August "Whats on your workbench?"

There is some really nice looking birds there, wish you lived over here or me over there and I could spend a day with each of you. man my carving would grow some.

thanks for sharing, Paul Scott
 
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Hen woodduck hollow cedar mahogany keel. Ready for paint. First year carving but working hard at it. Paintings the hardest part to improve at for me. Drake to follow!
 
Finished this girl up the other day.Would like to make a drake to match. Hollow cedar,acrylics.Probably going to throw a pad weight on her.

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Roy and Justin, wow, both of you are making great progress. Keep up the good work!

Here's one from a week or so ago.

The 2011 version of my Duck Stamp Woodie.


 
Justin those are your finest birds yet!!!!

I am going to do some blue wingers soon if you want to trade one of those drakes let me know
 
latest doves for me going to be gift birds. one for my dad and one for my hunting buddy Josh. basswood, oils with carpet tack eyes. looks like for ?$1.40 I have enough eyes for 30 or more doves.

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Jersey Bluebill with base coat of oils. Finish coat in a day or so...no it's not going to be an albino...

Can you see what I'm doing here Justin. The offwhite mixed with Old Holland Titanium white almost covers the medium gray ronan coat. It's real opaque. The finish coat of white will cover perfectly. So I don't have to wory about thin spots. Make sense?

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Looking good Geoff. How do those painting stands work? Is there a screw that screws into the bottom of the decoy?I need to move away from painting on top of tin cans.....Ive had some close calls lately :D
 
mr. john, jode, roy and tom, THANKS for the compliments...means a lot

geoff, i was thinking about our conversation this morning on the drive to work.....i'm fixing to do a greenhead or two and was trying to get in my mind a few things i want to do/try/etc and the white coverage issue we spoke of was one of the big things i want to eliminate......i see what you were talking about and am gonna to employ that conversation in my future stuff......THANKS man!

oh, and that bird is gonna look great (already does)

justin
 
Roy...


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I find the balance point on the decoy and attach the stand at that point. That is exactly the same point where the pad weight goes, and covers the patched hole. Because it's balanced it's harder to knock over. It is also perfectly balanced in your hand so your hand doesn't get tired.

Plus I always know where my left hand is...not in the paint!
 
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Mark, I love the dove decoys...Sweet!

Ron, lotsocoot...plastic free finallee!

Pat, sweet Teal!!

Hitch
 
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