I turned some danny bodies about a month ago, and I wasn't too happy with the way they came out. Problems like tearout, thruhole blowouts, off center hook and weight holes and such. For some reason I held onto the better ones and sealed and primed them for practice. Like it takes skill to dip and drip. Anyways, I figured I'd paint them to practice and I learned quite a bit in the process. One thing is to play with the pressure, I was using only createx and each color needed a slightly different pressure. Some stuff needed about 50# of pressure, yet others(especially flourescents) did much better at around 30#. Also, I am using an old single action airbrush from when I was in high school and changing the needle opening allowed me to shoot much finer lines than I remember being able to do back then. I also figured out that if you screw something up, alcohol washes this stuff off real good! And if all else fails, paint it black! I figured I would post the painted firewood to see what folks think I should focus my attention on to improve my painting skills. I already know I need to work on my woodworking, but like I said before, these were rejects anyways. Thanks for any suggestions.

If you need to burn'em just send'em my way I'd be more than happy to give them the proper burial (at sea that is) :D

if them is rejects, I'm throwing everything away:eek:
Good stuff, and don't be so fussy, nothin wrong there!

nice rejects.

paint is looking wicked good.

As long as they swim good, I would finish them up and throw them. Paint looks fine and fish are not too fussy about such things anyway.

Jigman