Matt... there is a color offered by decoart.. I think called "buttermilk". Its a pretty good color for "bone".

Made some heavier ones for trolling/strolling/deep jigging/deeper cranking

CCTX
If you want to try out an air brush system. I have 1 I have never used. Lots of paint as well. You are welcome to borrow it and see if you like it.

Thanks for the kind offer.
I have one, but for now, I’m enjoying testing what I can do/can’t do with rattle cans.

Numerous studies show that bass see as vast range of colors. They also can see fine detail like a hook or fishing line. This is a great reason to use line that turns invisible in the water or very thin line, which would be harder to see. Of course on FAST moving lures line size, color and detail doesn’t make much difference because it is moving so fast. However, when using lures that move at a moderate or slow rate (which is just about everything available) it makes sense to me to use the most realistic looking lures and baits I can find in order to fool the bass into striking it. I would think that a lure or bait that looks completely out of place or unnatural would be rejected immediately. Every year more and more lure manufactures are coming out with real life imitations of fish and other animals like crawfish that look so real it is becoming hard to tell the real from the fake unless one of them moves. This has to improve bass fishing. If we can barely tell the difference, then a bass has no chance at all. All we have to do is FIND the bass and present the lure in a realistic manner. Just sayin'

Bream patterns are always a challenge...possibilities are limitless.

Atomic Bream

Umm... how about spinnerbaits, skirted jig & trailer, tubes, silver Rat L Traps, chartreuse plastic worms or the large hooks hanging down from near stationary surface plugs.
Line diameter and type matters IMO but only if it adversely affects lure action. Fish of any species that attack lures aren't fooled into striking anything. They do or they don't. Realistic moving and looking lures are not realistic to fish - only to anglers that think lures fool fish too dumb to know what not to attack.

According to Keith Jones, Knowing Bass, fish easily see moving object details and feel lures moving in water at night before seeing and then striking them (lateral line). Lure size, action, profile, fish location and retrieve out way color schemes though color can enhance a lure's appearance.

Again, just one angler's opinion that has caught fish on most any type of lure ever made and in many unnatural colors that match nothing that ever lived.

Bought some cheap blanks for fun.
My final process is to brush on a thin layer of clear silicone caulk (holds scent well and softens the lure to feel more fleshy)

more fleshy than 6 hooks?

If you use red hooks, they taste like blood.

Those look great! I'm really digging that craw, I tried a few this past week. Are you still playing with the rattle can?

Yes, still using rattle cans and a mix of the sharpie paint pens and regular sharpies.
The craw is:
Rustoleum marigold yellow on bottom/belly
Then Rustoleum orange slightly higher up
Then Rustoleum poppy red slightly higher up
Then Rustoeum red on top/on the back

Black sharpie for the segmented lines.

Don't think that the caulk will alter the action?

Been doing it for years, no significant change in action.
Probably doesn’t do anything (just like using red hooks), but it’s become habit and increases my confidence.