HEN GOLDENEYE, CANVASBACK AND MALLARD DECOY PICS NEEDED

I'm painting up some gunning decoys and I have my real bird reference pictures but I would like to see the birds you have carved and painted. I came across some nice ones in the workbench thread but the search feature is slow and cumbersome and The pics are scattered all over.I would love to have some pics of your birds in one place. Thanks, Pete.
 
All hens as I already painted 7 goldeneye and 2 canvasback drakes last season. I have 3 hen goldies and a hen can to paint. I also have 2 black ducks that I'm painting as hen mallards and want to try the feather detail route.
 
Peter

Hens for me are a major fussing ground...I can spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME fussing over the right shade of grey or brown...I find simpler is better. I like Pat's methods on hens and have incorperated many techniques I learned from him into my work. His way allows for easy (relatively) replication and repainting as needed. Here is the last GE I have of a rig of 8 I did a few years back:

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Chuck
 
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Those are some of the hen Goldeneyes I liked. Feathering but not too crazy for a gunning decoy. Pat do you have any closer shots of one? Thanks.
 
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