got a turkey that took a hard hit to the head. beak shoot up bad. have rebuiled it with apoxie sculpt but now need the colors to match the beak color.
Thanks Tim
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an off white dusted with a yellow ochre to get the get the base color. Then highlight the details in with a dark brown, followed by dark grey.
jon
At the base of the beak ( closest to the head ), lightly hit it with dark brown, out to about where the nostrils are. Next I use amber oxide from the dark brown out to the tip of the beak, spraying lighter closer to the tip.Next, from the tip of the beak back about 1/8 inch, I slightly rub off the paint with a piece of steel wool to give it that " worn " look.
thanks for the info. think i can come up with something now.thanks again Tim