

[Pepop]

Great Look Russ! LOVE the Walleye head! Ron Don, where do you find the different colors of mica?