Alrighty, so Lajuana has been helping me recreate an awesome Colette Peter's fish cake for my boss' birthday. I thought that I had the correct silver luster dust that I needed to paint the fish a purty silver grey, but I was wrong! I have cc's "silver sparkle" but it really doesn't look like it will paint on silver, more just irredescent. I didn't realize that until after I had covered the cake in white fondant. So now I have a pretty cool looking white fish, but what is the best way to get it to resemble the color of Lajuana's - http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=54512

1) Make a paint out of black and white americolors and paint it with a brush? Then add silver sparkle dust?

2) Mix black and white airbrush colors and airbrush it grey and then haindpaint the silver sparkle (since I don't believe that should go in my airbrush)

Any other ideas? I am calling it quits for the night but I would love some advice so I have a better chance of not screwing up this cake. Thanks in advance!

I guess another option is driving to the cake supply store closest to me and getting the correct luster dust but that is a 40 mile round trip so I would prefer not to. But if the consensus is that that is the only way to do it nicely then I guess I will. Which leads me to my next question - what color dust is that? Colette just calls it "silver edible powder".

I would go with idea #2. I always love how airbrushed cakes looke and then the silver dust on top will be beautiful!

i agree, go with the second idea

option #2 for sure. Can't wait to see the finished results!

I would go with the 2nd idea, but I am not that sure about the silver sparkle. I don't think that you will get the nice shinny silver that Lujana got on hers. I really think that you need the luster dust for that, sorry . I know that it will llook great regardless.

Vic

Thanks for all the advice! My husband offered to drive down to the cake supply store during his lunch break today. Woo hoo! I had him pick up "Nu Silver" luster dust, so hopefully that will give me the perfect fishy silver. Thanks again!

Jodie

"Nu Silver" is awesome!!! I am really pleased with how the finish came out. I just mixed it with lemon extract and painted it on my fondant. I also used white sparkle for the bottom half of the fish.

For carrielynnfields and anyone else that is interested, here is the pic:

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=504353

Your fish looks fabulous! I want to make one now!