The first redhead is flocked and ready for airbrush, although it would hunt just fine like it is. I always paint the bills by hand with full strength rustoleum in gloss the appropriate color, in this instance it will be a slate blue to start and then airbrush, that will make the paint on the bill stronger. I can still paint gloss on the bill with a hazing technique that give it a more satin look. grandkids are coming today, so the craft room will be occupied with all sorts of fun stuff, so the redhead will be curing for a few days. I'm really liking the red flocking, I've never ventured too far from 3 colors of flocking in the past and with the selection of colors from Flocking Unlimited for waterfowl, it's time for a little more fun. I have some canvasbacks to do and they have a specific red for that which is a little browner I think the canvasback head might be a good candidate for a blended flocking by painting the forehead from the bottom of the bill at an angle past the front of the eye to the top of the head with black rustoleum, then blend it to red rustoleum the rest of the way and flock the whole thing with what they call bull canvasback red and see where that takes me.
