Here is my Baby Bass Chameleon along with some more Chameleon paint jobs.

Awesome stuff Thad.

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking Good 8-)

If you added a little red on the gills of that King Shad it would be absolutely perfect. Even without it it looks amazing.

Man, those are beautiful!

8-)

Sweet work! This site amazes me with some of the talented members we have here.  

i dont particularly like the lateral stripe on the baby bass, but the painting is excellent! maybe try to make the lateral stripe look a bit more realistic on the next ones?

Very nice, I wish I could do that.Tried it!got frustrated!sold it!

i dont particularly like the lateral stripe on the baby bass, but the painting is excellent! maybe try to make the lateral stripe look a bit more realistic on the next ones?

You don't like that?  I think it looks sweet.  I like how it looks beaten up.  Looks like a bigger fish has been munching on it a bit.

Awesome job! I'd take'm any day of the week! Keep it up!

i dont particularly like the lateral stripe on the baby bass, but the painting is excellent! maybe try to make the lateral stripe look a bit more realistic on the next ones?

You're so quick to criticize someone's work Dave. Are you saying his bait needs to look more realistic, like yours?

Thad those baits rock. The splotchly lateral line look is a really really tough one for me. Havent come up with a baby bass pattern I like yet. Yours look great.

Those things rock!!  I wish I could paint like that.

Thanks guys. When I read Dave's post I was a little bit surprised. It took me a long time to cut out a stencil for that and I thought it looked pretty decent. I guess I could put them closer together and add more but I thought it looked pretty good, especially moving in the water.

By the way, I had been looking for some good stencil material and found the plastic that is used to cover the lure in their packaging is perfect for me.

i dont particularly like the lateral stripe on the baby bass, but the painting is excellent! maybe try to make the lateral stripe look a bit more realistic on the next ones?

It appears you are in the minority on your opinion.

i dont particularly like the lateral stripe on the baby bass, but the painting is excellent! maybe try to make the lateral stripe look a bit more realistic on the next ones?

I actually think that many lure manufacturers overdo the black in the lateral stripe. A broken up line or just a solid stripe of a darker green is all that is required.

If I'm going to look for a quality color/paintjob then I look at mattlures baits as a standard.  

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Nice paint job dude.  The lateral line looks great IMO.  

LOL at Fourbizz!!   ;D

didn't mean to stir up controversy.

i like baits that are very realisitic, and look just like the real thing. i have never seen a bass with such a broken and defined lateral line.

i never criticized his baits, i just said what i thought about them and gave a suggestion. i also never said that my baby bass was better and/or more realisitc.

they are painted very well though, good transitions between colors, smooth topcoat, etc. etc. i just dont like the pattern, thats all.

seriously Thad, nice work, didn't mean to be negative at all.

didn't mean to stir up controversy.

i like baits that are very realisitic, and look just like the real thing. i have never seen a bass with such a broken and defined lateral line.

i never criticized his baits, i just said what i thought about them and gave a suggestion. i also never said that my baby bass was better and/or more realisitc.

they are painted very well though, good transitions between colors, smooth topcoat, etc. etc. i just dont like the pattern, thats all.

seriously Thad, nice work, didn't mean to be negative at all.

You basically stuck your foot in your mouth ,we all do it , learn from it.

If I'm going to look for a quality color/paintjob then I look at mattlures baits as a standard.

Here's another one that looks "pretty good"!

Without doubt one of the best bass patterns I have seen. I think it is one of the most difficult patterns to paint well and you nailed it.

didn't mean to stir up controversy.

i like baits that are very realisitic, and look just like the real thing. i have never seen a bass with such a broken and defined lateral line.

i never criticized his baits, i just said what i thought about them and gave a suggestion. i also never said that my baby bass was better and/or more realisitc.

they are painted very well though, good transitions between colors, smooth topcoat, etc. etc. i just dont like the pattern, thats all.

seriously Thad, nice work, didn't mean to be negative at all.

Dave, check this girl out, caught in VERY clear, shallow water.  I suspect water clarity of the waters you fish has plenty to do with your idea of realistic.  Btw, both of you guys are doing great work with your baits.  I'm not nearly artistically inlined to even attempt such a feat.

Btw, both of you guys are doing great work with your baits. I'm not nearly artistically inlined to even attempt such a feat.

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The best I can do is to pay for it!   ;D

You basically stuck your foot in your mouth ,we all do it , learn from it.

what do you mean by this?

if you mean i was trying to cover for myself because everyone disagrees with me, thats not true. i was just explaining myself a little better than i did in my first post.

my opinion of the baits still hasn't changed.

i'm not going to take this thread off course any more.

You basically stuck your foot in your mouth ,we all do it , learn from it.

what do you mean by this?

if you mean i was trying to cover for myself because everyone disagrees with me, thats not true. i was just explaining myself a little better than i did in my first post.

my opinion of the baits still hasn't changed.

i'm not going to take this thread off course any more.

I meant you made a callous and rude statement about the man's work. Sometimes it's best to keep your mouth shut .