September - Workbench

[Tom Yocum]

Fantastic work everyone. I really like Pat Gregory's birds.
Here is a canvasback I recently finished.

 

[David Ludington]

Pat,
I really like the Ducharme style cans...excellent work once again!
Dave

 

[Pat Gregory]

Thanks guys for the kind words. The oversized drake was inspired by my friend, Jim Schmiedlin.
Dave, on the Ducharmes, a little blow torch to the head really gets that grain to stand up.
Redheads up next... pg

 

[Steve Sanford]

Here's a Pintail for a local art show/fundraiser for farmland conservation:

All the best,

SJS

 

[scott1217]

Great looking teal Jode.

 

[frank middleton]

Steve, nice pintail!

 

[frank middleton]

Dave, nice readheads/ are they pine? Hollow?

 

[frank middleton]

Dave, definite improvement from first bird on left to second on right if you are trying for soft. Obviously both are nice gunners!

 

[frank middleton]

It's not the best image, but a mallard for my rig. Out of of the 50 or so this year this is the only one that's made it to my rig.
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[frank middleton]

A poult

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[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Frank~

Great paint on that Drake Mallard - and that Poult is really sweet - the posture is perfect!

All the best,

SJS

 

[Phil Eager]

Frank, 50 birds this year. Your a machine. The polt in the background of the mallard shot gives me perspective of size. How did you do the legs?
Tx, Phil

 

[ken yacavone]

Nice work all. Pat love the workshop shots. Nice paint scheme on the oversized Can.
Ken

 

[Chris Finch]

Steve any more pics of that sprig? Pete and I have one all primed but we are looking for some inspiration.

that one looks awesome to me

 

[frank middleton]

Phil, thanks. The legs are apoxie over some 12 gauge solid copper wire.

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Chris~

Only one more shot of that bird - it's off to the races already.

But, here are some from some earlier birds. I am guessing that you want more detail on the back feathers - from the upper tail coverts right through the scapulars. As you can see, I take a slightly different approach each time.

Here's one from 2013:

This is the Pineapple Effect I strive for on several drake puddlers - with the scapulars drooped/fanned out:

I painted the vermiculation on the cape and sides:

This is from last December - probably my favorite approach on the tertials and scapulars.

And here's the simpler gunner job I've been doing on some Bean's birds of late.

Hope this helps,

SJS

 

[Chris Finch]

Thank you,Steve

they all look great. The pineapple effect looks nice. I am looking forward to painting the bird

 

[TimJ]

Just finished up a prototype flattie decoy. I've been going to make some for years but only recently got around to it.

I kept it as simple as I could. 2x western red cedar body and a 1x head. Primed with flat rustoleum and painted with latex. It floats up higher then I thought it would. Now I need to get some more wood to make 3 or 4 more Buffies...and a couple Goldeneyes...then maybe some teal...and maybe even a Merganser or two.

Tim

 

[Bill Embacher]

cool buffy tim. I've also tinkered with making those for some time but i'm never satisfied with the final product, but I like yours!

 

[Dave Diefenderfer]

My experience with "Flatties" is they are great filler decoys and ride really well, but if it is making ice, they will coat really fast!