My compressor just got here, and I had some paint ready to go.  After screwing around with the consistency of the paint and doodling on some paper to get a feel for how the thing worked...I gave it a whirl on a Moonsault cb50 I had that needed a repaint.  I sanded the bait first, then painted, and now I'm getting ready to shoot some clearcoat on it.  I don't have any webbing or minnow nets yet to make scale patterns, but I'll probably make a run tonight and pick some up.  It's pretty neat...I like it, and now I have a whole heap of baits I want to paint.

*Just a note, but the red dot on the lip isn't from me painting it today; I fill in the hole that comes on the cb50's lip and put a dot of red fingernail polish on it.  

Nice job, I like it.

Nice job, I like it.

Thanks.  The only problem I have with it is when you leave the bait clear like I did and not prime it (trying to give is a 'ghost' appearance), you can see the dark little circles where the bait is snapped together.  

Natural, that looks great for your first. Way ahead of my paint skills. What are you going to use for the clearcoat?

Natural, that looks great for your first. Way ahead of my paint skills. What are you going to use for the clearcoat?

Just beginners luck...I've screwed up a couple since then :). Well...I don't have a drying wheel yet, so I bought some automotive clear coat to spray on it and and at least seal it. The drying wheel looks like it might be the biggest pain in the *** of starting the painting venture. Seems like it is going to be harder than building the bait in the first place! I'm not sure where I'm going to get the motor, etc., etc.

Looks really good.  Especially for the first time.

The bait in the first pic has a matte 'frosted' look because I hadn't clear coated the bait yet...I got excited and just snapped a pic.  I should have waited to take a pic until after I clearcoated them; it made the sparkle in the metallic lavendar paint jump out, and just made the baits look a lot better IMHO.   Here is the same bait and another one painted and cleared.  I did not put a primer or base coat of white on these baits in an attempt to make a 'ghost' bait, as in ghost lavendar shad and ghost olive shad.  

Those look great, Natural!  Very nice choice of colors on the paint.    

Now get that wooden crank assembled!  

Compared to the first ones I tried to paint yours resemble a Picasso. Good job and keep practicing.

Nice job man.  Look great!

Nice work, the lures look great.  Did you use an airbrush to paint them?

Hey for a motor you could use a motor out of a junker sewing machine-comes with a pulley and a foot control for adjusting the speed. It doesn't sound like you would need anything substantial.

Nice work, the lures look great.  Did you use an airbrush to paint them?

Yes...it's the only way to go.  It's all about the paint atomization...