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Thanks Steve. These are going to coastal Maine, so I am confident they will see what they were made to do!

the final phase after paint is the wash, which i picked up from Pat Gregory (check out his and Tim Speights site, lots of good stuff!). I like the way it seems to soften and smooth out a paint job. I play with the tint a little for individual species but on these I went with raw umber and olive...

Thank you troy and Paul. Paul, I'm not super happy with the green I ended up with, but this morning while doing touch ups I mixed up (traditions) titanium white (4x)hansa yellow (2x) and pthalo green-blue (1x) and that was the perfect green I was looking for. Its dry brushed over the texture...

In the home stretch on the drakes, hope to finish the paint tomorrow night...I'll skip out on fireworks! Same Ben more as the hens, flat black and white, except liquitex on the bills. I use liquitex on the bills of many of my birds, I like the sheen it has.

I always liked Mark Costilows book: http://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Wildfowl-Magazine-Workbench-Projects/dp/1881982300/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435512835&sr=8-1&keywords=mark+costilow+decoy

Thanks Steve, that is my favorite as well. She has attitude. It was my first trip to the boat show, and I decided to bring my 2 year old, which (take this in the spirit which it is intended) was a mistake. I couldn't really spend the time i wanted poking around, but what I did see was great. I...

As promised (to myself) I got the hens done today after the boat show. The aformentioned tinted Ben moore for the main body color, then dry brushed burnt umber for the feather "streaks", some raw sienna to brighten the cheeks, and finally the original BM color to outline the feathers on the...

Thanks Steve, I use a 50/50 mix goldens brand molding paste/gesso sponged on for texture. Primer is a rattle can...grey for the hens, and white for the drakes. Earlier you had asked about weighting the keels, I thought about it but chose not to as they are already big and heavy enough, I...

It took me a while to get them textured and primed. I've had to take over the garage since they take up so much space. I had to have the time to do it, but the time had to cooperate with the weather, since I wanted a couple good dry days in between each step to make sure everything was cured so...

Sean those are stunning....

Here you go Steve, there are others too, sorry! No barnacle geese yet. But I have done a trio of pygmy geese, a few masked ducks, a pink eared duck, a Salvadories teal, a pink headed duck...and I'm sure some others I'm forgetting.

Thank you everyone! Steve Sanford: You've got me thinking a shorebird style standup eider decoy would be really cool. We see them perching on the rocks all the time so it wouldn't be so far fetched. I just am anxious to get started on my boat build (money from this rig will be a help ;)) so the...

Here they are all sealed and ready for texturing And my inspector making sure they are done right

Cool mergs Steve, I really like the shapes of the heads, different way to accomplish that snakey but duck-like look.

A canvasback I just finished up

Continued thanks all! Here you go Steve, I did it in 2012, I think I could do a much nicer job today This morning I finished sanding the last 2. Man do I hate sanding, glad its done. Found a few little spots that needed attention from the putty, which is Elmers "Pro Bond Professional strength"...

I think i've done two, both for use in sea duck rigs. One in Rhode Island, one in Maine.

not a Mainiac, Connecticut born and raised! I'll have to find a picture of the puffins I did, I still have some of the siloutttes in the shop I did too I believe.

haha, thats really cool that you saw my wings brad! These are commissioned by someone else. Paying the bills... I'd just sell the teal too!

thanks all. Steve...I know I know....I gotta build a damn boat though, i gotta hit the lottery and quit my job is what i really have to do. He already has one of my puffins.... I don't think it takes off too much weight. Its more that I hate waste, and would spend the rest of my days...