I have recently bought a dan-d-noser and I am not satisified at all. Maybe it is my lack of experience but nevertheless, I think I will go back to modge podging the noses of my deer. My question is do most of you modge podge after painting or have any tried modge podge prior to painting to create the texture. It seems to me that if you do and then paint a thin coat overtop to bring back the wet look it may look more natural. What is your thoughts and/or experience? Thanks
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I paint first then Modge Podge and then I put on 2 coats of liquid crystal. Gives it a nice texured wet look.
Terri
Tommy, you might also want to try brushing on natural flesh then appying the modge podge, then slowly build up the black on top of that. It works well
First off, it's MOD PODGE and that's a registered namebrand. But I follow Bill Yox's method of doing the "pimples" FIRST and then painting the nose. After it's dry, I repaint the nose with a thin layer of Mod Podge to give it the shiny look. The entire procedure with pictures is in the Breakthrough Magazine (don't have the issue handy now)
I Mod Podge first, then paint. I have painted first in the past, but I always seem to go back to Mod Podging first.
Probably the best nose patter I ever saw done was by Ben Mears at the NTA show in Lubbock. He uses oil paints, but that had nothing to do with the nose texture.
During the mounting, he put a THIN layer of clay over the nose and mounted the deer. The next day, he took a small flat tipped, electronic repairman screwdriver and painstakingly indented the nose along the original nose pad lines. Slight pressure indented the nose just right and the next day he finished the mounting with his oil paint technique. I know Larry Blomquist took pictures of the technique but I'm not sure if it's been printed in Breakthrough yet. Some of you guys who keep up with such need to help out here.
First off, I mod podge to shape the surface, so of course I do that first, then paint. I could see where someone might add a second coat afterward because the finish looks shiny then. Hope that clears some things up for you...
The Ben Mears techniue George described is in Breakthrough, I don't remember the issue. I use it and I still end up using Mod Podge, but I just add a small dimples to the ones already there, natural.