Aaron, I am pretty sure Medallion Sheeting is two flattened out pieces of Zing-Wing (originally a packing twine), glued together. The inside- sides are first colored, then glued.
Cheers, Hans On 14 Feb 2004 at 20:46, Wes Wada wrote: > Aaron, > > As far as I can tell, Medallion Sheeting is just photo-imprinted or > dyed plastic sheeting. The plastic material is more like thin plastic > bag material than cellophane. > > If you buy some permanent color art markers at your local craft store > and rub them in a random, blended patterned onto thin clear plastic > sheeting, you will end up with a pretty decent approximation of > Medallion Sheeting. > > Art markers are brands like Prismacolor, Chartpak, Letraset, and even > some of the Sharpie pen colors. > > Wes > > > > I have become enamoured with working on a may fly "study" this year > > and picked up Shane Stalcup's "Mayflies: Top to Bottom". He uses > > medallion sheeting quite a bit for the wings. I have checked many > > of the fly fishing/tying retailers in my area (south eastern NH) and > > no one carries it. I was wondering if anyone had any crafty > > suggestions as to a substitute. I have tried the cellophanewrapper > > from a box of cigaretts and a alcohol based marker to make patterns > > on it. As a test it worked fine until I wetted it and rubbed the > > marking off of it (granted, I rubbed pretty hard, but you figure it > > has to survive the wear and tear of a fish gnawing on it). > > > > Aaron >
