Painting bottles

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doc larsson
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Painting bottles

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can anyone explain a method for painting a bottle to make it look like it's half empty ?

cheers in advance

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A bit like this ?
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. . . . something I did for a giggle - the 'glass' is clear heat stretched sprue , the liquid was done by dipping them in 'clear ' orange paint . ;D
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Re: Painting bottles

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Can anyone tell me how to make a giant penny ? :haha: :haha: :haha:

Nice bit of glass making there - looks good.
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Re: Painting bottles

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genius

but how do you shape the spray love the work ! sadly mine are resin bottles and not clear ! but genius well done mate
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That is one damn big penny!
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Good Morning,
That's BIG! Money.
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Re: Painting bottles

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I usually do brown ceramic or green glass and use Tamiya clear green.

Here is a ceramic one
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and here is a green bottle. Sorry no close up MichaelC has the figures! :D
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