just a hobby

[bowsandhose]

something new to look at. this is a deer i did last year

[Bearhunter]

Nice looking mount, was it your first?  Ive dabbled a little myself, havent done to much in the last couple years though, not enough time.

[bowsandhose]

no not my first. as far as deer i have mounted 4 whitties 2 blackies and this buck was 3rd mulie. it is defiantly time consuming, aggravating and spendy too kinda like hunting hehehe

[boneaddict]

Great job!   First of all nice cape to work on with that double throat patch.  I like the position you chose for the ears, and you got a nice base on them.

Question on the nose......is it painted, it looks dull from these shots. Might be the flash washing it....anyway  I've always wondered about whether I do mine too black or not, and then whether I should wet look mine or not.  I realize its about preference, since reference theoretically you could have all of the above.  I first tried Black as black, but flat, and it just looked wrong.  Moist looks fine when dark.....any thoughts on your preference.

[bowsandhose]

bone this nose looks flat part due to flash and part due to a lot of gray hair on this deer's nose. I'm i tend to paint black then light mist of brown then very light mist of intense red and then wet look gloss. first time i used ear liners on a mule deer insted of bondo (first time they were big enough). they work well. hope that helps

[boneaddict]

I'm getting the hand of or at least I'm not scared to death now of the airbrush.  Its fun. 

[bowsandhose]

i still suck at airbrush maybe if i bought a high end model i could do a little better. but i don't let that stop me here are a few pics of fish i did

[boneaddict]

oh wow....I was thinking about trying some of those.  Thats cool.

[DeKuma]

I fail to see where you suck at the airbrush!    Those look great to me!

[bucklucky]

Hey Bone , I paint the whole nose white first then mist in some chocolate brown starting heavy at the top ending with a real light mist to the botton of the pad just enough to tint the white then I use my black to mist over the brown , not to much black , ending with a light mist on the lower part of the nose to your tuck line. Then I modge podge the dimples in and put 1-3 coats of clear. The clear does the magic thing , the nose will have a real deap charcoal black color on the upper part of the nose fading to the lighter greyish color on the lip line. Thats how I do mine.

[bowsandhose]

hey bucklucky it would be sweet if the next time you paint a nose (if you have time) you take pic's of each step and then post them. i would like to see and learn new styles and skills
thanks bows

[bucklucky]

Thats a good idea, I will do that for ya. I should be finishing a early archery blacktail this week sometime.

[boneaddict]

Thanks Bucklucky, and that would be awesome.

[cascademountainhunter]

looks good, great job

[Jackjr]

nice mount.  I like the double throat patch