Testors update with pics

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Here are some tap handles I used the testors on. I will try to explain what I did on each one.

This is just blue testors and white testors. I pored both colors side by side at the same time The I used a skewer to try to swirl them together without actually blending the colors.
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This one is white testors and green testors(metallic)
Notes: The white took the whole bottle to get a good thick color. I used maybe a half cap to full cap of green. When it mixed together the white was solid but the green is see though which made for a nice affect.
greenwhitetap2.jpg

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This one was just a cap full or so of orange testors and a litle pearlex pearl mixed into it.
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ok, this one here as I turned it I thought it wasn't going to come out that good. I thought it was going to be to dark. Well, it is and it isn't. Held in a dimly lit room, not to much action. In a bright sunny room this thing looks like a marble. It is 3 kinds of testors, all of which were left over from the other molds. The colors are red, green, blue. The green is actually in cavities inside the blue which is pretty wild. The pictures can't pick that up. This thing is almost all see through when when held to the light.It kinda looks like a marble.
redbluegrentap2.jpg

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Last one, this is red and green metallic testors. It also is see through in the light and also looks very much like a marble.
redgreentap1.jpg

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Notes:
The see through ones. I tried to get a picture showing the light coming through but none I took looked/worked very well.

I used the same amount of hardner as I do with any other coloring.

The white takes half to a full bottle to get it so where it is not see through. When doing that it becomes thick so just keep that in mind. The white is fun to work with. Once I get more resin I am going to do 6 or so white ones with a new color for each to try to create that 2 tone cavity look.


Well, what do you think?
Hope the info helps. I was going to take down all my notes to use here but forgot until I got to the 3rd one. I will try to do that next time.
 
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those are awesome.

how to get "through" lighting: create a light table by putting white acrylic over a light source. Get a piece of black paper big enough to cover the acrylic and cut a narrow slot in the paper slightly smaller than your object to be photographed. Lay your object on that, adjust your camera to expose for the black paper and shoot.

Here are two shots of the same blank done that way with slightly different exposures:

slightly over-exposed (notice the black paper looks grey)
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properly exposed.
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Note that with this kind of shot you have to get the exposure right in camera because you can't adjust it in software.

GK
 

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Jason,

Those are awesome!!

I've been itching to try some casting, but don't want to pony up for the dry pigments just to get my feet wet.. I like the Testor's idea!!

Now the question- when you say Testor's you are talking about the Testor's Model Paint we used as kids to paint our model airplanes/cars/boats etc. ?

TIA!

-Doug
 
RHunter said:
Jason,

Those are awesome!!

I've been itching to try some casting, but don't want to pony up for the dry pigments just to get my feet wet.. I like the Testor's idea!!

Now the question- when you say Testor's you are talking about the Testor's Model Paint we used as kids to paint our model airplanes/cars/boats etc. ?

TIA!

-Doug
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Yep the Testors model paint. Casting can be as much fun as turning.
 
Are you going to Walmart for the testors? If so, my Walmart does not carry model supplies anymore but maybe yours will.

I got mine from Michaels.
 
What you learned is that testors is way too expensive. Like you said..you used the entire bottle of white that I bet cost you $1.50, and you can buy a quart of white auto paint for $10 which is the equivelant of 100 or more testors bottles I think..I swear there's only a spoon full of paint in a bottle.
Next...and I already knew this too, but so we are all clear..we learned that if we want great photo's, we ship our pens to Greg!

Awesome display of taps, btw.
 
I got 2 taps from the bottle of white. The blue/white and the green/white. I really didn't need as much white as I put in. The next time I would use maybe 3/4 of the bottle for 2 taps or the whole bottle for 3 taps. But either way, yes I'm sure buying the paint in quart form is always going to be cheaper. I would still use testors in the majority of colors but maybe buy quarts of a couple main colors that I would use often.
 
spitfire said:
I got 2 taps from the bottle of white. The blue/white and the green/white. I really didn't need as much white as I put in. The next time I would use maybe 3/4 of the bottle for 2 taps or the whole bottle for 3 taps. But either way, yes I'm sure buying the paint in quart form is always going to be cheaper. I would still use testors in the majority of colors but maybe buy quarts of a couple main colors that I would use often.
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. There's barely a difference between the two paints other than quality. You wouldn't stock 50 colors of quarts of auto paint, but definitely worth the investment of the most common colors like white, black, and the primary colors. Just with those 5 colors, you actually have every color known to man. You just need to document your mixing of colors to duplicate in the future. So really, you only need to invest about $70 for a heck of a lot of castings. I'm pretty sure there is only 1 ounce in a testors bottle, but maybe it's less than that.
I spray with my air brush 3 ounces at a time. I cover the same amount of wood with 6 ounces as 1 spray can. The cost of a quart is $2 more than a spray can, but 6 ounces out of a quart barely makes a dent. Therefore, by the time you spray about 1.5 quarts you have recovered the cost of the air gun when comparing to spray cans. Same analogy, different product. These are very worthy investments. At $1.50 for a testors bottle, the costs add up really fast and you can hit the $70 mark in no time at all. I also think you did need that entire bottle of white. If you used 3/4 of it, I think you would notice a difference in clarity.
 
workinforwood said:
. There's barely a difference between the two paints other than quality. You wouldn't stock 50 colors of quarts of auto paint, but definitely worth the investment of the most common colors like white, black, and the primary colors. Just with those 5 colors, you actually have every color known to man. You just need to document your mixing of colors to duplicate in the future. So really, you only need to invest about $70 for a heck of a lot of castings. I'm pretty sure there is only 1 ounce in a testors bottle, but maybe it's less than that.
I spray with my air brush 3 ounces at a time. I cover the same amount of wood with 6 ounces as 1 spray can. The cost of a quart is $2 more than a spray can, but 6 ounces out of a quart barely makes a dent. Therefore, by the time you spray about 1.5 quarts you have recovered the cost of the air gun when comparing to spray cans. Same analogy, different product. These are very worthy investments. At $1.50 for a testors bottle, the costs add up really fast and you can hit the $70 mark in no time at all. I also think you did need that entire bottle of white. If you used 3/4 of it, I think you would notice a difference in clarity.
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Makes sense. These were test runs so the Testors worked fine. I do agree with you though. If I do make more, which I am sure I will, I will be buying auto paint in the main colors. Thanks for the advice.
 
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