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as in the black spot with red behind it?

I heat set every coat of createx I put on, I have had no problems yet!

Yes - I made 3 stencil shapes for the body plates. do you use that stencil tape, or like a template style where you lay it over and spray it!

Thanks, I used createx opaque yellow with transparent dark brown to get the "baby poop/mustard color" then splattered some black and lime pearl on it! Btw those clamps are awesome, I am gonna go check out radio shack for alligator clips, bc I have a great Idea for a holder. If it works I will post a how to for making said holder!

wow! amazing! Do you use a stencil?!

I am still debating cutting them with a saw and making them "jointed" and possibly adding some rattles!

Nice lookin cranks man, those eyes are stellar, how do you do it?

I just started a few weeks ago, DO NOT GO CHEAP, I say this bc its what I did, I took everything back I bought and got an Iwata eclipse gun and havnt looked back since. I will be getting another Iwata soon for "High definition" lines. I will also be getting a gun after that for lacquer paints. My only regret is not getting a gravity feed gun, but I will live with that and what I have now is great! I have got most of my stuff from hobby lobby since its 10 minutes from my house. With that said, I heard of TCPglobal.com, chicagoairbrushsupply.com, wasco aka taxidermy.com!

I know what you mean! There was a hole in the wall hardware store that closed and had them for 50cents/ helping had, so I bought all 15 they had left lol!

I painted up some slim cranks with a circuit board lip that dive 7ft! I figure a mustard/baby poop tube works for smallys why not a crank the same color!

I wish I had a better camera, but this is my first go at a "wild bream" type pattern! Let me know what you think and any suggestions to improve it!

Not at all....my airbrushes are an Iwata HP-SB (.2mm) and an Iwata Revolution CR (.5mm). Paint is all House of Kolor acrylic urethanes. The clear I'm *testing* is Matrix MS-42 automotive urethane. Its obvious that you didnt just pick up an airbrush yesterday, Did you do custom work or anything a lon those lines before? I dont mean to seem nosey, but you have some serious skills and was just wondering how you would go about getting that good. I am gonna take classes, but I am sure experience is a huge factor!

Citrus, I used Pearl Green/lime/copper/gold Bluegill, I used four differents greens/gold/copper/violet/pumpkin brown/blues/orange. This one took a lot of layers and I am not sure if its a perfect bluegill, but take 1 didnt turn out aweful, I will do some more and see what I can come up with!

If you dont mind my asking, what type of airbrush and paint do you use?

This is my first "big" project! I call it "Big Sexy: The Giant Killer" My friend lathed some wood down and wanted a "sexy shad" Musky/big bass Bait! Here are some pics of this almost 8'' Beast! I am not sure yet if this will be jointed! I plan on adding the lip to make it a wake or like 1-2 ft diver! If anybody is interested after I put some field testing let me know, I am sure it could double as a musky bait!

You have some serious talent! I wish I could be 1/2 as good as you!

Nice job, i like the way it looks!

I am addicted!

I was messin around with the sexy shad pattern, I varied them up and bit and then I did a few other patterns just playing with the new brush! Let me know what you guys think!

I have been using gray primer with good result!

I am thinkin of trying this waterbase seal coat from Janns http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/fishing-lure-paint/023025000411.aspx Anybody ever use this?

Night and day difference for me, the iwata seemed more newbie friendly while using it! Here are my first to paints! On a side note, It came with a .5mm tip, If I buy the .35mm tip, do I need the cap/needle and the tip correct? Also can I get a smaller tip than the .35mm say a .2mm for some really fine detail work! This is the gun I got! http://www.iwata-medea.com/index.php/products/hp_bcs/

As a gift I just got a Paasche dual action paint brush. I have used a paasche single action b4 and I feel that it has more controll. I was using createx today for the first time, and I am having a hard time doing fine detail such as lines, stripes, dots, and meshing! What are the pros/cons of a dual action vs a single action? Also on the single action I used laquer paint!

Ive gotten a lot of my stuff from Janns, they are good, but I have a couple that dont run good! Where do you guys get yours, or do you just repaint!

This section has inspired me to do some repaints and try some things on my own on some crank blanks! Well yesterday and today I spent some time getting used to mixing paints and painting some cranks here is my first patters! This is my first attempt at sexy shad, I will add the metallic flakes during the epoxy process! I dont know this color, its a black base coat. Green scale coat and olive stripes! This is a charteuese with black back, and black shad spots. I dont know why the chartruese didnt show up in the pic! I call this bugs in the lemonade... Chartuese base with black specks shot on it! This one I dont know what to call the pattern, seems like some kind of sunfish type! Some more natural color patterns, still have to name them These are my 1st attempt at a baby bass pattern. I know they arent great, but this is the first time I have ever touched an airbrush! I have a few more chartuese black back patterns, and I will be working on some other stuff! Some craw and more bluegill stuff!