Can someone tell me where to find a good t.h. painting schedule.?
I've checked the archives and only came up with one......I have a BUNCH of "Breakthrough" and "Taxidermy Today" magazines but can't seem to find it/them.....I know I've seen it
Thanks
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BUT REMEMBER, it's only a schedule. IMO some of the BEST turkey taxidermists can't paint a turkey head worth diddly. Get reference pictures of LIVE TURKEYS and learn to paint your own accordingly.
There is a paint schedule in issue 68 by Cally Morris.
If I'm using a freeze dry head or a cast head that isn't white, I'll begin by painting everything, except the beak, white. Next, I come in with a mixture of Wildlife Colors Hazel Creek Blue wirh a hint of Neutral Grey 1 mixed in. The color you are looking for is almost a grey, but you want it to appear blue (SEE REFERENCE). I thin this color down and do a wash over the the whole head except the crown and beak. I then take a rag with some windex and wipe the head down to remove the paint from the high spots, but I leave the paint in the crevices. Then I take Blood Red and spray the snood, wattles, and I fade it up the sides a little. I then spray the carunclues (ridges) on the back and sides of the head. You only want to spray the high spots and leave the low spots blue/grey. I will vary the intensity of the color on the caruncules. Some spots, the red is almost so faint that it looks white and in others, the red is dark (SEE REFERENCE). I then take the Hazel Creek Blue and spray around the eye. Make sure to feather the blue out where it meets the white of the crown and the red on the sides of the head. I also use this ble to very, very lightly spray the crevices of the crown. I then spray white on the crown. I then paint my eyelids blood red. For the beak on cast heads, I spray a very very light coat of yellow ochre. I tone it down with some grey. Then, I shade with burnt umber. Clean the eyes and you're done.
To have a great looking turkey head, make sure that you don't have any hard lines of color. You want to make the colors blend and fade together as best as you can.
appreciate your time