Author Topic: Painted the horns from my pronghorn (Read 8780 times)

Ray · « **on:** June 13, 2010, 08:07:01 PM »

Still drying. They had a large degree of discoloring from the beetle festival. I'm not a pro. When the paint dries it doesn't look as shiny.

Should be able to get it on a plaque later this week.

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rasbo · « **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:10:12 PM »

that looks great Ray...flat plaque?

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:11:42 PM »

yeah looks like you did a fine job

Ray · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:12:09 PM »

My neighbor is making plaques. I asked if he could get one of those that makes an angle.

rasbo · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:17:38 PM »

Quote from: Ray on June 13, 2010, 08:12:09 PM

My neighbor is making plaques. I asked if he could get one of those that makes an angle.

those are good looking forsure..bucklucky I think had some mounted on that style that looked great..Not sure if he orders them or makes them

Huntbear · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2010, 08:30:01 PM »

Dang Ray, your reloading bench gets used for many things. Mine does too.

Nice set of Horns. Should look real cool on a plaque.

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #6 on:** June 13, 2010, 09:04:18 PM »

Ray did you use Burnt Umber?

Ray · « **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2010, 09:12:48 PM »

Yes, burnt umber. I did a patch yesterday and let it dry. Looked good to me. Takes a long time to dry.

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #8 on:** June 14, 2010, 09:32:04 AM »

Ray I would go back over it with some Black Umber. They are a little to brown.

Here is a quick pic that I have. I didn't color these. Only thing I did was touch up the base to match the rest of the horn.

Ray · « **Reply #9 on:** June 14, 2010, 09:34:48 AM »

Black does look good. I have to disagree that they are too brown. In fact they are now much darker than the horns originally were. I've seen a few pronghorns on here that I felt were too black on the horns. No discredit as the taxidermists were great.

I'm going to wait until they dry before I decide if I will make another pass at painting them.

bow4elk · « **Reply #10 on:** June 14, 2010, 09:37:27 AM »

Are you using acrylic paint? I have a buck I'd like to re-color like that. Looks pretty nice and easy to do.

Ray · « **Reply #11 on:** June 14, 2010, 09:38:29 AM »

It's an oil paint. It is easy to do. Therefore if I want to recolor again it should not be too difficult.

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #12 on:** June 14, 2010, 09:40:45 AM »

Oil Paint. You can pick them up at most craft stores. Micheals and Jo-Anns should carry them.

bow4elk · « **Reply #13 on:** June 14, 2010, 09:59:11 AM »

Thanks - apply with a soft brush for hte heavy textured areas and maybe wipe to blend into the tops?

Ray · « **Reply #14 on:** June 14, 2010, 10:14:56 AM »

I think that could work. I've just used a small and narrow brush. Getting into the grooves seemed an easier task with a smaller brush.

robb92 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 15, 2010, 06:15:08 PM »

Looks very nice!!!!

Ray · « **Reply #16 on:** June 15, 2010, 06:15:55 PM »

I had the paint dry. They do look a bit too brown. But I am going to go with it that way anyhow. I don't really care.

Thanks for the nice comments.

bucklucky · « **Reply #17 on:** June 15, 2010, 06:49:44 PM »

Ive never painted any of my pronghorn horns. Mine are all done natural. How did your lose color Ray?

Ray · « **Reply #18 on:** June 15, 2010, 07:25:16 PM »

It seems like the horns got wet somehow when the beetles were chewing on the flesh. So they laid wet for a long time is my guess. That caused a great deal of discoloration on one particular horn.

bucklucky · « **Reply #19 on:** June 15, 2010, 07:53:37 PM »

Gotcha. I always swetted the horns off before I bugged the pronghorns . Makes sence to me now.

Gringo31 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 15, 2010, 10:14:49 PM »

I used black shoe polish on the ones I did....the kind you turn upside down and squeeze with the foam tip on them (if that makes sense). It was easy to apply and I think they look good. Actually, half way thru this post I did a double check, they are blacker than the taxidermy mount I was given.

Here is a pic of the ones I did for reference.

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #21 on:** June 16, 2010, 01:36:50 AM »

Ray did the pronghorn sheaths get mold on them? I have found when horns or antlers develop mold when allowed to sweat that will discolor them.

KNOPHISH · « **Reply #22 on:** June 16, 2010, 06:10:12 AM »

Here's my 1st attemp & a crappy cell phone pic, The horns were also kinda brown & dry. I put some mink oil on em.

Ray · « **Reply #23 on:** June 16, 2010, 06:13:25 AM »

That looks nice. I am getting one that hangs off a wall at an angle like that.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #24 on:** June 16, 2010, 05:44:09 PM »

Looks great Ray! Pronghorn Euros look cool.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #25 on:** June 16, 2010, 05:49:36 PM »

yeah that mount looks nice hope we draw mt and i can do one like that

cohoho · « **Reply #26 on:** June 20, 2010, 04:21:49 PM »

Hey Ray --- AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHH! AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH! Can't keep from laughing everytime I hear that sound in my head... BTW- Horns look great....

Ray · « **Reply #27 on:** June 25, 2010, 06:20:03 PM »

Cohoho, Yeah that son of a gun just realized he had been tagged and I am sure he felt that sting! LOL

I decided to leave the horns dark brown. We used my friend's drill press and put dowels onto this mounting plaque setup which I picked up from my neighbor. I could either leave it as a table mount or turn the dowel and hang it on the wall. I drilled a couple of small holes near the base of the skull and set some drywall screws down to hold the skull to the plaque.

All done..

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markts · « **Reply #28 on:** June 25, 2010, 06:29:39 PM »

Looks great

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 28, 2010, 03:29:35 PM »

Nice final product!

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