Another path to go down, Lord help me

The wife bought me an airbrush for Christmas and I've been going thru the beginning of the learning curve. I have some blanks ordered and I guess they're on a slow boat from China. They'll eventually get here. These are some that were found lakeside after the draw down and colors that didn't produce for me, and a couple that were so gaudy the fish would have to have been addled to show any interest. ScottV from 'Sippi has been a great help to me shortening the curve and steering me in the right direction. Without his help the first ones would have been sanded out and started again. It's lots of fun and very challenging. The wife bought me the start and the rest all has dollar signs attached.......MAN! Nothing is cheap anymore. I'll be using these come post spawn. The ones that look white have a pearl silver back that washed out in the pics. The purple chartreuse has put a bunch in the boat. The epoxy is still drying so no hardware yet. The last pic has a Rebel that I just painted over and liked it, so don't think the spots are some special skill I've been hiding. Thanks for looking.....Skeet.

Now she did it, sounds like she is trying to keep you out of her hair. That will keep you busy for many hours.
Might I suggest a turning wheel while the epoxy is drying to prevent sagging.
Have fun its addactive.

Those look great Tim. It looks like you got the hang of it. Welcome to another addiction. Lol

Skeet,
When you start spraying irridescent colors, spray what is left in the gun on a white index card. Then on the next color spray another color over the previous color on the index card. You can come up with some sweet colors that you cant buy. I have one that changes colors in the light moving in different directions, red to a light gold to an orange. Color shifting if you will. Just be sure to write the colors down, or youll never remember what you did.

Look like you no what you are doing nice job.

Those look Great Skeetbum.

Nice baits Skeet!!! but yeah another hobby sinking you in deeper - and you can always blame the head lady!!! LOL (course be ready to run when you do)

Nice job Skeet!

Those look really good!

Looking good Tim. Scott is a good teacher.

Good for you Skeet! I have fought off the idea of starting that, but I did buy an airbrush to try vinyl paint. That stuff is so very hard to do that I just put the airbrush away, LOL! Vinyl is tough, but it spider webs so bad and strings of paint all over the place, LOL. I did think about using different paint, but decided I didn't want to get way off into anything else, tying was more than I could handle anyway. Maybe since I Have finally slowed this train down, I get that thing back out, but I am thinking no right now.

good for you and know you will do well with this!

Skip

Sorry Skeet.Their is no known cure. LOL you know you got the addiction when you dream about the next color you are going to paint. Those look great.what ever you do do not catch a fish on one you painted.It gets even worse.LOL We have a tree on greers named after Creekslick no telling how many crankbaits are in that tree.:biggrin

My blanks, in 2 styles, hooks, and a few other goodies came today so they now all have hardware. I've watched a few youtube videos and already figured on about another 10 paint colors I want. I'm so dumb.

Very nice indeed.

"really nice" I am getting ready to try my hand at it can't wait to paint some

Look good skeet. I too like painting em cranks.

What kind of paint are you using. I have a air brush set up that I use for another hobby/addiction... and some crankbaits that need to be repainted

Looking very good skeet. Nice color combos and very good job on the air-brushing. Another hobby that will pull you into a deep hole but a fun hobby also. They make some nice small paint booths that are under 100 that work well for air control and doesn't have to be vented outside. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

Thanks everyone. Gotoeat, they are createx paints. Look in Janns netcraft, you wont find better prices. There are some things to learn, and I stumble along having fun on the way. I paint in front of a window with a double fan pulling the air out that I use when I pour heads. I'm working on a turner now to keep the sags out of the epoxy, microwave motor that I hope will do the trick.

Cool man! Post some pics if you get a chance.Thanks

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

Thanks everyone. Gotoeat, they are createx paints. Look in Janns netcraft, you wont find better prices. There are some things to learn, and I stumble along having fun on the way. I paint in front of a window with a double fan pulling the air out that I use when I pour heads. I'm working on a turner now to keep the sags out of the epoxy, microwave motor that I hope will do the trick.

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