The spell effects themselves - fire and water - are the centrepiece of the model, and I wanted bright, simple colours for both.
![Basecoated flame Basecoated flame](workbench/pics/fan/2006/598545a.jpg)
The fire is a basecoat of Blazing Orange (over a black undercoat, this requires about 6 coats of slightly watered-down colour to give a neat finish), highlighted first by mixing in Golden Yellow, then Golden Yellow followed by Sunburst Yellow, lastly Sunburst Yellow mixed with white.
![Highlighted flame Highlighted flame](workbench/pics/fan/2006/598545b.jpg)
The water is Enchanted Blue, with only two subtle highlight stages made by mixing in Ice Blue. It is given a couple of coats of watered-down Ardcoat gloss varnish to make it shiny (actually, this is applied after the whole model has been varnished in gloss, then matt).
![Flame and Water Flame and Water](workbench/pics/fan/2006/598545c.jpg)