Painting Kryptonite? WAY off topic . . .

[auld argonian]

I like O'Neille's concept...I remember many an impressive "Candy Apple Green" paint job from custom car show that i used to attend.

I wonder it using a clear material like plexiglass as a base material wouldn't help to give it some of that translucency that would make it look a bit more "alive"...we are led to believe that Kryptonite is kind of a radioactive material that's emitting deadly (to Superman...and eventually to Earth people, as it turns out) rays...it's like it should have a certain inner glowing quality. Some transparent emerald green followed by clar coat to seal it off?

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[Caradoc]

I like O'Neille's concept...I remember many an impressive "Candy Apple Green" paint job from custom car show that i used to attend.

Here's what I used the one time I painted something "kryptonite."

Base coat of "glow-in-the-dark" paint.

One coat of translucent Candy Apple Green.

Five coats (with appropriate drying time between each!) of clear "finish" coat.

One more coat of Candy Apple (still translucent!).

One more coat of clear coat.

This gave a certain amount of depth and texture to the surface and color. The glow-in-the-dark paint never contributed much, but the texture to it is a lot more "stonelike" than anything else I had in the paintbox at the time.