New Year - January Workbench Thread 2014
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Dave Church
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Trying to get this swan done between orders, weather, hunting, life....etc.
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MLBob Furia
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Tim,
Exactly what you should be doing in this cold weather!
Finished up on mallard hens today. Time to start on the drake. Will set these aside and just "look" at them from different angles for a while before doing one last session to add the little details :
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Day started here at below zero. When I got in the studio at 1 p.m., it had climbed to 5. When I quit at four, it was 6 degrees.
Exactly what you should be doing in this cold weather!
Finished up on mallard hens today. Time to start on the drake. Will set these aside and just "look" at them from different angles for a while before doing one last session to add the little details :
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Day started here at below zero. When I got in the studio at 1 p.m., it had climbed to 5. When I quit at four, it was 6 degrees.
Chris Finch
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Chris i'll be over for the party, haha.
We made apple pie moonshine for ice fishing last year. It keeps you warm
We made apple pie moonshine for ice fishing last year. It keeps you warm
william gaynor
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Tom;
Your canvasback drake is one fine looking bird !!
Your canvasback drake is one fine looking bird !!
Chris Finch
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My first can I have carved. Pete gave me some of his old blocks a while back and we repainted them so i have painted a few already.
It has to be primed and ready for paint by wednesday, sometimes homework isn't that bad. haha
It has to be primed and ready for paint by wednesday, sometimes homework isn't that bad. haha
Rick Henderson
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Wanted to float test them before things freeze back up. Still have some to do to the hen , but here they are .cork gunners 
John H. Hall IV
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cork gunners turned out nice keep up the good work
jode hillman
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Nice Rick, I like 'em alot. They look good on the water.
Rick Henderson
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Thanks guys . Looking to have a nice rig of them for next year .Im Very happy with the size of them , glad I made the adjustment . Can't get as many out of a sheet , but worth it in the end .
Capt. Frank Miller
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Brandon Yuchasz
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Lets get this back on the first page.
Not the best picture its washed out and the decoy had been sitting for two days after the final paint so all the pigment and linseed oil is curing and giving it that uneven look. I just hope it looks good enough by Saturday and bring them good money at the auction. Oil paints are a strange thing a few days after you paint. Lots of highs and lows in the paints. Its on its way down to the guys in IL for a fundraiser and man did I have to pack it carefully it still had some wet paint on the bottom.
Not the best picture its washed out and the decoy had been sitting for two days after the final paint so all the pigment and linseed oil is curing and giving it that uneven look. I just hope it looks good enough by Saturday and bring them good money at the auction. Oil paints are a strange thing a few days after you paint. Lots of highs and lows in the paints. Its on its way down to the guys in IL for a fundraiser and man did I have to pack it carefully it still had some wet paint on the bottom.
Dave Church
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I like the look of that little buffie, he looks like he has on a little sweater. Nice work!
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Capt. Frank Miller
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Thanks Dave I am a big fan of your birds. I try to carve these canvas birds as true to the tradional Currituck birds as I can. The lines though are mine. I never copy patterns - not that I think its wrong. Just like creating my own lines.
