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Pictorial : How I paint my deer noses
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O.K , here I go hope you guys like this little how to pictorial. Not saying it is the right way or best way , just how I have found that painting deer noses work for me , and how I layer the diferent colors in light coats to bring out the final color with the gloss coat. And yes deer noses are that glossy depending on the referance photos you use. So anyone that says deer noses are not glossy, you are dead wrong and I have pictures to prove it. So there
First I will clean off the nose with a wire brush to knock anything off that may be loose or stuck on the hairs or skin, I then build the nodules of the nose back up with some modge podge and a paint brush , seringe, or bottle aplicator. I did not start any epoxy work on the inner nose at this stage , but you can if you like. I had the modge podge out for an elk so I did all the deer that were on the wall at the time. Sometimes there is repair work that needs to be performed on the nose before you can modge podge.
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The next step after the epoxy work was to hase the nose with a light dusting of off white. The pictures look like it is thick but in person you can still see the nose pad color through the white. Dont spray too thick.
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THe next step is to spray a light dusting of flesh into the inner nostrils and also the lower lip if you mounted the buck with it showing and the lower nose on up to about the middle of the nose. This is done lightly.
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Then I use cream and hase it from the top of the nose to about half way down the flesh, and again I do this in a light coat.
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Now I will take my dark brown and start from the top of the nose and spray the upper nostril flaresand work my way down to about the center of the nose in between the vostrils and then I will spray the brown in a downward angle lightly over the cream and flesh. This will give the flesh some depth. At this time I will lightly hase te inner nasal pasage with the brown also, and you have to be very careful to not spray to heavily . Again spray lightly with low pressure.
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Now it is time for the black. This I will spray a little heavier on the top of the nose working my way down in between the nostrils spraying lighter the farther I go down as to not black out the other colors I already applied and again, angling the airbrush in a downward angle to mist over the flesh.
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Now I will let the paint dry for about an hour and come back with a tooth brush and clean off the over spray that is on the hair . Once that is done I will gloss the nose pad and the inner nose. Let me know if what you guys think.
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Looks good from my house.
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I LIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Seriously. Thats awesome. Thanks!
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talk to me again about paints. which brand do you like and laquer or water base.
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Looks great! Now I just need to shoot one big enough to have that done to
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Ok my work schedule didn't allow me to come your way last week to bring in that Whitetail & Elk ... but what kind of whiskey did you say you had?
Very nice!
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M-Ray, its the good stuff
Bone, I use the Latex paints from Jonas. They are actually Jonas brand that they mixed, and they also have paint schedules in theyre catalog. Thats how I learned how to paint . I like the latex since it dont smell and make ya HI. Its a little harder to work with , you have to strain the paints real good when you use them. I use a nylon , cut a chunck out big enough to fit under the cap then squirt the paint into my jars. They also have a latex thinner that they sell too.
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Thanks for posting the pics. I looks like it took some time and effort for this post.
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Re: Pictorial : How I paint my deer noses
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Very nice bucklucky! I know a lot of taxidermists that just spray black on their noses and call it good. I think it speaks volumes about the detail you put into your work. Those extra efforts in detail make a big difference in the quality of a mount! Folks looking for cheap taxidermy work won't get that kind of time and effort.
What you do is similar to how I try to do noses. I use Life Tone lacquer based paints with an air brush and I don't do quite as many steps.
After thoroughly cleaning the nose pad, I apply modge podge nodules over the top of the deers natural nodules. Once this has cured, I apply a flesh tone color over the entire nose. Next, I carefully highlight a little black on each of the protruding nodules. I like to be a bit darker on the exposed or protruding areas and leave the lighter flesh tones where the areas are protected, especially near the lower portion of the nose pad. Then I use a mixture of dark brown & black to carefully blend without losing the detail. Once I get this where I'm satisfied, I mist straight laquer thinner which sort of blends the colors creating a nice affect. I finish this off with a clear gloss. A very similar process. I learned this at a taxidermy seminar in Portland Oregon about 9 or 10 years ago.
Great job! Thanks for taking the extra time to share your process!
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I don't personally know allot about taxidermy but I do know an awesome job when I see one! Great looking nose, looks very realistic. Nice job Bucklucky look forward to see some more of your work on here.
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Thank you !
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hey bucklucky thanks for taking the time to post the painting steps cant wait to try it on my next mount. and keep up the great work
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Now, any time for elk since I think that last elk I seen of yours was the best I have seen.
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Your welcome Bow.
No problem Bone. I have a nice Smoke pole 270 Roosie to finish up here in the next few days , I will take pictures and post em . And Thanks for the compliment!
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Very Nice!!! Thanks for taking the time to make the post!!!
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Charlie thanks again for taking the time to post the pictorial
i got the mog podge done today and will paint tomorrow. and then i will gets some pics up
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What buck were you working on? Your buddies that yopuy had for 5 years
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Buddy's daughters first deer from last year
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