JULY - What's on your Workbench?
- Thread starter Steve Sanford
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Steve Steffy
Well-known member
That's another beauty Bob! It's about that time to go play on the lathe again for me. This will be fun!
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Dave Speer
Active member
Finished another redhead
Started my first shorebird. I always wanted a snipe to be my first since I love hunting them, but I've been intimidated by the plumage patterns. I've got a couple more redhead orders to fill but I needed a break, and figured I'd never learn it if I didn't try. I popped a big knot out of the head while carving, so after painting it I'll antique it up a little and use the knot as a feature instead of a problem.
Started my first shorebird. I always wanted a snipe to be my first since I love hunting them, but I've been intimidated by the plumage patterns. I've got a couple more redhead orders to fill but I needed a break, and figured I'd never learn it if I didn't try. I popped a big knot out of the head while carving, so after painting it I'll antique it up a little and use the knot as a feature instead of a problem.
Steve Sanford
Well-known member
Dave~
I will NOT make the obvious suggestion about Red Knots....
And, looks like you might have gotten carried away with your nail gun!
Great work all around!
SJS
I will NOT make the obvious suggestion about Red Knots....
And, looks like you might have gotten carried away with your nail gun!
Great work all around!
SJS
Brandon Yuchasz
Well-known member
Nice work Dave. I am glad to see your still carving. Have not touched a decoy in weeks myself. Its starting to get depressing.
Colin Fitzpatrick
Active member
Bill Embacher
Well-known member
You can email them to me George, I'll help you out.
Ctgreenheads@gmail.com
Ctgreenheads@gmail.com
Bill Embacher
Well-known member
Here are George's pictures. Great stuff George!
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Bill Waibel
New member
Hi fellas,
Bill from Maryland. Brand new here. Tried in vein to post a wood duck drake I made for my niece and her new husband for their wedding. Got a message stating image exceeded 100GB or something to that effect.
I am not that good of a decoy maker, but I am really poor at technology.
Any suggestions??
Thanks..... I have viewed this forum several times and like the friendliness and helpfulness of all the guys
Bill from Maryland. Brand new here. Tried in vein to post a wood duck drake I made for my niece and her new husband for their wedding. Got a message stating image exceeded 100GB or something to that effect.
I am not that good of a decoy maker, but I am really poor at technology.
Any suggestions??
Thanks..... I have viewed this forum several times and like the friendliness and helpfulness of all the guys
Steve Sanford
Well-known member
Bill~
I always use Photobucket. Accounts are free. Then I just Copy and Paste - and avoid the file size limit.
All the best,
SJS
I always use Photobucket. Accounts are free. Then I just Copy and Paste - and avoid the file size limit.
All the best,
SJS
Shawn Linn
Active member
George, Do your blisters have blisters yet, that's a big pile of mini's. I like your flock of brant
Shawn, as of today, i have drawn and bandsawed 150. Hoping to reach the halfway point by the weekend. Little buggers make one heck of a pile! Thank heaven for grocery bags.
Started messing with the fliers during a lull about three weeks ago-They have been a hoot tinkering with wing positions and making groupings. Working on painting a pair of mallards now, in addition to the corks that Bill posted for me.
I figure that during recovery from shoulder replacement surgery in two weeks, i should be able to mess around with the carving part of the woodies. Happily, i am left handed, and all the right hand will have to do is support a couple of ounces of wood. The left can do the rest of the work.
Started messing with the fliers during a lull about three weeks ago-They have been a hoot tinkering with wing positions and making groupings. Working on painting a pair of mallards now, in addition to the corks that Bill posted for me.
I figure that during recovery from shoulder replacement surgery in two weeks, i should be able to mess around with the carving part of the woodies. Happily, i am left handed, and all the right hand will have to do is support a couple of ounces of wood. The left can do the rest of the work.
Shawn Linn
Active member
Shoulder surgery is not fun George. I had mine fixed two years ago and it is doing fine now, but the first part of the recovery is rough. If I can offer any advise, it would be to stick to as aggressive rehab schedule as your insurance company will allow. Hurts like hell when you are doing rehab but the next day is much better than the days you don't do the work. Remember when you are ignoring your doctors, and carving, keep your injured arm close to the body to reduce pressure on shoulder. Good luck with it but don't push so hard that you have to get a second surgery.
Dave Speer
Active member
Haha... the knot ... or knot hole... is REAL red
I did a crash test dummy tonight. A very quick paint job to get an idea of what I needed to do and didn't need to do. Learned a lot. Glad I didn't attempt a snipe a couple years ago, glad I finally decided to go for it now.
Steve Sanford
Well-known member
Good morning, Dave~
Your approach of "sketching" in the important colors, tones and patches makes so much sense. It really helps to understand what's important - and, hopefully, what other Snipe are looking for. It gets to the essence of painting gunning stool.
All the best,
SJS
Your approach of "sketching" in the important colors, tones and patches makes so much sense. It really helps to understand what's important - and, hopefully, what other Snipe are looking for. It gets to the essence of painting gunning stool.
All the best,
SJS