MLBob Furia
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Starting paint on that mallard hen preener from last month. Spattered the head today.
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February Workbench..............
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jode hillman
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Love it Bob!
Pat Gregory
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Just finished a hollow carved white pine specklebelly...
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John Unruh
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Very nice Pat.
John Unruh
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Pat ,does this decoy have the antique wash on him?
jode hillman
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Pat, Neat Speck, we only get a few lost migrants here every few years.
One thing we get a ton of is Snows and a small proportion of them are prime adult Blues. I have been seeing some nice ones on the farms around the house so I figured to make a few.
One thing we get a ton of is Snows and a small proportion of them are prime adult Blues. I have been seeing some nice ones on the farms around the house so I figured to make a few.
Capt. Larry M
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Killer as always Jode
Brandon Yuchasz
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Jode,
Would love to talk about how you got those colors so right. That is a very cool bird.
Joe,
I really like that hen good lines and cool paint.
Would love to talk about how you got those colors so right. That is a very cool bird.
Joe,
I really like that hen good lines and cool paint.
Pat Gregory
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John/Jode - Thank you for the kind words. Love the blues...
John - It does have a wash on it. Mutes the colors down to a more natural look... Pat
John - It does have a wash on it. Mutes the colors down to a more natural look... Pat
jode hillman
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Thanks Larry!
Thanks Brandon , you have my number still , give me a ring anytime. Besides the bill , It's only 3 colors on the bird.... Mars black, cobalt blue and titanium white. Just all different proportions. ( plus a slight warming of the head white) Blue Geese are highly variable so I pick a general mid tone I like and went from there.
Thanks Brandon , you have my number still , give me a ring anytime. Besides the bill , It's only 3 colors on the bird.... Mars black, cobalt blue and titanium white. Just all different proportions. ( plus a slight warming of the head white) Blue Geese are highly variable so I pick a general mid tone I like and went from there.
Steve Sanford
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Good morning, Jode~
It was 14 below over the weekend - a good time to stoke the stove and make some woodchips and sawdust. Three warm bodies and single-glazed sashes made for a heavy coat of frost inside.
I was teaching a couple from Connecticut to carve and paint a pair of Snipe. I had never carved this species before so I drew up some fresh patterns. It had been decades since I last held a Snipe - but Dave Speer helped me out with the size.
In the interest of time, we used acrylics to paint them. Rick and Sabrina headed back to the Nutmeg State with their next carving projects dancing in their heads......and I am thinking of carving a Snipe or 2 myself.....
All the best,
SJS
It was 14 below over the weekend - a good time to stoke the stove and make some woodchips and sawdust. Three warm bodies and single-glazed sashes made for a heavy coat of frost inside.
I was teaching a couple from Connecticut to carve and paint a pair of Snipe. I had never carved this species before so I drew up some fresh patterns. It had been decades since I last held a Snipe - but Dave Speer helped me out with the size.
In the interest of time, we used acrylics to paint them. Rick and Sabrina headed back to the Nutmeg State with their next carving projects dancing in their heads......and I am thinking of carving a Snipe or 2 myself.....
All the best,
SJS
John Unruh
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Thanks Pat like that wash ,
Steve those snipe are cool great paint!
Steve those snipe are cool great paint!
Joe Friday
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Good morning, Jode~
It was 14 below over the weekend - a good time to stoke the stove and make some woodchips and sawdust. Three warm bodies and single-glazed sashes made for a heavy coat of frost inside.
I was teaching a couple from Connecticut to carve and paint a pair of Snipe. I had never carved this species before so I drew up some fresh patterns. It had been decades since I last held a Snipe - but Dave Speer helped me out with the size.
In the interest of time, we used acrylics to paint them. Rick and Sabrina headed back to the Nutmeg State with their next carving projects dancing in their heads......and I am thinking of carving a Snipe or 2 myself.....
All the best,
SJS
Outstanding!
Dave Speer
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Steve, we went snipe hunting this weekend to close out the Texas season. I took 4 snipe decoys and there were so many birds, we could have decoyed them. However I wasn't expecting to limit quite so fast Sunday and I had walked way back into a new spot on the wetland and figured I'd finish up my last couple birds over decoys on what had been the honey hole the day earlier. I left my decoys back at the truck. When I had 7 snipe and was faced with the choice of walking 1/2 hr back to the truck to get the decoys, move the truck and walk across some more mud to set up, I opted for "a bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush" and shot my final bird to fill my limit.
Oh well, there is always next year.
I really like the plumage on the left bird, it says SNIPE! And the base, is that Rustoleum "weathered grey" stain I detect? If not, it looks awfully similar. Not very grey at all, way more blue, but a cool color.
Steve Sanford
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Good morning, Dave~
Sounds like a fine day afield for you. Is it common to hunt Snipe over decoys - or is that a Speer Specialty?
The color on the base is one I have used for several years - on my photo background and other display features, on the bottoms of my decoys - but originally on the doors of our camp. I just stumbled across it while perusing the Valspar color chips at a Lowe's. It was the blueish-greenish grey I was searching for - and when I saw it was named WETLANDS I just had to use it.
All the best,
SJS
Sounds like a fine day afield for you. Is it common to hunt Snipe over decoys - or is that a Speer Specialty?
The color on the base is one I have used for several years - on my photo background and other display features, on the bottoms of my decoys - but originally on the doors of our camp. I just stumbled across it while perusing the Valspar color chips at a Lowe's. It was the blueish-greenish grey I was searching for - and when I saw it was named WETLANDS I just had to use it.
All the best,
SJS