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I painted up another batch of jigs using the white/silver vein. Mostly brush tapped it on last before swirling with the bodkin. Wish I could get a little more silver to show up. 1/16 pill heads with #6 Orient Sun hooks. Do you think I should add eyes or leave them as is?Attachment 495081Attachment 495082Attachment 495083Attachment 495084Attachment 495085
Also painted some 1/32 with #8 sickles. First pic was made without white/silver vein paint. Attachment 495086Attachment 495087Attachment 495088
Those are so pretty and so much going on I wouldn't add eyes. I think they would hide the pretty paint.
I like the first ones, reminds me of electric chicken.
Jim, have you ever done a tutorial on how you get the swirl/marble effects?
The one at the top is my version of electric chicken. I use four colors of paint for these. First I dipped into hot pink then dip into white silver vein before brush tapping silver crinkle and brush tap chartreuse last. Then I reheat head for a few seconds and take my bodkin and swirl paint around head while paint is hot. I paint all my jigs with a Bic lighter, been painting jigs for over 30 years. I want fish to see my jigs so I use multiple colors so fish have a better chance of seeing my jig no matter what color the water is.
Amazing work! I love those pink heads in the last photo
I like them all!:cheers2
Do you bake them afterwards?Quote:
Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS
Yes, I bake them at 350 for 15 minutes once temps reach 350 and I always start with a cold oven.
Thank you for all the pic's, tips and info Jim. Going to try my hand at it soon. T J's is closed till the 30th, but my order is in now. Should have some silver and gold crinkle pretty soon after the 1st. Thanks again.
Thanks Jim, I’m gonna give it a try.