Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 Black. Now, I suspect Black will need a stronger concentration as the same number of drops gave a washed out look, but still pretty nice: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 Then Yellow: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 And finally Crimson: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 Here's all of them labelled up in the (slightly failing) outside light: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 And here they are inside under artificial lighting: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 So, that's set one of the raw colours. More to come and then we will start to look at combining colours! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 Got bored. Did other colours. Dark out so can only take shot inside… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 Also sanded the three dark colours down from the first batch ready for a second colour to see what happens… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 I used 120 grit wet and dry to knock the colour down and get a decent contrast going. Will be interesting to see how other colours look when mixed in.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Very cupric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 No crimson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, ezbass said: No crimson? Eh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Bridgehouse said: And here they are inside under artificial lighting: @ezbass- it’s on the right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Bridgehouse said: @ezbass- it’s on the right! That’s weird, when I first saw the additional stains it started at the “got bored” selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 23 minutes ago, ezbass said: That’s weird, when I first saw the additional stains it started at the “got bored” selection. Nope definitely did crimson… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 Final one for today - Added Phthalo Blue to the sanded Black: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 I’ve got a few that I want to try - bit open to suggestions now.. any colour combos or things you’d like me to try with the stains? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 'Ware the Crimson Tegument! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 35 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said: Final one for today - Added Phthalo Blue to the sanded Black: A worthy attempt, but a long way from 80s black ash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 38 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Only one coat tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Just for completeness, here's the other colours as a single set with the same dilution in the sun: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Got me knobs out for some comparators. Have done a bunch of other colour combos (post sanding) which I’ll photo later.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 A few more for your consideration - these are under artificial light tho.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said: Got me knobs out for some comparators. Have done a bunch of other colour combos (post sanding) which I’ll photo later.. FTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, ezbass said: FTW. Yeah. I quite like that too. I’ve tried a few more since then as well. There’s lots of nice colour combos but I am thinking either Ph Blue/Black or Ph Blue/Green 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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