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    Rainbow effect/oil sheen.

    Has anyone out there worked out a way of producing the rainbow like oil sheen seen when small amounts of oil are spilt on a wet surface I have been trying to figure a way for a couple of weeks now, all to no avail.


    Cheers sharow john.
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    • yak face
      Moderator
      • Jun 2009
      • 13826
      • Tony
      • Sheffield
      #2
      Is it on a dio John ? If its an oil spill or suchlike maybe a clear pearlescent nail varnish painted over the dark painted puddle will give the effect . Hope this gives you something to go on , cheers tony

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        • Guest
          #3
          Hi,


          I should have been a bit more specific to start with; yes it is a diorama underway Skoda 30.5cm siege howitzer on a wet day. I have found something which produces an oily sheen of all things release oil! just a tiny drop in water I think it might look a bit over scale but am working on it that and release oil proofing the model.Still open to suggestions/advice will report back on progress as and when.


          Cheers sharow John.

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            • Ian M
              Administrator
              • Dec 2008
              • 18264
              • Ian
              • Falster, Denmark
              #4
              The only way I can think of to get them to scale is to photograph some real ones scale them down and print them on clear decal film....
              Group builds

              Bismarck

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                • Guest
                  #5
                  Hi, do you mean something like this?


                  [ATTACH]123289.IPB[/ATTACH]



                  IF YES, you can try this. Just dip into it and leave it until it dry/cure.


                  [ATTACH]123290.IPB[/ATTACH]




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                    • Guest
                      #6
                      While since I have been online so update tried photographing a couple of real sheens but I don't think my photography skills are quite what they should be, but floor polish looks worth a try .

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                        • BBdave
                          • Aug 2014
                          • 825
                          #7
                          I'm interested in how it turns out I need to create some oily water.


                          Dave

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                            • Guest
                              #8
                              I would like to add to this, after something I noticed tonight with my own model.


                              I was giving a dirt wash to my car (1/24) using a thinned down Vallejo Air, applied with a brush. Now my model is plainted with car paint, and has an aerosol glossy clear coat on top.


                              I noticed that my previous wash had dried in a fashion of leaving a circular tide mark and fading to nothing towards the centre.


                              My suggestion would be perhaps to put down a little clear coat. Mix up a paint of suitable colour and just gently put a nice blob down. Hopefully held spherical by surface tension and allow to dry. Another coat of clear, a different colour in a smaller blob and procede until the middle?


                              This is just a working theory of course but it makes sense in my mind


                              -Matt-

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