Painting feet correctly

[crowe1187]

What is your method of painting duck feet? Just looking for some tips to painting feet without getting paint on the feathers. How many remove feet and inject/paint them before mounting?

[George Roof]

When I'm doing birds, my first option is to tube cut bird and remove the legs and feet.  That allows me to wire them, pose them and let them dry.  When dry, I paint and seal them and when I'm ready to mount the bird, everything is done.

[Brad Jones]

When I'm doing birds, my first option is to tube cut bird and remove the legs and feet.  That allows me to wire them, pose them and let them dry.  When dry, I paint and seal them and when I'm ready to mount the bird, everything is done.

Same here

[Brando24]

same for me also.

[alan webfoot]

x4

[dnimmer91]

when you tube cut the feet off how do you guys get the feather line to line up properly? ive tried this and always seem to have difficulty. what is the process for reattaching them? ive only done a few birds so any tips would be helpful. thanks.