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So this isn't miniature related at all but maybe you can help.

I have started planning the valentines jewellery window at work and I was thinking of using some champagne flutes. I can't put real champagne in them because a/ it will evaporate and 2/ it will get knocked over. I was thinking I could fill some flutes up with resin to look like champagne.

so...

How would I colour clear resin to have the yellowy golden colour of champagne?

I know the normal aim of pouring resin is to get it bubble free, but how would I go about getting extra bubbles in it?

Thanks guys.

Add a bit of water to the resin to create bubbles. The resin should foam a slight amount from the moisture.

Cool, will it just foam on the top or will it produce bubbles throughout?

Depends on how roughly you mix it.

The more energetically you mix it, the more bubbles you will incorporate into it. (Ordinarily, mixing resin is NOT like whipping egg whites - you do NOT want too much air in it).

Food colouring can be used to tint a clear resin. Did you want pink or white champers?

One drop should add the right amount of tint to enough for both glasses.

Resin can be coloured with additives.

Different resins have different runniness and cure at different rates. If you use a thickish resin and whip it full of air while mixing, you should get some bubbles suspended in it.

You may want to experiment a bit to get the right effect.

Alternatively, search the internet for someone who has done this before. I bet there are suppliers of filled fake glasses for theatricals and such like.

It'll work with quicker cure resins as KK says. A little food colouring, whisk, when it starts to go slightly thicker a quick stir again and it should go quite good. Any drips on the side though and it'll be a git to get off. Did a similar thing with beer effects a few years ago and it took a few attempts to get it looking right.

Or, seeing as it is for your shop display just buy em in already done : http://replica-food.co.uk/item.php?item=dr004

Thanks guys I will try a few of these things out and if it all goes tits up at least I now know you can just buy these things, who would have thought.


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Any suggestions on a resin I could use. I have look for at few and they seam to have 24hr+ cure times (this seems long maybe its not?). I think I would rather make them myself then buy them, then I can order far to much resin in and safely dispose of the extra

There are some acrylic clear resins that go off in around 40mins to an hour (and will have bubbles suspended). They are an MEK catalysed resin though and may be harder to obtain in some areas due to the carcinogenic properties of MEK.