Gizzard shad
 

I owed Jigman a plug so I made a Gizzard shad which lives in his area. The bottom plug is my plug project contribution.

wow:eek: :D

I'll second that WOW! How did you do the detail on the head and gills?

Awesome S.knight awesome :kewl:

Yeah.... WOW!
 

Wow is right!

Incredible detail, ditto on what Adam asked!

Tell the truth SK. You freeze dried a shads head and then glued the skin onto that plug , didnt you ?:D

Truly outstanding work.
:btu:

very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very nice:)

:jump: :happy: :jump1: :kewl:

Jigman

Awesome work!

:eek: YOWWWZA!
nice paintjobs :btu: :btu: :btu: :btu:

I paint the plug normally. I then cut a stencil, which will do a base coat (airbrushed) from the nose to the gills. I then fill in the face with: airbrush, archival marker, 4 type of paint brushes,
q-tips, tissues, my fingers , and anything else I can use.
During the painting of the face I may cut additional smaller stencils for the airbrush highlights but on this one
I just used my fingers to mask parts.( I got lazy)

These plugs have 14 different paint colors on them ( hard to see on these pictures)
I do a lot of blending of colors to get the effect I’m looking for.

The funny part is I can crank out painting like this but I can’t thru drill a plug to save my life.

:smash:

- - - - - -Striperknight

Awesome work .. reminds me of Cumbucket work .. where is he ???

Certainly worth the wait StriperKnight!!!

I am sure that many are going to enjoy seeing this plug first hand as part of the Plug Project at the MSBA event in August!

That's Outstanding paint work!!!

You are raising the bar once again!....

Thats "Plug Night II" Bliz my man.......and I can't wait!:D

I'll be waiting to see one or some of your newborns there as well Larry!

I will be giving one to the Plug Project finally, just not sure which one yet or I might make something special.:D

Kewl! :cool:

You'll become part of the growing legacy!...

:drool:
very nice job. Please send me one so I can inspect it properly;)

She's got Bette Davis eyes.:happy:

StriperKnight
 

very nice looking plug, look forward to seeing it also at MSBA plugnight.

It's a BEAUTY!...

You'll really enjoy seeing this one!