So after looking at all of the swimbaits on here I figured I had to try making one. Decided to do a photo finished perch with three segments. It's built basically the same way as Dave built many of his swimbaits in the sticky. I cut the rough shape out on the bandsaw, sanded it to shape with a belt sander, then did a little smoothing with sandpaper. It's about 7" long and sinks slow. I'll try to get a pic of it in construction on here and eventually a video 'cause she really swims like a mofo. These also aren't the hooks I plan on using, they're just some I stole off a big crank; I'll be gettin some gammies.

It was actually pretty fun to make and I'm definately gonna do some more. I think the biggest bass (and muskie/pike) up here will want a piece of it once the ice is gone.

Great job! That's one of the better photo finishes I've seen.

What top coat did you use?  

If you want to pump up the colors and image clarity a little bit on your next one PM me and I can help you adjust the colors on your image before you print it.

It looks good to me, nice work.

Topcoat is Devcon 2 Ton.

The photo finish turned out nice but I agree that the colors could be brighter (yellow especially, it's kinda drab). I printed the image on white tissue paper (taped onto regular printer paper so it would print nicely) and used a glue stick to put the tissue onto the painted white body. The tissue with image on it was a little translucent so I had to paint the body white so you wouldn't see wood. After the tissue dried I airbrushed white on the belly. The image had to be resized a little and the resolution wasn't great to start with so it's not too detailed. I'm not sure what the next one I do will be, maybe a bluegill or big sucker? Give me some ideas I guess.

I will PM you LooksLikeSinbad about the image I choose because your finishes are always nice.

What I would do different:

-Use a better image

-Not get epoxy in the joints during topcoating

-Use 3d eyes or glitter?

-Put it some 3d detail like gills, fins, etc.

That looks good! Nice job.

You might want to try printing onto full-page sticker sheets instead of the tissue. The point of using tissue paper is to put it over foil and you will pick up some of the reflective characteristics of the foil through the tissue. But if your not putting foil underneath I would recommend using the sticky paper.  The tissue will also make the image a little more blurry and the colors less saturated.

very nice!

thats inspiring,  nice work

can't wait to see the video