Looking for tips regarding painting glass.

[Mark S]

Anyone have any good tips/advice, or know of a thread, on painting transparent or translucent coloured glass....in acrylic or oil. Cheers.

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Mark, At arts and craft stores, you can find acylic glass stains in pots or bottles. There mainly used in painting see-through sun catchers, but they can be used for many other purposes. They come in many brands, and different sizes. This is what they look like: I don't know if this is something you had in mind Mark, what are you trying to do? Hope this helps you with a few ideas. Regards, SG

 

[Mark S]

Thanks Rick, I have some similar paints like the Tamiya Smoke and Clear Yellow that type of thing but what I'm after really is some tips on painting a realistic effect on resin to appear as a glass bottle.
I'm painting a whiskey bottle in either clear, brown or green ( haven't decided yet) and I was after some tips or examples of painting a realistic looking partially filled glass bottle.

 

[theBaron]

I haven't tried this yet myself, but one thought I've had is to drill out the resin piece and then fill it with another resin tinted appropriately for the booze.

Prost!
Brad

 

[DEL]

Interesting question Mark. Hadn't put any thought into this before,
If it was me....and I will try.......I'd settle on a green bottle 3/4 full of red wine. (this amount means you don't really have to represent an internal surface of wine)
Paint entire bottle a darkish strong green then paint on your red (burgundy) wine. When dry paint all over with a thin wash of green mixed with liquin or similar then add coats of Tamiya smoke.
Might be worth adding highlights between Tamiya washes.
Depending on how brave I feel I might even try some silver as highest lights.
Be really interested on how you get on.......how about an SBS
Cheers
Derek

 

[housecarl]

Here you go Mark.
http://www.minipainting-guild.net/
Painting tips on the left, 6th article down.

 

[valiant]

Mark, when I painted my Bainsfather cartoon German figure, I painted the bottles in Humbrol schwarzgrun (dunno what number!) then drybrushed it it dragoon green (yeh, that's how long ago it was!). Black wash, then gloss varnish. Still looks OK to me!

Steve

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Mark, What scale is the bottle??? Regards, SG

 

[Mark S]

Thanks Del I think your onto a good idea there, that's really got me thinking...cheers.
Thanks for that link too Carl it's also been useful.
Rick, I neglected to mention it's a 1/9 th scale bottle. So big enough for plenty of detail, I probably wouldn't be bothered so much if it was smaller but it is actually a vital part of this bust I'm working on.

 

[bonehead]

There is nothing you can do with paint that will make an opaque bottle look convincingly "clear". Your best bet would be to turn the bottle out of clear plastic sprue or plex rod. This can be done with a Dremel tool or even a cheap battery powered motor tool.

Then you can apply your transparent paints for color...

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Mark, The only scale whiskey bottles I was able to find were in 1/12th scale. These are for the most part doll house accessories. You may be able to cut them to the size you need. They do however, come in a wide range of clear tinted colors. Maybe an option you could use. Regards, SG

 

[theBaron]

I recall now a manufacturer, in Poland, I think, who produced resin glassware in smaller scales, like 54mm. I remember seeing a set of thumbprint pub glasses. They were made with a clear shell and then filled with colored resin to look like a mug of lager beer with a good head on it. If I can find the maker, I'll post the info back here.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Trex]

I recall now a manufacturer, in Poland, I think, who produced resin glassware in smaller scales, like 54mm. I remember seeing a set of thumbprint pub glasses. They were made with a clear shell and then filled with colored resin to look like a mug of lager beer with a good head on it. If I can find the maker, I'll post the info back here.

Prost!
Brad

It's Plusmodel and their "Beer Bottles & Boxes" kit but it's 1:35 scale.

If you don't mind the scale so much, there are also 1/35 bottles from Meng Models:

 

[Mark S]

Thanks for all those ideas!....but I'm sure I'd rather paint a poor representation of glass than use a coloured resin bottle.
I'll give it a go and simply paint the bottle in solid green with highlights if I have to......cheers and thanks again!!

 

[badger]

I was nearly finished my verlinden figure of davout, a 120mm scale mounted figure who wears glasses. I didn't know how to get glass in his spectacles. then I smeared superglue gel over the glass frames which looked great but then dried an opaque white/ **** that's no good, but then I dropped a spot of acrylic gloss based varnish in the lenses and they instantly became clear, perfect just what I was looking for-pardon the pun. hope this helps in achieving the glass effect you are looking for. /badger

 

[theBaron]

It's Plusmodel and their "Beer Bottles & Boxes" kit but it's 1:35 scale....

If you don't mind the scale so much, there are also 1/35 bottles from Meng Models:

Ah, thanks very much, Trex! The Plusmodel set is exactly what I was thinking! Yeah, 1/35 limits one, though I thought of them, for my 54mm figures.

I always notice the drinking vessels, especially for European, or more specifically German, subjects, because another hobby of mine is beer, and I have over 200 glass, stoneware or pottery mugs or steins. It bothers me when I see a figure of a German grenadier circa 1900, for example, painted beautifully and with great detail, but the kit maker, and the painter, take the easy way out and give him a pewter tankard that would be appropriate in Britain or America in 1776. It should be stoneware, or even a porcelain regimental, in this case. Most folks don't realize it, but metal was typically scarcer and more expensive for drinking vessels in most periods, and pottery or even wood were cheaper and more commonly used. And glass was the rarest and most expensive of all, and didn't really become common till the middle of the 1800's.

 

[theBaron]

Here's a link to "Beery Bottle and Boxes" at PlusModel's website, by the way, I just had to go look it up:

http://www.plusmodel.cz/karta_en.php?id=269

 

[Mirofsoft]

Yes paint it, highligt on the "shoulders" of the bottle, more on the bottle ( from where the light source is ) and a coat of Humbrol glossy varnish