So I saw a video on youtube - a vortex marble where the cone was backed in black, just like usual... then a lot of clear to shape the marble, just like usual...

then he does a layer of a light color (yellow) and another layer of black

then lots of clear dots ontop of the black and melts it in - just one layer of dots.

it came out being a really clear honeycomb effect but every time I try it I just sort of create shiny black circles... am I melting it in the wrong way or something? How can you honeycomb a solid surface like a marble?\

EDIT: video looks like 1) wasn't using enough clear and 2) I did two layers of top color and he only did one, my bad!