Durable clear that preserves 3D details?

When you say filling the detail with epoxy will ruin it what do you mean?

Jeff wrote: Nicho wrote: When you say filling the detail with epoxy will ruin it what do you mean? I reckon he means he wants something that doesnt fill in the grooves etc , he doesnt want the texture to be filled , catching what I am throwing ?

Yep. Pretty much right, texture and detail.

Nicho- In order to for the look of the lure's imitation of the object to be convincing I want to stay away from pools of shiny epoxy setting in the recesses of the details. In fact, a matte finish would probably sell the illusion even better with this idea.

Thanks guys.

Ces.

Thank you very much Chris. i really appreciate it.

Lycan wrote: Hi Ces, Just wondering how you went with your lure finish, as I also use 3D Printers for my prototyping work, and as you said you can get that extra detail sometimes. My you I still have to say that I cant beat the time / effort and finished result of a well crafted timber lure -

G'day Lycan,

I'm still working on the master mate. It will probably take me awhile. At the moment, I finish about 20 lures a year due to the normal commitments. I am actually hand modelling the master, not using a printer. I have shaped the design on top of a lure blank and am pretty close to finishing it but will need to develop some molding skills and pump out some buoyant blanks before I even look at trying the top coat options.

I was just planning ahead, although I'm pretty excited about getting this one through the R & D stage as I know I'll get a real kick out of catching a fish on it (hands together, eyes to the sky).

I agree with you about the special quality of a hand finished timber lure, however its becoming increasingly clear that for my situation, resin casting is probably the way to go. Particularly if I want to produce enough lures to be able to only fish my own (and the occasional LL member's lure) .

I'll post up the finished lure when it happens and let you know about how I go with finishes but it could be a little while mate, sorry.

Cheers,

Ces.

matt fraser wrote: Hi Ces,  Very nice to be mentioned alongside Mr Fugly, I just use a 2 pack clear automotive paint.  One trick could be to spray a your base coat, then do a contrasting colour on an angle so that you highlight you scales/groves etc - before clear coating.  Makes the most of your patterning/details Good luck Matt

G'day Matt,

thanks for the tips about your clear process and painting. The finish on those Dragons is beautiful.

I can't believe I'm going to put this on the internet but when I was a kid I played a little D & D and got into some model painting because of it. I imagine that I will be hand painting much of this lure, drawing on some skills I haven't used in over two decades. I didn't have an airbrush back then, so I will be using it for base coating and initial highlights but the bulk will be with a brush.

Going to have to get something done on this. Dont want to be the 'gunna' guy on the forum.

Cheers mate,

Ces.

Haha, my brother and his mates were into D&D way back, staying up until stupid hours of the morning. I never got it. But know what you mean with the pieces.