Messy Color™ Hippo Ltd Run

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Hippo Ltd Run (511891)<br />An opaque grey.

An opaque grey.




"On the whole, I really, really like this colour. It's a great, neutral base colour, and the way the surface can be brought to a rich brown is particularly neat. The way the silver turns blue on it under encasement also makes me really happy." Read more about Hippo testing at Melanie's blog, including tests with silver, Copper Green, Tuxedo, Opal Yellow, Ivory, and white. – Melanie Graham

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Messy Hippo
Julie Fountain
Hippo and Razzleberry with Effetre dark ivory & DH Clio, Catalyst ES404, and Aurae
Darlene Collette
Messy Hippo, Unique Sepia -2, Creamsicle, Celadon, & Peace
Julie Fountain
Messy Hippo
Joy Munshower
Hippo with a Fremen base and white
Helen Vanek
Messy Hippo
Melanie Graham

CiM Tester Feedback

  • Hippo is a grey with a brownish hue.
"Hippo is an opaque grey with a hint of brown about it. It's very similar to CiM Khaki but in my opinion it behaves a little bit better. It's great to work with - it's got a nice medium consistency, it doesn't reduce or devitrify and it looks fab when etched." Read more at Laura's blog. – Laura Sparling
  • Special thanks to Laura Sparling & Genea Crivello-Knable for providing the photos in this section.

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“On a base of Hippo, fine silver foil was melted in. Shards of Double Helix Terranova 2.1 silver infused glass were added.” See more at Darlene’s blog.
Darlene Collette
A comparison of Messy grays with Double Helix Psyche.
Carol Oliver
A comparison of various Messy grays with Double Helix SL 188.
Carol Oliver
"This is a medium, opaque, slightly streaky grey. From left to right, with Double Helix Triton, which has been raked and reduced. Notice the fuming from the silver in the Triton on the grey has shifted it more to a Khaki colour. In the centre and on the right are two self-coloured beads." Read more at DragonJools blog.
Dwyn Tomlinson
"On the whole, I really, really like this colour. It's a great, neutral base colour, and the way the surface can be brought to a rich brown is particularly neat. The way the silver turns blue on it under encasement also makes me really happy." Read more about Hippo testing at Melanie's blog, including tests with silver, Copper Green, Tuxedo, Opal Yellow, Ivory, and white.
Melanie Graham
"Hippo works quite nicely as stringer too. It's quite crisp and smooth and only spreads if you really, really heat it. These beads show Hippo paired with Adamantium." Read more at Laura's blog.
Laura Sparling