Whats on the workbench in June?

[Dave Blink]

Rich,

Good looking birds. White cedar?

Dave

 

[Dave Sikorski]

Made a little dust the other day. Hopefully I can finish this one before the end of June.

It's a black duck for a friends best friend that passed. A black lab who's first and last retrieves were a black duck .

 

[A Michael Chase]

Fitting, and well done.

 

[Tom Yocum]

Finished painting some drakes from a rig I posted up earlier this month. Bad cell phone pic. I tried to keep the paint scheme simple. They will hit the marsh this fall. On to the hens.

 

[Brandon Yuchasz]

Jode,
That is a really cool project. Was it in memory of a hunt for the buyer or just a conversation piece?

 

[jode hillman]

Thanks Brandon. No real reason behind it, Just something I felt like doing. I used to raise Quail and just like them.

 

[george w]

Dave, glad to see you are back in your dungeon!

 

[Tim B(tbrom)]

Nice job Tom!

 

[mike braden]

Tom Yocum - I am pretty picky about a woody decoy and must compliment you. Those are very nice

 

[Hank Yorke]

Lots of painting, my least favorite part of making decoys. 5 repaints and 4 new carvings.

Here's the whole bench

2 new early season teal

 

[MLBob Furia]

The eight pickleweeds I'm adding were on the Val-Oil table soaking it up. The humidity dragged things out.

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Finally ready to haul out to the studio

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Base coat first

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Followed by a texture coat

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Ready to paint

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Looking forward to setting these out in numbers during the upcoming season.

 

[Tom Yocum]

Bob, Awesome work on this site, but those pickleweeds just get me fired up for hunting season. I can see those bad boys sticking up in a corn field and the mallards just sailing in. I gotta make some of those. Very Cool!

 

[Glenn Sweet]

Nice Dave, you coming with George to Clayton?

 

[Tom Modin]

Bob is the mallard a pattern bird for the others to be based off of?

Hank funny you would say what you did. There was a time I felt the same way and hated painting. I now rush carving at times to begin the painting only part I can't stand is sanding

 

[MLBob Furia]

Bob is the mallard a pattern bird for the others to be based off of?

Just one out of the group I already have to remind me what I did that worked ( or didn't); what I know and what I don't. Sometimes that helps, but some times it reminds me to never make the same mistake twice.... make a new one ;-)
Don' t think I'll add all that painted grass this time.... or who knows, maybe I will.

 

[Dave Sikorski]

Glenn, I'm not gonna make it this year. July is a busy month for me.

-D

 

[John C. Hancock]

I think the painted grass is one of the neatest parts.

 

[D Dominski]

Bob:
Love this different look for a Hunting Rig. Let me know if you would like to sell a Drake Mallard, love to add it to my hunting Rig. Great Job. Dave D.

 

[Mike Frechette]

Finally had some time to carve. I haven't had much to contribute lately so i thought i'd post.
Plug i had to make for a knot hole.

 

[David Palmer]

Just finished my first dozen decoys ever. All gadwall males. Tough little rascals for a newbie to paint. Hope my scheme can fool the greys up here in N. Alabama!

Grace and peace,

David

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