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Offline ctom

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Same bait, different day and glitters
« on: 04/01/12 12:54 UTC »
I really like the baby bass colored back on this 1.75" small fry bait when teamed up with a nuetral belly color. The golden shiner is going to be a pet I can tell, but I just never seem to sit idle. Today after church I was digging in a component closet and found a couple packaged of micro-glitter I used at one time in some jighead paint. I only had a couple colors left...a red and silver....and this got the wheels turning again.

Sticking with the baby bass top color I mixed up a really thin smoke and  added some red hilites along with plenty of each of the micro-fine glitters. This got spooned into the cavities just like the gold belly color from yesterday. I used red eyes on this one to contrast with the red in the belly color and the result is pretty easy on my eyes and again a color pattern emmerges that I think will schnooker some crappies.

No name on this one...just easy viewing.

 
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Re: Same bait, different day and glitters
« Reply #1 on: 07/21/13 08:26 UTC »
ctom, That is an awesome color.  I do want one of those stinger molds. You have the patients LIKE no other man I have see, to do such detailed and tedious work.  And wonderful with words and explaining things.  Maybe you could give us a video of how you make those 2-3-4-5 colored little critters. 
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Offline ctom

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Re: Same bait, different day and glitters
« Reply #2 on: 07/21/13 10:24 UTC »
The problem I have with that Buffy is an aging computer. Video isn't a do on this thing.

Small baits require focus more than anything and second in line is patience.
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Re: Same bait, different day and glitters
« Reply #3 on: 07/21/13 11:34 UTC »
Those baits look great. My baits catch fish but they are very simple compared to yours. How much baby bass do you use per plastic? Keep up the gret work. Thanks for sharing.

Offline ctom

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Re: Same bait, different day and glitters
« Reply #4 on: 07/21/13 12:56 UTC »
Bass...

Just about everything I mix up will start with 4 ounces of plastic.  Baby Bass can be a strong color, depending on manufacturer, so sometimes I don't have to add too much. Another thing I try hard to maintain is transparency. That requires very little colorant at times. The Baby Bass can be added to hot plastic without any issues, so if you are looking to make a color similar to what you see here start with the 4 ounces and add maybe a drop of the X2 or three drops of any other. If you are using X2 and you're almost to where you want to be color-wise but a full drop is going to be too much, just dip a toothpick in the colorant about 3/16 of an inch and stir that into the plastic. If you're using a conventional colorant and are very close and want to tweak it just a notch dip that toothpick in the colorant about 3/4 inch and mix it in.

Something to keep in mind too is that computer monitors can show colors in a deceiving way. If you see a color made by anyone in a pic just go light on the colorant and add small amounts of it to adjust the color to your liking. Its way easier to work into a color than it is to try and weaken one.   
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Re: Same bait, different day and glitters
« Reply #5 on: 07/21/13 18:44 UTC »
that would be awsame with some uv in it  :P
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Re: Same bait, different day and glitters
« Reply #6 on: 07/21/13 19:00 UTC »
that would be awsame with some uv in it  :P

These were do in my pre-uv days. I might have to dig up the recipe and re-shoot with uv in the cover dip and belly color.
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