Finishing Whitetail Ears...masking Hair And Airbrush Color?

My method -ultra white,flesh,choc.brown.lay down lite layers ( to your liking) then brush to clean hair.Only My method,there are many others!

 

Bright flesh followed by light flesh followed by white done in thin washes. I use my gloved fingers to move the hair out of the way.

From my experience, a deer's ear looks whitish light flesh or light pink in the dark timber. Put the sun behind them and it is nearly red.

 

I prefer going from light to dark when layering colors. I start with white, then a ear pink, followed by a misting of brown or burnt umber. I too use a Glover finger to move hair out of the spray as much as possible, then to clean overspray that does get on the hair I use a brush, then my ungloved fingers to rub the paint right off the hair without scratching the paint on the ear.

 

Wash with thinner on rag. Dry. Spray off white, which white with a little rich brown. If its early season deer, then light mist of flesh mixed with a little red. Then brush with horse hair brush.

 

Future tip, remove ear cartilage. When replacing tint your adhesive dusty pink. Much of this color will bleed through the hide, very little painting needed.

 

kind of off topic but has anyone tried these for turning ears? from body shop used for removing door panels

 

I would worry that tool would break through the back of the ear and it is not very long. I always use the scalpel to start the ear then get the skin loose by pilling down on the ear canal with my left hand and pushing a finger up towards the tip of the ear with the right. Once you have that I use the ear turning tool to carefully work to the edges and tip of the ear. I use a small wooden dowel sanded to a dull point to push the last little bit out of the tip of the ear.

 

I put Kilz house primer in my airbrush and it worked for the white.

 

Agree with jk I tint pro one hide paste for my ear liners and most of the time not all the time but they don’t have to be touched at all.