You are most welcome, my "Eye Plates" as Tony called them are always a big hit at tying shows.
3 other good colors are silver glitter, pearl and chartreuse.
Don't buy the real cheap unknown brands.
At 07:49 PM 1/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Ginger,
Can't thank you enough for the tip about doing the eyes separately on a plastic coffee can lid.
I went to the Michael's Craft Store and they were actually nice enough to be having a sale on fabric paint, so saved a bunch!
I purchased two different brands, and counting a bottle I already had the colors are: Tulip Slick - black Tulip Glitter - gold glitter Scribbles - golden platinum glitter Scribbles - white Scribbles - fluorescent orange
Played around using primarily the glitters as the base blob, then putting a dot of black for the pupil. On others, did a white base with a fluorescent orange rimmed black pupil. Finally a really nice one using golden platinum glitter as the base, and a fluorescent orange rimmed black pupil.
These were all fairly easy to control, and they look fantastic!! I think they are much better than the spendy plastic dome eyes I have been using.
Very pleased and appreciative!
Wes Wada Bend, Oregon
Ginger Allen wrote:
> I do all my eyes up ahead of time. > I use a plastic surface like a coffee can lid. > I put small drops of paint, yellow, green, white and > tap the lid so they pool out. > Then after 10 minutes I add the black pupil. > After 2 hours you can peel them off and super glue them on. > > > > > I use a brand called tulip slick in yellow and red (mostly red) > for > eyes,with black pen or varnish for the pupil.I generally wait 24 > hours > before adding the pupils just to be suree the paint is dry.When > finished I > epoxy or varnish the eye. > Ashley > > > > > > A related question might be...if you are using two or three > colors to > > produce an eye, how long do you wait before applying the > second color > > on top of the base color? > > > > Wes Wada >
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