Howdy
I just finished my first deer.YAY! I have learned a lot and fully expect my next one to be 100% better.LOL! some people say I set high goals. You have to or else you'll always reach em'!LOL. Anyway, the only thing That I don't know how to fix next time is the nose wax. It's too pink (at least, I think it is). would I just spread it thinner? Or mix a little burnt umber in with it? Maybe a different material? Thanks for all of yall's great advise, I credit y'all with helping make my 1st a success.(I'm in a good mood today, canya tell?) Thank you for any help you can give me on this (and future) questions.
Russell
PS I'd put it up on the 'net for critiquing, but don't have the means to do so.I also may not be in such a good mood afterwards!LOL!
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There has been question by others on pink before. My personal suspicion
on that issue of pink is that it may be being applied in the wrong place.
Some deer are pretty pink inside the nose interior.
I'm going to make you a deal you can't refuse! I'm past due on having
the free down load photo on the Whitetail Designer Systems web site changed
out. If you would tell me what kind of angle or view that you need for that
nose interior, I probably have it on file, and I can probably have it
changed this week. That might help a bunch of peoples' next mount to be
better, so let me know!
Russell, I tried waxes when I first started out and had the same problem - never the right color, and too limited to what's available. I went to doing my finish work around the eyes, inner nose, etc., with apozy sculpt, feathering and blending it wll, then using an airbrush to establish the color. Sooooo much easier and better. of course, you end up having to invest in an air compressor, air brush, paint, but if you plan on being serious about your hobby/ vocation, the compressor is a multi-use tool that is easily justified, and the airbrush justplain turns out nicer work. Like so many others, I started on a budget and tried to put by and make do with anything but the right tool in many cases. Nowadays, I buy not only the right tool but I try to gte the best quality one I can find and it's lead to a great improvement in the quality of my work . Good luck and congratulations on that first mount. I'm sure it looks great. Hang it in your shop so that ten years from now, you can look at it, laugh yourself silly at how it (maybe) looks, and realize how much your skill will develop in the next few years. I've got one of my first deer on my shop wall and cusomers look at it very warily when they come in. Without fail, they ask me who did it, and I admit it was me, then I tell them it's my reminder of how far I've come in my work. As far as criticism, there are lotsa guys that will give you valuable CONSTRUCTIVE criticism here, and it is THE only way to improve yourself, so if you have a way to post it somewhere, go for it. Help awaits.