Fimo is a type of clay that is in the plastics family. It comes in coloured blocks that you can mix together to make new colours. So nothing I make is painted.
Once you make what you want, you bake it in a normal oven at 110oc for at least half an hour.
I do use mica powders on some of my work. These are very fine dust-like powders in either metallic or pearlescent colours. The clay colours interact with the powders, so it is far more complicated than just adding a topcoat.
I also put a coat of gloss varnish on the finished item as I prefer it to the mat finish the clay has.
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