Allspecies Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 I'd like to improve upon my airbrushing skills painting crankbaits. Haven't been doing it too long but see some outrageous paint jobs posted and want to learn how they got that affect with their paints. Who can help or point me where I can find the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) Ok so first you need to think outside of the box, many of the patterns and effects are created with everyday materials such as combs, bath sponges, netting from onion sacks heck I even manned up and went to a Joann's fabric store where I found tons of cool options for effects such as wedding vail material for which there are loads of different patterns to choose from then there are actual brush techniques such as the splatter affect which I do with a popsicle stick do a little searching here you will find quite a bit of cool options. Edited June 15, 2017 by gone2long 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) I want to say everything that I've heard of or done......but its really falls back to time of just painting. To me its using certain materials with painting. Taps, leafing with a good paint job is fantastic. Learning to layer light coats of transparent over certain pearls are great. Low pressures has made a difference for me. I understand now that small amounts produces better paint jobs. Just like Gone2long has come close or did state, imagination will go a long way also. I'll put a picture of the bait fish in front of myself. This helps with more natural schemes, sometimes. Scales never really go to the belly area like the third pic. Most fade away near the belling. BUT.....that might be what you like and.....if it produces fish. You cant debate that anytime. I'll say this, you are doing very well. Keep painting, reading experimenting and imagining. Dale Edited June 15, 2017 by DaleSW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 19 hours ago, DaleSW said: I'll say this, you are doing very well. Keep painting, reading experimenting and imagining. Dale Well I hope that's not his work posted or I'll be asking him how it's done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 lol, yup Gone2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allspecies Posted June 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Yes those are baits I painted. I have seen some awesome airbrush work on other baits. I do make my own stencils and have been trying to figure out how some great artists layer the paints and if they use one stencil to create the effect or use multiple ones. I can clearly see stencils being used. Edited June 17, 2017 by Allspecies Picture's didn't load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretcher66 Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 check the members tutorial section for solarfals videos. some great stuff there and youtube has a ton of great airbrush videos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 I am going to finish up a peacock bass scheme that was stopped because of an emergency at home. I dont consider myself as an expert but ill use as many stencils as needed. Painting layer after layer as needed that I have in my mind picture. That one I used 4 stencils in different ways. I'm starting another bait that will have an shadow effect eagle head on both sides with a waving red, white and blue across the bait. I'll use 2 stencils for that one. I use blocking stencils for other uses. I will do eyes using stencils over foils, tapes and paints. I use certain stencils I made for fins. Sometime ago I spent hours watching youtube and reading articles here and anywhere I could find info about this. After going through some time I started to see improvement. I set back and thought about what was making me better. Of course it was the info but now I see that it was putting what I saw into practice.....and that took time and practice. You already have a great foundation for this. You now need to refine it and you will just by doing the painting. You will come up with ideas that will work and ones that may not. As Gone2long has state your well on your way, Good Luck, Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allspecies Posted June 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Having issues posting other pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SW Lures Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Az is right. What you can do is to post in the gallery and refer to a link to ask a perticular questions. Putting pictures in the forums can be looked on a advertising. These types questions are to general with a pic. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allspecies Posted June 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Ah! That explains why. Didn't know that. Thanks Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 If you are asking a detail question for help you can put a or few pictures to describe your question. Then I could reply with an answer and pic.'s to illustrate the answer. I'm not painting right now and dont have any pic's of stencils being used. I'm working on the house right now but if I go out there I'll get some pic's of some of my most used stencils and post them. I carve my lures so dont look for stencils that fit the side of a plastic lure. I can make them but I have had no need to do it and some time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted June 18, 2017 Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 These are a few that I use. If I get an idea I'll make another, example I made an eagle head but haven't used it yet. I used some of these on this picture of a unfinish bait below. That's why I mentioned imagination. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allspecies Posted June 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2017 Very nice Dale. I've cut numerous stencils for some 30 blanks and haven't painted or used most of them yet. Most of them have been cut using the PETG plastic vacuum method. Even played with using clear 2-liter pop bottle plastic and it will work too. I've discovered that maintaining the form of the bait after cutting them in half for more accurate stencils, it works if you take the same epoxy you use to coat the bait and fill the inner bait cavity to make a more rigid form. Baits like the S-Crank tend to curl from the heat and while it makes a good stencil it doesn't have a tight fit to the bait. Does anyone else have a idea they use when vacuum forming stencils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretcher66 Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Here is how one of the forum members makes his stencils. they look real good in my opinion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FPWrxC4w-E 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 There was a toy when I was a kid that you heated and vacuum the plastic into a shape. About 12+ years ago I started painted plastic baits. I made a plywwod box, drilled some small holes on the top and a large hole to fit a shop vac on the side. I used something similar to what you use as far as the film goes. There are vids on how to make one of these boxes and how to do it. A member here likes to use milk jugs, he says they work great, I haven't use one yet so I don't know for sure. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allspecies Posted June 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 That stencil forming machine was pretty cool. Couldn't do large baits with it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
