Dt6 brown purple stenciled 1

WOW MARK. That looks really good. The clear coat is also very good.

Nice work Mark!!

Thanks very much.

I was surprised how nice the stenciling worked.

I am no painter, but the stencils really help.

Great work Mark.  Those colors match the craws in my area perfectly.

Thanks guys.

I was shamed  into trying stencils by all the great work you guys here do.

The colors are mostly Createx transparents.

I cleaned the plastic with acetone, shot Wildlife color sparkle white on the belly until it shone, then did several light coats with Createx med. brown over the back and shoulders, down to where I wanted the joints to end.

I cut a clear margarine tub top to the shapes of several different joint sizes, and used Createx violet with some deep blue to darken it a little to shoot the joints.

I used the same violet to mark the claws on the top side of the bill.

I used transparent orange to mark segments on the belly, and to make the claws on the underside of the bill.  I used my thumb for a template for the bill claws.

I just took some pictures with light shining through the baits so you can see how translucent they look when back lit.